Indiana Administrative Code
Title 326 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 8 - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND RULES
Rule 13 - Sinter Plants
Section 13-3 - Emission limit
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.
(a) On and after January 1, 1999, sinter plant windbox exhaust gas VOC emissions shall be limited as provided in subsections (b) and (c).
(b) This subsection establishes three (3) VOC emission limits for the period from May 1 through September 30 for sinter plant windbox exhaust gas VOC emissions, a seasonal cap, a maximum daily limit, and a lower daily limit for days on which an exceedance of the national ambient air quality standard for ozone is predicted to be likely. The emission limits are based on a VOC emission rate equal to twenty-five hundredths (0.25) lb/ton sinter produced and a daily sinter production rate. The VOC emissions on any day are limited to an amount based on maximum actual daily sinter production. However, on a day expected to be a high ozone day, the VOC emissions shall be limited to an amount based on average daily sinter production. Sinter plant windbox exhaust gas VOC emissions shall not exceed the VOC emission limits calculated as follows:
VOC (lbs) = 0.25 lb/ton of sinter produced × average daily sinter production rate (tons/day) × 153 days
VOC (lbs/day) = 0.25 lb/ton of sinter produced × maximum actual daily sinter production rate (tons/day)
VOC (lbs/day) = 0.25 lb/ton of sinter produced × average daily sinter production rate (tons/day) A high ozone level day shall be predicted by the owner or operator of a source in accordance with a high ozone day action plan developed by the source and submitted to the department as part of the report required by section 4(b) of this rule. Where sinter production rate shall be calculated as follows:
(c) From October 1 through April 30, sinter plant windbox exhaust gas VOC emissions shall be limited to thirty-six hundredths (0.36) pound per ton of sinter produced. The limit shall be complied with on an operating day average basis.