Emission Point

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009351",
  "term": "Emission Point",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Individual process vent, storage vessel, transfer rack, wastewater stream, kiln, fiber spinning line, equipment leak, or other point where a gaseous stream is released. [40 CFR 63.1082 (CFR 2013)]\n\n2. Individual continuous process vent, batch process vent, storage vessel, waste management unit, equipment leak, heat exchange system, or process contact cooling tower, or equipment subject to § 63.149.\n\n3. Individual continuous process vent, batch process vent, aggregate batch vent stream, storage vessel, equipment leak, or heat exchange system.\n\n4. Individual process vent, storage vessel, wastewater stream, or equipment leak.\n\n5. Each continuous process vent, batch process vent, storage tank, transfer rack, and wastewater stream.\n\n6. Individual process vent, storage vessel, transfer rack, wastewater stream, or equipment leak. [40 CFR 65.2 (CFR 2013)]\n\n7. Individual miscellaneous process vent, storage vessel, wastewater stream, equipment leak, decoking operation or heat exchange system associated with a petroleum refining process unit; an individual storage vessel or equipment leak associated with a bulk gasoline terminal or pipeline breakout station classified under Standard Industrial Classification code 2911; a gasoline loading rack classified under Standard Industrial Classification code 2911; or a marine tank vessel loading operation located at a petroleum refinery.\n\n8. Any part of a stationary source that emits hazardous air pollutants regulated under this subpart, including emissions from individual process vents, stacks, open pieces of process equipment, equipment leaks, wastewater and condensate collection and treatment system units, and those emissions that could reasonably be conveyed through a stack, chimney, or duct where such emissions first reach the environment.\n\n9. Individual continuous front-end process vent, batch front-end process vent, back-end process vent, storage vessel, waste management unit, heat exchange system, or equipment leak, or equipment subject to § 63.149.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 63.1101(CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.1312 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.1402 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.1423 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.2550 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.101 (CFR 2024)",
    "40 CFR 63.641 (CFR 2016)",
    "40 CFR 63.441 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 63.482 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/emission-point/"
}