ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

June 11,

1986

IN THE MATTER OF:

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO

)

 R85—33

35

 Ill. Adm. Code 212.443

By—Product Coke Plants

)

PROPOSED RULE.

 SECOND NOTICE.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

 (by J. Theodore Meyer):

This matter comes before the Board upon

 a December

 19, 1985

proposal

 for regulatory change filed by the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency (Agency), Citizens

for

 a Better

Environment

 (CBE)

 and various Steel Companies.

 This proposal

represents

 the proposed settlement arising out

of

 a lawsuit filed

by CBE

 in Federal District Court against the Agency and various

Steel companies

for

 failure to revise Illinois’

 coke—battery and

casthouse rules.

 First Notice was adopted on January 23, 1986

and published at

 10 Illinois Register

 3731,

 February 21,

 1986.

Hearings were held on March 10th and 11th in Chicago and Granite

City,

 Illinois, respectively.

 The following is

 a brief history

of this proceeding.

In

 1979,

 the Agency submitted

 to USEPA proposed revisions to

Illinois’ State Implementation Plan

 (SIP) which

 included rules

governing

 coke oven charging and pushing operations.

 These

 rules

are presently codified at

35

 Ill. Adm. Code 212.443(b)

and

(C).

Both of these rules were disapproved

 for inclusion

 in Illinois’

SIP by USEPA.

 In connection with this disapproval,

 CBE sued the

Administrator

 of USEPA in federal court

 (CBE v.

 Thomas, No.

 80—C—

0003).

As

a

 result of settlement negotiations arising out of

that suit,

 the Agency,

 CBE and various Steel companies have

proposed coke oven charging and pushing rules

 for adoption by the

Board

 in lieu of Federal promulgation of

 these

 rules.

On May 8, 1986,

 the Department of Energy and Natural

Resources issued

 a Negative Declaration

 for this proceeding

stating that the net economic impact of the regulation is

favorable and the cost of compliance are small

 or are borne

entirely by the proponents of the regulation.

 The proponents

notified

 the Board that

 a typographical

 error

 appeared

 in the

Board~sFirst Notice Order.

 That error has been corrected

in

this Second Notice Order.

 Having received no other

 comments, the

Board proposes

 for Second Notice the proposed amendments to 35

Ill. Adm. Code 212.443

 as they appeared

 at First Notice with one

minor

 change.

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ORDER

TITLE

35:

 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

SUBTITLE

B:

 AIR POLLUTION

CHAPTER

I:

 POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

SUBCHAPTER c:

 EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS

FOR STATIONARY SOURCES

PART

212

VISUAL AND PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS

Section 212.443

 By—Product Coke Plants

a)

 Subpart

 B shall not apply

 to by—product coke plants.

b)

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1)

 Uncapture~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

pprt,

 as indicated by the first mechanical

inovementof the coal feeding mechanism on

the la~~car,

to

 the re~lacementof the

final charge port lid for more than

 a total

of 125 seconds over

 5 consecutive charges;

provided however

 that

 1 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

subparagraph

(A)

 determined

 in the

following

 manner:

i)

 Observation of charging emissions

shall be made from ~

on the topside

of

 a coke oven battery

from which an observer can obtain an

unobstructed view of the charging

2peration

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ii)

 The 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 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 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 observer shall

 not record any

emissions observed after

 all charging

port lids have been firmly seated

following removal

 of the

 larrl car,

such

 as emissions occurring when

a

lid

has been temporarily removed

 to permit

spilled

 coal to be swept

 into the

oven.

vi)

In

 the event that observations from

a

charge are

 interrupted

 the data

 from

the charge

 shall

be

 invalidated

and

the observer shall note on his

observation sheet

 the reason

for

invalidating

 the data.

 The 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

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—4—

interru~~dobservations shall

be

considered consecutive.

Emissions from Control Equipment

A)

 Emissions of particulate matter

 from

control

~guipment 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

 Ill.

 Code 230,

 A_ppendix A

(40 CFR 60, Appendix

A,

 Methods 1—5).

B)

 The opacity of

 issions from control

equipment shall not exceed

 an average

of

20,

 averaging

 the total number of readings

taken.

 Op~city_readi~s

shall

 be taken

at

15—second

intervals

from

the

introduction

coal

into

the

first

charge

port

indicated

the

first

mechanical

movement

of

the

coal

feed inj

mechanism

the

larr~

car

the

replacement of

 the final

char~

port

lid.

Compliance

shall

determined

accordance

with

Ill.

Adm.

_ç9~e 203,

A_ppendix

(40

CFR6O,A~pendix

Method

9),

except

for

the

number

readings

required.

Opacity

readin9~sof

emissions

from

control

~quipment shall

be

taken

concurrently

with

observations of fu~tiveparticulate

matter.

Two

 observers

 shall

 be required.

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—5—

1)

 Uncaptured Emissions

Emissions

fugitive

particulate

matter

from

pushing

operati~n~_~h~llnot

exceed

ave~geof_20_opacity

for

 consecutive

~ushes considering the hi~he

 average of

six consecutive readings

 in each push.

 Qpacity 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 emer~~~j~om

 the coke guide

whichever_occurs earlier, until

the

receiv~~r enters

 the quench

 tower or

quenching device _~~~~_pushofles

 s than

90 seconds duration,

 the actual number of

15—second readings shall

 be averaged.

B)

 O~acit~

readin~sshall be taken

by

a

qualified observer

located

in

 a position

where

 the oven being

 pushed., the coke

receiving car

and

the_path

the

quench

opacit~_shal

read

the

emissions

rise

and

clear

the

top

of the

coke

battery

gas_mains.

The

observer

shall

record_~~J~y

readings

emissions

origting~eree1v~r9

car

and

associated e~uipmentand

the

coke

oven,

including

 the standpipe on the coke

 side of

the

oven being_pushed.

 Opacity readings

shall

be

 taken

 in accordance with the

proceduresset forth

 in 35

 Ill.

 Adrn.

 Code

~~~~ndix

(40

 CFR6O),

Appendix

Method

 9), e~

 at Section 2.5

for

 data

reduction

shall

not

used.

2)

 Emissions from Control Equipment

A)

 The particulate emissions from control

~u4~j~ent

used

control

emissions

during

~shin9q~ations

shall

not

exceed

0.040

~

ton

 ç~~pushed.

Compl ian c e

shall

determined

accordance

with

the

Erocedures

set

forth

Ill.

Mm.

Code

230,_~~p~dixA(40cFR

6Q1

Appendix

Methods

1—5)

and

 shall

based

~Tthmetic

average

 three runs (stack

tests)

 and the calculations shall

 be based

on

 the duration of

 a push as defiried

in

paragraph

 (l)(A).

B)

 The opacity

 of emissions from control

equipment used to control

 eiiiissions during

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—6—

p~shing

operations

shall

not

exceed

20.

For

push

less

than

six

minutes

duration,

the

actual

number

15—second

readings

taken

shall

averaged.

Compliance

shall

determined

accordance

with

Ill.

Adrn.

Code

230,

appendix

(40

CFR

60,

Appendix

Method

9),

except

that

Section

2.5

for

data

reduction

shall

not

used

for

pushes

less

than

six

minutes

duration.

Coke

Oven

Doors:

person

shall

cause

allow

visible

emissions

from

than

all

coke

oven

doors

any

time.

Compliance

shall

determined

one

pass

observation

all

coke

oven

doors

any

one

battery.

person

shall

cause

allow

the

operation

coke

oven

unless

there

the

plant

premises

all

times

adequate

inventory

spare

coke

oven

doors

and

seals

and

unless

there

readily

available

coke

over

door

repair

facility.

Coke

Oven

Lids:

person

shall

cause

allow

visible

emission

from

than

all

coke

oven

lids

any

time.

Compliance

shall

determined

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.

70.165

—7—

i)

 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

approved by the Agency.

ORDERED.

I,

 Dorothy

M.

 Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify ~hat the above Order

was

 adopted on

the

 /t~-I-

 day of

______

—,

 1986,

 by a vote of

 ~—O

Dorothy M.

 unn,

 Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board

70-166