(a)
Equivalency. Compliance with §§
129.52,
129.52a,
129.52b,
129.52c,
129.52d,
129.52e,
129.54-
129.63,
129.63a,
129.64-
129.67,
129.67a,
129.67b,
129.68,
129.69,
129.71-
129.73 and
129.77 may be achieved by
alternative methods if all of the following exist:
(1) The alternative method is approved by the
Department in an applicable plan approval or operating permit, or
both.
(2) The resulting emissions
are equal to or less than the emissions that would have been discharged by
complying with the applicable emission limitation.
(3) Compliance by a method other than the use
of a low VOC coating, adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer, sealant primer,
surface preparation solvent, cleanup solvent, cleaning solution, fountain
solution or ink which meets the applicable emission limitation in §§
129.52,
129.52a,
129.52b,
129.52c,
129.52d,
129.52e,
129.63a,
129.67,
129.67a,
129.67b,
129.73 and
129.77 shall be determined on the
basis of equal volumes of solids.
(4) Capture efficiency testing and emissions
testing are conducted in accordance with methods approved by the EPA.
(5) Adequate records are maintained to ensure
enforceability.
(6) The alternative
compliance method is incorporated into a plan approval or operating permit, or
both, reviewed by the EPA, including the use of an air cleaning device to
comply with §
129.52, §
129.52a, §
129.52b, §
129.52c, §
129.52d, §
129.52e, §
129.63a, §
129.67, §
129.67a, §
129.67b, §
129.68(b)(2) and
(c)(2), §
129.73 or §
129.77.
(b)
New source performance
standards. Sources covered by new source performance standards which
are more stringent than those contained in this chapter shall comply with those
standards in lieu of the standards in this chapter.
(c)
Demonstration of
compliance. Unless otherwise set forth in this chapter, test methods
and procedures used to monitor compliance with the emission requirements of
this section are those specified in Chapter 139 (relating to sampling and
testing).
(d)
Records. The owner or operator of a facility or source subject
to one or more of the VOC emission limitations and control requirements in this
chapter shall keep records to demonstrate compliance with the applicable
limitation or control requirement.
(1) The
records shall provide sufficient data and calculations to clearly demonstrate
that the applicable emission limitation or control requirement is met. Data or
information required to determine compliance with an applicable limitation
shall be recorded and maintained in a time frame consistent with the averaging
period of the standard.
(2) The
records shall be maintained onsite for 2 years, unless a longer period is
required by a plan approval or operating permit issued under Chapter 127
(relating to construction, modification, reactivation and operation of
sources). The records shall be made available to the Department on
request.
(e)
Demonstration of exempt status. The owner or operator of a
facility or source claiming that the facility or source is exempt from the VOC
control provisions of this chapter shall maintain records that clearly
demonstrate to the Department that the facility or source is not subject to the
VOC emission limitations or control requirements of this
chapter.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 129.51 adopted April 27, 1979, effective
8/1/1979, 9 Pa.B. 1534; corrected
May 11, 1979, effective 8/1/1979,
9 Pa.B. 1534; amended August 12, 1983, effective 8/13/1983, 13 Pa.B. 2478; amended August 2,
1991, effective 8/3/1991, 21
Pa.B. 3406; amended May 22, 1992, effective 5/23/1992, 22 Pa. B. 2720; amended April 9,
1999, effective 4/10/1999, 29
Pa.B. 1879; amended September 10, 2010, effective
9/11/2010, 40 Pa.B. 5132;
amended November 19, 2010, effective 11/20/2010, 40 Pa.B. 6646; amended December
17, 2010, effective 12/18/2010,
40 Pa.B. 7224; amended December 24, 2010, effective
12/25/2010, 40 Pa.B. 7340;
corrected January 8, 2011, effective 12/25/2010, 41 Pa.B. 229; amended June 27,
2014, effective 6/28/2014, 44
Pa.B. 3929; amended October 21, 2016, effective 10/22/2016, 46 Pa.B. 6743 and 46 Pa.B. 6758;
amended August 10, 2018, effective 8/11/2018, 48 Pa.B.
4814.
The provisions of this § 129.51 amended under
section 5 of the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §
4005).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
127.44 (relating to public
notice); 25 Pa. Code §
129.52 (relating to surface
coating processes); 25 Pa. Code §
129.52a (relating to control of
VOC emissions from large appliance and metal furniture surface coating
processes); 25 Pa. Code §
129.52b (relating to control of
VOC emissions from paper, film and foil surface coating processes); 25 Pa. Code
§
129.52c (relating to control of
VOC emissions from flat wood paneling surface coating processes); 25 Pa. Code
§
129.52d (relating to control of
VOC emissions from miscellaneous metal parts surface coating processes,
miscellaneous plastic parts surface coating processes and pleasure craft
surface coatings); 25 Pa. Code §
129.63a (relating to control of
VOC emmissions from industrial cleaning solvents); 25 Pa. Code §
129.67a (relating to control of
VOC emissions from flexible packaging printing presses); 25 Pa. Code §
129.67b (relating to control of
VOC emissions from offset lithographic printing presses and letterpress
printing presses); 25 Pa. Code §
129.73 (relating to aerospace
manufacturing and rework); 25 Pa. Code §
129.81 (relating to organic liquid
cargo vessel loading and ballasting); 25 Pa. Code §
129.91 (relating to control of
major sources of NOx and VOCs); 25 Pa. Code §
129.96 (relating to
applicability); and 25 Pa. Code §
129.111 (relating to
applicability).
