07/20/2006
POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
James R. Thompson Center 100 W. Randolph St ., Ste 11-500
RECEIVED
CLERK'S
OFFICE
Dorothy Gunn
CHICAGO, IL 60601
JUL 2 4 2006
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Pollution Control Board
Dear Dorothy Gunn
Your rules Listed below met our codification standards and have been published in
Volume 30, Issue 30 of the Illinois Register, dated 07/28/2006 .
PROPOSED RULES
Control of Emissions from Large Combustion Sources
35 111 . Adm . Code 225
Page 12705
Point Of Contact :Erin Conley
If you have any questions, you may contact the Administrative Code Division at
(217) 782 - 7017.
Index Department -Administrative Code Division
-
111 East Monroe Springfield, IL 62756
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1)
Heading of the Part : Control of Emissions from Large Combustion Sources
2) Code Citation : 35 Ill . Adm . Code Part 225
RECEIVED
3)
Section Numbers :
Proposed Action :
CLERK'S OFFICE
JUL 2 4 2006
225
.238
STATE OF ILLINOIS
New Section
Pollution Control Board
4)
Statutory Authority : 415 ILCS 5/27 (2006)
5)
A Complete Description of the Subjects and Issues Involved :
For a more complete description of this proposal see the Board's June 15, 2006, order in
Proposed New 35 Ill . Adm
. Code 225 Control of Emissions from Large Combustion
Sources (Mercury) (R06-25) . The Board opened this docket after receipt from the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) of its original March 14, 2006 proposal
Subparts A and B to a new Part 225 . On May 23, 2006, the IEPA moved to amend its
original proposal with supplemental rule text in Subpart B
: proposed new Sections
225 .234 and 225 .238 for a Temporary Technology Based Standard (TTBS) .
The TTBS rules are intended to provide additional regulatory flexibility for compliance
with the proposed rule. The TTBS, as proposed, addresses both new and existing sources
with electrical generating units (EGUs) . Those EGUs that satisfy specified eligibility
requirements can demonstrate compliance with control requirements for mercury
emissions via the TTBS provisions for a specified, and limited, time frame.
IEPA related that it had earlier considered this concept and presented it at several of the
stakeholder meetings preceding the March 14, 2006 proposal
. After the filing of the
original proposal, a number of stakeholders requested IEPA to again consider the
provisions of the TTBS
. IEPA explained that further review by IEPA's staff and an
expert retained by the IEPA identified additional circumstances related to practices and
configurations of sources in the State that warrant the proposal of the TTBS
.
The Board's June 15, 2006 order accepted the proposed language for public comment,
but the Board did not comment on the merits . The proposed new Sections must be read
in conjunction with the Board's proposed new Part 225 (published in the Illinois Register
on May 19, 2006 at 30111 . Reg . 9281) . The new Part 225 was proposed to meet certain
obligations of the State of Illinois under the Clean Air Act, 42 U
.S.C. § 7401 et seq
.
;
specifically, to satisfy Illinois' obligation to submit a State Implementation Plan to
address the requirements of the Clean Air Mercury Rule, 70 Fed
. Reg. 28606 . The
225 .234
New Section
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proposal, as published at first notice, will require Illinois coal-fired electrical generating
units (EGUs) that serve a generator greater than 25 megawatts producing electricity for
sale to begin to utilize control technology for mercury as necessary to achieve the
numerical standards set by the proposed rule beginning July 1, 2009 .
6)
Published studies or reports, and sources of underlying data, used to compose this
rulemaking : The regulatory proposal included the IEPA's Technical Support Document
for Reducing Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Electric Generating Units (TSD) that
relied on several published studies and reports . Copies of the documents the IEPA relied
upon are available for review with the Pollution Control Board and are listed below . The
TSD includes an executive summary of the results from the Integrated Planning Model
that was performed by ICF Resources, Inc . contracted by the IEPA . The underlying data
used to perform the modeling and the results are also available for review at the Board
.
The documents are :
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., O'Palko, A.,
2004
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. "Mercury
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; Available
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. ; Starns, T .; Baldrey, K.; Martin, C .;
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. EPA-A&WMA Power Plant Air Pollutant Control Mega
Symposium, Chicago, IL, August 20-23, 2001
.
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Cain, Alex, U .S
. Environmental Protection Agency Presentation,
LADCO Mercury Workshop, O'Hare International Center -Auditorium,
Rosemont, Illinois, February 22, 2006 .
Dombrowski, K., Richardson, C
., "Sorbent Injection for Small ESP
Mercury Control in Bituminous Coal Flue Gas", DOE/NETL's Mercury
Control Technology R&D Program Review, Pittsburgh, PA, July 12-13,
2005
.
Dombrowski, K., Richardson, C ., Machalek, T ., Chapman, D., Chang, R .,
Monroe, L ., Berry, M., Irvin, N ., McBee, K., Sjostrom, S ., "Sorbent
Injection for Mercury Control Upstream of Small-SCA ESPs", Presented
at the Joint EPRI DOE EPA Combined Utility Air Pollution Control
Symposium, The Mega Symposium, August 31 -September 2, 2004,
Washington, D .C .
Durham, "Advances in Mercury Control Technology", Pennsylvania
Mercury Rule Workgroup Meeting, November 18, 2005 .
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for Removing Mercury", DOE/NETL's Mercury Control Technology
R&D Program Review, Pittsburgh, PA, July 12-13, 2005 .
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., "The Passivation of Carbon
for Improvement of Air Entrainment in Fly Ash Concrete",
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.PDF
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: Effects on Emissions of Halogenated
Air Toxics", DOEINETL's Mercury Control Technology R&D Program
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Division of Environmental Health, Springfield, IL
. 2006 .
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
. Illinois 2004 Section 303(d)
List. IEPA/BOW/04-005
. Bureau of Water, Watershed Management
Section : Springfield, IL
. November 2004 .
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency . DRAFT - Illinois Integrated
Water Quality Report and Section 303(d) list
- 2006. Clean Water Act
Sections 303(d), 305(b) and 314
. Water Resource Assessment
Information and Listing of Impaired Waters . Bureau of Water,
Watershed Management Section, Surface Water Section
: Springfield, IL .
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Control Technologies," Presentation to EPA Administrator Leavitt,
Washington, D.C., July 20, 2004 .
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.
American Fisheries Society . Bethesda, Maryland
. Pages732-736 .
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., "TOXECONTM Retrofitfor Mercury and
Multi-Pollutant Control", presentation on Clean Coal Power Initiative,
downloaded from
www.netl .doe.gov
Khan, S . and Srinivasachar, S
., "Field Demonstration of Enhanced
Sorbent Injection for Mercury Control", DOE-NETL, Mercury Control
Program, Review Meeting, July 12, 2005
.
Michigan Electric Utility Workgroup, "Final Report on Mercury
Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants", June 20,2005
.
Migler, Paul, VanAten, Chris
. "North American Power Plant Air
Emissions
. Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North
America, 2004 .
MinPlus Sorbent
: Non Carbon Sorbent for Mercury Control in Coal Fired
Boilers, August 2005 .
National Wildlife Federation, Getting the Job Done
: Affordable Mercury
Control at Coal-Burning Power Plants, October 2004
.
Nelson, S
., "Sorbent Technology for Mercury Control", Pennsylvania
Mercury Rule Workgroup Meeting, November 18, 2005
.
Nolan, P ., Downs, W
., Bailey, R., Vecci, S
., "Use of Sulfide Containing
Liquors for Removing Mercury from Flue Gases", U
.S . Patent #
6,503,470, January 7, 2003 .
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Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM),
"Economic Valuation of Human Health Benefits for Controlling Mercury
Emissions from U .S
. Coal-Fired Power Plants", February 2005 .
Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM),
"Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants
. The Case for
Regulatory Action," October 2003 .
Renninger, S ., Farthing, G
., Ghorishi, S.B., Teets, C
., Neureuter, J.,
"Effects of SCR Catalyst, Ammonia Injection and Sodium Hydrosulfide
on the Speciation and Removal of Mercury within a Forced-Oxidized
Limestone Scrubber", Presented at the Joint EPRI DOE EPA Combined
Utility Air Pollution Control Symposium, The Mega Symposium, August
31-September 2, 2004, Washington, D
.C.
Richardson, C
., Machalek, T ., Marsh, B ., Miller, S
., Richardson, M .,
Chang, R., Strohfus M., Smokey, S
., Hagley, T ., Juip G., Rosvold, R.,
"Chemical Addition for Mercury Control in Flue Gas Derived from
Western Coals" Presented at the Joint EPRI DOE EPA Combined Utility
Air Pollution Control Symposium, The Mega Symposium, May 19-22,
2003, Washington, D .C.
Rostam-Abadi, M
., "Illinois Coal Properties In Regard to Mercury", ICCI
Mercury Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 9, 2005
.
U .S
. Environmental Protection Agency
. Regulatory Impact Analysis of
the Clean Air Mercury Rule
. Final Report
. EPA-452/R-05-003 . March
2005 .
Smith, Philip W . The Fishes of Illinois
. University of Illinois Press
.
Pages 232-233 . 1979.
Srinivasachar, S
., Kang, S
., "Field Demonstration of Enhanced Sorbent
Injection for Mercury Control
: Quarterly Technical Progress Report",
Report Period : July 1 -
September 30,2005, Prepared for U
.S .
Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Under Contract DE-FC26-04NT42306),
November 8, 2005 .
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Srivastava, R.K. ;
Sedman, C.B. ; Kilgroe, J.D., "Performance and cost of
Mercury Emission Control Technology Applications on Electric Utility
Boilers," EPA-600/R-00-083, September 2000 .
Status, T ., Amrhein, J., Martin, C
., Sjostrom, S ., Bullinger, C., Stockdill,
TM
D., Strohfus, M
., Chang, R ., "Full-Scale Evaluation of TOXECON II
on a Lignite-Fired Boiler", Presented at the Joint EPRI DOE EPA
Combined Utility Air Pollution Control Symposium, The Mega
Symposium, "August 31-September 2, 2004, Washington, D .C.
Staudt, J ., "Mercury Allowances and Strategies
: Peering Through the
Mist", EUCI's Navigating the Mercury Issue, October 19-20, 2005,
Arlington, VA .
Staudt, J., Jozewicz, W
., "Performance and Cost of Mercury and
Multipollutant Emission Control Technology Applications on Electric
Utility Boilers", EPA/600/R-03/110 ; U.S
. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Risk
Management Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, October
2003 .
Tran, P., Shore, L
., Yang, X., Hizny, W
., Butz, J ., "Mercury Control :
Novel Non-Carbon Sorbents", Power-Gen International, Las Vegas, NV,
December 6-8, 2005 .
Trasande, L
., Landrigan, P ., Schechter, C
., "Public Health and Economic
Consequences of Mehtylmercury Toxicity to the Developing Brain,"
Environmental Health Perspective, February 28, 2005
. Available online
at http://dx.doi.org
"Use of High-Carbon Illinois Fly Ash in Cement Manufacturing
Demonstration Phase," ICCI Project Number : 99-1/2.1A-1
http
://www.icci.org/00final/bhatty99 .htm
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
. 1999
. Toxicological Profile
of Mercury
. Public Health Service, Atlanta, GA .
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U .S
. Environmental Protection Agency . Mercury Study Report to
Congress . An Inventory of Anthropogenic Mercury Emissions in the
United States. Volume II (EPA-452/R-97-004) ; December 1997 .
U.S
. Environmental Protection Agency Mercury Study Report to
Congress, Execute Summary . Volume I (EPA-US 2/R-97-003) ;
December 1197
U.S
. Environmental Protection Agency . Mercury Study Report to
Congress. Health Effects of Mercury and Mercury Compounds
. Volume
V. (EPA-452/R-97-007) . 1997 .
U.S
. Environmental Protection Agency . Mercury Study Report to
Congress. Characterization of Human Health and Wildlife Risks from
Mercury Exposure in the United States
. Vol. VII (EPA-452/R-97-009) .
December 1997.
U .S
. Environmental Protection Agency, "Control of Mercury Emissions
from Coal-Fired Electric Utility Boilers
: Interim Report", EPA-600/R-01-
109, April 2002 .
U.S
. Environmental Protection Agency, "Engineering and Economic
Factors Affecting the Installation of Control Technologies for
Multipollutant Strategies", EPA-600/R-02/073, October 2002
.
U.S . Environmental Protection Agency, "Study of Hazardous Air
Pollutant Emissions from Electric Utility Steam Generating Units -
Final
Report to Congress," EPA-453/R-98-004, February 1998 .
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2005, Air Pollution Prevention
and Control Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory,
Office of Research and Develoment, "Control of Mercury Emissions
from Coal Fired Electric Utility Boilers
: An Update", Research Triangle
Park, NC, February 18, 2005 .
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. Environmental Protection Agency, Emission Generation Resource
Grid (eGrid), User's Manual, Prepared by E .H
. Pechan & Associates Inc .,
April 2003 ; Available Online at
:
(http://www.epa
.gov/cleanenergy/egrid/index
.htm
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. Guidance for 2006 Assessment,
Listing and Reporting Requirements Pursuant to Sections 303(d), 305(b)
and 314 of the Clean Water Act . Watershed Branch Assessment and
Watershed Protection Division, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and
Watersheds, Office of Water
. July 29, 2005 .
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.
Evaluation Report
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."
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.
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. February 26, 2004 .
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. "2006 Illinois Fishing
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. 2006. Environmental Health Fact
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. July 2005 .
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M. "PCB Intake from Sport Fishing Along the Northern Illinois Shore of
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Steam Generating Unit Mercury Emissions Information Collection Effort .
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. "Coal Quality Information-Key to the Efficient
and Environmentally Sound Use of Coal ." February 9, 2006 .
7)
Will this proposed rule replace an emergency rule currently in effect?
No
8)
Does this rulemaking contain an automatic repeal date?
No
9)
Does this proposed rule contain incorporations by reference?
Yes
10)
Are there any other proposed rules pending on this Part?
Yes, as is explained above, the
proposed new Sections in this rulemaking are intended to supplement the Board's
proposed new Part 225 which was published on May 19, 2006 at 30 Ill
. Reg. 9281 .
11) Statement of Statewide Policy Objectives :
This proposed rule does not create or enlarge
a State mandate, as defined in Section 3(b) of the State Mandates Act
. [30 ILCS 805/3(b)
(2004)] .
12)
Time, Place, and Manner in which interested persons may comment on this proposed
rulemaking:
13)
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis :
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The Board will accept written public comment on this proposal for 45 days after the date
of publication in the Illinois Register
.
Comments should reference Docket R06-25 and be
addressed to :
Clerk's Office
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 W. Randolph St ., Suite 11-500
Chicago, IL 60601
Interested persons may request copies of the Board's opinion and order by calling
Dorothy Gunn at 312-814-3620, or download from the Board's Web site at
www.ipcb.state.il
.us.
The Board held initial hearings in Springfield and received testimony from IEPA in
support of both the proposal and the amended proposal on consecutive days from June 12
through 23, 2006 . A second round of hearings are scheduled to begin in Chicago on
August 14, 2006 at 1 :00 pm, Assembly Hall, Concourse Level, James R. Thompson
Center, 100 W . Randolph, Chicago, IL 60601 . The second round of hearings will be
continued day to day until business is complete, but will end no later than August 25,
2006
. Other participants, including EGU's, are scheduled to present their testimony in
reaction to the proposal ; IEPA may also present additional information as allowed by the
hearing officer.
For more information contact Marie Tipsord at 312/814-4925 or email at
tipsordm@ipcb
.state.il.us.
A)
Types of small businesses, small municipalities and not for profit corporations
affected: None
B)
Reporting, bookkeeping or other procedures required for compliance
:
The proposed rulemaking requires the owner or operator of an affected source to
install required emissions monitoring systems, complete required certification
tests, and record, report, and quality-assure the data from such systems
. The
owner or operator of an affected source must also maintain emissions monitoring
information, submit quarterly reports, compliance certifications, and annual
certifications of compliance .
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C)
Types of Professional skills necessary for compliance :
No professional skills
beyond those currently required by the existing state and federal air pollution
control regulations applicable to affected sources will be required .
14)
Regulatory Agenda on which this rulemaking was summarized :
The R05-25 mercury rulemaking was summarized in the January 2006 regulatory
agenda
. The TTBS rules were not specifically mentioned, though, as they are
supplemental rules added in response to public comments .
The full text of the Proposed Rule begins on the next page :
Section
225 .100
Severability
225 .120
Abbreviations and Acronyms
225 .130
Definitions
225 .140
Incorporations by Reference
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TITLE 35 : ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE B : AIR POLLUTION
CHAPTER I
: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
SUBCHAPTER c
: EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS FOR STATIONARY
SOURCES
PART 225
CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM LARGE COMBUSTION SOURCES
SUBPART A
: GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBPART B
: CONTROL OF MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED ELECTRIC
GENERATING UNITS
Section
225.200
Purpose
225.202
Measurement Methods
225 .205
Applicability
225 .210
Compliance Requirements
225 .220
Clean Air Act Permit Program (CAAPP) Permit Requirements
225 .230
Emission Standards for EGUs at Existing Sources
225 .232
Averaging Demonstrations for Existing Sources
225 .235
Units Scheduled for Permanent Shut Down
225.234
Temporary Technology-Based Standard for EGUs at Existing Sources
225.237
Emission Standards for New Sources with EGUs
225.238
Temporary Technology-Based Standard for New Sources with EGUs
225.240
General Monitoring and Reporting Requirements
225.250
Initial Certification and Recertification Procedures for Emissions Monitoring
225
.260
Out of Control Periods for Emission Monitors
225 .261
Additional Requirements to Provide Heat Input Data
225 .263
Monitoring of Gross Electrical Output
225
.265
Coal Analysis for Input Mercury Levels
225.270
Notifications
225 .290
Recordkeeping and Reporting
225 .295
Treatment of Mercury Allowances
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AUTHORITY : Implementing and authorized by Section 27 of the Environmental Protection Act
[415 ILCS 5/27] .
SOURCE
: Adopted at 30 Ill . Reg. , effective
SUBPART B : CONTROL OF MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED ELECTRIC
GENERATING UNITS
Section 225 .234 Temporary Technology-Based Standard for EGUs at Existing Sources
a)
General
1)
At a source with EGUs that commenced commercial operation on or
before December 31, 2008, for an EGU that meets the eligibility criteria in
subsection (b) of this Section, as an alternative to compliance with the
mercury emission standards in Section 225 .230 of this Subpart, the owner
or operator of the EGU may temporarily comply with the requirements of
this Section, through June 30, 2015, as further provided in subsections (c),
(d), and (e) of this Section .
2)
An EGU that is complying with the emission control requirements of this
Subpart by operating under this Section may not be included in a
compliance demonstration involving other EGUs during the period that it
is operating under this Section .
3)
The owner or operator of an EGU that is complying with this Subpart by
means of this Section is not excused from applicable monitoring,
recordkeeping, and reporting requirements in Sections 225
.240 through
225 .290 of this Subpart .
b)
Eligibility
To be eligible to operate an EGU under this Section, the following criteria shall
be met for the EGU :
1)
The EGU is equipped and operated with the air pollution control
equipment or systems that include injection of halogenated activated
carbon and either (1) a cold-side electrostatic precipitator or (2) a fabric
filter .
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2)
The owner or operator of the EGU is injecting halogenated activated
carbon in an optimum manner for control of mercury emissions, which
shall include injection of Alstrom, Norit, Sorbent Technologies, or other
halogenated activated carbon that the owner or operator of the EGU shows
to have similar or better effectiveness for control of mercury emissions, at
least at the following rates, unless other provisions for injection of
halogenated activated carbon are established in a federally enforceable
operating permit issued for the EGU, with an injection system designed
for effective absorption of mercury, considering the configuration of the
EGU and its ductwork . For this purpose, flue gas flow rate shall be
determined for the point of sorbent injection, provided, however, that this
flow rate may be assumed to be identical to the stack flow rate if the gas
temperatures at the point of injection and the stack are normally within
100° F, or may otherwise be calculated from the stack flow rate, corrected
for the difference in gas temperatures .
A)
For an EGU firing subbituminous coal, 5 .0 pounds per million
actual cubic feet .
B)
For an EGU firing bituminous coal, 10.0 pounds per million actual
cubic feet .
C)
For an EGU firing a blend of subbituminous and bituminous coal,
a rate that is the weighted. average of the above rates, based on the
blend of coal being fired .
D)
A rate or rates set on a unit-specific basis that are lower than the
rate specified above to the extent that the owner or operator of the
EGU demonstrates that such rate or rates are needed so that carbon
injection would not increase particulate matter emissions or
opacity so as to threaten compliance with applicable regulatory
requirements for particulate matter or opacity .
3)
The total capacity of the EGUs that operate under this Section does not
exceed the applicable value below :
A)
For the owner or operator of more than one existing source with
EGUs, 25 percent of the total rated capacity, in MW, of all the
EGUs at such existing sources that it owns or operates, other than
any EGUs operating pursuant to Section 225
.235 of this Subpart .
c)
Compliance Requirements
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B)
For the owner or operator of only a single existing source with
EGUs (i.e., City, Water, Light & Power, City of Springfield, ID
167120AAO
; Electric Energy, Inc
., ID 127855AAC
; Kincaid
Generating Station, ID 021814AAB ; and Southern Illinois Power
Cooperative/Marion Generating Station, ID 199856AAC), 25
percent of the total rated capacity, in MW, of the all the EGUs at
such existing sources, other than any EGUs operating pursuant to
Section 225 .235 of this Subpart.
1)
Emission Control Requirements
The owner or operator of an EGU that is operating pursuant to this Section
shall continue to maintain and operate the EGU to comply with the criteria
for eligibility for operation under this Section, except during an evaluation
of the current sorbent, alternative sorbents or other techniques to control
mercury emissions, as provided by subsection (e) of this Section .
2)
Monitoring and Recordkeeping Requirements
In addition to complying with all applicable reporting requirements in
Sections 225 .240 through 225
.290 of this Subpart, the owner or operator
of an EGU operating pursuant to this Section shall also :
A)
Through December 31, 2012, maintain records of the usage of
activated carbon, the exhaust gas flow rate from the EGU, and the
activated carbon feed rate, in pounds per million actual cubic feet
of exhaust gas at the injection point, on a weekly average
.
B)
Beginning January 1, 2013, monitor activated carbon feed rate to
the EGU, flue gas temperature at the point of sorbent injection, and
exhaust gas flow rate from the EGU, automatically recording this
data and the activated carbon feed rate, in pounds per million
actual cubic feet of exhaust gas at the injection point, on an hourly
average.
C)
If a blend of bituminous and sub-bituminous coal is fired in the
EGU, records of the amount of each type or coal burned and the
required injection rate for injection of halogenated activated
carbon, on a weekly basis .
3)
Notification and Reporting Requirements
1)
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In addition to complying with all applicable reporting requirements in
Sections 225 .240 through 225 .290 of this Subpart, the owner or operator
of an EGU operating pursuant to this Section shall also submit the
following notifications and reports to the Agency :
A)
Written notification prior to the month in which any of the
following events will occur : the EGU will no longer be eligible to
operate under this Section due to a change in operation ; the type of
coal fired in the EGU will change ; the mercury emission standard
with which the owner or operator is attempting to comply for the
EGU will change; or operation under this Section will be
terminated .
B)
Quarterly reports for the recordkeeping and monitoring conducted
pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of this Section.
C)
Annual reports detailing activities conducted for the EGU to
further improve control of mercury emissions, including the
measures taken during the past year and activities planned for the
current year .
d)
Applications to Operate under the Technology-Based Standard
Application Deadlines
A)
The owner or operator of an EGU that is seeking to operate the
EGU under this Section shall submit an application to the Agency
no later than three months prior to the date that compliance with
Section 225 .230 of this Subpart would otherwise have to be
demonstrated
. For example, the owner or operator of an EGU that
is applying to operate the EGU pursuant to this Section on June 30,
2010, when compliance with applicable mercury emission
standards must be first demonstrated, shall apply by March 31,
2010 to operate under this Section .
B)
Unless the Agency finds that the EGU is not eligible to operate
under this Section or that the application for operation under this
Section does not meet the requirements of subsection
(d)(2) of this
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Section, the owner or operator of the EGU is authorized to operate
the EGU under this Section beginning 60 days after receipt of the
application by the Agency
.
C)
The owner or operator of an EGU operating pursuant to this
Section must reapply to operate pursuant to this Section :
i)
If it operated pursuant to this Section during the period of
June 2010 through December 2012 and it seeks to operate
pursuant to this Section during the period from January
2013 through June 2015 .
ii)
If it is planning a physical change to or a change in the
method of operation of the EGU, control equipment or
practices for injection of activated carbon that is expected to
reduce the level of control of mercury emissions .
2)
Contents of Application
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An application to operate pursuant to this Section shall be submitted as an
application for a new or revised federally enforceable operating permit for
the EGU and include the following
:
A)
A formal request to operate pursuant to this Section showing that
the EGU is eligible to operate pursuant to this Section and
describing the reason for the request, the measures that have been
taken for control of mercury emissions, and factors preventing
more effective control of mercury emissions from the EGU .
B)
The applicable mercury emission standard in Section 225
.230(a)
with which the owner or operator of the EGU is attempting to
comply and a summary of relevant mercury emission data for the
EGU.
C)
If a unit-specific rate or rates for carbon injection are proposed
pursuant to subsection
(b)(2) of this Section, detailed information
to support the proposed injection rates
.
D)
An action plan describing the measures that will be taken while
operating under this Section to improve control of mercury
emissions
. This plan shall address measures such as evaluation of
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alternative forms or sources of activated carbon, changes to the
injection system, changes to operation of the unit that affect the
effectiveness of mercury absorption and collection, changes to the
particulate matter control device to improve performance and
changes to other emission control devices
. For each measure
contained in the plan, the plan shall provide a detailed description
of the specific actions that are planned, the reason that the measure
is being pursued and the range of improvement in control of
mercury that is expected, and the factors that affect the timing for
carrying out the measure, with the current schedule for the
measure.
e)
Evaluation of Alternative Control Techniques for Mercury Emissions
1)
During an evaluation of the effectiveness of the current sorbent,
alternative sorbent, or other technique to control mercury emissions, the
owner or operator of an EGU operating under this Section need not
comply with the eligibility criteria for operation under this Section as
needed to carry out an evaluation of the practicality and effectiveness of
such technique, as further provided below
:
A)
The owner or operator of the EGU shall conduct the evaluation in
accordance with a formal evaluation program submitted to the
Illinois EPA at least 30 days in advance
.
B)
The duration and scope of the evaluation shall not exceed the
duration and scope reasonably needed to complete the desired
evaluation of the alternative control technique, as initially
addressed by the owner or owner in a support document submitted
with the evaluation program .
C)
Notwithstanding 35 Ill
. Adm . Code 201
.146(hhh), the owner or
operator of the EGU shall obtain a construction permit for any new
or modified air pollution control equipment to be constructed as
part of the evaluation of the alternative control technique
.
D)
The owner or operator of the EGU shall submit a report to the
Illinois EPA no later than 90 days after the conclusion of the
evaluation describing the evaluation that was conducted and
providing the results of the evaluation
.
b)
Eligibility
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2)
If the evaluation of the alternative control technique shows less effective
control of mercury emissions from the EGU than achieved with the prior
control technique, the owner or operator of the EGU shall resume use of
the prior control technique . If the evaluation of the alternative control
technique shows comparable effectiveness, the owner or operator of the
EGU may either continue to use the alternative control technique in an
optimum manner or resume use of the prior control technique . If the
evaluation of the alternative control technique shows more effective
control of mercury emissions, the owner or operator of the EGU shall
continue to use the alternative control technique in an optimum manner, if
it continues to operate under this Section
.
Section 225
.238 Temporary Technology-Based Standard for New Sources with EGUs
a)
General
1)
At a source with EGUs that previously had not had any EGUs that
commenced commercial operation before January 1, 2009, for an EGU
that meets the eligibility criteria in subsection (b) of this Section, as an
alternative to compliance with the mercury emission standards in Section
225
.237of this Subpart, the owner or operator of the EGU may
temporarily comply with the requirements of this Section, through
December 31, 2018, as further provided in subsections (c), (d),
and (e) of
this Section
.
2)
An EGU that is complying with the emission control requirements of this
Subpart by operating under this Section may not be included in a
compliance demonstration involving other EGUs at the source during the
period that such standard is in effect .
3)
The owner or operator of an EGU that is complying with this Subpart by
means of this Section is not excused from applicable monitoring,
recordkeeping, and reporting requirements in Sections 225
.240 through
225 .290 of this Subpart
.
To be eligible to operate an EGU under this Section, the following criteria shall
be met for the EGU :
c)
Compliance Requirements
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1)
The EGU is subject to Best Available Control Technology (BACT) for
emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter and is
equipped and operated with the air pollution control equipment or systems
specified below, as applicable to the category of EGU
:
A)
For coal-fired boilers, injection of halogenated activated carbon
.
B)
For an EGU firing fuel gas produced by coal gasification,
processing of the raw fuel gas prior to combustion for removal of
mercury with system a using activated carbon.
2)
For an EGU for which injection of halogenated activated carbon is
required by subsection
(b)(1) of this Section, the owner or operator of the
EGU is injecting halogenated activated carbon in an optimum manner for
control of mercury emissions, which shall include injection of Alstrom,
Norit, Sorbent Technologies, or other halogenated activated carbon that
the owner or operator of the EGU shows to have similar or better
effectiveness for control of mercury emissions, at least at the following
rates, unless other provisions for injection of halogenated activated carbon
are established in a federally enforceable operating permit issued for the
EGU, with an injection system designed for effective absorption of
mercury. For this purpose, flue gas flow rate shall be determined for the
point of sorbent injection, provided, however, that this flow rate may be
assumed to be identical to the stack flow rate if the gas temperatures at the
point of injection and the stack are normally within 100° F, or may
otherwise be calculated from the stack flow rate, corrected for the
difference in gas temperatures .
A)
For an EGU firing subbituminous coal, 5.0 pounds per million
actual cubic feet .
B)
For an EGU firing bituminous coal, 10.0
pounds per million actual
cubic feet .
C)
For an EGU firing a blend of subbituminous and bituminous coal,
a rate that is the weighted average of the above rates, based on the
blend of coal being fired .
I)
Emission Control Requirements
ILLINOIS REGISTER
POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
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The owner or operator of an EGU that is operating pursuant to this Section
shall continue to maintain and operate the EGU to comply with the criteria
for eligibility for operation under this Section, except during an evaluation
of the current sorbent, alternative sorbents or other techniques to control
mercury emissions, as provided by subsection (e) of this Section .
2)
Monitoring and Recordkeeping Requirements
In addition to complying with all applicable reporting requirements in
Sections 225 .240 through 225 .290 of this Subpart, the owner or operator
of a new EGU operating pursuant to this Section shall also :
A)
Monitor activated carbon feed rate to the EGU, flue gas
temperature at the point of sorbent injection, and exhaust gas flow
rate from the EGU, automatically recording this data and the
activated carbon feed rate, in pounds per million actual cubic feet
of exhaust gas at the injection point, on an hourly average
.
B)
If a blend of bituminous and sub-bituminous coal is fired in the
EGU, records of the amount of each type or coal burned and the
required injection rate for injection of halogenated activated
carbon, on a weekly basis .
3)
Notification and Reporting Requirements
In addition to complying with all applicable reporting requirements in
Sections 225 .240 through 225
.290 of this Subpart, the owner or operator
of an EGU operating pursuant to this Section shall also submit the
following notifications and reports to the Agency :
A)
Written notification prior to the month in which any of the
following events will occur
: the EGU will no longer be eligible to
operate under this Section due to a change in operation ; the type of
coal fired in the EGU will change
; the mercury emission standard
with which the owner or operator is attempting to comply for the
EGU will change
; or operation under this Section will be
terminated .
B)
Quarterly reports for the recordkeeping and monitoring conducted
pursuant to subsection (c)(2)
of this Section .
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C)
Annual reports detailing activities conducted for the EGU to
further improve control of mercury emissions, including the
measures taken during the past year and activities planned for the
current year .
d)
Applications to Operate under the Technology-Based Standard
1)
Application Deadlines
A)
The owner or operator of an EGU that is seeking to operate the
EGU under this Section shall submit an application to the Agency
no later than three months prior to the date that compliance with
Section 225 .237 of this Subpart would otherwise have to be
demonstrated.
B)
Unless the Agency finds that the EGU is not eligible to operate
under this Section or that the application for operation under this
Section does not meet the requirements of subsection (d)(2)
of this
Section, the owner or operator of the EGU is authorized to operate
the EGU under this Section beginning 60 days after receipt of the
application by the Agency
.
C)
The owner or operator of an EGU operating pursuant to this
Section must reapply to operate pursuant to this Section if it is
planning a physical change to or a change in the method of
operation of the EGU, control equipment or practices for injection
of activated carbon that is expected to reduce the level of control of
mercury emissions .
2)
Contents of Application
An application to operate pursuant to this Section shall be submitted as an
application for a new or revised federally enforceable operating permit for
the new EGU and include the following
:
A)
A formal request to operate pursuant to this Section showing that
the EGU is eligible to operate pursuant to this Section and
describing the reason for the request, the measures that have been
taken for control of mercury emissions, and factors preventing
more effective control of mercury emissions from the EGU
.
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B)
The applicable mercury emission standard in Section 225
.237 with
which the owner or operator of the EGU is attempting to comply
and a summary of relevant mercury emission data for the EGU
.
C)
If a unit-specific rate or rates for carbon injection are proposed
pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of this Section, detailed information
to support the proposed injection rates .
D)
An action plan describing the measures that will be taken while
operating under this Section to improve control of mercury
emissions
. This plan shall address measures such as evaluation of
alternative forms or sources of activated carbon, changes to the
injection system, changes to operation of the unit that affect the
effectiveness of mercury absorption and collection, and changes to
other emission control devices
. For each measure contained in the
plan, the plan shall provide a detailed description of the specific
actions that are planned, the reason that the measure is being
pursued and the range of improvement in control of mercury that is
expected, and the factors that affect the timing for carrying out the
measure, with the current schedule for the measure
.
e)
Evaluation of Alternative Control Techniques for Mercury Emissions
1)
During an evaluation of the effectiveness of the current sorbent,
alternative sorbent, or other technique to control mercury emissions, the
owner or operator of an EGU operating under this Section need not
comply with the eligibility criteria for operation under this Section as
needed to carry out an evaluation of the practicality and effectiveness of
such technique, as further provided below
:
A)
The owner or operator of the EGU shall conduct the evaluation in
accordance with a formal evaluation program submitted to the
Illinois EPA at least 30 days in advance
.
B)
The duration and scope of the evaluation shall not exceed the
duration and scope reasonably needed to complete the desired
evaluation of the alternative control technique, as initially
addressed by the owner or owner in a support document submitted
with the evaluation program
.
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C)
Notwithstanding 35 111. Adm. Code 201
.146(hhh), the owner or
operator of the EGU shall obtain a construction permit for any new
or modified air pollution control equipment to be constructed as
part of the evaluation of the alternative control technique
.
D)
The owner or operator of the EGU shall submit a report to the
Illinois EPA no later than 90 days after the conclusion of the
evaluation describing the evaluation that was conducted and
providing the results of the evaluation
.
2)
If the evaluation of the alternative control technique shows less effective
control of mercury emissions from the EGU than achieved with the prior
control technique, the owner or operator of the EGU shall resume use of
the prior control technique
. If the evaluation of the alternative control
technique shows comparable effectiveness, the owner or operator of the
EGU may either continue to use the alternative control technique in an
optimum manner or resume use of the prior control technique
. If the
evaluation of the alternative control technique shows more effective
control of mercury emissions, the owner or operator of the EGU shall
continue to use the alternative control technique in an optimum manner, if
it continues to operate under this Section
.
