Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) For
the purpose of this Rule, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Paper, film, and foil coating line"
means a series of coating applicators, flash-off areas, and any associated
curing/drying equipment between one or more unwind/feed stations and one or
more rewind/cutting stations.
(2)
"Flexographic coating" means that the area to be coated is delineated by a
raised surface on a flexible plate.
(3) "Rotary screen or flat screen coating"
means the application of a coating material to a substrate by means of masking
the surface and applying a color or finish using a screen either in flat form
or rotary form.
(4) "Rotogravure
coating" means the application of a coating material to a substrate by means of
a roll coating technique in which the pattern to be applied is etched on the
coating roll. The coating material is picked up in these recessed areas and is
transferred to the substrate.
(b) This Rule applies to paper, film and foil
surface coating operations sources, including related cleaning activity, whose
emissions of volatile organic compounds meet the threshold established in
15A NCAC
02D .0902(b), at a facility
that applies:
(1) paper, film, or foil
surfaces in the manufacturing of products for pressure sensitive tape and
labels, including fabric coated for use in pressure sensitive tapes and labels;
photographic film; industrial and decorative laminates; abrasive products,
including fabric coated for use in abrasive products; and flexible packaging,
including coating of non-woven polymer substrates for use in flexible
packaging; and
(2) coatings during
coating applications for production of corrugated and solid fiber boxes;
die-cut paper paperboard and cardboard; converted paper and paperboard not
elsewhere classified; folding paperboard boxes, including sanitary boxes;
manifold business forms and related products; plastic aseptic packaging; and
carbon paper and inked ribbons.
(c) The following types of coatings are not
covered by this Rule:
(1) coatings performed
on or in-line with any offset lithographic, screen, letterpress, flexographic,
rotogravure, or digital printing press; or
(2) size presses and on-machine coaters that
function as part of an in-line papermaking system.
(d) Emissions of volatile organic compounds
from:
(1) pressure sensitive tape and label
surface coating lines with the potential to emit, prior to controls, less than
25 tons per year of volatile organic compounds from coatings shall not exceed
0.20 pounds volatile organic compounds per pound of solids applied (0.067
pounds volatile organic compounds per pound of coating applied); and
(2) paper, film, and foil surface coating
lines with the potential to emit, prior to controls, less than 25 tons per year
of volatile organic compounds from coatings shall not exceed 0.40 pounds of
volatile organic compounds per pound of solids (0.08 pounds volatile organic
compounds per pound of coating applied).
Compliance shall be determined pursuant to
15A NCAC
02D .0912(c).
(e) EPA Method 24 or
25A of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60 shall be used to determine the volatile
organic compounds content of coating materials used at paper, film, and foil
coatings facilities, unless the facility maintains records to document the
volatile organic compounds content of coating materials from the
manufacturer.
(f) Any individual
paper, film, and foil coating line with the potential to emit, prior to
controls, at least 25 tons per year of volatile organic compounds from coatings
shall apply control with overall volatile organic compounds efficiency of 90
percent rather than the emission limits established in Paragraph (d) of this
Rule or use a combination of coating and add-on control equipment on a coating
unit to meet limits that are equivalent to 90 percent overall control
efficiency.
(g) The owner or
operator of any facility subject to this Rule shall comply with
15A NCAC
02D .0903 and
02D .0958.
Authority
G.S.
143-215.3(a)(1);
143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. September 1, 2010;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
2020.
