Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 166 - INDUSTRIAL CLEANING SOLVENTS
Section 096-166-3 - Exemptions
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
The use of Industrial Cleaning Solvents for the following activities shall be exempt from this Rule; however, the recordkeeping requirements in Section 5(C) and (D) shall apply to such activities:
A. Any cleaning activity associated with a category listed below:
B. Solvent cleaning activities subject to Solvent Cleaners, 06-096 C.M.R. Ch. 130, and activities exempted from 06-096 C.M.R. Ch. 130 pursuant to Section (1)(B) of that Chapter;
C. Any aerospace manufacturing and rework facility, if the Industrial Cleaning Solvent is used in accordance with the requirements of 40 C.F.R. § 63.744 as amended up to July 1, 2017, inclusive of exemptions;
D. A cleaning activity, including surface preparation prior to coating, necessary to meet a standard or specification issued or approved by the United States Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, or other federal government entity;
E. Quality control or laboratory testing;
F. Research and development;
G. Medical device manufacturing;
H. Pharmaceutical manufacturing;
I. Any cleaning activity that uses 55 gallons or less of an industrial cleaning solvent in any calendar year;
J. Janitorial activities;
Note:"Janitorial activities" may include, but are not limited to, cleaning offices, bathrooms, or other similar areas, including the cleaning of air conditioning units, tubes, and coils.
K. Cleaning of screen printing equipment, if the cleaning solvent used has an as-applied VOC content that does not exceed 500 grams VOC per liter, equivalent to 4.2 lb/gal;
L. Cleaning of electrical and electronic components;
M. Cleaning of high-precision optics;
N. Cleaning of equipment which comes into contact, in both their manufacturing and their end uses, with resins, coatings, inks, and adhesives, such as mixing, molding, and application equipment;
O. Use of cleaning solvents in activities subject to a reasonable available control technologies (RACT) determination by the Department pursuant to Reasonably Available Control Technology for Facilities That Emit Volatile Organic Compounds, 06-096 C.M.R. Ch. 134, or in activities exempted from 06-096 C.M.R. Ch. 134 pursuant to Section 1(C) of that Chapter;
P. Stripping of cured coatings, ink, or adhesives;
Q. Cleaning operations in printing pre-press areas, including the cleaning of film processors, film cleaning, and plate cleaning;
R. Cleaning of plastic-based or vinyl-based substrates for use in the screen printing process when using ultraviolet (UV) curable ink and coatings systems; and
S. Use of Industrial Cleaning Solvents in activities subject to maximum available control technologies (MACT) under 40 C.F.R. Part 63 as amended up to July 1, 2017.
