DAR File No. 41825
This rule was published in the July 1, 2017, issue (Vol. 2017, No. 13) of the Utah State Bulletin.
Environmental Quality, Air Quality
Rule R307-351
Graphic Arts
Notice of Proposed Rule
(Amendment)
DAR File No.: 41825
Filed: 06/14/2017 04:38:30 PM
RULE ANALYSIS
Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:
The amendments to this rule strengthen the area source coating rules. These amendments will help further reduce Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions and will be part of the upcoming Serious PM2.5 State Implementation Plan (SIP).
Summary of the rule or change:
The applicability threshold is being changed from a "potential to emit" to an application based threshold. This amendment reduces the exemption for solvent cleaners that do not meet the VOC vapor pressure or density requirements from 110 gallons to 55 gallons/yr. The definition section has also been amended to clarify the meaning of several terms used in the rule.
Statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:
- Section 19-2-104
Anticipated cost or savings to:
the state budget:
There will be no impact on the state budget because the state is not a source of graphic art-related VOC emissions.
local governments:
There will be no impact on local government because local governments are not a source of graphic art-related VOC emissions.
small businesses:
There will be an impact on small businesses because the new rule applicability threshold will cause several small businesses to be regulated by the rule that were not regulated previously. The cost to these businesses will depend on how much material is used. These businesses will pay an estimated $4,000 to $5,000 per ton of VOC emissions removed from the air. The Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has considered methods of reducing the negative fiscal impact of the rule on small businesses in accordance with Subsection 63G-3-301(6) but cannot establish less stringent requirements, schedules, or deadlines; simplify compliance or reporting requirements; replace design standards with performance standards; or exempt small businesses from the proposed rule. This is because the rule is required by federal law to satisfy the Clean Air Act requirement to implement Best Available Control Measures in the manner prescribed by the PM2.5 Implementation Rule, See 42 U.S.C. 7513a (b)(1) and 40 CFR 51.1010(a)(1) through (5). The rule also helps prevent future violations of federal air quality standards. Although the rule is required to help prevent future air quality violations and comply with federal law, DAQ has taken steps to reduce the negative fiscal impact the rule may have on small businesses. The rule provides regulated sources with flexibility and potential cost saving alternatives in regard to compliance. This includes a vapor pressure limit, instead of a density-based limit, for solvents. The vapor pressure limit gives businesses greater flexibility as to the types of solvents they may use. The rule also includes the option to use an add-on control device that can be used as an alternative to meeting the content limits in the rule. These provisions give businesses flexibility to comply with the rule in the way that makes the most sense for them.
persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local governmental entities:
Persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local government entities will not be impacted by this rule because the rule applicability threshold is set at a level that excludes hobbyists and other people that are not businesses or governments.
Compliance costs for affected persons:
The compliance cost for people who are affected by the rule will be about $4,000 to $5,000 per ton of VOC removed from the air.
Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:
I. WHETHER A FISCAL IMPACT TO BUSINESS IS EXPECTED AS A RESULT OF THE PROPOSED RULE AND, IF SO, A DESCRIPTION OF WHY: The proposed rule may result in a fiscal impact to some businesses because the rule amendment changes the applicability threshold. The threshold is being changed from the 25 tons of VOC emissions on a per press basis to the "use of a combined 450 gallons or more" of product. Some larger businesses that use presses that use enough product to emit 25 tons of VOC annually are not impacted by this rule amendment. Therefore, the businesses most likely impacted by this amendment are smaller businesses that did not previously meet the applicability threshold of the rule. II. AN ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS IN UTAH EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED: The number of businesses that are impacted by this rule amendment is difficult to predict because there is no data on the quantity of regulated product used by each business in the relevant areas. The rule generally covers businesses that have the following NAICS Code: 541430, Graphic Design Services. The Division used data from Utah's FirmFind database to determine that there are 258 total businesses and 258 small businesses that have this code. DAQ estimates that 100 of the 258 businesses may be impacted by the rule amendment. III. AN ESTIMATE OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS IN UTAH EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED: The amendments to this rule will likely only have a fiscal impact on small businesses. Big businesses use more product and are already regulated under the current version of the rule. There are 100 small businesses that have been identified by DAQ as businesses that may be fiscally impacted by this rule amendment. IV. A DESCRIPTION OF THE SOURCES OF COST OR SAVINGS AS WELL AS THE EXPECTED NET SAVINGS OR COST TO BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS AND SMALL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE PROPOSED RULE OVER A ONE-YEAR PERIOD, IDENTIFYING ONE-TIME AND ONGOING COSTS: After speaking with industry experts, DAQ has determined that the source of the cost is an average $5 per gallon difference between compliant and non-compliant products. This means that businesses impacted by the rule will spend at least $2,250 annually to comply with the rule. The cost will increase at a rate of $5 for each additional gallon used. Most of the businesses that are impacted by the amendment are small businesses with between 1 and 10 employees. They do not use large quantities of product and their costs will be close to the $2,250 estimate. Some of the small businesses may also already be using compliant coatings and will not have any additional costs as a result of the rule amendment. Based on the 100 businesses identified by DAQ, the aggregate annual fiscal impact of the rule on all businesses in Utah will be at least $225,000. This figure represents the continuing annual costs to businesses. There are no one-time costs associated with the rule amendment. V. DEPARTMENT HEAD?S COMMENTS ON THE ANALYSIS: The above analysis represents DAQ's best estimate as to the fiscal impact this rule amendment will have on businesses. If a company uses a greater quantity of product, then the rule amendment will cause a more significant fiscal impact. The total cost of this type of regulation has been estimated to be $4,000 - $5,000 per ton of VOC emissions removed from the atmosphere. The EPA considers this cost to be reasonable in the context of implementing Best Available Control Measures (BACM), as required by the Clean Air Act for Serious nonattainment areas.
Alan Matheson, Executive Director
The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Office of Administrative Rules, or at:
Environmental QualityAir QualityRoom Fourth Floor
195 N 1950 W
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116-3085
Direct questions regarding this rule to:
- Ryan Stephens at the above address, by phone at 801-536-4419, by FAX at 801-536-0085, or by Internet E-mail at [email protected]
Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:
08/15/2017
Interested persons may attend a public hearing regarding this rule:
- 07/27/2017 01:00 PM, DEQ Bldg, 195 N 1950 W, DEQ Board Room, Salt Lake City, UT
This rule may become effective on:
08/22/2017
Authorized by:
Bryce Bird, Director
RULE TEXT
R307. Environmental Quality, Air Quality.
R307-351. Graphic Arts.
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R307-351-1. Purpose.
The purpose of this rule is to limit volatile organic
compound (VOC) emissions from graphic arts printing
operations.
R307-351-2. Applicability.
R307-351 applies to graphic arts printing operations in
Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Salt Lake, Utah and Weber counties as
specified below. For purposes of determining whether the
emissions applicability threshold or an equivalent threshold is
met, the owner or operator shall consider source-wide emissions
from all printing operations including related cleaning
activities prior to controls.
(1) R307-351-4 applies to all packaging and publication
rotogravure; packaging and publication flexographic; and
specialty printing operations employing VOC-containing inks,
including dilution and cleaning materials, that have potential to
emit on a per press basis equal to or greater than 25 tons per
year of VOC. Flexible packaging printing is exempt from
R307-351-4.
(2) R307-351-5 applies to all flexible packaging printing
operations with potential to emit on a per press basis, from the
dryer, prior to controls, equal to or greater than 25 tons per
year of VOC from inks, coatings and adhesives combined.
(3) R307-351-6(1) applies to individual heatset web
offset lithographic printing presses and individual heatset web
letterpress printing presses with potential to emit from the
dryer, on a per press basis, prior to controls, equal to or
greater than 25 tons per year of VOC. Heatset presses used for
book printing and heatset presses with maximum web width of 22
inches or less are exempt from R307-351-6(1).
(4) R307-351-6(4) applies to offset lithographic printing
operations that emit at least 2.7 tons per year actual emissions
of VOC, or an equivalent level, before consideration of controls.
Any press with total fountain solution reservoir of less than one
gallon and sheet-fed presses with maximum sheet size of 11 inches
by 17 inches or smaller are exempt from R307-351-6(4).
(5) R307-351-6(5) applies to offset lithographic printing
and letterpress printing operations that emit at least 2.7 tons
per year actual emissions of VOC, or an equivalent level, before
consideration of controls. Cleaners used on electronic components
of a press, pre-press cleaning operations (e.g., platemaking),
post-press cleaning operations (e.g., binding), cleaning supplies
(e.g., detergents) used to clean the floor (other than dried ink)
in the area around a press, or cleaning performed in parts
washers or cold cleaners are exempt from R307-351-6(5).
(6) R307-351-7 applies to all graphic arts printing
operations that emit at least 2.7 tons per year actual emissions
of VOC, or an equivalent level, before consideration of
controls.
R307-351-3. Definitions.
The following additional definitions apply to
R307-351:
"Alcohol" means any of the following compounds,
when used as a fountain solution additive for offset lithographic
printing: ethanol, n-propanol, and isopropanol.
"Alcohol Substitute" means a nonalcohol
additive that contains VOCs and is used in the fountain
solution.
"Automatic Blanket Wash System" means equipment
used to clean lithographic blankets which can include, but is not
limited to those utilizing a cloth and expandable bladder, brush,
spray, or impregnated cloth system.
"Cleaning Solution" means a liquid solvent or
solution used to clean the operating surfaces of a printing press
and its parts. Cleaning solutions include, but are not limited to
blanket wash, roller wash, metering roller cleaner, plate
cleaner, impression cylinder washes, rubber rejuvenators, and
other cleaners used for cleaning a press, press parts, or to
remove dried ink or coating from areas around the press.
"Blanket" means a synthetic rubber material
that is wrapped around a cylinder used in offset lithography to
transfer or "offset" an image from an image
carrier.
"Capture efficiency" means the fraction of all
VOC emissions generated by a process that are delivered to a
control device, expressed as a percentage.
"Capture system" means the equipment (including
hoods, ducts, fans, etc.) used to collect, capture, or transport
a pollutant to a control device.
"Coating" means material applied onto or
impregnated into a substrate. Such materials include, but are not
limited to, solvent-borne and waterborne coatings.
"Composite partial vapor pressure" means the
sum of the partial pressure of the compounds defined as
VOCs.
"Control device" means a device such as a
carbon adsorber or oxidizer which reduces the VOC in an exhaust
gas by recovery or by destruction.
"Control device efficiency" means the ratio of
VOC emissions recovered or destroyed by a control device to the
total VOC emissions that are introduced into the control device,
expressed as a percentage.
"Flexible packaging" means any package or part
of a package the shape of which can be readily changed. Flexible
packaging includes, but is not limited to, bags, pouches, liners
and wraps utilizing paper, plastic, film, aluminum foil,
metalized or coated paper or film, or any combination of these
materials.
"Flexographic press" means an unwind or feed
section, which may include more than one unwind or feed station
(such as on a laminator), a series of individual work stations,
one or more of which is a flexographic print station, any dryers
(including interstage dryers and overhead tunnel dryers)
associated with the work stations, and a rewind, stack, or
collection section. The work stations may be oriented vertically,
horizontally, or around the circumference of a single large
impression cylinder. Inboard and outboard work stations,
including those employing any other technology, such as
rotogravure, are included if they are capable of printing or
coating on the same substrate. A publication rotogravure press
with one or more flexographic imprinters is not a flexographic
press.
"Flexographic printing" means the application
of words, designs, and pictures to substrate by means of a roll
printing technique in which the pattern to be applied is raised
above the printing roll and the image carrier is made of rubber
or other elastomeric materials.
"Fountain solution" means a mixture of water
and other volatile and non-volatile chemicals and additives that
wets the nonimage area of a lithographic printing plate so that
the ink is maintained within the image areas.
"Heatset" means an offset lithographic printing
or letterpress printing operation in which the ink solvents are
vaporized by passing the printed surface through a
dryer.
"Letterpress printing" means a method where the
image area is raised relative to the non-image area and the ink
is transferred to the substrate directly from the image
surface.
"Narrow-web flexographic press" means a
flexographic press that is not capable of printing substrates
greater than 18 inches in width and that does not also meet the
definition of rotogravure press (i.e., it has no rotogravure
print stations).
"Non-heatset", also called coldset, means an
offset lithographic printing or letterpress printing operation in
which the ink dries by oxidation and/or absorption into the
substrate without use of heat from dryers.
"Offset lithographic printing" means a
plane-o-graphic method in which the image and non-image areas are
on the same plane and the ink is offset from a plate to a rubber
blanket, and then from the blanket to the substrate.
"Overall control efficiency" means the total
efficiency of a control system, determined either by:
(1) The product of the capture efficiency and the control
device efficiency; or
(2) A liquid-liquid material balance.
"Packaging printing" means rotogravure or
flexographic printing, not otherwise defined as publication
printing, upon paper, paper board, metal foil, plastic film, and
other substrates, which are, in subsequent operations, formed
into packaging products and labels. This includes, but is not
limited to, folding cartons, flexible packaging, labels and
wrappers.
"Printing operation" means the application of
words, designs, or pictures on a substrate. All units in a
machine which have both coating and printing units shall be
considered as performing a printing operation.
"Printing Press" means a printing production
assembly composed of one or more units used to produce a printed
substrate, including but not limited to, any associated coating,
spray powder application, heatset web dryer, ultraviolet or
electron beam curing units, or infrared heating units.
"Publication rotogravure printing" means
rotogravure printing upon paper that is subsequently formed into
books, magazines, catalogues, brochures, directories, newspaper
supplements, and other types of printed materials.
"Publication rotogravure press" means a
rotogravure press used for publication rotogravure printing. A
publication rotogravure press may include one or more
flexographic imprinters. A publication rotogravure press with one
or more flexographic imprinters is not a flexographic
press.
"Roll coating" means the application of a
coating material to a substrate by means of hard rubber or steel
rolls.
"Roll printing" means the application of words,
designs and pictures to a substrate usually by means of a series
of hard rubber or steel rolls each with only partial
coverage.
"Rotogravure coating" means the application of
a uniform layer of material across the entire width of the web to
substrate by means of a roll coating technique in which the
pattern to be applied is etched on the coating roll. The coating
material is picked up in these recessed areas and is transferred
to the substrate.
"Rotogravure press" means an unwind or feed
section, which may include more than one unwind or feed station
(such as on a laminator), a series of individual work stations,
one or more of which is a rotogravure print station, any dryers
associated with the work stations, and a rewind, stack, or
collection section. Inboard and outboard work stations, including
those employing any other technology, such as flexography, are
included if they are capable of printing or coating on the same
substrate.
"Rotogravure printing" means the application of
words, designs, and pictures to a substrate by means of a roll
printing technique that involves a recessed image area in the
form of cells.
"Specialty printing operations" means all
gravure and flexographic operations that print a design or image,
excluding publication and packaging printing. Specialty printing
operations include, among other things, printing on paper cups
and plates, patterned gift wrap, wallpaper, and floor
coverings.
"Web" means a continuous roll of
substrate.
"Wide-web flexographic press" means a
flexographic press capable of printing substrates greater than 18
inches in width.
R307-351-4. Standards for Rotogravure, Flexographic, and
Specialty Printing Operations.
(1) No owner or operator of a packaging and publication
rotogravure; packaging and publication flexographic, and
specialty printing operations employing VOC-containing ink may
operate, cause, or allow or permit the operation of a facility
unless:
(a) The volatile fraction of ink, as it is applied to the
substrate, contains 25.0% by volume or less of VOC and 75.0% by
volume or more of water; or
(b) The ink as it is applied to the substrate, less
water, contains 60.0% by volume or more nonvolatile material;
or
(c) The owner or operator installs and operates either a
carbon adsorption system as described in R307-351-4(1)(c)(i) or
an incineration system as described in
R307-351-4(1)(c)(ii).
(i) A carbon adsorption system shall reduce the volatile
organic emissions from the capture system by a minimum of 90.0%
by weight.
(ii) An incineration system shall oxidize, from the
capture system, a minimum of 90.0% of the non-methane VOCs
measured as total combustible carbon to carbon dioxide and
water.
(iii) A capture system as described in
R307-351-4(1)(c)(iv) shall be used in conjunction with a carbon
adsorption system and an incineration system.
(iv) The design and operation of a capture system must be
consistent with good engineering practices and shall be required
to provide for an overall reduction in VOC emissions of at
least:
(A) 75.0% where a publication rotogravure process is
employed;
(B) 65.0% where a packaging rotogravure process is
employed; or
(C) 60.0% where a flexographic printing process is
employed.
(2) The owner or operator of an emission control device
shall provide documentation that the system will attain the
requirements of R307-351-4.
(3) The Emission control system shall be operated and
maintained in accordance with the manufacturer
recommendations.
(4) The owner or operator of an emission control device
shall maintain for a minimum of two years records of operating
and maintenance sufficient to demonstrate that the equipment is
being operated and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer
recommendations.
R307-351-5. Standards for Flexible Packaging Printing
Operations.
(1) Presses used for flexible packaging printing shall
comply with an 80% overall emission control efficiency.
(a) The owner or operator of an emission control device
shall provide documentation that the emissions control system
will attain the requirements of R307-351-5.
(b) The Emission control system shall be operated and
maintained in accordance with the manufacturer
recommendations.
(2) The owner or operator of an emission control device
shall maintain for a minimum of two years records of operating
and maintenance sufficient to demonstrate that the equipment is
being operated and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer
recommendations.
(3) As an alternative to the overall control efficiency,
the following two equivalent VOC content limits may be met by use
of low VOC content materials or combinations of materials and
controls as follows:
(a) 0.8 kg VOC/kg solids applied; or
(b) 0.16 kg VOC/kg materials applied.
(c) The VOC content limits can be met by averaging the
VOC content of materials used on a single press, i.e., within a
line. The use of averaging to meet the VOC content limits is not
allowed for cross-line, i.e., across multiple lines.
R307-351-6. Standards for Offset Lithographic Printing and
Letterpress Printing Operations.
(1) Requirements for heatset web offset lithographic and
heatset letterpress inks and dryers.
(a) Individual heatset web offset lithographic printing
presses and individual heatset web letterpress printing presses
shall comply with 90% control efficiency for the control device
on heatset dryers.
(b) The owner or operator of an emission control device
shall provide documentation that the emissions control system
will attain the requirements of R307-351-6.
(c) The Emission control system shall be operated and
maintained in accordance with the manufacturer
recommendations.
(2) The owner or operator shall maintain for a minimum of
two years records of operating and maintenance sufficient to
demonstrate that the equipment is being operated and maintained
in accordance with the manufacturer recommendations.
(3) As an alternative to the control efficiency, the
control device outlet concentration may be reduced to 20 ppmv as
hexane on a dry basis to accommodate situations where the inlet
VOC concentration is low or there is no identifiable measurable
inlet.
(4) Requirements for fountain solution.
(a) For heatset web offset lithographic printing, the
level of control for VOC emissions from on-press (as-applied)
fountain solution shall meet one of the following:
(i) 1.6% alcohol or less (by weight) in the
fountain;
(ii) 3.0% alcohol or less (by weight) in the fountain
solution if the fountain solution is refrigerated to below 60
degrees Fahrenheit; or
(iii) 5.0% alcohol substitute or less (by weight) and no
alcohol in the fountain solution.
(b) For sheet-fed offset lithographic printing, the level
of control for VOC emissions from on-press (as-applied) fountain
solution shall meet one of the following:
(i) 5.0% alcohol or less (by weight) in the
fountain;
(ii) 8.5% alcohol or less (by weight) in the fountain
solution provided the fountain solution is refrigerated to below
60 degrees Fahrenheit; or
(iii) 5.0% alcohol substitute or less (by weight) and no
alcohol in the fountain solution.
(c) For non-heatset web offset lithographic printing, the
level of control for VOC emissions shall be 5.0% alcohol
substitute or less (by weight) on-press (as-applied) and no
alcohol in the fountain solution.
(5) Requirements for cleaning materials.
(a) For blanket washing, roller washing, plate cleaners,
metering roller cleaners, impression cylinder cleaners, rubber
rejuvenators, and other cleaners used for cleaning a press, press
parts, or to remove dried ink from areas around a press, only
cleaning materials with a VOC composite vapor pressure of less
than ten mm Hg at 68 degrees Fahrenheit or cleaning materials
containing less than 70 weight percent VOC shall be
used.
(b) Up to 110 gallons per year of cleaning materials
which meet neither the VOC composite vapor pressure requirement
nor the VOC content requirement may be used.
R307-351-7. Work Practices and Recordkeeping.
(1) Control techniques and work practices are to be
implemented at all times to reduce VOC emissions from fugitive
type sources. Control techniques and work practices
include:
(a) Tight fitting covers for open tanks; and
(b) Keeping cleaning materials, used shop towels, and
solvent wiping cloths in closed containers.
(2) Record keeping and reporting.
(a) The owner or operator of any source subject to
R307-351 shall maintain:
(i) Records of the annual usage of all materials that may
be a source of VOC emissions including, but not limited to, inks,
coatings, adhesives, fountain solution, and cleaning
materials.
(ii) All sources subject to R307-351 shall maintain
records demonstrating compliance with all provisions of R307-351.
These records shall be available to the director upon
request.
R307-351-8. Compliance Schedule.
(1) All sources within Salt Lake and Davis counties shall
be in compliance with this rule by the effective date of this
rule.
(2) All sources within Box Elder, Cache, Utah and Weber
counties shall be in compliance with this rule by January 1,
2014.]
R307-351-1. Purpose.
The purpose of R307-351 is to limit volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from graphic arts printing operations.
R307-351-2. Applicability.
R307-351 applies to graphic arts printing operations that use a combined 450 gallons or more of all VOC-containing materials per year and are located in Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Salt Lake, Utah, Tooele, or Weber counties.
R307-351-3. Exemptions.
(1) The provisions of R307-351 shall not apply to graphic arts materials that have a VOC content of less than 25 g/L , minus water and exempt VOCs, as applied.
(2) A graphic arts printing operation may use up to 55 gallons of cleaning materials per year that do not comply with the VOC composite vapor pressure requirement or the VOC content requirement in R307-351-5(4).
R307-351-4. Definitions.
The following additional definitions apply to R307-351:
"Alcohol" means any of the following compounds, when used as a fountain solution additive for offset lithographic printing: ethanol, n-propanol, and isopropanol.
"Alcohol Substitute" means a non-alcohol additive that contains VOCs and is used in the fountain solution.
"Cleaning materials and solutions" means a liquid solvent or solution used to clean the operating surfaces of a printing press and its parts. Cleaning materials and solutions include, but are not limited to blanket wash, roller wash, metering roller cleaner, plate cleaner, impression cylinder washes, rubber rejuvenators, and other cleaners used for cleaning a press, press parts, or to remove dried ink or coating from areas around the press.
"Blanket" means a synthetic rubber material that is wrapped around a cylinder used in offset lithography to transfer or "offset" an image from an image carrier.
"Control system" means the combination of capture and control devices used to reduce emissions to the atmosphere.
"Flexographic printing" means the application of words, designs, and pictures to substrate by means of a roll printing technique in which the pattern to be applied is raised above the printing roll and the image carrier is made of rubber or other elastomeric materials.
"Fountain solution" means a mixture of water and other volatile and non-volatile chemicals and additives that wets the non-image area of a lithographic printing plate so that the ink is maintained within the image areas.
"Graphic arts materials" means any inks, coatings, or adhesives, including added thinners or retarders, used in printing or related coating or laminating processes.
"Graphic arts printing" means the application of words and images using the offset lithographic, letterpress, rotogravure, or flexographic printing process.
"Heatset" means an offset lithographic printing or letterpress printing operation in which the ink solvents are vaporized by passing the printed surface through a dryer.
"Letterpress printing" means a method where the image area is raised relative to the non-image area and the ink is transferred to the substrate directly from the image surface.
"Non-heatset", also called coldset, means an offset lithographic printing or letterpress printing operation in which the ink dries by oxidation and/or absorption into the substrate without use of heat from dryers. For the purposes of this rule, use of an infrared heater or printing conducted using ultraviolet-cured or electron beam-cured inks is considered non-heatset.
"Offset lithographic printing" means a plane-o-graphic method in which the image and non-image areas are on the same plane and the ink is offset from a plate to a rubber blanket, and then from the blanket to the substrate.
"Printing operation" means the application of words, designs, or pictures on a substrate. All units in a machine which have both coating and printing units shall be considered as performing a printing operation.
"Rotogravure printing" means the application of words, designs, and pictures to a substrate by means of a roll printing technique that involves a recessed image area in the form of cells.
"Web" means a continuous roll of substrate.
R307-351-5. VOC Content Limits.
(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)
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.
R307-351-6. Add-on Controls Systems Operations.
(1) If an add-on control system is used, the owner or operator shall install and maintain the add-on emission control system in accordance with the manufacturer recommendations.
(a) Control devices for individual heatset web offset lithographic printing presses and individual heatset web letterpress printing press dryers that were installed prior to January 1, 2017, must maintain a 90% or greater control efficiency. Similar control devices installed after January 1, 2017, must maintain a 95% or greater control efficiency.
(b) Control devices for individual flexographic printing presses and individual rotogravure printing presses shall comply with a 90% or greater overall control efficiency.
(c) As an alternative to the control efficiency, the control device outlet concentration may be reduced to 20 ppmv as hexane on a dry basis to accommodate situations where the inlet VOC concentration is low or there is no identifiable measurable inlet. The control outlet concentration shall be determined using EPA Method 25A.
(d) The capture efficiency of a VOC emission control system's VOC collection device for flexographic and rotogravure presses shall be determined according to EPA's "Guidelines for Determining Capture Efficiency," January 9, 1995 and 40 CFR Part 51, Appendix M, Methods 204-204F, as applicable.
(e) The capture efficiency of a VOC emission control system's VOC collection device for a heatset web offset press shall be determined by demonstrating that the airflow in the dryer is negative to the surrounding pressroom during the initial test using an air flow direction indicator, such as a smoke stick or aluminum ribbons, or differential pressure gauge.
(f) The control efficiency of a VOC emission control system's VOC control device shall be determined using test methods in Appendices A-1, A-6, and A-7 to 40 CFR Part 60, for measuring flow rates, total gaseous organic concentrations, or emissions of exempt compounds, as applicable.
(g) An alternative test method may be substituted for the preceding test methods after review and approval by the EPA Administrator.
R307-351-7. Work Practices.
(1) Control techniques and work practices shall be implemented at all times to reduce VOC emissions. Control techniques and work practices include:
(a) Keeping cleaning materials, used shop towels, and solvent wiping cloths in closed containers; and
(b) Minimizing spills of VOC-containing cleaning materials.
R307-351-8. Recordkeeping.
(1) The owner or operator shall maintain records of the following:
(a) Records that demonstrate compliance with R307-351. Records must include, but are not limited to, inventory and product data sheets of all graphic arts materials and cleaning solutions subject to R307-351.
(b) If an add-on control device is used, records of key system parameters necessary to ensure compliance with R307-351-6. Key system parameters include, but are not limited to, temperature, pressure, flow rates, and an inspection schedule. Key inspection parameters shall be in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, and as required to demonstrate that operations provide continuous emission reduction from the source during all periods that the operations cause emissions from the source.
(2) All records shall be maintained for a minimum of 2 years.
(3) Records shall be made available to the director upon request.
KEY: air pollution, graphic arts, VOC, printing operations
Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment: [February 1, 2013]2017
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 19-2-104(1)(a)
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