Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 217 - NITROGEN OXIDES EMISSIONS › Subpart T - CEMENT KILNS › Section 217.402 - Control Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) After
				May 30, 2004, an owner or operator of any cement kiln subject to the
				requirements of this Subpart shall not operate the kiln during the initial
				control period or any subsequent control period, unless the owner or operator
				complies with subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(5) or (a)(6) of this
				Section for kilns that commenced operation prior to January 1, 1996, or
				subsection (a)(4) or (a)(6) of this Section for kilns that commenced operation
				on or after January 1, 1996.
1) The kiln is
				operated with a low-NOx burner or a mid-kiln firing
				system;
2) The kiln shall not
				exceed the applicable NOx emission limitation in pounds
				per ton of clinker (lb/T), expressed in the rates listed below:
A) Long dry kilns - 5.1 lb
				NOx/T of clinker;
B) Long wet kilns - 6.0 lb
				NOx/T of clinker;
C) Preheater kilns - 3.8 lb
				NOx/T of clinker; or
D) Preheater/precalciner kilns - 2.8 lb NOx/T
				of clinker.
3) The kiln
				achieves a 30 percent or greater reduction from its uncontrolled baseline,
				established as set forth in this subsection (a)(3), and complies with the
				following:
A) Uncontrolled baseline emissions
				shall be determined using the following equation:
UBE
=
[EF x SPR]
2000 lbs NOx/T
Where:
UBE
=
Uncontrolled Baseline NOx
							 emissions expressed in tons of NOx per control
							 period;
EF
=
Emissions factor, expressed in lbs of
							 NOx per ton of linker produced per control period, based
							 on one of the methods in subsection (a)(3)(B) of this Section; and
SPR
=
Seasonal production rate, expressed in tons of
							 clinker produced per control period, using the average of the two highest
							 control period operating rates from the previous three-year period at the time
							 the application for the permit with federally enforceable conditions is
							 submitted to the Agency pursuant to subsection (a)(3)(C) of this
							 Section.
B)
				Emissions factors shall be determined using one of the following methods:
i) The average of the emission factors for
				the type of kiln from the Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors (AP-42)
				and the Alternative Control Techniques Document - NOx
				Emissions from Cement Manufacturing, as incorporated by reference in Section
				217.104
				of this Part;
ii) The site-specific
				emission factor developed from representative emissions testing, pursuant to 40
				CFR 60, Appendix A, Method 7, 7A, 7C, 7D, or 7E, incorporated by reference in
				Section
				217.104
				of this Part, based on a range of typical operating conditions. The owner or
				operator must establish that these operating conditions are representative,
				subject to approval by the Agency, and must certify that the emissions testing
				is being conducted under representative conditions; or
iii) An alternate method for establishing the
				emissions factors, when submitted with supporting data to substantiate such
				emissions factors and approved by the Agency as set forth in subsection
				(a)(3)(C) of this Section.
C) The owner or operator must submit an
				emission reduction plan to the Agency and obtain approval of that plan by the
				Agency. Such plan shall be effective only when contained as federally
				enforceable conditions in a permit. Such plan shall include any alternate
				procedures for monitoring, testing, reporting, or recordkeeping approved by the
				Agency, or other provisions as appropriate.
4) Any kiln subject to this Subpart that
				commenced operation on or after January 1, 1996, must meet the more stringent
				of the requirements of this Subpart or other CAA requirements, or rules
				promulgated thereunder, applicable to kilns. If a kiln is required to comply
				with a more stringent requirement pursuant to the CAA, and chooses to do so in
				lieu of complying with this Subpart, the owner or operator must submit an
				emissions reduction plan that demonstrates that compliance with the CAA
				requirement results in emissions reductions that are equal to or exceed the
				requirements of this Section and obtain a permit containing federally
				enforceable conditions addressing such CAA requirement.
5) The owner or operator obtains an alternate
				emissions standard for operating the kiln pursuant to Section 28.1 of the Act
				[415 ILCS
				5/28.1 ], and in accordance with 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				104, Subpart D, provisions for adjusted standards. An adjusted standard or
				alternate emissions standard with an alternate compliance schedule shall be
				granted by the Board to the extent consistent with federal law. Such alternate
				shall be effective only when included as a federally enforceable condition in a
				permit approved by USEPA or approved as a SIP revision. The adjusted standard
				shall include any alternate procedures for control, compliance, monitoring,
				operation, testing, reporting, or recordkeeping that are appropriate. In
				addition, the owner or operator must demonstrate, as justification for the
				adjusted standard, that the control requirements contained in this Subpart, as
				they apply to cement kilns, meet one or more of the following criteria:
A) Unreasonable cost of control resulting
				from plant, age, location or basic process design;
B) Physical impossibility of installing
				necessary control equipment; or
C)
				Other factors specific to the cement kiln that support an alternate emissions
				standard.
6) The owner
				or operator obtains approval by the Agency and USEPA to allow the kiln to
				participate in the federal NOx Trading Program. Such
				participation will be effective upon issuance of a permit containing all
				necessary federally enforceable permit conditions addressing the kiln's
				participation in the federal NOx Trading Program
				pursuant to 40 CFR 96 and the Illinois NOx Trading
				Program regulations at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217. The owner or operator is not
				subject to the requirements of this Subpart for the duration of its
				participation in the NOx Trading Program, except for the
				requirement to submit the initial compliance report pursuant to Section
				217.408(a)
				of this Subpart.