Part 218: ORGANIC MATERIAL EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE CHICAGO AREA

Section 218.462 Green Tire Spraying Operations The owner or operator of a green tire spraying operation at a pneumatic rubber tire manufacturing source shall: a) Install and operate: 1) A capture system with a minimum capture efficiency of 90 percent by weight of VOM; and 2) A co…

Section 218.463 Alternative Emission Reduction Systems In lieu of complying with Section 218.461 or 218.462 of this Part, the owner or operator of an emission source may utilize an alternative volatile organic emission reduction system, including an alternative production process…

Section 218.464 Emission Testing a) Upon a reasonable request by the Agency, the owner or operator of a VOM emission source required to comply with a limit of Sections 218.461 through 218.464 of this Part shall conduct emissions testing, at such person's own expense, to demonstra…

Section 218.465 Compliance Dates (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 17 Ill. Reg. 16636, effective September 27, 1993)

Section 218.466 Compliance Plan (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 17 Ill. Reg. 16636, effective September 27, 1993) SUBPART T: PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING

Section 218.480 Applicability a) The rules of this Subpart, except for Sections 218.483 through 218.485 of this Part, apply to all emission units of VOM, including but not limited to reactors, distillation units, dryers, storage tanks for VOL, equipment for the transfer of VOL, f…

Section 218.481 Control of Reactors, Distillation Units, Crystallizers, Centrifuges and Vacuum Dryers a) The owner or operator shall equip all reactors, distillation units, crystallizers, centrifuges and vacuum dryers that are used to manufacture pharmaceuticals with surface cond…

Section 218.482 Control of Air Dryers, Production Equipment Exhaust Systems and Filters a) The owner or operator of an air dryer or production equipment exhaust system used to manufacture pharmaceuticals shall control the emissions of VOM from such emission unit by air pollution …

Section 218.483 Material Storage and Transfer The owner or operator of a pharmaceutical manufacturing source shall: a) Provide a vapor balance system that is at least 90 percent effective in reducing VOM emissions from truck or railcar deliveries to storage tanks with capacities …

Section 218.484 In-Process Tanks The owner or operator shall install covers on all in-process tanks used to manufacture pharmaceuticals and containing a VOL at any time. These covers must remain closed, except as production, sampling, maintenance or inspection procedures require …

Section 218.485 Leaks The owner or operator of a pharmaceutical manufacturing source shall repair any component from which a leak of VOL can be observed. The repair shall be completed as soon as practicable but no later than 15 days after the leak is found. If the leaking compone…

Section 218.486 Other Emission Units The owner or operator of a washer, laboratory hood, tablet coating operation, mixing operation or any other process emission unit not subject to Sections 218.481 through 218.485 of this Part, and used to manufacture pharmaceuticals shall contr…

Section 218.487 Testing a) Upon request by the Agency or the USEPA, the owner or operator of any VOM source subject to this Subpart or exempt from this Subpart by virtue of the provisions of Section 218.480 of this Part shall, at his own expense, demonstrate compliance to the Age…

Section 218.488 Monitoring for Air Pollution Control Equipment a) At a minimum, continuous monitors for the following parameters shall be installed on air pollution control equipment used to control sources subject to this Subpart: 1) Destruction device combustion temperature. 2)…

Section 218.489 Recordkeeping for Air Pollution Control Equipment a) The owner or operator of a pharmaceutical manufacturing source shall maintain the following records: 1) Parameters listed in Section 218.488(a) of this Part shall be recorded. 2) For emission units subject to Se…

Section 218.500 Applicability for Batch Operations a) The control requirements set forth in Section 218.501 of this Subpart shall apply to: 1) Process vents associated with batch operations at sources identified by any of the following four-digit standard industrial classificatio…

Section 218.501 Control Requirements for Batch Operations a) Every owner or operator of a single unit operation with an average flow rate, as determined in accordance with Section 218.502(b) of this Subpart, below the flow rate value calculated by the applicability equations cont…

Section 218.502 Determination of Uncontrolled Total Annual Mass Emissions and Average Flow Rate Values for Batch Operations a) Uncontrolled total annual mass emissions shall be determined by the following methods: 1) Direct process vent emissions measurements taken prior to any r…

Section 218.503 Performance and Testing Requirements for Batch Operations a) Upon the Agency's request, the owner or operator of a batch operation shall conduct testing to demonstrate compliance with Section 218.501 of this Subpart. The owner or operator shall, at its own expense…

Section 218.504 Monitoring Requirements for Batch Operations a) Every owner or operator using an afterburner to comply with Section 218.501 of this Subpart shall install, calibrate, maintain and operate, according to manufacturer's specifications, temperature monitoring devices w…

Section 218.505 Reporting and Recordkeeping for Batch Operations a) Every owner or operator of a de minimis single unit operation or batch process train exempt under Section 218.500(c)(1) or (c)(2) of this Subpart shall keep records of the uncontrolled total annual mass emissions…

Section 218.506 Compliance Date Every owner or operator of a batch operation subject to Sections 218.500 through 218.506 of this Subpart shall comply with its standards, limitations and mandates by March 15, 1996, or upon initial start up, whichever is later. (Source: Added at 19…

Section 218.520 Emission Limitations for Air Oxidation Processes a) No person shall cause or allow the emission of VOM from any process vent stream unless the process vent stream is vented to a combustion device which is designed and operated either: 1) To reduce the volatile org…

Section 218.521 Definitions (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 17 Ill. Reg. 16636, effective September 27, 1993)

Section 218.522 Savings Clause The owner or operator of an air oxidation process with a TRE of 1.0 or less shall have complied with the requirements of Section 218.520(a) of this Subpart by the dates set forth in Section 218.106(a) and (b) of this Part. Sources that are subject t…

Section 218.523 Compliance The emissions limitations for air oxidation processes located in Section 218.520(a) of this Subpart are applicable to air oxidation processes on October 25, 1994. a) An owner or operator of an air oxidation process with a TRE of 6.0 or less that is subj…

Section 218.524 Determination of Applicability a) Sources subject to the requirements of Section 218.520(a) of this Subpart either through application of 218.520(c) of this Subpart or through continued application under 218.522 of this Subpart shall continue to be subject to the …

Section 218.525 Emission Limitations for Air Oxidation Processes (Renumbered) (Source: Section 218.525 renumbered to Section 218.520 at 18 Ill. Reg. 16950, effective November 15, 1994)

Section 218.526 Testing and Monitoring a) Upon reasonable request by the Agency, the owner or operator of an air oxidation process shall demonstrate compliance with this Subpart by use of the methods specified in Appendix C. This Section does not limit the USEPA's authority, unde…

Section 218.527 Compliance Date (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 17 Ill. Reg. 16636, effective September 27, 1993) SUBPART W: AGRICULTURE

Section 218.541 Pesticide Exception The provisions of Sections 218.301 and 218.302 of this Part shall not apply to the spraying or use of insecticides, herbicides or other pesticides. (Source: Amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 16636, effective September 27, 1993) SUBPART X: CONSTRUCTION

Section 218.561 Architectural Coatings No person shall cause or allow the sale or use of any architectural coating containing more than 20 percent by volume of photo-chemically reactive material in containers having a capacity of more than one gallon.

Section 218.562 Paving Operations The provisions of Sections 218.301 and 218.302 of this Part shall not apply to the application of paving asphalt and pavement marking paint from sunrise to sunset. (Source: Amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 16636, effective September 27, 1993)

Section 218.563 Cutback Asphalt a) No person shall cause or allow the use or application of cutback asphalt for paving, resurfacing, reconditioning, repairing or otherwise maintaining a roadway unless: 1) The use or application of the cutback asphalt commences on or after October…

Section 218.581 Bulk Gasoline Plants a) Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, no person may cause or allow the transfer of gasoline from a delivery vessel into a stationary storage tank located at a bulk gasoline plant unless: 1) The delivery vessel and the stationary storag…

Section 218.582 Bulk Gasoline Terminals a) No person shall cause or allow the transfer of gasoline into any delivery vessel from any bulk gasoline terminal unless: 1) The bulk gasoline terminal is equipped with a vapor control system that limits emission of VOM to 80 mg/l (0.0006…

Section 218.583 Gasoline Dispensing Operations – Storage Tank Filling Operations a) Subject to subsection (b), no person shall cause or allow the transfer of gasoline from any delivery vessel into any stationary storage tank at a gasoline dispensing operation unless: 1) The tank …

Section 218.584 Gasoline Delivery Vessels a) Any delivery vessel equipped for vapor control by use of vapor collection equipment: 1) Shall have a vapor space connection that is equipped with fittings which are vapor tight; 2) Shall have its hatches closed at all times during load…

Section 218.585 Gasoline Volatility Standards (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 37 Ill. Reg. 1669, effective January 28, 2013)

Section 218.586 Gasoline Dispensing Operations – Motor Vehicle Fueling Operations a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions apply. 1) Average monthly volume means the amount of motor vehicle fuel dispensed per month from a gasoline dispensing ope…

Section 218.601 Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaners (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 30 Ill. Reg. 9684, effective May 15, 2006)

Section 218.602 Applicability (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 30 Ill. Reg. 9684, effective May 15, 2006)

Section 218.603 Leaks (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 30 Ill. Reg. 9684, effective May 15, 2006)

Section 218.604 Compliance Dates (Repealed) (Repealed at 17 Ill. Reg. 16636, effective September 27, 1993)

Section 218.605 Compliance Plan (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 17 Ill. Reg. 16636, effective September 27, 1993)

Section 218.606 Exception to Compliance Plan (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 17 Ill. Reg. 16636, effective September 27, 1993)

Section 218.607 Standards for Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners a) The owner or operator of a petroleum solvent dry cleaning dryer shall either: 1) Limit emissions of VOM to the atmosphere to an average of 3.5 kilograms of VOM per 100 kilograms dry weight of articles dry cleaned, or…