326 IAC 6.8-2-38
326 IAC 6.8-2-38 U.S. Steel-Gary Works
Cite as Ind. Admin. Code tit. 326, r. 6.8-2-38
Sec. 38. (a) U.S. Steel-Gary Works in Lake County, source identification number 00121, shall meet the following emission limits:
Emission Limits
Source Units lbs/hr
Coke battery #2 precarbonization system electrostatic precipitators not applicable 62.5 (total)
Coke battery #3 precarbonization system electrostatic precipitators not applicable 62.5 (total)
Number 3 sinter plant coolers 0.0300 gr/dscf
272.57 (total)
Number 3 sinter plant discharge area baghouses 0.0100
gr/dscf 20.57 (total)
Number 3 sinter plant sinter screening station baghouse 0.0100 gr/dscf 10.89
Number 3 sinter plant storage bins building baghouse 0.0100
gr/dscf 0.43
Number 3 sinter plant windbox stacks 0.020
gr/dscf 200 (total)
Number 4 boiler house boilers when three boilers are operating 0.036 lbs/MMBtu 54.1 (total)
Number 4 boiler house boilers when one or two boilers are operating 0.054 lbs/MMBtu 54.1 (total)
Plate mill batch reheat furnaces nos. 6 and 8 0.009
lbs/MMBtu 0.070 (total)
Plate mill continuous reheat furnaces 1 and 2 0.009
lbs/MMBtu 3.72 (total)
84" hot strip mill reheat furnaces nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 0.017
lbs/MMBtu 40.80 (total)
84" hot strip mill waste heat boiler no. 1 0.043
lbs/MMBtu 10.00
84" hot strip mill waste heat boiler no. 2 0.043
lbs/MMBtu 10.00
Blast furnace number 14 stoves 0.024
lbs/MMBtu 20.40 (total)
Blast furnace number 4 stoves 0.033
lbs/MMBtu 11.70 (total)
Blast furnace number 6 stoves 0.033
lbs/MMBtu 11.70 (total)
Blast furnace number 8 stoves 0.033
lbs/MMBtu 11.70 (total)
Coke battery number 2 underfiring stack not
applicable 32.30
Coke battery number 3 underfiring stack not
applicable 25.50
Coke battery number 5 underfiring stack not
applicable 24.70
Coke battery number 7 underfiring stack not
applicable 21.30
Coke plant boiler house, boiler numbers 1 and 2 0.003
lbs/MMBtu 0.75 (total)
Coke plant boiler house, boiler number 3 0.012
lbs/MMBtu 1.80
Coke plant boiler house, boiler numbers 4 and 5 0.012
lbs/MMBtu 3.90
Coke plant boiler house, boiler number 6 0.012
lbs/MMBtu 2.00
Coke plant boiler house, boiler number 7 0.012
lbs/MMBtu 1.90
Coke plant boiler house, boiler number 8 0.012
lbs/MMBtu 2.90
Number 1 BOP hot metal desulfurization baghouse 0.007
gr/dscf 15.0
Number 2 Q-BOP LMF numbers 1 and 2 material handling baghouse 0.007 gr/dscf 3.83
Number 2 Q-BOP LMF number 3 hot fume exhaust/material handling baghouse 0.0070 gr/dscf 2.70
Number 2 Q-BOP hot metal desulfurization baghouse 0.007
gr/dscf 13.0
Number 1 BOP gas cleaning system 0.011
gr/dscf 46.0 (total)
Number 2 Q-BOP gas cleaning system 0.0153
gr/dscf 44.40 (total)
TBBH boiler number 6 0.039 lbs/MMBtu 27.80
TBBH boiler numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 when four boilers are operating 0.037 lbs/MMBtu 61.0 (total)
TBBH boiler numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 when three boilers are operating 0.050 lbs/MMBtu 61.0 (total)
TBBH boiler numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 when one or two boilers are operating 0.074 lbs/MMBtu 61.0 (total)
Number 2 Q-BOP north flux handling system baghouse 0.0070 gr/dscf 1.80
Number 2 Q-BOP south flux handling system baghouse 0.0070 gr/dscf 1.80
Number 2 Q-BOP secondary emissions baghouse 0.007
gr/dscf 27.0
Number 3 sinter plant S1/S2 baghouse 0.0100
gr/dscf 1.29
TBBH boiler number 4A 0.012 lbs/MMBtu
2.90
Number 14 blast furnace casthouse baghouse 0.0090
gr/dscf 38.57
Number 1 BOP Casbell/OB lancing baghouse 0.070
gr/dscf 5.10
Number 2 Q-BOP LMF number 1 hot fume exhaust baghouse 0.007 gr/dscf 5.1
Number 2 Q-BOP LMF number 2 hot fume exhaust baghouse 0.007 gr/dscf 5.1
Coke plant desulfurization facility tail gas incinerator not
applicable 0.13
Slab mill slab grinder baghouse 0.0100 gr/dscf
2.57
EGL boiler house 0.0033 lbs/MMBtu 0.13 (total)
Coke battery number 5/7 pushing emissions control baghouse 0.017 lb/ton coke produced 1.28
Number 2 Q-BOP RH-degasser slag conditioning baghouse 0.007 gr/dscf 5.49
Coke plant boiler house lime storage silo baghouse 0.030
gr/dscf 0.28
Plate mill heat treatment furnace 0.003 gr/dscf
0.096
(b) The following opacity limits shall be complied with and shall take precedence over those in 326 IAC 5-1-2 with which
they conflict:
Source Opacity
Number 1 basic oxygen furnace iron desulfurization baghouse 5%, 3 minute average
Number 1 basic oxygen furnace roof monitor 20%, 3 minute
average
Number 1 basic oxygen process gas cleaning (2 units) 20%,
6 minute average
Number 2 QBOP hot metal desulfurization baghouse 5%,
3 minute average
Number 2 QBOP gas cleaning 20%, 6 minute
average
Number 2 QBOP roof monitor 20%, 3 minute
average
Number 2 QBOP flue handling line baghouse 5%, 3 minute
average
New 2 QBOP secondary baghouse 5%, 3 minute
average
Number 2 QBOP ladle metallurgy baghouse number 1 5%,
3 minute average
Number 2 QBOP ladle metallurgy baghouse number 2 5
%, 3 minute average
(c) The installation and operation of opacity continuous emissions monitors shall be conducted according to procedures specified in
326 IAC 3. Before December 10, 1993, the following facilities at U.S. Steel-Gary Works shall have a continuous emission monitor for
opacity installed and operating:
(1) Coke battery underfire stacks at U.S. Steel-Gary Works.
(2) Numbers 2 and 3 precarbon building preheating and drying line exhaust gas precipitators (six (6) units). One (1) opacity continuous
emission monitor shall be installed before December 10, 1993. The remaining five (5) opacity continuous emission monitors shall be installed before
December 31, 1994. Based on an evaluation of the technical feasibility of operation of the first monitor on one (1) line, U.S. Steel-Gary Works may
petition for a:
(A) one (1) year extension of the requirement to install the remaining five (5) monitors; or
(B) waiver for installation and operation of the six (6) opacity continuous emission monitors.
U.S. Steel-Gary Works shall include information on the moisture content of the gases and their effect on accurate opacity
measurements as part of any such petition.