ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 2, 2006
     
    IN THE MATTER OF: )
    )
    PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ) R05-20
    EXEMPTIONS FROM STATE ) (Rulemaking - Air)
    PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS )
    FOR PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING )
    OPERATIONS )
    (35 ILL. ADM. CODE 201.146) )
     
    Adopted Rule. Final Order.
     
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):
     
    Today the Board adopts the proposed rule for final notice pursuant to the Illinois
    Administrative Procedure Act (IAPA) (5 ILCS 100/5-5
    et seq
    . (2004)). The adopted rule is
    unchanged from the rule proposed for second notice.
     
    The Board’s authority in rulemaking proceedings stems from Section 5(b) of the
    Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/5 (2004)), which provides that the Board “shall
    determine, define and implement the environmental control standards applicable in the State of
    Illinois and may adopt rules and regulations in accordance with Title VII of the Act.” 415 ILCS
    5/5(b) (2004). Title VII of the Act sets forth the statutory parameters for rulemaking by the
    Board. 415 ILCS 5/26-29 (2004). The Board may adopt a rule after hearing and determination
    of the economic reasonableness and technical feasibility of the rule.
    See
    415 ILCS 5/27 (2004).
    The Board’s decision is based on the record before the Board including all testimony and
    comments filed with the Board. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 102.418.
     
    The Board received no public comments during the second-notice period, and the
    proposal adopted here is substantively unchanged from that adopted in the Board’s
    January 5, 2006 second-notice opinion and order. In this opinion, the Board provides the
    background of this rulemaking, an overview of the proposed exemptions, and a discussion of the
    adopted amendments.
     
    OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR FINAL NOTICE
     
    Today the Board adopts for final notice revisions to the Board’s regulations regarding
    exemptions from air construction and operating permit requirements. The proposal adds one
    category to the existing list of permit exemptions in Section 201.146. 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    201.146. The stated purpose of the proposal is to eliminate the burden of state construction and
    operating permitting of low emitting emission units and activities for both the Environmental
    Protection Agency (Agency) and owners and operators of plastic injection molding (PIM)
    operations.
     

     
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    BACKGROUND
     
    On April 19, 2005, CICI filed this proposal for rulemaking pursuant to Sections 27 and
    28 of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 102.202(b). The Board
    accepted this matter for hearing on May 5, 2005. Section 201.146 contains a list of 59
    exemptions based on categories of emission units and activities. The proposed amendment
    includes PIM operations among the categories of emissions units exempt from state air
    permitting requirements. The Board notes that is simultaneously adopting for final notice
    another proposal that amends Section 201.146, entitled Proposed Amendments to Exemptions
    from State Permitting Requirements (35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.146), R05-19 (Sept. 15, 2005).
     
    The Board granted CICI’s motion to expedite this rulemaking on May 19, 2005. The
    Board has held two public hearings in this rulemaking. The first hearing was held on
    July 1, 2005, in Chicago before Hearing Officer Amy Antoniolli and the second hearing was
    held on July 15, 2005, in Springfield before Hearing Officer John Knittle.
    1
     
     
     
    Mr. Lynne Harris, Vice-President for Science and Technology of the Society of the
    Plastics Industry, Incorporated (SPI, Inc.) testified on behalf of CICI. Ms. Lisa Frede, Director
    of Regulatory Affairs for CICI, testified on CICI’s behalf and stated that CICI has 198 member
    companies with over 54,000 employees. Tr.1 at 15. Ms. Pat Sharkey also testified on CICI’s
    behalf.
     
    Mr. Don Sutton testified on behalf of the Agency. Mr. Sutton is the manager of the
    permit section, Division of Air Pollution Control, Bureau of Air, since 1991. Mr. Sutton is
    responsible for issuing construction and operating permits for the Bureau of Air.
     
    There have been two public comments filed in this rulemaking. The first was a
    correction to the July 1, 2005 hearing transcript filed by the Agency (PC 1), and the second was a
    post-hearing comment filed by CICI (PC 2). CICI has filed three errata sheets suggesting
    changes to the proposed rule language.
     
    On January 24, 2006, the Board received notice that Joint Committee on Administrative
    Rules (JCAR) accepted the second notice in this rulemaking. JCAR considered the rule at the
    February 14, 2006 JCAR meeting, and subsequently issued a certification of no objection to the
    rule.
     
    SUMMARY OF FIRST-NOTICE PROPOSAL
     
    As a result of discussions at the first hearing, CICI modified the original rule language to
    include an annual 5,000 ton limit of resin used in the PIM process. CICI clarified that the limit
    applied facility-wide to avoid the implication that the 5,000 ton limit could apply to each piece of
    PIM equipment. At first notice, the Board adopted CICI’s proposal, as amended.
     
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    The transcripts from the April 12, 2005 hearing will be cited to as “Tr.1 at _,” and the transcript
    from the June 14, 2005 hearing will be cited to as “Tr.2 at _.”

     
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    DISCUSSION OF SECOND-NOTICE PROPOSAL AND ADOPTED AMENDMENTS
     
    The Board received no public comments during first or second notice. At final adoption,
    the Board makes the changes received from JCAR, all of which are grammatical and non-
    substantive and, therefore, require no discussion. Because the Board is simultaneously adopting
    amendments to the same Part 201 in docket R05-19, the Board re-alphabetizes the proposed
    exemption in this docket to read (lll), rather than (hhh) as proposed, to reflect how the
    exemptions will appear in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.146.
     
    The Board found at first notice that the proposal did not raise concerns regarding
    technical feasibility. Nobody testified or commented about DCEO’s decision not to perform an
    economic impact study on this rulemaking.
     
    The proposed exemption adds a new exemption for owners and operators of PIM
    operations to the existing list of permit exemptions in Section 201.146. 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    201.146. The rule language limits the exemption to facilities that use 5,000 tons or less of resin
    annually in the PIM process. The 5,000-ton limit applies facility-wide rather than to each piece
    of PIM equipment. Tr.2 at 10.
     
    CONCLUSION
     
    The Board adopts the proposed exemption from state air permitting for final notice. The
    proposal adds one category to the existing list of permit exemptions in Section 201.146. 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 201.146. The Board finds the proposal adopted today is economically reasonable
    and technically feasible. The Board adopts this proposal for final notice pursuant to the IAPA 95
    ILCS 100/5-5
    et seq
    . (2004).
     
    ORDER
     
    The Board directs the Clerk to cause the filing of the following rule with the Secretary of
    State for publication as an adopted rule in the
    Illinois Register
    :
     
    TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    SUBTITLE B: AIR POLLUTION
    CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    SUBCHAPTER a: PERMITS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
     
    PART 201
    PERMITS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
     
    SUBPART A: DEFINITIONS
     
    Section
    201.101 Other Definitions
    201.102 Definitions
    201.103 Abbreviations and Units

     
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    201.104 Incorporations by Reference
     
    SUBPART B: GENERAL PROVISIONS
     
    Section
    201.121 Existence of Permit No Defense
    201.122 Proof of Emissions
    201.123 Burden of Persuasion Regarding Exceptions
    201.124 Annual Report
    201.125 Severability
    201.126 Repealer
     
    SUBPART C: PROHIBITIONS
     
    Section
    201.141 Prohibition of Air Pollution
    201.142 Construction Permit Required
    201.143 Operating Permits for New Sources
    201.144 Operating Permits for Existing Sources
    201.146 Exemptions from State Permit Requirements
    201.147 Former Permits
    201.148 Operation Without Compliance Program and Project Completion Schedule
    201.149 Operation During Malfunction, Breakdown or Startups
    201.150 Circumvention
    201.151 Design of Effluent Exhaust Systems
     
    SUBPART D: PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND REVIEW PROCESS
     
    Section
    201.152 Contents of Application for Construction Permit
    201.153 Incomplete Applications (Repealed)
    201.154 Signatures (Repealed)
    201.155 Standards for Issuance (Repealed)
    201.156 Conditions
    201.157 Contents of Application for Operating Permit
    201.158 Incomplete Applications
    201.159 Signatures
    201.160 Standards for Issuance
    201.161 Conditions
    201.162 Duration
    201.163 Joint Construction and Operating Permits
    201.164 Design Criteria
    201.165 Hearings
    201.166 Revocation
    201.167 Revisions to Permits
    201.168 Appeals from Conditions

     
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    201.169 Special Provisions for Certain Operating Permits
    201.170 Portable Emission Units
     
    SUBPART E: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR OPERATING PERMITS FOR CERTAIN
    SMALLER SOURCES
     
    Section
    201.180 Applicability (Repealed)
    201.181 Expiration and Renewal (Repealed)
    201.187 Requirement for a Revised Permit (Repealed)
     
    SUBPART F: CAAPP PERMITS
     
    Section
    201.207 Applicability
    201.208 Supplemental Information
    201.209 Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants
    201.210 Categories of Insignificant Activities or Emission Levels
    201.211 Application for Classification
    as an Insignificant Activity
    201.212 Revisions to Lists of Insignificant Activities or Emission Levels
     
    SUBPART G: EXPERIMENTAL PERMITS
    (Reserved)
     
    SUBPART H: COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS AND PROJECT COMPLETION SCHEDULES
     
    Section
    201.241 Contents of Compliance Program
    201.242 Contents of Project Completion Schedule
    201.243 Standards for Approval
    201.244 Revisions
    201.245 Effects of Approval
    201.246 Records and Reports
    201.247 Submission and Approval Dates
     
    SUBPART I: MALFUNCTIONS, BREAKDOWNS OR STARTUPS
     
    Section
    201.261 Contents of Request for Permission to Operate During a Malfunction, Breakdown
    or Startup
    201.262 Standards for Granting Permission to Operate During a Malfunction, Breakdown
    or Startup
    201.263 Records and Reports
    201.264 Continued Operation or Startup Prior to Granting of Operating Permit
    201.265 Effect of Granting of Permission to Operate During a Malfunction, Breakdown or
    Startup

     
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    SUBPART J: MONITORING AND TESTING
     
    Section
    201.281 Permit Monitoring Equipment Requirements
    201.282 Testing
    201.283 Records and Reports
     
    SUBPART K: RECORDS AND REPORTS
     
    Section
    201.301 Records
    201.302 Reports
     
    SUBPART L: CONTINUOUS MONITORING
     
    Section
    201.401 Continuous Monitoring Requirements
    201.402 Alternative Monitoring
    201.403 Exempt Sources
    201.404 Monitoring System Malfunction
    201.405 Excess Emission Reporting
    201.406 Data Reduction
    201.407 Retention of Information
    201.408 Compliance Schedules
     
    201.APPENDIX A Rule into Section Table
    201.APPENDIX B Section into Rule Table
    201.APPENDIX C Past Compliance Dates
     
    AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 10, 39, and 39.5 and authorized by Section 27 of the
    Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/10, 27, 39, and 39.5].
     
    SOURCE: Adopted as Chapter 2: Air Pollution, Part I: General Provisions, in R71-23, 4 PCB
    191, filed and effective April 14, 1972; 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. 13579; amended in R82-1 (Docket A) at 10 Ill. Reg. 12628,
    effective July 7, 1986; amended in R87-38 at 13 Ill. Reg. 2066, effective February 3, 1989;
    amended in R89-7(A) at 13 Ill. Reg. 19444, effective December 5, 1989; amended in R89-7(B)
    at 15 Ill. Reg. 17710, effective November 26, 1991; amended in R93-11 at 17 Ill. Reg. 21483,
    effective December 7, 1993; amended in R94-12 at 18 Ill. Reg. 15002, effective September 21,
    1994; amended in R94-14 at 18 Ill. Reg. 15760, effective October 17, 1994; amended in R96-17
    at 21 Ill. Reg. 7878, effective June 17, 1997; amended in R98-13 at 22 Ill. Reg. 11451, effective
    June 23, 1998; amended in R98-28 at 22 Ill. Reg. 11823, effective July 31, 1998; amended in
    R02 -10, at 27 Ill. Reg. 5820, effective March 21, 2003; amended in R05-20 at 30 Ill. Reg.
    __________, effective ________.

     
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    SUBPART C: PROHIBITIONS
     
    Section 201.146 Exemptions from State Permit Requirements
     
    Construction or operating permits, pursuant to Sections 201.142, 201.143 and 201.144 of this
    Part, are not required for the classes of equipment and activities listed below in this Section. The
    permitting exemptions in this Section do not relieve the owner or operator of any source from
    any obligation to comply with any other applicable requirements, including the obligation to
    obtain a permit pursuant to Sections 9.1(d) and 39.5 of the Act, Sections 165, 173 and 502 of the
    Clean Air Act or any other applicable permit or registration requirements.
     
    a) Air contaminant detectors or recorders, combustion controllers or combustion
    shutoffs;
     
    b) Air conditioning or ventilating equipment not designed to remove air
    contaminants generated by or released from associated equipment;
     
    c) Each fuel burning emission unit for indirect systems and for heating and reheating
    furnace systems used exclusively for residential, or commercial establishments
    using gas and/or fuel oil exclusively with a design heat input capacity of less than
    14.6 MW (50 mmbtu/hr) , except that a permit shall be required for any such
    emission unit with a design heat input capacity of at least 10 mmbtu/hr that was
    constructed, reconstructed or modified after June 9, 1989 and that is subject to 40
    CFR 60, Subpart D;
     
    d) Each fuel burning emission unit other than those listed in subsection (c) of this
    Section for direct systems used for comfort heating purposes and indirect heating
    systems with a design heat input capacity of less than 2930 kW (10 mmbtu/hr);
     
    e) Internal combustion engines or boilers (including the fuel system) of motor
    vehicles, locomotives, air craft, watercraft, lifttrucks and other vehicles powered
    by nonroad engines;
     
    f) Bench scale laboratory equipment and laboratory equipment used exclusively for
    chemical and physical analysis, including associated laboratory fume hoods,
    vacuum producing devices and control devices installed primarily to address
    potential accidental releases;
     
    g) Coating operations located at a source using not in excess of 18,925 l (5,000 gal)
    of coating (including thinner) per year;
     
    h) Any emission unit acquired exclusively for domestic use, except that a permit
    shall be required for any incinerator and for any fuel combustion emission unit
    using solid fuel with a design heat input capacity of 14.6 MW (50 mmbtu/hr) or
    more;

     
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    i) Any stationary internal combustion engine with a rated power output of less than
    1118 kW (1500 horsepower), except that a permit shall be required for any
    stationary gas turbine engine with a rated heat input at peak load of 10.7
    gigajoules/hr (10 mmbtu/hr) or more that is constructed, reconstructed or
    modified after October 3, 1977 and that is subject to requirements of 40 CFR 60,
    Subpart GG;
     
    j) Rest room facilities and associated cleanup operations, and stacks or vents used to
    prevent the escape of sewer gases through plumbing traps;
     
    k) Safety devices designed to protect life and limb, provided that a permit is not
    otherwise required for the emission unit with which the safety device is
    associated;
     
    l) Storage tanks for liquids for retail dispensing except for storage tanks that are
    subject to the requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 215.583(a)(2), 218.583(a)(2) or
    219.583(a)(2);
     
    m) Printing operations with aggregate organic solvent usage that never exceeds 2,839
    l (750 gal) per year from all printing lines at the source, including organic solvent
    from inks, dilutents, fountain solutions and cleaning materials;
     
    n) Storage tanks of:
     
    1) Organic liquids with a capacity of less than 37,850 l (10,000 gal),
    provided the storage tank is not used to store any material listed as a
    hazardous air pollutant pursuant to Section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act,
    and provided the storage tank is not subject to the requirements of 35 Ill.
    Adm. Code 215.583(a)(2), 218.583(a)(2) or 219.583(a)(2);
     
    2) Any size containing exclusively soaps, detergents, surfactants, waxes,
    glycerin, vegetable oils, greases, animal fats, sweetener, corn syrup,
    aqueous salt solutions or aqueous caustic solutions, provided an organic
    solvent has not been mixed with such materials; or
     
    3) Any size containing virgin or re-refined distillate oil, hydrocarbon
    condensate from natural gas pipeline or storage systems, lubricating oil or
    residual fuel oils.
     
    o) Threaded pipe connections, vessel manways, flanges, valves, pump seals, pressure
    relief valves, pressure relief devices and pumps;
     
    p) Sampling connections used exclusively to withdraw materials for testing and
    analyses;
     

     
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    q) All storage tanks of Illinois crude oil with capacity of less than 151,400 l (40,000
    gal) located on oil field sites;
     
    r) All organic material-water single or multiple compartment effluent water
    separator facilities for Illinois crude oil of vapor pressure of less than 34.5 kPa
    absolute (5 psia);
     
    s) Grain-handling operations, exclusive of grain-drying operations, with an annual
    grain through-put not exceeding 300,000 bushels;
     
    t) Grain-drying operations with a total grain-drying capacity not exceeding 750
    bushels per hour for 5% moisture extraction at manufacturer's rated capacity,
    using the American Society of Agricultural Engineers Standard 248.2, Section 9,
    Basis for Stating Drying Capacity of Batch and Continuous-Flow Grain Dryers;
     
    u) Portable grain-handling equipment and one-turn storage space;
     
    v) Cold cleaning degreasers that are not in-line cleaning machines, where the vapor
    pressure of the solvents used never exceeds 2 kPa (15 mmHg or 0.3 psi) measured
    at 38
    °
    C (100
    °
    F) or 0.7 kPa (5 mmHg or 0.1 psi) at 20
    °
    C (68
    °
    F);
     
    w) Coin-operated dry
    cleaning operations;
     
    x) Dry cleaning operations at a source that consume less than 30 gallons per month
    of perchloroethylene;
     
    y) Brazing, soldering, wave soldering or welding equipment, including associated
    ventilation hoods;
     
    z) Cafeterias, kitchens, and other similar facilities, including smokehouses, used for
    preparing food or beverages, but not including facilities used in the manufacturing
    and wholesale distribution of food, beverages, food or beverage products, or food
    or beverage components;
     
    aa) Equipment for carving, cutting, routing, turning, drilling, machining, sawing,
    surface grinding, sanding, planing, buffing, sand blast cleaning, shot blasting, shot
    peening, or polishing ceramic artwork, leather, metals (other than beryllium),
    plastics, concrete, rubber, paper stock, wood or wood products, where such
    equipment is either:
     
    1) Used for maintenance activity;
     
    2) Manually operated;
     
    3) Exhausted inside a building; or
     

     
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    4) Vented externally with emissions controlled by an appropriately operated
    cyclonic inertial separator (cyclone), filter, electro-static precipitor or a
    scrubber.
     
    bb) Feed mills that produce no more than 10,000 tons of feed per calendar year,
    provided that a permit is not otherwise required for the source pursuant to Section
    201.142, 201.143 or 201.144;
     
    cc) Extruders used for the extrusion of metals, minerals, plastics, rubber or wood,
    excluding:
     
    1) Extruders used in the manufacture of polymers;
     
    2) Extruders using foaming agents or release agents that contain volatile
    organic materials or Class I or II substances subject to the requirements of
    Title VI of the Clean Air Act; and
     
    3) Extruders processing scrap material that was produced using foaming
    agents containing volatile organic materials or Class I or II substances
    subject to the requirements of Title VI of the Clean Air Act.
     
    dd) Furnaces used for melting metals, other than beryllium, with a brim full capacity
    of less than 450 cubic inches by volume;
     
    ee) Equipment used for the melting or application of less than 22,767 kg/yr (50,000
    lbs/yr) of wax to which no organic solvent has been added;
     
    ff) Equipment used for filling drums, pails or other packaging containers, excluding
    aerosol cans, with soaps, detergents, surfactants, lubricating oils, waxes, vegetable
    oils, greases, animal fats, glycerin, sweeteners, corn syrup, aqueous salt solutions
    or aqueous caustic solutions, provided an organic solvent has not been mixed with
    such materials;
     
    gg) Loading and unloading systems for railcars, tank trucks, or watercraft that handle
    only the following liquid materials: soaps, detergents, surfactants, lubricating oils,
    waxes, glycerin, vegetable oils, greases, animal fats, sweetener, corn syrup,
    aqueous salt solutions or aqueous caustic solutions, provided an organic solvent
    has not been mixed with such materials;
     
    hh) Equipment used for the mixing and blending of materials at ambient temperatures
    to make water based adhesives, provided each material mixed or blended contains
    less than 5% organic solvent by weight;
     
    ii) Die casting machines where a metal or plastic is formed under pressure in a die
    located at a source with a throughput of less than 2,000,000 lbs of metal or plastic
    per year, in the aggregate, from all die casting machines;

     
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    jj) Air pollution control devices used exclusively with other equipment that is
    exempt from permitting, as provided in this Section;
     
    kk) An emission unit for which a registration system designed to identify sources and
    emission units subject to emission control requirements is in place, such as the
    registration system found at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 218.586 (Gasoline Dispensing
    Operations - Motor Vehicle Fueling Operations) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 218,
    Subpart HH (Motor Vehicle Refinishing);
     
    ll) Photographic process equipment by which an image is reproduced upon material
    sensitized to radiant energy;
     
    mm) Equipment used for hydraulic or hydrostatic testing;
     
    nn) General vehicle maintenance and servicing activities conducted at a source, motor
    vehicle repair shops, and motor vehicle body shops, but not including:
     
    1) Gasoline fuel handling; and
     
    2) Motor vehicle refinishing.
     
    oo) Equipment using water, water and soap or detergent, or a suspension of abrasives
    in water for purposes of cleaning or finishing, provided no organic solvent has
    been added to the water;
     
    pp) Administrative activities including, but not limited to, paper shredding, copying,
    photographic activities and blueprinting machines. This does not include
    incinerators;
     
    qq) Laundry dryers, extractors, and tumblers processing that have been cleaned with
    water solutions of bleach or detergents that are:
     
    1) Located at a source and process clothing, bedding and other fabric items
    used at the source, provided that any organic solvent present in such items
    before processing that is retained from cleanup operations shall be
    addressed as part of the VOM emissions from use of cleaning materials;
     
    2) Located at a commercial laundry; or
     
    3) Coin operated.
     
    rr) Housekeeping activities for cleaning purposes, including collecting spilled and
    accumulated materials, including operation of fixed vacuum cleaning systems
    specifically for such purposes, but not including use of cleaning materials that
    contain organic solvent;

     
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    ss) Refrigeration systems, including storage tanks used in refrigeration systems, but
    excluding any combustion equipment associated with such systems;
     
    tt) Activities associated with the construction, on-site repair, maintenance or
    dismantlement of buildings, utility lines, pipelines, wells, excavations, earthworks
    and other structures that do not constitute emission units;
     
    uu) Piping and storage systems for natural gas, propane and liquefied petroleum gas;
     
    vv) Water treatment or storage systems, as follows:
     
    1) Systems for potable water or boiler feedwater;
     
    2) Systems, including cooling towers, for process water, provided that such
    water has not been in direct or indirect contact with process streams that
    contain volatile organic material or materials listed as hazardous air
    pollutants pursuant to Section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act.
     
    ww) Lawn care, landscape maintenance and grounds keeping activities;
     
    xx) Containers, reservoirs or tanks used exclusively in dipping operations to coat
    objects with oils, waxes or greases, provided no organic solvent has been mixed
    with such materials;
     
    yy) Use of consumer products, including hazardous substances as that term is defined
    in the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 USC U.S.C. 1261 et seq.), where the
    product is used at a source in the same manner as normal consumer use;
     
    zz) Activities directly used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, injury or other
    medical condition;
     
    aaa) Activities associated with the construction, repair or maintenance of roads or
    other paved or open areas, including operation of street sweepers, vacuum trucks,
    spray trucks and other vehicles related to the control of fugitive emissions of such
    roads or other areas;
     
    bbb) Storage and handling of drums or other transportable containers, where the
    containers are sealed during storage and handling;
     
    ccc) Activities at a source associated with the maintenance, repair or dismantlement of
    an emission unit or other equipment installed at the source, not including the
    shutdown of the unit or equipment, including preparation for maintenance, repair
    or dismantlement, and preparation for subsequent startup, including preparation of
    a shutdown vessel for entry, replacement of insulation, welding and cutting, and
    steam purging of a vessel prior to startup;

     
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    ddd) Equipment used for corona arc discharge surface treatment of plastic with a power
    rating of 5 kW or less or equipped with an ozone destruction device;
     
    eee) Equipment used to seal or cut plastic bags for commercial, industrial or domestic
    use;
     
    fff) Each direct-fired gas dryer used for a washing, cleaning, coating or printing line,
    excluding:
     
    1) Dryers with a rated heat input capacity of 2930 kW (10 mmbtu/hr) or
    more; and
     
    2) Dryers for which emissions other than those attributable to combustion of
    fuel in the dryer, including emissions attributable to use or application of
    cleaning agents, washing materials, coatings or inks or other process
    materials that contain volatile organic material are not addressed as part of
    the permitting of such line, if a permit is otherwise required for the line;
    and
     
    ggg) Municipal solid waste landfills with a maximum total design capacity of less than
    2.5 million Mg or 2.5 million m
    3
    that are not required to install a gas collection
    and control system pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 220 or 800 through 849 or
    Section 9.1 of the Act; and .
     
    lll) Plastic injection molding equipment with an annual through-put not exceeding
    5,000 tons of plastic resin in the aggregate from all plastic injection molding
    equipment at the source, and all associated plastic resin loading, unloading,
    conveying, mixing, storage, grinding, and drying equipment and associated mold
    release and mold cleaning agents.
     
    (Source: Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. __________, effective ____________)
     
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
     
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
    adopted the above opinion and order on March 2, 2006, by a vote of 4-0.
     
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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