Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 724 - 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 724.982 - 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 waste management unit in accordance with the
				standards specified in Sections
				724.984 through
				724.987,
				as applicable to the waste management unit, except as provided for in
				subsection (c).
c) A tank, surface
				impoundment, or container is exempt from standards specified in Sections
				724.984 through
				724.987, as applicable, 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
				724.983(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 a level such 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
				724.983(b).
B) The process 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 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
				724.983(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
				724.983(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 are 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
				724.983(b).
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
				724.983(b).
E) The process 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
				Sections
				724.984 through
				724.987, 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
				724.983(a).
				The average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of waste
				treatment must be determined using the procedures specified in Section
				724.983(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
				Section
				724.983(b)
				and Section
				724.983(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 H of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 726; or
ii) The owner or operator has designed and
				operates the incinerator in accordance with the interim status requirements of
				Subpart O of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 725.
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 boiler or industrial furnace in accordance with the interim status
				requirements of Subpart O of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 725.
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 Section 4.4 of
				the method or a value of 25 ppmw, whichever is less.
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 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 have been removed or destroyed by an equivalent method of treatment approved
				by the Agency pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				728.142(b).
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
				Standard 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 to "Procedure T - Criteria for and
				Verification of a Permanent or Temporary Total Enclosure" annually.