For reasons set out in the preamble, it is proposed that
40 CFR part 63 be amended as follows:
Part 63 -- NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS FOR SOURCE CATEGORIES
1. The authority citation for part 63 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
2. Part 63 is revised by adding subpart X, to read as
follows:
Subpart X--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants from the Secondary Lead Smelting Industry.
Sec.
63.541 Applicability.
63.542 Definitions.
63.543 Standards for process sources.
63.544 Standards for process fugitive sources.
63.545 Standards for fugitive dust sources.
63.546 Compliance dates.
63.547 Test methods.
63.548 Monitoring requirements.
63.549 Notification requirements.
63.550 Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
Subpart X--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants from the Secondary Lead Smelting Industry
63.541 Applicability.
(a) The provisions of this subpart apply to all secondary
lead smelters that operate blast, reverberatory, rotary, or
electric smelting furnaces to reduce scrap lead metal or lead
compounds contained in lead-acid batteries to elemental lead.
63.542 Definitions. Terms used in this subpart are defined in
the Act, in subpart A of this part, or in this section as
follows:
Agglomerating furnace means a furnace used to melt into a
solid mass the flue dust that is collected from the baghouse.
Battery breaking area means the plant location at which
lead-acid batteries are broken, crushed, or disassembled and
separated into components.
Blast furnace means a smelting furnace consisting of a
vertical cylinder atop a crucible, into which lead-bearing charge
materials are introduced at the top of the furnace and combustion
air is introduced through tuyeres at the bottom of the cylinder,
and that uses coke as a fuel source and that is operated at a
temperature sufficient to chemically reduce lead compounds to
elemental lead metal.
Blast furnace charging location means the physical opening
through which raw materials are introduced into a blast furnace.
Dryer means a chamber that is heated and that is used to
remove moisture from lead-bearing materials before they are
charged to a smelting furnace.
Dryer transition piece means the junction between a dryer
and the charge hopper or conveyor, or the junction between the
dryer and the smelting furnace feed chute or hopper located at
the ends of the dryer.
Electric furnace means a smelting furnace consisting of a
vessel into which reverberatory furnace slag is introduced and
that uses electrical energy to heat the reverberatory furnace
slag to such a temperature that lead compounds are reduced to
elemental lead metal.
Enclosure hood means a hood that covers a process fugitive
emission source on the top and on all sides, with openings only
for access to introduce or remove materials to or from the source
and that is typically ventilated to a control device.
Fugitive dust source means a stationary source of hazardous
air pollutant emissions at a secondary lead smelter that is not
associated with a specific process or process fugitive vent or
stack. Fugitive dust sources include, but are not limited to,
roadways, storage piles, materials handling transfer points,
materials transport areas, storage areas, process areas, and
buildings.
Furnace and refining/casting area means any area of a
secondary lead smelter in which: (1) A smelting furnace is
located; or (2) refining operations occur; or (3) casting
operations occur.
Materials storage and handling area means any area of a
secondary lead smelter in which lead-bearing materials
(including, but not limited to, broken battery components, slag,
flue dust, and dross) are stored or handled between process
steps, including, but not limited to, areas in which materials
are stored in piles, bins, or tubs, and areas in which material
is prepared for charging to a smelting furnace.
Partial enclosure means a structure that incorporates walls
or partitions on at least three sides or three-quarters of the
circumference of an area to screen the material or process
equipment located therein to prevent the entrainment of
particulate matter into the air.
Pavement cleaning means the use of vacuum equipment, water
sprays, or a combination thereof, to remove dust or other
accumulated material from the paved areas of a secondary lead
smelter.
Plant roadway means any area of a secondary lead smelter
that is subject to vehicle traffic, including traffic by fork
lifts, front-end loaders, or vehicles carrying whole batteries or
cast lead ingots. Excluded from this definition are employee and
visitor parking areas, provided they are not subject to traffic
by vehicles carrying lead-bearing materials.
Process fugitive source means a source of hazardous air
pollutant emissions at a secondary lead smelter that is
associated with lead smelting or refining but is not the primary
exhaust stream from a smelting furnace and is not a fugitive dust
source. Process fugitive sources include, but are not limited
to, smelting furnace charging points, smelting furnace lead and
slag taps, refining kettles, agglomerating furnaces, and drying
kiln transition pieces.
Refining kettle means an open-top vessel that is constructed
of cast iron or steel and is indirectly heated from below and
contains molten lead for the purpose of refining and alloying the
lead. Included are pot furnaces, receiving kettles, and holding
kettles.
Reverberatory furnace means a fixed refractory-lined furnace
that uses one or more flames to heat the walls and roof of the
furnace and lead-bearing scrap to such a temperature that lead
compounds are chemically reduced to elemental lead metal.
Rotary furnace (also known as a rotary reverberatory
furnace) means a furnace consisting of a refractory-lined chamber
that rotates about a horizontal axis and that uses one or more
flames to heat the walls of the furnace and lead-bearing scrap to
such a temperature that lead compounds are chemically reduced to
elemental lead metal.
Secondary lead smelter means any facility at which lead-
bearing scrap material, primarily lead-acid batteries, is
recycled into elemental lead by smelting.
Smelting means the chemical reduction of lead compounds to
lead metal in high-temperature furnaces, including, but not
limited to, blast furnaces, reverberatory furnaces, rotary
furnaces, and electric furnaces.
Total enclosure means the use of a building with a roof and
walls or partitions on all sides or the entire circumference of
an area to screen the material or process equipment located
therein to prevent the entrainment of particulate matter into the
air and that provide openings only to allow people and vehicles
to move into and out of the area.
Vehicle wash means a device for removing dust and other
accumulated material from the wheels, body, and underside of a
vehicle to prevent the inadvertent transfer of lead-contaminated
material to another area of a secondary lead smelter or to public
roadways.
Wet suppression means the use of water, water combined with
a chemical surfactant, or a chemical binding agent to prevent the
entrainment of dust into the air from fugitive dust sources.
63.543 Standards for process sources.
(a) No owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter shall
discharge or cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from any
existing, new, or reconstructed blast, reverberatory, rotary, or
electric smelting furnace any gases that contain lead compounds,
as determined by EPA reference method 12, in excess of
2.0 milligrams of lead per dry standard cubic meter
(0.00087 grains of lead per dry standard cubic foot).
(b) No owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter shall
discharge or cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from any
existing, new, or reconstructed blast, reverberatory, or rotary
smelting furnace any gases that contain total hydrochloric acid
(hydrogen chloride) and chlorine in excess of 15 milligrams per
dry standard cubic meter (0.0065 grains per dry standard cubic
foot), expressed as hydrochloric acid equivalents, and corrected
to 4 percent carbon dioxide.
(c) No owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter with a
collocated blast furnace and reverberatory furnace shall
discharge or cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from any
existing, new, or reconstructed blast furnace or reverberatory
furnace any gases that contain total hydrocarbons in excess of
20 parts per million by volume, expressed as propane, corrected
to 4 percent carbon dioxide.
(d) No owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter with
only blast furnaces shall discharge or cause to be discharged
into the atmosphere from any existing blast furnace any gases
that contain total hydrocarbons in excess of 360 parts per
million by volume, expressed as propane, corrected to 4 percent
carbon dioxide.
(e) No owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter with
only blast furnaces shall discharge or cause to be discharged
into the atmosphere from any blast furnace that commences
construction or reconstruction after [Insert date of publication
of proposed rule] any gases that contain total hydrocarbons in
excess of 70 parts per million by volume, expressed as propane,
corrected to 4 percent carbon dioxide.
(f) If the owner or operator of a blast furnace or
collocated blast and reverberatory furnace combines the blast
furnace charging process fugitive emissions with the blast
furnace process emissions and discharges them to the atmosphere
through a common emission point, then compliance with the
applicable total hydrocarbon concentration limit under
63.453(c), (d), or (e) shall be determined downstream from the
point at which the two emission streams are combined.
(g) If the owner or operator of a blast furnace or a
collocated blast and reverberatory furnace does not combine the
blast furnace charging process fugitive emissions with the blast
furnace process emissions and discharges such emissions to the
atmosphere through separate emission points, then the total
hydrocarbon emission rate for the blast furnace process fugitive
emissions shall not be greater than 0.20 kilograms per hour
(0.44 pounds per hour).
63.544 Standards for process fugitive sources.
(a) Each owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter
shall control the following process fugitive emission sources by
installing and operating an enclosure hood or its equivalent:
(1) Smelting furnace and dryer charging hoppers, chutes,
and skip hoists;
(2) Smelting furnace lead taps and molds;
(3) Smelting furnace slag taps and molds;
(4) Refining kettles;
(5) Dryer transition pieces; and
(6) Agglomerating furnace process vents and product taps.
(b) All process fugitive control hoods required in
paragraph (a), above, except those required for refining kettles,
shall be ventilated to maintain a face velocity of at least
110 meters per minute (350 feet per minute) at all hood openings.
(c) Process fugitive control hoods required over refining
kettles in paragraph (a) of this section shall be ventilated to
maintain a face velocity of at least 75 meters per minute
(250 feet per minute) and a volumetric flow rate of at least
60 actual cubic meters per minute per square meter (200 actual
cubic feet per minute per square foot) of kettle surface area.
(d) All process fugitive control hoods required in
paragraph (a), above, shall be ventilated to a control device
with an outlet concentration of lead compounds, as expressed by
EPA reference method 12, not to exceed 2.0 milligrams of lead per
dry standard cubic meter (0.00087 grains of lead per dry standard
cubic foot).
(e) Following the date of the initial test to demonstrate
compliance with paragraph (d) of this section, the owner or
operator of a secondary lead smelter shall conduct a performance
test for lead compounds on an annual basis (no later than 12
calendar months following the previous compliance test).
63.545 Standards for fugitive dust sources.
(a) Each owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter
shall prepare, and at all times operate according to, a standard
operating procedures manual that describes in detail the measures
that will be put in place to control fugitive dust emissions from
the following areas of the secondary lead smelter:
(1) Plant roadways;
(2) Battery breaking area;
(3) Furnace area;
(4) Refining and casting area; and
(5) Materials storage and handling area.
(b) The standard operating procedures manual shall be
submitted to the Administrator or delegated authority for review
and approval.
(c) The controls specified in the standard operating
procedures manual to control fugitive dust emissions from each
area shall at a minimum include the following:
(1) Plant roadways - paving of all areas subject to vehicle
traffic and pavement cleaning twice per day of those areas,
except on days when natural precipitation makes cleaning
unnecessary or when sand or a similar material has been spread on
plant roadways to provide traction on ice or snow.
(2) Battery breaking area - partial enclosure of storage
piles, wet suppression applied to storage piles, and pavement
cleaning twice per day; or total enclosure of the battery
breaking area and ventilation of the enclosure to a control
device.
(3) Furnace area - partial enclosure and pavement cleaning
twice per day; or total enclosure and ventilation of the
enclosure to a control device.
(4) Refining and casting area - partial enclosure and
pavement cleaning twice per day; or total enclosure and
ventilation of the enclosure to a control device.
(5) Materials storage and handling area - partial enclosure
and wetting of storage piles, vehicle wash at each exit from the
area, and paving of the area; or total enclosure of the area and
ventilation of the enclosure to a control device and a vehicle
wash at each exit.
(d) The standard operating procedures manual shall require
that daily records be maintained of all wet suppression, pavement
cleaning, and vehicle washing activities performed to control
fugitive dust emissions.
(e) No owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter shall
discharge or cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from any
building or enclosure ventilation system any gases that contain
lead compounds, as expressed by EPA reference method 12, in
excess of 2.0 milligrams of lead per dry standard cubic meter
(0.00087 grains of lead per dry standard cubic foot).
(f) Following the date of the initial test to demonstrate
compliance with paragraph (e) of this section, the owner or
operator shall conduct a performance test for lead compounds on
an annual basis (no later than 12 calendar months following the
previous compliance test).
(g) If the owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter
has two or more identical control devices for building or
enclosure ventilation that discharge through separate stacks, and
demonstrates compliance with the inspection and logging
requirements of 63.548(d), then the annual compliance test
required in paragraph (f) of this section may be performed on a
rotating basis such that at least one unit is tested per year and
each unit is tested at an interval not to exceed five years.
This provision does not apply to control devices or discharge
points receiving emissions from process or process fugitive
emission sources.
(h) Failure to have an approved standard operating
procedures manual by the compliance dates listed in 63.546(a)
or (b) shall constitute a violation of this standard.
63.546 Compliance dates.
(a) Each owner or operator of an existing secondary lead
smelter shall achieve compliance with the requirements of this
subpart no later than [date 24 months after publication of the
final rule].
(b) Each owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter that
commences construction or reconstruction after [Insert date of
publication of proposed rule] shall achieve compliance with the
requirements of this subpart by [date of publication of final
rule] or upon startup of operations, whichever is later.
63.547 Test methods.
(a) The following test methods in appendix A of part 60 of
this chapter shall be used to determine compliance with the
emission standards for lead compounds under 63.543(a),
63.544(d), and 63.545(f):
(1) Method 1 shall be used to select the sampling port
location and the number of traverse points.
(2) Method 2 shall be used to measure volumetric flow rate.
(3) Method 3 shall be used for gas analysis.
(4) Method 4 shall be used to determine moisture content of
the stack gas.
(5) Method 12 shall be used for determining compliance with
the lead compound emission standards. The minimum sample volume
shall be 0.85 dry standard cubic meters (30 dry standard cubic
feet) and the minimum sampling time shall be 60 minutes for each
run. Three runs shall be performed and the average of the three
runs shall be used to determine compliance.
(b) The following test methods in appendix A of part 60
shall be used to determine compliance with the total
hydrochloric acid and chlorine emission standard under
63.543(b):
(1) Method 1 shall be used to select the sampling port
location.
(2) Method 2 shall be used to measure volumetric flow rate.
(3) Method 3 shall be used for gas analysis and the Single
Point Integrated Sampling and Analytical Procedure of method 3B
shall be used for measuring the carbon dioxide content of the
stack gas.
(4) Method 26A shall be used to determine compliance with
the total hydrochloric acid and chlorine emission standard. The
minimum sample volume shall be 0.7 dry standard cubic meters
(25 dry standard cubic feet) and the minimum sample time shall be
60 minutes per run. Total hydrochloric acid and chlorine
concentration shall be corrected to 4 percent carbon dioxide, as
described in (d) of this section. Three runs shall be performed
and the average of the runs shall be used to determine
compliance.
(5) Total hydrochloric acid and chlorine emissions shall be
reported as hydrochloric acid and shall be determined using the
following equation:
where:
C = stack mass concentration, in milligrams per
dry standard cubic meter, of hydrochloric
acid and chlorine reported as hydrochloric
acid;
K = 10-3 mg/ęg; and
mt = total chlorine, expressed as HCl and given by
mHCl + 1.028(mCl2) from sections 8.7 and 8.8
of method 26A, respectively; 1.028 is a
conversion factor [(ęg HCl/ęg - mole)/(ęg
Cl/ęg-mole)].
Other variables are as defined in either method 26A or method 5
in appendix A of part 60 of this chapter.
(c) The following test methods in appendix A of part 60
shall be used, as specified, to determine compliance with the
emission standards for total hydrocarbons under 63.543(c), (d),
(e), and (g):
(1) Method 1 shall be used to select the sampling port
location for determining compliance under 63.543(g).
(2) Method 2 shall be used to measure volumetric flow rate
for determining compliance under 63.543(g).
(3) The Single Point Integrated Sampling and Analytical
Procedure of method 3B shall be used to measure the carbon
dioxide content of the stack gases for determining compliance
under 63.543(c),(d), and (e).
(4) Method 4 shall be used to determine moisture content of
the stack gases for determining compliance under
63.543(c),(d),(e), and (g).
(5) Method 25A shall be used to measure total hydrocarbon
emissions for determining compliance under 63.543(c),(d),(e),
and (g). The minimum sampling time shall be 1 hour for each run.
A minimum of three runs shall be performed. A 1-hour average
total hydrocarbon concentration shall be determined for each run
and the average of the three 1-hour averages shall be used to
determine compliance. The concentration of total hydrocarbons
shall be expressed as propane and shall be corrected to 4 percent
carbon dioxide, as described in (d) of this section.
(d) The measured total hydrocarbon and hydrochloric
acid/chlorine concentrations shall be corrected to 4 percent
carbon dioxide for the purposes of determining compliance with
the emission limits of this part in the following manner:
(1) A correction factor shall be determined by dividing
4 percent carbon dioxide by the percent carbon dioxide measured
using method 3B in each compliance test.
(2) If the measured percent carbon dioxide is less than
0.4 percent, then a correction factor of 10 shall be used.
(3) The corrected hydrochloric acid/chlorine and total
hydrocarbon concentrations shall be determined by multiplying the
measured hydrochloric acid/chlorine and total hydrocarbon
concentrations by the correction factor determined for each
compliance test.
(e) The following test methods in appendix A of part 60
shall be used to determine compliance with the process fugitive
control hood face velocity and flow rate requirements under
63.544(b) and (c):
(1) Method 1 shall be used to select the sampling port
location in the duct leading from the process fugitive control
hood to the control device.
(2) Method 2 shall be used to measure the volumetric flow
rate in the duct from the process fugitive control hood to the
control device.
(3) The face area of the hood shall be determined from
measurement of the hood. If the hood has access doors, then face
area shall be determined with the access doors in the fully open
position.
(4) Face velocity shall be determined by dividing the
volumetric flow rate determined in step (2) by the total face
area for the hood determined in step (3).
(5) For determining compliance with the volumetric flow
rate requirement for refining kettles in 63.544(c), refining
kettle surface area shall be determined from the inside diameter
of the refining kettle.
63.548 Monitoring requirements.
(a) The owner or operator of a blast, reverberatory,
rotary, or electric smelting furnace subject to the standard for
lead compounds in 63.543(a), must comply with the requirements
of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this section, to demonstrate
continuous compliance with the lead compound emission standard:
(1) The owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter shall
install, calibrate, maintain, and continuously operate a
continuous opacity monitor in each stack or duct that receives
smelting furnace process emissions. The continuous opacity
monitor shall be located at the outlet of the particulate control
device and upstream of any wet acid gas scrubber. The continuous
opacity monitor shall be maintained, calibrated, and operated as
required by subpart A, General Provisions of this part, and
according to Performance Specification 1 in appendix B of part 60
of this chapter.
(2) The owner or operator of a smelting furnace subject to
the lead compound emission standard shall use the continuous
opacity monitor to monitor and record the 6-minute average
opacity of the smelting furnace exhaust during the lead compound
compliance test.
(3) To remain in compliance with the standard for lead
compound emissions, the owner or operator must maintain an
opacity such that the 6-minute average opacity does not exceed
the maximum 6-minute average opacity recorded during the initial
lead compound compliance test plus 2 percent opacity to allow for
normal instrument drift. If the 6-minute average opacity exceeds
the maximum 6-minute average opacity recorded during the initial
lead compound compliance test plus 2 percent, this shall
constitute a violation of the standard.
(b) The owner or operator of a blast furnace or collocated
reverberatory and blast furnace subject to the total hydrocarbon
standards in 63.543(c), (d), or (e), must comply with the
requirements of paragraphs (1) or (2) of this section, to
demonstrate continuous compliance with the total hydrocarbon
emission standards:
(1) Continuous Temperature Monitoring:
(i) The owner or operator of a blast furnace or a
collocated reverberatory furnace and blast furnace subject to the
total hydrocarbon emission standards in 63.543(c), (d), or (e)
shall install, calibrate, maintain, and continuously operate a
device to monitor and record the temperature of the afterburner
or the combined blast furnace and reverberatory furnace exhaust
streams consistent with the requirements for continuous
monitoring systems in subpart A, General Provisions.
(ii) The owner or operator of a blast furnace or a
collocated reverberatory furnace and blast furnace subject to the
total hydrocarbon emission standards shall monitor and record the
temperature of the afterburner or the combined blast furnace and
reverberatory furnace exhaust streams every 15 minutes during the
total hydrocarbon compliance test and determine an arithmetic
average for the recorded temperature measurements.
(iii) To remain in compliance with the standards for total
hydrocarbons, the owner or operator must maintain an afterburner
or combined exhaust temperature such that the average temperature
in any 3-hour period does not fall more than 28 oC (50 oF) below
the average established in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section.
If the average temperature in any 3-hour period falls more than
28 oC (50 oF) below the average established in
paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, this shall constitute a
violation of the standard.
(2) Continuous Monitoring of Total Hydrocarbon Emissions:
(i) The owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter shall
install, operate, and maintain a total hydrocarbon continuous
monitoring system and comply with all of the requirements for
continuous monitoring systems found in Subpart A, General
Provisions.
(ii) Allowing the 3-hour average total hydrocarbon
concentration to exceed the applicable total hydrocarbon emission
limit under 63.543 is a violation of the standard.
(c) The owner or operator of a blast, reverberatory, or
rotary smelting furnace subject to the total hydrochloric
acid/chlorine emission standard under 63.543(b) must comply
with the monitoring requirements of paragraphs (c)(1), (2), (3),
or (4) of this section, to demonstrate continuous compliance with
the hydrochloric acid/chlorine emission standard:
(1) Monitoring of fluxing agents:
(i) The owner or operator shall monitor the amount of soda
ash and limestone added to the smelting furnace and the total
amount of material charged during the 8-hour shift in which the
hydrochloric acid/chlorine compliance test is performed.
(ii) Thereafter, the owner or operator shall record the
amount of soda ash and limestone added to the furnace and the
total amount of material charged and maintain the same ratio of
soda ash and limestone to total charge material as demonstrated
during the initial hydrochloric acid/chlorine compliance test.
(iii) Failure to maintain the same ratio of soda ash and
limestone to material charged, determined on the basis of total
amounts added to the furnace during each 8-hour shift, is a
violation of this standard.
(2) Monitoring of scrubber operating parameters:
(i) The owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter that
has a scrubber shall monitor and record the scrubber media
injection rate and inlet pH every 15 minutes during the
hydrochloric acid/chlorine compliance test and determine an
arithmetic average of the recorded values for media injection
rate and inlet pH.
(ii) Thereafter, the owner or operator shall monitor and
record the media injection rate no less frequently than once
every 15 minutes and shall maintain a media injection rate no
less than 70 percent of the average injection rate recorded
during the initial hydrochloric acid/chlorine compliance test.
(iii) The owner or operator shall also monitor and record
the inlet pH of the scrubber media no less frequently than once
every 15 minutes and shall maintain a 3-hour average pH no lower
than 1.0 pH point below the average pH recorded during the
initial hydrochloric acid/chlorine compliance test.
(iv) Failure to maintain the minimum scrubber media
injection rate or minimum average inlet pH is a violation of this
standard.
(3) Monitoring of sulfur dioxide concentration:
(i) The owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter with
a sulfur dioxide scrubber and a sulfur dioxide continuous
monitoring system that complies with the requirements for
continuous monitoring systems in subpart A, General Provisions,
with Performance Specification 2 in appendix B of part 60 of this
chapter, and with Quality Assurance Procedure 1 in appendix F of
part 60 of this chapter, shall monitor and record the sulfur
dioxide concentration every 15 minutes during the hydrochloric
acid/chlorine compliance test and determine an arithmetic average
for the recorded values for sulfur dioxide concentration.
(ii) Thereafter, the owner or operator shall monitor and
record the sulfur dioxide concentration every 15 minutes and
maintain a 3-hour average sulfur dioxide concentration not more
than 200 parts per million by volume greater than the average
sulfur dioxide concentration recorded during the initial
hydrochloric acid/chlorine compliance test.
(iii) Allowing the 3-hour average sulfur dioxide
concentration to exceed the allowable sulfur dioxide
concentration is a violation of the standard.
(4) Continuous monitoring of hydrochloric acid emissions:
(i) The owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter shall
install, operate, and maintain a hydrochloric acid continuous
monitoring system and comply with all of the requirements for
continuous monitoring systems found in Subpart A, General
Provisions.
(ii) Allowing the 3-hour average hydrochloric acid
concentration to exceed 15 milligrams per dry standard cubic
meter, corrected to 4 percent carbon dioxide, is a violation of
the standard.
(d) The owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter shall
institute an inspection and logging procedure for all baghouses
(fabric filters) that are used to control process fugitive or
fugitive dust sources, including those used to control emissions
from building ventilation. Failure to perform the required
inspections and logging shall constitute a violation of this
standard. The inspection and logging procedure shall, at a
minimum, include the following:
(1) Daily check of damper cleaning valves and the bypass
and isolation valves for proper operation;
(2) Daily check to ensure that dust is being removed from
hoppers;
(3) Weekly inspection and replacement of damaged bags;
(4) Weekly inspection of baghouse for air leaks and
rainwater infiltration;
(5) Weekly inspection for caking and blinding of bags;
(6) Weekly inspection for bag tension;
(7) Weekly inspection for proper bag cleaner functioning
and cycling;
(8) Monthly inspection of all moving parts for loose parts
and unusual wear;
(9) Monthly inspection of fans for wear, material buildup,
and corrosion; and
(10) Logging of broken bags by location in order to
identify installation or equipment problems.
(e) The owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter that
uses a wet scrubber to control particulate matter and metal
hazardous air pollutant emissions from a process fugitive source
shall monitor and record the pressure drop and water flow rate of
the wet scrubber during the initial and annual tests to
demonstrate compliance with the lead emission limit under
63.544(d). Thereafter, the owner or operator shall monitor and
record the pressure drop and water flow rate at least once every
hour and shall maintain a pressure drop and water flow rate no
more than 30 percent below the pressure drop and water flow rate
measured during the initial and annual compliance tests. Failure
to maintain the required pressure drop and flow rate shall
constitute a violation of this standard.
63.549 Notification requirements.
(a) The owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter shall
comply with all of the notification requirements of 63.9 of
Subpart A, General Provisions.
(b) The owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter shall
submit the fugitive dust control standard operating procedures
manual required under 63.545(a) to the Administrator or
delegated authority along with a notification that the smelter is
seeking review and approval of the standard operating procedures
manual. Owners or operators of existing secondary lead smelters
shall submit the standard operating procedures manual and this
notification no later than [Insert date 18 months after
publication of the final rule]. The owner or operator of a
secondary lead smelter that commences construction or
reconstruction after [Insert date of publication of proposed
rule] shall submit the standard operating procedures manual and
this notification no later than 180 days before startup of the
constructed or reconstructed secondary lead smelter, but no
sooner than [Insert date of publication of proposed rule].
63.550 Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
(a) Each owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter
shall keep, and maintain for a period of 5 years, records of the
following:
(1) The results of initial and subsequent compliance tests
for lead compounds, total hydrocarbons, and hydrochloric
acid/chlorine.
(2) The output from the continuous opacity monitor required
under 63.548(a), including an identification of periods when
opacity exceeded the maximum established under 63.548(a) and an
explanation of corrective actions taken.
(3) The output from the continuous temperature monitor, if
an owner or operator chooses to demonstrate continuous compliance
with the total hydrocarbon emission standards under 63.543(c),
(d), or (e) by employing the method allowed in 63.548(b)(1),
including an identification of periods when the 3-hour average
temperature fell below the minimum established under
63.548(b)(1) and an explanation of the corrective actions
taken.
(4) The output from the total hydrocarbon continuous
monitoring system, if an owner or operator chooses to demonstrate
continuous compliance with the total hydrocarbon emission
standard under 63.543(c), (d), or (e) by employing the method
allowed in 63.548(b)(2), including an identification of the
periods when the 3-hour average total hydrocarbon concentration
exceeded the applicable standard and an explanation of the
corrective actions taken.
(5) The amount of soda ash and limestone charged to each
blast, rotary, or reverberatory furnace, and the total amount of
material charged, recorded as totals per 8-hour shift, if an
owner or operator chooses to demonstrate continuous compliance
with the hydrochloric acid/chlorine standard established under
63.543(b) by employing the method allowed under 63.548(c)(1).
(6) The wet scrubber media injection rate and pH, recorded
no less frequently than once every 15 minutes, if the owner or
operator chooses to demonstrate continuous compliance with the
hydrochloric acid/chlorine standard under 63.543(b) by
employing the method allowed in 63.548(c)(2), including an
identification of the periods when the minimum injection rate or
pH was not maintained and an explanation of the corrective
actions taken.
(7) The output from the sulfur dioxide continuous
monitoring system, if an owner or operator chooses to demonstrate
continuous compliance with the hydrochloric acid/chlorine
standard under 63.543(b) by employing the method allowed in
63.548(c)(3), including an identification of the periods when
the sulfur dioxide concentration exceeded the allowable maximum
and an explanation of the corrective actions taken.
(8) The output from the hydrochloric acid continuous
monitoring system, if an owner or operator chooses to demonstrate
continuous compliance with the hydrochloric acid/chlorine
standard under 63.543(b) by employing the method allowed in
63.548(c)(4), including an identification of the periods when
the hydrochloric acid concentration exceeded 15 milligrams per
dry standard cubic meter and an explanation of the corrective
actions taken.
(9) Any recordkeeping required as part of the practices
described in the standard operating procedures manual required
under 63.545 for the control of fugitive dust emissions.
(b) The owner or operator of a secondary lead smelter shall
comply with all of the reporting requirements under 63.10 of
the General Provisions. The owner or operator shall submit
quarterly excess emissions and continuous monitoring system
performance reports or summary reports.
(c) The quarterly reports required under paragraph (b) of
this section, shall include 3-hour block averages of the
continuous monitoring system output or control device parameters
that are monitored and recorded pursuant to the monitoring
requirements of 63.548 and the recordkeeping requirements under
paragraph (a) of this section.
(d) The quarterly reports required under paragraph (b) of
this section shall contain a summary of the fugitive dust control
measures performed during the required reporting period,
including an explanation of the periods when the procedures
outlined in the standard operating procedures manual were not
followed and the corrective actions taken. The quarterly reports
shall not contain copies of the records required to demonstrate
compliance with the requirements of the standard operating
procedures manual.
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