- a) This standard is intended to apply to the design, construction, repair, alteration, location, installation and operation of agricultural anhydrous ammonia systems, including refrigerated ammonia storage systems, noncommercial (including on-farm) storage and handling systems, and ethanol plants.
- b) This standard does not apply to:
- 1) any facility manufacturing anhydrous ammonia and associated storage vessels on site;
- 2) refrigeration systems where ammonia is used solely as a refrigerant;
- 3) ammonia transportation pipelines;
- 4) ammonia barges and tankers; and
- 5) anhydrous ammonia used in power generation plants.
- c) Railroad car tanks permanently mounted and used for the storage of anhydrous ammonia shall be removed from service no later than December 1, 2025.
- d) Compliance with the requirements of this Subpart shall be achieved through repairs and modifications on or before December 31, 2020.
- e) Any storage vessel that does not have a legible data plate or supporting documentation of the information on the data plate shall be removed from service if it is decommissioned from the current site.
(Source: Amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 8704, effective July 1, 2016)