Respondent owns and operates a stationary wet corn milling plant, which uses sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) (SO2) to control microbial growth during the corn steeping process and to weaken the starch-gluten bonds. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) is a regulated substance. See 40 C.F.R. § 68.130(a), Table 1. The Facility maintains a maximum inventory of the regulated toxic substance sulfur dioxide (anhydrous), that exceeds the threshold quantity of 5,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) as set forth in Table 1 at 40 C.F.R. § 68.130. The Facility’s sulfur dioxide system consists of a truck unloading station, storage tank 09V2, a vaporizer, a steep acid storage tank 14V20, freshwater tank 15V2, sulfur dioxide detection sensors, and associated piping. The Facility is subject to Program 3 because the covered process is subject to the OSHA process safety management standard, 29 C.F.R. § 1910.119, in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 68.10(1), and does not meet the Program 1 eligibility requirements at 40 C.F.R. § 68.10(j).
