1. 1987 Illinois Ozone ExcursionsAbove the N~AQSLevel of 120 ppb
      2. 79-295

ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
July 16, 1987
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
)
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO PART
)
R86—40
211 AND 215, AIR OXIDATION
)
PROCESSES IN THE SYNTHETIC
)
ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING
)
INDUSTRY
PROPOSED RULE.
FIRST NOTICE
PROPOSED OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD:
(by J.D. Dumelle):
This matter comes before the Board upon a September
23,
1986
proposal for the adoption of amendments to
35 Iii.
Adm. Code
211
and 215 filed on behalf of the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency (Agency).
The proposal was accepted and authorized for
hearing by Board Order
dated September 25,
1986.
Hearings were
held on February 24,
1987 in Springfield and March
10,
1987 in
Chicago.
The Agency filed an amended proposal on November
30,
1987 and
a
second amended proposal on June
1,
1987.
The
Department of Energy and Natural Resources
(DENR) filed
a
negative declaration on June 22,
1987 and the Board was informed
of concurrence
in that decision by the Economic and Technical
Advisory Committee on June
26,
1987.
The overriding basis of this proceeding is to correct
deficiencies
in the Illinois State Implementation
Plan
(SIP)
which have been identified by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA).
Section 172 of the Clean Air Act
requires the state to impose the use of Reasonable Available
Control
Technology
(RACT)
on existing sources in non-attainment
areas.
On May
19, 1978,
the USEPA gave notice
at 43 Fed. Reg.
21673 that the SIP must include,
at least for major urban
areas,
enforceable regulations reflecting
the application of RACT to
those stationary sources for which USEPA has published control
techniques guidelines
(CTGs) since
1978.
A final CTC for control
of emissions from air oxidation processes
in the synthetic
organic chemical manufacturing industry was published
in December
of 1984.
(See Ex.
5).
Air oxidation processes are those which introduce one or
more oxygen atoms
into
a compound while removing hydrogen or
carbon atoms.
The reaction includes one or more chemicals with
oxygen supplied as air or
a combination of air with ammonia or
halogens as reactants.
Processes which use pure oxygen are not
included
in this category.
The processes used to produce air
oxidation chemicals vent large quantities of
inert material
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(predominantly nitrogen) containing volatile organic material
(VOM) to the atmosphere.
The heart of the Agency’s proposal
is contained
in Sections
215.490 and 215.495.
The former section sets forth the area of
geographic applicability of the rules.
The latter section sets
forth the applicable emission limitations
which,
in general,
require process vent streams to be vented to
a combustion device
that
is designed and operated either to reduce the VOM emissions
by at least 98
or to emit less than
20 parts per million VOM.
These limitations only apply, however,
if the vent streams have
a
Total Resource Effectiveness
(TRE) of less than 1.0 and the vent
streams are not controlled by an existing combustion device.
Section 215.495
is patterned after the CTC,
including the
rather unusual mechanism of basing applicability upon
the TRE.
The Agency states that such an approach
is
necessary,
at
least
in
part,
because
of
the large variation
in reaction types used to
produce oxidation chemicals,
a characteristic
of
this
category.
Thirty-six
chemicals fall
within
this
category
--
these
are
produced
nationally
by
fifty-nine
companies
(in
non-
attainment
areas),
in differing amounts,
and
using
different
techniques
of
production
The
TRE index
is established through the use
of
a specific formula
as
set forth in Section
215.495(b)
of
the proposed regulations
and
corresponds
to
a cost effectiveness of $1,600
per megagrarn of VOC destroyed.
(June
1,
1987
Statement of Reasons at 15-16).
The only issues which have arisen
in this proceeding regard
the geographic applicability of the rule,
the types of vents
covered, whether methods for determining VOM content other than
Reference Method
18 can
be used, and the scope of the grandfather
clause.
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
The question of geographic coverage in this proceeding
is
virtually the same question raised
in R86-39 which is today also
being proposed for first notice.
Upon motion of Stepan Chemical
Company at the March 10,
1987 hearing,
the testimony of Mr.
Erwin
Kauper,
a certified consulting meteorologist, which was presented
at the April 24,
1987, hearing in R86-l8 was incorporated into
this record in
an apparent attempt to demonstrate that Will
County emissions do not contribute to ozone violations.
That
testimony appears
at 1034-1106 of the April
24 hearing.
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The Board examined this issue
in the R86-39 Proposed Opinion
at pages
2-5,
at which it stated as follows:
Mr.
Forbes
of
the Agency,
however,
testified
that Will
County
should be included since it
is part
of
the SIP area,
that emissions from
the
County
impact
the
ozone
air
quality
of
the region,
and that the emissions reductions
from application
of
RACT
to sources
in Will
County
have
been
included
in
previous
analyses
and
are
necessary
to
demonstrate
attainment
of
the
National
Ambient
Air
Quality Standards
(NAAQS).
(R. 15-16).
The
Board
has
considered
the
geographic
applicability
of
the
RACT
rules
in
several
recent opinions: R82-14, April
19,
1987
at 4-
5;
R82-14,
April
30,
1987
at
21-22;
R85-
21(A), May 28,
1987 at 21-22;
and R86-12, May
28,
1987
at
4.
In each of
these,
the Board
indicated
that
it
would
follow
the
Agency’s
proposal that the RACT regulations
be applied
to
Cook,
DuPage,
Kane,
Lake,
Macoupin,
Madison,
McHenry,
Monroe,
St.
Clair
and Will
counties.
All
except
McHenry
and
Will
are
presently
designated
as
non-attainment
for
ozone.
The
fullest
and
most
developed
analysis
of
this
issue
appears
in
the
April
30,
1987
Opinion
in R82-14
at pp.
21-22:
Several
years
ago,
when
these
proceedings
were completed
and RACT III
was
proposed,
much
of
the
state
was
designated as non-attainment.
When RACT
I was initiated,
25 counties
in Illinois
were
non-attainment
for
ozone.
The
rationale
for
statewide
applicability
was
based
on
the
pervasive
statewide
ozone problem,
the atmospheric transport
of
ozone
and
ozone
precursors
from
sources
in
attainment
areas
to
non-
attainment
areas,
and
the
need
to
provide
for
growth
in
the
SIP
(R.
40-
63).
At
present,
many
areas
of
the
state have achieved attainment
for ozone
and the major non-attainment areas,
with
one
exception,
are
concentrated
in
the
Chicago
and
East
St..
Louis
major
urbanized
areas
(R.
3204-5).
Macoupin
County
is
not
located
in
a
major
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urbanized
area
but
continues
to
experience
violations
of
the
NAAQS
for
ozone.
Recent regulatory proposals have focused
on
implementing
RACT
in
the
nine
counties
that
comprise
the
Chicago
and
East
St.
Louis
major
urbanized
regions
and
Macoupin
County.
Eight
of
these
counties
are
currently
designated
non-
attainment
for ozone.
Will and McHenry
counties
are
currently
designated
attainment for ozone but are part
of the
Chicago
urbanized
area.
The
SIP must,
in
addition
to
imposing
RACT
on
major
stationary
sources
in
non-attainment
areas,
provide
for
ultimate
attainment
of
the
ozone
NAAQS.
To
that
end,
sources
in
Will
and McHenry
still
need
to be RACT controlled
in order to ensure
adequate
emission
reductions
because
of
the
transport
of
ozone
and
ozone
precursors
from
these
geographically
contiguous counties.
During
the
course
of
the
various
regulatory proposals
for the heatset web
offset
category,
no
participant
has
raised
the
issue
of
changing
the
geographic applicability in light of the
current
SIP strategy.
Consequently,
the
Board
will
limit
the
geographic
applicability
of
RACT
controls
to
the
ten
counties
designated
either
non-
attainment
for ozone
or
that are
a part
of the Chicago urbanized area.
As
noted
above,
the
geographic
coverage
has
been questioned
in this proceeding.
The only
evidence
presented
in
opposition
to
the
Agency’s proposal
is
contained
in
the Kauper
material
which
has
been
incorporated
by
reference.
Mr.
Kauper concludes:
1.
That
the EKMA model used
to demonstrate
approvability
of
SIP
submissions
is
flawed;
2.
That
urban
traffic
sources
rather
than
point
sources
are responsible
for ozone
exceedances;
and
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3.
That
proper
trajectory
analysis
generally
rules
out the significance of
point
sources
in Will, Kane,
MeHenry and
DuPage counties
as contributors to ozone
exceedances.
(R.
86-19,
April
24,
1987,
R.
1045-1048
and
1059).
While
the
Board
finds
Mr.
Kauper’s
analysis
to be
interesting,
the Board
is not persuaded
of
the
validity
of
his
conclusions.
Mr.
Kauper
bases
his
conclusions
on
the
trajectory
analysis.
A
trajectory
is
constructed
by
identifying
a
specific
air
parcel
(i.e.
one
containing
an
ozone
concentration
in
excess
of
the
NAAQS
for
ozone)
and tracing
the locations
of
the
air
parcel
backward
in
time
using
hourly
wind
data.
Trajectory
analysis
attempts
to
determine
the
source
of
the
emissions
that
ultimately led
to
the exceedances.
Twenty-
nine
(29)
separate
trajectories
were
presented
by
Mr.
Kauper
showing
the
paths
taken
by
the
air
parcels
that
led
to
ozone
violations
in
Illinois
and
Wisconsin
on
22
days
during
the
1985
and
1986
ozone
seasons.
These trajectories
do tend
to
pass
through
the Chicago metropolitan area.
They
do
not,
however,
tend
to
pass
through
the
Chicago
urban
area
during
times
when
heavy
traffic would be expected.
Assuming
the urban area
to
be defined on the
trajectory
maps
by
the
area
bounded
by
Evanston,
Des Flames,
ORD
(O’Hare),
Cicero,
Midway,
SW
Pump,
Calumet
City
and
the
lake,
and assuming that heavy traffic would not be
expected
prior
to
5:30
a.m.
CST,
only
8
of
the
29
trajectories
are
indicated
to
have
passed
through
the
urban
area
at
relevant
times.
On the other hand, at least
15 of the
air
parcels
were
over
Lake
Michigan
during
the
time
period
after
5:30
am.
On
this
simplistic
basis
it
appears
more
reasonable
to
assume
that
the
problem
stems
from
Lake
Michigan
emissions
rather
than
urban
traffic.
That,
of
course,
is
not
the
case,
however,
and
it
appears
most
reasonable
to
hypothesize that the ozone precursors
in most
of
the
cited
cases
were
injected
into
the
atmosphere
at
some
point
prior
to
the
last
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plotted
point
of
most
of
the
trajectories.
Thus,
the data presented
is of limited value
in
determining
the
sources
of
the
ozone
exceedances
studied,
and
is
of
even
more
limited
value
with
respect
to
the
stated
generalized
conclusions.
Furthermore,
Mr.
Kauper
indicated
that
short
of
extending
a
complete
analysis
farther
back
in
time,
the
best
guess
as
to
the
trajectories
prior
to
the last plotted points would be based upon
a
presumed movement
similar
to
that
indicated
by
the
last
few
plotted
points.
(id.
at
1074).
If
that
is done,
at
least
20
of the
29
trajectories
would
be
expected
to
pass
near,
or
through,
Will
County.
It
is
difficult
to understand,
then,
how
the Board
could
be
expected
to
conclude
that
Will
County sources
are not contributing to these
ozone
violations.
Other
factors
serve
to
further
undercut
Mr.
Kauper’s
conclusions.
Mr.
Kauper admitted that he was not familiar
with
the
location
of
stationary
sources
in
the Chicago area and that
he simply assumed,
based
upon
his
knowledge
of
other
cities,
that
the
Chicago
urban
area
would
be
dominated by mobile
sources.
(id.
at
1083).
Mr.
Kauper
further
admitted
that
there
is
some
uncertainty
involved
in
plotting
air
parcel
trajectories,
particularly
over
the
lake
where
there
are
no
wind
velocity
measurements.
(id.
at
1075-1079).
One
such
uncertainty
is
the
presumption
that
wind
speed
increases
by
50
when
the
air
parcel
moves
offshore
due
to
the
reduction
in
surface
friction.
(Id.
at
1079-1080).
Studies
over
oceans
have
shown
a
35
factor.
(id.
at
1080).
Over the distances
involved,
this
difference
could
be
significant,
since
the uncertainties
could be
additive.
The
Board
simply
cannot
conclude
that
Mr.
Kauper’s
data
supports
his
conclusion
regarding
ozone
exceedances
being
caused
by
Chicago
urban
mobile
sources.
While
the
Board
is
inclined
to
agree
that
the
EKMA
model may have shortcomings
as
a predictor of
ozone exceedances near Lake Michigan and that
a
substantial
majority
of
the
studied
exceedances
are
impacted
by
lake
effect
winds,
insufficient
information
has
been
provided to demonstrate that Will County does
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not
contribute
to
those
exceedances
even
assuming
the
accuracy
of
the
plotted
trajectories.
The state
is required to have an approved SIP
for
ozone,
and
it
is
already
late
in
that
effort.
On
the
one
hand,
the
Agency’s
proposal
appears
to
be
federally
approvable;
on
the
other
hand,
there
are
serious
questions
as
to
whether
an
attainment
demonstration
could
be
made
if
Will
County
were
not
to
be
subject
to
the
proposed
rules.
As
set
forth
by
Steve
Rothblatt,
Chief,
Air and Radiation branch of
1JSEPA,
in
order
to
exclude
Will
County
from
the
proposal,
“USEPA
would
have
to
be convinced
that
emissions
from
Will
County
do
not
contribute to the emissions which lead to
the
violations of the ozone standard found
in and
downwind
of
the Chicago area.
In
addition,
it
would
be
necessary
for
the
state
to
prepare,
adopt
and
submit
a
SIP
revision
which
includes
a
new
EKMA analysis
which
would have
to
reflect
new values
for various
parameters
which
would
be
affected
by
the
reduction
in
analysis
area.
(Attachment
to
Agency
comments,
Rothblatt
letter
at
2),
Furthermore,
if
Will County
is
excluded
from
coverage,
a
“completely revised
set of
input
data would
be
required”
and
the
delay
which
would
be
required
for
such
an
analysis
and
review
by
USEPA
may
well
subject
Illinois’
program
“to
various
additional
requirements
currently
under
development
by
USEPA.”
(id.)
That
is,
by
the
time
such
a
reanalysis’s
could
be
completed,
USEPA
may
well
have
revised
its
procedures
for
approval,
thus requiring additional support.
Finally,
ozone
levels
recorded
during
the
1987
ozone
season
appear
to
demonstrate
the
prudence
of
including
some
attainment
counties
under
the
coverage
of
these
rules.
Dr.
Rao
of
the Board’s
Scientific/Technical
Staff
has
introduced
two exhibits
at
a
June
30,
1987
hearing
in
R86-37
containing
preliminary
details
of
the
1987
exceedances
of
the
NAAQS
for ozone
based upon monitored
data.
The
Board,
on
its
own
motion,
hereby
makes
those
same documents
exhibits
in
this
proceeding.
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The
first
document
(Exhibit
10),
entitled
“1987
Illinois
Ozone
Excursions
Above
the
NAAQS Level
of
120 ppb,”
consists
of
a table
showing
the
date
and
location
(city
and
county)
of
monitoring
sites
along
with
measured
values
of
the
ozone
concentration.
This
table
was
complied
by
the
Scientific/Technical Section
(STS), using the
information
provided
by
Bob
Swinford
and
Will Flowers
from the
Illinois
Environmental
Protection Agency
(Agency).
Dr. Rao from the
STS has spoken with the Agency personnel on
a
number of occasions to update the table which
includes data up to July 15,
1987.
Bod
Swinford
provided
the
second
document
(Exhibit
11),
which
is
a
summary
report
generated
by
the Agency using data
from the
ozone
monitoring
sites
in
Illinois.
This
report,
updated June
22,
1987,
is similar
to
the earlier
described
table, but
in addition
also
shows
1)
the
number
of
excursions
that
have
taken
place
at
each
location;
2)
the
date
and
location
of
sites
with
measured
ozone
concentrations
between
120
and
125
ppb
which have been labeled unhealthful pollution
standard
index
(PSI)
days;
and
3)
dates
and
regions
where
ozone
advisories
were
issued
along
with
the
monitor
which
triggered
the
event.
It
is
interesting to note that several of the
1987
exceedances
occur
in
counties
that
are
presently classified
as attainment for ozone
(Will, McHenry, and Peoria).
Obviously,
this
may
have
a
bearing
on
whether
the
Board
should
be
applying
RACT
controls
in
counties
presently
designated
as
attainment.
The
Board requests comment on the significance of
these exhibits.
Given
the
Board’s
findings
concerning
the
sufficiency
of
the
Kauper
testimony,
the
Board
concludes
that
there
is
no reasonable
likelihood
of demonstrating attainment
based
upon
reanalysis
of
the
ozone
SIP
without
including Will County.
Since
the failure
to
demonstrate
attainment
would
result
in
disapproval
of
the
SIP
and
the
state
is
required
to
have
an
approved
SIP,
the
Board
proposes
that
these
rules
be
applicable
to
the ten counties proposed.
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The Board has added
the same exhibits referred to above as
Exhibits
10 and 11 into this proceeding as Exhibits
15 and
16.
As
in R86-39,
the Board concludes that it will propose that these
rules be applicable to the ten counties proposed by the Agency.
VENT COVERAGE
Dan Muno of Stepan argues that the Agency’s proposal
improperly extends the universe of vents
covered under the
Agency’s
proposal
beyond
those
vents
covered
by
the
CTG
in
that
the
proposal
covers
all
process
vents while the CTG covers only
the
main
reactor
vent
and
not
the
distillation
vents
or
any
other
vents
associated
with
the
process.
(R.
70-71).
The
Agency
disagrees, contending that
“the CTG exempts only ‘process vents
that
result
from
the
product
purification
of
a
reactor
bottom
stream.’”
(Agency
Comments,
April
15,
1987,
at
2).
Further,
the
Agency believes that it
is appropriate to include
reactor bottom
streams
in
this rulemaking,
since
the technology to control them
is reasonably available,
the method for controlling these streams
is
included
in the CTC, and the method is sound.
(Agency
Comments at
4).
As proposed by the Agency the rules require controls on
streams only if the cost of control
is $1,600/Mg or less.
The
Agency has contended that the TRE is applicable to all streams
which
may
be
covered
by
the
proposal,
and
the
record
fails
to
contain any evidence to the contrary.
The Board can discern no
reason
for
the
failure
of
the
CTG to be made applicable to these
streams other than the fact that these streams were to be covered
under another CTG which has not been published.
That fact does
not lead to the conclusion that it would be inappropriate to
cover those streams here.
The reason may simply be that USEPA
has preconceived functional groupings to be covered by various
CTGs, that reactor bottom streams could
fall within two or more
of those functional groupings, and that USEPA simply decided they
fit better within another category.
That does not mean that
future controls will
be any more or less stringent than
if they
had been covered under
this CTG,
or that coverage under these
rules
is inappropriate.
Given
the absence of any showing
to the contrary and the
apparent applicability of the TRE to all streams,
the Board
concludes that the Agency has reasonably included all streams
in
its proposal.
The Board will,
therefore, propose the Agency’s
language for first notice.
REFERENCE METHOD
18
In the rules as proposed by the Agency, Appendix A, Section
A.3(b)(2)(i) redesignated
in this proposl as Appendix E,
Section
(b)(2)(A)
requires the use of Reference Method
18
to measure the
concentration of all organics,
including those containing
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halogens.
Dan Muno testified,
however, that “there should be
provision
for
alternative test methods because Method
18 will not
determine
compounds
that
(1)
are
polymeric
(high
molecular
weight),
(2)
can
polymerize
before
analysis
or
(3)
have
very
low
vapor
pressures
at
stack
or
instrument
conditions.”
(R.
71-
72).
The
Agency’s
response
is
simply
that
“Method
18,
specified
in
the
proposed
rule
is
a
good
method
of
wide
applicability.
However,
if
any
company
would
like
to
propose
another
test
method
to
use
for
any
particular
chemical,
the
Agency
would
be
happy
to
look
at
any
such
proposals
to
determine
whether
it
(sic)
would
be
acceptable.”
(P.C.
No.
1
at
5).
Mr.
Muno
has
properly
set
forth
the
limitations
of
Reference
Method
18
and
the
Agency’s
willingness
to
look
at
other methods
does
not
remedy
the
problem
of
the
present
proposal.
As
proposed
by
the
Agency,
affected
facilities would be required to use
a
test
method
which
admittedly
is
not
useful
under
certain
conditions.
The
Board
does
not
believe
that
should
be
required,
and
has
rewritten
the
rule
to
require
that Method
18
be
used
unless
one
or
more
or
the
circumstances
noted
by
Mr.
Muno
is
present
in
which case Reference Method 25(a) must be used.
The
Board believes that Method 25(a) would be appropriate
in such
circumstances,
but
requests
comment
on
its
propriety.
GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
Under
Section 215.495(b)
a facility otherwise required to
meet
the
limitations
of
Section
215.495(a)
need
not
meet
those
limitations
if
it
has
an
existing
combustion
device
until that
device
is
“replaced
for
other
reasons.”
The
Agency
stated
its
position
as
follows:
The
Agency
believes
that
what
constitutes
“replacement
of
the
combustion
device”
will
probably
need
to
be
determined on
a
case
by
case
basis.
Certainly,
the
Agency
believes
that
if replacement of the catalyst
is only
a
small
fraction
of
the cost
of replacing
the
incinerator,
then
IEPA’s
interpretation
of
the
proposed
rule
would not require
a company
to
comply
with
the
emissions
limitation
of
the
rule
at
that
point.
Similarly,
it
is
IEPA’s
interpretation
of
the
proposed
rule
that
if
the
cost
of replacing
the
catalyst
is,
for
example,
over
half
of
the
cost
of
a
new
incinerator,
the
company
would
be
required
to
upgrade
its
incinerator
and
come
into
compliance
when
it
replaced
a
catalyst.
(P.C.
No.
1
at
5).
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~tepan,
however,
requests
that
language
be
added
to
the
rule
to
clarify
that
catalyst
replacement
would
not
constitute
replacement
of
the device “for other reasons.”
Stepan’s view
appears
to
be
in
general
accord
with
the
intent
of
the
grandfather
clause
and
the
Agency’s
proposed
language.
The
intent
of
the
provision
appears
to
be
to
allow
facilities which
have
made
a
relatively
recent
investment
in
a
combustion
control
device
to
avoid
having
to
replace
that
device
during
its
useful
life.
The Board does not believe,
in general,
that the
replacement
of
a
catalyst
should
be
equated with the replacement
of
the
device:
replacement
of
a
catalyst
is
more
in
the
realm of
operation
and
maintenance.
On
the
other
hand,
it
makes
little
sense
to
allow
a
device
to
continue
to
be
grandfathered
if
a
new
compliant device would cost little more than the replacement of
the catalyst in
a non-compliant device.
The Agency does not believe that “replacement” needs
to be
further defined.
However,
the Agency has suggested the following
additional language as acceptable
if the Board were to determine
clarification to be necessary:
The
combustion
device
is
considered
to
be
replaced when all
of
the device
is replaced,
or
when
the
cost
of
replacement
of
part
of
the device equals
50
or more of the cost of
replacing the entire device.
(Agency Response at
4).
The Board believes that clarification
is appropriate.
The
concept of replacement for the other reasons
is vague,
and to the
extent
it can be clarified,
it should be.
The Board has,
therefore,
added language generally in line with the Agency’s
suggestion
except
that
it has added the concept that significant
repairs
can
be
considered
as
replacement
and
further
clarifies
that
the
50
provision
is
based
upon
the
relationship
of
the
cost
of replacement and the cost of
a compliant device rather than the
cost of replacement and the cost of
a grandfathered device as
Stepan appears
to assume.
With
the exception of the noted changes
and
a few minor non-
substantive changes,
the Board will propose for first notice the
rules
as
proposed
by
the
Agency.
ORDER
The Board hereby proposed the following rules for first
notice publication
in the Illinois Register.
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TITLE 35:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE
B:
AIR POLLUTION
CHAPTER
I:
POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
SUBCHAPTER
c:
EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS
FOR STATIONARY SOURCES
PART 211
DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 211.122
Definitions
“Air Oxidation Process”:
any unit process including
ammoxidation or oxychiorination that uses air
or
a
combination of air and oxygen as an oxidant
in
combination with one or more organic
reactants to
produce_on_or_more organic compounds.
“Cost Effectiveness”:
the annual expense for cost of
control of
a given process stream divided
by the
reduction in emissions of organic material of that
stream.
“Flow”:
For the purposes of Part 215, Subpart
V, vent
stream flowrate (scm/mm),
at
a standard temperature of
20°C.
“Full Operating Flowrate”:
For the pur~osesof Part
215,
Subpart
V, maximum operating capacity of the
facility.
“Hourly Emissions”:
For the purposes of Part 215,
Subpart V,
hourly emissions reported in kg/hr measured
at full operating flowrate.
“Net Heating Value
(Hr)”:
For the purposes of Part
215,
Subpart V,
vent stream net heating value
(MJ/scm), where
the net enthalpy of per mole of offgas
is based on
combustion at 25° C and 760 mm
Hg, but the standard
temperature for determining the volume corresponding
to
one mole is 20°C,as
in the definition of
“Flow” in this
Section.
“Process Vent Stream”:
For the purposes of Part 215,
Subpart
V,
an emission stream resulting from an air
oxidation process.
“Total Resource Effectiveness Index
(TRE)”:
Cost
effectiveness
in dollars per megagram of controlling any
gaseous stream vented to the atmosphere from an air
oxidation process divided by 1600$/mg,
using the
criteria and methods
set forth in Part 215,
Subpart
V of
these regulations
and Appendices thereto.
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“Volatile Organic Material”:
Any ergan±ema~ei’~a~
w1~eh
1~asa vapor p~esst~eof ~~24
kPa
42TS
p5~48-
O!~
gI~ea~ei
a~294z3~K479Qp4.
Fe~pt~pesesof
5
~
Adm- Ge~e
2157442
~oug1’~
21S~444; ve1a~i~1eo1~gaw~ema~e~a~
means
any o~gan~ema~e~a1wh~eh1’~as a vapor p~essu~eof ~9~34
kPa 41~Sps~a~a~
294~3’~K
~F4~
Fof p~pesesof 35
~
A~m~
cede 215T181
~1ifeugl~
215184T
2157445 ~1’Lre~gh
5~451~
5T294
~hi’eug1~2157299w ~T49~
~K~ough
215V494T
2157461
th~eugk
21S7464
an~ 21576~1 ~hrettg~
2157693 vo1a~1eoigan~ema~ei~a1~eens any o~gen~e
ma~e~a1wh~e1~
I~as
a
vapei” pressure g~ea~e~
than
9T913
kPa 4~9919
psi~a~
a~294~3~14~9~F4T
a)
Any
organic
materials
which
participates
in
atmospheric photochemical reactions or is measured
by the applicable reference methods specified under
Part 230, Appendix A
(40 CFR
60, Appendix A) unless
specifically exempted from this definition.
b)
For purposed of this definition, the following are
not volatile organic materials:
Methane
Ethane
1,1,1 trichioroethane
Methylene chloride
Trichiorofluoromethane
Dichlorodifluoromethane
Chiorodifluoromethane
Trifluoromethane
Trichlorotrifluorethane
Dichiorotetrafluoroethane
Chloropentafluoroethane
TITLE
35:
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
SUBTITLE
B:
AIR POLLUTION
CHAPTER
I:
POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
PART
215
ORGANIC MATERIAL EMISSION STANDARDS
AND
LIMITATIONS
SUBPART V:
AIR OXIDATION PROCESSES
Section 215.490
Applicability
The provisions
of this Subpart shall apply to plants using air
oxidation processes and which are located
in
any of the following
counties: Will,
McHenry, Cook, DuPage,
Lake,
Kane, Madison,
St.
Clair,
Macoupin and Monroe.
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Section 215.495
Emission Limitations of Air Oxidation
Processes
a)
No person shall cause or allow the emissions of
volatile organic material from any process vent stream
unless the process vent stream
is
vented to
a
combustion
device
that
is
designed
and operated either:
1)
to reduce the volatile organic emissions vented to
it
with
an
efficiency
of
at
least
ninety-eight
(98) percent by weight,
or
2)
to emit volatile organic material
at
a
concentration
less
than
twenty~arts
per
million
by volume, dry basis.
b)
Air
oxidation
facilities
for
which
an
existing
combustion device is employed to control process VOM
emissions
are
not
required
to
meet
the
98
percent
emissions
limit
until the combustion device
is replaced
for
other
reasons.
The
combustion
device
is considered
to be replaced when all of the device is replaced or
when
the
cost
of
the
repair
of
the
device
or
the
cost
of replacement of part of the device exceeds
50
of the
cost of replacing the entire device with
a compliant
device.
a)
The
limitations
of
subsection
(a)
above
shall
not
apply
to any process vent stream or combination of process
vent streams which has
a Total Resource Effectiveness
(TRE)
Index greater than 1.0,
as determined by the
following
methods:
1)
If
an
air
oxidation
process
has
more
than
one
process vent stream,
the Total Resource
Effectiveness
(TRE)
Index shall be based upon
a
combination of the process vent streams.
2)
The TRE
index
of a process vent stream shall be
determined according to the following equation:
TRE
=
~i
+
b
(FLOw)°•88
+
c(FLOW
+
d(FLOW)(H~)
+
e(FLOW)O.SS) (H°O.8)
+
f(FLOW)°°~5~
where:
TRE
=
Total resource effectiveness index
value.
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FLOW
=
Vent stream flowrate (scm/mm),
at
a standard temperature
of 20°C.
Hourly measured emissions in Kg/hr.
Ht
=
Vent stream net heating value
(NJ/scm), where the net enthalpy
per mole of offgas
is based on
combustion at 25°Cand 760 mm Hg,
but the standard temperature for
determining the volume
corresponding to one mole
is 20°C,
as
in the definition of FLOW.
a,b,c,d,e,and
f
=
coefficients.
The
coefficients shall
be obtained by
use of Appendix
F to this Subpart.
(Board
Note:
For
nonchiorinated
process vent streams,
if
3.6 is
less than net heating value, designated
a H~
,
FLOW shall
be
replaced by “FLOW
x
TL~
/3.6” for purposes
of calculating TRE.)
3)
The actual numerical values used
in the equation
described in subsection
(2) above
shall
be
determined as follows:
A)
All reference methods and procedures for
determining the flow,
hourly emissions
and net heating value,
shall be in
accordance with Appendix E to this
Subpart,
B)
All coefficients described in Subsection
(2)
shall be
in accordance with Appendix
F to this Subpart.
Section
215.1+96
Testing
and
Monitoring
a)
~on
request
by
the
Agency,
the
owner
or
operator
of
an
air oxidation process shall demonstrate compliance wit1~
this Subpart or any portion thereof by use of the
methods specified in Appendix E to this Subpart.
b)
A person planning to conduct
a volatile organic
material emissions test to demonstrate compliance with
this Subpart
shall notify the Agency of that intent not
less than
30 days before the planned initiation of the
tests
so that the Agency may observe the test.
In
addition, the test procedure shall follow all stack
test procedure specifications filed in accordance with
the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Section 215.497
Compliance Date
Every owner
or operator of an emission source subject to this
Subpart shall comply with
its standards and limitations by
December
31, 1987.
APPENDIX
E:
REFERENCE METHODS
AND
PROCEDURES
INTRODUCTION
This appendix presents the reference methods and procedures
required for implementing RACT.
Methods and procedures are
identified for two types of RACT implementation:
(1)
determination of VOC destruction efficiency
for evaluating
compliance with the 98-weight percent VOC reduction or 20 ppmv
emission limit
specified in the recommended RACT;
and
(2)
determination of offgas flowrate, hourly emissions, and stream
net heating value for calculating
a
TRE
index.
All reference
methods identified in this appendix refer to the reference
methods specified at
40 CFR Part
60
-
Appendix A.
a.
VOC DESTRUCTION EFFICIENCY DETERMINATION
The following reference methods and procedures are
required for determining compliance with the percent
destruction efficiency specified in the recommended
RACT.
1)
Reference Method
1
or
1A,
as appropriate,
for
selection of the sampling site.
The control
device inlet sampling site for determination of
vent stream molar composition or total organic
compound destruction efficiency shall
be prior to
the inlet of any control device and after all
recovery devices.
2)
Reference Methods
2,
2A,
ZC, or
2D as appropriate,
for determination of the volumetric flowrate.
3)
Reference Method
3 to measure oxygen concentration
of the air dilution correction.
The emission
sample shall be corrected
to
3 percent oxygen.
4)
Reference Method
18 to determine the concentration
of total organic compounds
(minus methane and
ethane)
in the control device outlet and total
organic compound reduction efficiency of the
control device.
b.
TRE INDEX DETERMINATION
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The followin~reference methods and procedures are required
for determining the offgas flowrate, hourly emissions,
and
the net heating value of the gas combusted to calculate the
vent stream TRE index
value.
1)
Reference Method
1 or
lÀ,
as appropriate,
for
selection of the sampling site.
The sampling site
for the vent stream ~lowrate and molar composition
determination prescribed
in
(b)(2) and
(3) shall
be prior to the inlet of any combustion device,
prior
to any post-reactor dilution of the stream
with air, and prior to any post-reactor
introduction o~halogenated compounds into the
vent stream.
Subject
to the preceding
restrictions on the sampling site,
it shall be
after the final recovery device.
If any gas
stream other
than the air oxidation vent stream
is
normally conducted through the recovery system of
the affected facility,
such stream shall be
rerouted or turned off while the vent stream is
sampled, but shall be routed normally prior to the
measuring of the initial value of the monitored
parameter(s)
for
determinin~
compliance
with
the
recommended RACT.
If the air oxidation vent
stream is normally routed through any equipment
which
is not
a part of the air oxidation facility
as defined in Chapter
4,
such equipment shall
be
~ypassed
by the vent stream while the vent stream
is sampled,
but shall not be bypassed durin~the
measurement of the initial value of the monitored
parameter(s)
for determining compliance with
subpart V.
2)
The molar comyosition of the vent stream shall
be
determined using the following methods:
A)
Reference Method
18 to measure the concentration
of all organics, including those containing
halogens, unless
a significant portion of the
compounds of interest are polymeric
(high
molecular weight),
can polymerize before analysis
or have low vapor pressures,
in which case
Reference Method
25(a)
shall be used.
B)
ASTM D1946-67 (reapproved
1977)
to measure the
concentration of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
C)
Reference Method
4
to measure the content of water
vapor,
if necessary.
3)
The volumetric flowrate shall be determined using
Reference Method
2,
2A,
2C, or
2D,
as appropriate.
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4)
The net heating value
of the vent stream shall be
calculated using the following equation:
n
Ht
=
K1
S C1 H1
1=1
H~.
=
Net heating value of the sample, NJ/scm, where the
net enthalpy per mole
of offgas
is based on
combustion at 25°Cand 760 mm Hg,
but the standard
temperature for determinin~the volume
corresponding
to one mole is 20°C,as
in the
definition of
Q~
(offgas Elowrate).
K1
=
Constant, 1,740 x lO~
1
g riole
NJ
ppm
scm
kcal
where
standard temperature for g-rnole/scm is 20°C.
C1
=
Concentration of sample component
I, ppm,
as
measured
by
Reference
Method
18 and A$TM D1946—67
(reapproved
1977),
reported on
a wet basis.
H1
=
Net heat
of combustion of sample component
i,
kcal/g-mole based on combustion at 25°Cand 760 mm
Hg.
The heats of combustion of vent stream
components
would be required
to be determined
using ASTM
D2382—76
if
published
values
are
not
available or cannot be calculated.
5)
The emission rate of total organic compounds
in the
process
vent stream shall be calculated using the
following equation:
n
Et0c
=
K2
(S
C1 N1)
Qs
1=1
=
TOC emission rate
of total organic compounds
(minus methane and ethane)
in the sample,
kg/hr.
Constant,
2.494 x
io6
(1/ppm)
(g-mole/scm)
(kg/g)
(min/hr), where standard temperature
for
(g-mole/scrn)
is 20°C.
Molecular weight of sample component
i,
g/g-
mole.
Vent stream flowrate (scm/mm),
at
a standard
temperature
of 20°C.
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6)
The
total
vent
stream
concentration
(by
volume)
of
compounds
containin~
halogens
(ppmv,
by
compound)
shall
be summed from the individual concentrations of
compounds containing halogens which were measured by
Reference Method
18.
APPENDIX
F:
COEFFICIENTS
OF
THE
TOTAL
RESOURCE-EFFECTIVNESS
(TRE)
INDEX
EQUATION
3.5
a)
FOR
CHLCRINATFI)
PROCESS
VENT
SIREANS,
IF
0
NET
HEATING
VALUE
(NJ/scm)
W
=
STREAM
FL~RATE(scm/mm)
a
b
c
d
e
f
W
13.5
48.73
0
0.404
—0.1632
0
0
13.5
W
700
42.35
0624
0.404
-0.1632
U
0~0245
700
W
1400
84.38
0.678
0.404
-0.1632
U
0.0346
1400
W
2100
126.41
0.712
0.404
—0.1632
U
0.0424
2100
W
2800
168.44
0.747
0.404
—0.1632
0
0.0490
2800
W
3500
210.47
0.758
0.404
—0.1632
U
0.0548
b)
FOR
CHLCRINATE)
PROCESS
VENT
SIREAMS,
IF
3.5
NET
HEATING
VALUE
(NJ/scm):
w
=
Vent Stream Flowrate
(scm/mm)
a
b
c
d
e
f
W
13.5
47.67
0
—0.292
0
0
0
13.5
W
700
41.48
O~6O5
-0.292
U
U
0b245
700
W
1400
82.84
0.658
—0.292
U
U
0.0346
1400
W
2100
123.10
0.691
-0.292
U
U
0.0424
2100
W
2800
165.36
0.715
-0.292
U
U
0.0490
2800
W
3500
206.62
0.734
-0.292
U
U
0.0548
c)
FOR
~)NCHUiUNAT~)PROCESS
VENT
STREAMS,
IF
0
NET
HEATING
VALUE
(MJ/scm)
0.48:
W
=
Vent
Stream
Flowrate (scnVmin)
a
b
c
d
e
f
W
13.5
13.5
W
1350
19.05
16.61
32.91
49.21
0
0T239
0.260
0.273
0.113
0.113
0.113
0.113
-0.214
—0.214
-0.214
-0.214
0
U
U
U
0
0~0245
0.0346
0.0424
1350
W
_2700
2700
W
4050
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d)
R)R
NUNeFLwIUNAra)
ii(0C~S VF1~4T SIREAMS,
IF
0.48
NE!’
HEATING
VALuE
(NJ/scm)
1.9:
W
=
Vent
Stream
Flowrate
(scnVmin)
a
b
c
d
e
f
W
13.5
19.74
0
0.400
—0.202
0
0
13.5
W
1350
18.30
0138
0.400
1350
W ~z2700
36.28
0.150
0.400
2700
W
4050
54.26
0.158
0.400
-0.202
U
00245
-0.202
U
0.0346
-0.202
U
0.0424
e)
FOR
N.)NCHWRINATF)
PROCESS VENT
STREAMS,
IF
1.9
NET
HEATING
VALUE
(MJ/scm)
3.6:
=
Vent
Stream
Flowrate
(scm/mm)
a
b
c
d
e
f
W
13.5
15.24
0
0.033
0
0
0
13.5
W
1190
13.63
0157
0.033
1190
W
2380
26.95
0.171
0.033
2380
~
*
3570
40.27
0.179
0.033
5
U
0:0245
U
U
0.0346
U
U
0.0424
f)
FOR
NGNCHLORINATED
R~0CESSVENT
SIREANS,
IF
3.6
NET
HEATING
VALUE
(NJ/scm):
w
=
Dilution Flowrate (scnvmin)
a
b
c
d
e
f
W
13.5
15.24
0
0
0.0090
0
0
13.5
W
1190
13.63
U
U
1190
W
2380
26.95
U
U
2380
W
3570
40.27
U
U
0.0090
0Th503
oTo24s
0.0090
0.0546
0.0346
0.0090
0.0573
b.0424
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I,
Dorothy
N. Gunn,
Clerk
Board, hereby certify ~
the
adopted
on
the
/~
(-i~-~
of
_____________
of
the
Illinois
Pollution Control
above Opi~ionand Order was
day of
1987
by a vote
79-294

1987
Illinois Ozone Excursions
Above the N~AQSLevel
of
120 ppb
Date
Pbnitoring
Site
(County)
Concentration (ppb)
4/18/87
Lisle, IL
(Cook)
139
6/13/87
Chicago
-
Edgewater
(Cook)
156
6/13/87
Chicago
South Water Filtration Plant (Cook)
135
6/13/87
Chicago
-
Taft High
School
(Cook)
138
6/13/87
Deerfield,
IL
(Lake)
130
6/13/87
Waukegan,
IL
(Lake)
126
6/14/87
Chicago
Edgewater (Cook)
140
6/14/87
Chicago
-
South-East Police Station
(Cook)
144
6/14/87
Chicago
South
Water Filtration Plant
(Cook)
135
6/14/87
t~vanston,1L
(Cook)
l’d
6/14/87
Waukegan, IL (Lake)
140
6/16/87
c~aterloc, IL
(Monroe)
14o
6/17/87
Cary, IL (McHenry)
129
6/17/87
DesPlaines,
IL (Cook)
127
6/17/87
Evanston,
IL (Cook)
132
6/i8/67
Calu~TetCity,
IL
(Cook)
139
6/18/87
Chicago
-
Edgewater (Cook)
162
6/18/67
~hicagc
South—East Police Station (Cook)
165
6/18/87
Chicago
Taft High
School
(Cook)
148
6/18/87
Cicero,
IL (Cook)
146
6/18/87
Deerfield, IL
(Lake)
150
6/18/87
DesPlaines,
IL
(Cook)
129
6/18/87
Evanston,
IL
(Cook)
149
6/18/67
Libertyville,
IL
(Lake)
164
6/18/87
Waukegan,
IL
(Lake)
178
6/19/87
Evanston,
IL
(Cook)
133
6/19/87
Libertyville, IL
(Cook)
144
6/19/87
WauKegarl,
IL
(Lake)
141
6/20/87
Chicago
Taft High
School
(Cook)
129
6/23/87
Lemont,
IL (Cook)
129
6/23/87
South
Lockport
(Will)
133
6/24/87
Chicago
-
Taft High
School
(Cook)
125
6/24/87
Deerfield,
IL
(Lake)
177
6/24/6~/
Evanston,
IL
(Cook)
127
6/24/87
Libertyville,
IL
(Lake)
173
6/24/67
~aukegan,
IL
(Lake)
162
6/24/67
Peoria Heights, IL
(Peoria)
126
79-295

‘-~
EX(tR~
J
oN
O’
OZONE
AAQS
REfl)1?~’
**2*
*i*i*****4
***
**~~ I **
ZI
*
:1*4*
125PPB~
****:***4**
W*4**i**~**
‘*4****;1
CON(N
TRAIl
ON
UNHE~LTHFU1. P~S1
I).A~S WJ1W)Cr
(J;ONE
Ex(:(:Ps1o~
(12)
value
125)
**********1*****i**t***
**I******2**************~*i*************~I***I**t
1P1)ATE1)
6/22/87
FOR FURIHER
I NFO1~!’1ATJ
ON
CONrACT
)30B
S~
I
/~
‘/~
*
41 *4*4*
*
*4*4*
**
**4***2
*4*1
1 9~7
OZON-
F\CUF?S iONS
I
I°AO
S
*1*1
****
t******4**********
*****I******,
1**
LOCATION
Apr
18,
1987
Lisle
139 ppb
*i~tExrnrsion
Jun 1~,
19~
7
Chicago
-
Edg~ater
156 pph
list Fx~’urs~r’n
Jun
13,
1987
Chicago
SWFP
135
ppb
list Excursion
Jun
l~4, 1987
Chicago
-
Taft
HS
138
ppb
list Excursion
Jun
13,
1987
1)eerfield
130 pph
*1st Excursion
Jun
13,
1987
Waukegan
126 ppb
*1st Excursion
J~n14,
1987
Chicago
-
Edgewater
14U
pph
*t2nd
Excursion
Jun
14,
1987
Chicago
SE
Police
144 pph
*1st F:xcursion
Jun
14,
3987
Chicago
-
SWFP
135 ppb
**2nd Excursion
Jun
13,
1987
Evanston
141 ppb
list
Excursion
Jun
14,
1987
Waukegan
140 ppb
**2nd Excursion
Jun
16,
1987
S~at.er1oo
1~ ppb
*1st Excursion
Jun
17,
1987
Cary
129
pph
*1st.
Excursion
Jun
17,
1987
Des
Plaines
127 ppb
*1st Excursion
J~
;7, 1~7
:\a~tc~
~22 pph
2nc3
F~ic~i~i
Jun
18,
1987
(2aluric’t
City
1:49 ppb
*
1st
Excursioi
Jun
18,
1987
Chicago
-
Edgewater
162 ppb
*1*3rd
Excur’3inn
Jun
18,
1987
Chicago
SE
Po’ice
165 pph
4*2nd
ExcurF.ion
Jun
18,
1YFT
Chicago
-
Taft
HS
148
ppb
4*2nd
Excursion
Jun
18,
1q87
Cicero
146
pph
*1st Excursion
Jun
18,
1987
Deerfie1~i
150
pph
*2nd
Excursion
Jun
18,
1987
Des Na
i
nos
1
2~4
pph
*
*2ttr4
Excursi
~n
.Jun
18,
19~7
Evanston
139 ppb
14*3rd
E’:curElnn
Jun
18,
1987
Libert y’.il
le
164
pph
*
1~t Excursion
Jun
12,
1957
WauLogan
178
pph
*1*3rd Exrurs~on
Jun
19,
1987
Fvanston
13:4 ppb
1*4*4th
1-xcursion
Jun
19,
1987
Liberty’~ilIr
134
pph
1*2nd
Excursion
Jun
19,
1987
~nnuk~n
141
ppb
*14*4th
ixcurFinri
Jun
~Q,
1987
Uhioago
laft
115
1~9 pph
**13rd
E-~:cursjcn
May
19,
1987
F.di~ard~vile
121 pph
Jun 1~, 1987
Champn~n
12:~
ppl-~
Jun i~, 1987
Peoria
122
pph
.Jun
15,
1987
Ch~cagn
SW
Pump
121
ppb
Jun
19,
1987
Cary
124
ppl
OZONE
ADVISORiES
ISSUED
Jun
13,
1987
Chicago
-
Northside
3pm CDT
Chicago
-
Taf’t. 13~ pph
Jun
13,
1987
Chicago
-
Snuthside
3pm CDr
Chicago
SWFP
126
ppb
Jun
13,
1987
Lake
County
3pm
CDT
Deerfield
131)
ppl)
Jun
17,
1987
Chi
~go—West
&
South
2pm
t’iyr
Cary
129
ppl
Jun
17,
1987
Chicago
Northside
5pm
CDT
J~vanston
126 ppb
79-296

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