Minnesota Administrative Rules

7011.1905 STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR SECONDARY BRASS AND BRONZE INGOT PRODUCTION PLANTS.

No owner or operator of a secondary brass or bronze ingot production plant shall allow to be discharged into the atmosphere from a reverberatory furnace any gases that:

A.

contain filterable particulate matter in excess of 50 mg/dscm (0.022 gr/dscf);

B.

exhibit 20 percent opacity or greater.

No owner or operator of a secondary brass or bronze ingot production plant shall cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from any electric furnace of 1,000 kg (2,205 lbs) or greater production capacity any gases which exhibit ten percent opacity or greater.

No owner or operator of a secondary brass or bronze ingot production plant shall cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from any blast (cupola) furnace of 250 kg/hr (550 lb/hr) or greater production capacity any gases which exhibit ten percent opacity or greater.

No owner or operator of a secondary brass or bronze ingot production plant shall cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from any electric furnace of less than 1,000 kg (2,205 lbs) production capacity or any blast (cupola) furnace of less than 250 kg/hr (550 lb/hr) production capacity any gases which exceed the limits of parts 7011.0700 to 7011.0735 for particulate emissions, and exhibit 20 percent opacity or greater.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115.03; 116.07

History:

18 SR 614; 41 SR 763

Published Electronically:

January 27, 2017