Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 123 - CONTROL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM PAPER, FILM AND FOIL COATING OPERATIONS
Section 096-123-5 - Test Methods

A. The owner or operator of any paper, film or foil coating line subject to this regulation shall, at his own expense, demonstrate compliance using the methods in 5(C) and 5(D) below. All tests shall be made by, or under the direction of a person qualified by training and/or experience in the field of air pollution testing.

B. No results from volatile organic compound emissions compliance testing will be accepted as a compliance demonstration, nor the results accepted, unless prior notification has been supplied to the Department and the Department has granted approval. Any person proposing to conduct a volatile organic compound emissions test shall notify the Department of the intent to test not less than 30 days before the proposed initiation of the tests so the Department may at its option observe the test.

C. For determining the volatile content of surface coatings, the applicant shall use EPA Reference Method 24, or any other method approved by the Department and EPA. When determining the volatile fraction of a coating using EPA Reference Method 24, or any other method approved by the Department and EPA; the bake time must be one hour. For determining the percent solids by volume of a coating, until an applicable EPA Reference Method is promulgated, the source shall use the manufacturer's formulation data.

D. For determining the volatile organic compound emission control system efficiency, the applicant shall determine the removal efficiency of the control device using EPA Reference Method 18, 25, 25A, or 25B or any other method approved by the Department and EPA. For incineration or other types of control devices, the averaging period to determine compliance with EPA Reference Method 25 is three hours, and for carbon adsorption the averaging period to determine compliance with EPA Reference Method 25 is the length of the adsorption cycle or 24 hours, whichever is less. The applicant shall determine the capture efficiency using any method approved by the Department and EPA.

E.Alternative test methods. Other test methods demonstrated to provide results that are acceptable for the purposes of determining compliance with Section 3(A) and 3(C), after review and approval in writing by the Department and EPA, also may be used.