INTRODUCTION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALITY (CLEAN AIR) REGULATIONS

2014 AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS

BY :

MOHD ROSISKADA BIN MOHAMED

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT

PENANG

The presence in or introduction into the air of a substance which

has harmful or poisonous effects

Carbon Monoxide (CO)

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Chlorofluorocarbon

(CFC)

Odor

Toxic metal

Radioactive waste

Dust/ particulates

AIR

POLLUTANTS

(United State Environmental Protection agency, 2005)

DEFINITION :

AIR POLLUTION

IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION

HUMAN ANIMALS PLANTS

MATERIALS

AND

STRUCTURES GLOBAL

WARMING ACID RAIN

MITIGATION MEASURES TO REDUCE AIR

POLLUTION

HCFC PHASE OUT

MANAGAMENT

PLAN

HCFC Gas

TO

Non HCFC

LAWS AND

REGULATIONS

Environmental

Quality Act 1974

CLEAN AIR

REGULATION 2014

CONTROL MEASURES

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM– WET

SCRUBBER, BAG FILTERS, CYCLONE,

ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR ETC.

INDIVIDUAL AND PUBLIC COMMITMENTS

AWARENESS PROGRAMS AND CAMPAIGNS

Legal requirement – Environmental Quality Act 1974 and Clean

Air Regulation 2014

(a) Regulation 7 – Air Pollution Control System

(b) Regulation 9 – Performance Monitoring of Air

Pollution Control System

Product recovery

The needs of production and product quality

Compliance to ISO 14001

Good corporate and social responsibility

WHY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM

(APCS) IS REQUIRED?

A COMPLETE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM SHOULD

COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS :

APCS

DUCTING

SUCTION

HOOD AIR POLLUTION

CONTROL EQUIPMENT

STACK

FAN

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY FOR DUST EMISSION

CONTROL

PARTICULATE

SCRUBBER

RECYCLONE

BAG FILTER

ELECTROSTATIC

PRECIPITATOR VORSEP® VORTEX

TUBE

CYCLONE

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY FOR GAS EMISSION

CONTROL

SCRUBBER FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION SYSTEM THERMAL OXIDIZER

BIOFILTER

INTRODUCTION TO

ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALITY (CLEAN AIR)

REGULATIONS 2014 AND

COMPLIANCE

REQUIREMENTS

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (CLEAN AIR)

REGULATIONS 2014

Replacement to the Environmental Quality (Clean Air)

Regulations 1978

Gazetted on 4th June 2014 and started enforced on the 5th

June 2014.

Existing Industrial Facilities are given 5 years grace period

(untill 5th June 2019) to ensure compliance to the air emission

limits mentioned in the law.

Applicable for:

Premise that conducts

burning or incineration

(of waste, materials etc)

activity

Premise that

discharges air

pollutants into the

open air

Any industrial plant Any fuel burning

equipment

REGULATION

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Citation Interpretation Application Obligation to comply Obligation to notify Measures to reduce emission Air pollution control system Failure in operation of air pollution control system Performance monitoring of air pollution control system Maintenance of records Change of occupancy Opacity Limit values and technical standards Prohibition on emission dilution Hazardous substances Periodic measurements Continuous measurements Emission declaration Owner or occupier of premises to render assistance Failure of control equipment and emergency requirement Accidental emission Installation and operations as required by the Director General Standard method of sampling and analysis of emissions Prohibition order Licence required to contravene acceptable conditions for emitting emissions into atmosphere Schedule of required actions Fees False or misleading information Penalty Revocation

REGULATION 3 - APPLICATION

Any premises used for any industrial or trade purposes, or on which matter is burnt in connection with any industrial or trade purposes, including burning of waste, whether or not the premises are prescribed under Section 18 of the act;

Any other premises or process that discharges or is capable of discharging air pollutants into the open air;

Any industrial plant; and

Any fuel burning equipment.

DOE’S JURISDICTION UNDER CAR 2014

PRODUCT

SAND

BLASTING

PROCESS

DUST

COLLECTOR CHIMNEY

DOE’S

3 prerequisites for success in air pollution control:

Stage I (design stage) -

Adequate design

Stage II (construction

stage) -Adequate quality of

construction

Stage III (Operation stage) -Proper operation,

preventive maintenance (plus

performance monitoring)

Fuel Burning

Equipment

• AS/PUB/N-APB

• AS/PUB/N-JANA

Chimney • AS/PUB/N-CHIMNEY

Air Pollutant Control System

• AS/PUB/N-BAGFILTER

• AS/PUB/N-SCRUBBER

• AS/PUB/N-CYCLONE

• AS/PUB/N-INS

• AS/PUB/N-SPRAYBOOTH

• AS/PUB/N-ESP

PLANNING STAGE

Regulation 5 (Obligation to Notify)

30 days before any work starts

Submit Written

Notification

WRITTEN NOTIFICATION FORMS

Written Declaration

Form

•AS/PUB-DECLARE Regulation 7 (Air Pollution Control System)

30 days after commencement of operations

Submit Written

Declaration

CONSTRUCTION STAGE

Air pollution control systems need to be designed and constructed in strict compliance with the minimum requirements and specification as outline in Guidance Document for Fuel Burning Equipments and Air Pollution Control Systems (GD APCS)

WRITTEN DECLARATION FORM

Emission Declaration

Form

•AS/PUB-EMISSION Regulation 18 (Emission Declaration)

Reports anually

Submit Emission

Declaration

OPERATION STAGE

New Premises

Written Notification

Submit to DG

(30 days before work commence)

Construction

Operation

AS-built Drawing

Written Declaration (30

days after operation)

Emission

Declaration Existing

Premises

Regulation

Regulation 5 Obligation to notify

Regulation 5(2) Written Notification

Regulation 7 Air Pollution Control

System

Regulation 18 Emission Declaration

PLANNING

CONSTRUCTION

OPERATION

REPORTING

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM

INSTALLATION PROCESS

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM

Mentioned in Regulation 7 of CAR 2014

Every premise shall be equipped with Air Pollution

Control System (APCS)

APCS shall be designed and constructed by a

professional engineer

APCS must be operated by a competent person

who shall be on duty at all times during operation

hours

COMPETENT PERSON IN OPERATING APCE

As mentioned in Regulation No. 7(4)

Competency course :

(i) Course on Certified Environmental Professional In Bag Filter Operation (ii) Course on Certified Environmental Professional In Scrubber Operation conducted by EiMAS

Task :

To ensure the APCE such as bag filter is function appropriately and efficiently according to the original design

To conduct / supervise Performance Monitoring activity of APCE in order to get an early detection of any possible failures that may happen

PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF APCS

As mentioned in

Regulation No. 9

Need to be conducted

on daily, weekly,

monthly and annually

basis.

Typical form used for

performance

monitoring of bag

filter

DAILY MONITORING

DAILY

MONITORING

WEEKLY

MONITORING

MONTHLY

MONITORING

This requirement is intended to encourage the industry towards self regulating so that they are more responsible for the activities they carried out

To ensure that the air pollution control system operates in good condition at all time

Requirements to carry out periodic or continuous emission monitoring

PERFORMANCE MONITORING REQUIREMENTS

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Promote a continuous maintenance culture within the industry and to increase compliance

Maintenance of air pollution control system and stack sampling are being conducted by competent person

Methods of sampling and analysis should follow the procedures in the Malaysian Standard or the Methods by the USEPA or other equivalent methods

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MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS

MONITORING REQUIREMENTS

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Proof of compliance with limit values

- The frequency of monitoring will depend on the types of industries and types of air

pollutants

Periodic measurements

Continuous measurements

CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORING

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Continuous measurements: some activities listed in the Second Schedule of the Third Schedule have to conduct continuous measurement for selected pollutants

• No daily average should exceeds the emission standards and no half-hour average should exceed twice the emission standards

• Result of evaluation should be submitted within 3 months after the end of each calendar year. Result should be kept for at least 3 years period.

• Measuring device must be type approved by the DG

Refer to the specification in these documents

• Guideline For The Installation & Maintenance Of Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS) For Industrial Premises / Facilities

Volume I

• Guideline For The Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems- Data Interface System (CEMS-DIS)(Version 6.0)

Volume II

CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORING

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SMOKE LIMIT VALUES ACCORDING TO RINGELMANN AND OPACITY

> No 1 Ringelmann Chart

>20% Transmissiometer

(1 minute averaging time )

EXEMPTION

No 2 Ringelmann Chart in 5 minutes aggregate within 1

hour period

No 2 Ringelmann Chart in 5 minutes aggregate within 24

hours period

At Start-up

No 2 Ringelmann Chart

REGULATION 12 : OPACITY

LIMIT VALUES AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS

Fuel Burning Equipment (FBE) using:-

-pulverized fuel

-any solid fuel ≥ 30 kg/hr

-any liquid or gaseous matter ≥15 kg/hr

have to comply with the standards specified in 2nd Schedule.

2ND

SCHEDULE

SECOND SCHEDULE [REGULATION 13]

LIMIT VALUES AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS

2. Combustion emissions from fuel burning equipment and incinerators not covered by

the First Schedule:

Fuel Type Pollutant Limit Value Monitoring

Liquid

Total particulate matter (PM)

Where dust load emitted:

a)> 0.33 < 1.0 kg/hour

b) ≥ 1.0 kg/hour

50 mg/m3

Once/year

2 times/year

Solid

Total particulate matter (PM)

Where dust load emitted:

a)> 0.44 < 1.0 kg/hour

b)≥ 1.0 < 1.5 kg/hour

c)≥ 1.5 < 2.0 kg/hour

d)≥ 2.0 < 2.5 kg/hour

e)≥ 2.5 kg/hour

150 mg/m³

Once/year

2 times/year

3 times/year

4 times/year

Continuous*

Carbon monoxide (CO) 1000 mg/m³ Periodic

The CO2 reference content is 12%

NO DOCUMENT / FORMS RELATED

REGULATIONS

1 Form: Written Notification of Air Emission Sources 5(2)

2 Guidance Document : Best Available Techniques Economically Achievable (BAT)

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3 Guidance Document : Design and Operation of Air Pollution Control System 7(1)

4 Form : Written Declaration On Design And Construction Of Air Pollution Control System

7(4)

5 Document : List of Hazardous Substances 15(2)

6 Guidance Document : Performance Monitoring of Air Pollution Control System

9(a)

7 Guidance Document : Installation and Maintenance of Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS)

17 (2)

8 Form: Emission Declaration Of Air Emission Sources 19(1)

9 Guidance Document : Fugitive Emission Control Second Schedule

10 Guidance Document : Leak Detection and Repair 3-E

FORMS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

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LIMIT VALUES AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS

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