ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

February 24, 1983

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

)

SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSION

)

R80—22

LIMITATIONS:

RULE 204

)

OF CHAPTER 2

Moptq4jules.

Final

Notice.

ORDER

OF

THE

BOARD

(by

I.

G.

Goodman):

Rule 204,

Sections

(a) through

(i)

of

Sulfur

Dioxide

Standards and Limitations, as contained in the Board’s

Chapter 2:

Air Pollution, is hereby amended.

Rule 204 as

adopted now contains Sections

(a) through (o).

The text is as follows:

Rule 204

Sulfur Btaa&aeds-aM Limitations

(a)

Reserved.

(1,)

Unchanged.

(a)

BEev-Bkex4de—Bmise4ea—?ee—ffie4eb4ae—PeM-Qombesb4ea-l

t&++B+Sefld -Fiie-Bnvaed-Exe&ne4ve&y

Existing Fuel Combustion

Sources with Actual Heat Input Less Than, or Equal to,

250

Million Btu

Per Hour Located outside the Chicago, St. Louis

(Illinois) and Peoria Major Metropolitan Areas.

No person

shall cause or allow the emission of sulfur dioxide into the

atmosphere in

any

one—hour period from any existing fuel coma

bustion source with actual heat input less than, or equal

to,

250 million flu

per

hour, burning solid fuel exclusively,

located outside the Chicago, St. Louis (Illinois) and Peoria

major metropolitan areas, to exceed either of the following,

whichever such person determines shall apply:

444

iii

6.8 pounds of sulfur dioxide

per

million Btu of actual

heat

input,

provided

such

owner

or

operator

complies

wit\ all applicable provisions of Rule.204(e)(4), or

+44+

lii

the emission limit provided by Rule 204(e).

4W+?+j4J.

Existing Fuel Combustion Sources with Actual Heat

Input Greater than 250 Million Btu Per Hour Located

outside the Chicago, St. Louis (Illinois) and Peoria

Major Metropolitan Areas.

No person shall cause or

51-217

---

2

allow the emission of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere

in

any one hour period from any existing fuel combustion

source with actual heat input greater than 250 million

i3tu per hour, burning solid fuel exclusively,

located

outside the Chicago, St.

Louis

(Illinois) and Peoria

major metropolitan areas,

to exceed the emission limit

provided by Rule 204(e),

(e)

Unchanged except for internal references at subparagraph

(4),

as follows:

(4)

No owner or operator of a

fuel combustion emission

source whose sulfur dioxide emission limitation

is

determined by Rule 204(c)+~++B+,Rule 204(e)(l),

or

204(e)(2) shall cause or allow the total emissions

of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere

from all

fuel

combustion emission sources owned or operated by such

person and located within

1 mile radius (L6

Km.)

from

the center point of any such fuel combustion source to

exceed the level of sulfur dioxide emissions allowed

under the previous Rule 204

(effective April

14,

1972

until

December 14,

1978) without first obtaining a new

operating permit from the Agency.

(This previous Rule

204

appears in its entirety in the appendix that appears

at the end of Part II of this Chapter.)

The application

for a new operating permit shall

include a demonstration

that such total

emissions will not violate any applicable

PSD incremenL

+~++A+(f)Exist~9~u~Lcombustion

Sources Located in the Chicagg~

St.

Lou

(Illinois) and

Peoria

Ma ~o

troao

1 i

tan Areas.

Exc~~as_otherwis~

2vided for in this subsection, no

~erson_shall_cause or allow the

emission

of

sulfur

dioxide into ~

~1~s~nfu~lcombustion

source

bu~~idf~~

~

(Illinois)

~

to cxc ~~punds

of sulfur dioxide per million

British

thermal

unit

(Btu)

of_actualhnu~9norafte~~

(the effective

date

of this Rule).*

(1)

Sources located in Kankakee or McHenry Counties shall

not

exceed

~4s~

sulfur

dioxide per million

Btuo factu~tin~

(2)

~

flue

2~~ulf~rizationsstemsas

of December

1,

1980,

located

in the Peor~~~~ao

eroolormetrooliariarea shall

not exceed~

nds ofs

fur dioxide~~~l1ion

Btu of actual_beat~p,~.

*Rule

204(f) will not be applicable to the Village of

~~innetkaElectric

Utility

Plant

until

final

action

on

R80~—22,

Docket B,

is taken

by

the

Board.

51~218

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~gj

~xe~tion~rocefl

Cs

for Source Located

in the Chica~,

St.

Louis

(I~linoi~s an~PeoriaMaj~etro2olitan_Areas.

owner

or ~~ator

of a~3xisti~~ielcombustion

cmis:

sian

source

icea

ted

in the Chicaq~t,_Louis

(Illinois)

or

~oriama~o

net~poI~tanareas m~ypetition the

Board for

acoroval

of

ar

~lternate

emission rat~~pecified

in emis—

~

öT~tual

heat

i~ut fera

7

Such

fuel combustion emission_source

1u~

toa maximurn of

6

8 younds

of

sulfur

dioxiö~p~r

miU ion_Btu

of

actual

heat ~n~ut~

ersons~~p~ovein anad judi-

cativehearinqbe~ore the_Board that

opo

S

ed

emission

rate

dill no~ under~predictable

worst

case conditions_cause

or

contrrb~u

to ~o a~

___

Seconda~SuIfu

aoxide Ambient_Air Qua~yStandard

or of

~y~p~l

icabI

~‘

e

s

tLO~ o~j~g~nif

lea

~it

Det

riora

ion

jn~o

c

TI

S ~ion

rate

~OV~Jl~Sua5t

to

this

~ra~ra~h

sf

all, be a substitute

for that standard

otherwise

rejuitodh~y ti’ ~ Rule

(1)

Every~owner

r~rator

ot an existina

fuel_combustion

emu

~anemissions

tandard

shall follow the ~l

icable

(2)

~ernissio

~sLaudard

so a~oved

shall he

included

asicondition in~~ra~

rrnitsissu~ur

suant

to Rule IO~of this Cha ter.

An

owner

or~~or

of

a fuel

corrb

ISLIOn

emission

source

who

receives

Board ~Ei o ci

el such an emission standard shall

IdId_hib~~

a~c

J

for

a

revision

of

its

~peratin~~mit

for

suci

~ci

~c.

(3)

Noowrer

or

~~rator

of

an

existi~,g~el

combustion

emission source shall seek such an exemption_orco~p~

with the eaisai, n standard so ~,~ted

b~,y,, the use_of

dis~,eas lo

en~“~ce~

ent

techniques

refe

med

to

in

Rule

2C~1 o

51~219

---

+e++~+(h)

Sulf~

Comhustaoi

L

ExciusliE

I

sulfur

d~

from

any

liquId

fi~

+~+(I)

to

ex

~:

~.

end,

+~+(2)

to

er

f

cc

i

air

itat

ions

for

Existiq~~el

eshu n~

Liquid Fuel

~

~

1

isuse

t

ailo~

the

emission of

~

ph~re

aa

~ty

one—hour

period

thu~t

rn

emas

OT

source,

burning

f

311f

r

Idoxide

per

million

Btu

~

.~idjal

Id

oil

as

burned;

s

of

s

ifur

f

oxide

~er

million

Btu

c

di~tillate fuel,

oil

is

burned.

+~4+(i)

Sulfur

a”

if

‘~ri

“si

n Lii itations for Fuel

Combustion

Emissiondi

c

a

,q,

C

rb~ration

f

Fuels.

(1)

Excgj~a

“i

i~

irRule2J4(i)(2),

no

person

shall

cause

i”

~mission

of

sulfur

dioxide

into

the

~

c

a

y

~

hour

period

from

any

fuel

comhu

o.

a

s~ur

source

burning

simultaneously

any

combi

~

“

~‘

c

id

iuid

aed

gaseous

fuels,

to

exccef

E

5fl15S1o~ rate

determined

by

the

foil

‘

q

j

t

~

where

-

“0

‘(

ii

l~urdioxide erlisIdon standard,

illir.

Btu,

wn,~h

is

applicable,

t

a

11 ~ulfur dioxide emission

~3a~

‘

~ou~p,ermiUionBtu,

s’d

a

o~ sulfur dioxide emission

standard,

rr

~c

~

iliion Btu,

which

is

applicable,

i

~rput from solid

fuel,

in

million

rroa

uistiIdate

fuel

oil,

in

fT

=

~

ci

cc

nh

~.nprtfrom residual, fuel

oil,

in

c’~r hour,

where

Jiat

~

Id

n

u7.

Ide

actual

heat

input

that

is

dat iv

---

5

1)

from the burning

of

gaseous

fuels

produced

by the gasification of solid fuels shall be

included in

Hs;

2)

from the burning of gaseous fuels produced

by the gasification

of

shall be included

in Ha;

3)

from the burning

of

gaseous

fuels

produced

by the gasification of residual

fuel oil

shall

be

included

in

4)

from the burning

of

gaseous

fuels

produced

by the gasification of any other liquid fuel

shall he included

in

HR;

and

5)

from the burning of by—product gases such as

those

produced

from a

catalyst regeneration unit in a petroleum

refinery shall be included in

HR.

(2)

Nq~p,~rson

shall

cause

or aUo~_~h~

emission of suifir

dioxide

into the

atmospI~re

in

a12yoneho~r

,per~

frorna~

existing fuel combustion_emissioi~~t

a steel mill

located in the Chicago or_~~Louis

(Illinois)

~

areas

burning

a~~solid~

liquid

~gaseo~_fuel

,,,

or

any

combination

thereof,

to

exceed

the

allowable

emission

rate

determinedb~

~b~?

~~gs~g_eguation:

S

~S

H

+SH

+SH

+S

H

SS

dd

RR

GG

E

allowable

sulfur

dioxide

emission_rat~in

2~nds

per_hour,

solid

fuel

sulfur

dioxide

emission

standar~jn

—

~ounds_p~,r

miUionBtu~j~j~h

is applicable,

=

distillate

oil

sulfur

dioxide

emission

standard:

*

O.~poundsj~ermil1ionBtu.

residual

oil

su 1

fur

dioxide_emission

standard_L

—

in pounds per million Btu, which is applicable~

=

maximum by-~productgas sulfur dioxide emissio~1

—

the ~1icable_by—product

gas_~hichwas burned,

had been burned alone at any time duri~_the

12

months precedin~

test operation, on or

before

(the effective date of this rule) of an

emission

source

usi~a~by-prod~~as.

51-221

---

6

H

=

actual heat input from solid_fue ~Jn

million

.~

=

actual

heat input

from distillate

fuel_oi~

in

million

Btu~er

hour

=

actual

heat

~ppp.t

from_residual fuel

oil,

in

*

million

Btu

per

hour,

=

actual

heat

input

from

by-product

gases~such

as

—

those

_2~oduced from

a_blast

furnace,

in

million

Btu~er_hourL

and

where

that

portion

of

the

actual

heat

~ut

that

is_derived:

1)

from

the

burning

of

gaseous

fuelsj~roduced

~

the

~ification_of

_~o

d_~els

shall

be

included

in

2)

from

the

b

nfgaseous

fuels

produced

by the gasification of distillate

fuel

oil

shall

be

included

in

H,q

3)

fomtheburning_~~

gaseous fuels~roduced

by the

gasification of residual

fuel

oil

shall

be

included inH~

and

4)

from the burning of gaseous fuelsj~roduced

by the_g~sificationof any

other_liquid

fuel

shall

be included inH~.

(j)

Fuel

Burning

Process

Emission

Source

The emissions from the burning of fuel

at process emission

sources_~~ted

in the Chicago or St.

Louis

(Illinois)

major

metr~~iban

areas

shall

comply

with

applicable

paragraphs

(a)

through

(i)

of

this

Rule,

except

as

follows:

(1)

Slab

reheat

furnaces

in

the

St.

Louis

(Illinois)

major

metropolitan

area

with

fuel burning capacities

in excess

of 650 million Btu per hour and burning any residual

fuel

shall not be subject to

the applicable paragr~j~

204(a)

through

(i)

so lon~

as the

total

sulfur

dioxide

emissions resulting

from the burning of residual fuel

oil

in all

such furnaces at any one steel

mill

do not

exceed 730 pounds per hour.

(2)

No

person

shall cause or allow the emissions of

sulfur

into

the

atmosphere

in any one hour period

from burning tea leaves as fuel to exceed 0.70 pounds

of sulfur dioxide~permillion Btu of actual heat inputs

50-222

7

(3)

Lime

kilns

(Standard Industrial Code 32) are not

subject

to limitations

for sulfur dioxide emission.

+?++~+(k)Sulfur Dioxide 6~a a~ds—a~Emission Limitations

for

Process Emission Sources.

4~+

Except as further provided by this

Ruler

ps~a~aph

R~e-~94rno person shall cause or allow the emission

of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere from any process

emissLon source to exceed 2000 ppm.

(1)

The following process emission sources are not subject

to

the

2000 ppm standard:

~

pounds

from the flue gases of fuel combustion

(B~

app~y—’~e

sulfur compounds

from the flue gases of petroleum

and petrochemical processes.

ap~y—$~eExisting hydrogen sulfide flares at a

chemical manufacturing plant provided:

Ci)

Said flares are operative on existing batch

type

processes;

and

(ii)

The

hydrogen

sulfide

emissions

being

flared

are not, as of September 11,

1975, passed

through existing processes designed to remove

sulfur compounds from the flue bases as pro-

vided in subparagraph

4~3(B)

above;

and

(iii)

The emission of sulfur dioxide into the atmos-

phere

pounds per hour and 3500 pounds per eight

hour period; and

(iv)

Provided, however, that if emission controls

for said flares become economically reason-

able and technically feasible the owner!

operator of such hydrogen sulfide

flares

shall install

such controls.

(D)

Sodium Aluminum sulfate manufacturing process

emission sources in the St.

Louis

major metropolitan area.

51-223

---

8

(E)

Sodium

sulfite

manufacturing

process

emission

—

sources

in

the

St.

Loui~s (IllinoisY

major

politan

area.

(F)

Secondary

lead

smelting

process

emission_sources

in

the

Chicago

or

St.

Louis

(Illinois~~j~

metrg~litan_areas.

(G)

Glass melting furnaces

in

the

Chicago

or

St.

Louis

(Illinois) major metrqpolitan areas.

(H)

Glass heat treating with sulfur dioxide

in the

St. Louis

(Illinois)

major metropolitan area.

(2)

Noj~rson

shall cause or allow the emission of

sulfur

dioxide

into the atmosphere from any

new

process emis-

sion source in the St.

Louis

(Illinois) major metro-

politan area_~esignedto remove

sulfur

compounds

from

the

flue gases of petroleum and petrochemical_processes

to exceed 14 pounds of sulfur dioxide per ton of sulfur

recovered.

(3)

No person shall cause or

allow

the emission_of

sulfur

dioxide into the_atmosphere

froma~

manufacturing process

in the City of chiq~o to exceed

4B+

(4)

~

—

~e

-9ew-s

i~f4e—ae~4-ma?ae~r4vtg—preeesses7

No

person

shall

cause

or

allow

the emission of sulfur

dioxide

into

the

atmosphere

from

any

new

sulfuric

acid

manufacturing

plant

to

exceed

4.0

pounds

of

sulfur

dioxide

per

ton

of

acid

produced.

f~++~+(l)Sulfuric Acid Mist f~1~af49—an~

Limitations

+A+(l)

No person shall cause or allow the emission of sul-

furic acid mist into the atmosphere from any process

emission source

to exceed 0.15 pounds of acid mist

per ton of acid manufactured.

48+(2)

With the exception of Rti~e-~94+?+f?++A+-an~

fuel com-

bustion sources and acid manufacturing~~

no person using

sulfuric acid shall cause or allow the emission of sul-

furic acid and/or sulfur trioxide from all other similar

emission sources at a plant or premises

51-224

---

9

(i)

0.10

pound

in any one hour period for sulfuric

acid

usage

less

than

1,300

tons

per

year

(100

percent acid basis)~

(ii)

0.50 pound

per

ton of acid used for sulfuric acid

usage greater than or equal to 1,300 tons

per

fq+j!!1

Measurement Methods

Unchanged

except

for

an

internal

reference

in

subparagraph

3,

(3)

Solid Fuel Averaging Measurement

If low sulfur fuel is used to comply with subparagraphs

(a),

(b),

(c),

(f) ar~4 i

of this Rule 204, the

applicable fuel suliur

oxide standard shall be

met by

a two month average

o.f daily samples with 95 percent of

the samples being no greater than 20 percent above the

average.

A.S.T.M. procedures shall be used for solid

fuel sampling sulfur and heating value determinations.

fhjfli)

Compliance Dates

Every owner or operator of an emission source subject to

Rule 204 shall comply with the standards

and

limits thereof

TABLE OF COMPLIANCE DATES

Rue

!Lfle of Source

2044a3~-an4

New fuel combustion emission

April 14,

1972

fl4(b)

sources.

fl44e).fl) (A)

The4s’b4aq-seneee-4n—6h4ea~e,

May—30r49fl

aMe.4fl4,.e4fl~jne4e4eaaA~.pee*4a..

204(c)4fl48f

Existtng sources outside the chicago,

St. Louis (tllinois) and Peoria MMA’s

with actual heat input less than, or

equal to,

250 million Btu

per

(a)

Sources determining that the

December 14, 1978

(b)

Sources determining that

See Rule 204(e)

51-225

---

10

Type

of Source

Compliance Date

204fe)~f~fe3(d)Existingsources outside the

Chicago,

St.

Louis

(Illinois)

and Peoria MM~s

with

actual heat

input

greater

than 250 million

Btu

per

hour

~g-se~feesMM&~s-ethe~

~ee-yeaf~—~*~er

~

f~e~s3 Bea~4—~f~ef

a-Peef~a-eemywh-Po~~e~

~

~-em~—

204

fe

f~++~3

~94

+~+

~s~g-~eees--Peefia

204(e)

(1)

and

(2)

Fuel combustion sources located

outside the Chicago,

St.

Louis

(Illinois)

and Peoria MMA~s

December 14,

1978

204(e) (3)

Fuel

combustion

sources located

outside Chicago,

St.

Louis

(Illinois)

and Peoria MMA~swhich obtain

an

alternate

emission rate

(a)

If

source

is

in

compliance

with the previous Rule 204(e)

(effective

april

14,

1972

until December

14,

1978)

prior

to

December

14,

1978

Date of commence—

merit of monitoring

and modeling

pursuant to Rule

204(e) (3) (C)

204(f)

(b)

If source is not

in com-

pliance with the previous

Rule 204(c)

(effective from

April

14,

1972 until December

14,

1978)

prior to December

14,

1978

Existing_sources

in

the

Chica~2L

~E

rouis

(Ilir

T~T~rPeorra

M~1A’s

burning_solid

fuel_exclusive~

204

(~)

Existin~sourcesin_the

Chica~

St.

Louis

(Illinois)

or

Peoria

MMA~s

burnina solid fuel exc1usivel~I~_which

obbain

an alternate_emission rate

204(h)

Date of approval

of

alternate

standard

Effective date

of R80—22

Date_~~a~ro!~

of

alternate

standard

!~YJQL

J~Q~

Ru

~94+e)f1~H~3

1~eeem1~er-’t4~

-3~9~8

See

Rule

204(e)

51-226

---

11

Rule

Type of Source

Compliance Date

204(i)

Combination of fuels

sources

exc~t

at

a

steel

mill

~hination

of_fuels

sources at

a

Effective

date

steel mill

of R80—22

Fuel

burning_process

emission

sources

Effective date

of R80—22

204f?3R)(l)

Process emission sources

(A)-(C)

Existing sources

December 31,

1973

New sources

December 14, 1978

2~4(~c)(D)—(H)Process emission_sources

Effective date

of

R80—22

204(k)(2),

(3)

New

sources

in

the

St.

Louis

Effective

date

(Illinois) MMA de~edtore~ove

of

R80-22

su1fur

co~2~s

f

rorn

the

flue

~es

of

petroleum

and

petro-

chemical

rocesses

and

sulfuric

manu a~f~2~esgesin

the City of Chic~.

204(1)

Sources

having

emissions of sulfuric

acid

mist

Existing

sources

December

31,

1973

New

sources

December

14,

1978

4~(o)

Dispersion

Enhancement Techniques

No

owner

or

operator

of

an

existing

fuel

combustion

emission

source shall comply with the

emission

standard

of

Rule 204(e)

(1),

Rule 204(e) (2),

Rule 204(e)(3), or Rule

204

(g) by the

use

of

dispersion

enhancement

techniques.

For

the

purpose

of

this

rule,

dispersion

enhancement

techniques

shall

include,

hub

not

be

limited

to,

an

intermittent

control

system

or

an

increase

of:

stack

height

in excess of good engineering

practice necessary to prevent downwash or fumigation condi-

tions,

stack diameter, exit gas velocity or exit gas tem-

perature, except as provided by Section 123 of the Clean

Air Act and Regulations promulgated thereunder.

Flue gas

may be reheated where air pollutiQn control equipment

results

in a reduction of flue gas temperature, provided

that the degree of reheat does not exceed the temperature

drop across such air pollution control equipment.

t~’ ~S

SO

ORDERED.

J. Dumelle and N. Werner concurred.

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I, Christan

L. Moffett, Clerk of

the Illinois Pollution

Control Board,

hereby certify that

the

above

Order ~as

ad~pted

r)r~

~

day

of

____

___,

1983 by a vote of

~L~__.

/

Christart

L.

Moffett,

Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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