Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 229 - HOSPITAL/MEDICAL/INFECTIOUS WASTE INCINERATORS › Subpart E - EMISSIONS LIMITS › Section 229.125 - Emissions Limits for Small, Medium, and Large HMIWIs

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The emission limits in this Section shall apply at all times
				  to HMIWIs identified in Section
				  229.110(a),
				  except as provided in Section
				  229.110(b)
				  of this Part and Section
				  229.126
				  of this Subpart.
a) Before January 1,
				2014, each owner or operator of a small, medium, or large HMIWI as defined in
				Section
				229.110(a)(1)
				of this Part shall comply with the following emissions limits:
Pollutant
Units
(7% oxygen, dry basis)
HMIWI EMISSIONS LIMITS
Small
Medium
Large
Particulate matter
Milligrams per dry standard cubic meter (mg/dscm)
							 (grains per dry standard cubic foot (gr/dscf))
115 (0.05 )
69 (0.03 )
34 (0.015 )
Carbon monoxide
Parts per million by volume (ppmv)
40
40
40
Dioxins/furans
Nanograms per dry standard cubic meter total
							 dioxins/furans (ng/dscm) (grains per billion dry standard cubic feet
							 (gr/109 dscf)) or ng/dscm TEQ
							 (gr/109 dscf)
125 (55) or 2.3(1.0)
125 (55) or 2.3(1.0)
125 (55) or 2.3(1.0)
Hydrogen chloride
(ppmv) or percent reduction
100 or 93%
100 or 93%
100 or 93%
Sulfur dioxide
(ppmv)
55
55
55
Nitrogen oxides
(ppmv)
250
250
250
Lead
mg/dscm (grains per thousand dry standard cubic feet
							 (gr/103 dscf)) or percent reduction
1.2(0.52) or 70%
1.2(0.52) or 70%
1.2(0.52) or 70%
Cadmium
mg/dscm (gr/103 dscf) or
							 percent reduction
0.16(0.07) or 65%
0.16(0.07) or 65%
0.16(0.07) or 65%
Mercury
mg/dscm (gr/103 dscf) or
							 percent reduction
0.55(0.24) or 85%
0.55(0.24) or 85%
0.55(0.24) or 85%
b)
				No owner or operator of a small, medium, or large HMIWI subject to emissions
				limits listed under subsection (a) of this Section shall cause or allow any
				emissions that cause greater than 10 percent opacity, as measured on a 6-minute
				block average, according to Method 9, 40 CFR 60, appendix A, incorporated by
				reference in Section
				229.104(d)
				of this Part, from any stack used by an HMIWI.
c) On and after January 1, 2014, except as
				provided for in Section
				229.115(b)(3)
				or Section
				229.116(c)(4),
				as applicable, each owner or operator of a small, medium, or large HMIWI, as
				defined in Section
				229.110(a)(1) and
				(a)(2) of this Part, shall comply with the
				following emissions limits, as applicable:
Pollutant
Units
(7% oxygen, dry basis)
HMIWI EMISSIONS LIMITS
Small
Medium
Large
Particulate matter
Milligrams per dry standard cubic meter (mg/dscm)
							 (grains per dry standard cubic foot (gr/dscf))
66 (0.029 )
46 (0.020 )
a
34
							 (0.015)
b
25 (0.011 )
Carbon monoxide
Parts per million by volume (ppmv)
20
5.5
11
Dioxins/furans
Nanograms per dry standard cubic meter total
							 dioxins/furans (ng/dscm) (grains per billion dry standard cubic feet
							 (gr/109 dscf)) or ng/dscm TEQ
							 (gr/109 dscf)
16 (7.0 ) or 0.013(0.0057)
0.85(0.37) or 0.020(0.0087)
9.3(4.1) or 0.054(0.024)
Hydrogen chloride
(ppmv)
44
a
15
b
7.7
6.6
Sulfur dioxide
(ppmv)
4.2
4.2
9.0
Nitrogen oxides
(ppmv)
190
190
140
Lead
mg/dscm (grains per thousand dry standard cubic feet
							 (gr/103 dscf))
0.31(0.14)
0.018(0.0079)
0.036(0.016)
Cadmium
mg/dscm (gr/103
							 dscf)
0.017(0.0074)
0.013(0.0057)
0.0092(0.0040)
Mercury
mg/dscm (gr/103
							 dscf)
0.014(0.0061)
0.025(0.011)
0.018(0.0079)
aEmissions limits for HMIWIs as
				  defined in Section
				  229.110(a)(1)
				  of this Part.
bEmissions limits for HMIWIs as
				  defined in Section
				  229.110(a)(2)
				  of this Part.
d) No owner
				or operator of a small, medium, or large HMIWI subject to emission limits
				listed under subsection (c) of this Section shall cause or allow any emissions
				that cause greater than 6 percent opacity, as measured on a 6-minute block
				average, according to Method 9, 40 CFR 60, appendix A, incorporated by
				reference at Section
				229.104(d)
				of this Part, from any stack used by an HMIWI.
e) On and after the date on which the initial
				performance test is completed or required to be completed under Section
				229.142
				of this Part, whichever date comes first, no owner or operator of an HMIWI, as
				defined in Section
				229.110(a)(1) or
				(a)(2) of this Part and subject to the
				emissions limits under subsection (c) of this Section, shall cause to be
				discharged into the atmosphere visible emissions of combustion ash from an ash
				conveying system (including conveyor transfer points), enclosures of ash
				conveying systems, buildings, or other sources in excess of 5 percent of the
				observation period of 9 minutes per 3-hour period, according to Method 22, 40
				CFR 60, appendix A, incorporated by reference in Section
				229.104(d)
				of this Part, except as provided by the following exclusions:
1) Visible emissions discharged inside
				buildings or enclosures of ash conveying systems; or
2) During maintenance and repair of ash
				conveying systems. Maintenance and/or repair shall not exceed 10 operating days
				per calendar quarter unless the owner or operator of an HMIWI makes a request
				to the Agency in writing for a longer period of time to complete maintenance
				and/or repair, and the Agency approves the owner's or operator's request in
				writing.