35 Ill. Adm. Code 212.458
Emission Units in Certain Areas
Section 212
Section 212.458 Emission
Units in Certain Areas
a) Applicability. This Section shall apply to those emission
units located in those areas defined in Section 212.324(a)(1) of this Part.
b) Emission Limitation. No person shall cause or allow emissions
of PM-10, other than that of fugitive particulate matter, into the atmosphere
to exceed the following limits during any one hour period:
1) 15.9 ng/J (0.037 lbs/mmbtu) of heat input from any fuel
combustion emission unit located at the steel plant between 106
th
and 111
th
Streets in City of Chicago;
2) 22.9 mg/scm (0.01 gr/scf) for the basic oxygen furnace
additive systems in the Village of Riverdale;
3) 4.3 ng/J (0.01 lbs/mmbtu) of heat input from the burning of
fuel in the soaking pits in the Village of Riverdale;
4) 64.08 mg/scm (0.028 gr/scf) from the electrostatic
precipitator discharge of the basic oxygen process in the Village of Riverdale;
5) 45.8 mg/scm (0.02 gr/scf) from the pickling process at a steel
plant in the Village of Riverdale;
6) 5 percent opacity for coal handling systems equipped with
fabric filters at a steel plant located in the City of Chicago;
7) 22.9 mg/scm (0.01 gr/scf) from any process emission unit
located at integrated iron and steel plants in the vicinity of Granite City, as
defined in Section 212.324(a)(1)(C) of this Part, except as otherwise provided
in this Section or in Sections 212.443 and 212.446 of this Subpart;
8) 5 percent opacity for continuous caster spray chambers or
continuous casting operations at steel plants in the vicinity of Granite City,
as defined in Section 212.324(a)(1)(C) of this Subpart;
9) 32.25 ng/J (0.075 lbs/mmbtu) of heat input from the burning of
coke oven gas at all emission units, other than coke oven combustion stacks, at
steel plants in the vicinity of Granite City, as defined in Section
212.324(a)(1)(C) of this Subpart;
10) 38.7 ng/J (0.09 lbs/mmbtu) of heat input from the slab
furnaces at steel plants in the vicinity of Granite City, as defined in Section
212.324(a)(1)(C) of this Subpart;
11) 22.9 mg/scm (0.01 gr/scf) for all process emission units at
secondary lead processing plant located in Granite City, except the salt flux
crusher;
12) 22.9 mg/scm (0.01 gr/scf) for any melting furnace at a
secondary aluminum smelting and refining plant in the vicinity of Granite City,
as defined in Section 212.324(a)(1)(C) of this Part;
13) 45.8 mg/scm (0.02 gr/scf) from No. 6 mill brusher, and metal
chip handling system at a secondary aluminum smelting and refining plant
located in the vicinity of Granite City, as defined in Section 212.324(a)(1)(C)
of this Part;
14) 0.05 kg/Mg (0.01 lb/T) of sand processed from molding sand
forming systems at a steel foundry plant located in Granite City;
15) 0.01 kg/Mg (0.02 lbs/T) of sand processed from recycle sand
shakeouts at a steel foundry plant located in Granite City;
16) At a steel foundry plant located in Granite City:
A) 20 percent opacity for all emission units; and
B) 22.9 mg/scm (0.01 gr/scf) for all process emission units,
except the sand dryer, sand cooler, chill tumbler, paint booth, chromite
reclamation, core baking ovens, electric arc shop roof ventilators, and
emission units listed in subsections (b)(14) and (b)(15) of this Section;
17) 41.2 mg/scm (0.018 gr/scf) for cold rolling mill emission
units at a metal finishing plant located in the Village of McCook;
18) 2.15 ng/J (0.005 lbs/mmbtu) of heat input from the burning of
fuel in any process emission unit at a secondary aluminum smelting and refining
plant and/or aluminum finishing plant;
19) 22.9 mg/scm (0.01 gr/scf) from dross pad, dross cooling, and
dross mixing units at a secondary aluminum smelting and refining plant and/or
aluminum finishing plant;
20) 12.9 ng/J (0.03 lbs/mmbtu) of heat input from any fuel
combustion emission unit that heats air for space heating purposes at a
secondary aluminum smelting and refining plant located in the vicinity of
Granite City, as defined in Section 212.324(a)(1)(C) of this Part;
21) 68.7 mg/scm (0.03 gr/scf) for any holding furnace at a
secondary aluminum smelting and refining plant in the vicinity of Granite City,
as defined in Section 212.324(a)(1)(C) of this Part;
22) 2.15 ng/J (0.005 lb/mmbtu) of heat input from the steel works
boilers located at the steel making facilities at steel plant in the vicinity
of Granite City, as defined in Section 212.324(a)(1)(C);
23) 27.24 kg/hr (60 lbs/hr) and 0.1125 kg/Mg (.225 lbs/T) of
total steel in process, whichever limit is more stringent for the total of all
basic oxygen furnace processes described in Section 212.446(a) of this Subpart
and measured at the BOF stack located at steel plant in the vicinity of Granite
City, as defined in Section 212.324(a)(1)(C) of this Part;
24) North and south melting furnaces at a secondary aluminum
smelting and refining plant located in the vicinity of Granite City, as defined
in Section 212.324(a)(1)(C) of this Part, cannot be operated simultaneously;
25) Magnesium pot furnaces at a secondary aluminum smelting and
refining plant located in the vicinity of Granite City, as defined in Section
212.324(a)(1)(C) of this Part, can be operated no more than two lines at a
time;
26) 2.15 ng/J (0.005 lbs/mmbtu) of heat input from any fuel
combustion emission unit at a secondary aluminum smelting and refining plant
and/or aluminum finishing plant except as provided in subsection (b)(20) of
this Section;
27) 91.6 mg/scm (0.040 gr/scf) and 0.45 kg/hr (1 lb/hr) for
melting furnaces Nos. 6, 7, and 8 at a metal finishing plant in the Village of
McCook, with operation limited to no more than two of these furnaces at one
time;
28) 183 mg/scm (0.080 gr/scf) and 0.91 kg/hr (2 lbs/hr) for
holding furnaces Nos. 6, 7, and 8 at a metal finishing plant in the Village of
McCook, with operation limited to no more than two of these furnaces at one
time;
29) 54.9 mg/scm (0.024 gr/scf) and 1.81 kg/hr (4 lbs/hr) for
melting furnaces Nos. 24, 25, and 26 at a metal finishing plant in the Village
of McCook;
30) 34.3 mg/scm (0.015 gr/scf) and 1.81 kg/hr (4 lbs/hr) for
melting furnaces Nos. 27, 28, 29, and 30 at a metal finishing plant in the
Village of McCook;
31) 32.0 mg/scm (0.014 gr/scf) and 0.45 kg/hr (1 lb/hr) for
holding furnaces Nos. 24, 25, and 26 at a metal finishing plant in the Village
of McCook, except that during fluxing operation those furnaces may emit 195
mg/scm (0.085 gr/scf) and 2.72 kg/hr (6 lbs/hr);
32) 34.3 mg/scm (0.015 gr/scf) and 0.45 kg/hr (1 lb/hr) for
holding furnaces Nos. 27, 28, 29, and 30 at a metal finishing plant in the
Village of McCook, except that during fluxing operation those furnaces may emit
217 mg/scm (0.095 gr/scf) and 2.72 kg/hr (6 lbs/hr);
33) Fluxing operations at holding furnaces Nos. 24, 25, 26, 27,
28, 29, and 30 at a metal finishing plant in the Village of McCook shall be
limited to no more than three at any one time.
c) Exceptions. The mass emission limits contained in subsection
(b) of this Section shall not apply to those emission units with no visible
emissions other than that of fugitive particulate matter; however, if a stack
test is performed, this subsection is not a defense to a finding of a violation
of the mass emission limits contained in subsection (b) of this Section.
d) Maintenance, Repair, and Recordkeeping. The requirements of
Section 212.324(f) and (g) of this Part shall also apply to this Section.
e) Compliance with this Section is required by December 10, 1993,
or upon initial start-up, whichever occurs later.