Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-17 - Particulate Matter Standards › Section 3745-17-10 - Restrictions on particulate emissions from fuel burning equipment

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) This rule
			 applies to installations in which fuel, including any product or by-product of
			 a manufacturing process, is burned for the primary purpose of producing heat or
			 power by indirect heat transfer.
(B) For purposes of this rule the actual heat
			 input shall be the aggregate heat content of all fuels whose products of
			 combustion emanate from a single fuel burning unit. The maximum capacity shall
			 be the equipment manufacturer's or designer's guaranteed maximum heat input,
			 whichever is greater. Unless otherwise specified in paragraphs (B)(1) to (B)(4)
			 of this rule, the total heat input of all fuel burning units on a plant or
			 premises which are united either physically or operationally shall be the total
			 of the maximum capacities for all such units. The total heat input shall be
			 used for determining the maximum allowable amount of particulate emissions per
			 million Btu of actual heat input from any single fuel burning unit.
(1) Any new or existing fuel burning
			 equipment which is fired only with gaseous fuels or number two fuel oil and
			 which is physically or operationally united with other fuel burning equipment
			 on a plant or premises shall not be included by the director for purposes of
			 determining the total heat input and maximum allowable particulate emissions
			 per million Btu of actual heat input for such other fuel burning equipment. The
			 maximum allowable amount of particulate emissions for any new or existing fuel
			 burning equipment which is fired only with gaseous fuels, excluding blast
			 furnace gas or number two fuel oil shall be 0.020 pound per million Btu of
			 actual heat input. The maximum allowable amount of particulate emissions for
			 any new or existing fuel burning equipment which is fired only with blast
			 furnace gas or any mixture of blast furnace gas with other gaseous fuels or
			 number two fuel oil shall be 0.040 pound per million Btu of actual heat
			 input.
(2) Stand-by fuel burning
			 equipment which is physically or operationally united with other fuel burning
			 equipment on a plant or premises shall be exempted by the director for purposes
			 of determining total heat input and maximum allowable particulate emissions per
			 million Btu of actual heat input for such other fuel burning equipment. Except
			 as provided in paragraph (B)(1) of this rule, the total heat input for such
			 other fuel burning equipment shall be used for determining the maximum
			 allowable amount of particulate emissions per million Btu of actual heat input
			 for any stand-by fuel burning equipment.
(3) Derating of fuel burning equipment.
(a) For purposes of this paragraph, fuel
			 burning equipment shall include, where appropriate, all equipment on a plant or
			 premises which are united either physically or operationally.
(b) Upon request, the director may specify
			 the total heat input for fuel burning equipment at a derated value which is
			 less than the total maximum capacity of such equipment if, in the director's
			 judgment, the equipment will not be operated so that the actual heat input
			 exceeds the derated value. Any owner or operator requesting derating of fuel
			 burning equipment shall demonstrate to the director, with such steam charts,
			 records of fuel consumption and fuel quality, and other data as are necessary,
			 that the actual heat input from the equipment will not exceed the derated total
			 heat input value.
(c) The terms and
			 conditions of any permit, variance, or order for equipment which has been
			 granted a derated total heat input value shall prohibit the operation of such
			 equipment at a level in excess of the derated total heat input value. The
			 director may include in any such permit, variance, or order requirements for
			 the monitoring and reporting of the actual heat input of the
			 equipment.
(d) Any derating of fuel
			 burning equipment approved by the director shall not revise the federally
			 enforceable requirements of the state implementation plan until approved by the
			 United States environmental protection agency.
(4) Fuel burning equipment which constitutes
			 a new source and is physically or operationally united with existing fuel
			 burning equipment on a plant or premises shall not be included by the director
			 for purposes of determining total heat input and maximum allowable particulate
			 emissions per million Btu of actual heat input for such existing fuel burning
			 equipment. Except as may be provided in paragraphs (B)(1) or (B)(2) of this
			 rule, the total heat input for the new and existing fuel burning equipment
			 shall be used for determining the maximum allowable amount of particulate
			 emissions per million Btu of actual heat input for the new fuel burning
			 equipment.