ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

December 21, 2000

IN THE MATTER OF: )

)

PROPOSED NEW 35 ILL. ADM. CODE 217. ) R01-11

SUBPART T, CEMENT KILNS, ) (Rulemaking - Air)

AND AMENDMENTS TO )

35 ILL. ADM. CODE 211 AND 217 )

Proposed Rule. Second Notice.

OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas):

Today the Board adopts for second notice a proposal to implement a program to reduce

nitrogen oxides (NOx)

1 emissions from large cement kilns in Illinois. The program applies to

emissions that occur during the period of May 31, 2004, to September 30, 2004, and then from

May 1 to September 30 of subsequent years.

Today’s proposal follows substantially the proposal filed with the Board by the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) on August 21, 2000. The Agency proposes to

amend 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211 and 217 of the Illinois air regulations. The Agency also

proposes to have the Board add a new Subpart T to Part 217 and to make various conforming

amendments to Parts 211 and 217. The Board adopted the Agency proposal for first notice.

See Proposed New 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217. Subpart T, Cement Kilns, and Amendments to 35

Ill. Adm. Code 211 and 217 (August 24, 2000), R01-11.

The Environmental Protection Act (Act) at Section 9.9 requires that the Board adopt

regulations limiting NOx emissions from cement kilns. 415 ILCS 5/9.9(b) (1998 State Bar

Edition, 1999 Supp.). Today’s proposal is also part of the State’s overall strategy to improve

air quality as required by the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) including the CAA Amendments of

1990 (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401

et seq.

(1990)). In particular, this rulemaking will assist Illinois in

attaining statewide compliance with the one-hour air quality standard for ozone.

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1 Nitrogen oxides consist of compounds of nitrogen and oxygen. The ratio of oxygen to

nitrogen in these compounds ranges from .5 to 2.5. The term NOx is conventionally used for

this group of compounds.

2 Ozone is produced in the lower levels of the atmosphere when NOx or volatile organic

compounds react with oxygen in the presence of sunlight. Controlling NOx is accordingly a

method for controlling ozone. Tr.1 at 12-13; Exh. 5.

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REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

Federal Actions/Requirements

Requirement for Attainment of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard

The State of Illinois has the primary responsibility under the CAA for ensuring that all

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are met in the State. This includes the

NAAQS for ozone, which is 125 parts per billion. Tr.1 at 13, 16; Exh. 1 at 2; St. of Reas. at

2.

3 Currently there are two areas of the State which do not meet the one-hour ozone NAAQS.

These areas are the Chicago and Metro-East ozone nonattainment areas (NAAs).

4 In addition,

Illinois is required to control emissions that “contribute significantly to nonattainment in, or

interfere with maintenance (of NAAQS) by, any other State”.

42 U.S.C. § 7410(a)(2)(D) (1990).

NOx SIP Call

On October 27, 1998, the USEPA promulgated a document titled “Finding of

Significant Contribution and Rulemaking for Certain States in the Ozone Transport Assessment

Group Regions for Purpose of Reducing Regional Transport of Ozone.” 63 Fed. Reg. 57,356

(1998). This document, and the requirements it imposes on states, is commonly known as the

NOx

SIP Call.

The NOx SIP Call requires that Illinois, along with other states located east of the

Mississippi, develop plans to limit NOx emissions to a specified budget. 65 Fed. Reg. 11,222

(2000). If a state fails to adopt a plan acceptable to USEPA, USEPA will impose its own

Federal Implementation Plan (FIP).

USEPA set the final statewide budget for Illinois at 270,560 tons per yearly ozone

season. 65 Fed. Reg. 11,222 (2000); Exh. 1 at 5; St. of Reas. at 11-12. The budget is based

on projected NOx emissions in 2007, taking into account required NOx reductions. Tr.1 at 28-

29; St. of Reas. at 11-12.

Three proposals for regulations to implement the other portions of the

NOx

SIP Call are

currently before the Board. Docket R01-09 addresses

NOx

reductions from electrical

generating units (EGUs). See Proposed New 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217. Subpart W, The

NOx

3 The transcripts of the hearing will be cited as “Tr.1 at ___” and “Tr.2 at ___” for the

Chicago and Springfield hearings, respectively. Exhibits admitted at hearing will be cited as

“Exh.___ at ___.” The Agency’s Statement of Reasons will be cited as “St. of Reas. at __.”

The Agency’s Comments will be cited as “PC at __.”

4 The Agency often refers to the terms “Metro-East NAA” and “Chicago NAA” as

(respectively) the “St. Louis/Metro East NAA” and the “Lake Michigan NAA.” During the

hearings for docket R01-09, the Agency said that there is no intended regulatory consequence

in this use of alternate terminology. See R01-09 record, Tr.1 at 235-6.

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Trading Program for Electrical Generating Units, and Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211

And 217 (November 16, 2000), R01-09. Docket R01-16 also addresses

NOx

reductions from

EGUs, but specifically addresses

NOx

control strategies necessary to demonstrate attainment of

the 1-hour NAAQS for ozone by May 1, 2003, in the Metro East NAA. See Proposed

Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217. Subpart V, Electric Power Generation (October 19,

2000), R01-16. Docket R01-17 addresses control of

NOx

from fossil fuel-fired stationary

boilers, combustion turbines, and combined cycle systems that are not in EGUs. It also

addresses voluntary

NOx

reductions with respect to the Subpart U and Subpart W trading

programs. See Proposed New 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217. Subpart U,

NOx

Control and Trading

Program for Specified

NOx

Generating Units, Subpart X, Voluntary

NOx

Emissions Reduction

Program, and Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211 (October 19, 2000), R01-17.

Illinois is not required under the NOx SIP Call to control any particular source at any

particular level, as long as the State meets its final statewide budget. However, the Agency

contends that controls on large cement kilns are necessary to meet the statewide budget. Tr.1

at 21; Exh. 1 at 5; Exh. 5; St. of Reas. at 7, 13.

Action in Federal Court

The NOx SIP Call was challenged before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

Circuit. That court subsequently stayed the effective date of the NOx SIP Call rule on

May 25, 1999, but lifted the stay 13 months later on June 22, 2000. Michigan v. EPA, No.

98-1497, (D.C. Cir. 2000); Tr.1 at 20; Exh. 1 at 4. On March 3, 2000, the court upheld most

of the NOx SIP Call rule. Michigan v. EPA, 213 F.3d 663 (D.C. Cir. 2000).

5 On September

20, 2000, and October 20, 2000, a total of three

writs of certiorari

were filed in the U.S.

Supreme Court. See Michigan v. EPA, U.S., Nos. 00-445, 00-632, 00-633. As of this date,

the Supreme Court has not indicated whether it intends to hear the appeals. Other NOx -related

court actions pending include American Trucking Association v. EPA, 175 F.3d 1027 (D.C.

Cir. 1999) involving the 8-hour ozone air quality standard, and Appalachian Power Company

v. EPA, No. 99-1268 (D.C. Cir. 2000) involving NOx budget allocations.

The Board cannot, of course, base its decision in this matter on a prospective outcome

of a court action. It is necessary for the Board to make its decision based on the current status

of the law. In that regard, the Board believes the law requires that we move forward with the

proposal presented to us by the Agency. The Board will revisit this decision if a change in the

law requires.

Implementation Date. At first notice the date for full implementation of the NOx SIP

Call (including the regulations for large cement kilns) was May 1, 2003. This date was part of

5 The court reversed and remanded for further consideration the inclusion of portions of

Missouri and Georgia in the rule, and reversed the inclusion of Wisconsin in the rule because

USEPA had not made a showing that sources in Wisconsin significantly contributed to

nonattainment or interfered with maintenance of the NAAQS in any other State. Neither of

these changes affects today’s proposed action.

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the original NOx SIP Call and is included in Section 9.9 of the Act. 415 ILCS 5/9.9(f) (1998

State Bar Edition, 1999 Supp.). However, on August 30, 2000, the D.C. Circuit Court of

Appeals issued an order extending the deadline for full implementation of the NOx SIP Call to

May 31, 2004. See Michigan v. EPA, No. 98-1497 (D.C. Cir. 2000).

At hearing the Agency filed a motion to amend its proposal to incorporate the later,

May 31, 2004, implementation date ordered by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. See Exh.

4. The Board grants that motion, and includes in today’s proposal all the changes requested in

the Agency’s motion.

6 The Board notes that language in Section 9.9 of the Act provides for

further delay in the implementation of the NOx SIP Call if the other USEPA Region V states

and Kentucky do not have an approved SIP or FIP by May 31, 2004. 415 ILCS 5/9.9(f); see

also Exh. 1 at 6; St. of Reas. at 26.

State Actions/Requirements

Section 9.9 also requires that “the Agency shall propose and the Board shall adopt

regulations to implement NOx emission reduction programs for cement kilns.” 415 ILCS

5/9.9(b) (1998 State Bar Edition, 1999 Supp.). Section 9.9 also provides that cement kilns

may opt into the NOx trading program. 415 ILCS 5/9.9(b), 39.5(1) (1998 State Bar Edition,

1999 Supp.)

PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT

Starting in early 1999, the Agency held several meetings with representatives of the

Illinois cement kiln industry and the Illinois Environmental Regulatory Group (IERG). The

Agency then developed the instant proposal, which the Agency believes is supported by the

cement kiln industry. Exh. 1 at 7; Exh. 2 at 5-6; St. of Reas. at 19-20.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Board held public hearings in this matter in Chicago, Illinois, on October 3, 2000,

and in Springfield, Illinois, on November 3, 2000, before Board Hearing Officer Joel

Sternstein and Board Member Nicholas Melas. Hearings were scheduled and conducted in

accordance with Section 28.5 of the Act. 415 ILCS 5/28.5 (1998). Section 28.5 provides for

“fast-track” adoption of certain regulations necessary for compliance with the CAAA.

Agency attorney Alec Messina presented three staff members as witnesses at hearing:

Dennis Lawler, Manager of the Division of Air Pollution Control, and Yoginder Mahajan and

Berkley Moore of the Air Quality Planning Unit. Brooke Peterson of IERG was the only

member of the regulated community to attend the hearings.

6 Primarily those changes include shifting the relevant dates in the proposal to the following

year, since the implementation date is now 2004, rather than 2003. See the proposed language

at Sections 217.602(a), 217.604(a) (b), and (c), 217.606(a), and 217.608(a) and (b).

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The record in this matter closed on November 23, 2000, as provided for at Section

28.5(l) of the Act. The Agency filed comments, but no other parties submitted comments.

THE PROPOSAL

Scope and Affected Facilities

The proposed regulations affect only large cement kilns that are capable of emitting at

least one ton of NOx per day from May 1 through September 30. Tr.1 at 21, 31; Exh. 3 at 6;

St. of Reas. at 1, 13-14, 24.

Owners and operators of kilns that began operation after January 1, 1996, must meet

either the requirements of the proposed regulations or other requirements under the CAA,

depending on which set of requirements are more stringent. This provision was added to take

into account CAA Prevention of Significant Deterioration and New Source Review

requirements. Tr.1 at 33, 43-45; Exh. 3 at 8; St. of Reas. at 25; PC at 4. Currently, all of the

large cement kilns in Illinois were constructed prior to 1996. Tr.1 at 40.

USEPA used the findings of the Ozone Transport Assessment Group (OTAG) in

drafting the NOx SIP Call. OTAG found that, in order to effectively control NOx in NAAs,

states would have to control NOx emissions in both attainment areas (AAs) and NAAs.

Transport of NOx from AAs increases NOx formation in NAAs. The Agency conducted

similar studies for the Chicago NAA and reached the same conclusions as OTAG. Tr.1 at 14-

18, 19; Exh. 5. Thus, the proposal applies to large cement kilns across Illinois, not just those

in NAAs. Tr.1 at 25; Exh. 2 at 1; St. of Reas. at 11.

The Agency conducted a survey and determined that there are currently four cement

kilns at three sources which will be affected by the proposed regulations. Tr.1 at 27; Exh. 2 at

5. One kiln is at the Illinois Cement Company facility in LaSalle, one is at the Lone Star

Industries, Inc. facility in Oglesby, and two are at the LaFarge Corporation facility in Joppa.

All of the regulated kilns in Illinois are currently long dry kilns, but the kiln at the Illinois

Cement Company is being converted into a preheater/precalciner kiln. The proposed

regulations also address long wet kilns and preheater kilns. Tr.1 at 46-47; Technical Support

Document at 4-5, 22.

NOx Reductions

NOx emissions from large cement kilns are not currently regulated in Illinois. The

proposed regulations should result in a 30% decrease from uncontrolled levels of NOx

emissions for large cement kilns. Tr.1 at 21, 30, 38-39; Exh. 5; St. of Reas. at 1-2, 11; PC at

1-2, 4-5.

In order to determine the reductions needed to meet the requirements of the NOx SIP

Call, the Agency used 1995 as a baseline year and measured the NOx emissions from large

cement kilns in Illinois that emitted more than one ton of NOx per day. The Agency then used

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USEPA’s economic growth projection of 42% for the period 1995-2007 and estimated that the

2007 yearly seasonal budget would be 4,073 tons for large cement kilns in Illinois. The

Agency reduced this budget by 30% (1,222 fewer tons of NOx) and determined that the

controlled level of NOx should be 2,851 tons in 2007. Tr.1 at 29, 39-40, 49-50; Exh. 2 at 5;

PC at 3-5.

Methods to Achieve NOx Reductions

Cement manufacturing requires a large amount of fuel (usually coal or natural gas) to

be burned at high temperatures – typically over 2,000

°

F. One of the byproducts from this

combustion is NOx. (In addition, some nitrogen from the raw materials and the coal combines

with atmospheric oxygen to produce NOx). The combustion process produces a material called

clinker that is then blended with other material to produce cement. Tr.1 at 25; Exh. 2 at 2.

There are two categories of NOx controls for cement kilns: Combustion controls

reduce NOx formation, whereas postcombustion controls involve destroying NOx that has

already formed during the combustion process. Tr.1 at 25-26; Exh. 2 at 3, St. of Reas. at 16.

There are a variety of combustion and postcombustion control technologies. Low NOx

burners or mid-kiln firing systems are “conventional” combustion control methods. Low NOx

burners reduce flame turbulence, control the mixing of fuel and air, and establish fuel-rich

zones for initial combustion. Mid-kiln firing involves injecting fuel for producing clinker into

the middle of the kiln, thus ensuring better heat continuity. USEPA found that large cement

kilns could generally achieve a 20% to 30% reduction in NOx emissions by utilizing these

conventional combustion controls. Tr.1 at 25, 29; Exh. 2 at 1-2, 6; St. of Reas. at 16-18; PC

at 5-6.

The proposed rule offers owners or operators of kilns five compliance options:

1.

 

Installing and operating low NOx burners or mid-kiln firing systems.

2.

 

Employing alternative control techniques that achieve NOx emission reductions

equivalent to option 1.

3.

 

Developing an emissions reduction plan that will achieve a 30% reduction in

NOx emissions.

4.

 

Obtaining an adjusted standard. Tr.1 at 33-34; Exh. 3 at 6-8; St. of Reas. at 14-

15, 24-26; PC at 4-5.

5. Allowing large cement kilns to opt into the NOx trading program for EGUs and

the NOx trading program for non-EGU fossil fuel-fired stationary boilers,

combustion turbines, and combined cycle systems. See 40 C.F.R. § 96 (1998);

Proposed New 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217. Subpart W, the NOx Trading Program

for Electrical Generating Units, and Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211 and

217 (November 16, 2000), R01-9; Proposed New 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217.

Subpart U, NOx Control and Trading Program for Specified NOx Generating

Units, Subpart X, Voluntary NOx Emissions Reduction Program, and

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Amendments To 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211 (October 19, 2000), R01-17; Tr.1 at

21, 51-53; Tr.2 at 13; Exh. 1 at 6; Exh. 5; PC at 5.

Other Requirements

Owners and operators of large cement kilns must perform both initial and annual

testing. Tr.1 at 34-35; Exh. 3 at 9-10; St. of Reas. at 26-27. They must also monitor kiln

operations and submit a detailed monitoring plan to the Agency. Tr.1 at 35-36; Exh. 3 at10-

11; St. of Reas at 27-28. The proposed regulations also set out detailed requirements on

reporting to the Agency and record keeping procedures. For example, owners or operators

must submit an initial compliance certification and annual emissions reports to the Agency.

They must also produce and keep certain documents describing kiln operations, startups,

shutdowns, malfunctions, maintenance, testing, and tons of clinker produced per day. Tr.1 at

36-37, 48-49; Exh. 3 at 11-13; St. of Reas. at 28-30.

ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Section 27(a) of the Act requires that in promulgating regulations, the Board “shall take

into account . . . the technical feasibility and economic reasonableness of measuring or

reducing the particular type of pollution.” 415 ILCS 5/27(a) (1998).

Implementation of NOx emission controls involves both capital costs and annual costs.

Cost effectiveness is calculated by dividing the annual cost by the tons of NOx removed. Exh.

2 at 4; St. of Reas. at 19. USEPA determined that owners and operators of large cement kilns

would be able to employ NOx emission control technologies at a cost of less than $2,000 per

ton which would lead to a substantial reduction in NOx emissions from uncontrolled levels. St.

of Reas. at 12.

USEPA estimated that combustion controls cost between $236 and $1,424 per ton of

NOx removed, while non-combustion controls cost between $846 and $5,216 per ton. USPEA

determined that the average cost effectiveness for NOx SIP Call controls from cement kilns

would be $1,573 per ton of NOx removed. (All figures are expressed in 1999 dollars.)

USEPA found the control of NOx in large cement kilns to be “highly cost effective.” Tr.1 at

20-21, 26-27, 29; Exh. 1 at 4; Exh. 2 at 4-5; St. of Reas. at 7; PC at 4.

The Agency estimates that the proposed regulations will have an annualized cost of

$1.9 million for all of the large cement kilns in Illinois. Approximately 15% of that $1.9

million will entail the added testing, monitoring, reporting and record keeping activities. Tr.2

at 8-12.

Thus, USEPA and the Agency have determined that the control techniques required for

large cement kilns to comply with the NOx budgets are both technically feasible and

economically reasonable. St. of Reas. at 15-16, 19.

CHANGES DURING THE FIRST-NOTICE PERIOD

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The modifications which arose during the first-notice period are as follows: The Board

includes in this order new definitions in the table of contents at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211 from

docket R01-09 for the sake of consistency. The new implementation date for the NOx SIP Call

affects several of the dates in the regulatory proposal; those dates have been changed in the

order. See Exh. 4. At first notice the Agency had not yet proposed the non-EGU NOx trading

program. See PC at 6. The changes in the order provide the option for owners and operators

of large cement kilns to opt into the non-EGU trading program described in docket R01-17.

The reference to the Board’s adjusted standard procedure at Section 217.602(a)(5) has been

changed to reflect the Board’s new procedural rules that will go into effect on January 1, 2001.

See Revision of the Board’s Procedural Rules: 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101-130 (December 21,

2000), R00-20. The Board also includes several minor technical changes as well.

First-notice additions are marked with single underlines while first notice deletions are

marked with single strikeouts. Additions since first notice are marked with double underlines.

Deletions of first notice language are marked with single underlines and double strikeouts.

CONCLUSION

Pursuant to both federal and State law, large cement kilns in Illinois are required to

significantly reduce emissions of NOx from May 31 to September 30 during 2004 and from

May 1 to September 30 starting in 2005. As a result, the Board adopts the Agency proposal,

with modifications, for second notice.

ORDER

The Board hereby proposes for second notice the following amendments to 35 Ill. Adm.

Code 211 and 217. The Clerk of the Board is directed to file these proposed rules with the

Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.

TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

SUBTITLE B: AIR POLLUTION

CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

SUBCHAPTER c: EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS FOR

STATIONARY SOURCES

PART 211

DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section

211.101 Incorporations by Reference

211.102 Abbreviations and Conversion Factors

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SUBPART B: DEFINITIONS

Section

211.121 Other Definitions

211.122 Definitions (Repealed)

211.130 Accelacota

211.150 Accumulator

211.170 Acid Gases

211.210 Actual Heat Input

211.230 Adhesive

211.240 Adhesion Promoter

211.250 Aeration

211.270 Aerosol Can Filling Line

211.290 Afterburner

211.310 Air Contaminant

211.330 Air Dried Coatings

211.350 Air Oxidation Process

211.370 Air Pollutant

211.390 Air Pollution

211.410 Air Pollution Control Equipment

211.430 Air Suspension Coater/Dryer

211.450 Airless Spray

211.470 Air Assisted Airless Spray

211.474

 

Alcohol

211.479 Allowance

211.484 Animal

211.485 Animal Pathological Waste

211.490 Annual Grain Through-Put

211.495 Anti-Glare/Safety Coating

211.510 Application Area

211.530 Architectural Coating

211.550 As Applied

211.560 As-Applied Fountain Solution

211.570 Asphalt

211.590 Asphalt Prime Coat

211.610 Automobile

211.630 Automobile or Light-Duty Truck Assembly Source or Automobile or Light-Duty

Truck Manufacturing Plant

211.650 Automobile or Light-Duty Truck Refinishing

211.660 Automotive/Transportation Plastic Parts

211.670 Baked Coatings

211.680 Bakery Oven

211.685 Basecoat/Clearcoat System

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211.690 Batch Loading

211.695 Batch Operation

211.696 Batch Process Train

211.710 Bead-Dipping

211.730 Binders

211.750 British Thermal Unit

211.770 Brush or Wipe Coating

211.790 Bulk Gasoline Plant

211.810 Bulk Gasoline Terminal

211.820 Business Machine Plastic Parts

211.830 Can

211.850 Can Coating

211.870 Can Coating Line

211.890 Capture

211.910 Capture Device

211.930 Capture Efficiency

211.950 Capture System

211.955 Cement

211.960 Cement Kiln

211.970 Certified Investigation

211.980 Chemical Manufacturing Process Unit

211.990 Choke Loading

211.1010 Clean Air Act

211.1050 Cleaning and Separating Operation

211.1070 Cleaning Materials

211.1090 Clear Coating

211.1110 Clear Topcoat

211.1120 Clinker

211.1130 Closed Purge System

211.1150 Closed Vent System

211.1170 Coal Refuse

211.1190 Coating

211.1210 Coating Applicator

211.1230 Coating Line

211.1250 Coating Plant

211.1270 Coil Coating

211.1290 Coil Coating Line

211.1310

 

Cold Cleaning

211.1312 Combined Cycle System

211.1316 Combustion Turbine

211.1320 Commence Commercial Operation

211.1324 Commence Operation

211.1328 Common Stack

211.1330 Complete Combustion

211.1350 Component

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211.1370 Concrete Curing Compounds

211.1390 Concentrated Nitric Acid Manufacturing Process

211.1410 Condensate

211.1430 Condensible PM-10

211.1465 Continuous Automatic Stoking

211.1467 Continuous Coater

211.1470 Continuous Process

211.1490 Control Device

211.1510

 

Control Device Efficiency

211.1515 Control Period

211.1520 Conventional Air Spray

211.1530 Conventional Soybean Crushing Source

211.1550 Conveyorized Degreasing

211.1570 Crude Oil

211.1590 Crude Oil Gathering

211.1610 Crushing

211.1630 Custody Transfer

211.1650 Cutback Asphalt

211.1670 Daily-Weighted Average VOM Content

211.1690 Day

211.1710 Degreaser

211.1730 Delivery Vessel

211.1750 Dip Coating

211.1770 Distillate Fuel Oil

211.1780 Distillation Unit

211.1790 Drum

211.1810 Dry Cleaning Operation or Dry Cleaning Facility

211.1830 Dump-Pit Area

211.1850 Effective Grate Area

211.1870 Effluent Water Separator

211.1875 Elastomeric Materials

211.1880 Electromagnetic Interference/Radio Frequency (EMI/RFI) Shielding Coatings

211.1885 Electronic Component

211.1890 Electrostatic Bell or Disc Spray

211.1900 Electrostatic Prep Coat

211.1910 Electrostatic Spray

211.1920 Emergency or Standby Unit

211.1930 Emission Rate

211.1950 Emission Unit

211.1970 Enamel

211.1990 Enclose

211.2010 End Sealing Compound Coat

211.2030 Enhanced Under-the-Cup Fill

211.2050 Ethanol Blend Gasoline

211.2070

 

Excess Air

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211.2080 Excess Emissions

211.2090 Excessive Release

211.2110 Existing Grain-Drying Operation (Repealed)

211.2130 Existing Grain-Handling Operation (Repealed)

211.2150 Exterior Base Coat

211.2170 Exterior End Coat

211.2190 External Floating Roof

211.2210 Extreme Performance Coating

211.2230 Fabric Coating

211.2250 Fabric Coating Line

211.2270 Federally Enforceable Limitations and Conditions

211.2285 Feed Mill

211.2290 Fermentation Time

211.2300 Fill

211.2310 Final Repair Coat

211.2330 Firebox

211.2350 Fixed-Roof Tank

211.2360 Flexible Coating

211.2365 Flexible Operating Unit

211.2370 Flexographic Printing

211.2390 Flexographic Printing Line

211.2410

 

Floating Roof

211.2420 Fossil Fuel

211.2425 Fossil Fuel-Fired

211.2430 Fountain Solution

211.2450 Freeboard Height

211.2470 Fuel Combustion Emission Unit or Fuel Combustion Emission Source

211.2490 Fugitive Particulate Matter

211.2510 Full Operating Flowrate

211.2530 Gas Service

211.2550 Gas/Gas Method

211.2570 Gasoline

211.2590 Gasoline Dispensing Operation or Gasoline Dispensing Facility

211.2610 Gel Coat

211.2620 Generator

211.2630 Gloss Reducers

211.2650 Grain

211.2670 Grain-Drying Operation

211.2690 Grain-Handling and Conditioning Operation

211.2710 Grain-Handling Operation

211.2730 Green-Tire Spraying

211.2750 Green Tires

211.2770 Gross Heating Value

211.2790 Gross Vehicle Weight Rating

211.2810

 

Heated Airless Spray

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211.2815 Heat Input

211.2820 Heat Input Rate

211.2830 Heatset

211.2850 Heatset Web Offset Lithographic Printing Line

211.2870 Heavy Liquid

211.2890 Heavy Metals

211.2910 Heavy Off-Highway Vehicle Products

211.2930 Heavy Off-Highway Vehicle Products Coating

211.2950 Heavy Off-Highway Vehicle Products Coating Line

211.2970 High Temperature Aluminum Coating

211.2990 High Volume Low Pressure (HVLP) Spray

211.3010 Hood

211.3030 Hot Well

211.3050 Housekeeping Practices

211.3070 Incinerator

211.3090 Indirect Heat Transfer

211.3110 Ink

211.3130 In-Process Tank

211.3150 In-Situ Sampling Systems

211.3170 Interior Body Spray Coat

211.3190 Internal-Floating Roof

211.3210 Internal Transferring Area

211.3230 Lacquers

211.3250 Large Appliance

211.3270 Large Appliance Coating

211.3290 Large Appliance Coating Line

211.3310 Light Liquid

211.3330 Light-Duty Truck

211.3350 Light Oil

211.3370 Liquid/Gas Method

211.3390 Liquid-Mounted Seal

211.3410 Liquid Service

211.3430 Liquids Dripping

211.3450 Lithographic Printing Line

211.3470 Load-Out Area

211.3480 Loading Event

211.3483 Long Dry Kiln

211.3485 Long Wet Kiln

211.3487 Low-NOxNOx Burner

211.3490 Low Solvent Coating

211.3500 Lubricating Oil

211.3510 Magnet Wire

211.3530 Magnet Wire Coating

211.3550 Magnet Wire Coating Line

211.3570 Major Dump Pit

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211.3590 Major Metropolitan Area (MMA)

211.3610 Major Population Area (MPA)

211.3620 Manually Operated Equipment

211.3630 Manufacturing Process

211.3650 Marine Terminal

211.3660 Marine Vessel

211.3670 Material Recovery Section

211.3690 Maximum Theoretical Emissions

211.3695 Maximum True Vapor Pressure

211.3710 Metal Furniture

211.3730 Metal Furniture Coating

211.3750 Metal Furniture Coating Line

211.3770 Metallic Shoe-Type Seal

211.3780 Mid-Kiln Firing

211.3790 Miscellaneous Fabricated Product Manufacturing Process

211.3810 Miscellaneous Formulation Manufacturing Process

211.3830 Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products

211.3850 Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products Coating

211.3870 Miscellaneous Metal Parts or Products Coating Line

211.3890 Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing Process

211.3910 Mixing Operation

211.3915 Mobile Equipment

211.3930 Monitor

211.3950 Monomer

211.3960 Motor Vehicles

211.3965 Motor Vehicle Refinishing

211.3970

 

Multiple Package Coating

211.3980 Nameplate Capacity

211.3990 New Grain-Drying Operation (Repealed)

211.4010 New Grain-Handling Operation (Repealed)

211.4030 No Detectable Volatile Organic Material Emissions

211.4050 Non-Contact Process Water Cooling Tower

211.4055 Non-Flexible Coating

211.4065 Non-Heatset

211.4070 Offset

211.4090 One Hundred Percent Acid

211.4110 One-Turn Storage Space

211.4130 Opacity

211.4150 Opaque Stains

211.4170 Open Top Vapor Degreasing

211.4190 Open-Ended Valve

211.4210 Operator of a Gasoline Dispensing Operation or Operator of a Gasoline

Dispensing Facility

211.4230 Organic Compound

211.4250 Organic Material and Organic Materials

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211.4260 Organic Solvent

211.4270 Organic Vapor

211.4290 Oven

211.4310 Overall Control

211.4330 Overvarnish

211.4350 Owner of a Gasoline Dispensing Operation or Owner of a Gasoline Dispensing

Facility

211.4370 Owner or Operator

211.4390 Packaging Rotogravure Printing

211.4410 Packaging Rotogravure Printing Line

211.4430 Pail

211.4450 Paint Manufacturing Source or Paint Manufacturing Plant

211.4470 Paper Coating

211.4490 Paper Coating Line

211.4510 Particulate Matter

211.4530 Parts Per Million (Volume) or PPM (Vol)

211.4550 Person

211.4590 Petroleum

211.4610 Petroleum Liquid

211.4630 Petroleum Refinery

211.4650 Pharmaceutical

211.4670 Pharmaceutical Coating Operation

211.4690 Photochemically Reactive Material

211.4710 Pigmented Coatings

211.4730 Plant

211.4740 Plastic Part

211.4750 Plasticizers

211.4770 PM-10

211.4790 Pneumatic Rubber Tire Manufacture

211.4810 Polybasic Organic Acid Partial Oxidation Manufacturing Process

211.4830 Polyester Resin Material(s)

211.4850 Polyester Resin Products Manufacturing Process

211.4870 Polystyrene Plant

211.4890 Polystyrene Resin

211.4910 Portable Grain-Handling Equipment

211.4930 Portland Cement Manufacturing Process Emission Source

211.4950

 

Portland Cement Process or Portland Cement Manufacturing Plant

211.4960 Potential Electrical Output Capacity

211.4970 Potential to Emit

211.4990 Power Driven Fastener Coating

211.5010 Precoat

211.5015 Preheater Kiln

211.5020 Preheater/Precalciner Kiln

211.5030 Pressure Release

211.5050 Pressure Tank

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211.5060 Pressure/Vacuum Relief Valve

211.5061 Pretreatment Wash Primer

211.5065 Primary Product

211.5070 Prime Coat

211.5080 Primer Sealer

211.5090 Primer Surfacer Coat

211.5110 Primer Surfacer Operation

211.5130 Primers

211.5150 Printing

211.5170 Printing Line

211.5185 Process Emission Source

211.5190 Process Emission Unit

211.5210 Process Unit

211.5230 Process Unit Shutdown

211.5245 Process Vent

211.5250 Process Weight Rate

211.5270 Production Equipment Exhaust System

211.5310 Publication Rotogravure Printing Line

211.5330 Purged Process Fluid

211.5340 Rated Heat Input Capacity

211.5350 Reactor

211.5370 Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT)

211.5390 Reclamation System

211.5410 Refiner

211.5430 Refinery Fuel Gas

211.5450 Refinery Fuel Gas System

211.5470 Refinery Unit or Refinery Process Unit

211.5480 Reflective Argent Coating

211.5490 Refrigerated Condenser

211.5500 Regulated Air Pollutant

211.5510 Reid Vapor Pressure

211.5530 Repair

211.5550 Repair Coat

211.5570 Repaired

211.5580 Repowering

211.5590 Residual Fuel Oil

211.5600 Resist Coat

211.5610 Restricted Area

211.5630 Retail Outlet

211.5650 Ringelmann Chart

211.5670 Roadway

211.5690 Roll Coater

211.5710 Roll Coating

211.5730 Roll Printer

211.5750 Roll Printing

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211.5770 Rotogravure Printing

211.5790 Rotogravure Printing Line

211.5810 Safety Relief Valve

211.5830 Sandblasting

211.5850 Sanding Sealers

211.5870 Screening

211.5890 Sealer

211.5910 Semi-Transparent Stains

211.5930 Sensor

211.5950 Set of Safety Relief Valves

211.5970 Sheet Basecoat

211.5980 Sheet-Fed

211.5990 Shotblasting

211.6010 Side-Seam Spray Coat

211.6025 Single Unit Operation

211.6030 Smoke

211.6050 Smokeless Flare

211.6060 Soft Coat

211.6070 Solvent

211.6090 Solvent Cleaning

211.6110 Solvent Recovery System

211.6130 Source

211.6140 Specialty Coatings

211.6145 Specialty Coatings for Motor Vehicles

211.6150 Specialty High Gloss Catalyzed Coating

211.6170 Specialty Leather

211.6190 Specialty Soybean Crushing Source

211.6210 Splash Loading

211.6230 Stack

211.6250 Stain Coating

211.6270 Standard Conditions

211.6290 Standard Cubic Foot (scf)

211.6310 Start-Up

211.6330 Stationary Emission Source

211.6350 Stationary Emission Unit

211.6355 Stationary Gas Turbine

211.6360 Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine

211.6370 Stationary Source

211.6390 Stationary Storage Tank

211.6400 Stencil Coat

211.6410 Storage Tank or Storage Vessel

211.6420 Strippable Spray Booth Coating

211.6430 Styrene Devolatilizer Unit

211.6450 Styrene Recovery Unit

211.6470 Submerged Loading Pipe

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211.6490 Substrate

211.6510 Sulfuric Acid Mist

211.6530 Surface Condenser

211.6540 Surface Preparation Materials

211.6550 Synthetic Organic Chemical or Polymer Manufacturing Plant

211.6570 Tablet Coating Operation

211.6580 Texture Coat

211.6590 Thirty-Day Rolling Average

211.6610 Three-Piece Can

211.6620 Three or Four Stage Coating System

211.6630 Through-the-Valve Fill

211.6650 Tooling Resin

211.6670 Topcoat

211.6690 Topcoat Operation

211.6695 Topcoat System

211.6710 Touch-Up

211.6720 Touch-Up Coating

211.6730 Transfer Efficiency

211.6750 Tread End Cementing

211.6770 True Vapor Pressure

211.6790 Turnaround

211.6810 Two-Piece Can

211.6830 Under-the-Cup Fill

211.6850 Undertread Cementing

211.6860 Uniform Finish Blender

211.6870 Unregulated Safety Relief Valve

211.6880 Vacuum Metallizing

211.6890 Vacuum Producing System

211.6910 Vacuum Service

211.6930 Valves Not Externally Regulated

211.6950 Vapor Balance System

211.6970 Vapor Collection System

211.6990 Vapor Control System

211.7010 Vapor-Mounted Primary Seal

211.7030 Vapor Recovery System

211.7050 Vapor-Suppressed Polyester Resin

211.7070 Vinyl Coating

211.7090 Vinyl Coating Line

211.7110 Volatile Organic Liquid (VOL)

211.7130 Volatile Organic Material Content (VOMC)

211.7150 Volatile Organic Material (VOM) or Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)

211.7170 Volatile Petroleum Liquid

211.7190 Wash Coat

211.7200 Washoff Operations

211.7210 Wastewater (Oil/Water) Separator

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211.7230 Weak Nitric Acid Manufacturing Process

211.7250 Web

211.7270 Wholesale Purchase - Consumer

211.7290 Wood Furniture

211.7310 Wood Furniture Coating

211.7330 Wood Furniture Coating Line

211.7350 Woodworking

211.7400 Yeast Percentage

Appendix A Rule into Section Table

Appendix B Section into Rule Table

AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 9, 9.1, 9.9, and 10 and authorized by Sections 27 and

28.5 of the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/9, 9.1, 10, 27 and 28.5].

SOURCE: Adopted as Chapter 2: Air Pollution, Rule 201: Definitions, R71-23, 4 PCB 191,

filed and effective April 14, 1972; amended in R74-2 and R75-5, 32 PCB 295, at 3 Ill. Reg. 5,

p. 777, effective February 3, 1979; 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. 13590; amended in R82-1 (Docket A) at 10 Ill. Reg.

12624, effective July 7, 1986; amended in R85-21(A) at 11 Ill. Reg. 11747, effective June 29,

1987; amended in R86-34 at 11 Ill. Reg. 12267, effective July 10, 1987; amended in R86-39 at

11 Ill. Reg. 20804, effective December 14, 1987; amended in R82-14 and R86-37 at 12 Ill.

Reg. 787, effective December 24, 1987; amended in R86-18 at 12 Ill. Reg. 7284, effective

April 8, 1988; amended in R86-10 at 12 Ill. Reg. 7621, effective April 11, 1988; amended in

R88-23 at 13 Ill. Reg. 10862, effective June 27, 1989; amended in R89-8 at 13 Ill. Reg.

17457, effective January 1, 1990; amended in R89-16(A) at 14 Ill. Reg. 9141, effective May

23, 1990; amended in R88-30(B) at 15 Ill. Reg. 5223, effective March 28, 1991; amended in

R88-14 at 15 Ill. Reg. 7901, effective May 14, 1991; amended in R91-10 at 15 Ill. Reg.

15564, effective October 11, 1991; amended in R91-6 at 15 Ill. Reg. 15673, effective October

14, 1991; amended in R91-22 at 16 Ill. Reg. 7656, effective May 1, 1992; amended in R91-24

at 16 Ill. Reg. 13526, effective August 24, 1992; amended in R93-9 at 17 Ill. Reg. 16504,

effective September 27, 1993; amended in R93-11 at 17 Ill. Reg. 21471, effective December 7,

1993; amended in R93-14 at 18 Ill. Reg. 1253, effective January 18, 1994; amended in R94-12

at 18 Ill. Reg. 14962, effective September 21, 1994; amended in R94-14 at 18 Ill. Reg. 15744,

effective October 17, 1994; amended in R94-15 at 18 Ill. Reg. 16379, effective October 25,

1994; amended in R94-16 at 18 Ill. Reg. 16929, effective November 15, 1994; amended in

R94-21, R94-31 and R94-32 at 19 Ill. Reg. 6823, effective May 9, 1995; amended in R94-33

at 19 Ill. Reg. 7344, effective May 22, 1995; amended in R95-2 at 19 Ill. Reg. 11066,

effective July 12, 1995; amended in R95-16 at 19 Ill. Reg. 15176, effective October 19, 1995;

amended in R96-5 at 20 Ill. Reg. 7590, effective May 22, 1996; amended in R96-16 at 21 Ill.

Reg. 2641, effective February 7, 1997; amended in R97-17 at 21 Ill. Reg. 6489, effective May

16, 1997; amended in R97-24 at 21 Ill. Reg. 7695, effective June 9, 1997; amended in R96-17

at 21 Ill. Reg. 7856, effective June 17, 1997; amended in R97-31 at 22 Ill. Reg. 3497,

effective February 2, 1998; amended in R98-17 at 22 Ill. Reg.11405, effective June 22, 1998;

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amended in R01-09 at 24 Ill. Reg. _________, effective ______________; amended in R01-11

at 25 Ill. Reg. , effective .

BOARD NOTE: This Part implements the Illinois Environmental Protection Act as of July 1,

1994.

SUBPART B: DEFINITIONS

Section 211.955 Cement

"Cement" means, for the purposes of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217, Subpart T, a hydraulic cement

produced by pulverizing clinker consisting primarily of hydraulic calcium silicates, usually

containing one or more of the forms of calcium sulfate as an interground addition.

(Source: Added at 25 Ill. Reg. , effective )

Section 211.960 Cement Kiln

"Cement kiln" means, for the purposes of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217, Subpart T, a system

including any solid, gaseous or liquid fuel combustion equipment, used to preheat, calcine and

react with raw materials, including limestone and clay, to produce cement clinker.

(Source: Added at 25 Ill. Reg. , effective )

Section 211.1120 Clinker

"Clinker" means the product of a cement kiln from which finished cement is manufactured by

milling and grinding.

(Source: Added at 25 Ill. Reg. , effective )

Section 211.3483 Long Dry Kiln

"Long dry kiln" means a kiln 14 feet or larger in outside diameter, 400 feet or larger in length,

which employs no preheating of the feed in the cyclone chambers, and the inlet feed to the kiln

is dry.

(Source: Added at 25 Ill. Reg. , effective )

Section 211.3485 Long Wet Kiln

"Long wet kiln" means a kiln 14 feet or larger in outside diameter, 400 feet or greater in

length, which employs no preheating of the feed in the cyclone chambers, and the inlet feed to

the kiln is a slurry.

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(Source: Added at 25 Ill. Reg. , effective )

Section 211.3487 Low- NOxNOx Burner

"Low- NOxNOx burner" means for the purpose of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217, Subpart T, a type of

cement kiln burner system designed to lower NOxNOx formation by controlling flame

turbulence, delaying fuel/air mixing and establishing fuel-rich zones for initial combusting,

which for firing of solid fuel by a kiln's main burner includes an indirect firing system or

comparable technique for the main burner to lower the amount of primary combustion air

supplied with the pulverized fuel. In an indirect firing system, one air stream is used to

convey pulverized fuel from the grinding equipment and another air stream is used to supply

primary combustion air to the kiln burner with the pulverized fuel, with intermediate storage of

the fuel. In contrast, in a direct firing system, the air stream used to convey pulverized coal is

then directly used as primary combustion air without any intermediate storage of fuel, resulting

in more primary combustion air than with an indirect system.

(Source: Added at 25 Ill. Reg. , effective )

Section 211.3780 Mid-Kiln Firing

"Mid-kiln firing" means, for the purposes of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217, Subpart T, a secondary

firing in a kiln system by injecting fuel at an intermediate point in the kiln system using a

specially designed fuel injection mechanism for the purposes of decreasing NOxNOx emissions

through burning part of the fuel at a lower temperature, and reducing conditions at the fuel

injection point that may destroy some of the NOxNOx formed upstream in the kiln system.

(Source: Added at 25 Ill. Reg. , effective )

Section 211.5015 Preheater Kiln

"Preheater kiln" means, for the purposes of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217, Subpart T, a kiln where

the feed to the kiln is preheated in cyclone chambers prior to the final reactions in a kiln which

forms clinker.

(Source: Added at 25 Ill. Reg. , effective )

Section 211.5020 Preheater/Precalciner Kiln

"Preheater/precalciner kiln" means, for the purposes of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217, Subpart T, a

kiln where the feed to the kiln is preheated in cyclone chambers and utilizes a second burner to

calcine material in a separate vessel attached to the preheater prior to the final fusion in a kiln

which forms clinker.

(Source: Added at 25 Ill. Reg. , effective )

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