Current through August 26, 2024
(1) The affected
sources subject to this chapter are all of the following:
(a) All of the publication rotogravure
presses and all associated equipment, including proof presses, cylinder and
parts cleaners, ink and solvent mixing and storage equipment, and solvent
recovery equipment at a facility.
(b) All of the product and packaging
rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing presses at a facility plus any
other equipment at that facility which the owner or operator chooses to include
in accordance with sub. (2), except any of the following:
1. Proof presses.
2. Any product and packaging rotogravure or
wide-web flexographic press which is used primarily for coating, laminating or
other operations which the owner or operator chooses to exclude, provided that
the owner or operator maintains records as required under s.
NR 466.11(6), and the sum of the total
mass of inks, coatings, varnishes, adhesives, primers, solvents, thinners,
reducers and other materials applied by the press using product and packaging
rotogravure print stations and wide-web flexographic print stations in each
month never exceeds 5% by weight of the total mass of inks, coatings,
varnishes, adhesives, primers, solvents, thinners, reducers and other materials
applied by the press in that month, including all inboard and outboard
stations.
(2)
The owner or operator of an affected source, as defined in sub. (1)(b), may
elect to include in that affected source stand-alone coating equipment subject
to all of the following provisions:
(a) All
stand-alone coating equipment which is located at the facility, and which is
described by any of the following, is included in the affected source:
1. The stand-alone coating equipment and one
or more product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic presses are
used to apply solids-containing materials to the same web or
substrate.
2. The stand-alone
coating equipment and one or more product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web
flexographic presses apply a common solids-containing material.
3. A common control device is used to control
organic HAP emissions from the stand-alone coating equipment and from one or
more product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing
presses.
(b) No product
and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic presses are excluded from
the affected source under the provisions of sub. (1) (b) 2.
(3) Each product and packaging
rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing affected source at a facility
that is a major source of HAP that complies with either of the following
criteria on and after the applicable compliance date as specified in s.
NR 466.08 is
subject only to the requirements of ss.
NR 466.11(5) and 466.12(2)
(a):
(a)
The owner or operator of the source applies no more than 500 kg (1102 pounds)
per month, for every month, of inks, coatings, varnishes, adhesives, primers,
solvents, thinners, reducers and other materials on product and packaging
rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing presses.
(b) The owner or operator of the source
applies no more than 400 kg (882 pounds) per month, for every month, of organic
HAP on product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing
presses.
(4) Each
product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing affected
source at a facility that is a major source of HAP that does not comply with
either criterion in sub. (3) in any month after the applicable compliance date
as specified in s.
NR 466.08 is,
starting with that month, subject to all relevant requirements of this chapter
and is no longer eligible to use the provisions of sub. (3), even if in
subsequent months the affected source meets either of the criteria in sub.
(3).
