Indiana Administrative Code
Title 326 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 11 - EMISSION LIMITATIONS FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF OPERATIONS
Rule 3 - Coke Oven Batteries
Section 3-4 - Compliance determination
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 13-13; IC 13-14-9; IC 13-17-3
Affected: IC 13-13; IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17
Sec. 4.
(a) This subsection applies to charging emissions. To determine compliance with section 2(b) of this rule, observations shall be made and the identity recorded from any point or points on the topside of a coke oven battery such that the observer can obtain an unobstructed view of the charging operation. The observer shall keep cumulative time of the total number of seconds charging emissions are visible. Time is started when a visible emission appears and is stopped when the visible emission expires. This procedure shall continue throughout the entire charging period. Visible emissions occurring simultaneously from two (2) or more separate points shall be timed as one (1). The following shall not be timed:
The time retained is the total time visible emissions are observed during a charge and shall be recorded on a data sheet. If the observations of a consecutive set of five (5) charges are interrupted by an event not in the control of the observer, for example, momentary interference by a passing quench car plume, then the data for the interrupted charge(s) shall be discarded and additional consecutive charges shall be observed. Five (5) charges observed as such shall be treated as consecutive charges. To determine compliance with section (2)(b) of this rule, the observer shall discard the data for the charge observed, during each set, which contains the greatest cumulative total number of seconds during which emissions are visible. A set shall consist of the total number of consecutive charges read by the observer during any one (1) observation period, but in no event shall a set exceed twenty (20) consecutive charges.
(b) Topside emissions requirements shall be as follows:
(c) This subsection applies to oven door emissions. To determine compliance with section 2(f) of this rule, the observer shall record the starting time of the inspection, then shall move steadily along the push-side or coke-side of a coke oven battery stopping only to record the identity of any doors of ovens not temporarily or permanently taken out of service that have visible emissions, but not including visible emissions due to steam from uncombined water. The inspector shall have any of the following options:
The finishing time of that inspection shall be recorded followed by the inspector repeating the same procedure on the opposite side of the same battery. The inspector shall be positioned either outside of the quench car tracks on the coke-side of the battery or outside of the push-side bench. After a brief scan of a coke oven door, the observer shall proceed in the inspection checking each succeeding door in a like manner.
(d) Testing to determine the amount of particulate matter emitted from any facility subject to a grain loading or process weight limitation of this rule shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in 40 CFR 60, Appendix A, Methods 1-5*.
(e) To determine compliance with gas collector main emission limitations in section 2(e) of this rule, the observer shall walk the length of the topside of the gas collector main, to record the number of points in a single traverse from which emissions are visible.
*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.