Indiana Administrative Code
Title 326 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 11 - EMISSION LIMITATIONS FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF OPERATIONS
Rule 3 - Coke Oven Batteries
Section 3-2 - Emission limitations

Universal Citation: 326 IN Admin Code 3-2

Current through March 20, 2024

Authority: IC 13-1-1-4; IC 13-7-2-10; IC 13-7-7

Affected: IC 13-1-1-1; IC 13-1-1-4; IC 13-7-1-1; IC 13-7-7-2

Sec. 2.

(a) Precarbonization emissions requirements shall be as follows:

(1) Particulate emissions from precarbonization towers shall be limited by the emission limitations determined under 326 IAC 6.5 or 326 IAC 6.8.

(2) Visible emissions from any precarbonization unit shall comply with the requirements set forth in 326 IAC 5-1.

(b) Visible emissions from the charging system, including any open charge port, offtake system, mobile jumper pipe, or larry car shall be limited as follows:

(1) On and after July 1, 1979, such emissions shall not be visible for more than a cumulative total of two hundred (200) seconds during five (5) consecutive charging periods.

(2) On and after July 1, 1980, such emissions shall not be visible for more than a cumulative total of one hundred seventy-five (175) seconds during five (5) consecutive charging periods.

(3) On and after July 1, 1981, such emissions shall not be visible for more than a cumulative total of one hundred fifty (150) seconds during five (5) consecutive charging periods.

(4) On and after July 1, 1982, such emissions shall not be visible for more than a cumulative total of one hundred twenty-five (125) seconds during five (5) consecutive charging periods.

(5) One (1) charge out of twenty (20) consecutive charges shall be exempt from the total seconds of charging emissions using the procedures set forth in section 4(a) of this rule.

(c) Charge port lid emissions requirements shall be as follows:

(1) On and after July 1, 1979, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than ten percent (10%) of the total charge port lids on any coke oven battery.

(2) On and after July 1, 1980, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than seven percent (7%) of the total charge port lids on any coke oven battery.

(3) On and after July 1, 1981, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than five percent (5%) of the total charge port lids on any coke oven battery.

(4) On and after July 1, 1982, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than three percent (3%) of the total charge port lids on any coke oven battery.

(d) Offtake piping emissions requirements shall be as follows:

(1) On and after July 1, 1979, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than thirty percent (30%) of the total offtake piping on any coke oven battery.

(2) On and after July 1, 1980, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total offtake piping on any coke oven battery.

(3) On and after July 1, 1981, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than twenty percent (20%) of the total offtake piping on any coke oven battery.

(4) On and after July 1, 1982, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than ten percent (10%) of the total offtake piping on any coke oven battery.

(5) On and after December 10, 1993, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than five percent (5%) of the total offtake piping on any coke oven battery within Lake County.

(e) Gas collector main emissions requirements shall be as follows:

(1) On and after July 1, 1979, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than eight (8) points on the gas collector main, excluding the connection with the standpipes.

(2) On and after July 1, 1980, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than six (6) points on the gas collector main, excluding the connection with the standpipes.

(3) On and after July 1, 1981, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than five (5) points on the gas collector main, excluding the connection with the standpipes.

(4) On and after July 1, 1982, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than three (3) points on the gas collector main, excluding the connection with the standpipes.

(5) On and after December 10, 1993, no visible emissions shall be permitted from the gas collector main on any coke oven battery within Lake County.

(f) Oven door emissions requirements shall be as follows:

(1) On and after July 1, 1979, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total coke oven doors, plus four (4) doors, on any coke oven battery.

(2) On and after July 1, 1980, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than twenty percent (20%) of the total coke oven doors, plus four (4) doors, on any coke oven battery.

(3) On and after July 1, 1981, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total coke oven doors, plus four (4) doors, on any coke oven battery.

(4) On and after July 1, 1982, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than ten percent (10%) of the total coke oven doors, plus four (4) doors, on any coke oven battery.

(5) On and after December 10, 1993, no visible emissions shall be permitted from more than ten percent (10%) of the observed coke oven doors on any coke oven battery within Lake County.

(g) Pushing emissions requirements shall be as follows:

(1) All coke oven batteries shall be equipped with a device capable of capturing and collecting coke-side particulate matter such that the effluent gas emissions contain no more than four-hundredths (0.04) gram per two (2.0) kilogram of coke pushed.

(2) Such device shall be designed and operated in compliance with an operating permit to collect ninety percent (90%) of the pushing emissions. If the construction and design of the device have been approved by the commissioner by granting the permit, the device, if operated properly in compliance with the permit conditions, will be assumed to be collecting ninety percent (90%) of the pushing emissions. The permit shall be submitted to U.S. EPA as a SIP revision.

(h) Quenching emissions requirements shall be as follows:

(1) Quench towers serving existing coke oven batteries for which construction commenced prior to June 19, 1979, shall not have visible emissions from the quenching of coke with the direct application of water to hot coke unless quenching is conducted under a tower equipped with efficient baffles to impede the release of particulates into the atmosphere. Efficient baffles are baffles taking the form of slats, louvers, screens, or other impediments placed in a configuration within a quench tower to force a change of direction and reduction of velocity of the steam plume to aid in the reduction of particulate matter emitted.

(2) The quench water makeup must contain a total dissolved solids content of no more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) milligrams per liter. If an individual facility or source is required to comply with conflicting Indiana water pollution control requirements, the commissioner may revise quenching requirements of this subsection on a case-by-case basis. Prior to granting or denying such a revision, the commissioner shall consider the following factors:
(A) The total estimated particulate emissions from the quenching operation of the facility or source at the time the petition is filed.

(B) The amount of reduction in particulate emissions which would be realized if the source were required to comply with the requirements of this subsection.

(C) The net increase in pollutant loadings to any receiving waters which would result from measures needed to comply with this subsection.

(D) The net overall environmental effect of requiring the facility or source to comply with this subsection.

(E) The costs which will necessarily be incurred by the facility or source to comply with this subsection.

(i) Underfire particulate and sulfur dioxide emissions requirements shall be as follows:

(1) Particulate and sulfur dioxide emissions from underfire stacks shall be limited by the emission limitations determined under 326 IAC 6.5 or 326 IAC 6.8, 326 IAC 6-2, and 326 IAC 7-1.1, respectively.

(2) Visible emissions from any underfire stack shall comply with 326 IAC 5-1.

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