Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) After
May 30, 2004, an owner or operator of any cement kiln subject to the
requirements of this Subpart shall not operate the kiln during the initial
control period or any subsequent control period, unless the owner or operator
complies with subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(5) or (a)(6) of this
Section for kilns that commenced operation prior to January 1, 1996, or
subsection (a)(4) or (a)(6) of this Section for kilns that commenced operation
on or after January 1, 1996.
1) The kiln is
operated with a low-NOx burner or a mid-kiln firing
system;
2) The kiln shall not
exceed the applicable NOx emission limitation in pounds
per ton of clinker (lb/T), expressed in the rates listed below:
A) Long dry kilns - 5.1 lb
NOx/T of clinker;
B) Long wet kilns - 6.0 lb
NOx/T of clinker;
C) Preheater kilns - 3.8 lb
NOx/T of clinker; or
D) Preheater/precalciner kilns - 2.8 lb NOx/T
of clinker.
3) The kiln
achieves a 30 percent or greater reduction from its uncontrolled baseline,
established as set forth in this subsection (a)(3), and complies with the
following:
A) Uncontrolled baseline emissions
shall be determined using the following equation:
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UBE
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=
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[EF x SPR]
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2000 lbs NOx/T
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Where:
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UBE
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=
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Uncontrolled Baseline NOx
emissions expressed in tons of NOx per control
period;
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EF
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=
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Emissions factor, expressed in lbs of
NOx per ton of linker produced per control period, based
on one of the methods in subsection (a)(3)(B) of this Section; and
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SPR
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=
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Seasonal production rate, expressed in tons of
clinker produced per control period, using the average of the two highest
control period operating rates from the previous three-year period at the time
the application for the permit with federally enforceable conditions is
submitted to the Agency pursuant to subsection (a)(3)(C) of this
Section.
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B)
Emissions factors shall be determined using one of the following methods:
i) The average of the emission factors for
the type of kiln from the Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors (AP-42)
and the Alternative Control Techniques Document - NOx
Emissions from Cement Manufacturing, as incorporated by reference in Section
217.104
of this Part;
ii) The site-specific
emission factor developed from representative emissions testing, pursuant to 40
CFR 60, Appendix A, Method 7, 7A, 7C, 7D, or 7E, incorporated by reference in
Section
217.104
of this Part, based on a range of typical operating conditions. The owner or
operator must establish that these operating conditions are representative,
subject to approval by the Agency, and must certify that the emissions testing
is being conducted under representative conditions; or
iii) An alternate method for establishing the
emissions factors, when submitted with supporting data to substantiate such
emissions factors and approved by the Agency as set forth in subsection
(a)(3)(C) of this Section.
C) The owner or operator must submit an
emission reduction plan to the Agency and obtain approval of that plan by the
Agency. Such plan shall be effective only when contained as federally
enforceable conditions in a permit. Such plan shall include any alternate
procedures for monitoring, testing, reporting, or recordkeeping approved by the
Agency, or other provisions as appropriate.
4) Any kiln subject to this Subpart that
commenced operation on or after January 1, 1996, must meet the more stringent
of the requirements of this Subpart or other CAA requirements, or rules
promulgated thereunder, applicable to kilns. If a kiln is required to comply
with a more stringent requirement pursuant to the CAA, and chooses to do so in
lieu of complying with this Subpart, the owner or operator must submit an
emissions reduction plan that demonstrates that compliance with the CAA
requirement results in emissions reductions that are equal to or exceed the
requirements of this Section and obtain a permit containing federally
enforceable conditions addressing such CAA requirement.
5) The owner or operator obtains an alternate
emissions standard for operating the kiln pursuant to Section 28.1 of the Act
[415 ILCS
5/28.1] , and in accordance with 35 Ill. Adm. Code
104, Subpart D, provisions for adjusted standards. An adjusted standard or
alternate emissions standard with an alternate compliance schedule shall be
granted by the Board to the extent consistent with federal law. Such alternate
shall be effective only when included as a federally enforceable condition in a
permit approved by USEPA or approved as a SIP revision. The adjusted standard
shall include any alternate procedures for control, compliance, monitoring,
operation, testing, reporting, or recordkeeping that are appropriate. In
addition, the owner or operator must demonstrate, as justification for the
adjusted standard, that the control requirements contained in this Subpart, as
they apply to cement kilns, meet one or more of the following criteria:
A) Unreasonable cost of control resulting
from plant, age, location or basic process design;
B) Physical impossibility of installing
necessary control equipment; or
C)
Other factors specific to the cement kiln that support an alternate emissions
standard.
6) The owner
or operator obtains approval by the Agency and USEPA to allow the kiln to
participate in the federal NOx Trading Program. Such
participation will be effective upon issuance of a permit containing all
necessary federally enforceable permit conditions addressing the kiln's
participation in the federal NOx Trading Program
pursuant to 40 CFR 96 and the Illinois NOx Trading
Program regulations at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 217. The owner or operator is not
subject to the requirements of this Subpart for the duration of its
participation in the NOx Trading Program, except for the
requirement to submit the initial compliance report pursuant to Section
217.408(a)
of this Subpart.
b)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Subpart, a source and units at the
source subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section will become
subject to this Subpart on the first day of the control season subsequent to
the calendar year in which all of the other states subject to the provisions of
the NOxSIP Call (63 Fed. Reg. 57,355 (October 27, 1998))that are located in
USEPA Region V or that are contiguous to Illinois have adopted regulations to
implement NOx Trading programs and other required reductions of NOx emissions
pursuant to the NOx SIP Call, and such regulations have receivedfinal approval
by USEPA as part of the respective states' SIPS for ozone, or a final FIP for
ozone promulgated by USEPA is effective for such other states. [415 ILCS
5/9.9(f)]
