Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. No owner or other person shall use or
permit the use of any lithographic printing process employing a fountain
solution containing volatile organic compounds unless the fountain solution as
applied to each lithographic press meets the following requirements:
1. For each heatset web press:
a. When the fountain solution contains
alcohol:
(1) The fountain solution shall
contain no more than a daily average of 1.6% volatile organic compounds by
weight; or
(2) The temperature of
the fountain solution shall be maintained at or below 60°F and the fountain
solution shall contain no more than a daily average of 3.0° volatile
organic compounds by weight; or
b. When the fountain solution contains no
alcohol, the fountain solution shall contain no more than a daily average of
5.0° volatile organic compounds by weight.
2. For each non-heatset web press and each
newspaper press, the fountain solution shall contain no alcohol and shall
contain no more than a daily average 5.0° volatile organic compounds by
weight.
3. For each sheet-fed
press:
a. The fountain solution shall contain
no more than a daily average of 5.0% volatile organic compounds by weight;
or
b. The temperature of the
fountain solution shall be maintained at or below 60°F and the fountain
solution shall contain no more than a daily average of 8.5% volatile organic
compounds by weight.
B. No owner or other person shall use or
permit the use of any heatset web offset lithographic printing process unless:
1. A system is installed which achieves an
emission reduction from the press dryer exhaust vent of 90% by weight of
volatile organic compounds (minus methane and ethane); or
2. The maximum dryer exhaust outlet
concentration is maintained at 50 ppmv as carbon (minus methane and
ethane).
C. No owner or
other person shall use or permit the use of any lithographic printing process
employing a cleaning solution containing volatile organic compounds unless:
1. The daily average of the cleaning solution
as applied contains no more than 30% volatile organic compounds by weight;
or
2. The daily average of the
volatile organic compound portion of the cleaning solution as applied has a
composite partial vapor pressure of 10 millimeters of mercury or less at
68°F (20°C).
D.
All printing inks, fountain solutions, cleaning solutions, and other products
containing 25% or more volatile organic compounds by weight shall be disposed
of by one of the following methods:
1.
Reclamation, either in-house or by outside services; or
2. Incineration.
E. All cleaning solution and applicators
shall be stored in covered containers or machines with remote reservoirs when
not in use.
Statutory Authority
§ 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia.
