Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 725 - INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Subpart CC - AIR EMISSION STANDARDS FOR TANKS, SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS, AND CONTAINERS
Section 725.983 - Standards: General
Universal Citation: 35 IL Admin Code ยง 725.983
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) This Section applies to the management of hazardous waste in tanks, surface impoundments, and containers subject to this Subpart CC.
b) The owner or operator must control air pollutant emissions from each hazardous waste management unit in accordance with the standards specified in Sections 725.985 through 725.988, as applicable to the hazardous waste management unit, except as provided for in subsection (c).
c) A tank, surface impoundment, or container is exempted from standards specified in Sections 725.985 through 725.988, provided that all hazardous waste placed in the waste management unit is one of the following:
1) A tank, surface
impoundment, or container for which all hazardous waste entering the unit has
an average VO concentration at the point of waste origination of less than 500
parts per million by weight (ppmw). The average VO concentration must be
determined by the procedures specified in Section
725.984(a).
The owner or operator must review and update, as necessary, this determination
at least once every 12 months following the date of the initial determination
for the hazardous waste streams entering the unit;
2) A tank, surface impoundment, or container
for which the organic content of all the hazardous waste entering the waste
management unit has been reduced by an organic destruction or removal process
that achieves any one of the following conditions:
A) The process removes or destroys the
organics contained in the hazardous waste to such a level that the average VO
concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of waste treatment is less
than the exit concentration limit (Ct) established for
the process. The average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point
of waste treatment and the exit concentration limit for the process must be
determined using the procedures specified in Section
725.984(b);
B) The process removes or destroys the
organics contained in the hazardous waste to such a level that the organic
reduction efficiency (R) for the process is equal to or greater than 95
percent, and the average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point
of waste treatment is less than 100 ppmw. The organic reduction efficiency for
the process and the average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the
point of waste treatment must be determined using the procedures specified in
Section
725.984(b);
C) The process removes or destroys the
organics contained in the hazardous waste to such a level that the actual
organic mass removal rate (MR) for the process is equal to or greater than the
required organic mass removal rate (RMR) established for the process. The
required organic mass removal rate and the actual organic mass removal rate for
the process must be determined using the procedures specified in Section
725.984(b);
D) The process is a biological process that
destroys or degrades the organics contained in the hazardous waste so that
either of the following conditions is met:
i)
The organic reduction efficiency (R) for the process is equal to or greater
than 95 percent, and the organic biodegradation efficiency
(Rbio) for the process is equal to or greater than 95
percent. The organic reduction efficiency and the organic biodegradation
efficiency for the process must be determined using the procedures specified in
Section
725.984(b);
and
ii) The total actual organic
mass biodegradation rate (MRbio) for all hazardous waste
treated by the process is equal to or greater than the required organic mass
removal rate (RMR). The required organic mass removal rate and the actual
organic mass biodegradation rate for the process must be determined using the
procedures specified in Section
725.984(b);
E) The process is one that removes or
destroys the organics contained in the hazardous waste and meets all of the
following conditions:
i) From the point of
waste origination through the point where the hazardous waste enters the
treatment process, the hazardous waste is continuously managed in waste
management units that use air emission controls in accordance with the
standards specified in Section
725.985 through
Section 725.988, as applicable to the waste management unit;
ii) From the point of waste origination
through the point where the hazardous waste enters the treatment process, any
transfer of the hazardous waste is accomplished through continuous hard-piping
or other closed system transfer that does not allow exposure of the waste to
the atmosphere;
BOARD NOTE: The USEPA considers a drain system that meets the requirements of federal subpart RR of 40 CFR 63 (National Emission Standards for Individual Drain Systems) to be a closed system.
iii) The average VO concentration of the
hazardous waste at the point of waste treatment is less than the lowest average
VO concentration at the point of waste origination determined for each of the
individual hazardous waste streams entering the process or 500 ppmw, whichever
value is lower. The average VO concentration of each individual hazardous waste
stream at the point of waste origination must be determined using the
procedures specified in Section
725.984(a).
The average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of waste
treatment must be determined using the procedures specified in Section
725.984(b);
F) A process that removes or destroys the
organics contained in the hazardous waste to a level such that the organic
reduction efficiency (R) for the process is equal to or greater than 95 percent
and the owner or operator certifies that the average VO concentration at the
point of waste origination for each of the individual waste streams entering
the process is less than 10,000 ppmw. The organic reduction efficiency for the
process and the average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of
waste origination must be determined using the procedures specified in Sections
725.984(b)
and
725.984(a),
respectively;
G) A hazardous waste
incinerator for which either of the following conditions is true:
i) The owner or operator has been issued a
final permit under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 702, 703, and 705 that implements the
requirements of Subpart O of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 724; or
ii) The owner or operator has designed and
operates the incinerator in accordance with the interim status requirements of
Subpart O;
H) A boiler or
industrial furnace for which either of the following conditions is true:
i) The owner or operator has been issued a
final permit under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 702, 703, and 705 that implements the
requirements of Subpart H of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 726; or
ii) The owner or operator has designed and
operates the industrial furnace or incinerator in accordance with the interim
status requirements of Subpart H of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 726;
and
I) For the purpose of
determining the performance of an organic destruction or removal process in
accordance with the conditions in each of subsections (c)(2)(A) through
(c)(2)(F), the owner or operator must account for VO concentrations determined
to be below the limit of detection of the analytical method by using the
following VO concentration:
i) If Reference
Method 25D (Determination of the Volatile Organic Concentration of Waste
Samples) in appendix A to 40 CFR 60 (Test Methods), incorporated by reference
in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.111(b),
is used for the analysis, one-half the blank value determined in the method at
Section 4.4 of Reference Method 25D or a value of 25 ppmw, whichever is less;
and
ii) If any other analytical
method is used, one-half the sum of the limits of detection established for
each organic constituent in the waste that has a Henry's law constant value at
least 0.1 mole-fraction-in-the-gas-phase/mole-fraction-in-the-liquid-phase (0.1
Y/X) (which can also be expressed as
1.8 x
10-6
atmospheres/gram-mole/m3) at 25
°C;
3) A
tank or surface impoundment used for biological treatment of hazardous waste in
accordance with the requirements of subsection (c)(2)(D);
4) A tank, surface impoundment, or container
for which all hazardous waste placed in the unit fulfills either of the
following two conditions:
A) It meets the
numerical concentration limits for organic hazardous constituents, applicable
to the hazardous waste, as specified in Table T to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728;
or
B) The organic hazardous
constituents in the waste have been treated by the treatment technology
established by USEPA for the waste, as set forth in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
728.142(a),
or treated by an equivalent method of treatment approved by the Agency pursuant
to 35 Ill. Adm. Code
728.142(b);
or
5) A tank used for
bulk feed of hazardous waste to a waste incinerator, and all of the following
conditions are met:
A) The tank is located
inside an enclosure vented to a control device that is designed and operated in
accordance with all applicable requirements specified under federal subpart FF
of 40 CFR 61 (National Emission Standards for Benzene Waste Operations),
incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.111(b),
for a facility at which the total annual benzene quantity from the facility
waste is equal to or greater than 10 megagrams (11 tons) per year;
B) The enclosure and control device serving
the tank were installed and began operation prior to November 25, 1996;
and
C) The enclosure is designed
and operated in accordance with the criteria for a permanent total enclosure as
specified in "Procedure T - Criteria for and Verification of a Permanent or
Temporary Total Enclosure" under appendix B to
40
CFR 52.741 (VOM Measurement Techniques for
Capture Efficiency), incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.111(b).
The enclosure may have permanent or temporary openings to allow worker access;
passage of material into or out of the enclosure by conveyor, vehicles, or
other mechanical or electrical equipment; or to direct air flow into the
enclosure. The owner or operator must perform the verification procedure for
the enclosure as specified in Section 5.0 of "Procedure T - Criteria for and
Verification of a Permanent or Temporary Total Enclosure" annually.
d) The Agency may at any time perform or request that the owner or operator perform a waste determination for a hazardous waste managed in a tank, surface impoundment, or container that is exempted from using air emission controls under the provisions of this Section as follows:
1) The
waste determination for average VO concentration of a hazardous waste at the
point of waste origination must be performed using direct measurement in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section
725.984(a).
The waste determination for a hazardous waste at the point of waste treatment
must be performed in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section
725.984(b);
2) In performing a waste determination
pursuant to subsection (d)(1), the sample preparation and analysis must be
conducted as follows:
A) In accordance with
the method used by the owner or operator to perform the waste analysis, except
in the case specified in subsection (d)(2)(B); and
B) If the Agency determines that the method
used by the owner or operator was not appropriate for the hazardous waste
managed in the tank, surface impoundment, or container, then the Agency may
choose an appropriate method;
3) Where the owner or operator is requested
to perform the waste determination, the Agency may elect to have an authorized
representative observe the collection of the hazardous waste samples used for
the analysis;
4) Where the results
of the waste determination performed or requested by the Agency do not agree
with the results of a waste determination performed by the owner or operator
using knowledge of the waste, then the results of the waste determination
performed in accordance with the requirements of subsection (d)(1) must be used
to establish compliance with the requirements of this Subpart CC; and
5) Where the owner or operator has used an
averaging period greater than one hour for determining the average VO
concentration of a hazardous waste at the point of waste origination, the
Agency may elect to establish compliance with this Subpart CC by performing or
requesting that the owner or operator perform a waste determination using
direct measurement, based on waste samples collected within a 1-hour period, as
follows:
A) The average VO concentration of
the hazardous waste at the point of waste origination must be determined by
direct measurement in accordance with the requirements of Section
725.984(a);
B) Results of the waste determination
performed or requested by the Agency showing that the average VO concentration
of the hazardous waste at the point of waste origination is equal to or greater
than 500 ppmw must constitute noncompliance with this Subpart CC, except in a
case as provided for in subsection (d)(5)(C); and
C) Where the average VO concentration of the
hazardous waste at the point of waste origination previously has been
determined by the owner or operator using an averaging period greater than one
hour to be less than 500 ppmw but because of normal operating process
variations the VO concentration of the hazardous waste determined by direct
measurement for any given 1-hour period may be equal to or greater than 500
ppmw, information that was used by the owner or operator to determine the
average VO concentration of the hazardous waste (e.g., test results,
measurements, calculations, and other documentation) and recorded in the
facility records in accordance with the requirements of Sections
725.984(a)
and
725.990
must be considered by the Agency together with the results of the waste
determination performed or requested by the Agency in establishing compliance
with this Subpart CC.
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