ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January 23,

1986

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

R85-33

)

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO

)

35 Ill.

Adm.

Code 212.443

)

PROPOSED RULE.

FIRST NOTICE.

JOINT PROPOSAL BY THE ILLINOIS

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,

CITIZENS FOR A BETTER

ENVIRONMENT AND THE STEEL COMPANIES.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J.

Theodore Meyer):

This proposal for regulatory change was filed on December

19,

1985, by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

(Agency), Citizens for a

Better Environment and the Steel

companies.

This proposal is filed

in conjunction with problems

arising out of

a lawsuit filed by Citizens for

a Better

Environment

in Federal District

Court against the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency and the Steel companies for

failure to revise Illinois coke-battery and casthouse rules.

This proposal represents the proposed settlement arising from

said lawsuit.

The

Board has not evaluated the merits of this proposal.

The Board

is authorizing first notice publication of this

proposal “as

is”

in the interests

of expediting public

participation expeditiously as is possible.

The clerk of

the

Board is directed to cause first notice

publication

in the Illinois Register of the following amendments

to

35

Iii.

Adm. Code 212.443.

Section 212.443

By-Product Coke Plants

a)

Subpart

B shall

not apply to by-product

coke plants.

b)

Charging:

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1)

Uncaptured Emissions

A)

No person shall cause or allow the emission of

visible particulate matter

from any coke oven

charging operation, from the introduction of

coal into the first charge

port,

as indicated

by the first mechanical movement of the coat

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feeding mechanism on the larry car,

to the

replacement

of the

final charge port lid for

more than

a total of 125 seconds over

5

consecutive

charges; provided however that

1

charge out of any

20 consecutive charges may

be deemed an uncountable charge at

the option

of the operator.

B)

Compliance with the limitation set forth in

—

subparagraph

(A)

shall be determined

in the

following manner:

1)

Observation of charging emissions shall

be made from any point or

points on the

topside of

a coke oven battery from which

an observer can obtain

an unobstructed

view of the charging operation.

ii)

The observer shall time the visible

emissions with

a stopwatch while

observing the charging operation.

Only

emissions from the charge port and any

part

of

the larry car shall

be timed.

The observation shall commence

as soon as

coal

is introduced into the first charge

port

as

indicated by the

first mechanical

movement of the coal feeding mechanism on

the larry car and shall terminate when

the

last charge

port lid has

been

replaced.

Simultaneous emissions from

more than one emission point

shall be

timed and recorded as

one emission and

shall not be

added individually to the

total

time.

iii)

The observer shall determine and record

the total number

of

seconds that charging

emissions are visible during the charging

of coal to the coke oven.

iv)

For each

charge observed, the observer

shall record the total number of seconds

of visible emissions, the clock time for

the initiation and completion of

the

charging operation and the battery

identification and oven number.

v)

The observer shall not record any

emissions observed after all charging

port lids have been firmly seated

following removal of the larry car,

such

as emissions occurring when

a

lid has

been temporarily removed to permit

spilled coal

to

be swept

into the oven.

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vi)

In the event that observations from

a

charge are interrupted

the data from the

charge shall

be

invalidated and the

observer shall note on his observation

sheet the reason for invalidating the

data.

The observer shall then resume

observation of the next consecutive

charge or charges and continue until

a

set

of five charges

has been recorded.

Charges immediately preceding and

following interrupted observations

shall

be considered consecutive.

2)

Emissions from Control Equipment

A)

Emissions of

particulate matter from control

equipment used to capture emissions during

charging shall not exceed 0.046 gm/dscm

(0.020

gr/dscf).

Compliance

shall

be determined

in

accordance with

the procedures

set forth

in

35

Ill. Code

230, Appendix A (40 CFR 60, Appendix

A, Methods

1-5).

B)

The opacity of emissions from control

equipment

shall not exceed an average

of

20,

averaging the

total number of readings

taken.

Opacity readings shall

be taken at

15-

second intervals

from the introduction of coal

into the first charge port

as

indicated by the

first mechanical movement

of the coal feeding

mechanism on the larry car to the replacement

of the final charge port lid.

Compliance

shall

be determined

in accordance with

35

Ill.

Adm. Code

203,

Appendix A (40 CFR 60, Appendix

A,

Method

9), except for the number

of

readings required.

C)

Opacity readings of emissions from control

equipment shall

be taken concurrently with

observations

of fugitive particulate matter.

Two observers

shall

be

required.

c)

Pushing:

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~t4es

shafl~~e eqt~ppe~with

pushing systems with par

e~ete eontro~e~e~pmentwh~e1~i

s1ia~~e des~gne~to eapture at ‘east 90

of a~1

pert~eu~ateem~ss4ensfrom p~ish~ngeperatiens-~ The

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~e eperete~an~

ma4nta~ne~~n a manner to aeh~evethe ~es~gn

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part~eu~ateem~ss4ens from the et~t~etof sa4~

part~eu~ateeontre~equipment shall net e~eee~70

mg~sem 40T03 gr/dse?4

f?

a e~ose1yheo~e~meb~e

system ~s used 4n eenneet~onw4th the eperat~en of an

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ex4.st~ngeoke even battery w~tkthe emiss~ens exhausted

~4~reetly to the part~eulate eontrel e~u4pmeat~the

part~eulate emiss4ens from the outlet of said

part4~euleteeontrel equipment shell net exeee~ 140

mg/~sem40706 gr/~se?4-

1)

Uncaptured Emissions

A)

Emissions of fugitive particulate matter

from pushing operations

shall not exceed an

average

of 20

opacity for

4 consecutive

pushes considering the highest average of six

consecutive readings

in each push.

Opacity

readings

shall be taken

at

15—second

intervals,

beginning

from

the

time

the

coke

falls into the receiving car

or

is

first

visible

as

it emerges from the coke guide

whichever occurs

earlier, until

the receiv~g

car enters

the quench tower or

quenching

device.

For a push of less than

90 seconds

duration,

the actual number of 15-second

readings

shall

be averaged.

B)

Opacity readings

shall

be taken

by

a qualified

observed located in

a position where

the oven

being pushed,

the coke receiving car and the

path to the quench tower

are visible.

The

opacity shall

be read

as

the emissions rise

and clear

the top of the coke battery gas

mains.

The observer shall record opacity

readings of emissions originating

at the

receiving car

and associated equipment and the

coke

oven,

including

the

standpipe

on

the

coke

side

of

the

oven

being

pushed.

Opacity

readings

shall

be

taken

in

accordance with the

procedures

set

forth

in

35

Ill.

Adm.

Code

230

Appendix

A

(40

CFR

60,

Appendix

A,

Method

9),

except that Section

2.5

for

data

reduction

shall

be

used.

2)

Emissions

from Control Equipment

A)

The particulate

emissions from control

equipment

used to control emissions during

pushing operations

shall not exceed 0.040

pounds

per ton of coke pushed.

Compliance

shall

be determined

in accordance with the

procedures

set forth

in

35

Iii.

Adm.

Code

230,

Appendix A (40 CFR 60, Appendix

A,

Methods

1-

5) and shall

be based on an arithmetic aver~g~

of three runs

(stack tests) and the

calculations

shall

be

based on the duration of

a push as

defined in

paragraph

(1)(A).

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B)

The opacity of emissions from control

equipment

used to control emissions during

pushing operations

shall not exceed 20.

For

a push of

less than

six minutes duration, th~

actual number

of 15-second readings taken

shall

be

averaged.

Compliance

shall

be

determined

in accordance with

35

Ill.

Adm.

Code

230,

Appendix A (40 CFR 60, Appendix

A,

Method

9), except that Section 2.5 for data

reduction shall not

be used for pushes of less

than six minutes duration.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

1, Dorothy H.

Cunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,~ hereby

certify

that

the

above

Order

was

adopted

on

the

~3’-~

day

of

~

,

1986,

by

a

vote

of

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Dorothy

M.

G(inn

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board