Section 129.16. Door maintenance, adjustment and replacement practices

(a) In the event a coke oven battery fails to comply with the emission standards contained in § 123.44(a)(2) or (3) (relating to limitations of visible fugitive air contaminants from operation of any coke oven battery) at any time after the effective date of the standards at a coke oven battery, the person responsible for the operation of such coke oven battery shall take the following action:

(1) Implement the following work practices:

(i) Self-sealing coke oven doors. Work practices for self-sealing coke oven doors shall conform with the following:

(A) Within 1 hour after the charge of each oven, the oven doors shall be inspected for visible emissions, and doors found leaking shall be recorded.

(B) Doors leaking 1 hour after the charge shall be adjusted prior to the end of the second hour after the charge.

(C) Each oven door leaking 1 hour after the charge shall be reinspected for visible emissions 2 hours after the charge. A record shall be made of a door leaking 2 hours after the charge.

(D) A door leaking 2 hours after each of two successive charges shall be replaced with a repaired, rebuilt or new door prior to the next charge to that oven.

(E) An adequate supply of repaired, rebuilt and new doors shall be maintained onsite to allow the frequency of replacement necessary to comply with this subsection.

(F) If a newly installed, repaired, rebuilt or new door leaks more than 2 hours after charge, the door and jamb shall be inspected when the door is next removed from the oven. If the door is found to be defective, it shall be replaced with a repaired, rebuilt or new door prior to the next charge to that oven. If the door is not found to be defective, the jamb shall be replaced prior to the next charge to that oven.

(ii) Luted doors. Work practices for luted doors shall conform with the following:

(A) Luted doors leaking 15 minutes after the charge shall be immediately reluted.

(B) Doors which fail to seal after the first reluting shall be recorded.

(C) Leaks appearing after the first reluting shall be immediately alluted.

(iii) Chuck doors. Work practices for chuck doors shall conform with the following:

(A) Within 1 hour after the charge of each oven, the chuck door shall be inspected and a door found leaking shall be recorded.

(B) Chuck doors leaking 1 hour after the charge shall be gasketed prior to the next charge to that oven.

(C) If a freshly gasketed door is leaking 1 hour after the charge, it or the oven door shall be replaced prior to the next charge to that oven.

(iv) Cleaning. Doors and jambs shall be completely cleaned prior to each charge.

(2) Keep and maintain records of the inspections required by paragraph (1), including the names of inspectors, the date and time of each door inspection and ovens observed leaking.

(3) Within 90 days following a determination by the Department or the battery operator that this section is applicable, the person responsible for the operation of a coke oven battery shall submit to the Department for approval a work practice and maintenance manual which shall include, but not be limited to, the job titles of persons having responsibility for the various tasks required by paragraph (1), specify procedures to be followed to assure implementation of the requirements of paragraph (1), and state the numbers of replacement doors and jambs to be kept on site for each battery.

(b) In addition to, or as a substitute for, the requirements of subsection (a)(1)—(3), the Department may issue an order establishing further obligations with respect to the control of door area emissions in the event compliance with § 123.44(a)(2) and (3) is not consistently achieved within the time allowed by an approved deferred compliance schedule. The obligations may include, but is not limited to, the specification of the maintenance and work practices as the Department finds will achieve consistent compliance with the standards and the installation of best available technology for door sealing or for the capture and cleaning of door area emissions.

The provisions of this § 129.16 adopted August 12, 1977, effective December 12, 1977, 7 Pa.B. 2251.