ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

SUBPART D: EXISTING LIQUID OR MIXED FUEL COMBUSTION EMISSION
(Source: Amended at _ Ill. Reg. _, effective _)
SUBPART Q: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY METAL MANUFACTURING

January 22, 2004

IN THE MATTER OF:

CLEAN-UP PART III AMENDMENTS TO

35 ILL. ADM. CODE PARTS 211, 218, AND

219

)

R04-20

(Rulemaking - Air)

______________________________________

IN THE MATTER OF:

TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO

FORMULAS IN 35 ILL. ADM. CODE 214

“SULFUR LIMITATIONS”

)

R04-12

(Rulemaking - Air)

(Consolidated)

Proposed Rule. Proposal For Public Comment.

ORDER OF THE BOARD (by A.S. Moore):

The Board today accepts the rulemaking proposal of the Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency (Agency) in R04-20. The Agency proposes to amend the Board’s air

pollution rules at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211, 218, 219. The Agency describes its proposed

amendments as non-substantive corrections and updates.

For purposes of hearing, the Board today consolidates the R04-20 rulemaking with R04-

12, a Board-initiated rulemaking proposal. The Board proposes to amend its air pollution rules

at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 214. The Board’s proposed changes are needed to correct typographical

errors in formulas that appear to have occurred during re-codification.

In this order, the Board will first discuss R04-20, then R04-12, and then consolidation of

the rulemakings for hearing. Lastly, the Board sets forth its proposed amendments in R04-12.

AGENCY PROPOSAL IN R04-20

On January 6, 2004, the Board received a proposal from the Agency to amend the

Board’s air pollution rules at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211, 218, and 219. The Agency describes the

proposed amendments as non-substantive corrections and updates; “simply a ‘clean-up’” that

will “reduce the burden” of, and “increase the flexibility” in, demonstrating compliance. Agency

Statement of Reasons at 1-2. According to the Agency, the proposed amendments focus on

volatile organic material (VOM) emissions in the Chicago ozone nonattainment area and Metro-

East St. Louis ozone area, as designated under the federal Clean Air Act.

. at 2. The Board

finds that the Agency’s rulemaking proposal in R04-20 satisfies the content requirements of 35

Ill. Adm. Code 102.202 and accordingly accepts the proposal for hearing.

BOARD PROPOSAL IN R04-12

R04-12 is a Board-initiated rulemaking proposal. The Board is proposing to correct

technical errors in formulas that are in the Board’s air pollution rules on sulfur limitations at 35

Ill. Adm. Code 214. The errors appear to have occurred when the Illinois Administrative Code

was re-codified. The Board has not been to hearing in R04-12 and, until today, has not proposed

rule language.

By way of background, in R04-10, the Agency had proposed to correct a typographical

error in one section of Part 214. However, when the Board suggested that other similar errors in

Part 214 be corrected, the Agency moved to withdraw its R04-10 proposal based on a lack of

resources. The Agency stated that it planned to proceed with a general “clean-up” of Part 214 in

late 2004, suggesting that all of the errors could be corrected at that time. On December 18,

2003, the Board granted the Agency’s motion to withdraw the R04-10 rulemaking proposal.

See

Clean-Up Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code Part 214, R04-10, slip op. at 1 (Dec. 18, 2003).

In its December 18, 2003 order, the Board stated that “the public will be better served if

the rules are corrected sooner, rather than later when substantive changes are also proposed.”

Clean-Up Amendments, R04-10, slip op. at 1 (Dec. 18, 2003). To that end, the Board noted that

it would open a docket and propose amendments to correct the typographical and similar errors

in Part 214.

. That docket is R04-12.

Set forth below are the Board’s proposed changes to Part 214 for purposes of public

comment and hearing. The Board notes that R04-12 is narrowly-tailored to make only the

described technical corrections. Any other types of changes to Part 214 may be taken up when

the Agency proposes its “clean-up” amendments.

CONSOLIDATION

For several reasons, the Board finds that consolidating R04-12 and R04-20 will promote

efficiency without materially prejudicing any participants. First, the nature of the changes

proposed in R04-12 is similar to that described by the Agency for the changes proposed in R04-

20. Second, both rulemakings propose amendments to the Board air pollution rules. Third, both

rulemaking proceedings are of the same type under Sections 27 and 28 of the Environmental

Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/27, 28 (2002)), neither being a Section 28.5 Clean Air Act

“fast-track” rulemaking (415 ILCS 5/28.5 (2002)). Finally, both R04-12 and R04-20 are in the

same procedural posture, neither having been to hearing or first notice publication in the

Illinois

Register

For purposes of hearing, the Board therefore consolidates the Agency-initiated

rulemaking, R04-20, with the Board-initiated rulemaking, R04-12. The Board directs the

hearing officer assigned to proceed consistent with this order and expeditiously under the

rulemaking provisions of the Act (415 ILCS 5/27, 28 (2002)) and the Board’s procedural rules

(35 Ill. Adm. Code 102).

BOARD’S PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO PART 214

Below are the Board’s proposed amendments to Part 214 (R04-12) for purposes of public

comment and hearing. Both the Board-initiated R04-12 proposed amendments and the Agency-

initiated R04-20 proposed amendments may be obtained from the Clerk’s Office and

downloaded from the Board’s Web site www.ipcb.state.il.us.

TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

SUBTITLE B: AIR POLLUTION

CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

SUBCHAPTER c: EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS FOR

STATIONARY SOURCES

PART 214

SULFUR LIMITATIONS

SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section

214.100 Scope and Organization

214.101 Measurement Methods

214.102 Abbreviations and Units

214.103 Definitions

214.104 Incorporations by Reference

SUBPART B: NEW FUEL COMBUSTION EMISSION SOURCES

Section

214.120 Scope

214.121 Large Sources

214.122 Small Sources

SUBPART C: EXISTING SOLID FUEL COMBUSTION EMISSION

SOURCES

Section

214.140 Scope

214.141 Sources Located in Metropolitan Areas

214.142 Small Sources Located Outside Metropolitan Areas

214.143 Large Sources Located Outside Metropolitan Areas

SUBPART D: EXISTING LIQUID OR MIXED FUEL COMBUSTION

EMISSION SOURCES

Section

214.161 Liquid Fuel Burned Exclusively

214.162 Combination of Fuels

SUBPART E: AGGREGATION OF SOURCES OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN

AREAS

Section

214.181 Dispersion Enhancement Techniques

214.182 Prohibition

214.183 General Formula

214.184 Special Formula

214.185 Alternative Emission Rate

214.186 New Operating Permits

SUBPART F: ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS FOR SOURCES INSIDE

METROPOLITAN AREAS

Section

214.201 Alternative Standards for Sources in Metropolitan Areas

214.202 Dispersion Enhancement Techniques

SUBPART K: PROCESS EMISSION SOURCES

Section

214.300 Scope

214.301 General Limitation

214.302 Exception for Air Pollution Control Equipment

214.303 Use of Sulfuric Acid

214.304 Fuel Burning Process Emission Source

SUBPART O: PETROLEUM REFINING, PETROCHEMICAL AND

CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING

Section

214.380 Scope

214.381 Sulfuric Acid Manufacturing

214.382 Petroleum and Petrochemical Processes

214.383 Chemical Manufacturing

214.384 Sulfate and Sulfite Manufacturing

SUBPART P: STONE, CLAY, GLASS AND CONCRETE PRODUCTS

Section

214.400 Scope

214.401 Glass Melting and Heat Treating

214.402 Lime Kilns

SUBPART Q: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY METAL MANUFACTURING

Section

214.420 Scope

214.421 Combination of Fuels at Steel Mills in Metropolitan Areas

214.422 Secondary Lead Smelting in Metropolitan Areas

214.423 Slab Reheat Furnaces in St. Louis Area

SUBPART V: ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS

Section

214.521 Winnetka Power Plant

SUBPART X: UTILITIES

Section

214.560 Scope

214.561 E. D. Edwards Electric Generating Station

214.562 Coffeen Generating Station

Appendix A Rule into Section Table

Appendix B Section into Rule Table

Appendix C Method used to Determine Average Actual Stack Height and Effective Height of

Effluent Release

Appendix D Past Compliance Dates

AUTHORITY: Implementing Section 10 and authorized by Section 27 of the Environmental

Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/10 and 27].

SOURCE: Adopted as Chapter 2: Air Pollution, Rule 204: Sulfur Emission Standards and

Limitations, 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 R74-2, R75-5, 38

PCB 129, at 4 Ill. Reg. 28, p. 417, effective June 26, 1980; amended in R78-17, 40 PCB 291, at 5

Ill. Reg. 1892, effective February 17, 1981; amended in R77-15, 44 PCB 267, at 6 Ill. Reg. 2146,

effective January 28, 1982; amended and renumbered in R80-22(A), at 7 Ill. Reg. 42204219,

effective March 28, 1983; codified 7 Ill. Reg. 1357913597; amended in R80-22(B), at 8 Ill. Reg.

6172, effective April 24, 1984; amended in R84-28, at 10 Ill. Reg. 9806, effective May 20, 1986;

amended in R86-31, at 12 Ill. Reg. 17387, effective October 14, 1988; amended in R86-30, at 12

Ill. Reg. 20778, effective December 5, 1988; amended in R87-31 at 15 Ill. Reg. 1017, effective

January 15, 1991; amended in R02-21 at 27 Ill. Reg. 12101, effective July 11, 2003; amended in

R04-12 at _ Ill. Reg. _, effective _.

SUBPART D: EXISTING LIQUID OR MIXED FUEL COMBUSTION EMISSION SOURCES

Section 214.162 Combination of Fuels

a) No person shall cause or allow the emission of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere

in any one hour period from any fuel combustion emission source burning

simultaneously any combination of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels to exceed the

allowable emission rate determined by the following equation:

E = AX + BY + CZ

E=SSHS + SdHd + SRHR

b) Symbols in the equation mean the following:

E = allowable sulfur dioxide emission rate;

ASS = solid fuel sulfur dioxide emission standard which is applicable;

BSd = distillate oil sulfur dioxide emission standard determined from the

table in subsection (d);

CSR = residual fuel oil sulfur dioxide emission standard which is

applicable;

XHS = actual heat input from solid fuel;

YHd = actual heat input from distillate fuel oil;

ZHR = actual heat input from residual fuel oil;

c) That portion of the actual heat input that is derived:

1) From the burning of gaseous fuels produced by the gasification of solid

fuels shall be included in XHS;

2) From the burning of gaseous fuels produced by the gasification of

distillate fuel oil shall be included in YHd;

3) From the burning of gaseous fuels produced by the gasification of residual

fuel oil shall be included in ZHR;

4) From the burning of gaseous fuels produced by the gasification of any

other liquid fuel shall be included in ZHR; and,

5) From the burning of by-product gases such as those produced from a blast

furnace or a catalyst regeneration unit in a petroleum refinery shall be

included in ZHR.

d) Metric or English units may be used in the equation of subsection (a) as follows:

(Source: Amended at _ Ill. Reg. _, effective _)

SUBPART E: AGGREGATION OF SOURCES OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN AREAS

Section 214.183

General Formula

The general formula is:

Symbols used in the general formula mean the following:

E =

Total allowable emission of sulfur dioxide (in lbs/hr or kg/hr) into the

atmosphere in any one-hour period from all fuel combustion emission

sources owned or operated by such person and located within a 1.6 km (1

mile) radius from the center point of any such emission source.

XHA = Average actual stack height as determined by method outlined in

Appendix C.

YHE = Effective height of effluent release as determined by method outlined in

Appendix C.

The general formula may be used with either metric or English units as follows:

(Source: Amended at _ Ill. Reg. _, effective _)

Section 214.184

Special Formula

If the maximum total emissions of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere in any one

hour period from all fuel combustion emission sources owned or operated by any

person and located within a 1 mile (1.6 km) radius from the center point of any

such fuel combustion emission sources exceed, during normal cyclical variations

in firing rate and fuel, the emissions allowed under Section 214.183 but, as of

April 1, 1978, were in compliance with either the formula detailed below or a

Pollution Control Board (Board) order, then the owner or operator of the emission

sources shall not cause or allow such emissions to exceed the emissions allowed

under Section 214.183 or the formula detailed below, whichever the owner or

operator of the emission sources determines shall apply.

P1 H1 + P2 H2 + ... Pn Hn

(Note: P1 + P2 ... Pn = 1)

As used in these equations, symbols mean the following:

E =

total emission of sulfur dioxide, (in pounds per hour,lbs/hr or kg/hr) into

the atmosphere in any one hour period from all fuel combustion emission

sources owned or operated by such person and located within a 1 mile (1.6

km) radius from the center point of any such emission source;

Pi, i = 1, 2,...,

n =

percentage of total emissions E emitted

from source I divided by 100, and

Hi, i = 1, 2,...,

n =

physical height in feet above grade of

stack i.

Pi=

(for i=1, 2, . . ., n) percentage or total emissions E emitted from source i

expressed as decimal equivalents (e.g., 21% = 0.21), and

Hi=

(for i=1, 2, . . ., n) physical height (in feet or meters) above grade of stack

(Source: Amended at _ Ill. Reg. _, effective _)

SUBPART Q:

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY METAL MANUFACTURING

Section 214.421 Combination of Fuels at Steel Mills in Metropolitan Areas

a) Section 214.162 notwithstanding, no person shall cause or allow the emission of

sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere in any one hour period from any existing fuel

combustion emission source at a steel mill located in the Chicago or St. Louis

(Illinois) major metropolitan area burning any solid, liquid or gaseous fuel, or any

combination thereof, to exceed the allowable emission rate determined by the

following equation:

E = AW + BX + CY + DZ

E = SSHS + SdHd + SRHR + SGHG

b) Symbols in the equation mean the following:

E = allowable sulfur dioxide emission rate;

ASS = solid fuel sulfur dioxide emission standard which is applicable;

BSd = distillate oil sulfur dioxide emission standard determined from the

table in subsection (d);

CSR = residual oil sulfur dioxide emission standard which is applicable;

DSG = maximum by-product gas sulfur dioxide emissions which would

result if the applicable by-product gas which was burned had been

burned alone at any time during the 12 months preceding the latest

operation, on or before March 28, 1983, of an emission source

using any by-product gas.

WHS = actual heat input from solid fuel;

XHd = actual heat input from distillate fuel oil;

YHR = actual heat input from residual fuel oil;

ZHG = actual heat input from by-product gases, such as those produced

from a blast furnace.

c) That portion of the actual heat input that is derived:

1) From the burning of gaseous fuels produced by the gasification of solid

fuels shall be included in WHS;

2) From the burning of gaseous fuels produced by the gasification of

distillate fuel oil shall be included in XHd;

3) From the burning of gaseous fuels produced by the gasification of residual

fuel oil shall be included in YHR; and

4) From the burning of gaseous fuels produced by the gasification of any

other liquid fuel shall be included in ZHG.

d) Metric or English units may be used in the equation of subsection (a) as follows:

(Source: Amended at _ Ill. Reg. _, effective _)

APPENDIX C

Method used to Determine Average Actual Stack Height and Effective Height of

Effluent Release

Q (Btu/sec) = Heat emission rate (in btu/sec or Kcal/sec) as determined by method outlined

below.

∆

H (feet) = Plume rise (in feet or meters).

H = Physical height (in feet or meters), above grade of each stack, except that for purposes of

this calculation the value used for such stack height shall not exceed good engineering

practice as defined by Section 123 of the Clean Air Act and Regulations promulgated

thereunder, unless the owner or operator of the source demonstrates to the Agency that a

greater height is necessary to prevent downwash or fumigation conditions.

T (Degrees Rankine) = Exit temperature of stack gases (in degrees Rankine or degrees

Kelvin) from each source during operating conditions which would

cause maximum emissions.

V (feet/sec) = Exit velocity of stack gases (in feet/sec or meters/sec) from each source

under operating conditions which would cause maximum emissions.

D (feet) = Diameter of stack (in feet or meters).

P = Percentage of total emissions expressed as decimal equivalents emitted from each source.

Example: 21% = 0.21. NOTE: The sum of P1 + P2 ... + Pn = 1. The emission values to be

used are those which occur during operating conditions which would cause maximum

emissions.

X HA = Average actual stack height (in feet or meters).

YHE = Effective height of effluent release (in feet or meters).

STEP 1: Determine weighted average stack parameters utilizing the following formulae:

D =

P1 D1 + P2 D2 + ... + Pn Dn

V =

P1 V1 + P2 V2 + ... + Pn Vn

T =

P1 T1 + P2 T2 + ... + Pn Tn

HAX = P1 H1 + P2 H2 + ... + Pn Hn

NOTE: P1, D1, V1, T1, P1, D1, V1, T1, and H1 H1 are the percentage of total emissions, stack

diameter, exit velocity of gases, exit temperature of stack gases, and physical stack height,

respectively, for the first source; P2, D2, V2, T2, P2, D2, V2, T2, and H2 H2 are the respective

values for the second source; similarly, Pn, Dn, Vn, Tn, Pn, Dn, Vn, Tn, and Hn Hn are the

respective values for the nth source, where n is the number of the last source.

STEP 2:

Calculate heat emission rate utilizing the following formula and the weighted

average stack parameters obtained in Step 1:

Q + 7.54D2V (T - 515)

Calculate plume rise utilizing the appropriate formula given below and the total

heat emission rate obtained in Step 2:

(in English Units for QH

(in Metric Units for QH

(in English Units for QH< 6000 btu/sec)

()

∆

(in Metric Units for QH< 1500 kcal/sec)

STEP 4:

Calculate the weighted average facility effective height of effluent release

utilizing the plume rise obtained in Step 3, the average stack height obtained in

Step 1 and the formula given below:

Calculate the total facility hourly emission limitation utilizing the weighted actual

stack height obtained in Step 1, the effective stack height given in Step 4, and the

(Source: Amended at _ Ill. Reg. _, effective _)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board

adopted the above order on January 22, 2004, by a vote of 5-0.

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board