Section 336.1357. Coke oven door emissions from coke ovens; doors that are taller than 5 meters.

(1) A person shall not cause or permit to be discharged into the outer air any visible emission from any pushside door, cokeside door, or leveling door serving a coke oven equipped with doors that are taller than 5 meters, with the following exceptions:

(a)   A visible emission may be emitted from not more than 12% of the total pushside doors on the coke battery.

(b)   A visible emission may be emitted from not more than 12% of the total cokeside doors on the coke battery.

(c)   A visible emission may be emitted from not more than 10% of the total leveling doors on the coke battery.

(2)   A person shall not cause or permit the operation of a coke battery equipped with coke oven doors taller than 5 meters, unless both of the following provisions are met:

(a)   There is access to a facility to maintain and repair doors and buckstays.

(b)   An inventory of cleaned and repaired doors is maintained to comply with all of the following:

(i)   The number of inventoried pushside doors exceeds 5% of the number of pushside doors in service.

(ii)   The number of inventoried cokeside doors exceeds 5% of the number of cokeside doors in service.

(iii)    The number of inventoried leveling doors exceeds 5% of the number of leveling doors in service.

(3)     Compliance with the limits specified in subrule (1) of this rule shall be determined using reference test method 9B.

History: 1980 AACS; 1985 AACS.