(a) This
section applies as follows:
(1) This section
applies to the owner and operator of a facility whose rotogravure and
flexographic printing presses by themselves or in combination with a surface
coating operation subject to §
129.52, §
129.52a, §
129.52b, §
129.52c or §
129.52d or in combination with a
flexible packaging printing press subject to §
129.67a (relating to control of
VOC emissions from flexible packaging printing presses) have the potential to
emit or have emitted VOCs into the outdoor atmosphere in quantities greater
than 1,000 pounds (460 kilograms) per day or 100 tons (90,900 kilograms) per
year during any calendar year since January 1, 1987.
(2) This section applies to the owner and
operator of a flexographic or rotogravure printing press that prints flexible
packaging materials subject to §
129.67a(a)(1)(ii)
if the owner or operator was required to
install a control device under this section prior to June 28, 2014.
(3) This section does not apply to the owner
or operator of a flexible packaging printing press subject to §
129.67a(a)(1)(i).
(b) A person may not permit the emission into
the outdoor atmosphere of VOCs from a rotogravure or flexographic printing
press subject to this section unless one of the following limitations is met:
(1) The volatile fraction of the ink, as
applied to the substrate, contains 25% or less by volume of VOC and 75% or more
by volume of water.
(2) The ink, as
applied to the substrate, less water, contains 60% by volume or more of solid
material.
(3) The owner or operator
installs and operates a carbon adsorption system, an incineration system or an
alternative VOC emission reduction system which recovers or destroys at least
90% of the VOCs entering the system. The overall level of emission recovery or
destruction may not be less than that necessary to comply with subsection
(c).
(c) A capture system
shall be used in conjunction with the emission control systems in subsection
(b)(3). The design and operation of the capture and control system shall be
consistent with good engineering practice and shall be designed to provide for
a contemporaneous, overall reduction in VOC emission from each ink/press of at
least the following:
(1) Seventy-five percent
where a publication rotogravure process is employed.
(2) Sixty-five percent where another
rotogravure process is employed.
(3) Sixty percent where a flexographic
printing process is employed.
(d) Presses used only to check the quality of
the image formation of newly etched or engraved printing cylinders are exempted
from this section if the aggregate emissions from the presses do not exceed 400
pounds in a 30-day running period.
(e) To determine applicability under this
section, emissions of VOCs used in clean-up operations shall be summed with
emissions from surface coating and printing.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 129.67 adopted June 19, 1981, effective
6/20/1981, 11 Pa.B. 2118;
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 September 4, 1998, effective 9/5/1998, 28 Pa.B. 4525; amended June 27, 2014,
effective 6/28/2014, 44 Pa.B.
3929; amended October 21, 2016, effective 10/22/2016, 46 Pa.B.
6758.
The provisions of this § 129.67 issued under the
Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§
4001-4015); amended under section
5(a)(1) and (8) of the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §
4005(a)(1) and
(8)).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
129.51 (relating to general); 25
Pa. Code §
129.52 (relating to surface
coating processes); 25 Pa. Code §
129.54 (relating to seasonal
operation of auxiliary incineration equipment); 25 Pa. Code §
129.66 (relating to compliance
schedules and final compliance dates); 25 Pa. Code §
129.67a (relating to control of
VOC emissions from flexible packaging printing presses); 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).
