Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 725 - INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES › Subpart CC - AIR EMISSION STANDARDS FOR TANKS, SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS, AND CONTAINERS › Section 725.983 - Standards: General

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) This Section
				applies to the management of hazardous waste in tanks, surface impoundments,
				and containers subject to this Subpart CC.
b) The owner or operator must control air
				pollutant emissions from each hazardous waste management unit in accordance
				with the standards specified in Sections
				725.985 through
				725.988,
				as applicable to the hazardous waste management unit, except as provided for in
				subsection (c).
c) A tank, surface
				impoundment, or container is exempted from standards specified in Sections
				725.985 through
				725.988, provided that all hazardous waste placed in the waste management unit
				is one of the following:
1) A tank, surface
				impoundment, or container for which all hazardous waste entering the unit has
				an average VO concentration at the point of waste origination of less than 500
				parts per million by weight (ppmw). The average VO concentration must be
				determined by the procedures specified in Section
				725.984(a).
				The owner or operator must review and update, as necessary, this determination
				at least once every 12 months following the date of the initial determination
				for the hazardous waste streams entering the unit;
2) A tank, surface impoundment, or container
				for which the organic content of all the hazardous waste entering the waste
				management unit has been reduced by an organic destruction or removal process
				that achieves any one of the following conditions:
A) The process removes or destroys the
				organics contained in the hazardous waste to such a level that the average VO
				concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of waste treatment is less
				than the exit concentration limit (Ct) established for
				the process. The average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point
				of waste treatment and the exit concentration limit for the process must be
				determined using the procedures specified in Section
				725.984(b);
B) The process removes or destroys the
				organics contained in the hazardous waste to such a level that the organic
				reduction efficiency (R) for the process is equal to or greater than 95
				percent, and the average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point
				of waste treatment is less than 100 ppmw. The organic reduction efficiency for
				the process and the average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the
				point of waste treatment must be determined using the procedures specified in
				Section
				725.984(b);
C) The process removes or destroys the
				organics contained in the hazardous waste to such a level that the actual
				organic mass removal rate (MR) for the process is equal to or greater than the
				required organic mass removal rate (RMR) established for the process. The
				required organic mass removal rate and the actual organic mass removal rate for
				the process must be determined using the procedures specified in Section
				725.984(b);
D) The process is a biological process that
				destroys or degrades the organics contained in the hazardous waste so that
				either of the following conditions is met:
i)
				The organic reduction efficiency (R) for the process is equal to or greater
				than 95 percent, and the organic biodegradation efficiency
				(Rbio) for the process is equal to or greater than 95
				percent. The organic reduction efficiency and the organic biodegradation
				efficiency for the process must be determined using the procedures specified in
				Section
				725.984(b);
				and
ii) The total actual organic
				mass biodegradation rate (MRbio) for all hazardous waste
				treated by the process is equal to or greater than the required organic mass
				removal rate (RMR). The required organic mass removal rate and the actual
				organic mass biodegradation rate for the process must be determined using the
				procedures specified in Section
				725.984(b);
E) The process is one that removes or
				destroys the organics contained in the hazardous waste and meets all of the
				following conditions:
i) From the point of
				waste origination through the point where the hazardous waste enters the
				treatment process, the hazardous waste is continuously managed in waste
				management units that use air emission controls in accordance with the
				standards specified in Section
				725.985 through
				Section 725.988, as applicable to the waste management unit;
ii) From the point of waste origination
				through the point where the hazardous waste enters the treatment process, any
				transfer of the hazardous waste is accomplished through continuous hard-piping
				or other closed system transfer that does not allow exposure of the waste to
				the atmosphere;
BOARD NOTE: The USEPA considers a drain system that meets the
				  requirements of federal subpart RR of 40 CFR 63 (National Emission Standards
				  for Individual Drain Systems) to be a closed system.
iii) The average VO concentration of the
				hazardous waste at the point of waste treatment is less than the lowest average
				VO concentration at the point of waste origination determined for each of the
				individual hazardous waste streams entering the process or 500 ppmw, whichever
				value is lower. The average VO concentration of each individual hazardous waste
				stream at the point of waste origination must be determined using the
				procedures specified in Section
				725.984(a).
				The average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of waste
				treatment must be determined using the procedures specified in Section
				725.984(b);
F) A process that removes or destroys the
				organics contained in the hazardous waste to a level such that the organic
				reduction efficiency (R) for the process is equal to or greater than 95 percent
				and the owner or operator certifies that the average VO concentration at the
				point of waste origination for each of the individual waste streams entering
				the process is less than 10,000 ppmw. The organic reduction efficiency for the
				process and the average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of
				waste origination must be determined using the procedures specified in Sections
				725.984(b)
				and
				725.984(a),
				respectively;
G) A hazardous waste
				incinerator for which either of the following conditions is true:
i) The owner or operator has been issued a
				final permit under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 702, 703, and 705 that implements the
				requirements of Subpart O of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 724; or
ii) The owner or operator has designed and
				operates the incinerator in accordance with the interim status requirements of
				Subpart O;
H) A boiler or
				industrial furnace for which either of the following conditions is true:
i) The owner or operator has been issued a
				final permit under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 702, 703, and 705 that implements the
				requirements of Subpart H of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 726; or
ii) The owner or operator has designed and
				operates the industrial furnace or incinerator in accordance with the interim
				status requirements of Subpart H of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 726;
				and
I) For the purpose of
				determining the performance of an organic destruction or removal process in
				accordance with the conditions in each of subsections (c)(2)(A) through
				(c)(2)(F), the owner or operator must account for VO concentrations determined
				to be below the limit of detection of the analytical method by using the
				following VO concentration:
i) If Reference
				Method 25D (Determination of the Volatile Organic Concentration of Waste
				Samples) in appendix A to 40 CFR 60 (Test Methods), incorporated by reference
				in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				720.111(b),
				is used for the analysis, one-half the blank value determined in the method at
				Section 4.4 of Reference Method 25D or a value of 25 ppmw, whichever is less;
				and
ii) If any other analytical
				method is used, one-half the sum of the limits of detection established for
				each organic constituent in the waste that has a Henry's law constant value at
				least 0.1 mole-fraction-in-the-gas-phase/mole-fraction-in-the-liquid-phase (0.1
				Y/X) (which can also be expressed as
				1.8 x
				10-6
				atmospheres/gram-mole/m3) at 25
				°C;
3) A
				tank or surface impoundment used for biological treatment of hazardous waste in
				accordance with the requirements of subsection (c)(2)(D);
4) A tank, surface impoundment, or container
				for which all hazardous waste placed in the unit fulfills either of the
				following two conditions:
A) It meets the
				numerical concentration limits for organic hazardous constituents, applicable
				to the hazardous waste, as specified in Table T to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728;
				or
B) The organic hazardous
				constituents in the waste have been treated by the treatment technology
				established by USEPA for the waste, as set forth in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				728.142(a),
				or treated by an equivalent method of treatment approved by the Agency pursuant
				to 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				728.142(b);
				or
5) A tank used for
				bulk feed of hazardous waste to a waste incinerator, and all of the following
				conditions are met:
A) The tank is located
				inside an enclosure vented to a control device that is designed and operated in
				accordance with all applicable requirements specified under federal subpart FF
				of 40 CFR 61 (National Emission Standards for Benzene Waste Operations),
				incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				720.111(b),
				for a facility at which the total annual benzene quantity from the facility
				waste is equal to or greater than 10 megagrams (11 tons) per year;
B) The enclosure and control device serving
				the tank were installed and began operation prior to November 25, 1996;
				and
C) The enclosure is designed
				and operated in accordance with the criteria for a permanent total enclosure as
				specified in "Procedure T - Criteria for and Verification of a Permanent or
				Temporary Total Enclosure" under appendix B to
				40
				CFR 52.741 (VOM Measurement Techniques for
				Capture Efficiency), incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				720.111(b).
				The enclosure may have permanent or temporary openings to allow worker access;
				passage of material into or out of the enclosure by conveyor, vehicles, or
				other mechanical or electrical equipment; or to direct air flow into the
				enclosure. The owner or operator must perform the verification procedure for
				the enclosure as specified in Section 5.0 of "Procedure T - Criteria for and
				Verification of a Permanent or Temporary Total Enclosure" annually.