Indiana Administrative Code
Title 326 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 6 - PARTICULATE RULES
Rule 6 - Source Specific and Facility Emission Limitations for TSP in Porter County
Section 6-4 - Bethlehem Steel Corporation specific source and facility TSP emission limits

Universal Citation: 326 IN Admin Code 6-4
Current through March 20, 2024

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

Affected: IC 13-1-1-1; IC 13-1-1-4; IC 13-7-1-1; IC 13-7-7-5

Sec. 4.

The annual particulate matter emissions of each of the following facilities shall not exceed the limit listed below for that facility.

Facility Description Annual Particulate Matter Emission Limits
Blast Furnace Casting (1) 0.6 lb/ton of iron
(2) No opacity limit shall apply to Blast Furnace Casting
Blast Furnace Stoves 0.016 lb/MMBTU
Blast Furnace Flare 0.017 lb/MMBTU
Blast Furnace Car Dumper Baghouse 20.6 lb/hr.
Coke Oven Battery No. 1 Underfiring 0.129 lb/ton of coal
Coke Oven Battery No. 2 Underfiring 0.129 lb/ton of coal
Coke Oven Battery Charging, Lids, Offtakes, Collector Mains, Doors, Pushing and Quenching ( 326 IAC 11-3 applies)
Coke Plant Material Handling Baghouses:
Breaker Building Exhaust N 2.1 lb/hr.
Breaker Building Exhaust S 2.1 lb/hr.
Transfer Baghouse J-25 0.5 lb/hr.
Transfer Baghouse J-26 0.5 lb/hr.
Breaker Building Baghouse 1.2 lb/hr.
Sinter Plant Windbox Scrubber 0.277 lb/ton of sinter
Sinter Plant Dedusting Baghouse 42.9 lb/hr.
Sinter Plant Mixing Drum Scrubber 4.7 lb/hr.
BOF Shop-No. 1 & 2 Vessel Scrubber Stacks (three stacks collectively restricted to limit) 0.09 lb/ton of liquid steel
BOF Shop-Nos. 1 & 2 Vessel Charging and Tapping 0.35 lb/ton of liquid steel
BOF Shop-No. 3 Vessel Scrubber Stack 0.022 grains/DSCF
BOF Shop-No. 3 Vessel Charging and Tapping 0.05 lb/ton of liquid steel
BOF Shop FM Boiler 0.005 lb/MMBTU
BOF Shop Teeming 0.07 lb/ton of liquid steel
BOF Shop Reladling Baghouse 23.1 lb/hr.
BOF Shop Desulfurization Baghouse 6.0 lb/hr.
BOF Shop Material Handling Baghouses:
Track Hopper Building Baghouse 1.2 lb/hr.
H1 Baghouse 0.6 lb/hr.
H2 Baghouse 0.6 lb/hr.
No. 1 Furnace Bin Baghouse 1.7 lb/hr.
No. 2 Furnace Bin Baghouse 1.7 lb/hr.
No. 1 Furnace Weigh Hopper Baghouse 2.2 lb/hr.
No. 2 Furnace Weigh Hopper Baghouse 2.2 lb/hr.
Continuous Casters 0.015 lb/ton of liquid steel cast
Slab Mill Scarfer 22.6 lb/hr.
No. 1 Roll Shop Baghouse (two stacks collectively restricted to limit) 1.7 lb/hr.
No. 2 Roll Shop Baghouse 0.7 lb/hr.
Slab Mill Soaking Pits (32) 0.014 lb/MMBTU
Slab Mill Soaking Pits (4) 0.014 lb/MMBTU
Plate Mill Furnace No. 1 and Boiler No. 1 0.082 lb/MMBTU
Plate Mill Furnace No. 2 and Boiler No. 3 0.082 lb/MMBTU
160 Inch Plate Mill Boiler No. 2 0.082 lb/MMBTU
160 Inch Plate Mill Boiler No. 4 0.082 lb/MMBTU
110 Inch Plate Mill Furnaces No.1 and 2 0.080 lb/MMBTU
160 Inch Plate Mill In & Out Furnaces No. 4 and 5 0.088 lb/MMBTU
160 Inch Plate Mill In and Out Furnaces No. 6 and 7 0.088 lb/MMBTU
160 Inch Plate Mill In & Out Furnaces No. 8 0.081 lb/MMBTU
110 Inch Plate Mill Normalizing Furnace 0.015 lb/MMBTU
160 Inch Plate Mill Heat Treating Furnace 0.005 lb/MMBTU
80 Inch Hot Strip Mill Furnace No. 1 0.085 lb/MMBTU
80 Inch Hot Strip Mill Furnace No. 2 0.084 lb/MMBTU
80 Inch Hot Strip Mill Furnace No. 3 0.084 lb/MMBTU
Continuous Anneal Furnace 0.005 lb/MMBTU
Batch Annealing Furnaces (24) 0.015 lb/MMBTU
Continuous Anneal Preheating 0.005 lb/MMBTU
Continuous Anneal Heating & Soaking 0.005 lb/MMBTU
Continuous Anneal Reheating 0.005 lb/MMBTU
Power Station Boiler Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 Collective limit of 0.088 lb/MMBTU
Power Station Boiler No. 7 0.10 lb/MMBTU

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