Ohio Admin. Code 3745-17-07 - Control of visible particulate emissions from stationary sources
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(A) Visible particulate emission limitations
for stack emissions:
(1) General limitations:
(a) Except as otherwise specified in
paragraphs (A)(1)(b), (A)(2) and (A)(3) of this rule, visible particulate
emissions from any stack shall not exceed twenty per cent opacity, as a
six-minute average.
(b) Except as
otherwise specified in paragraphs (A)(2) and (A)(3) of this rule, visible
particulate emissions from any stack may exceed twenty per cent opacity, as a
six-minute average, for not more than six consecutive minutes in any sixty
minutes, but shall not exceed sixty per cent opacity, as a six-minute average,
at any time.
(2) It
shall be deemed not to be a violation of this rule where the presence of
uncombined water is the only reason for failure of a stack emission to meet
the requirements of this rule.
(3) The visible particulate emission
limitations established in paragraph (A)(1) of this rule shall not apply to the
following:
(a) The start-up of the following
fuel burning equipment:
(i) For any fuel
burning equipment which are equipped with baghouses or electrostatic
precipitators, until the exhaust gases have achieved a temperature of two
hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit at the inlet of the baghouses or electrostatic
precipitators, provided that the director may incorporate a higher start-up
temperature in the permit or variance for such source for which an applicant
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the director that the higher temperature is
needed for safety considerations or to prevent damage to the control
equipment.
(ii) For any fuel
burning equipment which are uncontrolled or which are equipped solely with
mechanical collectors (including mechanical collectors which are equipped with
sidestream separators or similar devices) for the control of particulate
emissions, for a period of not more than three hours from the moment of
start-up, provided that the director may incorporate a longer start-up time
period in the permit or variance for such source for which an applicant
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the director that the longer time period is
required.
(b) The
shutdown of the following fuel burning equipment:
(i) For any fuel burning equipment which are
equipped with baghouses or electrostatic precipitators, after the temperature
of the exhaust gases has dropped below two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit at
the inlet of the baghouses or electrostatic precipitators, provided that the
director may incorporate a higher shutdown temperature in the permit or
variance for such source for which an applicant demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the director that the higher temperature is needed for safety
considerations or to prevent damage to the control equipment.
(ii) For any fuel burning equipment which are
uncontrolled or which are equipped solely with mechanical collectors (including
mechanical collectors which are equipped with sidestream separators or similar
devices) for the control of particulate emissions, for a period of not more
than three hours, provided that the director may incorporate a longer shutdown
time period in the permit or variance for such source for which an applicant
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the director that the longer time period is
required.
(c) The
malfunction of any air contaminant source or the malfunction/shutdown of air
pollution control equipment associated with any air contaminant source, if the
owner or operator of said air contaminant source or air pollution control
equipment complies with the requirements of
rule
3745-15-06
of the Administrative Code and none of the conditions listed in paragraph (C)
of rule
3745-15-06
of the Administrative Code exists.
(d) Intermittent soot-blowing operations (the
cleaning of heat transfer surfaces with pressurized air or steam) for fuel
burning equipment which are uncontrolled or which are equipped solely with
mechanical collectors (including mechanical collectors which are equipped with
sidestream separators or similar devices) for the control of particulate
emissions, provided that the owner or operator of such fuel burning equipment
maintains a daily record which clearly documents the date, beginning time and
ending time for all intermittent soot-blowing operations.
(e) Salt glazing operations conducted in a
gas-fired periodic brick or tile kiln, for a period of not more than two hours
during any twenty-one consecutive days of operation of said kiln.
(f) Intermittent ash removal operations (the
dumping or pulling of ash) for fuel burning equipment which are uncontrolled or
which are equipped solely with mechanical collectors (including mechanical
collectors which are equipped with sidestream separators or similar devices)
for the control of particulate emissions, provided that the owner or operator
of such fuel burning equipment maintains a daily record which clearly documents
the date, beginning time and ending time for all intermittent ash removal
operations.
(g) The commencement of
increased coal firing from a banked condition for fuel burning equipment, for a
period not to exceed thirty minutes.
(h) Any air contaminant source which is not
subject to any mass emission limitation in paragraphs (B)(3) and (B)(4) of rule
3745-17-08
of the Administrative Code, or rule
3745-17-09,
3745-17-10
or
3745-17-11
of the Administrative Code.
(i) Any
air contaminant source for which an equivalent visible particulate emission
limitation has been established by the director pursuant to paragraph (C) of
this rule.
(j) The following kiln
operations at the facility (OEPA premise number 0372000127) located at 755 Lime
Road, Woodville, Ohio, provided that "Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties,
Inc.," or any subsequent owner or operator of such facility, maintains daily
records that clearly document the dates, beginning times, and ending times for
the operations:
(i) The start-up of any kiln
equipped with a baghouse, until the time stone feed to the kiln
begins.
(ii) The start-up of any
kiln equipped with an electrostatic precipitator, from the time the stone feed
to the kiln begins until the time a stable firing condition for the solid fuel
is achieved, but not longer than six hours from the time firing with the solid
fuel begins.
(iii) The shutdown of
any kiln equipped with a baghouse, after the time the temperature of the
exhaust gases from the kiln has dropped below two hundred fifty degrees
Fahrenheit at the inlet of the baghouse.
For the purposes of this paragraph, "start-up" shall be defined as the point of commencement of firing the kiln until such time as the process is operating in a steady-state condition using its primary fuel. A steady-state condition is present when the throughputs of process material, fuel and combustion air have been stabilized in a manner that demonstrates the combustion process will be consistently complete and safe, with an exhausted combustibles concentration within established safety limits.
(k)
Residential wood burning appliances and pellet stoves.
(B) Visible particulate
emission limitations for fugitive dust:
(1)
Except as provided in paragraphs (B)(2) to (B)(11) of this rule, visible
particulate emissions from any fugitive dust source shall not exceed twenty per
cent opacity as a three-minute average.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (B)(11)
of this rule, visible particulate emissions from the fugitive dust sources
associated with a coke oven battery shall comply with the following:
(a) There shall be no visible particulate
emissions from any charging operations except for a period of time not to
exceed one hundred twenty-five seconds during any five consecutive charges. One
charge, which represents the charge with the highest visible particulate
emissions value of twenty consecutive charges observed, may be exempted from
this visible particulate emission limitation.
(b) At no time shall there be visible
particulate emissions from more than ten per cent of the offtake
piping.
(c) At no time shall there
be visible particulate emissions from more than five per cent of the charging
hole lids.
(d) For visible
particulate emissions from oven doors, the
following :
(i)
For the Still coke oven battery (OEPA source number
B919) at the "Armco Steel Company, L.P., Middletown Works" (OEPA premise number
1409010006), located on Crawford street, Middletown, Ohio, at no time shall
there be visible particulate emissions from more than sixteen per cent of the
oven doors
[Reserved.]
.
(ii)
For all other coke oven batteries, at
At no time shall there be visible particulate
emissions from more than ten per cent of the oven doors. Two oven doors, which
represent the last oven charged prior to the commencement of visible
particulate emission readings performed in accordance with paragraph (B)(2)(c)
of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code, shall be exempted from this visible emission
limitation.
(iii) For purposes of
this paragraph, an oven door and the associated chuck door on the pusher side
of the battery shall be considered as one door.
(e) Visible particulate emissions during any
pushing operations shall not exceed an average of twenty per cent opacity read
above the battery top. For purposes of this paragraph, the duration of a
pushing operation shall commence with the moving (or pushing) of the coke mass
from an oven and shall conclude when the quench car enters the quench
tower.
(3) Except as
provided in paragraph (B)(11) of this rule, visible particulate emissions of
fugitive dust from electric arc furnace shop roof monitors, argon-oxygen
decarburization shop roof monitors, blast furnace casthouses and sintering
operations shall not exceed twenty per cent opacity as a six-minute
average.
(4) Except as provided in
paragraphs (B)(7), (B)(8), and (B)(11) of this rule, there shall be no visible
particulate emissions from any paved roadway or parking area except for a
period of time not to exceed six minutes during any sixty-minute observation
period, as determined in accordance with paragraph (B)(4) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code.
(5)
Except as provided in paragraphs (B)(7), (B)(8), and (B)(11) of this rule,
there shall be no visible particulate emissions from any unpaved roadway or
parking area except for a period of time not to exceed thirteen minutes during
any sixty-minute observation period, as determined in accordance with paragraph
(B)(4) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code.
(6)
Except as provided in paragraphs (B)(7) to (B)(11) of this rule, there shall be
no visible particulate emissions from any material storage pile except for a
period of time not to exceed thirteen minutes during any sixty-minute
observation period, as determined in accordance with paragraph (B)(4) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code.
(7)
Except as provided in paragraph (B)(11) of this rule, visible particulate
emissions from any roadway, parking area, material handling operation, or coal
storage pile located at facilities owned or operated by "Buckeye Power, Inc.,
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating
Company, Columbus Southern Power Company, Dayton Power & Light Company,
Ohio Edison Company, Ohio Power Company, and The Toledo Edison Company" or any
subsequent owners or operators of such facilities shall not exceed any of the
following limitations:
(a) For any paved or
unpaved roadway or parking area, the following :
(i) Ten per cent opacity, as determined in
Accordance with paragraph (B)(3) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code, for the following facilities:
[reserved
(ii) No visible particulate emissions from
any paved roadway or parking area, except for a period of time not to exceed
six minutes during any sixty-minute observation period, or from any unpaved
roadway or parking area, except for a period of time not to exceed thirteen
minutes during any sixty-minute observation period, as determined in accordance
with paragraph (B)(4) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code, for all other facilities not identified in
paragraph (B)(7)(a)(i) of this rule.
(b) Twenty per cent opacity for any material
handling operation (including loading coal into or loading coal out of any coal
storage pile), as determined in accordance with paragraph (B)(3) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code;
.
(c) Twenty per cent opacity from the
operation of vehicles on top of any coal storage pile (emissions from the
combustion of fuels in such vehicles are not subject to this limitation), as
determined in accordance with paragraph (B)(3) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code; and
.
(d) No
visible particulate emissions from any coal storage pile due to wind erosion,
except for a period of time not to exceed thirteen minutes during any
sixty-minute observation period, as determined in accordance with paragraph
(B)(4) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code.
(8) Except as provided in paragraph (B)(11)
of this rule, visible particulate emissions from any roadway, parking area, or
material storage pile located at iron and steel production facilities owned and
operated by "Empire Detroit Steel Company, LTV Steel Company, Republic
Engineered Steels, Incorporated, The Timken Company, or USS/KOBE Steel Company"
or any subsequent owner or operator of such facilities shall not exceed any of
the following limitations:
(a) Ten per cent
opacity for any paved or unpaved roadway or parking area, as determined in
accordance with paragraph (B)(3) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code;
.
(b) Twenty per cent opacity for any material
handling operation (including loading coal into or loading coal out of any coal
storage pile), as determined in accordance with paragraph (B)(3) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code;
.
(c) Ten per cent opacity from the operation
of vehicles on top of any material storage pile, where such vehicles are
employed for the purpose of compacting, grading or transporting materials
(emissions from the combustion of fuels in such vehicles are not subject to
this limitation), as determined in accordance with paragraph (B)(3) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code; and
.
(d) Ten
per cent opacity from wind erosion of any material storage pile, as determined
in accordance with paragraph (B)(3) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code.
(9)
Within thirty
days after the effective date of this rule, the "Ford Motor Company, Cleveland
Casting Plant" (OEPA premise number 1318120180) or any subsequent owner or
operator of the "Ford Motor Company, Cleveland Casting Plant" located at 5600
Henry Ford Boulevard, Brook Park, Ohio shall submit a written notification to
the director which indicates whether, for the control of fugitive dust
generated from any material storage pile located at such facility, it will
comply with either the visible particulate emission limitation in paragraph
(B)(6), or the visible particulate emission limitation in paragraph (B)(6)
except that fugitive dust emissions from loading material into or out of any
material storage pile shall not exceed a visible particulate emission
limitation of twenty per cent opacity, as determined in accordance with
paragraph (B)(3) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code. In such notification, "Ford Motor Company,
Cleveland Casting Plant" or any subsequent owner or operator of such facility
shall choose between the visible particulate emission limitations. Except as
otherwise provided in paragraph (B)(10) of this rule, after submitting such
written notification indicating which visible particulate emission limitation
it will comply with, "Ford Motor Company, Cleveland Casting Plant" or any
subsequent owner or operator of such facility will be subject to and shall
comply with such visible particulate emission limitation(s)
[Reserved.]
.
(10)
After selecting a visible particulate emission
limitation(s) option pursuant to paragraph (B)(9) of this rule, in the event
that "Ford Motor Company, Cleveland Casting Plant" or any subsequent owner or
operator of the "Ford Motor Company, Cleveland Casting Plant" subsequently
desires to be subject to and to comply with the other identified visible
particulate emission limitation(s) option identified in paragraph (B)(9) of
this rule, "Ford Motor Company, Cleveland Casting Plant" or any subsequent
owner or operator of such facility may so notify the director by submitting a
written notification which clearly indicates that "Ford Motor Company,
Cleveland Casting Plant" or any subsequent owner or operator of such facility
desires to be subject to and shall comply with the alternative visible
particulate emission limitation(s) option. To be effective, any such written
notification shall expressly identify the specific date on which "Ford Motor
Company, Cleveland Casting Plant" or any subsequent owner or operator of such
facility desires to be subject to the alternative option and shall be submitted
no later than thirty days prior to such date. In the event that "Ford Motor
Company, Cleveland Casting Plant" or any subsequent owner or operator of such
facility complies with the written notification provisions contained in this
paragraph, "Ford Motor Company, Cleveland Casting Plant" or any subsequent
owner or operator of such facility shall become subject to and shall comply
with the alternative visible particulate emission limitation(s) option as of
the date specifically identified in the written notification
[Reserved.]
.
(11)
The visible particulate emission limitations specified in paragraphs (B)(1) to
(B) (9) of this rule shall not apply to the following:
(a) Ship loading spouts at grain
terminals;
.
(b)
Blasting at mineral extraction operations;
.
(c) Blowing taps, poling and oxygen lancing
of the tap hole and casting operations associated with ferroalloy electric arc
furnaces;
.
(d) Any
fugitive dust source which is exempted from the
requirements of paragraph (B) of rule
3745-17-08
of the Administrative Code;
.
(e) Any fugitive dust source which is not
located within the geographical areas specified in appendix A of rule
3745-17-08
of the Administrative Code, unless the director, in accordance with paragraph
(A)(2) of rule
3745-17-08
of the Administrative Code, requires the owner or operator to submit and
implement a control program which will bring the fugitive dust source into
compliance with the requirements of
paragraph (B) of rule
3745-17-08
of the Administrative Code; and
.
(f) The
malfunction of any air contaminant source or the malfunction/shutdown of air
pollution control equipment associated with any air contaminant source, if the
owner or operator of said air contaminant source or air pollution control
equipment complies with the requirements of
rule
3745-15-06
of the Administrative Code and none of the conditions listed in paragraph (C)
of rule
3745-15-06
of the Administrative Code exists.
(g) Any fugitive dust for which a visible
particulate emission limitation has been established in rule
3745-17-12
or
3745-17-13
of the Administrative Code.
(12) It shall be deemed not to be a violation
of this rule where the presence of uncombined water is the only reason for
failure of a fugitive dust emission to meet the
requirements of this rule.
(C) Equivalent visible particulate emission
limitations:
(1) For the purpose of
establishing an equivalent visible particulate emission limitation for stack
emissions subject to a mass-based, particulate emission limitation, any owner
or operator of an air contaminant source which is subject to
the requirements of paragraph (A)(1) of
this rule may request the director to determine the average opacity of the
emissions from said source during any performance test(s)
test conducted
pursuant to paragraph (B) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code. Any such request shall be made in writing at the
time the test specifications and procedures are submitted to the director
pursuant to paragraph (B)(6) of rule 3745-17-03 of the Administrative
Code.
(2) If, upon review of such
owner's or operator's written report of the results of the performance
test(s)
test ,
it is the director's judgment that the air contaminant source is in compliance
with all applicable emission limitations for which the performance tests were
conducted, but fails to comply with the requirements
of paragraph (A)(1) of this rule, the director shall notify the owner
or operator as expeditiously as practicable that he may request the director to
establish an equivalent visible particulate emission limitation for the source.
Such request shall be made in writing within
not later than
thirty days following receipt of the notification from the director.
(3) Any written request for an equivalent
visible particulate emission limitation from an owner or operator of an air
contaminant source shall include information which demonstrates the following:
(a) That the performance tests were conducted
in accordance with the conditions and procedures accepted by the director
pursuant to paragraph (B)(6) of rule
3745-17-03
of the Administrative Code; and
.
(b) That
the air contaminant source and any associated air pollution control equipment
were operated and maintained in a manner so as to minimize the opacity of the
emissions during the performance test(s)
test .
(4) If an owner or operator of an air
contaminant source complies with the requirements
of paragraphs (C)(1) to (C)(3) of this rule, the director may
establish an equivalent visible particulate emission limitation for said source
in accordance with the procedures described in the Ohio EPA, Division of Air
Pollution Control documents entitled "Engineering Guide #13" and "Engineering
Guide #15." Any such equivalent visible particulate emission limitation shall
be specified in the terms and conditions of the permit, variance or order
issued by the director for said source.
(D) Any revision approved by the director in
accordance with paragraphs (A)(3)(a)(i), (A)(3)(a)(ii), (A)(3)(b)(i), and
(A)(3)(b)(ii) of this rule shall not revise the federally enforceable
requirements of the state implementation plan until approved by the United
States environmental protection agency.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3704.03(E)
Rule Amplifies: 3704.03(A), 3704.03(E)
Prior Effective Dates: 2/15/72, 6/18/80, 10/1/83, 6/14/91, 1/31/98, 4/14/03, 2/1/08
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