Rule 11-2-1.4 - Specific Criteria for Sources of Sulfur CompoundsA. Sulfur Dioxide Emissions from Fuel Burning (1) The maximum discharge of sulfur oxides from any fuel burning installation in which the fuel is burned primarily to produce heat or power by indirect heat transfer shall not exceed 4.8 pounds (measured as sulfur dioxide) per million BTU heat input.(2) No person shall cause or permit the burning of fuel in any fuel burning equipment that results in an average emission of sulfur dioxide from any calendar year at a rate greater than was emitted by said fuel burning equipment for the corresponding calendar year 1970 unless otherwise authorized by the Commission. Installations under construction on January 25, 1972, are excluded from this requirement.(3) The maximum discharge of sulfur dioxide from any modified fuel burning unit whose generation capacity is less than 250 million BTU per hour and in which the fuel is burned primarily to produce heat or power by indirect heat transfer shall not exceed 2.4 pounds (measured as sulfur dioxide) per million BTU heat input. For the purposes of Rule 1.4 of these regulations only, "modification" shall mean any physical change in an Air Contaminant Source which increases the amount of any air pollutant (to which a standard applies) emitted by such source or which results in the emission of any air pollutant (to which a standard applies) not previously emitted.B. Sulfur Dioxide Emissions from Processes (1) Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall cause or permit the emission of gas containing sulfur oxides (measured as sulfur dioxide) in excess of 2,000 ppm (volume) from any process equipment in existence on January 25, 1972, or in excess of 500 ppm (volume) from any process equipment constructed after January 25, 1972. The 500 ppm (volume) requirement shall apply for equipment constructed after January 25, 1972 unless otherwise provided by the Commission.(2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph B(6)(a) no person shall cause or permit the emission of any gas stream which contains hydrogen sulfide in excess of one grain per 100 standard cubic feet. Gas streams containing hydrogen sulfide in excess of one grain per 100 standard cubic feet shall be incinerated at temperatures of not less than 1600°F for a period of not less than 0.5 seconds, or processed in such manner which is equivalent to or more effective for the removal of hydrogen sulfide.
Sulfur dioxide concentration limitations in the gas streams resulting from such incineration or processing shall be determined for each emission point on a case-by-case basis to insure that the resulting maximum ground level concentration of sulfur dioxide as determined by acceptable method or methods will be in compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for sulfur dioxide. Testing to determine the productive capacity of new fields shall be exempted from emission limitation provisions of the paragraph of the regulation providing such testing has been previously negotiated and approved by the Mississippi Office of Pollution Control.
This regulation shall not apply to sulfur recovery plants.
(3) No person shall cause or permit acid mist emissions from sulfuric acid manufacturing plants to exceed 0.5 pounds/ton of acid produced. Sulfur trioxide emissions from sulfuric acid manufacturing plants shall not exceed 0.2 pounds/ton of acid produced.(4) No person shall cause or permit emission of sulfur oxides, calculated as sulfur dioxide, from a sulfur recovery plant to exceed 0.12 pounds per pound of sulfur processed.(5) No person shall cause or permit emissions of sulfur oxides, calculated as sulfur dioxide, from primary nonferrous smelters, in excess of the emission calculated as follows: Copper smelters: | Y = 0.2 X |
Zinc smelters: | Y = 0.564 X 0.85 |
Lead smelters: | Y = 0.98 X 0.77 |
Where X is the total sulfur fed to the smelter in pounds/hour and Y is the allowable sulfur emissions in pounds/hour.
(6) Kraft Pulp Mills (a) All mills existing prior to November 1, 1987, and not modified subsequent thereto, excluding mills or facilities subject to New Source Performance Standards, shall control the emission of total reduced sulfur compounds (TRS) so as to not exceed the emission limits set forth below: (1) Straight recovery boiler systems - twenty (20) parts per million TRS, expressed as hydrogen sulfide on a dry gas basis corrected to 8% oxygen, on a 12-hour average basis, except that: (i) the International Paper Company, Vicksburg, Mississippi, shall be allowed 40 parts per million TRS, expressed as hydrogen sulfide on a dry gas basis corrected to 8% oxygen, on a 12-hour average basis,(ii) the International Paper Company, Natchez, Mississippi, Recovery Boilers 4 & 5, shall be allowed 40 parts per million TRS, expressed as hydrogen sulfide on a dry gas basis corrected to 8% oxygen, on a 12-hour average basis, and(iii) the Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Monticello, Mississippi, shall be allowed 40 parts per million TRS, expressed as hydrogen sulfide on a dry gas basis corrected to 8% oxygen, on a 12-hour average basis.(2) Lime kiln systems - twenty (20) parts per million of TRS, expressed as hydrogen sulfide on a dry gas basis corrected to 10% oxygen, on a 12-hour average basis.(3) Digester systems - five (5) parts per million of TRS, expressed as hydrogen sulfide on a dry gas basis corrected to 10% oxygen, on a 12-hour average basis.(4) Multiple effect evaporator systems - five (5) parts per million of TRS, expressed as hydrogen sulfide on a dry gas basis corrected to 10% oxygen, on a 12-hour average basis.(5) Condensate stripper systems - five (5) parts per million of TRS, expressed as hydrogen sulfide on a dry gas basis corrected to 10% oxygen, on a 12-hour average basis.(6) Smelt dissolving tank - 0.016 gram of TRS, expressed as hydrogen sulfide on a dry gas basis, per kilogram of black liquor solids (dry weight).(7) Equivalent control systems (controls for treating collected noncondensible gases in a manner equivalent to incineration in a lime kiln) - five (5) parts per million TRS, expressed as hydrogen sulfide on a dry gas basis, corrected to the actual oxygen content of the untreated gas stream, on a 12-hour average basis.(b) All mills, as defined above, shall, by February 1, 1988, demonstrate compliance with the TRS emission limits set forth above. Compliance demonstration for recovery boilers, lime kilns, smelt tanks, and equivalent control systems for collected noncondensible gases shall be by testing in accordance with EPA Test Method 16 or 16A and submittal of a stack test report. Compliance demonstration for digester systems, multiple effect evaporator systems and condensate stripper systems shall be by certification that these systems are fully connected to a noncondensible gas collection system followed by incineration in the lime kiln or equivalent control and testing of lime kiln or equivalent control as specified above. A compliance schedule may be submitted, as set forth below, on any or all systems not expected to comply with the emission limit and such submittal will negate the requirement for immediate compliance demonstration, as referenced above, on those systems. Any mill defined above which, on November 1, 1987, is unable to comply with the emission limits set forth above, shall, within three (3) months thereafter, submit a schedule for attaining compliance with these limits. The compliance schedule shall not extend past November 1, 1990. Compliance with emission limits shall be demonstrated by the methods specified above, as appropriate, no later than the end of the compliance schedule. Compliance demonstration for recovery boilers, lime kilns, smelt tanks, and equivalent control systems for collected noncondensible gases shall be by testing in accordance with EPA Test Method 16 or 16A and submittal of a stack test report. Compliance demonstration for digester systems, multiple effect evaporator systems and condensate stripper systems shall be by certification that these systems are fully connected to a noncondensible gas collection system followed by incineration in the lime kiln or equivalent control and testing of lime kiln or equivalent control as specified above.
(c) All mills, as defined above, shall monitor the emission of TRS and/or other gas constituents as described below: (1) The TRS emission concentration in recovery boiler flue gas shall be monitored by either: (i) A continuous monitoring device which meets the requirements of 40 CFR 60, Performance Specification 5; or(ii) Performance of EPA Method 16 or 16A on no less than a (calendar) quarterly basis.(2) The oxygen concentration in recovery boiler flue gas shall be continuously monitored by a device which meets the requirements of 40 CFR 60, Performance Specification 3.(3) The TRS concentration in lime kiln flue gas shall be continuously monitored by a device which meets the requirements of 40 CFR 60, Performance Specification 5.(4) The oxygen concentration in lime kiln flue gas shall be continuously monitored by a device which meets the requirements of 40 CFR 60, Performance Specification 3.(d) All mills, as defined above, shall obtain the necessary continuous monitoring equipment and begin monitoring by November 1, 1988, or no later than the date of final compliance with the regulation, if compliance is not immediate. For mills choosing to use EPA Method 16 or 16A for recovery boiler monitoring, the necessary equipment and/or monitoring capability must be obtained by February 1, 1988. Also, when Method 16 or 16A is used, each successive quarter's testing shall be separated from the previous quarter's by a period of not less than sixty (60) days and prior notice to the Mississippi Office of Pollution Control of all testing shall be made.(e) All mills, as defined above, shall calculate and record, on a daily basis, the 12-hour average TRS concentration and O2 concentration for the two consecutive operating periods of each operating day for both the recovery boiler (if continuously monitored) and lime kiln. Each 12-hour average shall be determined as the arithmetic mean of the appropriate 12 continuous 1-hour average concentrations. Each 12-hour average TRS concentration shall be corrected to 10%, or 8% O2, as appropriate to the emission limit, using the equation defined in 40 CFR 60.284(c)(3).(f) All mills, as defined above, shall report, for each calendar quarter, the periods of emissions which exceed the TRS limits specified above from the recovery boiler and lime kiln. The report shall specify the 12-hour period of each exceedance by time and date, the average emissions concentration for the period, and total number of 12-hour periods of mill operation during the quarter. The report shall also detail all outages of the monitoring devices by time and date. The report shall be due within forty-five (45) days following the end of the calendar quarter. Miss. Code Ann . §§ 49-2-9(1)(b), 49-17-17, 49-2-1, et seq. and 49-17-1, et seq.