Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) For
the purposes of this Rule, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Coating operation" means a process in
which paints, enamels, lacquers, varnishes, inks, dyes, glues, and other
similar materials are applied to wood, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, or
other types of substrates.
(2)
"Solvent cleaning operation" means the use of solvents containing volatile
organic compounds to clean soils from metal, plastic, or other types of
surfaces.
(3) "Graphic arts
operation" means the application of inks to form words, designs, or pictures to
a substrate, usually by a series of application rolls each with only partial
coverage and usually using letterpress, offset lithography, rotogravure, or
flexographic process.
(b) Potential emissions from a coating
operation, solvent cleaning operation, or graphic arts operation shall be
determined using actual emissions without accounting for any air pollution
control devices to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds or hazardous
air pollutants, including perchloroethylene, methyl chloroform, and methyl
chloride, from the coating operation, solvent cleaning operation, or graphic
arts operation. All volatile organic compounds; hazardous air pollutants that
are also volatile organic compounds; and perchloroethylene, methyl chloroform,
and methyl chloride shall be assumed to evaporate and be emitted into the
atmosphere at the source.
(c)
Paragraphs (e) through (m) of this Rule shall not apply to any facility whose
potential emissions are greater than or equal to:
(1) 100 tons per year of each regulated air
pollutant;
(2) 10 tons per year of
each hazardous air pollutant; or
(3) 25 tons per year of all hazardous air
pollutants combined,
as determined by criteria set out in each individual source
category rule.
(d) A maximum achievable control technology
(MACT) standard promulgated pursuant to 40 CFR Part 63 shall be used to
determine the applicability of that MACT standard, notwithstanding any
exemption established in this Rule.
(e) With the exception of Paragraph (c) of
this Rule, the owner or operator of a coating, solvent cleaning, or graphics
arts operation shall be exempt from the requirements of
15A NCAC
02Q .0500, provided that the owner or
operator of the facility complies with Paragraphs (g) through (k) of this Rule,
as appropriate.
(f) Only Paragraph
(b) of this Rule shall apply to coating operations, solvent cleaning
operations, or graphic arts operations that are exempt from permitting by
15A NCAC
02Q .0102.
(g) The owner or operator of a facility whose
potential emissions:
(1) of volatile organic
compounds are less than 100 tons per year but more than or equal to 75 tons per
year;
(2) of each hazardous air
pollutant is less than 10 tons per year but more than or equal to 7.5 tons per
year; or
(3) of all hazardous air
pollutants combined are less than 25 tons per year but more than or equal to 18
tons per year,
shall maintain records and submit reports as described in
Paragraphs (h) and (k) of this Rule.
(h) For facilities governed by Paragraph (g)
of this Rule, the owner or operator shall:
(1)
maintain monthly consumption records of each material used that contains
volatile organic compounds as follows:
(A) the
quantity of volatile organic compound in pounds per gallon of each material
used;
(B) the pounds of volatile
organic compounds of each material used per month and the total pounds of
volatile organic compounds of each material used during the 12-month period
ending on that month;
(C) the
quantity of each hazardous air pollutant in pounds per gallon of each material
used;
(D) the pounds of each
hazardous air pollutant of each material used per month and the total pounds of
each hazardous air pollutant of each material used during the 12-month period
ending on that month;
(E) the
quantity of all hazardous air pollutants in pounds per gallon of each material
used; and
(F) the pounds of all
hazardous air pollutants of each material used per month and the total pounds
of all hazardous air pollutants of each material used during the 12-month
period ending on that month; and
(2) submit to the Director each quarter, or
more frequently if required by a permit condition, a report summarizing
emissions of volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants containing
the following:
(A) the pounds volatile organic
compounds used:
(i) for each month during the
quarter; and
(ii) for each 12-month
period ending on each month during the quarter using the 12-month rolling
average method;
(B) the
greatest quantity in pounds of an individual hazardous air pollutant used:
(i) for each month during the quarter;
and
(ii) for each 12-month period
ending on each month during the quarter using the 12-month rolling average
method; and
(C) the
pounds of all hazardous air pollutants used:
(i) for each month during the quarter;
and
(ii) for each 12-month period
ending on each month during the quarter using the 12-month rolling average
method.
(i) The owner or operator of a facility whose
potential emissions:
(1) of volatile organic
compounds are less than 75 tons per year;
(2) of each hazardous air pollutant is less
than 7.5 tons per year, and
(3) of
all hazardous air pollutants combined are less than 18 tons per year,
shall maintain records and submit reports as described in
Paragraphs (j) and (k) of this Rule.
(j) For facilities governed by Paragraph (i)
of this Rule, the owner or operator shall submit to the regional supervisors of
the appropriate Division regional office by March 1 of each year, or more
frequently if required by a permit condition, a report summarizing emissions of
volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants containing the
following:
(1) the number of pounds of
volatile organic compounds used during the previous calendar year;
(2) the number of pounds of the highest
individual hazardous air pollutant used during the previous year; and
(3) the number of pounds of all hazardous air
pollutants used during the previous year.
(k) In addition to the specific reporting
requirements for sources governed by Paragraphs (g) and (i) of this Rule, the
owner or operator of the source shall:
(1)
maintain purchase orders and invoices of materials containing volatile organic
compounds, which shall be made available to the Director upon
request;
(2) retain purchase orders
and invoices for a period of at least three years;
(3) report to the Director any exceedance of
a requirement of this Rule within one week of occurrence; and
(4) certify all submittals as to the truth,
completeness, and accuracy of all information recorded and reported over the
signature of a responsible official as defined in
15A NCAC
02Q .0303.
(l) Copies of all records required to be
maintained pursuant to Paragraphs (h), (j) or (k) of this Rule shall be
maintained at the facility and shall be available for inspection by personnel
of the Division.
(m) The Director
shall maintain a list of facilities governed by this Rule.
Authority
G.S.
143-215.3(a);
143-215.107(a)(10);
143-215.108;
Eff.
August 1, 1995;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2001; April 1,
1999;
Readopted Eff. April 1,
2018.
