Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 229 - HOSPITAL/MEDICAL/INFECTIOUS WASTE INCINERATORS
Subpart E - EMISSIONS LIMITS
Section 229.126 - Emissions Limits For Rural HMIWIs
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
Notwithstanding the emissions limits set out in Section 229.125 of this Part, any rural HMIWI shall comply with the emissions limits set out in subsection (a) or (c) of this Section. The emissions limits under this Section shall apply at all times, except as provided for in Section 229.110(b).
a) Before January 1, 2014, a rural HMIWI as defined in Section 229.110(a)(1) shall comply with the following emissions limits:
|
Pollutant |
Units (7% oxygen, dry basis) |
EMISSION LIMITS |
|
Particulate matter |
mg/dscm (gr/dscf) |
197 (0.086) |
|
Carbon monoxide |
ppmv |
40 |
|
Dioxins/furans |
ng/dscm total dioxins/furans (gr/109 dscf) or ng/dscm TEQ (gr/109 dscf) |
800 (350) or 15 (6.6) |
|
Hydrogen chloride |
ppmv |
3100 |
|
Sulfur dioxide |
ppmv |
55 |
|
Nitrogen oxides |
ppmv |
250 |
|
Lead |
mg/dscm (gr/103 dscf) |
10 (4.4) |
|
Cadmium |
mg/dscm (gr/103 dscf) |
4 (1.7) |
|
Mercury |
mg/dscm (gr/103 dscf) |
7.5 (3.3) |
b) No owner or operator of a rural HMIWI subject to emissions limits listed under subsection (a) of this Section shall cause or allow any emissions that cause greater than 10 percent opacity, as measured on a 6-minute block average, according to Method 9, 40 CFR 60, appendix A, incorporated by reference at Section 229.104(d) of this Part, from any stack used by an HMIWI.
c) On and after January 1, 2014, except as provided for in Section 229.115(b)(3) or Section 229.116(c)(4), as applicable, a rural HMIWI, as defined in Section 229.110(a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Part, shall comply with the following emissions limits:
|
Pollutant |
Units (7% oxygen, dry basis) |
EMISSION LIMITS |
|
Particulate matter |
mg/dscm (gr/dscf) |
87 (0.038) |
|
Carbon monoxide |
ppmv |
20 |
|
Dioxins/furans |
ng/dscm total dioxins/furans (gr/109 dscf) or ng/dscm TEQ (gr/109 dscf) |
240 (100) or 5.1(2.2) |
|
Hydrogen chloride |
ppmv |
810 |
|
Sulfur dioxide |
ppmv |
55 |
|
Nitrogen oxides |
ppmv |
130 |
|
Lead |
mg/dscm (gr/103 dscf) |
0.50 (0.22) |
|
Cadmium |
mg/dscm (gr/103 dscf) |
0.11 (0.048) |
|
Mercury |
mg/dscm (gr/103 dscf) |
0.0051 (0.0022) |
d) No owner or operator of a rural HMIWI subject to emissions limits listed under subsection (c) of this Section shall cause or allow any emissions that cause greater than 6 percent opacity, as measured on a 6 minute block average, according to Method 9, 40 CFR 60, appendix A, incorporated by reference at Section 229.104(d) of this Part, from any stack used by an HMIWI.
e) On and after the date on which the initial performance test is completed or required to be completed under Section 229.142 of this Part, whichever date comes first, no owner or operator of a rural HMIWI, as defined in Section 229.110(a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Part, subject to the emissions limits under subsection (c) of this Section, shall cause to be discharged into the atmosphere visible emissions of combustion ash from ash conveying system (including conveyor transfer points), enclosures of ash conveying systems, buildings, or other sources in excess of 5 percent of the observation period of 9 minutes per 3-hour period, according to Method 22, 40 CFR 60, appendix A, incorporated by reference at Section 229.104(d) of this Part, except as provided by the following exclusions:
