ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April
    25,
    1991
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    REPEAL OF NEW SOURCE
    )
    R89-7
    (Docket
    B)
    PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND
    )
    (Rulemaking)
    HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT
    )
    REGULATIONS
    )
    PROPOSED RULE.
    SECOND NOTICE.
    OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.D.
    Durnelle):
    On May 11, 1989
    the Board, on its own motion,
    proposed the
    above—captioned rulemaking for First Notice.
    The Board held two
    hearings
    in this matter,
    one
    in Chicago on August
    16,
    1989 and
    the other
    in Urbana on August
    23,
    1989.
    As the result
    of
    comments
    at hearing
    by the Illinois Environmental Protection
    Agency (“Agency”)
    and the Illinois Manufacturers Association
    (“IMA”),
    the Board split
    this proceeding into two dockets on
    September
    13,
    1989.
    Doc~ketA has since been adopted as a final
    rule.
    Today
    the Board
    is proposing Docket
    B,
    the repeal of
    35 111.
    Adm. Code Parts
    230 and 231
    in their entirety,
    for Second
    Notice.
    This docket was adopted by the Board
    for First Notice on
    December
    20,
    1990 and published
    in the Illinois Register on
    January 25, 1991
    at
    0780.
    Part
    230 constitutes the Board’s New
    Source Performance Standards
    (NSPS) adopted by peremptory
    rulemakings between
    1979 and 1987.
    Part 231 constitutes the
    National Emission Standards
    for Hazardous Air Pollutants
    (NESHAPS)
    also adopted by peremptory rulemaking between 1980 and
    1987.
    Prior
    to
    1987,
    the Board was required to adopt the NSPS
    and NESHAPS provisions
    in order
    for them to be enforceable in
    Illinois.
    However,
    in
    1987,
    Section 9.1 of the Environmental
    Protection Act
    (Act)
    was amended to cause the automatic
    enforceability
    of the NSPS and NESHAPS provisions
    in Illinois.
    As
    a result,
    the Board
    is
    no
    longer required to formally adopt
    NSPS and NESHAPS provisions
    to make them effective;
    the NSPS and
    NESHAPS become effective immediately upon their adoption by the
    United State Environmenta
    Protection P~qency (“USEPA”).
    As new NSPS and NESHAPS are promulgated by USEPA and become
    enforceable
    in Illinois pursuant
    to Section 9.1 of the Act,
    the
    existing regulations may become outdated or even inconsistent
    with the updated standards,
    causing possible confusion
    to the
    regulated community.
    1n repealing these parts,
    the Board
    stresses that this action
    is not intended to and does
    not cause
    any substantive amendment
    to the existing NSPS and NESHAPS
    provisions enforceable under Section 9.1 of the Act.
    121—731

    As the Agency stated
    in its comments made
    at hearing,
    a
    problem arises due to the fact that other sections of the Board’s
    air regulations reference the NSPS and NESHAPS provisions
    proposed for repeal.
    Consequently, these sections, which are
    found within
    35 Iii. Adm. Code Parts 201,
    212 and 215, must be
    amended to replace reference to Parts
    230 and 231 with language
    indicating the automatic enforceability
    of
    tJSEPA NSPS and NESHAPS
    regulations through Section 9.1 of the Act.
    Specifically, the
    sections of
    the Boards regulations which contain cross—references
    to NSPS or NESHAPS regulations
    in Parts
    230 and 231 are as
    follows:
    201.102
    201.401(a) (1) (B) (iii)
    201. 401(a)
    (
    1) (D)
    201. 401(b)
    212.205
    212.443(b) (2) (A)
    212.443(b) (2) (B)
    212.443(b) (3)
    212.443(c) (1) (B)
    212.443(c) (2) (A)
    2l2.443(c)(2) (B)
    215. 123 (a)
    (
    5)
    Three other Sections
    also containing references
    to Parts
    230
    and 231 were not included at Second Notice and cannot •be included
    here.
    Those sections will be corrected
    in a separate docket.
    This will
    in no
    way change the affected sections or the existing
    NSPS and NESHAPS Provisions enforceable under Section 9.1
    of the
    Act.
    So as
    to
    avoid confusion
    in the repealing of Parts 230 and
    231 the following language will be added.
    PART 230:
    (BOARD NOTE:
    All regulations promulgated by the U.S.
    Environmental Protection Agency under
    Section 111 of
    the Clean
    LAir act
    (42 USC 7411)
    as amended.. .RELATING TO STANDARDS OF
    PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES (NSPS).. .ARE APPLICABLE,
    ~without formal adoption by the Board,
    IN THIS STATE AND ARE
    ENFORCEABLE UNDER (THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT).
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT.
    1989,
    CH. ll1~, PAR.
    1009.1(b)).
    PART 231:
    (BOARD NOTE:
    Any regulations promulgated
    by the U.S.
    Environmental Protection Agency under Section 112
    of the Clean
    Air Act
    (42 USC 7412)
    as amended.. .RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT
    OF NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
    (NESHAPS).. .ARE APPLICABLE,
    without formal adoption by the Board,
    121—732

    —3—
    IN THIS STATE AND ARE ENFORCEABLE UNDER
    (THE ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION ACT.
    (ILL.
    REV. STAT.
    1989,
    CH. 1ll~, PAR.
    1009.1(b)).
    The Clerk
    is hereby directed to submit the following
    revisions
    to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
    ORDER
    The Board hereby proposes the following amendments
    to
    35
    Ill. Mm.
    Code
    201,
    212,
    215,
    230 and 231 for Second Notice.
    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
    201.104
    Incorporations
    by Reference
    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
    Appendix A
    Rule Into Section Table
    Appendix B
    Section Into Rule Table
    Appendix C
    Past Compliance Dates
    AUTHORITY:
    Implementing Section
    10 and authorized by Section
    27
    of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1987,
    ch.
    ll1~,pars.
    1010 and 1027)
    SOURCE:
    Adopted as Chapter
    2:
    Air Pollution,
    Part
    :
    General
    Provisions,
    in R71—23,
    4 PCB 191,
    filed and effective April
    14,
    1972; amended
    in P38—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 a:
    7
    Ill. Reg.
    12 1—733

    —4—
    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 R89-7A at
    13
    Ill. Reg.
    19444, effective December
    5,
    1989; amended
    in R89—7B at
    ______
    effective _____________________________
    Section 201.102
    Definitions
    “Specified Air Contaminant”:
    any air contaminant as
    to
    which this Subtitle contains emission standards or other
    specific limitations and any contaminant regulated
    in
    Illinois pursuant
    to Section
    9.1 of the Act.
    (Source:
    Amended at
    15
    Ill.
    Reg.
    ____
    ,
    effective
    ___________
    .)
    SUBPART L:
    CONTINUOUS MONITORING
    Section 201.401
    Continuous Monitoring Requirements
    a)
    Except as otherwise provided at Section 201.402 and
    Section 201.403, the owners and operators of the
    following emission sources shall install, operate,
    calibrate and maintain continuous monitoring equipment
    for the indicated pollutants.
    1)
    Fossil fuel—fired steam generators with an annual
    average capacity factor greater than
    30,
    as
    reported to the Federal Power Commission
    for
    calendar year
    1974,
    or as otherwise demonstrated
    to
    the Agency through
    the use of annual production
    data and equipment rating information
    representative
    of
    the facility’s operations,
    shall
    monitor
    for:
    A)
    Opacity, when the steam generator
    is greater
    than
    250 million Btu per hour heat input
    unless:
    i)
    Gas
    is the only fuel burned;
    or
    ii)
    Oil or
    a mixture of gas and oil are the
    only fuels burned and the source can
    comply with the limitations applicable
    to
    that source for particulate matter and
    opacity without use of collection
    equipment
    for particulate matter and the
    source has never been found to be in
    violation of an applicable visible
    or
    particulate emission standard through any
    administrative
    or
    judicial proceedings.
    B)
    Nitrogen oxides,
    when:
    i)
    The steam generator
    is greater than 1000
    12 1—734

    —5—
    million Btu per hour heat input;
    ii)
    The facility
    is located
    in an Air Quality
    Control Region where the Administrator,
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has
    specifically determined pursuant to
    Section 107 for the Clean Air Act
    (42
    U.S.C.
    7407)
    that
    a control strategy for
    nitrogen dioxide
    is
    necessary to attain
    the national standards; and
    iii) The owner or operator has not
    demonstrated during compliance tests
    per~~med
    ~uar~
    ~e 35
    ~
    Adm~8~de
    23e7Apper~d4xA or
    4rt re~ua~4e~ade~ed
    by the ~F-S--e~
    met~a~Pre~ee~
    Agei~ey~der
    See~ei~~
    of the e~ea~A~r
    Ae~arid made a~ieab~e iri ~+~ne+a
    ~o See~eri 9--i of the ~~rio~s
    Eerimeri~a~Pr
    ee~ioriAe~that
    the
    source emits nitrogen oxides at levels
    less than 30
    or more beiow the emissions
    standards applicable
    to that source.
    Such compliance tests shall be performed
    pursuant to regulations promulgated by
    the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    under Section
    111 of the Clean Air Act
    (42 USC 7411),
    as amended.
    THE
    PROVISIONS OF SECTION 111 OF THE CLEAN
    AIR ACT.
    .
    .RELATING TO STANDARDS OF
    PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES...
    ARE APPLICABLE IN THIS STATE AND ARE
    ENFORCEABLE UNDER ~HE ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION ACTI.
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT.
    CH.
    111L
    PAR.
    1009.1(b))
    C)
    Sulfur dioxide, when the steam generator
    is
    greater
    than 250 million Btu per hour heat
    input and which has installed and operates
    sulfur dioxide pollution control equipment.
    D)
    Percent
    oxygen or carbon dioxide, when
    measurements
    of oxygen or carbon dioxide
    in
    the flue gas are required
    r~uan~~e 35
    ~
    Adm- Bode 235~
    perid~xA or
    in regulations
    adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection
    Agency under Section 111
    of the Clean Air Act,
    (42 USC 7411)
    as amended,
    arid made app+~a~e
    ~o See~teri9-~of the
    ~+rie+a
    ~rorimeri~a~ Protee~±oriAe~7or 4~
    BFR 5~ A~oe~d4xP f~h4a~rieorperat4en
    ~e later ame~dmeri~or ed
    ~ori~--~
    to
    convert sulfur dioxide or
    nitrogen oxide
    continuous
    emissions
    data
    to
    units
    of
    the
    12 1—735

    —6—
    ap~i~eab~e
    emission standard applicable to
    that source.
    THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 111 OF
    THE CLEAN AIR ACT RELATING TO STANDARDS OF
    PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES ARE
    APPLICABLE IN THIS STATE AND ARE ENFORCEABLE
    UNDER
    THE
    ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    ACTI.
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT.,
    CH. ll1~,PAR.
    1009.1(b)).
    2)
    Sulfuric acid plants of greater
    than
    300 tons per
    day production capacity,
    the production being
    expressed as 100 percent acid, shall monitor
    for
    sulfur dioxide at each point
    of sulfur dioxide
    emission.
    3)
    Nitric acid plants of greater than 300 tons per day
    production capacity,
    the production capacity being
    expressed as 100 percent acid,
    located
    in an Air
    Quality Control Region where the Administrator,
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has
    specifically determined pursuant
    to Section 107 of
    the Clean Air Act that a control strategy for
    nitrogen dioxide
    is necessary
    to attain the
    national standard, shall monitor
    for nitrogen
    oxides at each point of nitrogen oxide emission.
    4)
    Petroleum refineries
    shall monitor
    for opacity at
    each catalyst regenerator
    for fluid bed catalytic
    cracking units of greater than 20,000 barrels per
    day fresh feed capacity.
    b)
    Except
    for sources permitted to use alternative
    monitoring pursuant
    to Section 201.402, compliance with
    the Illinois emissions limitations by the owners and
    operators of emission sources required to monitor
    continuously
    shall be determined by the use of equipment
    which meets the performance specifications
    set
    forth in
    paragraphs 3.1 through
    3.8 of 40 CFR 51, Appendix P
    (1987)
    (this incorporation includes no later amendments
    or editions),
    and relevant per~iori~of 35
    ~+~-~-
    Adrn~Bode
    238~-Apperid±~r
    A arid B-~regulations promulgated by the
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Section
    111
    of
    the Clean Air Act
    (42 USC 7411), as amended.
    THE
    PROVISIONS OF SECTION lii. OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT RELATING
    TO STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY
    SOURCES...ARE APPLICABLE
    IN THIS STATE AND ARE
    ENFORCEABLE UNDER
    THE
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT.
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT.,
    CH. 11l~, PAR.
    109.1(b)).
    (Source:
    Amended at
    Ill.
    Reg.
    ______
    ,
    effective
    TITLE 35:
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    SUBTITLE
    B:
    AIR POLLUTION
    CHAPTER
    1:
    POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    12 1—736

    —7—
    SUBCHAPTER c:
    EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS
    FOR STATIONARY SOURCES
    PART 212
    VISIBLE AND PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS
    SUBPART E:
    PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS FROM
    FUEL COMBUSTION EMISSION SOURCES
    Section
    212.201
    Existing Sources Using Solid Fuel Exclusively Located in
    the Chicago Area
    212.202
    Existing Sources Using Solid Fuel Exclusively Located
    Outside
    the Chicago Area
    212.203
    Existing Controlled Sources Using Solid Fuel Exclusively
    212.204
    New Sources Using Solid Fuel Exclusively
    212.205
    Existing Coal—fired
    Industrial Boilers Equipped with
    Flue Gas Desulfurization Systems
    212.206
    Sources Using Liquid Fuel Exclusively
    212.207
    Sources Using More Than One Type of Fuel
    212.208
    Aggregation of Existing Sources
    SUBPART R:
    PRIMARY AND FABRICATED METAL
    PRODUCTS AND MACHINERY MANUFACTURE
    Section
    212.441
    Steel Manufacturing Processes
    212.442
    Beehive Coke Ovens
    212.443
    By—Product Coke Plants
    212.444
    Sinter Processes
    212.445
    Blast Furnace Cast Houses
    212.446
    Basic Oxygen Furnaces
    212.447
    Hot Metal Desulfurization Not Located
    in the BOF
    212.448
    Electric Arc Furnaces
    212.449
    ~Argon—Oxygen
    Decarburization Vessels
    212.450
    Liquid Steel Charging
    212.451
    Hot Scarfina Machines
    212.452
    Measurement Methods
    212.455
    Highlines on Steel Mills
    212.456
    Certain Small Foundries
    212.457
    Certain Small Iron—melting Air Furnaces
    AUTHORITY:
    Implementing Section
    10
    and authorized by Section
    27
    of t:e Environmental Protection Act
    (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1989,
    ch.
    lii
    1/2,
    pars.
    1010 and 1027).
    SOURCE:
    Adopted as Chapter
    2:
    Air Pollution,
    Rules
    202 and
    203:
    Visual and Particulate Emission Standards and Limitations,
    R71—23,
    4 PCB 191,
    filed and effective April
    14,
    1972;
    amended
    in
    R77—15,
    32 PCB 403,
    at
    3
    Ill. Reg.
    5,
    p.
    798, effective
    February
    3,
    1979;
    amended
    in R78—lO,
    35 PCB 347,
    at
    3
    Ill.
    Req.
    39,
    p.
    184,
    effective
    September
    28,
    1979;
    amended
    in R78—ll,
    35
    PCB 505,
    at
    3
    Ill.
    Req.
    45,
    p.
    100,
    effective October
    26,
    1979;
    12 1—737

    —~—
    amend?d
    in R78—9,
    38 PCB 411,
    at
    4
    Ill. Req.
    24,
    p.
    514,
    effectiv;:e June
    4,
    1980;
    amended in R79—ll,
    43 PCB 481,
    at
    5
    Ill.
    Reg. iI~0,
    effective October
    19,
    1981; codified at
    7
    Ill.
    Req.
    13591~autnended in R82—l
    (Docket
    A)
    at
    10 Ill.
    Reg.
    12637,
    effecti~~eJuly
    9, 1986; amended
    in R85—33 at 10
    Ill. Req.
    18030,
    effectiv~eOctober
    7,
    1986; amended
    in R84—48 at 10
    Ill. Req.
    691,
    effectiv~eDeceraber
    18, 1986; amended in R84—42 at
    11
    Ill. Reg.
    1410, ef:’eective December
    30,
    1986; amended
    in R82—1(Docket
    B)
    at
    12
    Ill.
    ~eg.
    12492, effective July
    13,
    1988; amended
    in R89—7(B)
    at
    1
    effective _________________________
    SUBPART E:
    PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS FROM
    FUEL COMBUSTION EMISSION SOURCES
    Sectivn.
    212.205
    Existing Coal-fired Industrial Boilers
    Equipped with Flue Gas Desulfurization Systems
    Notwitlt’nnanding Sections 212.201 through 212.204, no person shall
    cause
    .ov.
    allow
    the emission of particulate matter into the
    atmospre
    from existing coal—fired
    industrial boilers equipped
    with ~
    gas desulfurization systems
    to exceed 0.39 kg of
    partiral~atematter per MW—hr of actual heat input
    in any one—hour
    perio~
    ‘~
    0.25
    lbs/mmbtu).
    Nothing
    in this rule shall be construed
    to pr~v~:~nt
    compliance with applicable regulations
    ~ri
    ~
    Adm~ £~‘de~3Ø~
    promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection
    Agency ~ rider Section 111
    of the Clean Air Act
    (42 USC 7411)
    as
    amend•e~.
    THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 111 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT
    RELAT3N~ TO STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY
    SoURcES
    .~.
    .ARE APPLICABLE
    IN THIS STATE AND ARE ENFORCEABLE UNDER
    THE
    E
    RONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT.
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT.,
    CH. l11~,
    PAR. 10(~9.l(b)I~.
    (Sourc~:
    Amended at 15
    Ill.
    Req.
    _____
    ,
    effective
    _______
    SUBPART
    R:
    PRIMARY AND FABRICATED METAL
    PRODUCTS AND MACHINERY MANUFACTURE
    Sectic~i
    212.443
    By—Product Coke Plants
    a~
    Subpart
    B shall not apply to by—product coke plants.
    Charging:
    1)
    Uncaptured Emissions
    A)
    No person shall cause or allow the emission
    of
    visible particulate matter from any coke oven
    charging operation,
    from the introduction of
    coal into the first charge port,
    as
    indicated
    by the first mechanical movement of
    the coal
    feeding mecnanism on the larry car,
    to the
    replacement of the final charge port lid for
    more than a total
    of 125 seconds over
    5
    consecutive charges; provided however
    that
    1
    121—738

    —9--
    charge out of any
    20 consecutive charges may
    be deemed an uncountable charge at the option
    of the operator.
    B)
    Compliance with the limitation set forth
    in
    subsection
    (A)
    shall be determined
    in the
    following manner:
    i)
    Observation of charging emissions shall
    be made from any point
    or points on the
    topside of a coke oven battery from which
    a qualified observer can obtain an
    unobstructed view of the charging
    operation.
    ii)
    The qualified observer shall
    time the
    visible emissions with
    a stopwatch while
    observing
    the charging operation.
    Only
    emissions from the charge port and any
    part
    of the larry car
    shall be timed.
    The observation shall commence as soon as
    coal
    is introduced into the first charge
    port
    as
    indicated by the first mechanical
    movement
    of the coal feeding mechanism on
    the larry car and shall
    terminate when the last charge port
    lid
    has been replaced.
    Simultaneous
    emissions
    from more than one emission
    point shall
    be timed and recorded as one
    emission and shall
    not be added
    individually
    to the total
    time.
    iii)
    The qualified observer shall determine
    and record the total number of seconds
    that charging emissions are visible
    during the charging of coal to the coke
    oven.
    iv)
    For each charge observed,
    the qualified
    observer shall record the total number
    of
    seconds
    of visible emissions,
    the clock
    time for the initiation and completion
    of
    the charging operation and the battery
    identification and oven number.
    v)
    The qualified observer shall no~ record
    any emissions observed after all charging
    port
    lids have been firmly seated
    following removal
    of the larry car,
    such
    as emissions occurring when a lid has
    been temporarily removed
    to permit
    spilled coal
    to be swept into the oven.
    12 1—739

    vi)
    In the event
    that observations from
    a
    charge are interrupted
    the data from the
    charge shall be invalidated and the
    qualified observer shall note on his
    observation sheet the reason for
    invalidating the data.
    The qualified
    observer shall
    then resume observation of
    the next consecutive charge or charges
    and continue until
    a
    set
    of five charges
    has been
    recorded.
    Charges immediately
    preceding and following interrupted
    observations shall be considered
    consecutive.
    2)
    Emissions from Control Equipment
    A)
    Emissions of particulate matter from control
    equipment used to capture emissions during
    charging shall
    not exceed 0.046 gm/dscm (0.020
    gr/dscf).
    Compliance shall be determined
    in
    accordance with the procedures set forth
    in 35
    H~
    Adm7 Bode ~S9-~Appertd±xA ?40
    CFR 60,
    Appendix A,
    Methods
    1—5-)- as regulations
    promulgated by the U.S.
    Environmental
    Protection Agency under
    Section 111 of the
    Clean Air Act
    (42 USC 7411),
    as amended.
    THE
    PROVISIONS OF SECTION
    ill OF THE CLEAN AIR
    ACT...RELATING TO STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR
    NEW STATIONARY SOURCES.. .ARE APPLICABLE
    IN
    THIS STATE AND ARE ENFORCEABLE UNDER
    THE
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT.
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT.,
    CH. lll~,PAR.
    1009.1(b)).
    B)
    The opacity of emissions from control
    equipment shall not exceed an average of
    20,
    averaging the total number of
    readings
    taken.
    Opacity readings shall be taken at 15—
    second intervals from the introduction of coal
    into the first charge port as
    indicated by the
    first mechanical movement of the coal feeding
    mechanism on the larry car to the replacement
    of the final charge port
    lid.
    Compliance,
    except for the number of readings required,
    shall be determined
    in accordance with 35
    ~~--
    Adm-- Bode ~3eTAppendix A t40 CFR 60, Appendix
    A, Method 9+, exeep~ for the number of
    read~rigsre~~reth- as regulations promulgated
    by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agençy
    under Section
    111 of the Clean Air Act
    (42 USC
    7411),
    as amended.
    THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
    111 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT.. .RELATING
    TO
    STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR
    NEW STATIONARY
    SOURCES.
    .
    .ARE APPLICABLE
    IN THIS STATE AND ARE
    ENFORCEABLE
    UNDER
    THE
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    121—740

    —11—
    PROTECTION ACT.
    (ILL. REV.
    STAT.,
    CH. l1l~,
    PAR.
    1009.1(b)).
    C)
    Opacity readings of emissions from control
    equipment shall be taken concurrently with
    observations of fugitive particulate matter.
    Two qualified observers shall be required.
    3)
    Qualified observers referenced
    in subsection
    (b)
    shall be certified pursuant to 35
    ~~--
    Adm-- Bode
    ~38--
    Appertdix A ~40 CFR
    60, Appendix A, Method
    9,+
    as regulations promulgated
    by the U.S.
    Environmental Protection Agency under
    Section 111
    of the Clean Air Act
    (42 USC 7411),
    as amended.
    THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 111 OF THE CLEAN AIR
    ACT..
    .
    RELATING TO STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW
    STATIONARY SOURCES...ARE APPLICABLE
    IN THIS STATE
    AND ARE ENFORCEABLE UNDER
    THE
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION ACT.
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT.,
    CH. lll~, PAR.
    1009.1(b)).
    c)
    Pushing:
    1)
    Uncaptured Emissions
    A)
    Emissions of fugitive particulate matter from
    pushing operations shall
    not exceed an average
    of 20
    opacity
    for
    4 consecutive pushes
    considering the highest average of six
    consecutive readings in each push.
    Opacity
    readings shall be taken at
    15—second
    intervals, beginning from the time the coke
    falls into the receiving car or
    is first
    visible as
    it emerges
    from the coke guide
    whichever occurs earlier, until the receiving
    car enters the quench tower or quenching
    device.
    For a push of less than 90 seconds
    duration,
    the actual number of
    15—second
    readings shall be averaged.
    B)
    Opacity readings shall be taken by a qualified
    observer located
    in a position where the oven
    being pushed, the coke receiving car and the
    path to the quench tower are visible.
    The
    opacity shall be read as the emissions rise
    and clear
    the top of
    the coke battery gas
    mains.
    The qualified observer shall record
    opacity readings of emissions originating at
    the receiving car and associated equipment and
    the coke oven,
    including the standpipe on the
    coke side of the oven being pushed.
    Opacity
    readings shall be
    taken in accordance with the
    121—74 1

    —12—
    procedures
    set forth in 35 ~
    Adm~Bode ~.3~--
    Apperidix A
    -(-40 CFR 60, Appendix A, Method
    9,
    except that Section 2.5 for data reduction
    shall not be used.
    The qualified observer
    referenced
    in this subsection shall be
    certified pursuant to 35
    fl3-r
    AdMT
    Bode
    ~39~-A~perid4x
    A ±40CFR
    60, Appendix A, Method
    9,
    as
    regulations promlgated by the U.S.
    Environmental Protection Agency under Section
    111 of the Clean Air Act
    (42 USC 7411),
    as
    amended.
    THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 111 OF THE
    CLEAN AIR ACT...RELATING TO STANDARDS OF
    PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES.
    .
    .ARE
    APPLICABLE
    IN THIS STATE AND ARE ENFORCEABLE
    UNDER
    (THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT.
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT.,
    CH. ll1~,PAR.
    1009.1(b)).
    2)
    Emissions from Control Equipment
    A)
    The particulate emissions from control
    equipment used
    to control emissions during
    pushing operations
    shall
    not exceed 0.040
    pounds per ton of coke pushed.
    Compliance
    shall be determined
    in accordance with the
    procedures
    set forth in
    35 E~-~Adm-- Bode ~3B--
    Append4~A
    -40 CFR 60, Appendix A, Methods
    1-
    5,
    as regulations promulgated by the U.S.
    Environmental Protection Agency under Section
    111 of the Clean Air Act (42 USC 7411), as
    amended.
    THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 111 OF THE
    CLEAN AIR ACT.
    .
    .RELATING TO STANDARDS OF
    PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES.. .ARE
    APPLICABLE
    IN THIS STATE AND ARE ENFORCEABLE
    UNDER
    THE
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT.
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT.,
    CH. ll1~, PAR.
    1009.1(b)).
    arid Compliance shall be based on an arithmetic
    average of three
    runs (stack tests)
    and the
    calculations shall
    be based on the duration of
    a push as defined in subsection
    (c)(l)(A).
    B)
    The opacity of
    emissions from control
    equipment used to control emissions during
    pushing operations shall not exceed
    20.
    For
    a push of less than six minutes duration,
    the
    actual number of
    15—second readings taken
    shall
    be averaged.
    Compliance shall be
    determined in accordance with 35
    H~t~
    AdMT
    Bode ~ae~Apperid~ A
    -(-40 CFR 60, Appendix A,
    Method
    9,
    as regulations promulgated by the
    U.S.
    Environmental Protection Agency under
    Section
    111 of
    the Clean Air Act
    (42 USC
    7411),
    as amended.
    THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
    12 1—742

    —13—
    111 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT...RELATING TO
    STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY
    SOURCES.. .ARE APPLICABLE IN THIS STATE AND ARE
    ENFORCEABLE UNDER
    THE
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION ACTI.
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT., CH. l1l~,
    PAR.
    1009.1(b).
    ____________
    .exeepk~
    that
    Section 2.5 of
    40
    CFR 60, Appendix A,
    Method
    9 for data
    reduction shall not be used for pushes of less
    than six minutes duration.
    d)
    Coke Oven Doors:
    1)
    No person shall cause or allow visible emissions
    from more than 10
    of all coke oven doors at any
    time.
    Compliance shall be determined
    by a one pass
    observation of all coke oven doors
    on any one
    battery.
    2)
    No person shall cause or allow the operation of
    a
    coke oven unless there
    is on the plant premises at
    all times an
    adequate inventory of
    spare coke oven
    doors and seals and unless
    there is
    a readily
    available coke oven door repair facility.
    e)
    Coke Oven Lids:
    No person shall
    cause or allow visible
    emission from more than 5
    of all coke oven lids at
    any
    time.
    Compliance shall be determined by a one pass
    observation of all coke oven lids.
    f)
    Coke Oven Offtake Piping:
    No person shall cause or
    allow visible emissions from more than 10
    of all coke
    oven offtake piping at any time.
    Compliance
    shall be
    determined by a one pass observation of all coke oven
    ofttake piping.
    g)
    Coke Oven Combustion Stack:
    No person shall cause or
    allow the emission of particulate matter from
    a coke
    oven combustion stack to exceed 110 mg/dscm
    (0.05
    gr/dscf)
    h)
    Quenching:
    All coke oven quench towers shall
    be
    equipped with grit arrestors or equipment of comparable
    effectiveness.
    The make—up water shall not directly
    include coke by—product plant effluent.
    Total dissolved
    solids concentrations
    in the make—up water shall not
    exceed 1500 mg/i.
    Provided however that the limitations
    on the quality of quench make—up water shall
    not apply
    where the operator employs an equivalent method of
    control as determined by the Agency.
    1)
    Work Rules:
    No person shall cause or allow
    the
    operation of
    a by—product coke plant except
    in
    accordance with operating and maintenance work rules
    121—743

    —14—
    approved by the Agency.
    (Source:
    Amended at
    15
    111.
    Reg.
    ,
    effective
    _______
    .)
    TITLE 35:
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    SUBTITLE
    B:
    AIR
    POLLUTION
    CHAPTER
    I:
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    SUBCHAPTER
    C:
    EMISSIONS
    STANDARDS
    AND
    LIMITATIONS
    FOR
    STATIONARY
    SOURCES
    PART 215
    ORGANIC MATERIAL EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS
    SUBPART B:
    ORGANIC EMISSIONS FROM STORAGE AND LOADING
    OPERATIONS
    Section
    215.121
    Storage Containers
    215.122
    Loading Operations
    215.123
    Petroleum Liquid Storage Tanks
    215.124
    External Floating Roofs
    215.125
    Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas
    215.126
    Compliance Plan
    AUTHORITY:
    Implementing Section
    10 and authorized by Section
    27
    of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1989,
    ch.
    lll~pars.
    1010 and 1027).
    SOURCE:
    Adopted as Chapter
    2:
    Air Pollution,
    Rule 205:
    Organic
    Material Emission Standards and Limitations, R7l—23,
    4 PCB 191,
    filed and effective April
    14, 1972;
    amended in R77—3,
    33 PCB 357,
    at
    3
    Ill. Req.
    18,
    p.
    41, effective May
    3,
    1979; amended
    in R78—3
    and R78—4,
    35 PCB 75,
    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. Req.
    13601;
    Notice of Corrections at
    7
    Ill.
    Req.
    14575; amended
    in R82—14
    at
    8
    Ill. Req.
    13254,
    effective July 12,
    1984; amended
    in R83—36 at
    9
    Ill. Reg.
    9114,
    effective May 30,
    1985; amended
    in R82—l4 at
    9
    Ill.
    Reg.
    13960,
    effective August 28,
    1985; amended
    in R85—28 at
    11
    Ill.
    Req.
    3127,
    effective February
    3,
    1987;
    amended in R82—l4 at
    11
    Ill.
    Reg.
    7296,
    effective April
    3,
    1987; amended
    in R85—2l(A) at
    11
    Ill.
    Reg.
    11770, effective June 29,
    1987;
    recodified in R86—39 at
    11
    Ill. Reg.
    13541; amended
    in R82—14 and R86—12 at
    11
    Ill. Reg.
    16706,
    effective September
    30, 1987;
    amended
    in R85—2l(B)
    at
    11
    Ill. Req.
    19117, effective November
    9,
    1987;
    amended
    in R86—36,
    R86—39, R86—40 at 11
    Ill. Req.
    20829, effective December
    14,
    1987;
    amended in R82—14 and R86—37 at
    12
    Ill. Reg.
    815, effective
    December
    24,
    1987;
    amended in R86—l8 at
    12
    Ill.
    Req.
    7311,
    effective April
    8,
    1988;
    amended
    in R86—lO at
    12
    Ill.
    Req.
    7650,
    effective April 11,
    1988; amended
    in R88—23 at
    13
    Ill.
    Req.
    10893, effective June
    27, 1989; amended
    in R89—7(B)
    at
    ,
    effective
    ______
    121—744

    —15—
    Section 215.123
    Petroleum Liquid Storage Tanks
    a)
    The requirements of subsection
    (b)
    shall not apply to
    any stationary storage tank:
    1)
    Equipped before January
    1,
    1979 with one of
    the
    vapor
    loss control devices specified
    in Section
    215.121(b),
    except Section 215.l21(b)(1);
    2)
    With a capacity of less than 151.42 cubic meters;
    3)
    With
    a capacity of less than 1,600 cubic meters
    (422,400 gallons) and used to store produced crude
    oil and condensate prior
    to custody transfer;
    4)
    With a capacity of less than 1,430 cubicmeters
    (378,000 gallons) and used to storeproduced oil
    or
    condensate
    in crude oil gathering;
    5)
    Subject to new source performance standards
    for
    storage vessels of petroleum liquid,
    35
    ~
    AdmT
    eode
    239-r
    40 CFR
    60,
    as regulations promulgated by
    the U.S.
    Environmental Protection Agency under
    Section ill
    of the Clean Air Act
    (42 USC 7411), as
    amended.
    THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ill OF THE
    CLEAN AIR ACT.
    .
    .RELATING TO STANDARDS OF
    PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES.
    .
    .ARE
    APPLICABLE
    IN THIS STATE AND ARE ENFORCEABLE UNDER
    THE
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT).
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT., CH. lll~,PAR.
    1009.1(b)).
    6)
    In which volatile petroleum liquid
    is not stored;
    or
    7)
    Which
    is
    a
    pressure tank as described
    in Section
    215.121(a).
    b)
    Subject
    to subsection
    (a)
    no owner
    or operator
    of a
    stationary storage
    tank shall cause or allow the storage
    of any volatile petroleum liquid
    in the tank unless:
    1)
    The tank
    is equipped with one of the vapor
    loss
    control devices specified in Section 215.121(b);
    2)
    There are
    no
    visible
    holes,
    tears
    or
    other
    defects
    in
    the
    seal
    or
    any
    seal
    fabric
    or
    material
    of
    any
    floating
    roof;
    3)
    All openings of any floating roof deck,
    except stub
    drains,
    are equipped with covers,
    lids or seals
    such
    that:
    A)
    The
    cover,
    lid
    or
    seal
    is
    in
    the
    closed
    121—745

    —16—
    position at all times except when petroleum
    liquid
    is transferred to or from the tank;
    B)
    Automatic bleeder vents are closed at all
    times except when the roof is floated off or
    landed on the roof leg supports;
    and
    C)
    Rim vents,
    if provided, are set to open when
    the roof
    is being floated off the roof leg
    supports or at the manufacturer’s recommended
    setting;
    4)
    Routine inspections of floating roof seals are
    conducted through roof hatches once every six
    months;
    5)
    A complete inspection of
    the cover and seal of any
    floating
    roof
    tank
    is
    made
    whenever
    the
    tank
    is
    emptied for
    reasons other than the transfer of
    petroleum liquid during
    the normal operation of the
    tank,
    or whenever
    repairs are made as a result of
    any semiannual inspection or incidence of
    roof
    damage or defect; and
    6)
    A record of
    the results of each inspection
    conducted under subsection
    (b)(4)
    or
    (b)(5)
    is
    maintained.
    c)
    Owners and operators of petroleum liquid storage tanks
    were
    required to have compliance schedules as summarized
    in
    Appendix
    C.
    (Source:
    Amended at
    15
    Ill.
    Req.
    ,
    effective
    ___________
    ).
    TITLE
    35
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION
    SUBTITLE B:
    AIR POLLUTION
    CHAPTER
    I:
    POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    SUBCHAPTER
    e:
    PEREMPTORY RULES
    PART
    230
    NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
    (Repealed)
    (BOARD NOTE:
    All regulations promulgated by the U.S.
    Environmental Protection Agency under Section 111
    of the Clean
    Air act
    (42 USC 7411)
    as amended.. .RELATING TO STANDARDS OF
    PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES (NSPS).. .ARE APPLICABLE,
    without formal adoption by the Board,
    IN THIS STATE AND ARE
    ENFORCEABLE UNDER
    (THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT).
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT.
    1989,
    CH. l1l~, PAR.
    1009.1(b)).
    (Source:
    Repealed at
    15
    Ill. Req.
    ______,
    effective
    TITLE
    35:
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION
    SUBTITLE
    B:
    AIR
    POLLUTION
    121—746

    —17—
    CHAPTER
    I:
    POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    SUBCHAPTER
    e:
    PEREMPTORY RULES
    PART 231
    HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
    (Repealed)
    (BOARD NOTE:
    Any regulations promulgated by the U.S.
    Environmental Protection Agency under Section
    112 of the Clean
    Air Act
    (42 USC 7412)
    as amended...RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT
    OF NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
    (NESHAPS)...ARE APPLICALBE, without formal adoption by the Board,
    IN THIS STATE AND ARE ENFORCEABLE UNDER
    (THE ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION ACT.
    (ILL.
    REV.
    STAT.
    1989,
    CH. 1ll~, PAR.
    1009.1(b)).
    (Source:
    Repealed at 15
    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
    ~
    day of
    ~
    ,
    1991 by a vote
    of
    7—c
    .
    Ii
    Control Board
    12 1—747

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