ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 
March 2, 2006 
 
IN THE MATTER OF:                          ) 
 ) 
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO               )       R05-20 
EXEMPTIONS FROM STATE                  )       (Rulemaking - Air) 
PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS               ) 
FOR PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING         ) 
OPERATIONS ) 
(35 ILL. ADM. CODE 201.146)                 ) 
 
Adopted Rule.  Final Order. 
 
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by N.J. Melas): 
 
Today the Board adopts the proposed rule for final notice pursuant to the Illinois 
Administrative Procedure Act (IAPA) (5 ILCS 100/5-5 
et seq
. (2004)).  The adopted rule is 
unchanged from the rule proposed for second notice.   
 
The Board’s authority in rulemaking proceedings stems from Section 5(b) of the 
Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/5 (2004)), which provides that the Board “shall 
determine, define and implement the environmental control standards applicable in the State of 
Illinois and may adopt rules and regulations in accordance with Title VII of the Act.”  415 ILCS 
5/5(b) (2004).  Title VII of the Act sets forth the statutory parameters for rulemaking by the 
Board.  415 ILCS 5/26-29 (2004).  The Board may adopt a rule after hearing and determination 
of the economic reasonableness and technical feasibility of the rule.  
See
 415 ILCS 5/27 (2004).  
The Board’s decision is based on the record before the Board including all testimony and 
 comments filed with the Board.  35 Ill. Adm. Code 102.418.  
 
The Board received no public comments during the second-notice period, and the 
proposal adopted here is substantively unchanged from that adopted in the Board’s 
January 5, 2006 second-notice opinion and order.  In this opinion, the Board provides the 
background of this rulemaking, an overview of the proposed exemptions, and a discussion of the 
adopted amendments.   
 
OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR FINAL NOTICE 
 
Today the Board adopts for final notice revisions to the Board’s regulations regarding 
exemptions from air construction and operating permit requirements.  The proposal adds one 
category to the existing list of permit exemptions in Section 201.146.  35 Ill. Adm. Code 
201.146.  The stated purpose of the proposal is to eliminate the burden of state construction and 
operating permitting of low emitting emission units and activities for both the Environmental 
Protection Agency (Agency) and owners and operators of plastic injection molding (PIM) 
operations.   
 
 
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BACKGROUND 
 
        On April 19, 2005, CICI filed this proposal for rulemaking pursuant to Sections 27 and 
28 of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 102.202(b).  The Board 
accepted this matter for hearing on May 5, 2005.  Section 201.146 contains a list of 59 
exemptions based on categories of emission units and activities.  The proposed amendment 
 includes PIM operations among the categories of emissions units exempt from state air 
permitting requirements.  The Board notes that is simultaneously adopting for final notice 
another proposal that amends Section 201.146, entitled Proposed Amendments to Exemptions 
from State Permitting Requirements (35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.146), R05-19 (Sept. 15, 2005).  
 
The Board granted CICI’s motion to expedite this rulemaking on May 19, 2005.  The 
Board has held two public hearings in this rulemaking.  The first hearing was held on  
July 1, 2005, in Chicago before Hearing Officer Amy Antoniolli and the second hearing was 
held on July 15, 2005, in Springfield before Hearing Officer John Knittle.
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 Mr. Lynne Harris, Vice-President for Science and Technology of the Society of the 
Plastics Industry, Incorporated (SPI, Inc.) testified on behalf of CICI.  Ms. Lisa Frede, Director 
of Regulatory Affairs for CICI, testified on CICI’s behalf and stated that CICI has 198 member 
companies with over 54,000 employees.  Tr.1 at 15.  Ms. Pat Sharkey also testified on CICI’s 
behalf.   
 
        Mr. Don Sutton testified on behalf of the Agency.  Mr. Sutton is the manager of the 
permit section, Division of Air Pollution Control, Bureau of Air, since 1991.  Mr. Sutton is 
responsible for issuing construction and operating permits for the Bureau of Air.   
 
There have been two public comments filed in this rulemaking.  The first was a 
correction to the July 1, 2005 hearing transcript filed by the Agency (PC 1), and the second was a 
post-hearing comment filed by CICI (PC 2).  CICI has filed three errata sheets suggesting 
changes to the proposed rule language. 
 
On January 24, 2006, the Board received notice that Joint Committee on Administrative 
Rules (JCAR) accepted the second notice in this rulemaking.  JCAR considered the rule at the 
February 14, 2006 JCAR meeting, and subsequently issued a certification of no objection to the 
rule.   
 
SUMMARY OF FIRST-NOTICE PROPOSAL 
 
As a result of discussions at the first hearing, CICI modified the original rule language to 
include an annual 5,000 ton limit of resin used in the PIM process.  CICI clarified that the limit 
applied facility-wide to avoid the implication that the 5,000 ton limit could apply to each piece of 
PIM equipment.  At first notice, the Board adopted CICI’s proposal, as amended. 
 
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 The transcripts from the April 12, 2005 hearing will be cited to as “Tr.1 at _,” and the transcript 
from the June 14, 2005 hearing will be cited to as “Tr.2 at _.” 
 
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DISCUSSION OF SECOND-NOTICE PROPOSAL AND ADOPTED AMENDMENTS 
 
The Board received no public comments during first or second notice.  At final adoption, 
the Board makes the changes received from JCAR, all of which are grammatical and non-
substantive and, therefore, require no discussion.  Because the Board is simultaneously adopting 
amendments to the same Part 201 in docket R05-19, the Board re-alphabetizes the proposed 
 exemption in this docket to read (lll), rather than (hhh) as proposed, to reflect how the 
exemptions will appear in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.146. 
 
The Board found at first notice that the proposal did not raise concerns regarding 
technical feasibility.   Nobody testified or commented about DCEO’s decision not to perform an 
economic impact study on this rulemaking.   
 
The proposed exemption adds a new exemption for owners and operators of PIM 
operations to the existing list of permit exemptions in Section 201.146.  35 Ill. Adm. Code 
201.146.  The rule language limits the exemption to facilities that use 5,000 tons or less of resin 
annually in the PIM process.  The 5,000-ton limit applies facility-wide rather than to each piece 
of PIM equipment.  Tr.2 at 10.  
 
CONCLUSION 
 
The Board adopts the proposed exemption from state air permitting for final notice.  The 
proposal adds one category to the existing list of permit exemptions in Section 201.146.  35 Ill. 
Adm. Code 201.146.  The Board finds the proposal adopted today is economically reasonable 
and technically feasible.  The Board adopts this proposal for final notice pursuant to the IAPA 95 
ILCS 100/5-5 
et seq
. (2004).   
 
ORDER 
 
        The Board directs the Clerk to cause the filing of the following rule with the Secretary of 
State for publication as an adopted rule in the 
Illinois Register
:  
 
 TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
SUBTITLE B: AIR POLLUTION 
CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 
SUBCHAPTER a: PERMITS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 
PART 201 
PERMITS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 
SUBPART A: DEFINITIONS 
 
Section  
201.101 Other Definitions 
201.102 Definitions  
201.103       Abbreviations and Units  
 
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201.104       Incorporations by Reference  
 
                           SUBPART B: GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 
Section  
201.121       Existence of Permit No Defense  
201.122       Proof of Emissions  
201.123       Burden of Persuasion Regarding Exceptions  
201.124 Annual Report 
201.125 Severability 
201.126 Repealer 
 
                                SUBPART C: PROHIBITIONS  
 
Section  
201.141       Prohibition of Air Pollution  
201.142       Construction Permit Required  
201.143       Operating Permits for New Sources  
201.144       Operating Permits for Existing Sources  
201.146       Exemptions from State Permit Requirements  
201.147       Former Permits  
201.148       Operation Without Compliance Program and Project Completion Schedule  
201.149       Operation During Malfunction, Breakdown or Startups  
201.150 Circumvention  
201.151       Design of Effluent Exhaust Systems  
 
              SUBPART D: PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND REVIEW PROCESS 
 
Section  
201.152       Contents of Application for Construction Permit  
201.153       Incomplete Applications (Repealed) 
201.154 Signatures (Repealed) 
201.155       Standards for Issuance (Repealed) 
201.156 Conditions 
201.157       Contents of Application for Operating Permit 
201.158 Incomplete Applications 
201.159 Signatures 
201.160       Standards for Issuance 
201.161 Conditions 
201.162 Duration 
201.163       Joint Construction and Operating Permits  
201.164 Design Criteria 
201.165 Hearings 
201.166 Revocation 
201.167       Revisions to Permits  
201.168       Appeals from Conditions  
 
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201.169       Special Provisions for Certain Operating Permits 
201.170       Portable Emission Units 
 
     SUBPART E: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR OPERATING PERMITS FOR CERTAIN 
SMALLER SOURCES 
 
Section  
201.180 Applicability (Repealed) 
201.181       Expiration and Renewal (Repealed) 
201.187       Requirement for a Revised Permit (Repealed) 
 
                               SUBPART F: CAAPP PERMITS 
 
Section  
201.207 Applicability 
201.208       Supplemental Information  
201.209       Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants  
201.210       Categories of Insignificant Activities or Emission Levels  
201.211 Application for Classification 
 as an Insignificant Activity  
 201.212       Revisions to Lists of Insignificant Activities or Emission Levels  
 
SUBPART G: EXPERIMENTAL PERMITS 
 (Reserved) 
 
  SUBPART H: COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS AND PROJECT COMPLETION SCHEDULES 
 
Section  
201.241       Contents of Compliance Program  
201.242       Contents of Project Completion Schedule  
201.243       Standards for Approval  
201.244 Revisions 
201.245       Effects of Approval  
201.246       Records and Reports  
201.247       Submission and Approval Dates  
 
              SUBPART I: MALFUNCTIONS, BREAKDOWNS OR STARTUPS 
 
Section  
201.261       Contents of Request for Permission to Operate During a Malfunction, Breakdown 
or Startup  
201.262       Standards for Granting Permission to Operate During a Malfunction, Breakdown 
or Startup  
201.263       Records and Reports  
201.264       Continued Operation or Startup Prior to Granting of Operating Permit  
201.265       Effect of Granting of Permission to Operate During a Malfunction, Breakdown or 
Startup  
 
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 SUBPART J: MONITORING AND TESTING 
 
Section  
201.281       Permit Monitoring Equipment Requirements  
201.282 Testing 
201.283       Records and Reports  
 
                          SUBPART K: RECORDS AND REPORTS 
 
Section  
201.301 Records 
201.302 Reports 
 
 SUBPART L: CONTINUOUS MONITORING 
 
Section  
201.401       Continuous Monitoring Requirements  
201.402       Alternative Monitoring  
201.403 Exempt Sources 
201.404       Monitoring System Malfunction  
201.405       Excess Emission Reporting  
201.406 Data Reduction 
201.407       Retention of Information  
201.408 Compliance Schedules  
 
201.APPENDIX A    Rule into Section Table  
201.APPENDIX B    Section into Rule Table  
201.APPENDIX C    Past Compliance Dates  
 
AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 10, 39, and 39.5 and authorized by Section 27 of the 
Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/10, 27, 39, and 39.5]. 
 
SOURCE: Adopted as Chapter 2: Air Pollution, Part I: General Provisions, in R71-23, 4 PCB 
191, filed and effective April 14, 1972; amended in R78-3 and 4, 35 PCB 75 and 243, at 3 Ill. 
Reg.30, p. 124, effective July 28, 1979; amended in R80-5, at 7 Ill. Reg. 1244, effective January 
21, 1983; codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 13579; amended in R82-1 (Docket A) at 10 Ill. Reg. 12628, 
effective July 7, 1986; amended in R87-38 at 13 Ill. Reg. 2066, effective February 3, 1989; 
amended in R89-7(A) at 13 Ill. Reg. 19444, effective December 5, 1989; amended in R89-7(B) 
at 15 Ill. Reg. 17710, effective November 26, 1991; amended in R93-11 at 17 Ill. Reg. 21483, 
effective December 7, 1993; amended in R94-12 at 18 Ill. Reg. 15002, effective September 21, 
1994; amended in R94-14 at 18 Ill. Reg. 15760, effective October 17, 1994; amended in R96-17 
 at 21 Ill. Reg. 7878, effective June 17, 1997; amended in R98-13 at 22 Ill. Reg. 11451, effective 
June 23, 1998; amended in R98-28 at 22 Ill. Reg. 11823, effective July 31, 1998; amended in 
R02 -10, at 27 Ill. Reg. 5820, effective March 21, 2003; amended in R05-20 at 30 Ill. Reg. 
__________, effective ________. 
 
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SUBPART C: PROHIBITIONS 
 
Section 201.146       Exemptions from State Permit Requirements  
 
Construction or operating permits, pursuant to Sections 201.142, 201.143 and 201.144 of this 
Part, are not required for the classes of equipment and activities listed below in this Section. The 
permitting exemptions in this Section do not relieve the owner or operator of any source from 
any obligation to comply with any other applicable requirements, including the obligation to 
obtain a permit pursuant to Sections 9.1(d) and 39.5 of the Act, Sections 165, 173 and 502 of the 
Clean Air Act or any other applicable permit or registration requirements. 
 
a)      Air contaminant detectors or recorders, combustion controllers or combustion 
shutoffs;  
 
b)      Air conditioning or ventilating equipment not designed to remove air 
contaminants generated by or released from associated equipment;  
 
c)      Each fuel burning emission unit for indirect systems and for heating and reheating 
furnace systems used exclusively for residential, or commercial establishments 
using gas and/or fuel oil exclusively with a design heat input capacity of less than 
 14.6 MW (50 mmbtu/hr) , except that a permit shall be required for any such 
emission unit with a design heat input capacity of at least 10 mmbtu/hr that was 
constructed, reconstructed or modified after June 9, 1989 and that is subject to 40 
CFR 60, Subpart D;  
 
d)      Each fuel burning emission unit other than those listed in subsection (c) of this 
Section for direct systems used for comfort heating purposes and indirect heating 
systems with a design heat input capacity of less than 2930 kW (10 mmbtu/hr);  
 
e)       Internal combustion engines or boilers (including the fuel system) of motor 
vehicles, locomotives, air craft, watercraft, lifttrucks and other vehicles powered 
by nonroad engines;  
 
f)      Bench scale laboratory equipment and laboratory equipment used exclusively for 
chemical and physical analysis, including associated laboratory fume hoods, 
vacuum producing devices and control devices installed primarily to address 
potential accidental releases;  
 
g)      Coating operations located at a source using not in excess of 18,925 l (5,000 gal) 
of coating (including thinner) per year;  
 
h)      Any emission unit acquired exclusively for domestic use, except that a permit 
shall be required for any incinerator and for any fuel combustion emission unit 
using solid fuel with a design heat input capacity of 14.6 MW (50 mmbtu/hr) or 
more;  
 
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i)       Any stationary internal combustion engine with a rated power output of less than 
 1118 kW (1500 horsepower), except that a permit shall be required for any 
stationary gas turbine engine with a rated heat input at peak load of 10.7 
gigajoules/hr (10 mmbtu/hr) or more that is constructed, reconstructed or 
modified after October 3, 1977 and that is subject to requirements of 40 CFR 60, 
Subpart GG;  
 
j)       Rest room facilities and associated cleanup operations, and stacks or vents used to 
prevent the escape of sewer gases through plumbing traps;  
 
k)      Safety devices designed to protect life and limb, provided that a permit is not 
otherwise required for the emission unit with which the safety device is 
associated;  
 
l)       Storage tanks for liquids for retail dispensing except for storage tanks that are 
subject to the requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 215.583(a)(2), 218.583(a)(2) or 
219.583(a)(2);  
 
m)     Printing operations with aggregate organic solvent usage that never exceeds 2,839 
l (750 gal) per year from all printing lines at the source, including organic solvent 
from inks, dilutents, fountain solutions and cleaning materials;  
 
n)      Storage tanks of:  
 
1)      Organic liquids with a capacity of less than 37,850 l (10,000 gal), 
provided the storage tank is not used to store any material listed as a 
hazardous air pollutant pursuant to Section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act, 
and provided the storage tank is not subject to the requirements of 35 Ill. 
Adm. Code 215.583(a)(2), 218.583(a)(2) or 219.583(a)(2);  
 
2)      Any size containing exclusively soaps, detergents, surfactants, waxes, 
glycerin, vegetable oils, greases, animal fats, sweetener, corn syrup, 
aqueous salt solutions or aqueous caustic solutions, provided an organic 
solvent has not been mixed with such materials; or  
 
3)      Any size containing virgin or re-refined distillate oil, hydrocarbon 
condensate from natural gas pipeline or storage systems, lubricating oil or 
residual fuel oils.  
 
o)      Threaded pipe connections, vessel manways, flanges, valves, pump seals, pressure 
relief valves, pressure relief devices and pumps;  
 
p)      Sampling connections used exclusively to withdraw materials for testing and 
analyses;  
 
 
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q)      All storage tanks of Illinois crude oil with capacity of less than 151,400 l (40,000 
gal) located on oil field sites;  
 
r)      All organic material-water single or multiple compartment effluent water 
separator facilities for Illinois crude oil of vapor pressure of less than 34.5 kPa 
absolute (5 psia);  
 
s) Grain-handling operations, exclusive of grain-drying operations, with an annual 
grain through-put not exceeding 300,000 bushels;  
 
t)       Grain-drying operations with a total grain-drying capacity not exceeding 750 
bushels per hour for 5% moisture extraction at manufacturer's rated capacity, 
using the American Society of Agricultural Engineers Standard 248.2, Section 9, 
Basis for Stating Drying Capacity of Batch and Continuous-Flow Grain Dryers;  
 
u) Portable grain-handling equipment and one-turn storage space;  
 
v)      Cold cleaning degreasers that are not in-line cleaning machines, where the vapor 
pressure of the solvents used never exceeds 2 kPa (15 mmHg or 0.3 psi) measured 
at 38
°
C (100
°
F) or 0.7 kPa (5 mmHg or 0.1 psi) at 20
°
C (68
°
F);  
 
w) Coin-operated dry 
 cleaning operations;  
 
x)      Dry cleaning operations at a source that consume less than 30 gallons per month 
of perchloroethylene; 
 
y)      Brazing, soldering, wave soldering or welding equipment, including associated 
ventilation hoods;  
 
z)      Cafeterias, kitchens, and other similar facilities, including smokehouses, used for 
preparing food or beverages, but not including facilities used in the manufacturing 
and wholesale distribution of food, beverages, food or beverage products, or food 
or beverage components; 
 
 aa)     Equipment for carving, cutting, routing, turning, drilling, machining, sawing, 
surface grinding, sanding, planing, buffing, sand blast cleaning, shot blasting, shot 
peening, or polishing ceramic artwork, leather, metals (other than beryllium), 
plastics, concrete, rubber, paper stock, wood or wood products, where such 
equipment is either:  
 
1)      Used for maintenance activity;  
 
2)      Manually operated;  
 
3)      Exhausted inside a building; or  
 
 
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4)      Vented externally with emissions controlled by an appropriately operated 
cyclonic inertial separator (cyclone), filter, electro-static precipitor or a 
scrubber.  
 
bb)     Feed mills that produce no more than 10,000 tons of feed per calendar year, 
provided that a permit is not otherwise required for the source pursuant to Section 
201.142, 201.143 or 201.144;  
 
cc)     Extruders used for the extrusion of metals, minerals, plastics, rubber or wood, 
excluding:  
 
1)      Extruders used in the manufacture of polymers; 
 
2)      Extruders using foaming agents or release agents that contain volatile 
organic materials or Class I or II substances subject to the requirements of 
Title VI of the Clean Air Act; and 
 
3)      Extruders processing scrap material that was produced using foaming 
agents containing volatile organic materials or Class I or II substances 
subject to the requirements of Title VI of the Clean Air Act.  
 
dd)     Furnaces used for melting metals, other than beryllium, with a brim full capacity 
of less than 450 cubic inches by volume;  
 
ee)     Equipment used for the melting or application of less than 22,767 kg/yr (50,000 
lbs/yr) of wax to which no organic solvent has been added;  
 
ff)      Equipment used for filling drums, pails or other packaging containers, excluding 
aerosol cans, with soaps, detergents, surfactants, lubricating oils, waxes, vegetable 
oils, greases, animal fats, glycerin, sweeteners, corn syrup, aqueous salt solutions 
or aqueous caustic solutions, provided an organic solvent has not been mixed with 
such materials;  
 
gg)     Loading and unloading systems for railcars, tank trucks, or watercraft that handle 
only the following liquid materials: soaps, detergents, surfactants, lubricating oils, 
waxes, glycerin, vegetable oils, greases, animal fats, sweetener, corn syrup, 
aqueous salt solutions or aqueous caustic solutions, provided an organic solvent 
has not been mixed with such materials;  
 
hh)     Equipment used for the mixing and blending of materials at ambient temperatures 
to make water based adhesives, provided each material mixed or blended contains 
less than 5% organic solvent by weight;  
 
ii)      Die casting machines where a metal or plastic is formed under pressure in a die 
located at a source with a throughput of less than 2,000,000 lbs of metal or plastic 
per year, in the aggregate, from all die casting machines;  
 
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jj)      Air pollution control devices used exclusively with other equipment that is 
exempt from permitting, as provided in this Section;  
 
kk)     An emission unit for which a registration system designed to identify sources and 
emission units subject to emission control requirements is in place, such as the 
registration system found at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 218.586 (Gasoline Dispensing 
Operations - Motor Vehicle Fueling Operations) and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 218, 
 Subpart HH (Motor Vehicle Refinishing);  
 
ll)      Photographic process equipment by which an image is reproduced upon material 
sensitized to radiant energy;  
 
mm)    Equipment used for hydraulic or hydrostatic testing;  
 
nn)     General vehicle maintenance and servicing activities conducted at a source, motor 
vehicle repair shops, and motor vehicle body shops, but not including:  
 
1)      Gasoline fuel handling; and  
 
2)      Motor vehicle refinishing.  
 
oo)     Equipment using water, water and soap or detergent, or a suspension of abrasives 
in water for purposes of cleaning or finishing, provided no organic solvent has 
been added to the water;  
 
pp) Administrative activities including, but not limited to, paper shredding, copying, 
photographic activities and blueprinting machines. This does not include 
incinerators; 
 
qq)     Laundry dryers, extractors, and tumblers processing that have been cleaned with 
water solutions of bleach or detergents that are:  
 
1)      Located at a source and process clothing, bedding and other fabric items 
used at the source, provided that any organic solvent present in such items 
before processing that is retained from cleanup operations shall be 
addressed as part of the VOM emissions from use of cleaning materials;  
 
2)      Located at a commercial laundry; or  
 
3)      Coin operated.  
 
rr)      Housekeeping activities for cleaning purposes, including collecting spilled and 
 accumulated materials, including operation of fixed vacuum cleaning systems 
specifically for such purposes, but not including use of cleaning materials that 
contain organic solvent;  
 
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ss)     Refrigeration systems, including storage tanks used in refrigeration systems, but 
excluding any combustion equipment associated with such systems;  
 
tt)      Activities associated with the construction, on-site repair, maintenance or 
dismantlement of buildings, utility lines, pipelines, wells, excavations, earthworks 
and other structures that do not constitute emission units;  
 
uu)     Piping and storage systems for natural gas, propane and liquefied petroleum gas;  
 
vv)     Water treatment or storage systems, as follows:  
 
1)       Systems for potable water or boiler feedwater;       
 
2)      Systems, including cooling towers, for process water, provided that such 
water has not been in direct or indirect contact with process streams that 
contain volatile organic material or materials listed as hazardous air 
pollutants pursuant to Section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act.  
 
ww)    Lawn care, landscape maintenance and grounds keeping activities;  
 
xx)     Containers, reservoirs or tanks used exclusively in dipping operations to coat 
objects with oils, waxes or greases, provided no organic solvent has been mixed 
with such materials; 
 
yy)     Use of consumer products, including hazardous substances as that term is defined 
 in the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 USC U.S.C. 1261 et seq.), where the 
product is used at a source in the same manner as normal consumer use; 
 
zz)     Activities directly used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, injury or other 
medical condition; 
 
aaa) Activities associated with the construction, repair or maintenance of roads or 
other paved or open areas, including operation of street sweepers, vacuum trucks, 
spray trucks and other vehicles related to the control of fugitive emissions of such 
roads or other areas; 
 
bbb)    Storage and handling of drums or other transportable containers, where the 
containers are sealed during storage and handling; 
 
ccc)    Activities at a source associated with the maintenance, repair or dismantlement of 
an emission unit or other equipment installed at the source, not including the 
shutdown of the unit or equipment, including preparation for maintenance, repair 
or dismantlement, and preparation for subsequent startup, including preparation of 
a shutdown vessel for entry, replacement of insulation, welding and cutting, and 
steam purging of a vessel prior to startup; 
 
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ddd)    Equipment used for corona arc discharge surface treatment of plastic with a power 
rating of 5 kW or less or equipped with an ozone destruction device; 
 
eee)    Equipment used to seal or cut plastic bags for commercial, industrial or domestic 
use;  
 
fff)     Each direct-fired gas dryer used for a washing, cleaning, coating or printing line, 
 excluding: 
 
1)      Dryers with a rated heat input capacity of 2930 kW (10 mmbtu/hr) or 
more; and 
 
2)      Dryers for which emissions other than those attributable to combustion of 
fuel in the dryer, including emissions attributable to use or application of 
cleaning agents, washing materials, coatings or inks or other process 
materials that contain volatile organic material are not addressed as part of 
the permitting of such line, if a permit is otherwise required for the line; 
and 
 
ggg)    Municipal solid waste landfills with a maximum total design capacity of less than 
2.5 million Mg or 2.5 million m
3
 that are not required to install a gas collection 
and control system pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 220 or 800 through 849 or 
Section 9.1 of the Act; and . 
 
lll)     Plastic injection molding equipment with an annual through-put not exceeding 
5,000 tons of plastic resin in the aggregate from all plastic injection molding 
equipment at the source, and all associated plastic resin loading, unloading, 
conveying, mixing, storage, grinding, and drying equipment and associated mold 
release and mold cleaning agents. 
 
(Source:  Amended at 30 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 opinion and order on March 2, 2006, by a vote of 4-0. 
 
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk 
Illinois Pollution Control Board