ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

July 12,

1979

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

Fugitive Particulate Emissions

)

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from Industrial Sources

(Proposed

)

Revision of Rule 203(f)

of Chapter

2)

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Goodman):

The Board hereby proposes the following amendment

to Rule

203(f)

of Chapter

2 and orders that the record in this matter

be held open for 60 days from the date of this Order to allow

for the submission of public comment.

PROPOSED FINAL DRAFT ORDER

203(f)

Fugitive Particulate Matter

(1)

No person shall

cause

or allow the emission

of fugitive particulate matter from any

process, including any material handling or

storage activity,

that is visible by an

observer looking generally toward the zenith

at a point beyond the property line of the

emission source.

(2)

Except for those operations

subject to Rule

203(d)(9)

(Grain—Handling and Grain—Drying

Operations), Rule 203(f)(3)

shall apply to

all mining operations

(SIC major groups 10

through

14), manufacturing operations

(SIC

major groups 20 through

39),

and electric

generating operations

(SIC group 491) which

are located

in the following townships

in the

following counties:

Cook:

All townships

Lake:

Shields, Waukegan, Warren

DuPage:

Addison, Winfield, York

Will:

DuPage, Plainsfield, Lockport,

Channahon,

Peotone, Florence,

Joliet

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Peoria:

Richwoods,

Limestone, Holiis,

Peoria

Tazewell:

Fondulac,

Pekin, Cincinnati,

Groveland, Washington

Macon:

Decatur, Hickory Point

Rock Island:

Blackhawk, Coal Valley,

Hampton, Moline, South Moline

Rock Island, South Rock Island

LaSalle:

LaSalle, Utica

Madison:

Alton,

Chouteau,

Collinsville,

Edwardsville, Fort Russell,

Godfrey, Granite City, Nameoki,

Venice, Wood River

St. Clair:

Canteen, Caseyville,

Centerville,

St.

Clair, Stites, Stookey,

Sugar

Loaf,

Millstadt.

(3)

On and after December 31, 1982,

potential

sources

of fugitive particulate matter shall

be maintained and operated as follows:

(A)

All storage piles of materials with

uncontrolled emissions of fugitive

particulate matter in excess of 50

tons/year which

are located within a

facility whose potential particulate

emissions from all sources exceed 100

tons/year shall

be protected by

a cover

or sprayed with a surfactant solution or

water on a regular basis,

as needed,

or

treated by an equivalent method,

in accor-

dance with the operating program required

by Rule

203(f)(3)(F).

(B)

All conveyor loading operations to

storage piles specified in Rule 203

(f)(3)(A) shall

utilize spray systems,

telescopic chutes,

stone

ladders,

or

other equivalent methods

in accordance

with the operating program required by

Rule 203(f)(3)(F).

(C)

All normal traffic pattern access areas

surrounding storage piles specified

in

Rule

203(f)(3)(A) and all normal traffic

pattern roads and parking facilities

which are located on mining or manufac-

turing property shall be paved or treated

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with water,

oils,

or chemical dust

suppressants.

All paved areas shall be

cleaned on

a regular basis.

All areas

treated with water, oils,

or chemical

dust suppressants

shall have the treat-

ment applied on a regular basis, as

needed,

in accordance with the operating

program required by Rule 203(f)(3)(F).

(D)

All unloading and transporting opera-

tions of materials collected by pollu-

tion control

equipment shall

be enclosed

or

shal.l utilize spraying, pelletizing,

screw conveying,

or other equivalent

methods.

(E)

Crushers, grinding mills,

screening

operations, bucket elevators,

conveyor

transfer points,

conveyors,

bagging opera-

tions,

storage bins,

and fine product truck

and railcar loading operations

shall be

sprayed with water or a surfactant solu-

tion utilize choke—feeding,

or be treated

by an equivalent method in accordance with

an operating program.

Exception:

Subparagraph

(E)

of this

Rule 203(f)(3)

shall not apply to high—

lines

at steel mills.

(F)

The sources described in paragraphs

(f)(3)(A) through

(f)(3)(E)

shall

be

operated under the provisions of an

operating program prepared by the owner

or operator and submitted to the Agency

for its review by December 31,

1982.

Such operating program

shall be designed

to significantly reduce fugitive particu-

late emissions.

As

a minimum the operating program shall

include the following:

1.

the name and address of the facility;

2.

the name and address

of the owner

or operator responsible for execu-

tion of the operating program;

3.

a map or diagram of the facility

showing approximate locations of

storage piles,

conveyor loading

operations,

normal traffic pattern

access areas surrounding storage

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piles and all normal

traffic pat-

terns within the facility;

4.

location of unloading and transpor-

ting operations with pollution

control equipment;

5.

a detailed description of the best

management practices utilized to

achieve compliance with Rule 203(f),

including an engineering specifica-

tion of particulate collection

equipment, application systems

for

water, oil, chemicals,

and dust

suppressants utilized and equivalent

methods utilized;

6.

estimated frequency of application

of dust suppressants by location of

materials;

7.

and such other information as may

be necessary to facilitate the

Agency’s review of the operating

program.

The operating program

shall

be amended

from time to time by the owner or operator

SC)

that the operating program

is current.

Such amendments

shall

be consistent with

this Rule

203(f) and shall

he submitted

to the Agency for its review.

(4)

If particulate collection equipment is operated

pursuant to Rule 203(f)(3),

emissions

from such

equipment

shall not exceed 0.03 gr/dscf

(0.07

grams per cubic meter).

(5)

Rule 203(f)(i)

shall not apply and spraying

pursuant to

Rule 203(f)(3) shall

not be required

when the wind speed is greater than 25 miles per

hour

(40.2 kilometers per hour).

Determination

of wind speed

for the purposes of this rule

shall

be by a one—hour average or hourly recor-

ded value at the nearest official

station of

the U.S. Weather Bureau or by wind speed instru-

ments operated on the site.

In cases where the

duration of operations

subject to this rule

is

less than one hour, wind speed may be averaged

over the duration of the operations

on the

basis of one site wind speed instrument measure-

ments.

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(6)

No person shall cause or allow the operation

of a vehicle of the second division as defined

by

Ill.

Rev.

Stat., Chapter

95—1/2,

Section

1-217,

as revised, or a semi—trailer as

defined by Ill.

Rev.

Stat., Chapter

95-1/2,

Section 1-187, as revised, without

a covering

sufficient to prevent the release of fugitive

particulate matter into the atmosphere,

provided that this paragraph

(f)(5) shall not

pertain to automotive exhaust emissions.

Mr. Werner dissents.

I,

Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control, Board, hereby

rtify the above Order was adopjed on

the

J~”~

day of

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,

1979 by a vote of

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Illinois Pollution

rol Board

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