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TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE B: AIR POLLUTION
CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
SUBCHAPTER c: EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS FOR STATIONARY SOURCES
PART 212 VISIBLE AND PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS
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SUBPART A: GENERAL

Section 212.100 Scope and Organization
Section 212.107 Measurement Method for Visible Emissions
Section 212.108 Measurement Methods for PM-10 Emissions and Condensible PM-10 Emissions
Section 212.109 Measurement Methods for Opacity
Section 212.110 Measurement Methods For Particulate Matter
Section 212.111 Abbreviations and Units
Section 212.112 Definitions
Section 212.113 Incorporations by Reference

SUBPART B: VISUAL EMISSIONS

Section 212.121 Opacity Standards (Repealed)
Section 212.122 Visible Emissions Limitations for Certain Emission Units For Which Construction or Modification Commenced On or After April 14, 1972
Section 212.123 Visible Emissions Limitations for All Other Emission Units
Section 212.124 Exceptions
Section 212.125 Determination of Violations
Section 212.126 Adjusted Opacity Standards Procedures

SUBPART D: PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS FROM INCINERATORS

Section 212.181 Limitations for Incinerators
Section 212.182 Aqueous Waste Incinerators
Section 212.183 Certain Wood Waste Incinerators
Section 212.184 Explosive Waste Incinerators
Section 212.185 Continuous Automatic Stoking Animal Pathological Waste Incinerators

SUBPART E: PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS FROM FUEL COMBUSTION EMISSION UNITS

Section 212.201 Emission Units For Which Construction or Modification Commenced Prior to April 14, 1972, Using Solid Fuel Exclusively Located in the Chicago Area
Section 212.202 Emission Units For Which Construction or Modification Commenced Prior to April 14, 1972, Using Solid Fuel Exclusively Located Outside the Chicago Area
Section 212.203 Controlled Emission Units For Which Construction or Modification Commenced Prior to April 14, 1972, Using Solid Fuel Exclusively
Section 212.204 Emission Units For Which Construction or Modification Commenced On or After April 14, 1972, Using Solid Fuel Exclusively
Section 212.205 Coal-fired Industrial Boilers For Which Construction or Modification Commenced Prior to April 14, 1972, Equipped with Flue Gas Desulfurization Systems
Section 212.206 Emission Units Using Liquid Fuel Exclusively
Section 212.207 Emission Units Using More Than One Type of Fuel
Section 212.208 Aggregation of Emission Units For Which Construction or Modification Commenced Prior to April 14, 1972
Section 212.209 Village of Winnetka Generating Station (Repealed)
Section 212.210 Emissions Limitations for Certain Fuel Combustion Emission Units Located in the Vicinity of Granite City

SUBPART K: FUGITIVE PARTICULATE MATTER

Section 212.301 Fugitive Particulate Matter
Section 212.302 Geographical Areas of Application
Section 212.304 Storage Piles
Section 212.305 Conveyor Loading Operations
Section 212.306 Traffic Areas
Section 212.307 Materials Collected by Pollution Control Equipment
Section 212.308 Spraying or Choke-Feeding Required
Section 212.309 Operating Program
Section 212.310 Minimum Operating Program
Section 212.312 Amendment to Operating Program
Section 212.313 Emission Standard for Particulate Collection Equipment
Section 212.314 Exception for Excess Wind Speed
Section 212.315 Covering for Vehicles
Section 212.316 Emission Limitations for Emission Units in Certain Areas

SUBPART L: PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS FROM PROCESS EMISSION UNITS

Section 212.321 Process Emission Units For Which Construction or Modification Commenced On or After April 14, 1972
Section 212.322 Process Emission Units For Which Construction or Modification Commenced Prior to April 14, 1972
Section 212.323 Stock Piles
Section 212.324 Process Emission Units in Certain Areas

SUBPART N: FOOD MANUFACTURING

Section 212.361 Corn Wet Milling Processes
Section 212.362 Emission Units in Certain Areas

SUBPART O: PETROLEUM REFINING, PETROCHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING

Section 212.381 Catalyst Regenerators of Fluidized Catalytic Converters

SUBPART Q: STONE, CLAY, GLASS AND CONCRETE MANUFACTURING

Section 212.421 Portland Cement Processes For Which Construction or Modification Commenced On or After April 14, 1972
Section 212.422 Portland Cement Manufacturing Processes
Section 212.423 Emission Limits for the Portland Cement Manufacturing Plant Located in LaSalle County, South of the Illinois River
Section 212.424 Fugitive Particulate Matter Control for the Portland Cement Manufacturing Plant and Associated Quarry Operations Located in LaSalle County, South of the Illinois River
Section 212.425 Emission Units in Certain Areas

SUBPART R: PRIMARY AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND MACHINERY MANUFACTURE

Section 212.441 Steel Manufacturing Processes
Section 212.442 Beehive Coke Ovens
Section 212.443 Coke Plants
Section 212.444 Sinter Processes
Section 212.445 Blast Furnace Cast Houses
Section 212.446 Basic Oxygen Furnaces
Section 212.447 Hot Metal Desulfurization Not Located in the BOF
Section 212.448 Electric Arc Furnaces
Section 212.449 Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels
Section 212.450 Liquid Steel Charging
Section 212.451 Hot Scarfing Machines
Section 212.452 Measurement Methods
Section 212.455 Highlines on Steel Mills
Section 212.456 Certain Small Foundries
Section 212.457 Certain Small Iron-Melting Air Furnaces
Section 212.458 Emission Units in Certain Areas

SUBPART S: AGRICULTURE

Section 212.461 Grain-Handling and Drying in General
Section 212.462 Grain-Handling Operations
Section 212.463 Grain Drying Operations
Section 212.464 Sources in Certain Areas

SUBPART T: CONSTRUCTION AND WOOD PRODUCTS

Section 212.681 Grinding, Woodworking, Sandblasting and Shotblasting

SUBPART U: ADDITIONAL CONTROL MEASURES

Section 212.700 Applicability
Section 212.701 Contingency Measure Plans, Submittal and Compliance Date
Section 212.702 Determination of Contributing Sources
Section 212.703 Contingency Measure Plan Elements
Section 212.704 Implementation
Section 212.705 Alternative Implementation

Section 212.APPENDIX A Rule into Section Table
Section 212.APPENDIX B Section into Rule Table
Section 212.APPENDIX C Past Compliance Dates
Section 212.ILLUSTRATION A Allowable Emissions from Solid Fuel Combustion Emission Sources Outside Chicago (Repealed)
Section 212.ILLUSTRATION B Limitations for all New Process Emission Sources (Repealed)
Section 212.ILLUSTRATION C Limitations for all Existing Process Emission Sources (Repealed)
Section 212.ILLUSTRATION D McCook Vicinity Map
Section 212.ILLUSTRATION E Lake Calumet Vicinity Map
Section 212.ILLUSTRATION F Granite City Vicinity Map
AUTHORITY: Implementing Section 10 and authorized by Sections 27 and 28.5 of the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/10, 27 and 28.5].
SOURCE: Adopted as Chapter 2: Air Pollution, Rules 202 and 203: Visual and Particulate Emission Standards and Limitations, R71-23, 4 PCB 191, filed and effective April 14, 1972; amended in R77-15, 32 PCB 403, at 3 Ill. Reg. 5, p. 798, effective February 3, 1979; amended in R78-10, 35 PCB 347, at 3 Ill. Reg. 39, p. 184, effective September 28, 1979; amended in R78-11, 35 PCB 505, at 3 Ill. Reg. 45, p. 100, effective October 26, 1979; amended in R78-9, 38 PCB 411, at 4 Ill. Reg. 24, p. 514, effective June 4, 1980; amended in R79-11, 43 PCB 481, at 5 Ill. Reg. 11590, effective October 19, 1981; codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 13591; amended in R82-1 (Docket A), at 10 Ill. Reg. 12637, effective July 9, 1986; amended in R85-33 at 10 Ill. Reg. 18030, effective October 7, 1986; amended in R84-48 at 11 Ill. Reg. 691, effective December 18, 1986; amended in R84-42 at 11 Ill. Reg. 1410, effective December 30, 1986; amended in R82-1 (Docket B) at 12 Ill. Reg. 12492, effective July 13, 1988; amended in R91-6 at 15 Ill. Reg. 15708, effective October 4, 1991; amended in R89-7(B) at 15 Ill. Reg. 17710, effective November 26, 1991; amended in R91-22 at 16 Ill. Reg. 7880, effective May 11, 1992; amended in R91-35 at 16 Ill. Reg. 8204, effective May 15, 1992; amended in R93-30 at 18 Ill. Reg. 11587, effective July 11, 1994; amended in R96-5 at 20 Ill. Reg. 7605, effective May 22, 1996; amended in R23-18 at 47 Ill. Reg. 12107, effective July 25, 2023; amended in R23-18(A) at 48 Ill. Reg. 13711, effective August 30, 2024.