Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 229 - HOSPITAL/MEDICAL/INFECTIOUS WASTE INCINERATORS › Subpart E - EMISSIONS LIMITS › Section 229.126 - Emissions Limits For Rural HMIWIs

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Notwithstanding the emissions limits set out in Section
				  229.125
				  of this Part, any rural HMIWI shall comply with the emissions limits set out in
				  subsection (a) or (c) of this Section. The emissions limits under this Section
				  shall apply at all times, except as provided for in Section
				  229.110(b).
a) Before January 1, 2014, a rural HMIWI as
				defined in Section
				229.110(a)(1)
				 shall comply with the following emissions
				limits:
Pollutant
Units
(7% oxygen, dry basis)
EMISSION LIMITS
Particulate matter
mg/dscm
(gr/dscf)
197
(0.086 )
Carbon monoxide
ppmv
40
Dioxins/furans
ng/dscm total dioxins/furans
							 (gr/109 dscf) or ng/dscm TEQ
							 (gr/109 dscf)
800 (350) or 15 (6.6 )
Hydrogen chloride
ppmv
3100
Sulfur dioxide
ppmv
55
Nitrogen oxides
ppmv
250
Lead
mg/dscm
(gr/103 dscf)
10
(4.4 )
Cadmium
mg/dscm
(gr/103 dscf)
4
(1.7 )
Mercury
mg/dscm
(gr/103 dscf)
7.5
(3.3 )
b)
				No owner or operator of a rural 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 at
				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, a rural HMIWI, as defined in Section
				229.110(a)(1) or
				(a)(2) of this Part, shall comply with the
				following emissions limits:
Pollutant
Units
(7% oxygen, dry basis)
EMISSION LIMITS
Particulate matter
mg/dscm
(gr/dscf)
87
(0.038 )
Carbon monoxide
ppmv
20
Dioxins/furans
ng/dscm total dioxins/furans
							 (gr/109 dscf) or ng/dscm TEQ
							 (gr/109 dscf)
240 (100) or 5.1(2.2)
Hydrogen chloride
ppmv
810
Sulfur dioxide
ppmv
55
Nitrogen oxides
ppmv
130
Lead
mg/dscm
(gr/103 dscf)
0.50
(0.22 )
Cadmium
mg/dscm
(gr/103 dscf)
0.11
(0.048 )
Mercury
mg/dscm
(gr/103 dscf)
0.0051
(0.0022 )
d)
				No owner or operator of a rural HMIWI subject to emissions 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 a rural
				HMIWI, as defined in Section
				229.110(a)(1) or
				(a)(2) of this Part, 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 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 at 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.