401 KAR 61:120 - Existing fabric, vinyl and paper surface coating operations
RELATES TO: KRS 224.20-100, 224.20-110, 224.20-120, 40 C.F.R. 60 Appendix A (Method 24), 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., 7407, 7408, 7410
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
224.10-100 requires the Environmental and
Public Protection
Section 1. Definitions. As
used in this administrative regulation, all terms not defined in this section
shall have the meaning given to them in
401 KAR
61:001.
(1) "Affected
facility " means a coating line for fabric, vinyl, or paper.
(2) "Applicator" means the mechanism or
device used to apply the coating including, but not limited to, roll, knife, or
rotogravure coater.
(3) "Flash-off
area" means the space between the applicator and the oven.
(4) "Coating line" means a series of
equipment or operations used to apply, dry, or cure any coatings containing
volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This shall include, but is not limited to:
(a) Mixing operations;
(b) Process storage;
(c) Applicators;
(d) Drying operations including, but not
limited to, flash-off area evaporation, oven drying, baking, curing, and
polymerization;
(e) Clean up
operations;
(f) Leaks, spills and
disposal of VOCs;
(g) Processing
and handling of recovered VOCs;
(h)
For the purpose of determining compliance with this administrative regulation,
if any equipment or operation is considered to be a part of more than one (1)
coating line, its VOC emissions shall be assigned to each coating line to which
it is a part proportionally to the throughput of VOCs it receives from or
distributes to each coating line;
(i) If any portion of the series of equipment
or operations qualifies for an exemption according to Section 6 of this
administrative regulation, then that portion shall be considered to be a
separate coating line.
(j) An
affected facility which is capable of performing both paper coating and paper
printing shall be considered as performing a paper printing operation subject
to
401
KAR 61:122.
(5) "Process storage" means mixing tanks,
holding tanks, and other tanks, drums, or other containers which contain
surface coatings, VOCs, or recovered VOCs; but does not mean storage tanks of
petroleum liquids which are subject to
401 KAR
59:050, 401 KAR 59:052, or
401 KAR
61:050.
(6) "Fabric coating" means the coating or
saturation of a textile substrate to impart properties that are not initially
present, such as strength, stability, water or acid repellency, functionality,
or appearance.
(7) "Vinyl coating"
means the coating of vinyl coated fabric or vinyl sheets, which includes
decorative, functional, or protective topcoats or printing.
(8) "Paper coating" means saturation or the
application of a uniform layer of material across the entire width of a web of
paper, pressure sensitive tapes regardless of substrate, related web coating
processes on plastic film such as typewriter ribbons, photographic film,
magnetic tape, functional films, and decorative coatings on metal foil such as
gift wrap and packaging, but does not include the printing of paper.
(9) "Knife coating" means the application of
a coating material to a substrate by means of drawing the substrate beneath a
knife that spreads the coating evenly over the full width of the
substrate.
(10) "Roll coating"
means the application of a coating material to a substrate by means of hard
rubber or steel rolls.
(11)
"Rotogravure coating" means the application of a uniform layer of material
across a substrate by means of a roll coating technique in which the entire
coating roll is uniformly etched with recessed cells and no pattern or design
is present. The coating material is picked up in these recessed cells and is
transferred to the substrate.
(12)
"Classification date" means June 29, 1979.
(13) "VOCs net input" means the total amount
of VOCs input to the affected facility minus the amount of VOCs that are not
emitted into the atmosphere. VOCs that are prevented from being emitted to the
atmosphere by the use of control devices shall not be subtracted from the total
for the purposes of determining VOCs net input. If the nature of any operation
or design of equipment is such as to permit more than one (1) interpretation of
this definition, the interpretation that results in the minimum value for
allowable emission shall apply.
(14) "Printing" means the formation of words,
designs and pictures, usually by a series of application rolls each with only
partial coverage. It applies to flexographic and rotogravure processes as
applied to publication, specialty, and packaging printing as defined in
401
KAR 61:122.
Section 2. Applicability.
(1) This administrative regulation shall
apply to each affected facility commenced before the classification date
defined in Section 1 of this administrative regulation which is located in a
county or portion of a county which is designated ozone nonattainment, for any
nonattainment classification except marginal, under
401 KAR
51:010.
Section 3. Standard for VOCs. No person shall
cause, allow, or permit an affected facility to discharge into the atmosphere
more than fifteen (15) percent by weight of the VOCs net input into the
affected facility .
Section 4.
Compliance.
(1) In all cases the design of
any control system shall be subject to approval by the cabinet .
(2) Compliance with the standard in Section 3
of this administrative regulation shall be demonstrated by a material balance
unless the cabinet determines that a material balance is not possible. If a
material balance is not possible, compliance shall be determined based upon an
engineering analysis by the cabinet of the control system design, control
device efficiency, control system capture efficiency, and any other factors
that may influence the performance of the system. If requested by the cabinet ,
performance tests specified by the cabinet shall be conducted to determine the
efficiency of the control device. Capture efficiency shall be determined by
procedures specified in
401 KAR
50:047.
(3) With the prior approval of the cabinet ,
the owner or operator may elect to effect all changes necessary to qualify for
an exemption under Section 6 of this administrative regulation.
(4) If deemed necessary by the cabinet , the
cabinet shall obtain samples of the coatings used at an affected facility to
verify that the coatings meet the requirements in Section 6 of this
administrative regulation. Appendix A to 40 CFR 60, Method 24, which has been
incorporated by reference in
401 KAR
50:015, shall be used as applicable to determine
compliance of the coatings unless the cabinet determines that other methods
would be more appropriate. Case-by-case alternatives approved by the cabinet ,
but not previously authorized by the U.S. EPA , shall be submitted to the U.S.
EPA as a SIP revision.
(5)
Compliance on one (1) coating line with VOC emission limits shall be based on
an averaging period not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours. If it is not
economically or technically feasible to determine emissions on a daily basis,
alternatives expressing emission limits for longer averaging times may be
accepted if approved by the cabinet . Case-by-case alternatives approved by the
cabinet , but not previously authorized by the U.S. EPA , shall be submitted to
the U.S. EPA as a SIP revision.
(6)
The amount of exempt solvents shall be subtracted from the amount of coatings,
just like water, with the ultimate value of interest being the mass of VOC per
unit volume of coating less exempt solvent or water or both.
(7) Calculations to determine equivalency on
one (1) coating line shall be based on mass of VOC per volume of solids. Vinyl
plastisols and organisols shall not be included in VOC equivalency calculations
that are required to be included in applications for VOC bubbles.
(8) Daily records shall be maintained by the
source for the most recent two (2) year period. These records shall be made
available to the cabinet or the U.S. EPA upon request. The records shall
include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Applicable administrative regulation
number;
(b) Application method and
substrate type;
(c) Amount and type
of adhesive, coating (including catalyst and reducer for multicomponent
coatings), or solvent used at each point of application, including exempt
compounds;
(d) The VOC content as
applied in each adhesive, coating, or solvent;
(e) The date for each application for
adhesive, coating, or solvent;
(f)
The amount of surface preparation, cleanup, or washup solvent (including exempt
compounds) used and the VOC content of each; and
(g) Oven temperature, if
applicable.
Section
5. Compliance Timetable.
(1)
Affected facilities which were subject to this administrative regulation as in
effect on June 29, 1979, shall have achieved final compliance by December 1,
1981.
(2) The owner or operator of
an affected facility that becomes subject to this administrative regulation on
or after June 24, 1992 shall be required to complete the following:
(a) A final control plan for achieving
compliance with this administrative regulation shall be submitted no later than
nine (9) months after the date the affected facility becomes subject to this
administrative regulation.
(b) The
control system contract or the exempt coatings and any accompanying process
change contracts shall be awarded no later than eleven (11) months after the
affected facility becomes subject to this administrative regulation.
(c) On-site construction or installation of
emission control equipment or process changes for exempt coatings shall be
initiated no later than thirteen (13) months after the affected facility
becomes subject to this administrative regulation.
(d) On-site construction or installation of
emission control equipment or process changes for exempt coatings shall be
completed no later than seventeen (17) months after the affected facility
becomes subject to this administrative regulation.
(e) Final compliance shall be achieved no
later than eighteen (18) months after the affected facility becomes subject to
this administrative regulation.
(f)
If an affected facility becomes subject to this administrative regulation
because it is located in a county previously designated nonurban nonattainment
or redesignated in
401 KAR
51:010 after November 15, 1990, final compliance may
be extended to May 31, 1995, and the schedule in paragraphs (a) through (d) of
this subsection adjusted by the cabinet .
Section 6. Exemptions.
(1) Any affected facility coating fabric or
paper shall be exempt from Section 3 of this administrative regulation if the
VOC content of the coating is less than 0.35 kg/l of coating (two and
nine-tenths (2.9) lb/gal), excluding water or exempt solvent or both, delivered
to the applicators associated with the coating line.
(2) Any affected facility coating vinyl shall
be exempt from Section 3 of this administrative regulation if the VOC content
of the coating is less than 0.45 kg/l of coating (three and eight-tenths (3.8)
lb/gal) excluding water or exempt solvent or both, delivered to the applicators
associated with the coating line.
(3) An affected facility shall be exempt from
this administrative regulation if the total VOC emissions from all affected
facilities subject to this administrative regulation are less than or equal to:
(a) Three (3) lb/hr actual emissions before
add-on control;
(b) Fifteen (15)
lb/day actual emissions before add-on control; or
(c) Ten (10) tons per year theoretical
potential emissions based on design capacity for maximum production) and 8760
hr/yr before add-on control.
(4) Low-use coatings shall be exempt from
Section 3 of this administrative regulation if the plant-wide consumption of
these coatings in the aggregate is less than or equal to fifty-five (55)
gallons during the previous twelve (12) months.
Notes
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