| f)
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| 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; |
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| g)
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| Coating operations located at a source using not in excess of 18,925 l (5,000 gal) of coating (including thinner) per year; |
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| h)
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| 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)
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| 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; |
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| j)
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| Rest room facilities and associated cleanup operations, and stacks or vents used to prevent the escape of sewer gases through plumbing traps; |
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| k)
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| 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; |
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| l)
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| 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); |
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| m)
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| 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; |
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| n)
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| Storage tanks of: |
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| 1)
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| 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); |
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| 2)
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| 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 |
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| 3)
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| Any size containing virgin or re-refined distillate oil, hydrocarbon condensate from natural gas pipeline or storage systems, lubricating oil or residual fuel oils. |
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| o)
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| Threaded pipe connections, vessel manways, flanges, valves, pump seals, pressure relief valves, pressure relief devices and pumps; |
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| 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; |
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| 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); |
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| 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; |
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| 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; |
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| 2)
|
| Manually operated; |
| |
| 3)
|
| Exhausted inside a building; or |
| |
| 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; |
| |
| 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; |
| |
| 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; |
| |
| 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; |
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