Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 400-499 - Environmental Protection - Air Pollution Control
Chapter NR 424 - Control of organic compound emissions from process lines
Section NR 424.04 - Aerosol can filling

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 424.04

Current through August 26, 2024

(1) APPLICABILITY.

(a) Effective October 1, 1986, this section applies to any aerosol can filling facility which has maximum theoretical emissions of VOCs greater than or equal to 100 tons per year and which is located in the county of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington or Waukesha.

(b) Effective January 1, 1994, this section applies to any aerosol can filling facility which has maximum theoretical emissions of VOCs from the facility greater than or equal to one of the following:
1. 25 tons per year for a facility located in the county of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington or Waukesha.

2. 100 tons per year for a facility located in the county of Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Sheboygan or Walworth.

(2) EMISSION LIMITATIONS. The owner or operator of an aerosol can filling facility shall install and operate a through-the-valve filling system on the aerosol can filling line, or install and operate a vapor recovery system or other device approved by the department, in order to reduce the amount of VOCs emitted from the aerosol can filling line by at least 52% by weight, as compared to uncontrolled VOC emissions from the line. Compliance shall be measured by a flame ionization detector or other device approved by the department. Any approval of an alternative device issued by the department under this subsection shall be submitted to, and will not become effective for federal purposes until approved by, the administrator or designee as a source-specific revision to the department's state implementation plan for ozone.

(3) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS AND SCHEDULE.

(a) This subsection applies only to an aerosol can filling facility which is in existence on January 1, 1994 and which meets one of the following criteria:
1. The facility is located in the county of Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Sheboygan or Walworth.

2. The facility is located in the county of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington or Waukesha and was not subject to this section prior to January 1, 1994.

(b) The owner or operator of any source identified under par.(a) shall:
1. Notify the department's bureau of air management in writing by April 1, 1994. This notification shall provide the name and location of the affected facility and include VOC emission data if necessary to support eligibility under this subsection.

2. Achieve final compliance with the requirements of this section no later than May 31, 1995.

``Maximum theoretical emissions" has the meaning given in s. NR 419.02(11).

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