Appendix 9.1 

Identification of BART-Eligible Sources in the State of 

Kansas 
Appendix 9.1 Identification of BART-Eligible Sources in the State of Kansas 

To identify the sources that met the criteria above, Kansas performed a multi-step search 

and analysis, beginning with a database query of the permitted air sources in its point 

source emissions inventory database. The database contained a total of 336 operating 

facilities coded as class A (controlled emissions >100 tons/yr), A1 (actual emissions 

<100 tons/yr, potential emissions >100 tons/yr), or A2 (actual/potential emissions greater 

than major source threshold). 

The first BART screening was done by querying the Kansas point source inventory 

database based on the following criteria: 

• The facility is operating 

• The facility is coded as being class A, A1, or A2 

• The facility is in one of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes or has 

processes within one of the source classification codes (SCCs) in Table 9.1 below 

Table A9.1 SIC Codes and SCCs Used to Identify Potential BART Sources in 

Kansas 

BART 

Cat. No. BART Category Name SIC Code(s) SCCs

1 

Fossil Fuel-fired Steam 

Electric Plants (250 MMBtu 

heat input per hour) 

4911 

101xxxxx (Used SCCs 10100602 and 10100702 to 

eliminate facilities with aggregated boilers <250 

MMBtu/hr heat input. See step 2 description.) 

2 Coal Cleaning Plants 

(thermal dryers) 1221 305010xx, 305310xx 

3 Kraft Pulp Mills 2611 307001xx 

4 Portland Cement Plants 3241 305006xx, 305007xx 

5 Primary Zinc Smelters 33xx 303030xx 

6 Iron and Steel Mill Plants 33xx 303015xx 

7 Primary Aluminum Ore 

Reduction Plants 33xx 303001xx 

8 Primary Copper Smelters 33xx 303005xx 

9 Municipal Incinerators (> 

250 tons refuse per day) 4953 501001xx 

10 Hydrofluoric, Sulfuric, and 

Nitric Acid Plants 

2819, 

2873 301070xx, 30102201, 301023xx, 301013xx 

11 Petroleum Refineries 2911 306xxxxx 

12 Lime Plants 305016xx 

13 Phosphate Rock Processing 

Plants 1475 305019xx 

14 Coke Oven Batteries 33xx 303003xx 

15 Sulfur Recovery Plants 2819 30603301, 31000208 

16 Carbon Black Plants 

(furnace process) 2895 30100503, 30100509, 30100504 

17 Primary Lead Smelters 33xx 303010xx 

18 Fuel Conversion Plants SIC code/SCC unknown; surveyed air permit engineers
19 Sintering Plants -- 

30300815, 30300819, 30300820, 30300822, 

3050009xx, 30903901, 30903902 (Other sintering 

SCCs already included with SCCs for lead, zinc, 

iron & steel, and secondary metal production.) 

20 Secondary Metal Production 

Facilities 33xx 304xxxxx 

21 Chemical Process Plants -- 301xxxxx 

22 

Fossil Fuel-Fired Boilers 

(250 MMBtu heat input per 

hour) 

-- 

102001xx - 102007xx, 103001xx - 103007xx 

(Used SCCs 10200402, 10200403, 10200502, 

10200503, 10200602, 10200603, 10300402, 

10300403, 10300502, 10300503, 10300602, and 

10300603 to eliminate facilities with agg. boiler <

250 MMBtu/hr heat input. See step 2 on previous 

page.) 

23 

Petroleum Storage and 

Transfer Facilities (capacity 

> 300,000 barrels) 

5171, 

5172, 

461x 

404xxxxxx, 40301xxx 

(Also used the 404xxxxxx and 40301xxx SCCs 

separately from the SIC codes in order to pull in 

aircraft manufacturing facilities or others that may 

store large quantities of petroleum.) 

24 Taconite Ore Processing 

Plants 3295 303023xx 

25 Glass Fiber Processing 

Plants 3296 305012xx 

26 Charcoal Production 

Facilities 2819 301006xx 

A combination of SCCs and SIC codes were used to identify facilities within most of the 

listed BART-eligible source categories. For a few of the BART categories, however, 

facilities were identified using SCCs only. These included chemical process plants, lime 

plants, sintering plants, fossil fuel-fired boilers, and petroleum storage and transfer 

facilities. 

The next step was to eliminate sources from the fossil fuel-fired boilers category with less 

than a 250 MMBtu/hr heat input rate. Conservative MMBtu/hr values were assigned to 

the boilers based on their SCCs as follows: 

• A value of 10 MMBtu/hr was assigned to a boiler if its SCC indicated a heat input 

rate of <10 MMBtu/hr, 

• A value of 100 MMBtu/hr was assigned if its SCC indicated a heat input rate 

from 10–100 MMBtu/hr, 

• A value of 250 MMBtu/hr was assigned if its SCC indicated a heat input rate of 

>100 MMBtu/hr, and 

• A value of 250 MMBtu/hr was assigned if its SCC did not provide information 

about the boiler’s heat input values. 

The assigned boiler values were summed for each of the facilities. Facilities with 

aggregated boiler capacity of less than 250 MMBtu/hr were then eliminated. 
For the 97 facilities on the list, year 2000 actual emissions at the emission unit level were 

obtained from the point source database. This information was then combined with 1999 

Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) ammonia emissions data at the facility level. This 

information was used in the final step. 

At this point, the petroleum storage and transfer facilities with storage capacity <300,000 

barrels were eliminated, along with any facilities where the potential to emit and 

operation/reconstruction date criteria were not met. In order to proceed further and 

eliminate additional sources, a survey of the facilities was needed. 

In September 2002, surveys were mailed to the 97 facilities that met the Regional Haze 

Rule’s source category criteria under a request for information about the air emission 

units at their facilities. The facilities were requested to submit potential to emit data for 

NOx, SO2, PM10, VOCs, and ammonia (NH3) for each identified emission unit. The 

survey consisted of 4 steps: 

1. Evaluate dates 

2. Verify BART category 

3. Enter potential emissions (tons/yr) 

4. Provide boiler and tank information, if applicable 

An example BART-eligible survey form is shown in Figure A9.1. 

All facilities returned survey forms, which were then analyzed to determine BART 

eligibility in accordance with the 2005 final rule. This analysis indicated there were 19 

facilities in Kansas with BART-eligible units. The 19 facilities, along with their BARTeligible units, are listed in Table A9.2. 

Subsequent to EPA’s release of the 2005 Regional Haze Rule and the modeling guidance 

contained therein, further information regarding the maximum 24-hour actual emissions 

was requested for each BART-eligible unit. The 24-hour actual emissions data received 

were then used to model peak 24-hour averages for evaluating visibility. 
Figure A9.1 Example Kansas BART-Eligible Survey Form 
Table A9.2 Facilities with BART-eligible units in the State of Kansas 

BART Source 

Category Name Facility ID Facility Name BART-Eligible Emission Units 

0090002 

Aquila (now 

Sunflower Electric) 

- Arthur Mullergren 

Unit 3 (Stacks 1 and 2) 

1750001 

Aquila (now 

Sunflower Electric) 

- Cimarron River 

Unit 1 

0570001 

Aquila (now 

Sunflower Electric) 

- Judson Large 

Unit 4 

2090008 Kansas City BPU - 

Nearman Unit 1 

2090048 Kansas City BPU - 

Quindaro 

Unit 1 

Unit 2 

1070005 KCP&L - La Cygne Unit 1 

Unit 2 

1130014 

McPherson 

Municipal Power 

Plan #2 

Unit 1 

0550026 Sunflower Electric - 

Garden City Unit S2 

1730012 Westar Energy - 

Gordon Evans Unit 2 (Stacks 2 and 3) 

1550033 Westar Energy - 

Hutchinson Unit 4 (Stacks A and B) 

1490001 Westar Energy - 

Jeffrey 

Unit 1 

Unit 2 

0450014 Westar Energy - 

Lawrence Unit 5 

Fossil-Fuel Fired 

Electric 

Generating Units 

0350012 Winfield Municipal 

Power Plant #2 Unit 4 

Portland Cement 

Plants 0010009 Monarch Cement Co. 

No. 4 Kiln Stack, No.4 Kiln Clinker 

Cooler, No.5 Kiln Stack, No. 5 Kiln 

Clinker Cooler, Raw Material 

Unloading, Clinker Grinding and 

Cement Handling, Stone Quarry 

Processing 

0150004 Frontier El Dorado 

Refining Co. 

Boiler B-105, Boiler B-107, Plant 

Process Heaters, Refinery Flare System 

B-1303, Plant Cooling Towers, Storage 

Tanks, Gas Oil Hydrotreater Petroleum 

Refineries 

1130003 

National 

Cooperative 

Refinery Assoc. 

(NCRA) 

Alky Heater HA-002, No.9 Boiler SB009, No.12 Boiler SB-012, Coker IR 

Comp. CR-003, Plat Stab Boil Htr HP003, Plat Charge Htr HP-006, Fugitive 

Emissions 
1730070 

Basic Chemicals 

(now OxyChem - 

Wichita) 

Boiler 1; Boiler 2; Boiler 3; 

Chloromethanes 

Chemical 

Processing Plants 

0570003 Koch Nitrogen 

Ammonia plant - primary reformer; 

Ammonia plant - other; Nitric acid 

plant - absorber tail gas; Ammonium 

nitrate plant - neutralizer 

Glass Fiber 

Processing Plants 2090010 Owens Corning 

70 furnace - N exhaust; 70 furnace - S 

exhaust; 70 riser/channel/forehearth; 70 

A forming; 70 B forming; 70 C 

forming; 70 D forming; 70 curing oven 

charge end; 70 curing oven discharge 

end; J5 furnace; J5 

riser/channel/forehearth; J6 A forming; 

J6 B forming; J6 C forming; J6 curing 

oven charge end; J6 curing oven 

discharge end; J6 smoke stripper; J6 

north cooling (A); J6 south cooling (B); 

J6 asphalt coating; Raw material 

processing