NR 440.54(4)(e)
(e) For the purpose of reports required under
s. NR 440.07 (3), periods of excess emissions that shall be reported are defined as all 6-minute periods during which the average opacity of the plume from any phosphate rock dryer, calciner or grinder subject to
par. (a) exceeds the applicable opacity limit.
NR 440.54(4)(f)
(f) Any owner or operator subject to the requirements under
par. (c) shall report on a frequency specified in
s. NR 440.07 (3) all measurement results that are less than 90% of the average levels maintained during the most recent performance test conducted under
s. NR 440.08 in which the affected facility demonstrated compliance with the standard under
sub. (3).
NR 440.54(5)(a)(a) In conducting the performance tests required in
s. NR 440.08, the owner or operator shall use as reference methods and procedures the test methods in Appendix A of
40 CFR part 60, incorporated by reference in
s. NR 440.17, or other methods and procedures as specified in this subsection, except as provided for in
s. NR 440.08 (2).
NR 440.54(5)(b)
(b) The owner or operator shall determine compliance with the particulate matter standards in
sub. (3) as follows:
where:
E is the emission rate of particulate matter kg/Mg (lb/ton) of phosphate rock feed
cs is the concentration of particulate matter, g/dscm (g/dscf)
Qsd is the volumetric flow rate of effluent gas, dscm/hr (dscf/hr)
P is the phosphate rock feed rate, Mg/hr (ton/hr)
K is the conversion factor, 1000 g/kg (453.6 g/lb)
NR 440.54(5)(b)2.
2. Method 5 shall be used to determine the particulate matter concentration -
See PDF for diagram 
and volumetric flow rate (Q
sd) of the effluent gas. The sampling time and sample volume for each run shall be at least 60 minutes and 0.85 dscm (30 dscf).
NR 440.54(5)(b)3.
3. The device of
sub. (4) (d) shall be used to determine the phosphate rock feed rate (P) for each run.
NR 440.54(5)(c)
(c) To comply with
sub. (4) (f), if applicable, the owner or operator shall use the monitoring devices in
sub. (4) (c) 1. and
2. to determine the average pressure loss of the gas stream through the scrubber and the average scrubbing supply pressure during the particulate matter runs.
NR 440.54 History
History: Cr.
Register, January, 1984, No. 337, eff. 2-1-84; am. (2) (intro.) and (3) (a) 1. a.,
Register, September, 1990, No. 417, eff. 10-1-90; r. and recr. (5),
Register, July, 1993, No. 451, eff. 8-1-93;
CR 06-109: am. (4) (f) Register May 2008 No. 629, eff. 6-1-08. NR 440.55
NR 440.55 Ammonium sulfate manufacture. NR 440.55(1)(1)
Applicability and designation of affected facility. NR 440.55(1)(a)(a) The affected facility to which the provisions of this section apply is each ammonium sulfate dryer within an ammonium sulfate manufacturing plant in the caprolactam by-product, synthetic and coke oven by-product sectors of the ammonium sulfate industry.
NR 440.55(1)(b)
(b) Any facility under
par. (a) that commences construction or modification after February 4, 1980, is subject to the requirements of this section.
NR 440.55(2)
(2) Definitions. As used in this section, terms not defined in this subsection have the meanings given in
s. NR 440.02.
NR 440.55(2)(a)
(a) “Ammonium sulfate dryer" means a unit or vessel into which ammonium sulfate is charged for the purpose of reducing the moisture content of the product using a heated gas stream. The unit includes foundations, super-structure, material charger systems, exhaust systems and integral control systems and instrumentation.
NR 440.55(2)(b)
(b) “Ammonium sulfate feed material streams" means the sulfuric acid feed stream to the reactor/crystallizer for synthetic and coke oven by-product ammonium sulfate manufacturing plants; and means the total or combined feed streams (the oximation ammonium sulfate stream and the rearrangement reaction ammonium sulfate stream) to the crystallizer stage, prior to any recycle streams.
NR 440.55(2)(c)
(c) “Ammonium sulfate manufacturing plant" means any plant which produces ammonium sulfate.
NR 440.55(2)(d)
(d) “Caprolactam by-product ammonium sulfate manufacturing plant" means any plant which produces ammonium sulfate as a by-product from process streams generated during caprolactam manufacture.
NR 440.55(2)(e)
(e) “Coke oven by-product ammonium sulfate manufacturing plant" means any plant which produces ammonium sulfate by reacting sulfuric acid with ammonia recovered as a by-product from the manufacture of coke.
NR 440.55(2)(f)
(f) “Synthetic ammonium sulfate manufacturing plant" means any plant which produces ammonium sulfate by direct combination of ammonia and sulfuric acid.
NR 440.55(3)
(3) Standards for particulate matter. On or after the date on which the performance test required to be conducted by
s. NR 440.08 is completed, no owner or operator of an ammonium sulfate dryer subject to the provisions of this section may cause to be discharged into the atmosphere, from any ammonium sulfate dryer, particulate matter at an emission rate exceeding 0.15 kilogram of particulate per megagram of ammonium sulfate produced (0.30 pound of particulate per ton of ammonium sulfate produced) and exhaust gases with greater than 15% opacity.
NR 440.55(4)(a)(a) The owner or operator of any ammonium sulfate manufacturing plant subject to the provisions of this section shall install, calibrate, maintain and operate flow monitoring device which can be used to determine the mass flow of ammonium sulfate feed material streams to the process. The flow monitoring device shall have an accuracy of
"5% over its range. However, if the plant uses weight scales of the same accuracy to directly measure production rate of ammonium sulfate, the use of flow monitoring devices is not required.
NR 440.55(4)(b)
(b) The owner or operator of any ammonium sulfate manufacturing plant subject to the provisions of this section shall install, calibrate, maintain and operate a monitoring device which continuously measures and permanently records the total pressure drop across the emission control system. The monitoring device shall have an accuracy of
" 5% over its operating range.
NR 440.55(5)(a)(a) In conducting the performance tests required in
s. NR 440.08, the owner or operator shall use as reference methods and procedures the test methods in Appendix A of
40 CFR part 60, incorporated by reference in
s. NR 440.17, or other methods and procedures as specified in
s. NR 440.08 (2).
NR 440.55(5)(b)
(b) The owner or operator shall determine compliance with the particulate matter standards in
sub. (3) as follows:
where:
E is the emission rate of particulate matter, kg/Mg (lb/ton) of ammonium sulfate produced
cs is the concentration of particulate matter, g/dscm (g/dscf)
Qsd is the volumetric flow rate of effluent gas, dscm/hr (dscf/hr)
P is the production rate of ammonium sulfate, Mg/hr (ton/hr)
K is the conversion factor, 1000 g/kg (453.6 g/lb)
NR 440.55(5)(b)2.
2. Method 5 shall be used to determine the particulate matter concentration -
See PDF for diagram and volumetric flow rate (Q
sd) of the effluent gas. The sampling time and sample volume for each run shall be at least 60 minutes and 1.50 dscm (53 dscf).
NR 440.55(5)(b)3.
3. Direct measurement using product weigh scales, or the results of computations using a material balance, shall be used to determine the rate (P) of the ammonium sulfate production. If production rate is determined by material balance, the following equations shall be used:
P = ABCK′
where:
A is the sulfuric acid flow rate to the reactor/crystallizer averaged over the time period taken to conduct the run, liter/min
B is the acid density (a function of acid strength and temperature), g/cc
C is the acid strength, decimal fraction
K′ is the conversion factor, 0.0808 (Mg-min-cc)/(g-hr-liter) [0.0891 (ton- min-cc)/(g-hr-liter)]
P = DEFK,
where:
D is the total combined feed stream flow rate to the ammonium crystallizer before the point where any recycle streams enter the stream averaged over the time period taken to conduct the test run, liter/min
E is the density of the process stream solution, g/liter
F is the percent mass of ammonium sulfate in the process solution, decimal fraction
K, is the conversion factor, 6.0 10-5 (Mg-min)/(g-hr) [6.614 10-5 (ton-min)/g-hr)]
NR 440.55 History
History: Cr.
Register, January, 1984, No. 337, eff. 2-1-84; am (2) (intro.),
Register, September, 1990, No. 417, eff. 10-1-90; r. and recr. (5),
Register, July, 1993, No. 451, eff. 8-1-93;
CR 06-109: am. (5) (b) 3. (intro.) Register May 2008 No. 629, eff. 6-1-08. NR 440.56
NR 440.56 Graphic arts industry: publication rotogravure printing. NR 440.56(1)
(1)
Applicability and designation of affected facility. NR 440.56(1)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), the affected facility to which the provisions of this section apply is each publication rotogravure printing press.
NR 440.56(1)(b)
(b) The provisions of this section do not apply to proof presses.
NR 440.56(1)(c)
(c) Any facility under
par. (a) that commences construction, modification or reconstruction after October 28, 1980 is subject to the requirements of this section.
NR 440.56(2)(a)(a) As used in this section, terms not defined in this paragraph have the meanings given in
s. NR 440.02.
NR 440.56(2)(a)1.
1. “Automatic temperature compensator" means a device that continuously senses the temperature of fluid flowing through a metering device and automatically adjusts the registration of the measured volume to the corrected equivalent volume at a base temperature.
NR 440.56(2)(a)2.
2. “Base temperature" means an arbitrary reference temperature for determining liquid densities or adjusting the measured volume of a liquid quantity.
NR 440.56(2)(a)3.
3. “Density" means the mass of a unit volume of liquid, expressed as grams per cubic centimeter, kilograms per liter or pounds per gallon, at a specified temperature.
NR 440.56(2)(a)4.
4. “Gravure cylinder" means a printing cylinder with an intaglio image consisting of minute cells or indentations specially engraved or etched into the cylinder's surface to hold ink when continuously revolved through a fountain of ink.
NR 440.56(2)(a)5.
5. “Performance averaging period" means 30 calendar days, one calendar month or 4 consecutive weeks as specified in subsections of this section.
NR 440.56(2)(a)6.
6. “Proof press" means any device used only to check the quality of the image formation of newly engraved or etched gravure cylinders and which prints only nonsaleable items.
NR 440.56(2)(a)7.
7. “Publication rotogravure printing press" means any number of rotogravure printing units capable of printing simultaneously on the same continuous web or substrate and includes any associated device for continuously cutting and folding the printed web, where the following saleable paper products are printed: catalogues, including mail order and premium; direct mail advertisements, including circulars, letters, pamphlets, cards and printed envelopes; display advertisements, including general posters, outdoor advertisements, car cards, window posters, counter and floor displays, point-of-purchase and other printed display material; magazines; miscellaneous advertisements, including brochures, pamphlets, catalogue sheets, circular folders, announcements, package inserts, book jackets, market circulars, magazine inserts and shopping news; newspapers, magazine and comic supplements for newspapers, and preprinted newspaper inserts, including hi-fi and spectacolor rolls and sections; periodicals; and telephone and other directories, including business reference services.
NR 440.56(2)(a)9.
9. “Related coatings" means all non-ink purchased liquids and liquid-solid mixtures containing VOC solvent, usually referred to as extenders or varnishes, that are used at publication rotogravure printing presses.
NR 440.56(2)(a)10.
10. “Rotogravure printing unit" means any device designed to print one color ink on one side of a continuous web or substrate using a gravure cylinder.
NR 440.56(2)(a)11.
11. “Solventborne ink systems" means ink and related coating mixtures whose volatile portion consists essentially of VOC solvent with not more than 5 weight percent water, as applied to the gravure cylinder.
NR 440.56(2)(a)12.
12. “Solvent recovery system" means an air pollution control system by which VOC solvent vapors in air or other gases are captured and directed through one or more condensers or a vessel containing beds of activated carbon or other adsorbents. For the condensation method, the solvent is recovered directly from the condenser. For the adsorption method, the vapors are adsorbed, then desorbed by steam or other media, and finally condensed and recovered.
NR 440.56(2)(a)14.
14. “VOC solvent" means an organic liquid or liquid mixture consisting of VOC components.
NR 440.56(2)(a)15.
15. “Waterborne ink systems" means ink and related coating mixtures whose volatile portion consists of a mixture of VOC solvent and more than 5 weight percent water, as applied to the gravure cylinder.
NR 440.56(2)(b)1.
1. D
B is the density at the base temperature of VOC solvent used or recovered during one performance averaging period.
NR 440.56(2)(b)2.
2. D
ci is the density of each color of raw ink and each related coating (i) used at the subject facility, at the coating temperature when the volume of coating used is measured.
NR 440.56(2)(b)3.
3. D
di is the density of each VOC solvent (i) added to the ink for dilution at the subject facility, at the solvent temperature when the volume of solvent used is measured.
NR 440.56(2)(b)4.
4. D
gi is the density of each VOC solvent (i) used as a cleaning agent at the subject facility, at the solvent temperature when the volume of cleaning solvent used is measured.
NR 440.56(2)(b)5.
5. D
hi is the density of each quantity of water (i) added at the subject facility, for dilution of waterborne ink systems at the water temperature when the volume of dilution water used is measured.
NR 440.56(2)(b)6.
6. D
mi is the density of each quantity of VOC solvent and miscellaneous solventborne waste inks and waste VOC solvents (i) recovered from the subject facility, at the solvent temperature when the volume of solvent recovered is measured.
