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. 4.
(a) On and
after January 1, 1999, the owner or operator of a sintering process shall
comply with the following:
(1) The applicable
emission limits in section 3 of this rule.
(2) The control measure operation,
maintenance, and monitoring requirements of the applicable subsection in
section 6 of this rule.
(3) The
record keeping and reporting requirements of section 7 or 8 of this rule, as
applicable.
(b) By
November 1, 1998, the owner or operator of a sintering process shall submit the
following:
(1) A report detailing how the
limits in section 3(b) and 3(c) of this rule will be met. The report shall
contain the following:
(A) A list of the
control measures selected to comply with section 3 of this rule. The list
required by this clause shall contain, at a minimum, a control measure to
reduce mill scale oil and grease content before its removal from scale pits for
use at a sinter plant covered by this rule. The measure may consist of any of
the following:
(i) Skimming oil and grease
prior to removing the mill scale.
(ii) Removal of mill scale from the scale pit
using a vacuum device.
(iii) A
procedure that will prevent oil and grease from being entrained in the mill
scale when it is being removed from the scale pits.
(B) The operating parameter that best
describes the VOC control effectiveness of the selected control measure
considering the following:
(i) If a control
device is the selected control measure, the operating parameter shall meet the
requirements of 326 IAC 8-10-8(b).
(ii) If sinter burden oil and grease content
control is the selected control measure and the owner or operator chooses
sinter burden oil and grease content as the operating parameter, the value of
the operating parameter shall be determined using the procedure in section 5(d)
of this rule or an alternative procedure in section 5(e) of this rule. The
report shall include the alternative procedure.
(iii) If an alternative control measure is
selected, the owner or operator shall include in the report the procedures to
be followed to comply with the control measure operation, maintenance, and
monitoring requirements of section 6 of this rule and the record keeping
requirements of section 7 of this rule.
(iv) For the control measure in clause (A),
the owner or operator shall include in the report a description of the mill
scale removal equipment, procedure, expected removal efficiency, and procedures
to maintain the efficiency at the expected value.
(C) The calculated VOC emission rates in
accordance with section 3(b) of this rule and the data, such as the amount of
sinter produced and the number of operating days used to estimate the
same.
(2) If oil and
grease content control is the selected control measure, then the owner or
operator shall specify the alternative sampling frequency chosen in accordance
with section 6(c)(3) of this rule.
(3) The procedure the source will use during
the compliance testing to ensure that the operating parameter is consistent
with VOC emissions.
(4) A statement
of intent to use a VOC continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) according
to section 8 of this rule, if this option is selected.
(5) A corrective action plan that will be
implemented in the event of an exceedance. The corrective action plan shall
contain control measures, such as, but not limited to, reducing sinter
production, changing sinter burden characteristics, or modifying sintering
process equipment operations.
(6)
The calculated VOC emission rates in accordance with section 3(b) of this rule
and data, such as the number of operating days and amount of sinter used to
estimate the same, including the procedures to measure sinter
produced.
(7) The procedure that
the owner or operator shall use to determine the amount of sinter produced for
the initial compliance demonstrations, subsequent compliance demonstrations,
and other applicable requirements of this rule. If the procedure is different
from that used to determine the emission rates in section 3(b) of this rule,
provide the quantitative relationship between the results from the two (2)
procedures.
(8) A high ozone day
action plan that contains the following:
(A)
Operating procedures, such as, but not limited to, limiting sinter production,
controlling sinter burden characteristics, or changing sinter machine
operations, to limit VOC emissions at or below the level required in section
3(b) of this rule.
(B) Procedures
to predict high ozone days. The procedures may consist of monitoring for
indicators, such as, but not limited to, ambient temperature, ambient ozone
concentrations in Lake, Porter, or LaPorte County, and air stagnation
forecasts.
The department shall review and approve a source's high ozone
day action plan on or before May 1, 1999. The department shall provide a thirty
(30) day review and public comment period prior to issuing a final approval of
the high ozone day action plan. The plan shall be included in the source's
operating permit.
(c) The department shall review the
submission required by subsection (b) with the exception of subsection (b)(8)
and within fifteen (15) days of receiving the submission may request the owner
or operator in writing to make changes to the submission. The source shall
respond in writing within thirty (30) days of the request. In its response, the
source shall either make the changes requested by the department or provide
alternatives for changes requested by the department.
(d) No later than sixty (60) days after the
compliance dates in section 3 of this rule, a demonstration of initial
compliance with the emission limits in section 3 of this rule shall be
submitted. Demonstration of compliance with the emission rates in section 3 of
this rule may be performed during the same testing and compliance
demonstration. The initial compliance demonstration shall be performed as
follows:
(1) Demonstrate compliance with the
emission rates in section 3(b) and 3(c) of this rule in pounds per ton sinter
produced.
(2) Follow the source
sampling protocols in 326 IAC 3-6-2.
(3) Follow the emission testing procedures in
326 IAC 3-6-3 and section 5 of this rule.
(4) Submit to the department the results of
the initial compliance test according to the reporting procedures in 326 IAC
3-6-4. In addition, include the following information in the test report:
(A) Sinter burden oil and grease content
analysis procedure, if there were any deviations from the procedures in the
report submitted in subsection (b)(1), for example, but not limited to,
sampling frequency.
(B) Results of
each sinter burden oil and grease content analysis.
(C) Sinter burden throughput in tons per hour
and composition for each test run.
(D) Sinter production in tons per hour for
each test run.
(E) The operating
parameter value that corresponds to the emission rates expressed in pounds of
VOC per ton of sinter produced and an explanation or basis if the operating
parameter calculated according to Equation 4 in section 5(d)(10) of this rule
is adjusted to correspond to the VOC emission rates in section 3 of this
rule.
(F) Emission rates in pounds
per ton sinter produced.
(G) Sinter
burden oil and grease content value in pounds equivalent to one-hundredth
(0.01) pound of VOC/ton sinter produced that will be used to determine
compliance with section 6 of this rule.
(e) On and after January 1, 1999, the owner
or operator shall ensure that the value of the operating parameter meets the
requirements of the applicable subdivision of section 6(c) of this
rule.
(f) An owner or operator may
satisfy the requirements of subsection (d) by submitting a demonstration that
was performed before the compliance date in section 3(a) of this rule if the
owner or operator met the reporting requirements of subsection (b), the prior
notification and submission schedules of 326 IAC 3-6-2, and the demonstration
otherwise satisfies the requirements of subsection (d).
(g) An owner or operator of a sintering
operation who elects to change the control measure after the most recent
compliance test shall do the following:
(1)
Notify the department at least twenty-one (21) days before implementing the
change. Notification shall include the following:
(A) A description of the control measure and
the appropriate operating parameter.
(B) The date the change will be
implemented.
(C) The plan to comply
with this rule with the changed control measure.
(2) Perform a compliance test within sixty
(60) days of implementing the change according to procedures in section 8 of
this rule or according to the procedures that follow:
(A) Follow the source sampling procedures in
326 IAC 3-6-2.
(B) Follow the
applicable test procedures in section 5 of this rule.
(C) Calculate the operating parameter value
that demonstrates compliance with the emission limit during the compliance
test.
(D) Submit the compliance
test results according to procedures in subsection (d)(4).
(3) Maintain the value of the operating
parameter within the specified boundaries after the date that the compliance
test is complete.
(h) An
exceedance of the applicable operating parameter value constitutes prima facie
evidence of a violation of the applicable mass emission limit. Evidence,
including stack test data, may be presented to the department to refute the
allegation of the violation of the applicable mass emission limit. Upon a
written notification from the department of an exceedance, the source may
perform a compliance test according to procedures in section 5 of this rule and
petition the commissioner to revise the operating parameter value.
(i) An owner or operator who elects to change
compliance demonstration procedures, for example, from sinter burden oil and
grease content monitoring to a CEMS, shall notify the department at least
thirty (30) days prior to making the change.
