ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

April

12,

1979

IN THE MATTER OF:

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PROPOSED A~NDMENT TO RULE 2O5(g) (1)

OF

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THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr. Dumelle):

Rule 205(g) (1)

of the

Board~s

Air Pollution Control Regu-

lations

is hereby amended to read as follows:

(g)

Waste Gas Disposal.

(1)

Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Manufacturing

Process Emissions.

(A)

Except as provided

in Rule 205(g) (1) (B)

or Rule 205(g) (1) (C), no person shall cause

or allow the discharge of organic materials

into the atmosphere

from:

(i)

any catalyst regenerator of a

petroleum cracking system; or

(ii)

any petroleum fluid coker;

or

(iii)

any other waste gas stream from

any petroleum or petrochemical

manufacturing process;

in excess of 100 ppm equivalent methane

(molecular

weight 16.0)

(B)

Exception.

Existing sources subject to Rule

205(g) (1) (A) (iii)

may, alternatively,

at their

election,

comply with the organic material emis-

sion limitations imposed by Rule 205(f) provided,

however, that there shall be no increase in

emissions from such sources above the level of

emissions

in existence on the effective date of

this Rule 205(g) (1) (B)

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(C)

New Sources.

Sources subject to Rule 205(g)

(1) (A) (iii), construction of which commenced on

or after January

1,

1977, may, at their election,

comply with the following emission limitation:

(i)

a maximum of eight pounds per hour of

organic material; or

(ii)

emission of organic material in excess

of the limitation of subparagraph

(i)

of

this paragraph is allowable if such emissions

are controlled by air pollution control methods

or equipment approved by the Agency capable

of reducing by 85 percent or more the un-

controlled organic material that would other-

wise be emitted to the atmosphere.

The Proposed Opinion of the Board as adopted on

February 15,

1979

is hereby adopted as the final opinion in

this matter.

IT

IS SO ORDERED.

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

Control Boar

,

hereby certify the above Order was adopted on

the

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day of

C

,

1979 by a vote

of

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Christan

L. Moffett,~Cler1~

Illinois Pollution Control Board

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