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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9. Environment
Agency 5. State Air Pollution Control Board
Chapter 40. Existing Stationary Sources
12/31/2024

9VAC5-40-3000. Standard for sulfur dioxide.

No owner or other person shall cause or permit to be discharged into the atmosphere from any sulfur recovery operation any sulfur dioxide emissions in excess of a concentration of 8000 parts per million by volume and in excess of the mass emission rate specified in Table 4-22.

TABLE 4-22

Sulfur Production Rate
(tons/day)

Maximum Allowable S02 Mass Emission Rate
(lbs/hr)

50 or less

415

100

830

200

1660

300

2490

400

3320

500 or more

4150

Statutory Authority

§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR120-04-2203, eff. January 1, 1985.

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