Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
224.20-100,
224.20-110,
224.20-120,
42 U.S.C.
7401 et seq., 7407, 7408, 7410
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
224.10-100 requires the Environmental and
Public Protection Cabinet to prescribe administrative regulations for the
prevention, abatement and control of air pollution.
42
USC 7410 likewise requires the state to
implement standards for national primary and secondary ambient air quality.
This administrative regulation provides for the control of volatile organic
compound emissions from new perchloroethylene dry cleaning systems.
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
59:001.
(1)
"Affected facility" means a dry cleaning system which uses
perchloroethylene.
(2) "Dry
cleaning system" means a series of equipment or operations which includes, but
is not limited to washer, dryer, filter and purification systems, waste
disposal systems, holding tanks, pumps, and attendant piping and valves used
for the purpose of commercial cleaning of fabrics.
(3) "Classification date" means February 4,
1981.
Section 2.
Applicability.
(1) This administrative
regulation shall apply to:
(a) Each affected
facility commenced on or after the classification date defined in Section 1 of
this administrative regulation and located in a county or portion of a county
designated as nonattainment for ozone in
401 KAR
51:010, for any classification except marginal;
and
(b) Each affected facility
commenced on or after June 24, 1992 which is part of a major source located in
a county or portion of a county designated attainment or marginal nonattainment
for ozone in
401 KAR
51:010.
(2) Each affected facility commenced on or
after the classification date defined in Section 1 of this administrative
regulation but prior to June 24, 1992 which is part of a major source located
in a county or portion of a county designated attainment or marginally
nonattainment for ozone in
401 KAR
51:010 shall be exempt from this administrative
regulation except that control devices and procedures required at the time it
commenced shall continue to be operated and maintained.
Section 3. Standard for VOCs. The owner or
operator of an affected facility shall install, maintain and operate the
control equipment such that the following requirements are met:
(1) There shall be no liquid leakage of
organic solvents from the system.
(2) The entire dryer exhaust shall be vented
through a properly functioning carbon adsorber or equally effective control
device.
(3) The maximum organic
solvent concentration in the vent from the dryer control device shall not
exceed 100 ppm before dilution.
(4)
Filter and distillation wastes.
(a) The
residue from a diatomaceous earth filter shall be cooked or treated so that
wastes shall not contain more than twenty-five (25) kg of solvent per 100 kg of
wet waste material.
(b) The residue
from a solvent still shall not contain more than sixty (60) kg of solvent per
100 kg of wet waste material.
(c)
Filtration cartridges shall be drained in the filter housing for at least
twenty-four (24) hours before being discarded. The drained cartridges shall be
dried in the dryer tumbler after draining.
(d) Any other filtration or distillation
system may be used if equivalency to these requirements is demonstrated. A
system reducing waste losses below one (1) kg solvent per 100 kg clothes
cleaned shall be considered equivalent.
Section 4. Compliance.
(1) Liquid leakage shall be determined by
visual inspection of the following sources:
(a) Hose connections, unions, couplings and
valves;
(b) Machine door gasket and
seating;
(c) Filter head gasket and
seating;
(d) Pumps;
(e) Base tanks and storage
containers;
(f) Water
separators;
(g) Filter sludge
recovery operations;
(h)
Distillation units;
(i) Diverter
valves;
(j) Saturated line from
lint basket; and
(k) Cartridge
filters.
(2) Dryer
exhaust concentration shall be determined by the proper installation,
operation, and maintenance of approved equipment as determined by the cabinet
or by performance tests specified by the cabinet.
(3) The amount of solvent in filter and
distillation wastes shall be determined by ASTM D 322-67(77), and substituting
collector C from ASTM E 123-78. ASTM methods have been incorporated by
reference in
401 KAR
50:015.
Section 5. Compliance Timetable.
(1) Affected facilities which were subject to
this administrative regulation as in effect on February 4, 1981, shall have
achieved final compliance upon start-up.
(2) The owner or operator of an affected
facility that, on or after June 24, 1992, becomes subject to this
administrative regulation for a reason other than construction, modification,
or reconstruction shall be required to complete the following:
(a) Submit a final control plan for achieving
compliance with this administrative regulation no later than three (3) months
after the date the affected facility becomes subject to this administrative
regulation.
(b) Award the control
system contract no later than five (5) months after the date the affected
facility becomes subject to this administrative regulation.
(c) Initiate on-site construction or
installation of emission control equipment no later than seven (7) months after
the date the affected facility becomes subject to this administrative
regulation.
(d) On-site
construction or installation of emission control equipment shall be completed
no later than eleven (11) months after the date the affected facility becomes
subject to this administrative regulation.
(e) Final compliance shall be achieved no
later than twelve (12) months after the date 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. Perchloroethylene dry
cleaning facilities which are coin-operated shall be exempt from this
administrative regulation.
Section
7. Variances. Variation with the standards and limitations
contained in this administrative regulation, if supported by adequate technical
information, may be considered by the cabinet on a case-by-case basis to allow
for technological or economic circumstances which are unique to a source.
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.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
224.10-100