ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March
    19,
    1987
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    VOLATILE ORGANIC MATERIAL
    )
    R82-14
    EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY
    SOURCES:
    RACT III
    ADOPTED RULE
    FINAL ORDER
    OPINION AND
    ORDER
    OF THE BOARD
    (by B. Forcade):
    This matter comes before
    the Board on an August
    26,
    1985,
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
    (“Agency”) motion
    to
    reopen the record
    in this regulatory proceeding concerning the
    internal offset rule (Section 215.207), coke manufacture and by-
    product recovery (Part
    215, Subpart
    U)
    and petroleum solvent
    dry
    cleaners
    (Part 215, Subpart Z).
    That motion was granted and
    hearings were authorized on September 20,
    1985.
    This opinion and
    order addresses the Agency’s regulatory proposal regarding
    petroleum dry cleaners.
    The Agency amended its regulatory proposal on November
    25,
    1985.
    Hearings were held December
    2 and
    3,
    1985,
    in Chicago and
    March
    20 and
    21, 1986,
    in Bolingbrook.
    The Agency made final
    amendments to its proposal on May 8,
    1986,
    in response
    to
    testimony and comments made at hearing by the Illinois Fabricare
    Association (“IFA”).
    The Department of Energy and Natural
    Resources (“DENR”)
    issued a letter of negative declaration of
    economic impact, obviating the need
    for further economic analysis
    of the proposed rules,
    on March 24,
    1986.
    The concurrence of the
    Economic and Technical Advisory Committee to the DENR was filed
    on May 22,
    1986.
    The record
    in this matter closed on June 12,
    1986 (Hearing Officer Order,
    May 29,
    1986).
    On September 11,
    1986, the Board proposed regulatory
    language
    for first notice comment which was published at 10
    Ill.
    Reg.
    16142, October
    3,
    1986.
    The statutory 45—day comment period
    ended on November
    17,
    1986.
    The Agency filed first notice
    comments on October
    24,
    1986
    (P.C.
    97).
    The Administrative Code
    Unit of the Secretary
    of State’s Office also filed comments
    regarding non—substantive format changes.
    The Board proposed the
    rules
    for second notice Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
    (JCAR)
    review on December
    5,
    1986.
    The Administrative Code
    Unit’s comments were incorporated
    in the second notice Order.
    The Board acknowledges the contributions
    of David G.
    Mueller, hearing officer,
    in this proceeding.
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    JCAR issued
    a Certification
    of No Objection on March
    4,
    1987,
    on
    the condition that certain modifications were made at final
    notice.
    These changes are reflected
    in today’s Order and will be
    discussed further, below.
    This
    is one of
    a series of Board actions directed at
    promulgating rules implementing reasonably available control
    technology (“RACT”)
    for the control of ozone precursors from
    existing major stationary sources (emissions greater than 100
    tons/year).
    The implementation of RACT
    in non—attainment areas
    for ozone
    is required as
    a part of a federally approvable state
    implementation plan
    (“SIP”)
    under the federal Clean Air Act
    (“CAA”)
    (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).
    Section 172 of the CAA
    requires that RACT be implemented at existing stationary sources
    in the non—attainment areas of those states needing an extension
    from the 1982 deadline until
    1987 to achieve the air quality
    standard for ozone.
    Illinois
    is such a state,
    having requested
    the extension in its 1979 and 1982 SIP.
    The definition of RACT is contained in 40 CFR 51, along with
    the requirements
    for
    a federally acceptable SIP.
    However, the
    specific parameters of what constitutes reasonably available
    controls, and, therefore,
    the parameters which the states must
    adopt to insure that RACT is implemented,
    are not.
    Instead,
    the
    United States Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”) publishes
    a series
    of documents entitled “Control Technique Guidelines”
    (“CTGs”).
    Each of the CTGs, which
    are summaries of industry
    specific case studies, contains the means and the degree of
    control which the USEPA requires the state
    to adopt categorically
    as part of its SIPs in order
    to have an acceptable SIP.
    Failure
    to adopt rules identical
    to those presented in the CTGs, or other
    ones demonstrated by the individual state as comparable, can mean
    that the state will have an inadequate
    SIP, which
    in turn can
    trigger the sanction provisions of the CAA found at
    Sections 110,
    113 and 176
    (42 U.S.C.A. 7410,
    7413, 7506).
    While
    the mandate
    for sanctions
    is contained
    in the Clean Air Act, the mandate to
    adopt the CTGs or
    otherwise demonstrate
    a state rule to be
    comparable
    is not.
    It is not even contained
    in the federal
    regulations,
    but instead
    is articulated
    in the “General Preamble
    for Proposed Rulemaking and Approval of State Implementation Plan
    Revisions for Non—attainment Areas”
    (44 FR 20372).
    This federal policy statement includes yet another
    requirement which
    is relevant to this rulemaking.
    The USEPA
    allows the states until the January after one year from the
    finalization of a CTG to adopt either
    the “rules” contained
    therein,
    or comparable rules,
    if sources covered by that
    particular
    CTG are within
    a state’s non—attainment areas.
    A
    final CTG
    for petroleum dry cleaners was issued
    in September of
    1982
    (Ex.
    29(c))
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    The Board,
    in
    a prior opinion, declined
    to adopt rules
    regulating petroleum dry cleaners as neither of the two
    facilities known to exist
    in the state would have been subject to
    the rules
    as proposed.
    One facility fell below the regulatory
    quantity of emissions threshold and the other facility was
    located
    in an attainment county and utilized a different process
    than envisioned by the proposed rules
    (Board Opinion, August 22,
    1984,
    pp.
    39—40).
    At hearings held December
    2 and
    3,
    1985, the
    Agency identified two major stationary sources located
    in non—
    attainment areas that would be regulated.
    Petroleum solvent dry cleaning
    is a batch process in which
    articles are washed and dried
    in separate operations.
    Articles
    are sorted and placed
    in appropriate washers where they are then
    agitated
    in the petroleum solvent.
    Heavily soiled articles may
    go through two or more wash cycles;
    the first
    is with recycled,
    soiled solvent and the second
    is with clean solvent.
    After
    completion of the wash cycle, the articles are spun at high
    speeds
    to remove excess solvent, usually
    in the same equipment
    used for washing, but sometimes
    in a separate, high speed
    centrifugal extractor.
    The soiled solvent extracted during the
    spin cycle may be passed through
    a filter
    to remove insoluble
    soils or passed to a vacuum still where the solvent
    is purified,
    or both.
    The distilled solvent is pumped
    to a holding tank or
    is
    returned to the washer/extractor.
    When the spin cycle has
    terminated, articles are transferred from the washer/extractor to
    a dryer
    (tumbler)
    (R.
    3194—95).
    The CTG lists
    the major emission sources
    as the dryers,
    solvent filtration systems and miscellaneous fugitive sources.
    The nominal emission rate from
    a standard petroleum solvent dryer
    is 14 kg to 18
    kg volatile organic material (“VOM”)
    per
    100 kg of
    dry weight of
    articles cleaned.
    Proposed Section 2l5.607(a)(l)
    would require
    this rate to
    be reduced to 3.5 kg VOM per
    100 kg of
    dry weight which amounts
    to
    a RACT control efficiency of
    75 to 81
    percent.
    The normal control method for achieving this reduction
    would be
    to install recovery dryers
    in place of
    standard
    dryers.
    A solvent recovery dryer has a condenser to remove
    solvent vapor
    from the dryer exhaust by condensation
    (R.
    3195).
    The emissions
    from the solvent filtration system are those
    released from the diatomite filter systems, which
    the CTG
    estimates as
    8 kg VOM per 100 kg of clothing throughput.
    Proposed Section 2l6.607(b)(l) would require reduction
    to 1.0
    kg
    per 100
    kg
    throughput for an average control efficiency of 88
    percent.
    The CTG—recommended control method to achieve this
    reduction would be
    to install cartridge filters
    in place of
    diatomite filters.
    The emissions from cartridge filters are
    derived from fugitive emissions due to leaks and cartridge filter
    replacement, as well
    as from the solvent contained in the
    disposed cartridge.
    The emissions were estimated by. the CTG to
    range from 0.35
    to 0.75 kg VOM per 100
    kg clothing throughput
    (R.
    3195—3196).
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    The other sources,
    i.e.,
    the vacuum still waste and the
    miscellaneous fugitive sources are grouped in one general
    category of fugitive emissions.
    The CTG states that improved
    operation of equipment, good housekeeping practices and
    inspection and repair of leaks should reduce emissions to 4.0
    kg
    solvent per 100 kg dry weight.
    Considering these control
    measures as a whole,
    the reductions required by the proposed
    rules would give emissions of 8.5 kg volatile organic material
    per 100 kg
    of clothing processed
    (R.
    3196).
    The Agency conducted
    a field survey of petroleum dry
    cleaning
    facilities
    in non—attainment areas.
    Six plants were
    identified
    in Cook County.
    Four plants have emissions less than
    100 tons/year and would be exempted by proposed Section
    215.611.
    One of the two plants affected by the proposal, A.W.
    Zengler,
    has already installed four recovery dryers and cartridge
    filters.
    RACT compliance
    for this plant would require
    installation of
    four more recovery dryers.
    The other affected
    plant, Careful Cleaners, has seven standard dryers and would have
    to install five or six recovery dryers (depending upon size
    chosen)
    and to replace four diatomite filters with 11 cartridge
    filters.
    The anticipated reductions from A.W.
    Zengler would be
    approximately 51
    tons/year and from Careful 82 tons/year.
    These
    reductions are based upon the assumption that installation of
    RACT controls would reduce emissions to the level of 8.5 kg VOM
    per 100
    kg dry clothing from the 14.8
    kg VOM for A.W. Zengler and
    from 30.4 kg VOM from Careful
    (R.
    3197—3199,
    Ex. 90).
    Based
    upon the cost information provided by the CTG, control
    costs were developed
    for
    the two plants affected by the proposed
    regulation.
    The resultant costs are $350 per ton for A.W.
    Zengler and $650
    per ton
    for Careful
    (R.
    3199—3202).
    These
    estimates are well within the ranges of control costs for other
    RACT categories.
    Industry has not refuted these cost estimates.
    At the December
    2, 1985,
    and March 20,
    1986, hearings,
    the
    IFA presented oral
    arid
    written comments on the Agency proposal
    (R.
    3208—3214,
    3668—3670,
    P.C.
    74).
    While expressing agreement
    with the Board’s earlier decision not to regulate this segment
    of
    the
    industry,
    they indicated that they had no real opposition to
    the rule and,
    after review by their association technical staff,
    suggested certain refinements and improvements
    to the Agency
    proposal.
    These have been incorporated
    in the Agency’s most
    recent amended proposal
    (Motion to Supplement the Record and to
    Propose Adoption of Regulations Applying to Petroleum Solvent Dry
    Cleaners, May 8, 1986).
    The geographical applicability of the proposed rules
    is more
    limited
    than the earlier
    1982 proposal.
    The current proposal
    is
    applicable
    in counties that are either non—attainment counties
    for ozone or are
    part of the major urbanized areas associated
    with the non—attainment counties.
    The Agency moved to amend
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    their proposal by adding Macoupin County on May 8,
    1986
    (Id.)
    While no major petroleum dry cleaning facilities are located in
    Macoupin County,
    1985 air monitoring data indicates that Macoupin
    County is non—attainment
    for ozone.
    The Agency’s proposal in
    this subcategory
    is consistent with the recent scope of
    applicability proposed by the Board in another RACT proceeding,
    R85—2l.
    The Agency’s first notice comments respond to a Board
    request
    in the September
    11,
    1986, Opinion regarding proposed
    Section 215.612(b).
    That subsection provided that should an
    attainment county be redesignated as non—attainment at some point
    in the future that the regulations shall be applicable
    to that
    county and contiguous counties.
    The Agency moved to withdraw
    that subsection as it was of dubious legality and was not
    considered an essential element or necessary for federal approval
    (P.C. 97).
    That subsection,
    along with Section 215.613(b)
    and
    (C),
    was withdrawn at second notice.
    In response to the
    Administrative Code Unit’s comments, Section 215.610(b)
    and
    (C)
    were modified at second notice.
    At second notice, the Board modified the deadline for
    submission of a compliance plan.
    Under
    the language of Section
    215.613(a) proposed at first notice, the deadline for compliance
    plans was December
    31,
    1986, which was clearly not
    a feasible
    date.
    The Board
    proposed
    instead, the date of May
    31,
    1987.
    During
    the second notice JCAR review, the Board agreed to
    make the following modifications:
    1) to delete Section
    215.608(b)(l)(B);
    2)
    to add
    to the end
    of Section 2l5.608(b)(2)
    the following:
    “Criteria for the minimization of solvent vapor
    emissions include the elimination of solvent buckets and barrels
    standing open to the atmosphere, and the repair of gaskets and
    seals that expose solvent—rich environments
    to the atmosphere,
    to
    be determined through visual
    inspection.”;
    3)
    to delete Section
    2l5.609(a)(5);
    4)
    to add
    in Section 215.610(b)
    “(1982) and does
    not include any later amendments
    or editions” after
    “EPA—450/3—
    82—009.”;
    5)
    to delete the phrase “or by procedures approved by
    the USEPA” from the last line of Section 215.610(b);
    6)
    to add
    “and does not include any later amendments
    or editions”
    at the
    end
    of Section 215.610(b);
    and 7)
    to delete the first sentence of
    Section 215.608 and
    to replace
    it with the following:
    “In order
    to minimize fugitive solvent emissions, the owner or operator
    of
    a petroleum solvent dry cleaning facility shall employ good
    housekeeping practices including the following:”.
    The Board will adopt
    rules
    regulating petroleum dry cleaners
    for final notice as a final CTG for this category has been
    issued,
    sources
    in non—attainment areas have been identified and
    the rules constitute
    RACT.
    Cost effectiveness of RACT reductions
    are within a reasonable range.
    A total
    of 133 tons/year of VOM
    emissions will be eliminated in the Chicago area,
    a non—
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    attainment area for ozone.
    This action will also help fulfill
    the state’s legal obligations
    to demonstrate that existing major
    stationary emission sources
    in non—attainment areas are subject
    to regulations representing RACT.
    ORDER
    The Clerk of the Pollution Control Board
    is directed
    to
    submit
    the following adopted rule to the Secretary of State
    for
    final notice:
    TITLE 35:
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    SUBTITLE
    B:
    AIR POLLUTION
    CHAPTER
    I:
    POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    SUBCHAPTER
    C:
    EMISSION STANDARDS
    AND
    LIMITATIONS FOR STATIONARY SOURCES
    PART 215
    ORGANIC MATERIAL EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS
    SUBPART A:
    GENERAL PROVISIONS
    Introduction
    Clean—up and Disposal Operations
    Testing Methods
    Abbreviations and Conversion Factors
    Definitions
    Incorporations by Reference..
    Afterburners
    SUBPART B:
    ORGANIC EMISSIONS FROM STORAGE
    AND
    LOADING OPERATIONS
    Storage Containers
    Loading Operations
    Petroleum Liquid Storage Tanks
    External Floating Roofs
    Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas
    Compliance Plan
    SUBPART C:
    ORGANIC EMISSIONS FROM
    MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT
    Separation Operations
    Pumps and Compressors
    Vapor Blowdown
    Safety Relief Valves
    Section
    215.100
    215.101
    215.102
    215.103
    215.104
    215.105
    215.106
    Section
    215
    .
    121
    215.122
    215.123
    215.124
    215.125
    215.126
    Section
    215.141
    215.142
    215.143
    215.144
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    SUBPART E:
    SOLVENT CLEANING
    SUBPART
    F:
    COATING OPERATIONS
    Section
    215.202
    215.204
    215.205
    215 .206
    215
    .
    207
    215.208
    215.209
    215.210
    215.211
    215.212
    215
    .
    213
    Section
    215.301
    215.302
    215.303
    215.304
    215. 305
    Section:
    215.340
    215.342
    215. 344
    215.345
    215.346
    215.347
    Compliance Schedules
    Emission Limitations
    for Manufacturing Plants
    Alternative Emission Limitations
    Exemptions from Emission Limitations
    Internal Offsets
    Testing Methods
    for Solvent Content
    Exemption from General Rule on Use of Organic Material
    Alternative Compliance Schedule
    Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas
    Compliance Plan
    Special Requirements for Compliance Plan
    SUBPART
    K:
    USE OF ORGANIC MATERIAL
    Use
    of Organic Material
    Alternative Standard
    Fuel Combustion Emission Sources
    Operations with Compliance Program
    Viscose Exemption
    (Repealed)
    SUBPART N:
    VEGETABLE OIL PROCESSING
    Hexane Extraction Soybean Crushing
    Hexane Extraction Corn Oil Processing
    Recordkeeping for vegetable Oil Processes
    Compliance Determination
    Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas
    Compliance Plan
    SUBPART P:
    PRINTING AND PUBLISHING
    Section
    215.181
    215.182
    215.183
    215.184
    215.185
    Solvent Cleaning
    in General
    Cold Cleaning
    Open Top Vapor Degreasing
    Conveyorized Degreasing
    Compliance Plan
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    Flexographic and Rotogravure Printing
    Exemptions
    Applicability of Subpart K
    Testing and Monitoring
    Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas
    Alternative Compliance Plan
    Compliance Plan
    SUBPART
    Q:
    SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL AND POLYMER
    MANUFACTURING
    General Requirements
    Inspection Program Plan for Leaks
    Inspection Program for Leaks
    Repairing Leaks
    Recordkeeping for Leaks
    Reporting for Leaks
    Alternative Program for Leaks
    Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas
    Compliance Plan
    SUBPART
    R:
    PETROLEUM REFINING AND RELATED
    INDUSTRIES;
    ASPHALT MATERIALS
    Section
    215.441
    215.442
    215.443
    215.444
    215.445
    215.446
    215.447
    215.448
    215.449
    215.450
    215.451
    215.452
    215.453
    Petro~1eumRefinery Waste Gas Disposal
    Vacuum Producing Systems
    Wastewater (Oil/Water) Separator
    Process Unit Turnarounds
    Leaks:
    General Requirements
    Monitoring Program Plan for Leaks
    Monitoring Program for Leaks
    Recordkeeping for Leaks
    Reporting for Leaks
    Alternative Program for Leaks
    Sealing Device Requirements
    Compliance Schedule for Leaks
    Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas
    SUBPART 5:
    RUBBER
    AND
    MISCELLANEOUS
    PLASTIC PRODUCTS
    Manufacture
    of Pneumatic Rubber Tires
    Green Tire Spraying Operations
    Alternative Emission Reduction Systems
    Testing and Monitoring
    Section
    215.401
    215.402
    215.403
    215.404
    215.405
    215.406
    215.407
    Section
    215.420
    215.421
    215.422
    215.423
    215.424
    215. 425
    215.426
    215.427
    215.428
    Section
    215.461
    215.462
    215.463
    215.464
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    215.465
    Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas
    215.466
    Compliance Plan
    SUBPART U:
    COKE MANUFACTURE AND
    BY-PRODUCT RECOVERY
    Section
    215.500
    215.510
    215.512
    215 .513
    215.514
    215.515
    215.516
    215.517
    Exception
    Coke By—Product Recovery Plants
    Coke By—Product Recovery Plant
    Leaks
    Inspection Program
    Recordkeeping Requirements
    Reporting Requirements
    Compliance Dates
    Compliance Plan
    SUBPART
    W:
    AGRICULTURE
    Section
    215.541
    Pesticide Exception
    Architectural Coatings
    Paving Operations
    Cutback Asphalt
    Bulk Gasoline Plants
    Bulk Gasoline Terminals
    Gasoline Dispensing Facilities
    Section
    215.601
    215.602
    215.603
    215.604
    215.605
    215.606
    215.607
    205.608
    215.609
    Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaners
    Exemptions
    Testing and Monitoring
    Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas
    Compliance Plan
    Exception to Compliance Plan
    Standards for Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners
    Operating Practices for Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners
    Program
    for
    Inspection and Repair of Leaks
    SUBPART X:
    CONSTRUCTION
    Section
    215.561
    215.562
    215.563
    Section
    215.581
    215.582
    215.583
    SUBPART Y:
    GASOLINE DIEflUBUTION
    SUBPART Z:
    DRY CLEANERS
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    215.610
    215.611
    215.612
    215.613
    Testing and Monitoring
    Exemption for Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners
    Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas
    Compliance Plan
    Appendix
    Appendix
    Appendix
    Appendix
    A
    Rule into Section Table
    B
    Section into Rule Table
    C
    Past Compliance Dates
    D
    List of Chemicals Defining Synthetic Organic
    Chemical and Polymer Manufacturing
    AUTHORITY:
    Implementing Section 10 and authorized by Section 27
    of the Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev.
    Stat.
    1985,
    ch.
    l1l~/~
    pars.
    1010 and 1027).
    SOURCE:
    Adopted as Chapter
    2:
    Air Pollution, Rule 205:
    Organic Material Emission Standards and Limitations, R71—23,
    4 PCB 191,
    filed and effective April
    14,
    1972;
    amended
    in
    R77—3,
    33 PCB 357, at
    3
    Ill. Reg.
    18,
    p.
    41, effective
    May 3,
    1979;
    amended
    in R78—3 and R78—4,
    35 PCB 75, at
    3 Ill.
    Reg.
    30,
    p.
    124, effective July 28, 1979;
    amended
    in R80—5
    at
    7
    Ill. Reg.
    1244, effective January
    21,
    1983;
    codified
    at
    7
    Ill. Reg.
    13601; Notice of Corrections at
    7
    Ill.
    Reg.
    14575;
    amended
    in R82—l4
    at
    8
    Ill. Reg.
    13254,
    effective
    July 12,
    1984;
    amended
    in R83—36 at
    9
    Ill. Reg.
    9114,
    effective
    May 30,
    1985;
    amended
    in R82—14
    at
    9
    Ill.
    Reg.
    13960, effective
    August 28,
    1985; amended
    in R82—l4 at
    ___
    Ill.
    Reg.
    ________
    effective ___________________________
    PART 215
    ORGANIC MATERIAL EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS
    SUBPART
    A:
    GENERAL PROVISIONS
    Section 215.104
    Definitions
    “Volatile Organic Material”:
    Any organic material which
    has
    a vapor pressure of 17.24 kPa (2.5 psia)
    or greater
    at 294.3 K (70°F). For purposes of this definition,
    the
    following are not volatile organic materials:
    Methane
    Ethane
    1 ,1,l—trichloroethane
    Methylene chloride
    Tr ichlorofluoromethane
    Dichlorodifluoromethane
    Chlorodifluoromethane
    Trifluoromethane
    Trichlorotrifluoroethane
    Chioropentafluoroethane
    For purposes
    of the following Sections, volatile organic
    materials are any organic materials having
    the
    corresponding vapor pressures at 294.3
    K (70°F):
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    Sections
    Vapor Pressure
    215.181
    215.184
    0.013 kPa
    (
    .0019 psia)
    215.104
    215.209
    0.013 kPa
    (
    .0019 psia)
    215.340
    215.345
    0.013 kPa
    (
    .0019
    psia)
    215.401
    215.408
    0.013 kPa
    (
    .0019 psia)
    215.420
    215.428
    0.013 kPa
    (
    .0019 psia)
    215.441
    215.444
    10.34
    kPa
    (1.5
    psia)
    215.445
    215.451
    0.013 kPa
    (
    .0019 psia)
    215.461
    215.464
    0.013 kPa
    (
    .0019 psia)
    215.510
    215.513
    0.013
    kPa
    (
    .0019 psia)
    215.601
    2l5.69~l3
    0.013 kPa
    (
    .0019 psia)
    (Source:
    Amended at
    Ill. Reg.
    _______,
    effective
    _________)
    SUBPART
    Z:
    DRY CLEANERS
    Section 215.607
    Standards for Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners
    a)
    The owner
    or operator
    of a petroleum solvent dry
    cleaning dryer
    shall either:
    1)
    Limit emissions
    of volatile organic material
    to the
    atmosphere to
    an avera~eof 3.5 kilograms
    of
    volatile organic material per 100 kilograms dry
    weight of articles dry cleaned,
    or
    2)
    Install and operate
    a solvent recovery dryer
    in a
    manner such that the dryer remains
    closed and the
    recovery phase continues until a final solvent flow
    rate of
    50 milliliters per minute
    is attained.
    b)
    The owner or operator
    of
    a petroleum solvent filtration
    system
    shall either:
    1)
    Reduce the volatile organic material content
    in all
    filtration wastes
    to 1.0 kilogram or less per 100
    kilograms dry weight of articles dry cleaned,
    before disposal, and exposure
    to the atmosphere,
    or
    ~j
    Install and operate
    a cartridge filtration system,
    and drain the filter cartridges
    in their
    sealed
    housings for
    8 hours or more before their removal
    (Source:
    Added at
    Ill.
    Reg.
    _______,
    effective
    ___________)
    Section 215.608
    Operating Practices for Petroleum Solvent Dry
    Cleaners
    76.426

    —12—
    In order
    to minimize fugitive solvent emissions,
    the owner
    or
    operator
    of
    a petroleum solvent dry cleaning facility shall
    employ good housekeeping practices including the following:
    a)
    General Housekeeping Requirements
    1)
    Equipment containing solvent (washers,
    dryers,
    extractors and filters)
    shall remain closed at all
    times except during load transfer and
    maintenance.
    Lint filter and button trap covers
    shall
    remain closed except when solvent—laden
    material
    is being removed.
    ~j
    Cans,
    buckets,
    barrels and other containers of
    solvent or
    of solvent—laden material shall be
    covered except when in use.
    ~j
    Solvent—laden material shall be exposed to the
    atmosphere only for the minimum time necessary for
    load transfer.
    b)
    Installation and operation of equipment
    1)
    All cartridge filters shall
    be installed and
    operated
    in accordance with the procedures and
    specifications recommended by the manufacturer for
    the cartridg~efilter.
    After installation,
    the
    cartridges shall be inspected, monitored and
    maintained
    in accordance with
    the manufacturer’s
    recommendations;
    and
    2)
    Vents on containers for new solvent and for
    solvent—containing waste shall be constructed and
    maintained so as to minimize solvent vapor
    emissions.
    Criteria for the minimization of
    solvent vapor emissions include the elimination of
    solvent buckets and barrels standing open to the
    atmosphere, and the repair of gaskets and seals
    that expose solvent-rich environments
    to the
    atmosphere,
    to be determined through visual
    inspection.
    (Source:
    Added at
    Ill. Reg.
    _______,
    effective
    ________
    )
    Section 215.609
    Program for Inspection and Repair
    of Leaks
    a)
    The owner or operator
    of
    a petroleum solvent dry
    cleaning facility shall conduct the following visual
    inspections on
    a weekly basis:
    76.427

    —13—
    jj
    Washers, dryers, solvent filters, settling tanks,
    vacuum stills and containers and conveyors of
    petroleum solvent shall
    be
    inspected for visible
    leaks of solvent liquid.
    2)
    Pipes, hoses and fittings shall be inspected for
    active dripping or dampness.
    3)
    Pumps and filters shall be inspected for leaks
    around seals and access covers.
    4)
    Gaskets and seals shall
    be inspected for wear and
    defects.
    b)
    Leaks of petroleum solvent liquid and vapors shall be
    repaired within
    three working days of detection, unless
    necessary replacement parts are not on site.
    1)
    If
    necessary,
    repair parts
    shall be ordered within
    three working days of detection of the leak.
    2)
    The leak shall
    be repaired within three days of
    delivery of necessary parts.
    (Source:
    Added at
    Ill. Reg.
    _______,
    effective
    ___________)
    Section 215.610
    Testing and Monitoring
    a)
    Compliance with Sections 2l5.607(b)(2), 215.608 and
    215.609 shall
    be determined by visual
    inspection;
    and
    b)
    Compliance with Sections 2l5.607(a)(2)
    and (b)(l)
    shall
    be determined by methods described in EPA—450/3—82—009
    (1982)
    and does not include any later amendments or
    editions.
    c)
    If
    a control device
    is used
    to comply with Section
    2l5.607(a)(l), then compliance shall
    be determined using
    40 CFR 60 Appendix A, Method
    25
    (1984)
    and does not
    include any later amendments or editions.
    (Source:
    Added
    at
    Ill. Reg.
    _______,
    effective
    ___________)
    Section 215.611
    Exemption for Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners
    The provisions of_~ections215.607 through 215.610 shall not
    ap~lyto petroleum solvent dry cleaning facilities whose
    emissions
    of volatile organic material do not exceed
    91 megagrams
    (100
    tons)
    per year inthe absence of pollution control equipment
    or whose
    emissions
    of volatile_organic materi~i,as
    limited by
    76-428

    —14—
    the operating permit, will not exceed
    91 niegagrams
    (100 tons)
    per
    year
    in the absence of pollution control equipment.
    (Source:
    Added at
    Ill.
    Reg.
    ,
    effective
    ___________)
    Section 215.612
    Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas
    Owners and operators
    of emission sources located
    in the counties
    listed below shall
    comply with the requirements
    of Sections
    215.607 through 215.609
    as expeditiously as practicable but no
    later than December 31, 1987:
    Cook
    Madison
    DuPage
    McHenry
    Kane
    Monroe
    Lake
    St. Clair
    Macoupin
    Will
    (Source:
    Added
    at
    Ill.
    Reg.
    _______,
    effective
    ___________)
    Section 215.613
    Compliance Plan
    a)
    The owner or operator
    of an emission source subject to
    Section 215.610(a)
    shall
    submit to the Agency
    a
    compliance plan,
    including
    a project completion schedule
    where applicable,
    no later
    than May 31,
    1987.
    b)
    The plan and schedule shall meet the requirements of
    35
    Ill. Adm. Code 201.
    (Source:
    Added at
    Ill. Reg.
    _______,
    effective
    ____________
    IT
    IS
    SO
    ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the above Opinion and Order was
    adopted on the
    /9~z~-
    day of
    t~4.’
    ,
    1987,
    by a vote
    of
    -
    .
    Dorothy M. G~in,Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board
    76.429

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