R 336.1331
R 336.1331 Emission of particulate matter.
Cite as Mich. Admin. Code R 336.1331
Rule 331. (1) It is unlawful for a person to cause or allow the emission of particulate
matter from any process or process equipment in excess of any of the following limits:
(a) The maximum allowable emission rate listed in table 31.
(b) The maximum allowable emission rate listed by the department on its own initiative
or by application. A new listed value shall be based upon the control results achievable
with the application of the best technically feasible, practical equipment available. This
applies only to processes and process equipment not assigned a specific emission limit in
table 31.
(c) The maximum allowable emission rate specified as a condition of a permit to install
or a permit to operate.
(d) The maximum allowable emission rate specified in a voluntary agreement,
performance contract, stipulation, or an order of the department.
(e) The maximum allowable emission rate as determined by table 32 for processes and
process equipment not covered in subdivisions (a) to (d) of this subrule.
(2) Compliance with any emission limit required by this rule shall be determined by
using the corresponding reference test method specified in table 31 or the reference test
method deemed appropriate by the department for processes or process
equipment not listed in table 31.
(3) Tables 31, 32, 33, 34, and figure 31 read as follows:
TABLE 31
Particulate matter emission schedule
Process or process equipment
Capacity rating for each unit
Maximum allowable
emission at operating
conditions1
(lbs. Particulate/1,000 lbs.
gas except as noted)
Applicable
reference test
method
A. Fuel burning equipment
1. Pulverized coal
(includes cyclone furnaces)
0-1,000,000 lbs. steam per
hour.
Over 1,000,000 lbs.
Steam per hour
See figure 31 for maximum
emission limit.
Apply to department for
specific emission limit.
5B or 5C
2. Other modes of firing coal
(other than pulverized)
0-100,000 lbs. steam per hour.
100,000-300,000 lbs.2 steam per
hour.
Over 300,000 lbs. steam per
hour.
0.65 until superseded by A.3
and A.4.
0.65 - 0.45
Apply to department for
specific emission limit.
5B or 5C
3. Other modes of firing coal
(other than pulverized)
Existing fuel-burning equipment
which is in a single structure and
which has a combined coal-fired
existing capacity less than
250,000,000 Btu per hour.
0-20,000,000 Btu per hour
input.
20,000,001 to 100,000,000 Btu
per hour input.
Over 100,000,000 Btu per hour
input
0.65 effective immediately.
0.45 compliance shall be
achieved as expeditiously as
practical, but not later than
July 1, 1981.
0.30 compliance shall be
achieved as expeditiously as
practical, but not later than
December 31, 1982.
5B or 5C
5B or 5C
5B or 5C
4. Other modes of firing coal
(other than pulverized)
Existing fuel-burning equipment
which is in a single structure and
which has a combined existing
capacity equal to or greater than
250,000,000 Btu per hours.
All sizes
0.30 compliance shall be
achieved as expeditiously as
practical, but not later than
December 31, 1982.
5B or 5C
Process or process equipment
Capacity rating for each
unit
Maximum allowable emission at
operating conditions1
(lbs. particulate/1,000 lbs. gas except
as noted)
Applicable
reference test
method
5. Other modes of firing coal
(new processes or process equipment6)
All sizes
0.10
5B or 5C
6. Wood (sawdust, shavings, hogged,
other) where heat input of wood fuel
greater than 75% of total heat input.
All other combination fuel-burning
equipment that uses wood as 1 of the fuels.
0.50
Apply to department for specific
emission limit.
5B or 5C
7. Combination fuel-firing or combination
fuel/waste-firing (new process or process
equipment)
All sizes
Apply to department for specific
emission limit.
5B or 5C
Rating in pounds waste
per hour
B. Incinerators
1. Residential apartments, commercial and
industrial3, 4
0-100
Over 100
0.65
0.30
5B or 5C 5B or 5C
2. Municipal
All
0.30
5B or 5C
3. Pathological4
0.20
5B or 5C
4. Manure drying or incineration4
0.20
5B or 5C
5. Liquid waste incinerator
0.10 compliance shall be achieved
as expeditiously as practical, but not
later than December 31, 1982.
5B or 5C
6. Sewage sludge incinerator
0.20 compliance shall be achieved
as expeditiously as practical, but not
later than December 31, 1982.
5B or 5C
Process or process equipment
Capacity rating for
each unit
Maximum allowable
emission at operating
conditions1
(lbs. Particulate/1,000
lbs. gas except as
noted)
Applicable
reference test
method
C. Steel manufacturing
1. Basic oxygen furnaces
0.05711
5D
A. Primary control equipment12
B. Secondary control equipment13
0.03811
5D
C. Primary control equipment if also
0.05711
5D
used to control charging and tapping
emissions
2. Electric furnaces
0.05711
5D
A. Primary control equipment14
B. Secondary control equipment15
0.01011
5D or 5E
C. Primary control equipment if also
0.01011
5D or 5E
used to control charging and tapping
emissions
3. New sintering plants6
0.06711
5D or 5E
A. Main windbox
B. Discharge
0.03811
5D
4. Existing sintering plants
A. Main windbox & discharge
0.12511
5D
5. Blast furnaces
Blast furnace casthouse air cleaning
device17
0.02
5D
6. Coke oven combustion stacks
0.095
5D
7. Coke oven push control equipment
0.10 lbs./ton of coke
5D
8. Coke oven quench towers
l,5009
or 1,50010
See footnote 16
See footnote 16
9. Scarfing operations
0.05711
5D during
scarfing
operation
Process or process equipment
Total plant melt rate in
tons/hour
Maximum allowable emission at
operating conditions1
(lbs. Particulate/1,000 lbs. gas except
as noted)
Applicable
reference test
method
D. Ferrous cupola foundry operations5
1. Existing production cupolas7
0-10
10-20
0.40
0.25
5B or 5C
5B or 5C
Over 20
0.15
5B or 5C
2. Existing jobbing cupolas7
0.40
5B or 5C
3. Electric arc melting
0.10
5B or 5C
4. Sand handling
0.10
5B or 5C
5. All new cupolas6
0-15
Over 15
1.8 - 0.72, 8
0.78
5B or 5C
E. Chemical and mineral kilns
0.20
5B or 5C
F. Asphalt paving plants
1. Located within a priority I or II area
(before January 1, 1980)
0.30
5B or 5C
2. Located within a priority I or II area (after
January 1, 1980)
0.10
5B or 5C
3. Located outside priority I and II areas
0.30
5B or 5C
G. Cement manufacture
1. Kiln - wet or dry process
0.25
5B or 5C
2. Clinker coolers (before January 1, 1981)
0.30
5B or 5C
(after January 1, 1981)
0.10
5B or 5C
3. Grinding, crushing, and other material
handling.
0.15
5B or 5C
Process or process equipment
Gas flow rate
(SCFM)
Maximum allowable
emission at operating
conditions1
(lbs. Particulate/1,000 lbs.
gas except as noted)
Applicable
reference test
method
H. Iron ore pelletizing
Over 600,000
Apply to department for
5B or 5C
Grate kilns and traveling grates
specific emission limit.
300,000-600,000
0.10
100,000-300,000
0.15
5B or 5C
0-100,000
0.20
5B or 5C
I. Fertilizer plants (including
ammoniator, granulator, reactor, dryer,
cooler blender and all other processes
Compliance shall be achieved as
expeditiously as practical, but not later
than January 1, 1981.
0.10
5B or 5C
J. Exhaust systems serving material
handling equipment not otherwise
listed in table 31
Compliance shall be achieved as
expeditiously as practical, but not later
than July 1, 1981.
0.10
5B or 5C
Footnotes:
1
Fuel burning and incineration limitation shall be calculated to 50% excess air.
2
Emission limitations for specific ratings are determined by linear interpolation between the ranges
shown.
3
These emission limitations do not apply to domestic incinerators (defined as having not more
than 5 cubic feet of storage capacity.
4
Afterburner or approved equivalent is mandatory.
5.
Differentiation between jobbing and production foundries.
Cupolas used in a jobbing foundry are the same as those used in a production foundry and vary
in size only according to the quantity of iron melted per hour.
However, the cupolas in a jobbing foundry are run intermittently just long enough at one time
to pour the molds that are ready on the foundry floor, job by job. This might be for a 2- to 4-hour
period per day for any number of days per week.
Production foundry cupolas melt continuously to pour a succession of molds that are constantly
being prepared to reserve this continuous flow of iron. This could become 8 hours, 16 hours, or 24
hours per day for any number of days per week.
6
New processes or process equipment are defined as those for which the permit to install was issued
after January 18, 1980.
7.
Any existing cupolas are considered to be in compliance with table 31 of R 336.1331 if they meet
the particulate emission limit for new cupolas.
8
Pounds of particulate per ton of charged material.
9
Milligrams per liter of total dissolved solids in the quench water.
10
Milligrams per liter of total dissolved solids in the make-up water.
11
Compliance shall be determined by means of a comparison between the emission limit and the
measured emission rate calculated on a dry basis (pounds particulate per 1,000 pounds dry gas).
12
"Primary control equipment", as applied to basic oxygen furnaces, means the control equipment
designed to capture and control particulate emissions during oxygen blowing.
13
"Secondary control equipment", as applied to basic oxygen furnaces, means the control
equipment designed to capture and control particulate emissions during process steps other than
oxygen blowing.
14
"Primary control equipment", as applied to electric furnaces, means the control equipment
designed to capture and control particulate emissions during meltdown and refining.
15
"Secondary control equipment", as applied to electric furnaces, means the control equipment
designed to capture and control particulate emissions during process steps other than meltdown
and refining.
16
"Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" (14th edition) section
208C, as modified in R 336.3033, shall be used as the applicable test method.
17
The mass emission limit specified is not applicable where fume suppression technology, approved
by the commission, is used to control blast furnace casthouse emissions.
TABLE 32
Allowable rate of emission based on process weight ratea
Process weight rate
Rate of
Emission
Process weight rate
Rate of
emission
Lb/hr
Tons/hr
Lb/hr
Lb/hr
Tons/hr
Lb/hr
100
0.05
0.55
16,000
8.0
16.5
200
0.10
0.88
18,000
9.0
17.9
400
0.20
1.40
20,000
10.0
19.2
600
0.30
1.83
30,000
15.0
25.2
800
0.40
2.22
40,000
20.0
30.5
1,000
0.50
2.58
50,000
25.0
35.4
1,500
0.75
3.38
60,000
30.0
40.0
2,000
1.00
4.10
70,000
35.0
41.3
2,500
1.25
4.76
80,000
40.0
42.5
3,000
1.50
5.38
90,000
45.0
43.6
3,500
1.75
5.95
100,000
50.0
44.6
4,000
2.00
6.52
120,000
60.0
46.3
5,000
2.50
7.58
140,000
70.0
47.8
6,000
3.00
8.56
160,000
80.0
49.0
7,000
3.50
9.49
200,000
100.0
51.2
8,000
4.00
10.40
1,000,000
500.0
69.0
9,000
4.50
11.20
2,000,000
1,000.0
77.6
10,000
5.00
12.00
6,000,000
3,000.0
92.7
12,000
6.00
13.60
a Interpolation of the data in this table for process weight rates up to 60,000 lb/hr shall be
accomplished by use of the equation E = 4.10 P0.67 and interpolation and extrapolation of the
data for process weight rates in excess of 60,000 lb/hr shall be accomplished by use of the
equation E = 55.0 P0.11 - 40, where E = rate of emission in lb/hr and P = process weight in
tons/hr.
Process weight -- The total amount of all material introduced into a process, including solid
fuels, but excluding liquid fuels and gaseous fuels when these are used as fuels and air
introduced for purposes of combustion.
Process weight rate -- For continuous or long-term operation: The total process weight for the
entire period of operation or for a typical portion thereof, divided by the number of hours of
such period or portion thereof. For batch operations: The total process weight for a period which
covers a complete operation or an integral number of cycles, divided by the hours of actual
process operation during such period.
TABLE 33
Priority I areas
County
Area
Calhoun
T2S, R4W, Section 34.
Genesee
Starting on Industrial Avenue, north to Stewart Avenue, east to
Hitchcock Street, south to Olive Avenue (extended), south to Robert
T. Longway Boulevard, west and southwest to Industrial Avenue.
Lapeer
T7N, R12E, that portion of Section 17 which lies south of M-21 and
east of Fairground Road.
Monroe
Starting where Sandy Creek empties into Lake Erie, northwest to
Maple Avenue (extended north-northeast), southwest to Elm Avenue,
west to Herr Road, south to Dunbar Road and east to Plum Creek
(which empties into Lake Erie).
Saginaw
Starting at Tittabawassee Road, east to I-75, east and south to
Washington Avenue, west to 6th Street, north to Carrolton Street,
northeast to Zilwaukee Street, north to Westervelt Street, north to
Tittabawassee Road.
Wayne
Area included within the following (counter clockwise): Lake St.
Clair to Moross Road to Seven Mile Road to VanDyke Road to Eight
Mile Road to Wyoming Road to Seven Mile Road to Schaeffer Road
to Fenkell Road to Greenfield Avenue to Joy Road to Southfield
Expressway to Ford Road to Telegraph Road to Cherry Hill Road
to Beech-Daly Road (extended) to Michigan Avenue to Inkster Road
to Carlysle Street to Middle Belt Road to Vanborn Road to Wayne
Road to Pennsylvania Road to Middle Belt Road to Sibley Road to
Telegraph Road to King Road to Grange Road to Sibley Road to
Jefferson Avenue to Bridge Street (Grosse Ile) extended to Detroit
River.
TABLE 34
Priority II areas
County
Area
Bay
T14N, R5E, Sections 14 to16 and 21 to 23.
Delta
T39N, R22W, Sections 19, 30, south one-half of 17, and south one-
half of 18.
Genesee
Starting on Industrial Avenue, north to Pierson Road, east to Dort
Highway, south to Hitchcock Street, south to Olive Avenue
(extended), south to Robert T. Longway Boulevard, west and
southwest to Industrial Avenue.
Macomb
T4N, R14E, Sections 27, 28, 33, and 34.
Manistee
T21N, R16W, Sections 7,18, and 19; T21N, R17W, Sections 12 and
13.
Midland
T14N, R2E, Sections 14 to 16, 21 to 23, 26 to 28, and 33 to 35.
Monroe
T5S, RIOE, Sections 8, 9, and 15 to 17.
Muskegon
T9N, R16W, Sections 5 and 6; T1ON, R16W, Sections 21, 22, and
27 to 34.
Saginaw
Northeast section: starting on Tittabawassee Road, east to I-75, south
to Wadsworth Avenue, west to I-675, west and north to
Tittabawassee Road.
Southwest section:
T12N, R4E, the eastern half of Section 34 (that which is east of Maple
Street) and Section 35.
St. Clair
T6N, R17E, Sections 2 to 4, 9 to 11, 14 to 16, 21, 22, and 28.
Wayne
The area included within the following (counter clockwise): Lake
St. Clair to Eight Mile Road to Schaeffer Road to McNichols Road
to Greenfield Avenue to Schoolcraft Avenue to Evergreen Road to
Joy Road to Telegraph Road to Ford Road to Beech-Daly Road to
Cherry Hill Road to Inkster Road to Carlysle Street to Middle Belt
Road to VanBorn Road to Wayne Road to Ecorse Road to Haggerty
Highway to Tyler Road to Belleville Road to I-94 to Rawsonville
Road to Oakville Waltz Road to Will Carleton Road to the Huron
River to Lake Erie, except subarea listed in table 33.