ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
June 17, 1998
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
) R98-17
EXEMPTIONS FROM THE DEFINITION
) (Identical in Substance Rulemaking - Air)
OF VOM, USEPA AMENDMENTS
)
(July 1, 1997 through April 9, 1998)
)
Adopted Rule. Final Order.
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T. Girard):
The Board today adopts amendments to the definition of volatile organic material
(VOM) at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211.7150 to reflect the most recent United States Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA) exemptions of compounds from regulation as tropospheric ozone
precursors. This rulemaking is mandated by Section 9.1(e) of the Environmental Protection
Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/9.1(e) (1996)). That provision requires the Board to exempt from the
definition of VOM those compounds that are determined by USEPA to be exempt from
regulation under the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone in the federal recommended
policy. This action revises the definition of VOM for purposes of preparing SIPs to attain the
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone.
Section 9.1(e) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/9.1 (1996)) provides that Title VII of the Act
and Section 5 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 ILCS 100/5-35, 5-40 (1996)) do
not apply to this proceeding. Because it is not subject to Section 5 of the APA, this
rulemaking is not subject to first notice and second notice review by the Joint Committee on
Administrative Rules. In addition, this rulemaking is not subject to Section 27(b) of the Act,
which requires the Board to conduct at least one hearing on the economic impact of proposed
regulations. Accordingly, Public Act 90-489, effective January 1, 1998, which requires the
Board to request the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to conduct an
economic impact study for a proposed rulemaking and the Board to conduct a hearing on the
matter thereafter, does not apply to this rulemaking.
The Board adopted a proposal for public comment in this rulemaking on April 16,
1998. Upon publication of the proposal in the
Illinois Register
(22 Ill. Reg. 7450 (May 1,
1998)), a 45-day public comment period commenced. Pursuant to Section 9.1(e) of the Act
(415 ILCS 5/9.1(e) (1996)), the Board scheduled and held a public hearing on this proposal on
June 3, 1998, in Chicago (Tr.). At hearing, Deborah Williams of the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency (Agency) testified in support of the Board’s April 16, 1998, proposal. The
public comment period closed on June 15, 1998. One public comment (PC) was received
from the Agency.
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DESCRIPTION OF PRESENT ACTION
The present amendments respond to USEPA amendments to the definition of VOM
found in 40 CFR 51.100(s). On August 25, 1997, USEPA added sixteen compounds to the
list of chemical species that are exempted from the definition of VOM and, hence, are
exempted from regulation for control of tropospheric ozone precursors. See 62 Fed. Reg.
44900 (August 25, 1997). The chart below identifies the sixteen constituents added to the list
of compounds exempted from the definition of VOM on the basis that these compounds have
negligible contribution to tropospheric ozone formation.
Compound
Chemical Name
Potential Use
HFC-32
difluoromethane
refrigerant
HFC-161
ethylfluoride
aerosol propellant blowing
agent
HFC-236fa
1,1,1,3,3,3-
hexafluoropropane
fire extinguishant, refrigerant
HFC-245ca
1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane
refrigerant, blowing agent
HFC-245ea
1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropane
solvent
HFC-245eb
1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane
refrigerant, blowing agent
HFC-245fa
1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane
refrigerant, blowing agent
HFC-236ea
1,1,1,2,3,3-
hexafluoropropane
refrigerant, blowing agent
HFC-365mfc
1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane
blowing agent
HCFC-31
chlorofluoromethane
blowing agent
HCFC-123a
1,2-dichloro-1,1,2-
trifluoroethane
blowing agent
HCFC-151a
1-chloro-1-fluoroethane
blowing agent
C
4
F
9
OCH
3
1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4-
nonafluoro-4-methoxybutane
solvent
(CF
3
)
2
CFCF
2
OCH
3
2-(difluoromethoxymethyl)-
1,1,1,2,3,3,3-
heptafluoropropane
solvent
C
4
F
9
OC
2
H
5
1-ethoxy-1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-
nonafluorobutane
solvent
(CF
3
)
2
CFCF
2
OC
2
H
5
2-(ethoxydifluoromethyl)-
1,1,1,2,3,3,3-
heptafluoropropane
solvent
In addition, on April 9, 1998, USEPA added methyl acetate, to the list of compounds
excluded from the definition of VOM on the basis that this compound has negligible
contribution to tropospheric ozone formation. See 63 Fed. Reg. 17331 (April 9, 1998). This
compound has potential use as a solvent in paints, inks, and adhesives.
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The Board has incorporated the federal amendments of August 25, 1997, and April 9,
1998, with no deviation from the added federal text.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
One public comment was filed with the Board by the Agency in advance of hearing. In
its comments, the Agency indicated that it supported the Board’s rulemaking proposal to
amend the definition of VOM in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211.7150 to exempt the sixteen
aforementioned chemicals and the constituent, methyl acetate. PC at 1. The Agency argued
that the exemption of the sixteen chemicals and the constituent, methyl acetate, will not affect
any efforts by the Agency to achieve the NAAQS in the Chicago and Metro-East ozone
nonattainment areas. PC at 2-3. The Agency also identified three minor technical
amendments that are reflected in the attached order. At hearing, Ms. Williams further
reiterated the Agency’s support for the Board’s proposal to exempt the sixteen chemicals and
the constituent, methyl acetate, from the definition of VOM. Tr. at 9-11.
HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF EXEMPTIONS FROM THE DEFINITION OF VOM
The Board's opinion and order of July 7, 1995, in docket R95-2 includes a full
discussion of the history of the exemptions from the definition of VOM. See Exemptions from
the Definition of VOM USEPA Update (July 1, 1994, through December 31, 1994) July 7,
1995, R95-2. Below is a cumulative listing summarizing Board actions relating to those
exemptions for the convenience of the regulated community:
R78-3 & 4
Adopted August 23, 1979. (General rulemaking; RACT regulations)
R80-5
Adopted December 30, 1982. (General rulemaking; RACT II
regulations)
R86-37
Adopted December 22, 1987. (General rulemaking; amendments to
VOM regulations)
R89-8
Adopted October 18, 1989. (USEPA revisions of January 18, 1989)
R91-10
Adopted September 12, 1991. (USEPA revisions of March 18, 1991)
R91-24
Adopted July 30, 1992. (Extended exemptions to Chicago and Metro-
East areas and responded to USEPA codification of February 3, 1992)
R92-6
Dismissed April 9, 1992. (No USEPA amendments during July 1,
1991, through December 31, 1991)
R92-15
Dismissed August 13, 1992. (No USEPA amendments during January
1, 1992, through June 30, 1992)
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R93-3
Dismissed January 21, 1993. (No USEPA amendments during July 1 ,
1992, through December 31, 1992)
R93-21
Dismissed September 23, 1993. (No USEPA amendments during
January 1, 1993, through June 30, 1993)
R94-3
Dismissed March 31, 1994. (No USEPA amendments during July 1,
1993, through December 31, 1993)
R94-22
Dismissed October 6, 1994. (No USEPA amendments during January 1,
1997, through June 30, 1994)
R95-2
Adopted July 7, 1995. (USEPA amendments during July 1, 1994,
through December 31, 1994: those of October 5, 1994)
R95-16
Adopted October 19, 1995. (USEPA amendments during January 1,
1995, through June 30, 1995: those of June 16, 1995)
R96-6
Dismissed February 15, 1996. (No USEPA amendments during July 1 ,
1995, through December 31, 1995)
R96-16
Adopted February 6, 1997. (USEPA amendments during January 1,
1996, through June 30, 1996: those of February 7, 1996)
R97-1
Dismissed October 17, 1996. (USEPA amendments during January 1,
1996, through June 30, 1996: those of February 7, 1996, included in
docket R96-16)
R97-17
Adopted May 15, 1997. (USEPA amendments during July 1, 1996,
through December 31, 1996: those of October 8, 1996)
R98-1
Dismissed February 19, 1998. (No USEPA amendments during January
1, 1997, through June 30, 1997)
R98-17
This docket. (USEPA amendments during July 1 through
April
9, 1998:
those of August 25, 1997, and April 9, 1998)
In conclusion, the Board adopts the addition of the aforementioned sixteen compounds
as well as the compound, methyl acetate, to the list of chemical species that are exempted from
the definition of VOM.
ORDER
The Board hereby adopts the following amendments to its definition of VOM at 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 211.7150:
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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
SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section
211.101
Incorporations by Reference
211.102
Abbreviations and Conversion Factors
SUBPART B: DEFINITIONS
Section
211.121
Other Definitions
211.122
Definitions (Repealed)
211.130
Accelacota
211.150
Accumulator
211.170
Acid Gases
211.210
Actual Heat Input
211.230
Adhesive
211.240
Adhesion Promoter
211.250
Aeration
211.270
Aerosol Can Filling Line
211.290
Afterburner
211.310
Air Contaminant
211.330
Air Dried Coatings
211.350
Air Oxidation Process
211.370
Air Pollutant
211.390
Air Pollution
211.410
Air Pollution Control Equipment
211.430
Air Suspension Coater/Dryer
211.450
Airless Spray
211.470
Air Assisted Airless Spray
211.474
Alcohol
211.484
Animal
211.485
Animal Pathological Waste
211.490
Annual Grain Through-Put
211.495
Anti-Glare/Safety Coating
211.510
Application Area
211.530
Architectural Coating
211.550
As Applied
6
211.560
As-Applied Fountain Solution
211.570
Asphalt
211.590
Asphalt Prime Coat
211.610
Automobile
211.630
Automobile or Light-Duty Truck Assembly Source or Automobile or
Light-Duty Truck Manufacturing Plant
211.650
Automobile or Light-Duty Truck Refinishing
211.660
Automotive/Transportation Plastic Parts
211.670
Baked Coatings
211.680
Bakery Oven
211.685
Basecoat/Clearcoat System
211.690
Batch Loading
211.695
Batch Operation
211.696
Batch Process Train
211.710
Bead-Dipping
211.730
Binders
211.750
British Thermal Unit
211.770
Brush or Wipe Coating
211.790
Bulk Gasoline Plant
211.810
Bulk Gasoline Terminal
211.820
Business Machine Plastic Parts
211.830
Can
211.850
Can Coating
211.870
Can Coating Line
211.890
Capture
211.910
Capture Device
211.930
Capture Efficiency
211.950
Capture System
211.970
Certified Investigation
211.980
Chemical Manufacturing Process Unit
211.990
Choke Loading
211.1010
Clean Air Act
211.1050
Cleaning and Separating Operation
211.1070
Cleaning Materials
211.1090
Clear Coating
211.1110
Clear Topcoat
211.1130
Closed Purge System
211.1150
Closed Vent System
211.1170
Coal Refuse
211.1190
Coating
211.1210
Coating Applicator
211.1230
Coating Line
211.1250
Coating Plant
211.1270
Coil Coating
211.1290
Coil Coating Line
7
211.1310
Cold Cleaning
211.1330
Complete Combustion
211.1350
Component
211.1370
Concrete Curing Compounds
211.1390
Concentrated Nitric Acid Manufacturing Process
211.1410
Condensate
211.1430
Condensible PM-10
211.1465
Continuous Automatic Stoking
211.1467
Continuous Coater
211.1470
Continuous Process
211.1490
Control Device
211.1510
Control Device Efficiency
211.1520
Conventional Air Spray
211.1530
Conventional Soybean Crushing Source
211.1550
Conveyorized Degreasing
211.1570
Crude Oil
211.1590
Crude Oil Gathering
211.1610
Crushing
211.1630
Custody Transfer
211.1650
Cutback Asphalt
211.1670
Daily-Weighted Average VOM Content
211.1690
Day
211.1710
Degreaser
211.1730
Delivery Vessel
211.1750
Dip Coating
211.1770
Distillate Fuel Oil
211.1780
Distillation Unit
211.1790
Drum
211.1810
Dry Cleaning Operation or Dry Cleaning Facility
211.1830
Dump-Pit Area
211.1850
Effective Grate Area
211.1870
Effluent Water Separator
211.1875
Elastomeric Materials
211.1880
Electromagnetic Interference/Radio Frequency (EMI/RFI) Shielding Coatings
211.1885
Electronic Component
211.1890
Electrostatic Bell or Disc Spray
211.1900
Electrostatic Prep Coat
211.1910
Electrostatic Spray
211.1920
Emergency or Standby Unit
211.1930
Emission Rate
211.1950
Emission Unit
211.1970
Enamel
211.1990
Enclose
211.2010
End Sealing Compound Coat
211.2030
Enhanced Under-the-Cup Fill
8
211.2050
Ethanol Blend Gasoline
211.2070
Excess Air
211.2090
Excessive Release
211.2110
Existing Grain-Drying Operation (Repealed)
211.2130
Existing Grain-Handling Operation (Repealed)
211.2150
Exterior Base Coat
211.2170
Exterior End Coat
211.2190
External Floating Roof
211.2210
Extreme Performance Coating
211.2230
Fabric Coating
211.2250
Fabric Coating Line
211.2270
Federally Enforceable Limitations and Conditions
211.2285
Feed Mill
211.2290
Fermentation Time
211.2300
Fill
211.2310
Final Repair Coat
211.2330
Firebox
211.2350
Fixed-Roof Tank
211.2360
Flexible Coating
211.2365
Flexible Operating Unit
211.2370
Flexographic Printing
211.2390
Flexographic Printing Line
211.2410
Floating Roof
211.2430
Fountain Solution
211.2450
Freeboard Height
211.2470
Fuel Combustion Emission Unit or Fuel Combustion Emission Source
211.2490
Fugitive Particulate Matter
211.2510
Full Operating Flowrate
211.2530
Gas Service
211.2550
Gas/Gas Method
211.2570
Gasoline
211.2590
Gasoline Dispensing Operation or Gasoline Dispensing Facility
211.2610
Gel Coat
211.2630
Gloss Reducers
211.2650
Grain
211.2670
Grain-Drying Operation
211.2690
Grain-Handling and Conditioning Operation
211.2710
Grain-Handling Operation
211.2730
Green-Tire Spraying
211.2750
Green Tires
211.2770
Gross Heating Value
211.2790
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
211.2810
Heated Airless Spray
211.2830
Heatset
211.2850
Heatset Web Offset Lithographic Printing Line
9
211.2870
Heavy Liquid
211.2890
Heavy Metals
211.2910
Heavy Off-Highway Vehicle Products
211.2930
Heavy Off-Highway Vehicle Products Coating
211.2950
Heavy Off-Highway Vehicle Products Coating Line
211.2970
High Temperature Aluminum Coating
211.2990
High Volume Low Pressure (HVLP) Spray
211.3010
Hood
211.3030
Hot Well
211.3050
Housekeeping Practices
211.3070
Incinerator
211.3090
Indirect Heat Transfer
211.3110
Ink
211.3130
In-Process Tank
211.3150
In-Situ Sampling Systems
211.3170
Interior Body Spray Coat
211.3190
Internal-Floating Roof
211.3210
Internal Transferring Area
211.3230
Lacquers
211.3250
Large Appliance
211.3270
Large Appliance Coating
211.3290
Large Appliance Coating Line
211.3310
Light Liquid
211.3330
Light-Duty Truck
211.3350
Light Oil
211.3370
Liquid/Gas Method
211.3390
Liquid-Mounted Seal
211.3410
Liquid Service
211.3430
Liquids Dripping
211.3450
Lithographic Printing Line
211.3470
Load-Out Area
211.3480
Loading Event
211.3490
Low Solvent Coating
211.3500
Lubricating Oil
211.3510
Magnet Wire
211.3530
Magnet Wire Coating
211.3550
Magnet Wire Coating Line
211.3570
Major Dump Pit
211.3590
Major Metropolitan Area (MMA)
211.3610
Major Population Area (MPA)
211.3620
Manually Operated Equipment
211.3630
Manufacturing Process
211.3650
Marine Terminal
211.3660
Marine Vessel
211.3670
Material Recovery Section
10
211.3690
Maximum Theoretical Emissions
211.3695
Maximum True Vapor Pressure
211.3710
Metal Furniture
211.3730
Metal Furniture Coating
211.3750
Metal Furniture Coating Line
211.3770
Metallic Shoe-Type Seal
211.3790
Miscellaneous Fabricated Product Manufacturing Process
211.3810
Miscellaneous Formulation Manufacturing Process
211.3830
Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products
211.3850
Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products Coating
211.3870
Miscellaneous Metal Parts or Products Coating Line
211.3890
Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing Process
211.3910
Mixing Operation
211.3915
Mobile Equipment
211.3930
Monitor
211.3950
Monomer
211.3960
Motor Vehicles
211.3965
Motor Vehicle Refinishing
211.3970
Multiple Package Coating
211.3990
New Grain-Drying Operation (Repealed)
211.4010
New Grain-Handling Operation (Repealed)
211.4030
No Detectable Volatile Organic Material Emissions
211.4050
Non-Contact Process Water Cooling Tower
211.4055
Non-Flexible Coating
211.4065
Non-Heatset
211.4070
Offset
211.4090
One Hundred Percent Acid
211.4110
One-Turn Storage Space
211.4130
Opacity
211.4150
Opaque Stains
211.4170
Open Top Vapor Degreasing
211.4190
Open-Ended Valve
211.4210
Operator of a Gasoline Dispensing Operation or Operator of a Gasoline
Dispensing Facility
211.4230
Organic Compound
211.4250
Organic Material and Organic Materials
211.4260
Organic Solvent
211.4270
Organic Vapor
211.4290
Oven
211.4310
Overall Control
211.4330
Overvarnish
211.4350
Owner of a Gasoline Dispensing Operation or Owner of a Gasoline Dispensing
Facility
211.4370
Owner or Operator
211.4390
Packaging Rotogravure Printing
11
211.4410
Packaging Rotogravure Printing Line
211.4430
Pail
211.4450
Paint Manufacturing Source or Paint Manufacturing Plant
211.4470
Paper Coating
211.4490
Paper Coating Line
211.4510
Particulate Matter
211.4530
Parts Per Million (Volume) or PPM (Vol)
211.4550
Person
211.4590
Petroleum
211.4610
Petroleum Liquid
211.4630
Petroleum Refinery
211.4650
Pharmaceutical
211.4670
Pharmaceutical Coating Operation
211.4690
Photochemically Reactive Material
211.4710
Pigmented Coatings
211.4730
Plant
211.4740
Plastic Part
211.4750
Plasticizers
211.4770
PM-10
211.4790
Pneumatic Rubber Tire Manufacture
211.4810
Polybasic Organic Acid Partial Oxidation Manufacturing Process
211.4830
Polyester Resin Material(s)
211.4850
Polyester Resin Products Manufacturing Process
211.4870
Polystyrene Plant
211.4890
Polystyrene Resin
211.4910
Portable Grain-Handling Equipment
211.4930
Portland Cement Manufacturing Process Emission Source
211.4950
Portland Cement Process or Portland Cement Manufacturing Plant
211.4970
Potential to Emit
211.4990
Power Driven Fastener Coating
211.5010
Precoat
211.5030
Pressure Release
211.5050
Pressure Tank
211.5060
Pressure/Vacuum Relief Valve
211.5061
Pretreatment Wash Primer
211.5065
Primary Product
211.5070
Prime Coat
211.5080
Primer Sealer
211.5090
Primer Surfacer Coat
211.5110
Primer Surfacer Operation
211.5130
Primers
211.5150
Printing
211.5170
Printing Line
211.5185
Process Emission Source
211.5190
Process Emission Unit
12
211.5210
Process Unit
211.5230
Process Unit Shutdown
211.5245
Process Vent
211.5250
Process Weight Rate
211.5270
Production Equipment Exhaust System
211.5310
Publication Rotogravure Printing Line
211.5330
Purged Process Fluid
211.5340
Rated Heat Input Capacity
211.5350
Reactor
211.5370
Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT)
211.5390
Reclamation System
211.5410
Refiner
211.5430
Refinery Fuel Gas
211.5450
Refinery Fuel Gas System
211.5470
Refinery Unit or Refinery Process Unit
211.5480
Reflective Argent Coating
211.5490
Refrigerated Condenser
211.5500
Regulated Air Pollutant
211.5510
Reid Vapor Pressure
211.5530
Repair
211.5550
Repair Coat
211.5570
Repaired
211.5590
Residual Fuel Oil
211.5600
Resist Coat
211.5610
Restricted Area
211.5630
Retail Outlet
211.5650
Ringelmann Chart
211.5670
Roadway
211.5690
Roll Coater
211.5710
Roll Coating
211.5730
Roll Printer
211.5750
Roll Printing
211.5770
Rotogravure Printing
211.5790
Rotogravure Printing Line
211.5810
Safety Relief Valve
211.5830
Sandblasting
211.5850
Sanding Sealers
211.5870
Screening
211.5890
Sealer
211.5910
Semi-Transparent Stains
211.5930
Sensor
211.5950
Set of Safety Relief Valves
211.5970
Sheet Basecoat
211.5980
Sheet-Fed
211.5990
Shotblasting
13
211.6010
Side-Seam Spray Coat
211.6025
Single Unit Operation
211.6030
Smoke
211.6050
Smokeless Flare
211.6060
Soft Coat
211.6070
Solvent
211.6090
Solvent Cleaning
211.6110
Solvent Recovery System
211.6130
Source
211.6140
Specialty Coatings
211.6145
Specialty Coatings for Motor Vehicles
211.6150
Specialty High Gloss Catalyzed Coating
211.6170
Specialty Leather
211.6190
Specialty Soybean Crushing Source
211.6210
Splash Loading
211.6230
Stack
211.6250
Stain Coating
211.6270
Standard Conditions
211.6290
Standard Cubic Foot (scf)
211.6310
Start-Up
211.6330
Stationary Emission Source
211.6350
Stationary Emission Unit
211.6355
Stationary Gas Turbine
211.6360
Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine
211.6370
Stationary Source
211.6390
Stationary Storage Tank
211.6400
Stencil Coat
211.6410
Storage Tank or Storage Vessel
211.6420
Strippable Spray Booth Coating
211.6430
Styrene Devolatilizer Unit
211.6450
Styrene Recovery Unit
211.6470
Submerged Loading Pipe
211.6490
Substrate
211.6510
Sulfuric Acid Mist
211.6530
Surface Condenser
211.6540
Surface Preparation Materials
211.6550
Synthetic Organic Chemical or Polymer Manufacturing Plant
211.6570
Tablet Coating Operation
211.6580
Texture Coat
211.6590
Thirty-Day Rolling Average
211.6610
Three-Piece Can
211.6620
Three or Four Stage Coating System
211.6630
Through-the-Valve Fill
211.6650
Tooling Resin
211.6670
Topcoat
14
211.6690
Topcoat Operation
211.6695
Topcoat System
211.6710
Touch-Up
211.6720
Touch-Up Coating
211.6730
Transfer Efficiency
211.6750
Tread End Cementing
211.6770
True Vapor Pressure
211.6790
Turnaround
211.6810
Two-Piece Can
211.6830
Under-the-Cup Fill
211.6850
Undertread Cementing
211.6860
Uniform Finish Blender
211.6870
Unregulated Safety Relief Valve
211.6880
Vacuum Metallizing
211.6890
Vacuum Producing System
211.6910
Vacuum Service
211.6930
Valves Not Externally Regulated
211.6950
Vapor Balance System
211.6970
Vapor Collection System
211.6990
Vapor Control System
211.7010
Vapor-Mounted Primary Seal
211.7030
Vapor Recovery System
211.7050
Vapor-Suppressed Polyester Resin
211.7070
Vinyl Coating
211.7090
Vinyl Coating Line
211.7110
Volatile Organic Liquid (VOL)
211.7130
Volatile Organic Material Content (VOMC)
211.7150
Volatile Organic Material (VOM) or Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)
211.7170
Volatile Petroleum Liquid
211.7190
Wash Coat
211.7200
Washoff Operations
211.7210
Wastewater (Oil/Water) Separator
211.7230
Weak Nitric Acid Manufacturing Process
211.7250
Web
211.7270
Wholesale Purchase - Consumer
211.7290
Wood Furniture
211.7310
Wood Furniture Coating
211.7330
Wood Furniture Coating Line
211.7350
Woodworking
211.7400
Yeast Percentage
Section 211.Appendix A:
Rule into Section Table
Section 211.Appendix B:
Section into Rule Table
AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 9, 9.1 and 10 and authorized by Sections 27 and 28.5
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of the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/9, 9.1, 10, 27 and 28.5].
SOURCE: Adopted as Chapter 2: Air Pollution, Rule 201: Definitions, R71-23, 4 PCB 191,
filed and effective April 14, 1972; amended in R74-2 and R75-5, 32 PCB 295, at 3 Ill. Reg.
5, p. 777, effective February 3, 1979; amended in R78-3 and 4, 35 PCB 75 and 243, 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. 13590; amended in R82-1 (Docket A) at 10 Ill. Reg.
12624, effective July 7, 1986; amended in R85-21(A) at 11 Ill. Reg. 11747, effective June 29,
1987; amended in R86-34 at 11 Ill. Reg. 12267, effective July 10, 1987; amended in R86-39
at 11 Ill. Reg. 20804, effective December 14, 1987; amended in R82-14 and R86-37 at 12 Ill.
Reg. 787, effective December 24, 1987; amended in R86-18 at 12 Ill. Reg. 7284, effective
April 8, 1988; amended in R86-10 at 12 Ill. Reg. 7621, effective April 11, 1988; amended in
R88-23 at 13 Ill. Reg. 10862, effective June 27, 1989; amended in R89-8 at 13 Ill. Reg.
17457, effective January 1, 1990; amended in R89-16(A) at 14 Ill. Reg. 9141, effective May
23, 1990; amended in R88-30(B) at 15 Ill. Reg. 5223, effective March 28, 1991; amended in
R88-14 at 15 Ill. Reg. 7901, effective May 14, 1991; amended in R91-10 at 15 Ill. Reg.
15564, effective October 11, 1991; amended in R91-6 at 15 Ill. Reg. 15673, effective October
14, 1991; amended in R91-22 at 16 Ill. Reg. 7656, effective May 1, 1992; amended in R91-24
at 16 Ill. Reg. 13526, effective August 24, 1992; amended in R93-9 at 17 Ill. Reg. 16504,
effective September 27, 1993; amended in R93-11 at 17 Ill. Reg. 21471, effective December
7, 1993; amended in R93-14 at 18 Ill. Reg. 1253, effective January 18, 1994; amended in
R94-12 at 18 Ill. Reg. 14962, effective September 21, 1994; amended in R94-14 at 18 Ill.
Reg. 15744, effective October 17, 1994; amended in R94-15 at 18 Ill. Reg. 16379, effective
October 25, 1994; amended in R94-16 at 18 Ill. Reg. 16929, effective November 15, 1994;
amended in R94-21, R94-31 and R94-32 at 19 Ill. Reg. 6823, effective May 9, 1995;
amended in R94-33 at 19 Ill. Reg. 7344, effective May 22, 1995; amended in R95-2 at 19 Ill.
Reg. 11066, effective July 12, 1995; amended in R95-16 at 19 Ill. Reg. 15176, effective
October 19, 1995; amended in R96-5 at 20 Ill. Reg. 7590, effective May 22, 1996; amended
in R96-16 at 21 Ill. Reg. 2641, effective February 7, 1997; amended in R97-17 at 21 Ill. Reg.
6489, effective May 16, 1997; amended in R97-24 at 21 Ill. Reg. 7695, effective June 9,
1997; amended in R96-17 at 21 Ill. Reg. 7856, effective June 17, 1997; amended in R97-31 at
22 Ill. Reg. 3497, effective February 2, 1998; amended in R98-17 at 22 Ill. Reg.
, effective_____________________________.
BOARD NOTE: This Part implements the Illinois Environmental Protection Act as of July 1,
1994.
SUBPART B: DEFINITIONS
Section 211.7150 Volatile Organic Material (VOM) or Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)
"Volatile organic material (VOM)" or "volatile organic compound (VOC)" means any
compound of carbon, excluding carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic
carbides or carbonates, and ammonium carbonate, which participates in atmospheric
photochemical reactions.
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a)
This includes any such organic compound other than the following, which have
been determined to have negligible photochemical reactivity: methane; ethane;
methylene chloride (dichloromethane); 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl
chloroform); 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-113); trichlorofluoro-
methane (CFC-11); dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12); chlorodifluoromethane
(CFC-22); trifluoromethane (HFC-23); difluoromethane (HFC-32);
ethylfluoride (HFC-161); 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (CFC-114);
chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115); 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,2-dichloroethane (HCFC-
123); 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a); 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane
(HFC-236ea); 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa); 1,1,2,2,3-
pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ca); 1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ea);
1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245eb); 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane
(HFC-245fa); 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (HFC-365mfc); chlorofluoromethane
(HCFC-31); 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123a); 1,1-dichloro-1-
fluoroethane (HCFC-141b); 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b);
2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HCFC-124); 1-chloro-1-fluoroethane
(HCFC-151a); pentafluoroethane (HFC-125); 3,3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2-
pentafluoropropane (HCFC-225ca); 1,3-dichloro-1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane
(HCFC-225cb); 1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane (HFC 43-10mee);
1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134); 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a); 1,1-di-
fluoroethane (HFC-152a); parachlorobenzotrifluoride (PCBTF);
1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4-nonafluoro-4-methoxybutane (C
4
F
9
OCH
3
); 1-ethoxy-
1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluorobutane (C
4
F
9
OC
2
H
5
); 2-(difluoromethoxymethyl)-
1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane ((CF
3
)
2
CFCF
2
OCH
3
); 2-
(ethoxydifluoromethyl)-1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane ((CF
3
)
2
CFCF
2
OC
2
H
5
);
perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene); cyclic, branched, or linear completely-
methylated siloxanes; acetone (2-propanone or dimethylketone); methyl acetate;
and perfluorocarbon compounds which fall into these classes:
1.
Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated alkanes;
2.
Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated ethers with no
unsaturations;
3.
Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated tertiary amines with
no unsaturations; and
4.
Sulfur-containing perfluorocarbons with no unsaturations and with sulfur
bonds only to carbon and fluorine.
b)
For purposes of determining VOM emissions and compliance with emissions
limits, VOM will be measured by the test methods in the approved
implementation plan or 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference
at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 215.105, 218.112, and 219.112, as applicable, or by
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source-specific test methods that have been established pursuant to a permit
issued pursuant to a program approved or promulgated under Title V of the
Clean Air Act; under 40 CFR Part 51, Subpart I or Appendix S, incorporated
by reference at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 218.112 and 219.112; or under 40 CFR Part
52.21, incorporated by reference at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 218.112 and 219.112, as
applicable. Where such a method also measures compounds with negligible
photochemical reactivity, these negligibly-reactive compounds may be excluded
as VOM if the amount of such compounds is accurately quantified and the
exclusion is approved by the Agency.
c)
As a precondition to excluding these negligibly-reactive compounds as VOM, or
at any time thereafter, the Agency may require an owner or operator to provide
monitoring or testing methods and results demonstrating, to the satisfaction of
the Agency, the amount of negligibly-reactive compounds in the source's
emissions.
d)
The USEPA shall not be bound by any State determination as to appropriate
methods for testing or monitoring negligibly-reactive compounds if such
determination is not reflected in any of the test methods in subsection (b) above.
(Source: Amended at 22 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 17th day of June 1998 by a vote of 6-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
