ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

March

26, 1975

IN THE MATTER OF

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO

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R73-B,

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CHAPTER

2:

AIR POLLUTION REGULATIONS)

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by Mr.

Durnelle):

1.

Amend Rule 103(i)

of Chapter

2: Air Pollution Regulations

by adding the following:

(17)

all storage tanks of Illinois crude oil with

capacity of less than 40,000 gallons located on oil field

sites;

(18)

all organic material

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water single or multiple

compartment effluent water separator facilities for Illinois

crude oil

of vapor pressure of less than

5 pounds per square

inch absolute (psia).

2.

Amend Rule

205(c) (2) (b)

of Chapter

2: Air Pollution

Regulations by deletion as follows:

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3.

Amend Rule 206(c)

of Chapter

2: Air Pollution Regulations

to read as follows:

(C)

Petroleum and Petrochemical Processes.

(1)

No

person shall

cause or allow the emission of a carbon

monoxide waste gas stream into the atmosphere from a

petroleum or petrochemical process unless such waste

gas stream is burned in a direct flame afterburner or

carbon monoxide boiler so that the resulting concentration

of carbon monoxide in such waste gas stream is less

than or equal to 200 ppm corrected to

50 percent excess

air,

or such waste gas stream is controlled by other

equivalent air pollution control equipment approved by

the Agency according

to the provisions

of Part

I of

this Chapter.

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(2) Notwithstanding paragraph

(1)

of this

Rule

206(c), any existing petroleum or petrochemical

process using catalyst regenerators of fluidized

catalytic converters equippd for in situ combustion

of carbon monoxide, may emit

a carbon monoxide

waste gas stream into the atmosphere

if the carbon

monoxide concentration of such waste gas stream is

less than or equal

to 750 ppm corrected to

50

percent excess air.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph

(1) of this Rule

206(c), any new petroleum or petrochemical process

using catalyst regenerators of fluidized catalytic

converters equipped for in situ combustion of

carbon monoxide, may emit

a carbon monoxide waste

gas stream into the atmosphere

if

the carbon

monoxide concentration of such waste gas stream is

less than or equal

to 350 ppm corrected to 50

percent excess air.

4.

Amend Rule 204(f) (2)

of Chapter

2: Air Pollution Regulations

to

read as

follows:

(2)

Sulfuric Acid Mist Standards and Limitations.

(A)

No person shall cause or allow the emission of

sulfuric acid mist into the atmosphere from any

process emission source to exceed 0.15 pounds of

acid mist per ton of acid manufacturered.

(B)

With the exception of Rule 205(f) (2) (A)

and fuel

combustion sources,

no person using sulfuric acid

shall cause or allow the emission of sulfuric acid

and/or sulfur trioxide from any emission

source

either alone or in combination with the emissions

of sulfuric acid and/or sulfur trioxide from all

other similar emission sources at a plant or

premises to exceed:

(i)

0.10 pound in any one hour period for sulfuric

acid usage less than 1,300 tons per year

(100 percent

acid basis);

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(ii)

0.50 pound per ton of acid used for

sulfuric acid usage greater than or equal to

1,300 tons per year

(100 percent acid basis).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Christan L. Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Contçol Board, hereby certify the above Ord,er was adopted on the

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day of March, 1975 by a vote of

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Illinois Pollution

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