Indiana Administrative Code
Title 326 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 6.8 - PARTICULATE MATTER LIMITATIONS FOR LAKE COUNTY
Rule 9 - Lake County: PM[10] Coke Battery Emission Requirements
Section 9-3 - Emission limitations
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11
Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17
Sec. 3.
With the exceptions noted in this section, the coke batteries in Lake County shall comply with the following emission limits by December 10, 1993:
(1) Single-pass cap for oven door emissions. No visible emissions shall be permitted from more than ten percent (10%) of the observed coke oven doors on any coke oven battery. The number of coke-side doors and push-side doors shall be counted in determining compliance with this emission limit. Doors of ovens that are out of service, either temporarily or permanently, shall not be counted. A push door and a chuck door shall be counted as one (1) door. Compliance with this emission limit shall be determined in accordance with the procedure described in 326 IAC 11-3-4(c).
(2) Charging emissions. No visible emissions shall be permitted from the charging system for more than a cumulative total of one hundred twenty-five (125) seconds during five (5) consecutive charging periods. For the purpose of this subdivision, "charging system" means the equipment required to add coal to a coke battery. This includes:
Compliance with this emission limit shall be determined in accordance with the procedure contained in 326 IAC 11-3-4(a).
(3) Pushing emissions. The following emission limits shall apply during pushing operations:
(4) Charge port lid emissions. No visible emissions shall be permitted from more than three percent (3%) of the total charge port lids on operating ovens of a coke oven battery. Compliance with this emission limit shall be determined in accordance with 326 IAC 11-3-4(b).
(5) Offtake piping emissions. No visible emissions shall be permitted from more than five percent (5%) of the total offtake piping on any coke oven battery. At no time shall the visible emissions from any gooseneck cap opening exceed twenty percent (20%). An exclusion from this opacity limit shall be allowed for two (2) minutes after a gooseneck cap is opened. The opacity shall be determined on an instantaneous basis. Compliance with this emission limit shall be determined in accordance with 326 IAC 11-3-4(b).
(6) Gas collector main emissions. No visible emissions shall be permitted from the gas collector main. Compliance with this emission limit shall be determined in accordance with 326 IAC 11-3-4(e). Caps on the main shall be exempt from this requirement during maintenance.
(7) Quenching emissions at U.S. Steel-Gary Works. At a minimum, the following procedures and practices shall be followed:
(8) Underfire emissions requirements shall be as follows:
(9) Precarbonization emissions requirements shall be as follows:
*This document is incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol
Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or available for review and copying at the Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.