Section 725.963  Test Methods and Procedures

a)         Each owner or operator subject to the provisions of this Subpart BB must comply with the test methods and procedures requirements provided in this Section.

b)         Leak detection monitoring, as required in Sections 725.952 through 725.962, must comply with the following requirements:

1)         Monitoring must comply with Reference Method 21 (Determination of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks) in appendix A to 40 CFR 60 (Test Methods), incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.111(b);

2)         The detection instrument must meet the performance criteria of Reference Method 21;

3)         The instrument must be calibrated before use on each day of its use by the procedures specified in Reference Method 21;

4)         Calibration gases must be as follows:

A)        Zero air (less than 10 ppm of hydrocarbon in air);

B)        A mixture of methane or n-hexane and air at a concentration of approximately, but less than, 10,000 ppm methane or n-hexane; and

5)         The instrument probe must be traversed around all potential leak interfaces as close to the interface as possible as described in Reference Method 21.

c)         When equipment is tested for compliance with no detectable emissions, as required in Sections 725.952(e), 725.953(i), 725.954, and 725.957(f), the test must comply with the following requirements:

1)         The requirements of subsections (b)(1) through (b)(4) apply;

2)         The background level must be determined as set forth in Reference Method 21;

3)         The instrument probe must be traversed around all potential leak interfaces as close to the interface as possible as described in Reference Method 21; and

4)         This arithmetic difference between the maximum concentration indicated by the instrument and the background level is compared with 500 ppm for determining compliance.

d)         In accordance with the waste analysis plan required by Section 725.113(b), an owner or operator of a facility must determine, for each piece of equipment, whether the equipment contains or contacts a hazardous waste with organic concentration that equals or exceeds 10 percent by weight using the following:

1)         Methods described in ASTM Methods D 2267-88 (Standard Test Method for Aromatics in Light Naphthas and Aviation Gasolines by Gas Chromatography), E 168-88 (Standard Practices for General Techniques of Infrared Quantitative Analysis), E 169-87 (Standard Practices for General Techniques of Ultraviolet-Visible Quantitative Analysis), or E 260-85 (Standard Practice for Packed Column Gas Chromatography), each incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.111(a);

2)         Method 9060A (Total Organic Carbon) of "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods", USEPA publication number EPA-530/SW-846, incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.111(a), or analyzed for its individual organic constituents; or

3)         Application of the knowledge of the nature of the hazardous wastestream or the process by which it was produced. Documentation of a waste determination by knowledge is required. Examples of documentation that must be used to support a determination under this provision include production process information documenting that no organic compounds are used, information that the waste is generated by a process that is identical to a process at the same or another facility that has previously been demonstrated by direct measurement to have a total organic content less than 10 percent, or prior speciation analysis results on the same wastestream where it is also documented that no process changes have occurred since that analysis that could affect the waste total organic concentration.

e)         If an owner or operator determines that a piece of equipment contains or contacts a hazardous waste with organic concentrations at least 10 percent by weight, the determination can be revised only after following the procedures in subsection (d)(1) or (d)(2).

f)         When an owner or operator and the Agency do not agree on whether a piece of equipment contains or contacts a hazardous waste with organic concentrations at least 10 percent by weight, the procedures in subsection (d)(1) or (d)(2) must be used to resolve the dispute.

g)         Samples used in determining the percent organic content must be representative of the highest total organic content hazardous waste that is expected to be contained in or contact the equipment.

h)         To determine if pumps or valves are in light liquid service, the vapor pressures of constituents must either be obtained from standard reference texts or be determined by ASTM D 2879-92 (Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure-Temperature Relationship and Initial Decomposition Temperature of Liquids by Isoteniscope), incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.111(a).

i)          Performance tests to determine if a control device achieves 95 weight percent organic emission reduction must comply with the procedures of Section 725.934(c)(1) through (c)(4).

(Source:  Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 23725, effective November 19, 2018)