Illinois Administrative Code

Section 215.182 Cold Cleaning a) Operating Procedures: No person shall operate a cold cleaning degreaser unless: 1) Waste solvent is stored in covered containers only and not disposed of in such a manner that more than 20 percent of the waste solvent (by weight) is allowed to eva…

Section 215.183 Open Top Vapor Degreasing a) Operating Requirements: No person shall operate an open top vapor degreaser unless: 1) The cover of the degreaser is closed when workloads are not being processed through the degreaser; 2) Solvent carryout emissions are minimized by: A…

Section 215.184 Conveyorized Degreasing a) Operating Requirements: No person shall operate a conveyorized degreaser unless: 1) Exhaust ventilation exceeding 20 cubic meters per minute per square meter (65 cubic feet per minute per square foot) of area of loading and unloading ope…

Section 215.185 Compliance Plan a) Solvent cleaning and degreasing were subject to certain compliance dates which are summarized in Appendix C. Compliance programs were required under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201, Subpart H. b) Cold cleaning degreasers were not required to submit a comp…

Section 215.202 Compliance Schedules Owners or operators of coating lines were required to take certain actions to achieve compliance which are set forth in Appendix C. (Source: Amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 30, p. 124, effective July 28, 1979)

Section 215.204 Emission Limitations for Manufacturing Plants No owner or operator of a coating line shall cause or allow the emission of volatile organic material to exceed the following limitations on coating materials, excluding water and any compounds which are specifically e…

Section 215.205 Alternative Emission Limitations Owners or operators of coating lines subject to Section 215.204 may comply with this Section, rather than with Section 215.204. The methods or procedures used to determine emissions of organic material under this Section shall be a…

Section 215.206 Exemptions from Emission Limitations a) The limitations of this Subpart shall not apply to: 1) Coating plants in which emissions of volatile organic material as limited by the operating permit will not exceed 22.7 Mg/year (25 T/year), in the absence of air polluti…

Section 215.207 Compliance by Aggregation of Emission Units a) Owners or operators of coating lines subject to Section 215.204 may comply with this Section rather than with Section 215.204. The methods or procedures used to determine emissions of volatile organic material under t…

Section 215.208 Testing Methods for Volatile Organic Material Content a) The VOM content of coatings shall be determined by Method 24, 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in Section 215.105 except for glues and adhesive coatings, two component reactive coatings …

Section 215.209 Exemption from General Rule on Use of Organic Material No coating line subject to the limitations of Section 215.204 is required to meet Sections 215.301 or 215.302 after the date by which the coating line is required to meet Section 215.204. (Source: Amended at 3…

Section 215.210 Alternative Compliance Schedule The owner or operator of coating lines subject to Section 215.204(d)(2) may in lieu of compliance with Section 215.211 demonstrate compliance through the use of a low solvent coating technology by taking the following actions: a) Su…

Section 215.211 Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas a) Except as otherwise stated in subsection (b), every owner or operator of an emission unit subject to Section 215.204(j), (k), (l), or (m) shall comply with those subsections in accordance with the following dates: 1) For …

Section 215.212 Compliance Plan a) The owner or operator of an emission unit subject to Section 215.211(a) (1) or (3) shall submit to the Agency a compliance plan on or before August 19, 1983. b) The owner or operator of an emission unit subject to Section 215.211(a)(4) shall sub…

Section 215.213 Special Requirements for Compliance Plan For sources subject to Sections 215.204 through 215.209, an approvable compliance plan shall include: a) A complete description of each coating line which is subject to an emission limitation in Sections 215.204 through 215…

Section 215.214 Roadmaster Emissions Limitations (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 22 Ill. Reg. 11427, effective June 19, 1998)

Section 215.215 DMI Emissions Limitations Notwithstanding the limitation of Section 215.204(j)(3), the DMI, Inc., Goodfield, Illinois plant shall not cause or permit the emission of volatile organic material from its existing dip tank and bake oven as part of the paint deck opera…

Section 215.240 Applicability Notwithstanding any other limitations or exceptions in this Part 215, the special requirements of this Subpart shall apply to the affected sources in the following counties; Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Macoupin, Madison, McHenry, Monroe, St. Clair, and…

Section 215.241 External Floating Roofs The requirements of subsection 215.124(a) shall not apply to any stationary storage tank equipped with an external floating roof: a) Exempted under Section 215.123(a)(2) through (a)(6); b) Of welded construction equipped with a metallic-typ…

Section 215.245 Flexographic and Rotogravure Printing a) The limitations of Subpart P shall apply unless the facility's aggregate uncontrolled rotogravure and/or flexographic printing press emissions of volatile organic material are limited by operating permit conditions to 90.7 …

Section 215.249 Compliance Dates Source subject to this Subpart H shall comply with the applicable limitations within one year of the effective date of the subpart or by December 31, 1987, whichever is sooner. (Source: Added in R85-21(A) at 11 Ill. Reg. 11770, effective June 29, …

Section 215.260 Applicability Owners and operators of emission sources subject to Subparts PP, QQ, or RR may petition the Illinois Pollution Control Board for an Adjusted Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Emissions Limitation for such emission sources. Owners and ope…

Section 215.261 Petition A petition for an Adjusted RACT Emission Limitation shall contain: a) A specific proposal of, and support for, an Adjusted RACT Emissions Limitation which would apply to the emission source that is the subject of the petition as well as a showing at a hea…

Section 215.263 Public Hearing In a public hearing before the Board noticed and held pursuant to the requirements of Section 28.1 of th Act, the petitioner for an Adjusted RACT Emissions Limitation shall prove: a) That the emissions limitation prescribed pursuant to Section 215.9…

Section 215.264 Board Action The Board shall issue and maintain opinions and orders pursuant to the requirements of Section 28.1 of the Act. In addition, the Board shall publish a list of its determinations in accordance with Section 28.1 of the Act. If an owner or operator of an…

Section 215.267 Agency Petition The Agency may petition the Board for an Adjusted RACT Emission Limitation for an emission source subject to this Subpart at any time after the effective date of this Subpart. The provisions of Sections 215.261, 215.263, and 215.264 shall apply to …

Section 215.301 Use of Organic Material No person shall cause or allow the discharge of more than 3.6 kg/hr (8 lbs/hr) of organic material into the atmosphere from any emission source, except as provided in Sections 215.302, 215.303, 215.304 and the following exception: If no odo…

Section 215.302 Alternative Standard a) Emissions of organic material exceeding those permitted by Section 215.301 are allowable if the emissions are controlled by one of the following methods: 1) Flame, thermal, or catalytic incineration so as to either reduce the emissions to 1…

Section 215.303 Fuel Combustion Emission Sources The provisions of Sections 215.301 and 215.302 shall not apply to fuel combustion emission sources. (Source: Amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 30, p. 124, effective July 28, 1979)

Section 215.304 Operations with Compliance Program The provisions of Section 215.301 and 215.302 shall not apply to any owner, operator, user or manufacturer of paint, varnish, lacquer, coatings or printing ink whose compliance program and project completion schedule, as required…

Section 215.305 Viscose Exemption (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 9 Ill. Reg. 13960, effective August 28, 1985) SUBPART N: VEGETABLE OIL PROCESSING

Section 215.340 Hexane Extraction Soybean Crushing The owner or operator of a hexane extraction soybean crushing source, which would emit volatile organic material in excess of 100 tons per year in the absence of pollution control equipment or enforceable operating permit limitat…

Section 215.342 Hexane Extraction Corn Oil Processing The owner or operator of a hexane extraction corn oil source, which would emit volatile organic material in excess of 100 tons per year in the absence of control equipment or enforceable operating permit limitation, shall not …

Section 215.344 Recordkeeping For Vegetable Oil Processes a) The owner or operator of sources subject to Section 215.340 and 215.342 shall maintain daily records of solvent storage inventory, and conventional and specialty soybean crush or raw corn germ. Each day the total decrea…

Section 215.345 Compliance Determination a) Each day, the owner or operator of sources subject to Section 215.340 shall calculate the sum of: 1) total conventional soybean crush for the previous 180 days, in pounds, multiplied by 0.0026, plus 2) total specialty soybean crush for …

Section 215.346 Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas a) Except as otherwise stated in subsection (b), every owner or operator of an emission source subject to Sections 215.340 through 215.345 shall comply with the standards and limitations of those Sections by December 31, 198…

Section 215.347 Compliance Plan a) The owner or operator of an emission source subject to Section 215.346(a) or (b) shall submit to the Agency a compliance plan, no later than December 31, 1984. b) The owner or operator of an emission source subject to Section 215.346(c) shall su…

Section 215.401 Flexographic and Rotogravure Printing No owner or operator of a packaging rotogravure, publication rotogravure or flexographic printing press subject to this rule and employing solvent-containing ink may cause or allow the operation of such press unless: a) The vo…

Section 215.402 Exemptions The limitations of this Subpart shall not apply to any facility whose aggregate uncontrolled rotogravure and/or flexographic printing press emissions of volatile organic material are limited by operating permit conditions to 907 Mg (1000 tons) per year …

Section 215.403 Applicability of Subpart K Upon achieving compliance with this Subpart, the emission source is not required to meet Subpart K. Emission sources exempted from this Subpart are subject to Subpart K. Roto- gravure or flexographic equipment used for both roll printing…

Section 215.404 Testing and Monitoring (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 14 Ill. Reg. 9173, effective May 23, 1990)

Section 215.405 Compliance Dates and Geographical Areas a) Except as otherwise stated in subsection (b), every owner or operator of an emission source subject to: 1) Section 215.401 shall comply with its standards and limitations by December 31, 1983; and 2) Section 215.408 shall…

Section 215.406 Alternative Compliance Plan The owner or operator of an emission source subject to this Subpart may in lieu of compliance with Sections 215.405 and 215.407 demonstrate compliance through the use of a low solvent ink program by taking the following actions: a) Subm…

Section 215.407 Compliance Plan a) The owner or operator of an emission source subject to Section 215.405(a)(1) shall submit to the Agency a compliance plan, pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201, Subpart H, including a project completion schedule where applicable, no later than Apri…

Section 215.408 Heatset Web Offset Lithographic Printing a) No owner or operator of a heatset web offset lithographic printing facility, located in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Macoupin, Madison, McHenry, Monroe, St. Clair or Will County, emitting over 100 tons/year of organic mater…

Section 215.409 Testing Methods for Volatile Organic Material Content The volatile organic material content of fountain solution and all coatings shall be determined by Method 24, 40 CFR 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in Section 215.105. The volatile organic material c…

Section 215.410 Emissions Testing a) Any tests of volatile organic material emissions, including tests conducted to determine control equipment efficiency or control device destruction efficiency, shall be conducted in accordance with the methods and procedures specified in Secti…