Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Any
owner or operator of a VOM emission unit which is subject to the requirements
of Subpart PP, QQ, RR or TT and complying by the use of emission capture and
control equipment shall comply with the following:
1) By a date consistent with Section
218.106 of this
Part, or upon initial start-up of a new emission unit, the owner or operator of
the subject VOM emission unit shall demonstrate to the Agency that the subject
emission unit will be in compliance on and after a date consistent with Section
218.106 of this
Part, or on and after the initial start-up date by submitting to the Agency all
calculations and other supporting data, including descriptions and results of
any tests the owner or operator may have performed.
2) On and after a date consistent with
Section
218.106 of this
Part, or on and after the initial start-up date, the owner or operator of a
subject VOM source shall collect and record all of the following information
each day and maintain the information at the source for a period of three
years:
A) Control device monitoring
data.
B) A log of operating time
for the capture system, control device, monitoring equipment and the associated
emission source.
C) A maintenance
log for the capture system, control device and monitoring equipment detailing
all routine and non-routine maintenance performed including dates and duration
of any outages.
3) On
and after a date consistent with Section
218.106 of this
Part, the owner or operator of a subject VOM emission source shall notify the
Agency:
A) Of any violation of the
requirements of Subpart PP, QQ, RR or TT by sending a copy of any record
showing a violation to the Agency within 30 days following the occurrence of
the violation;
B) At least 30
calendar days before changing the method of compliance with Subpart PP or TT
from the use of capture systems and control devices to the use of complying
coatings, the owner or operator shall comply with all requirements of
subsection (b)(1) above. Upon changing the method of compliance with Subpart PP
or TT from the use of capture systems and control devices to the use of
complying coatings, the owner or operator shall comply with all requirements of
subsection (b) above.
4)
Testing.
A) When in the opinion of the Agency
it is necessary to conduct testing to demonstrate compliance with this Subpart,
the owner or operator of a VOM emission source subject to the requirements of
this Subpart shall, at his own expense, conduct such tests in accordance with
the applicable test methods and procedures specified in Section
218.105
of this Part.
B) Nothing in this
Section shall limit the authority of the USEPA pursuant to the Clean Air Act,
as amended, to require testing.
b) Any owner or operator of a coating line
which is subject to the requirements of Subpart PP or TT and complying by means
of the daily-weighted average VOM content limitation shall comply with the
following:
1) By a date consistent with
Section
218.106 of this
Part, or upon initial start-up of a coating line subject to Subpart PP or TT,
the owner or operator of the subject coating line shall certify to the Agency
that the coating line will be in compliance on and after a date consistent with
Section
218.106 of this
Part, or on and after the initial start-up date. Such certification shall
include:
A) The name and identification
number of each coating line which will comply by means of daily-weighted
average VOM content limitation;
B)
The name and identification number of each coating as applied on each coating
line;
C) The weight of VOM per
volume and the volume of each coating (minus water and any compounds which are
specifically exempted from the definition of VOM) as applied each day on each
coating line;
D) The instrument or
method by which the owner or operator will accurately measure or calculate the
volume of each coating as applied each day on each coating line;
E) The method by which the owner or operator
will create and maintain records each day as required in subsection (b)(2)
above; and
F) An example of the
format in which the records required in subsection (b)(2) above will be
kept.
2) On and after a
date consistent with Section
218.106 of this
Part, or on and after the initial start-up date, the owner or operator of a
subject coating line shall collect and record all of the following information
each day for each coating line and maintain the information at the source for a
period of three years:
A) The name and
identification number of each coating as applied on each coating
line;
B) The weight of VOM per
volume and the volume of each coating (minus water and any compounds which are
specifically exempted from the definition of VOM) as applied each day on each
coating line; and
C) The
daily-weighted average VOM content of all coatings as applied on each coating
line as defined in Section
218.104 of this
Part.
3) On and after a
date consistent with Section
218.106 of this
Part, the owner or operator of a subject coating line shall notify the Agency:
A) Of a violation of the requirements of
Subpart PP or TT by sending a copy of any record showing a violation to the
Agency within 30 days following the occurrence of the violation;
B) At least 30 calendar days before changing
the method of compliance with Subpart PP or TT from the use of complying
coatings to the use capture systems and control devices, the owner or operator
shall comply with all requirements of subsection (a)(1) above. Upon changing
the method of compliance with Subpart PP or TT from the use of complying
coatings to the use capture systems and control devices, the owner or operator
shall comply with all requirements of subsection (a) above.
c) Any owner or
operator of a VOM source which is subject to the requirements of Subpart PP,
QQ, RR or TT and complying by means of an equivalent alternative control plan
which has been approved by the Agency and the USEPA in a federally enforceable
permit or as a SIP revision shall comply with the recordkeeping and reporting
requirements specified in the alternative control plan.
d) Any owner or operator of a leather coating
operation, i.e., the group of all coating lines at a source engaged in
application of stain to leather other than specialty leather, or the group of
all coating lines at a source engaged in applying coatings, including stain, to
a category of specialty leather, or the group of all coating lines at a source
engaged in application of coatings to leather complying by means of the VOM
content of each gallon of coating as applied, which is subject to the
requirements of Subpart PP which is complying by means of Section
218.926(b)(2)(A),
(B), or (C)(i), respectively, of this Part
shall comply with the following:
1) By a date
consistent with Section
218.106 of this
Part, or upon initial start-up of a leather coating operation which is
complying by means of Section
218.926(b)(2)(A), (B) or
(C)(i) of this Part, the owner or operator of
the subject leather coating operation shall certify to the Agency that the
leather coating operation will be in compliance on and after a date consistent
with Section
218.106 of this
Part, or on and after the initial start-up date. Such certification shall
include:
A) A description of the leather
coating operation, including identification of the applicable requirement with
which it will comply, i.e., Section
218.926(b)(2)(A),
(B), or (C)(i) of this Part;
B) A description of the types of leather
produced and a demonstration that all leather produced qualifies as specialty
leather and is in a single category of specialty leather, if the leather
coating operation is complying by means of Section
218.926(b)(2)(B)
of this Part;
C) The name and identification number of each
coating line in the leather coating operation;
D) The name, identification number, and type,
i.e., stain or "other," of each coating as applied in the leather coating
operation;
E) The weight of VOM per
volume as applied and the volume of each coating as applied in the leather
coating operation on a monthly basis if the leather coating operation is
complying by means of Section 218.296(b)(2)(A) or (B) of this Part, or
otherwise the weight of VOM per volume of coating as applied (minus water and
any compounds which are specifically exempted from the definition of
VOM);
F) The production of leather
in square feet on a monthly basis, including the number of each leather item
produced and the area of such item, if the leather coating operation is
complying by means of Section
218.926(b)(2)(B);
G) A demonstration that the leather coating
operation complies with the applicable requirement among Section
218.926(b)(2)(A) or
(B) of this Part, if applicable, expressed in
the terms of such requirement, i.e., total tons of VOM contained in stain
coatings other than stain coating during a consecutive 12-month period or lb
VOM/1000 square feet of specialty leather produced on a monthly basis,
accompanied by the calculations by which it was determined;
H) The instrument or method by which the
owner or operator will accurately measure or calculate the volume of each
coating as applied in the leather coating operation on a monthly basis, if the
leather coating operation is complying by means of Section
218.926(b)(2)(A) or
(B);
I) The instrument or method by which the
owner or operator will accurately measure or calculate the area of such
category of leather produced on a monthly basis if the leather coating
operation is complying by means of Section
218.926(b)(2)(B);
J) The method by which the owner or operator
will create and maintain monthly records as required in subsection (d)(2)
below; and
K) An example of the
format in which the records required in subsection (d)(2) below will be
kept.
2) On and after a
date consistent with Section
218.106 of this
Part, or on and after the initial start-up date, the owner or operator of a
subject leather coating operation shall collect and record all of the following
information for the leather coating operation on a monthly basis and maintain
the information at the source for a period of three years:
A) The name, identification number, and type
of each coating as applied in the leather coating operation;
B) Records of the leather produced in the
leather coating operation which identify all leather produced in the operation
and confirm it qualifies as the specified category of specialty leather, if the
leather coating operation is complying by means of Section
218.926(b)(2)(B)
of this Part;
C) The weight of VOM per volume and the
volume of each coating as applied in the leather coating operation on a monthly
basis determined in accordance with the procedures described pursuant to
Section
218.991(d)(1)(H)
above if the leather coating operation is complying by means of Section
218.926(b)(2)(A) or
(B), or otherwise the greatest weight of VOM
per volume of coating as applied (minus water and any compounds which are
specifically exempted from the definition of VOM);
D) The production of leather in square feet
on a monthly basis, including the number of each leather item produced and the
area of such item determined in accordance with the procedures described
pursuant to Section
218.991(d)(1)(I)
above and as set forth as a federally enforceable permit condition, if the
leather coating operation is complying by means of Section
218.926(b)(2)(B)
of this Part;
E) A demonstration that the leather coating
operation complies with the applicable requirement among Section
218.926(b)(2)(A) or
(B) of this Part, if applicable, expressed in
the terms of such requirement, i.e., total tons of VOM contained in stain
coatings other than stain coating during a consecutive 12-month period or lb
VOM/1000 square feet of specialty leather produced on a monthly basis,
accompanied by the calculations by which it was determined;
3) On and after a date consistent
with Section
218.106 of this
Part, the owner or operator of a subject leather coating operation shall notify
the Agency:
A) Of any violation of the
requirements of Subpart PP by sending a copy of any record showing a violation
to the Agency within 30 days following the occurrence of the
violation;
B) At least 30 calendar
days before changing the method of compliance with Subpart PP from the use of
complying coatings to the use capture systems and control devices or
daily-weighted average VOM content limitation, the owner or operator shall
comply with all requirements of subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1) above,
respectively. Upon changing the method of compliance with Subpart PP from the
use of complying coatings to the use capture systems and control devices or
daily-weighted average VOM content limitation, the owner or operator shall
comply with all requirements of subsection (a) or (b) above,
respectively.