ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

March 29, 1979

IN THE MATTER OF:

Fugitive Particulate Emissions

)

R78—11

from Industrial Sources

(Proposed

Revision of Rule 203(f) of Chapter

2)

INTERIM ORDER OF THE W~ARD (by Mr. Goodman):

In order to meet the federal deadline for submittal of

State Implementation Plan revisions pursuant to the Clean

Air Act,

42 U.S.C.

§7401 et ~

(1977),

the Board hereby

proposes to amend Rule 2O~(fTof Chapter

2 to read as follows.

The Board orders that the Hearing Officer set further hearings

or set aside time during the economic impact hearings to

receive testimony on these proposed amendments.

These

proposed amendments are not a final action in this matter

for any purpose.

PROPOSED ORDER

(f)

Fugitive Particulate Matter

(1)

No person shall cause or allow the emission

of fugitive particulate matter from any

process,

including any material handling or

storage activity,

that is visible by an

observer looking generally toward the zenith

at a point beyond the property line of the

emission source.

(2)

Except for Rules 203(f)(1) and

(5) and except

for those operations subject to Rule 203(d)(9)

(Grain—Handling and Grain-Drying Operations),

this Rule 203(f)

shall apply to all mining

operations

(SIC major groups

10 through 14),

manufacturing operations

(SIC major qroups 20

through 39), and electric generating opera-

tions

(SIC group 491) which are located

in

the following counties:

Cook:

All townships

Lake:

Shields, Waukegan, Warren

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DuPage:

Addison, Winfield, York

Will:

DuPage,

Plainsfield,

Lockport,

Channahon, Peotone, Florence

Peoria:

Richwoods,

Limestone,

Hollis,

Peoria

Tazewell:

Fondulac,

Pekin, Cincinnati,

Groveland,

Washington

Macon:

Decatur, Hickory Point

Rock Island:

Blackhawk,

Coal Valley,

Hampton, Moline,

South Moline

Rock Island,

South Rock Island

LaSalle:

LaSalle, Utica

Madison:

Alton,

Chouteau, Collinsville,

Edwardsville, Fort Russell,

Godfrey, Granite City,

Nameoki,

Venice, Wood River

St.

Clair:

Canteen, Caseyville,

Centerville,

St. Clair,

Stites, Stookey,

Sugar

Loaf,

Millstadt.

(3)

Potential sources

of fugitive particulate

matter shall

be maintained and operated as

follows:

(A)

All storage piles of materials with

uncontrolled emissions

of

fugitive

particulate matter in excess of

50

tons/year which are located within a

facility whose potential particulate

emissions from all sources exceed 100

tons/year shall be covered or sprayed

with surfactants or water on a regular

basis,

or treated by an equivalent

method,

in accordance with the operating

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

(B)

All conveyor loading operations to

storage piles specified in Rule

203

(f)(3)(A) shall utilize spray systems,

telescopic chutes,

stone ladders, or

other equivalent methods

in accordance

with the operating program required by

Rule 203(f)(3)(G).

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(C)

Emissions of fugitive particulate matter

from all conveying operations shall not

exceed 10

opacity.

(D)

All normal traffic pattern access areas

surrounding storage piles specified in

Rule 203(f)(3)(A)

and all normal traffic

pattern roads and parking facilities

which are located on mining or manufac-

turing property shall be paved or treated

with water,

oils,

or chemical dust

suppressants.

All paved areas shall be

cleaned on a regular basis.

All areas

treated with water,

oils,

or chemical

dust suppressants shall have the treat-

ment applied on a regular basis,

as

needed,

in accordance with the operating

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

(E)

All unloading and transporting opera-

tions of materials collected by pollu-

tion control equipment shall he enclosed

or shall utilize spraying, pelletizing,

screw conveying,

or other equivalent

methods.

(F)

Crushers, grinding mills,

screening

operations, bucket elevators,

conveyor

transfer points, bagging operations,

storage bins,

and fine product truck and

railcar loading operations shall be

sprayed with water or surfactants,

utilize choke-feeding, or be treated by

an equivalent method

in accordance with

an operating program.

(i)

Exception:

Subparagraph

(F) of

this Rule 203(f)(3)

shall not apply

to high—lines at steel mills.

(G)

The sources described in paragraphs

(f)(3)(A) through

(f)(3)(F)

shall be

operated under the provisions of an

operating program prepared by the owner

or operator and submitted to the Agency

for its review.

Such operating program

shall be designed to significantly

reduce fugitive particulate emissions.

As a minimum the operating program shall

include the following:

1.

the name and address of the facility;

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2.

the name and address of the owner

or operator responsible for execu-

tion of the operating program;

3.

a map or diagram of the facility

showing approximate locations of

storage piles,

conveyor loading

operations,

normal traffic pattern

access areas surrounding storage

piles and all normal traffic pat-

terns within the facility;

4.

location of unloading and transpor-

ting operations with pollution

control equipment;

5.

a detailed description of the best

management practices utilized to

achieve compliance with Rule 203(f),

including an engineering specifica-

tion of particulate collection

equipment,

application systems

for

water,

oil, chemicals,

and dust

suppressants utilized and equivalent

methods utilized;

6.

estimated frequency of application

of dust suppressants by location of

materials;

7.

and such other information as may

be necessary to facilitate the

Agency’s review of the operating

program.

The operating program shall be amended

from time to time by the owner or operator

so that the operating program is current.

Such amendments

shall

be consistent with

this Rule 203(f) and shall

be submitted

to the Agency for its review.

(4)

If particulate collection equipment is used,

emissions from such equipment operated pursuant

to Rule 203(f) shall not exceed 0.03 gr/dscf.

(5)

No person shall

cause or allow the operation

of a vehicle of the second division as defined

by Ill.

Rev. Stat.,

Chapter 95-1/2, Section

1—217,

as revised, or a semi—trailer as

defined by Ill.

Rev. Stat., Chapter 95—1/2,

Section 1—187, as revised, without a covering

sufficient to prevent the release of fugitive

particulate matter into the atmosphere,

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provided that this paragraph

(f)(5)

shall not

pertain to automotive exhaust emissions.

(6)

Measurement Method:

Except as provided in

Rule 203(f)(7), measurement of opacity levels

shall be made according to the procedure

published in 40 CFR Part

60, Appendix A,

Method

9,

or by measurement procedures speci-

fied by the Agency pursuant to Rule 106 of

this Chapter.

In situations where the dura-

tion of the operation

is such that the time

constraints of Method

9 are not applicable

(i.e.,

the operation lasts

for less than six

minutes), opacity readings will be made

following the procedures specified in Method

9 for the duration of the operation.

(7)

Rules 203(f)(1) and 203(f)(3)(C)

shall

not

apply when the wind speed is greater than

25

miles per hour.

Determination of wind speed

for the purposes of this rule shall be by a

one—hour average or hourly recorded value at

the nearest official station of the U.S.

Weather Bureau or by wind speed instruments

operated on the site.

In cases where the

duration of operations subject to this rule

is less than one hour,

wind speed may be

averaged over the duration of the operations

on the basis of one site wind speed instru-

ment measurements.

(8)

Compliance Dates

(A)

All emission sources or pollution con-

trol equipment subject to Rule 203(f)

shall achieve compliance on or before

December 31,

1982.

I, Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Control Board, hereby certify the

ove Interim Order was

~dopted on the

~

day of

,

1979 by a vote of

Christan L. Moff

Clerk

Illinois Polluti

ontrol Board

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