25 Pa. Code § 129.16 - Door maintenance, adjustment and replacement practices
(a) In the event a
coke oven battery fails to comply with the emission standards contained in
§
123.44(a)(2) or
(3) (relating to limitations of visible
fugitive air contaminants from operation of any coke oven battery) at any time
after the effective date of the standards at a coke oven battery, the person
responsible for the operation of such coke oven battery shall take the
following action:
(1) Implement the following
work practices:
(i)
Self-sealing coke
oven doors. Work practices for self-sealing coke oven doors shall
conform with the following:
(A) Within 1 hour
after the charge of each oven, the oven doors shall be inspected for visible
emissions, and doors found leaking shall be recorded.
(B) Doors leaking 1 hour after the charge
shall be adjusted prior to the end of the second hour after the
charge.
(C) Each oven door leaking
1 hour after the charge shall be reinspected for visible emissions 2 hours
after the charge. A record shall be made of a door leaking 2 hours after the
charge.
(D) A door leaking 2 hours
after each of two successive charges shall be replaced with a repaired, rebuilt
or new door prior to the next charge to that oven.
(E) An adequate supply of repaired, rebuilt
and new doors shall be maintained onsite to allow the frequency of replacement
necessary to comply with this subsection.
(F) If a newly installed, repaired, rebuilt
or new door leaks more than 2 hours after charge, the door and jamb shall be
inspected when the door is next removed from the oven. If the door is found to
be defective, it shall be replaced with a repaired, rebuilt or new door prior
to the next charge to that oven. If the door is not found to be defective, the
jamb shall be replaced prior to the next charge to that oven.
(ii)
Luted doors.
Work practices for luted doors shall conform with the following:
(A) Luted doors leaking 15 minutes after the
charge shall be immediately reluted.
(B) Doors which fail to seal after the first
reluting shall be recorded.
(C)
Leaks appearing after the first reluting shall be immediately
alluted.
(iii)
Chuck doors. Work practices for chuck doors shall conform with
the following:
(A) Within 1 hour after the
charge of each oven, the chuck door shall be inspected and a door found leaking
shall be recorded.
(B) Chuck doors
leaking 1 hour after the charge shall be gasketed prior to the next charge to
that oven.
(C) If a freshly
gasketed door is leaking 1 hour after the charge, it or the oven door shall be
replaced prior to the next charge to that oven.
(iv)
Cleaning. Doors and
jambs shall be completely cleaned prior to each charge.
(2) Keep and maintain records of the
inspections required by paragraph (1), including the names of inspectors, the
date and time of each door inspection and ovens observed leaking.
(3) Within 90 days following a determination
by the Department or the battery operator that this section is applicable, the
person responsible for the operation of a coke oven battery shall submit to the
Department for approval a work practice and maintenance manual which shall
include, but not be limited to, the job titles of persons having responsibility
for the various tasks required by paragraph (1), specify procedures to be
followed to assure implementation of the requirements of paragraph (1), and
state the numbers of replacement doors and jambs to be kept on site for each
battery.
(b) In addition
to, or as a substitute for, the requirements of subsection (a)(1)-(3), the
Department may issue an order establishing further obligations with respect to
the control of door area emissions in the event compliance with §
123.44(a)(2) and
(3) is not consistently achieved within the
time allowed by an approved deferred compliance schedule. The obligations may
include, but is not limited to, the specification of the maintenance and work
practices as the Department finds will achieve consistent compliance with the
standards and the installation of best available technology for door sealing or
for the capture and cleaning of door area emissions.
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