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APPENDIX B: EPA Document on Best Accepted Control Technology
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Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 194/ Thursday, October 8, 2009/Rules and Regulations
5 ‘ive
et containment systems (PECS),
coal-handling
‘ing bituminous coal
mee a ay
of these emissions reduction measures
can control PM emissions equally well.
See EPA-HQ-OAR-2008—-0260-0083,,
1-2.
PREPA also concluded that if building
in which affected coal ‘ing and
conveying equipment (e,¢., breakers,
crushers, screens, com’ systems),
coal storage systems, uansfer
system operations are enclosed ts found
to be in compliance with the subpart Y
Timits that a) Shermans esr gga
enclosed in ding, the affected
facilities enclosed in that building also
are in com ce. Thus, the final rule
system operal
reconstructed, a modified on or before
April 28, 2008, must not exhibit 20
percent opacity or . Fugitive
Erations foes bul that enclose
after April 26, 2008, must not exhibit
opacity of 10 tor more. For
buildings losing coal processing and
conveying ment, coal storage
systems, and transfer system operations
constructed, reconstructed, or modified
after April 28, 2008, that
emissions from a mechanical vent,
emissions must not contain PM in
excess of 0.023 g/dscm (0.010 gr/dscf).
4. Open Storage Pile Requirements
EPA's May 27, 2009, lemental
action proposed to estab!
ractice standards for open les
ss) roadways. EPA etiensined that i
was not feasible to establish opacity or
PM limits for these types of
facilities. At the current time, EPA
believes it is difficult and prohibitively
ive to measure actual PM
emissions from individual open storage
piles or road: Further, the size of
Open storage piles and the mobile nature
of coal dust from vehicle tires on
aeeiata currently make the use of
Matiea Sopecky cpaacatind
in many situations. Based
on that determination, we pi to
Tequire owners or operators of open
storage piles and roadways associated
with coal preparation plants to develop
and comply with a fugitive coal dust
emissions control to control
fugitive PM e1 Commenters
Ea out that the Surface Mini
1 and Reclamation Act (S! )
covers fugitive dust emissions from
sats ot COR Properenion ant Peneeees
ts at mine sites and
Rlgitive dust plan EPA bel that
coal moving operations, once the coal
enters the “coal ation plant,’ will
be by conveyor rather than by truck.
‘Therefore, we believe that the
of SMCRA are sufficient to
address air emissions from roadways
that may be found within a coal
tion and proces: lant at
eagiiagemed pmo jon and
ants at end-user facilities,
Pe peters [noe Ryslo, once the coal
enters the “coal preparation plant,’’ coal
moving operations will be by conveyor
rather than by truck. Thus, EPA has
decided not to finalize the p:
requirements for roadways. EPA also
Proposed orgie thatthe ug gitive
control plan include
procedures for limiting emissions from
pedl anthem processing and
"' at a coal
pected ina el pence processing plant EPA
pres with coments thats rt ¥
mld specifically designate
of affected facility subject to the fugitive
dust emissions control plan and,
therefore, we are not finalizing that
proposed requirement.
owner or
operator to prepare and
operate in accordance with a submitted
fugitive coal dust emissions control plan
peaarartn ngs neeirnlaneoe
fugitive coal dust
emissions control plan must ident
and describe the control measures
owners jor will use to minimize
fugitive coal dust emissions from #ach
‘open st ile, The owner or
rep Sacregeiratt to explain how the
obese are applicable and appropriate
for the site conditions. For open coal
storage piles, the fugitive coal dust
emissions plan must require that one or
more of the fall control measures
will be used to minimize to the test
extent practicable fugitive coal +
\ the source inside a partial
pee by . installing and oj Satie
water spray
appropriate
rp fats
agents on the source (when additional
ions discussed below are met),
‘Seeutarwhadibaea, compaction, oF
use of a vegetative cover. The owner or
operator must select, from the list
Periiad, the cones eee Oe
for the site conditions,
Where sppeopriste clerical dust
suppression agents are selected by the
owner/operator as a control measure to
minimize coal dust emissions,
only chemical dust suppressants with
Occuy Safety and Health
‘Admlatstration (OSHA) compliant
material safety data sheets are
allowed, the MSDS must be included in
the fugitive coal dust emissions control
plan, and the owner/operator must
consider and document in the fugitive
pe ae ee
ees Gee eee
such chetnical dust suppressants
eee water run-off, water quality
concerns).
An owner/operator mat ition the
Psst opel sama ofa
control measure other than those
specified above. The petition process
established in the final rule is similar to
the process used in 40 CFR Part 60,
pre ay aaheay ceo alternative NOx
ts for certain industrial boilers, ‘The
must demonstrate to the
dministrator that the alternate control
measure will provide equivalent overall
environmental protection or that it ts
either economically or technically
infeastble for the affected facility to use
the control measures specified above,
‘The owner/operator must operate in
accordance with the plan including the
alternative measures and, while
operating in accordance with the plan
submitted with the petition, is deemed
hegre
php ernie ge
eeiencer uae tus paces
pending, EPA decided to include this
asain) pegpemotenbiheabtinaty
to comments to
ini oposed in the May 2009
supplemental that would have
PP ran proposal
y.
proval of the fugitive coal dust
bt pt plese ak and allowed the
authorities to approve the
Se araenon technologies ithad
been determined that the technology
les equivalent overall
Siracusa eases
Each owner/ lor must submit
their fugitive coal dust emissions
control plan to the Administrator or
delegated authority to provide an
cs) for the Administrator or
delegated authority to object to the
coal dust emissions control
plan. The fugitive coal dust emissions
prereset pe et
‘strator or
Arar erantey aie ee dasa
facility. Han objection is raised, theJump to an indexed page (88 of 88)