ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
August 24,
1978
IN
THE
MATTER
OF:
)
)
PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS
TO
CHAPTER
)
R75-5
2,
PART
II,
SULFUR
DIOXIDE
)
R74-2
EMISSIONS
)
ORDER
OF
THE
BOARD
(by
Mr.
Goodman):
The Board
hereby
proposes the following amendments to the
Air Pollution Regulations, subject to a 60-day public comment
period.
The Board notes that an addendum attached to this
Order
(p.13)
contains the Rule 204(e) (1)
formula using metric
units
for
the input parameters.
PROPOSED
FINAL
DRAFT
ORDER
Rule
204:
Sulfur
Standards
and
Limitations
(a)
Stet
(b)
Stet
(c)
Sulfur Dioxide Emission for Existing
Fuel
Combustion
Sources.
(1)
Solid Fuel Burned Exclusively.
(A)
Stet
(B)
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
combustion
source
with
actual
heat
input less than, or equal
to,
250 million
3l—~l7
—2—
BTU per hour,
burning solid fuel exclu-
sively, located outside the Chicago, St.
Louis
(Illinois)
and Peoria major metro-
politan areas, to exceed either of the
following, whichever such person deter-
mines shall apply:
(i)
~
6.8 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million
btu of actual heat input ~
7~9~5? or
(ii)
the emission limit provided by Rule 204 (e).
(C)
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 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 BTU per hour,
burning
solid fuel exclusively,
located outside
the Chicago,
St.
Louis
(Illinois)
and
Peoria major metropolitan areas, to
exceed
e-~eew4~g-~
the emission limit
provided by Rule 204(eL
~*
~
M~y
—
~9,—~9~5~
(D)
ExistingFuel Combustion Emission Sources
Located Outside the Chicago, St. Louis
(Illinois)
and Peoria Major Metropolitan
Areas.
Notwithstanding flules
204(c) (1)
(B)
and 204(c) (1) (C), no person shall
cause or allow the emission of sulfur
dioxide
into
the
atmosphere
in
any
one
hour
period
to
exceed
1.8
pounds
of
sulfur dioxide from any such fuel combus-
tion emission source, burning solid fuel
exclusively,
located
within
any
MMA
other
than Chicago, Peoria and St.
Louis
(Illinois)
which, according to any one ambient air
monitoring station operated by or under
supervision and control of the Agency within
such MMA, has annual arithmetic average
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sulfur dioxide level greater
than:
60 ug/m3
(0.02 ppm)
for any year
ending prior to May
30, 1976, or
45 ug/m3
(0.015 ppm) for
any
year
ending on or after May 30,
1976.
Compliance
with this paragraph
(D) of Rule 204(c) (1) shall be on
arid
after three years from the
date upon which the Board promul-
gates an Order for compliance.
Before promulgation of such Order for Compli-
ance the Board shall:
(aa) publish in the Environmental
Register within
21 days of
receipt from the Agency,
a
proposed Order for Compliance
along with the data used to
obtain said annual arithmetic
average sulfur dioxide level;
and,
(bb) serve a copy of such proposed
Order
and
supporting.
data,
within
21
days
of
receipt
from
the
Agency,
upon the owner or operator of each
such
emission
source
located
within
the
MMA;
and,
(cc)
defer promulgation of the Order for
Compliance for at least 45 days from
the date of publication to allow sub-
mission and consideration of additional
written comments.
(2)
Stet
(d)
Stet
Dei~.
Rule
204(e)
Add:
(e)
Fuel Combustion Emission Sources Located Outside of
the
Chicago,
St.
Louis
(Illinois), and Peoria Major
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Metropolitan Areas.
No person shall cause or allow the total emissions
of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere in
any
one
hour period from all fuel combustion emission
sources owned or operated by such person and
located within a
1 mile radius
(1.6 Km)
from the
point of any such fuel combustion emission source
to
exceed
the
emissions
determined
by
the
follow-
ing
Rules
204(e)
(1), 204(e) (2) or 204(e) (3), which-
ever is applicable.
0.11
2
(1)
E
=
(HA)
(HE)
128
where:
E
=
Total
allowable emission of sulfur
dioxide in pounds per hour into the
atmosphere in any one-hour period
from all fuel combustion emission
sources owned or operated by such
person and located within a
1 mile
radius from the center point of any
such emission source.
HA
(feet)
=
Average actual stack
height as determined by method
outlined below.
H~(feet)
=
Effective height of
effluent release as determined
by method outlined below.
Method used to determine HA and HE:
QH
(BTU/sec)
=
Heat emission rate
as determined by method outlined
below.
~H
(feet)
=
Plume rise.
H
=
Physical height in feet,
above
grade of each stack,
except that
for purposes of this calculation
the_value used for such stack
height shall not exceed good engi-
neering practice
as defined by
Section 123 of the Clean Air Act
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and Regulations promulgated there-
under, unless the owner or operator
of the source demonstrates to the
Agency that a greater height is
necessary to prevent downwash or
fumigation
conditions.
T
(Degrees Rankine)
=
Exit tempera-
ture of stack gases
from each source
during operating conditions which
would cause maximum emissions.
V
(feet/sec)
=
Exit velocity of stack
gases from each source under operating
conditions which would cause maximum
emissions.
D
(feet)
=
Diameter
of
stack.
P
=
Percentage of
total
emissions
ex-
pressed as decimal equivalents, emitted
from each source.
Example:
21
=
0.21.
NOTE:
the sum of P1
+
~2
...
+ P~
=
1.
The emission values to be used are those
which occur during operating conditions
which would cause maximum emissions.
STEP
1:
Determine weighted average stack parameters
utilizing the following formulae:
D
=
P1D1
+
P2D2
+
.
.
.
V
P1V1
+
P2V2
+
.
.
.
+PnVn
T
=
P1T1
+
P2T2
+
.
.
.
+P1~T1~
HA
=
P1H1
+
P2H2
+
.
.
.
+PnHn
NOTE:
P1, Dp
Vi, Ti, and Hi,
are the percentage of total
emissions,
stack diameter, exit velocity of gases,
exit temperature of stack gases,
and physical stack
height, respectively,
for the first source,
P2,
D2,
V2,
T2, and H2 are the respective values for the
second source;
similarly, P~,D~,V~,T~,and Hn are
the respective values for the nth source, where n
is
the number of the last source.
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STEP
2:
Calculate heat emission rate utilizing the
following formula and the weighted averag~
stack parameters obtained in Step 1:
2
=
7.54D V
(T
-
515)
T
STEP 3:
Calculate plume rise utilizing the appro-
priate formula given below and the total
heat emission rate obtained in Step 2:
0.6
I~H
=
2.58
(QH)
for QH
6000 BTTJ/sec.
0.11
(HA)
0.75
=
0.718
(QH)
for QH
6000 BTU/sec.
0.11
(HA)
STEP
4:
Calculate the weighted average facility
effective height of effluent release
utilizing the plume rise obtained in
Step
3,
the average stack height
obtained in Step
1 and the formula
given below:
HE
=
HA
+
t~H
STEP
5:
Calculate the total facility hourly emis-
sion limitation utilizing the weighted
actual stack height obtained in Step
1,
the effective stack height given
in Step
4,
and the following formula:
0.11
2
E
=
(HA)
(HE)
(2)
If the maximum total emissions of sulfur dioxide into
the atmosphere in any one hour period from all fuel
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combustion
emission
sources
owned
or
operated
by
any
person and located within a
1 mile
(1.6 Km.)
radius
from the center point of any such fuel combustion
emission sources exceed,
during normal cyclical
variations
in firing rate and fuel, the emissions
allowed under Rule 204(e) (1) but,
as of April
1,
1978, were in compliance with either the formula
detailed below or a Board Order,
such person shall
not cause or allow such emissions to exceed the
emissions allowed under Rule 204(e) (1) or the
formula detailed below, whichever such person
determines shall apply.
2
E
=
20,000
(He)
(300)
=
P1H1
+
P2H2
+
.
.
.
100
(Note:
P1
+ P2
.
•
•
~n
=
100)
Where:
E
=
total emission of sulfur dioxide,
in
pounds per hour,
into the atmosphere
in any one hour period from all fuel
combustion emission sources owned or
operated by such person and located
within a
1 mile radius from the
center point of any such emission
source,
P1,
i
=
1,2,
...,
n
=
percentage of total
emissions E emitted from source
i, and
Hi,
i
=
1,2,
...,
n
=
physical height in
feet above grade of stack
i.
(3)
Any owner or operator of a fuel combustion emission
source may petition the Board for approval of an
emission rate a~p1icab1eto any one hour period
for
all fuel combustion emission sources owned or oper-
ated by such person and located within a one mile
radius from the center point of any such fuel com-
bustion emission source.
Such person shall prove
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in an adjudicative hearing before the Board that
the proposed emission rate will not under any
foreseeable operating conditions and potential
meteorological conditions cause or contribute to
a violation of any applicable Primary or Secondary
Sulfur Dioxide Ambient Air Quality Standard.
An
emission rate approved pursuant to this paragraph
shall be a substitute for that standard determined
by Rule
204(e) (1)
or Rule 204(e) (2).
(A)
Every owner or operator of a fuel combustion
emission source petitioning the Board for
approval of an emission standard pursuant to
Rule 204 (e) (3)
shall follow the procedures
described in Part X of the Procedural Rules,
Chapter
1 of the Board’s Rules and Regulations.
(B)
Any emission standard approved pursuant
to
Rule
204(e) (3)
shall be included as a condi-
tion to operating permits
issued pursuant to
Rule 103 of this Chapter.
Any owner or
operator of a fuel combustion emission
source who receives Board approval of
an emission standard pursuant to this
Rule 204(e) (3)
shall apDly to the
Agency within
30 days of approval of
such standard for
a revision of its
operating permit for such source.
(C)
The Agency shall impose
as
a condition to a
permit to operate
a source pursuant to an
emission standard approved pursuant to Rule
204(e) (3)
an ambient sulfur dioxide monitor-
ing and dispersion modeling program designed
to verify that such emission standard will
not cause or contribute to violations of
any applicable Primary or Secondary Sulfur
Dioxide Ambient Air Quality Standard.
Such
ambient monitoring and dispersion modeling
program shall be operated for at least one
year
commencing
no
later
than
6
months
after
the date of approval of an emission rate pur-
suant to Rule 204 (e) (3).
~
(D)
No more than fifteen
(15) months after the
commencement of the ambient monitoring and
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dispersion
modeling
program of Rule 204(e) (3)
(C)
the owner or operator shall apply for a
new operating permit.
The owner or operator
shall submit, at the time of the appli-
cation,
a report containing the results
of the ambient monitoring and dispersion
modeling program.
(f)
Sulfur Standards and Limitations for Process Emission
Sources.
(1)
Sulfur Dioxide Standards and Limitations.
(A)
Except as further provided by paragraphs
(f) (1) (B)
,
(f) (1) (C)
,
(f) (1) (D)
,
and
(f)
(1) (E)
of this Rule 204,
no person shall
cause or allow the emission of sulfur
dioxide into the atmosphere from any pro-
cess emission source to exceed 2000 ppm.
(B)
Paragraph
(f) (1) (A)
of this Rule 204 shall
not apply to new sulfuric acid manufacturing
processes.
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.
(C)
Paragraph
(f) (1) (A)
of this Rule 204 shall
not apply
to processes designed to remove
sulfur compounds from the flue gases of
fuel combustion emission sources.
(D)
Paragraph
(f) (1) (A) of this Rule 204
shall not apply to existing processes
designed to remove sulfur compounds
from the flue gases of petroleum and
petro—chernical processes.
-the-ir-~xe-ese-~re~
~
the-eM~~
ert~
—
e~-Rt~e
-
~94-fe*
(2)
Stet
Delete
Rule
204(h)
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Add:
Ui)
Compliance Dates.
Every owner or operator of an emission source
subject to Rule 204 shall comply with the stand-
ards and limitations thereof in accordance with
the dates shown in the table below:
Table of Compliance Dates
Rule
Type of Source
Compliance Date
204(a)
and
New fuel combustion emis-
April 14,
1972
204(b)
sion sources
204(c)
(1)
(A)
Existing
sources
in Chicago,
May 30,
1975
St. Louis
(Illinois)
and
Peoria
204(c) (1) (B)
Existing sources outside the
Chicago,
St.
Louis
(Illinois)
and Peoria MMA’s with actual
heat input less than, or equal
to,
250 million BTU per hour
(a)
Sources determining
Effective date of
that the 6.8 lbs./
Rule
MMBTU standard shall
apply
(b)
Sources determining
See Rule 204(e)
that Rule 204(e)
shall
apply
204(c) (1) (C)
Existing sources outside the
Effective date of
Chicago,
St. Louis
(Illinois)
Rule
and Peoria MNA’s with actual
heat input greater than 250
million BTU per hour
204(c) (1) (D)
Existing sources in MMA’s
Three years after
other than Chicago,
St.
Board Order
Louis
(Illinois)
and
Peoria complying with
Pollution Control Board
Order to limit emissions
to 1.8 lbs./million BTU
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204 (d)
Combination of Fuels Sources
April 14, 1972
204(e) (1)
and
(2)
Fuel
combustion
sources
located
outside
Chicago,
St.
Louis
(Illinois)
and
Peoria MMA’s
Effective date of
Rule
204(e) (3)
Fuel combustion sources
located outside Chicago,
St. Louis
(Illinois)
and
Peoria MMA’s
which
obtain
an alternate emission rate
(a)
If source is in com-
pliance with the
previous
Rule
204(e)
(effective April 14,
1972 until effective
date of current rule)
prior to effective
date of Rule 204(e) (1)
Date of commence-
ment of monitoring
and modeling pur-
suant to Rule 204
(e) (3) (C)
(b)
If source is not in
________________
compliance with the
____________
previous Rule 204(e)
_______
(effective from April
14,
1972 until effective
date
of
current
rule)
prior
to
effective
date
of Rule 204(e) (1)
204(f)
Sulfur Standards and Limitations
for Process
Emission Sources
Existing sources
December
31,
1973
New Sources
Effective date of
Regulation
Date of approval
of alternate
standard
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(i)
Intermittent
Control
Systems for Fuel
Combustion
~rssionsaurees
Loc~ftedOutside of
the
Chicago,
St.
Louis Tillinois), and~PeoriaMi3~rMetropolitan
Areas.
Intermittent Control Systems as defined in Title
1 Section
3 of the En~rirorimenta1~Protection Act (Illinoi~Revi~~Statutes
~pter~ll1—1/2~Sections
100l_— 1051 as amend.ed~maybe reg~uired
~be
iristafledin addition ~o a constant emission con&ol sys~
tern as the result of aBoarddrdered emissi5n~ontro1p~ogram;
~,
if
~ecessary
to pr~ent the fuel combüition emisi~onsource
f~om~caüsingor contri~ütingtToa violati~iof any a~Iicab1e
Prima~or Secondary Sulfur Dioxide Ambient Ai±~QualityStand-
ard, su~hThter
ttent Control System may be required to be
i~s?il1edin adaition to a constant emission control system as
a condiEiori to bbtainii~ai~operating or coristructI~n~rmit
from
the
Age~q~j
(j)
Disp~rsion Enhancement Techniques
No owner or operator of an existing fuel combustion emission
source shall comply
with
the emissio~istandard of
Rule
204 (e) (1),
~ii~204(e)(2),
or ~ule 204(e) (3) ~bythe use of dispersion enlfánce—
niènt ~echni~ies.
For
the
purpose
of
this
rule~
dispersion
enhance-
ment
techniques
shall
include,Thut
riot
be
limited
to,~n
incr~ase
:~st~3c~
hejght
i~i
xcess
of
good
en~ineer~
practice
necessary
to
prevent~ownwashThr
fuiñigation conditions,
stack
diameter,
exit
~s
ve1ocit~
or
ex3t
gas
tem~èrature,
~è~cept
as
provided
by
Section
123
of
the
C1eá~Air
Act
and
RegulaEions
promulgated
th~ereunder.
Flue
g~asmay
be
reheated
where
air
pollution
control
equipment
results
in
a
ré~uction
of
flue
gas
temn~erature,
provided that
the
de~ree ~
rehea~ does
no~ éxceed
t1~été~peratured~op
across
suchair
poflutiOn
control
eQuiplrient.
Rule
101:
Definitions
Air
Pollution
Control
Equipment:
any
equipment
inèluding
intermit-
~tcontro~~ystenis
(ICS’s) or facility of a ty~eIntendedt~
eliminate, prevent,
reduce
or control the emission of specified
air contaminants
to the atmosphere.
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Addendum:
Rule 204(e) (1) converted to Metric Units
(e)
Fuel Combustion Emission Sources Located Outside of
the Chicago, St. Louis
(Illinois), and Peoria Major
Metropolitan
Areas.
No
person
shall
cause
or
allow
the
total
emissions
of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere in any one
hour period from all fuel combustion emission sources
~iiiedor operated by such person and located within
a
I mile
(1.6
Kin)
radius from the center point of any
such fuel combustion emission source to exceed the
emissions determined by the following Rules
204(e)
(1),
204(e) (2)
or 204(e) (3)
,
whichever is applic-
able.
0.11
2
(1)
E
=
0.096(HA)
(HE)
where:
E
=
Total allowable emission of
sulfur dioxide in pounds per
hour into the
atmosphere
in
any one—hour period from all
fuel
combustion
emission
sources owned or operated by
such
person
and
located
within
a
1 mile radius from the center
point
of
any
such
emission
source.
HA
(meters)
=
Average actual
stack height
as determined by
method outlined below.
HE
(meters)
=
Effective height
of effluent release
as deter-
mined by method outlined below.
Method used to determine HA and HE:
QH
(KCal/sec)
=
Heat emission
rate
as
determined
by
method
outlined below.
~H
(meters)
=
Plume
rise.
H
=
Physical stack height
in
meters,
above grade of each
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~tack, except that for pur-
poses of this calculation the
value_used for such stack
height shall not exceed good
engineering practice as defined
by_Section_123 of the Clean Air
Act and regulations promulgated
thereunder,
unless the owner or
operator of the source deinon-
strates
to the Agency that a
greater height is necessary to
prevent such conditions.
T (Degrees Kelvin)
=
Exit tempera-
ture of stack gases from each
source
during
operating
conditions
which would cause maximum emissions.
V
(meters/sec)
=
Exit velocity of
stack gases from each source under
operating conditions which would
cause maximum emissions.
0
(meters)
=
Diameter
of
stack.
P
=
Percentage
of
total
emissions
expressed
as
decimal
equivalents,
emitted from each source.
Example:
21
=
0.21.
NOTE:
the sum
of
~l
+
P2
.
.
+
Pn
=
1.
The Emission
values to be used are those which
would occur during operating condi-
tions which would cause maximum emnis-
S
ions.
STEP 1:
Determine weighted average stack parameters
utilizing the following formulae:
D
=
PlDl
+
P2D2
+
.
.
.
+
PnDn
V
=
P1V1
+
+
.
.
.
+
T
P1T1
+
P2T2
+
.
-
.
+ PnTn
HA
P1H1
+
P2H2
+
.
.
.
+
PnHn
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NOTE:
Pi,
Dj., Vi, Ti, and Hi, are the percentage of total emissions,
stack diameter, exit velocity of gases,
exit temperature of
stack gases, and physical stack heights, respectively,
for the
first source, P2,
02, V2,
T2, and H2 are the respective values
for the second source;
similarly,
Pn, Dn, V~,T~,and H~are
the respective values for the nth source, where
n
is the
number of the last source.
STEP
2:
Calculate heat emission rate utilizing the
following formula and the weighted average
stack parameters obtained in Step
1:
2
QH
=
67D V
(T
-
286)
T
STEP
3:
Calculate plume rise utilizing the appropriate
formula given below and the total heat emission
rate
obtained
in
Step
2:
0.6
H
=
l•58(QH)
for ~H
1500 KCa1/sec
0.11
(HA)
0.75
H
=
0-54~QH)
for 0H
1500 KCa1/sec
0.11
(HA)
STEP 4:
Calculate the weighted average facility effective
height of effluent release utilizing the plume
rise obtained in Step
3,
the average stack height
obtained in Step
1 and the formula given below:
HE
=
HA
+
t~H
STEP 5:
Calculate the total facilit~’hourly emission
limitation utilizing the weighted actual stack
height obtained in Step
1, the effective stack
height given in Step
4, and the following form-
ula:
0.11
2
E
=
•O96(HA)
(11E)
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Messrs.
Dumelle, Young,
and Werner concur.
I,
Christan
L.
Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
Control Board, hereby certify the above Order was adomted on
the
~sL4
day of44~~E,
,
1978 by a vote of
~
Christan L. Moffet~
erk
Illinois Pollution
ontrol Board
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