Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R307 - Air Quality
Rule R307-351 - Graphic Arts
Section R307-351-5 - VOC Content Limits
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) No owner or operator shall apply graphic arts materials with a VOC content greater than the amounts specified in Table 1 or Table 2, unless the owner or operator uses an add-on control device as specified in R307-351-6.
TABLE 1
VOC Limits (values in gram of VOC per liter, minus water and exempt solvents (compounds not classified as VOC as defined in R307-101-2 )
|
Graphic Art Material VOC |
Limit (g/L) |
|
Adhesive |
150 |
|
Coating |
300 |
|
Flexographic Fluorescent Ink |
300 |
|
Flexographic Ink-Non-Porous Substrate |
300 |
|
Flexographic Ink-Porous Substrate |
225 |
|
Gravure Ink |
300 |
|
Letterpress Ink |
300 |
|
Offset Lithographic Ink |
300 |
|
Heatset Web Offset Litographic ink |
300 |
|
Heatset Web Offset Lithographic Ink: |
|
|
Used on Book Presses and Presses |
|
|
Less Than 22 Inches in Diameter |
400 |
|
Used on Presses With Potential to Emit Less Than 10 Tons/Year |
400 |
(2) No owner or operator shall apply fountain solution, including additives with a VOC content greater than the amounts specified in Table 2, unless the owner or operator uses an add-on control device as specified in R307-351-6.
TABLE 2
VOC Limits
(values in gram of VOC per liter, minus water and exempt solvents (compounds not classified as VOC as defined in R307-101-2 ), as applied
|
Graphic Art Material ) |
VOC Limit (g/L |
|
Heatset Web-Fed |
|
|
Alcohol without Refrigerated Chiller |
16 |
|
Alcohol with Refrigerated Chiller |
30 |
|
Alcohol Substitute |
50 |
|
Sheet-Fed |
|
|
Alcohol without Refrigerated Chiller |
50 |
|
Alcohol with Refrigerated Chiller |
85 |
|
Alcohol Substitute |
50 |
|
Non-Heatset Web-Fed |
|
|
All Alcohol Substitutes |
50 |
(3) Alcohol containing fountain solutions shall not be used in non-heatset web-fed operations.
(4) Cleaning materials with a VOC composite vapor pressure of less than 10 mm Hg at 68 degrees Fahrenheit or cleaning materials containing less than 50 percent VOC by weight shall be used.
