25 Pa. Code § 123.13

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 19, May 11, 2024

Section 123.13 - Processes

(a) Subsections (b) and (c) apply to all processes except combustion units, incinerators and pulp mill smelt dissolving tanks.

(b) No person may permit the emission into the outdoor atmosphere of particulate matter from a process listed in the following table, at any time, either in excess of the rate calculated by the formula in paragraph (2) or in a manner that the concentration of particulate matter in the effluent gas exceeds .02 grains per dry standard cubic foot, whichever is greater:

(1)Table.

Process	Process Factor, F (in pounds per ton)
Byproduct coke production: pushing operation	1 (coke pushed)
Sole heated nonrecovery coke oven	20 (coal charged/oven)
Carbon black manufacturing	500 (product)
Charcoal manufacturing	400 (product)
Paint manufacturing	.05 (pigment handled)
Phosphoric acid manufacturing	6 (P2 O5 produced)
Detergent drying	30 (product)
Alfalfa dehydration	30 (product)
Grain elevators (loading or unloading)	90 (grain)
Grain screening and cleaning	300 (grain)
Grain drying	200 (product)
Meat smoking	.01 (meat)
Ammonium nitrate manufacturing (granulator)	.1 (product)
Ferroalloy production furnace	.3 (product)
Primary iron and/or steel making:
Iron production	100 (product)
Sintering-windbox	20 (dry solids feed)
Steel production	40 (product)
Scarfing	20 (product)
Primary lead production:
Roasting	.004 (ore feed)
Sintering-windbox	.2 (sinter)
Lead reduction	.5 (product)
Primary zinc production:
Roasting	3 (ore feed)
Sintering-windbox	2 (product)
Zinc reduction	10 (product)
Secondary aluminum production:
Sweating	50 (aluminum product)
Melting and refining	10 (aluminum feed)
Brass and bronze production (melting and refining)	20 (product)
Iron foundry:
Melting:
Five tons per hour and less	150 (iron)
More than five tons per hour	50 (iron)
Sand handling	20 (sand)
Shake-out	20 (sand)
Secondary lead smelting	.5 (product)
Secondary magnesium smelting	.2 (product)
Secondary zinc smelting:
Sweating	.01 (product)
Refining	.3 (product)
Asphaltic concrete production	6 (aggregate feed)
Asphalt roofing manufacturing: (felt saturation)	.6 (asphalt used)
Portland cement manufacturing:
Clinker production	150 (dry solids feed)
Clinker cooling	50 (product)
Coal dry-cleaning	2 (product)
Lime calcining	200 (product)
Petroleum refining (catalytic cracking)	40 (liquid feed)
Pressed, blown, and spun glass; glass production melting furnaces	50 (Fill)

(2)Formula.

A = .76E^0.42

where:

A = Allowable emissions in pounds per hour.

E = Emission index = F X W pounds per hour.

F = Process factor in pounds per unit, and

W = Production or charging rate in units per hour.

The factor F shall be obtained from the table in paragraph (1). The units for F and W shall be compatible.

(3)Allowable emissions. Allowable emissions under this subsection are graphically indicated in Appendix B.

(c) For processes not listed in subsection (b)(1), including, but not limited to, coke oven battery waste heat stacks and autogeneous zinc coker waste heat stacks, the following apply:

(1)Prohibited emissions. No person may permit the emission into the outdoor atmosphere of particulate matter from a process not listed in subsection (b)(1) in a manner that the concentration of particulate matter in the effluent gas exceeds any of the following:

(i) .04 grain per dry standard cubic foot, when the effluent gas volume is less than 150,000 dry standard cubic feet per minute.

(ii) The rate determined by the following formula:

A = 6000 E^-1

where:

A = Allowable emissions in grains per dry standard cubic foot, and

E = Effluent gas volume in dry standard cubic feet per minute,

when E is equal to or greater than 150,000 but less than 300,000.

(iii) .02 grain per dry standard cubic foot, when the effluent gas volume is greater than 300,000 dry standard cubic feet per minute.

(2)Allowable emissions. Allowable emissions under this subsection are graphically indicated in Appendix C.

(d) No person may permit the emission into the outdoor atmosphere of particulate matter from kraft and soda pulp mill smelt dissolving tanks in excess of .2 lb/ton black liquor solids-dry basis.

25 Pa. Code § 123.13

The provisions of this § 123.13 adopted September 10, 1971, effective 9/11/1971, 1 Pa.B. 1804; amended March 3, 1972, effective 3/20/1972, 2 Pa.B. 383; amended April 26, 1974, effective 5/13/1974, 4 Pa.B. 824; amended July 25, 1975, effective 8/11/1975, 5 Pa.B. 1916; amended July 23, 1976, effective 8/9/1976, 6 Pa.B. 1730; amended August 12, 1978, effective 8/29/1978, 8 Pa.B. 2251; amended September 26, 1980, effective 9/27/1980, 10 Pa.B. 3788; amended August 12, 1983, effective 8/13/1983, 13 Pa.B. 2478; amended May 6, 1988, effective 5/7/1988, 18 Pa.B. 2102.

The provisions of this § 123.13 issued under section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 510-20); and section 5 of the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. § 4005); amended under section 5 of the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. § 4005).

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 121.8 (relating to compliance responsibilities); 25 Pa. Code § 129.15 (relating to coke pushing operations); and 25 Pa. Code § 139.12 (relating to emissions of particulate matter).