Section 218.482  Control of Air Dryers, Production Equipment Exhaust Systems and Filters

a)         The owner or operator of an air dryer or production equipment exhaust system used to manufacture pharmaceuticals shall control the emissions of VOM from such emission unit by air pollution control equipment which reduces by 90 percent or more the VOM that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.

b)         The owner or operator shall enclose all rotary vacuum filters and other filters used to manufacture pharmaceuticals and that have an exposed VOL surface, where the VOM in the VOL has a vapor pressure of 3.45 kPa (0.5 psi) or more at 294.3° K (70° F), except as production, sampling, maintenance, or inspection procedures require operator access.

(Source:  Amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 16636, effective September 27, 1993)