Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) An owner or operator of a lead emission
unit subject to this Part must operate at all times according to a lead
fugitive dust operating program that describes in detail the measures that are
implemented to minimize lead fugitive dust emissions from the areas,
activities, or events listed in subsections (a)(1) through (7):
1) Source roadways;
2) Source buildings housing lead emission
units;
3) Battery storage
areas;
4) Equipment maintenance for
equipment used in connection with the processing or handling of lead-containing
materials;
5) Material storage and
material handling areas for lead-containing materials, excluding areas where
only finished products are stored or handled;
6) Spillage of lead-containing material;
and
7) Sorting or handling of
lead-bearing scrap subject to Section
226.155(a)(6)(D).
b) An owner or operator of a lead
emission unit subject to this Part must develop and maintain a lead fugitive
dust operating program. The lead fugitive dust operating program must be
submitted for review and approval to the Section Manager by the compliance date
specified in Section
226.130
and within 30 days after any changes are made to the program. The lead fugitive
dust operating program must be amended by the owner or operator of a lead
emission unit subject to this Part as necessary to ensure that it is kept
current. The owner or operator of a lead emission unit subject to this Part
must operate according to the lead fugitive dust operating program at all
times.
c) The measures specified in
the lead fugitive dust operating program must, at a minimum, include the
requirements specified in subsections (c)(1) through (8).
1) The lead fugitive dust operating program
must meet all requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 212.Subpart K.
2) Cleanings must be performed by wet wash or
by a vacuum cleaner equipped with a filter rated by the manufacturer to achieve
at least 99.97 percent capture efficiency for 0.3 micron particles in a manner
that does not generate fugitive dust. When performing cleanings by wet wash, a
wet sweeper must employ a water flush followed by sweeping. Cleanings must be
performed at the following frequencies:
A)
Cleanings must be performed at least once every 24 hour period that a lead
emission unit in an associated production area is operating and immediately
before termination of negative pressure in any total enclosure required by
Section
226.155 for all
production areas.
B) Cleanings of
scrap sorting and handling areas subject to Section
226.155(a)(6)(D)
must be performed directly after sorting or handling is completed and before
shutdown of the required capture and control equipment.
C) Cleanings must be performed at least once
every 7 calendar days for all areas where lead-containing wastes generated from
housekeeping activities are stored, disposed of, recovered, or
recycled.
D) Cleanings of all areas
must be performed no later than one hour after detection of any accidental
release of dust containing lead.
3) All areas within the property boundaries
subject to vehicle traffic must be paved and must be cleaned at least once
every 7 calendar days to remove dust or other accumulated material from paved
areas within the property boundaries. The cleaning must be performed using a
vacuum truck with a filter rated by the manufacturer to achieve at least 99.97
percent capture efficiency for 0.3 micron particles, or a wet sweeper, or a
combination thereof. Limited access and limited use roadways such as unpaved
roads to remote locations on the property are exempt from this requirement if
they are used infrequently (no more than one round trip per day).
4) Broken batteries must only be stored in a
total enclosure. Any battery storage areas that are not located in a total
enclosure must be inspected at least once every 7 calendar days. Within 72
hours after identification, any broken batteries must be moved to a total
enclosure and all residue from broken batteries must be collected and the area
must be cleaned.
5) All maintenance
activities that could generate dust containing lead must be performed in a
manner that minimizes emissions of dust, including, but not limited to, the use
of a vacuum cleaner equipped with a filter rated by the manufacturer to achieve
at least 99.97 percent capture efficiency for 0.3 micron particles or the use
of wet suppression sufficient to prevent dust formation.
6) All collected dross and dust must be
stored and transported within closed conveyor and storage systems or in closed,
leak-proof containers. All other lead-containing material must be contained and
covered for transport outside of a total enclosure in a manner that minimizes
spillage or dust formation. The transport outside of a total enclosure of scrap
metal, spent refractory brick, ladles, and finished product must be addressed
in the lead fugitive dust operating program so as to minimize the spillage of
lead-containing material or the formation of dust.
7) Replacement of control equipment filter
bags must be conducted in the manner specified in this subsection (c)(7). All
vacuuming referenced in this subsection (c)(7) must be performed by a vacuum
cleaner equipped with a filter rated by the manufacturer to achieve at least
99.97 percent capture efficiency for 0.3 micron particles:
A) Used filter bags must be rolled-up and
placed into sealed plastic bags or barrels prior to removal from the filter
unit;
B) The filter unit floors,
the dirty and clean plenum side, must be vacuumed of dust residues immediately
following removal activity;
C) The
ground surface in and around the filter unit must be vacuumed immediately
following the complete installation of new filter bags to remove any and all
dust residue; and
D) In those
instances in which filter bag replacement requires more than one operational
day, the requirements of subsection (c)(7)(C) must be completed just prior to
the end of each operational day.
8) Measures, including, but not limited to,
those specified in subsections (c)(1) through (7) must be implemented to
minimize the tracking of dust containing lead out of the total enclosure by
personnel or by equipment used in handling the material.
d) All grounds on any source subject to this
Part must be paved or oiled, or have sufficient groundcover planted, to
minimize the amount of wind-blown dust leaving the property.
e) The applicability of this Part to the
owner or operator of a lead emission unit does not exempt the owner or operator
from compliance with the applicable requirements in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
212.