(a) This section applies to pneumatic rubber
tire manufacturing facilities. For purposes of this section, pneumatic rubber
tire manufacturing means the production of pneumatic rubber passenger-type
tires on a mass production basis. Passenger-type tires are agricultural,
airplane, industrial, mobile home, light- or medium-duty truck or passenger
vehicle tires with bead diameters up to 20 inches (50.8 centimeters) and
cross-sectional dimensions up to 12.8 inches (32.5 centimeters). With prior
written approval from the Department, the production of speciality tires for
antique or other vehicles when produced on an irregular basis or with short
production runs and when produced on equipment separate from normal production
lines for passenger-type tires are exempt from the requirements of this
section.
(b) The owner or operator
of an undertread cementing, tread-end cementing or bead dipping operation
subject to this section shall comply with the following:
(1) Install and operate a capture system
designed to achieve maximum reasonable capture, of at least 85% by weight of
VOC emitted, from undertread cementing, tread-end cementing and bead dipping
operations. Maximum reasonable capture shall be consistent with the following
documents:
(i)
Industrial
Ventilation, A Manual of Recommended Practices, 14th Edition, American
Federation of Industrial Hygienists.
(ii)
Recommended Industrial
Ventilation Guidelines, United States Department of Human Services National
Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
(2) Install and operate a control device that
meets the requirements of one of the following:
(i) A carbon adsorption system designed and
operated in a manner so that there is at least a 95% removal of VOC by weight
from the gases ducted to the control device.
(ii) An incineration system that oxidizes at
least 90% of the nonmethane VOCs which enter the incinerator to carbon dioxide
and water.
(c)
The owner or operator of a green-tire spraying operation subject to this
section shall implement one of the following means of reducing VOC emissions:
(1) Substitute water-based sprays for the
normal solvent-based mold release compound.
(2) Install a capture system designed and
operated in a manner that will capture and transfer at least 90% of the VOC
emitted by the green-tire spraying operation to a control device that meets the
requirements in subsection (b)(2).
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this
section, the Department may allow a pneumatic rubber tire manufacturing
facility to implement permanent and enforceable measures, including
recordkeeping and reporting requirements, which are approved by the Department
and the EPA as reasonably available control technology.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 129.69 adopted June 19, 1981, effective
6/20/1981, 11 Pa.B. 2118;
amended May 22, 1992, effective 5/23/1992, 22 Pa. B.
2720.
The provisions of this § 129.69 issued under the
Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §§
4001-4015).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
129.51 (relating to general); 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 §
129.91 (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).
