Section 096-129-7 - Initial Compliance Certification and Recordkeeping ProceduresEach owner or operator of a surface coating facility subject to this chapter shall establish and maintain all records necessary for determining compliance with the emission limitations in this chapter for a period of six (6) years. The owner or operator of a surface coating facility subject to this chapter shall further make such records and reports available for inspection during normal business hours and shall provide copies to the Department or the Environmental Protection Agency upon request.
A.Initial compliance certification. The owner or operator of each surface coating facility subject to this chapter shall submit an initial certification report upon becoming subject to this chapter. The owner or operator of a surface coating facility subject to this chapter whose total actual coatings usage from all coating units, lines or operations at the surface coating facility under the same surface coating category is 50 or more gallons per 12 month period shall submit to the Department, certification records covering the relevant coating unit, line or operation, and method of compliance upon startup of any new coating unit, line or operation or upon changing the method of compliance for an existing coating unit, line or operation. (1)Coating units, lines or operations exempt from emission limitations.Certification records required for coating units, lines or operations which are exempt from the emission limitations in this chapter shall include a certification to the Department that the surface coating unit, line or operation is exempt, and provide the following:(a) Name and location of surface coating facility;(b) Name, address and telephone number of person responsible for the surface coating facility;(c) A declaration that the surface coating unit, line or operation is exempt, because combined VOC emissions from all coating units, lines and operations under the same surface coating category at the same surface coating facility are below the emissions threshold under Subsection 1(C) of this chapter. The following equations shall be used to calculate maximum theoretical emissions of VOC per 12 month period before the application of capture systems and control devices for each affected coating unit, line or operation at the surface coating facility: Click to view image
Where;
"Ep" means the maximum theoretical emissions of VOC from one coating unit in pounds per 12 month period(lb/yr)
"A" means the weight of VOC per volume of the coating with the highest VOC content, as applied, each 12 month period on the coating unit in pounds of VOC per gallon of coating (lb/gal)
"B" means the total volume of all coating that can be potentially applied each year on the coating unit in gallons per 12 month period. The instrument or method by which the owner or operator accurately measured or calculated the volume of coating applied and the amount that can potentially be applied each year shall be described in the certification to the Department; and
(d) For coating units under the category of miscellaneous metal and plastic parts and products, except for those coating units which meet each of the criteria listed in Subsections 1(C)(1) through 1(C)(3) of this chapter, calculations of the total VOC emissions for a day that is representative of current maximum production levels from all miscellaneous metal and plastic parts and products surface coating units at the surface coating facility. The following equation shall be used to calculate total VOC emissions for that day: Click to view image
where,
"T" means the total VOC emissions from coating units at the surface coating facility before the application of capture systems and control devices in units of kg/day (lb/day)
"n" means the number of different coatings applied on each coating unit at the surface coating facility
"i" the subscript denoting an individual coating
"Ai" means the mass of VOC per volume of coating (i), excluding water and exempt compounds, as applied, used at the surface coating facility in units of kilograms of VOC per liter of coating (kg/l) or pounds of VOC per gallon of coating (lb/gal)
"Bi" means the volume of coating (i), excluding water and exempt compounds, as applied, used at the surface coating facility in units of liter per day (l/day) or gallons per day (gal/day). The instrument or method used by the owner or operator of the surface coating facility to accurately measure or calculate the volume of each coating, as applied, shall be described in the certification to the Department.
(2)Coating units, lines or operations using the Low Solvent Content Coating Technology Compliance Method.Initial certification records required for coating units, lines or operations using the low solvent content coating technology compliance method shall include: (a) Name and location of surface coating facility;(b) Name, address and telephone number of the person responsible for the surface coating facility;(c) Identification of each coating used on each identified coating unit, line or operation subject to this chapter;(d) The mass of VOC per volume of each coating, excluding water and exempt compounds, as applied, used each day on each coating unit, line or operation; and(e) The time at which the surface coating facility's "day" begins if a time other than midnight, local time, is used to define a "day".(3)Coating Units, Lines or Operations Using the Daily-Weighted Averaging Compliance Method.Certification records required for coating units, lines or operations using the daily-weighted averaging compliance method shall include: (a) Name and location of the surface coating facility;(b) Name, address and telephone number of the person responsible for the surface coating facility;(c) Identification of each coating used on each identified coating unit, line or operation subject to this chapter;(d) Name and identification of each coating unit, line or operation that will comply by means of daily-weighted averaging;(e) The instrument or method by which the owner or operator of the surface coating facility will accurately measure or calculate the volume of each coating, excluding water and exempt compounds, as applied, used each day on each coating unit, line or operation;(f) The method by which daily records will be created and maintained as defined in this section;(g) The calculation of the daily-weighted average, using Procedure C described in Appendix A of this chapter; and(h) The time at which the surface coating facility's "day" begins if a time other than midnight, local time, is used to define a day.(4)Coating Units, Lines or Operations Using the Add-On Air Pollution Control Device Compliance Method.Initial certification records required for coating units, lines or operations using the add-on air pollution control device compliance method shall include the results of all tests and calculations necessary to demonstrate compliance with this chapter using procedures A through C and procedure E, as described in Appendix A of this chapter and shall include: (a) Name and location of the surface coating facility;(b) Name, address and telephone number of the person responsible for the surface coating facility;(c) Identification of each coating used on each identified coating unit, line or operation subject to this chapter;(d) The mass of VOC per volume of each coating, excluding water and exempt compounds, as applied, used each day on each coating unit, line or operation;(e) The maximum VOC content (mass of VOC per coating unit volume of coating solids, as applied), or the daily-weighted average VOC content (mass of VOC per coating unit volume of coating solids, as applied) of the coatings used each day on each coating unit, line or operation; and(f) The overall emission reduction efficiency for each day for each coating unit, line or operation required by Subsection 3(C) of this chapter and determined using Procedure E in Appendix A attached to this chapter.B.Recordkeeping.The owner or operator of each surface coating facility subject to this chapter shall begin to maintain the records required herein on the effective date of this chapter. (1)Coating units, lines or operations exempt from emission limitations. Monthly records shall be maintained on premises to document the name and identification of each coating and the mass of VOC per volume of each coating, excluding water and exempt compounds, as applied, used on each coating unit, line or operation, and the total emissions at the surface coating facility. Miscellaneous metal and plastic parts and products surface coating facilities that do not meet each of the criteria listed in Subsections 1(C)(1) through 1(C)(3) of this chapter shall maintain daily records on the premises to document the name and identification of each coating and the mass of VOC per volume of each coating, excluding water and exempt compounds, as applied, used each day on each coating unit, line or operation, and the total daily VOC emissions at the surface coating facility, as calculated using the equation in Subsection 7(A)(1)(d) of this chapter.
Miscellaneous metal and plastic parts and products surface coating facilities that meet each of the criteria listed in Subsections 1(C)(1) through 1(C)(3) of this chapter shall maintain monthly records on the premises to document the name and identification of each coating and the mass of VOC per volume of each coating, excluding water and exempt compounds, as applied, used each month on each coating unit, line or operation, and the total emissions at the surface coating facility each month.
(2)Coating units, lines or operations using the Low Solvent Content Coating Technology Compliance Method.Except in the case where a coating unit, line or operation certifies under Section 8 of this chapter that all of the coatings used at the surface coating facility use low solvent content coating technology, daily records shall be maintained on premises to document the name and identification of each coating, and the mass of VOC per volume of each coating, excluding water and exempt compounds, as applied, used each day on each coating unit, line or operation. For surface coating facilities, which certify under Section 8 of this chapter that all of the coatings used at the surface coating facility use low solvent content coating technology, monthly records shall be maintained on the premises to document the name and identification of each coating and the mass of VOC per volume of each coating, excluding water and exempt compounds, as applied, used each month on each coating unit, line or operation.(3)Coating units, lines or operations using the Daily-Weighted Averaging Compliance Method.Daily records shall be maintained on premises to document the following information: (a) The name and identification of each coating and the mass of VOC per volume and the volume of each coating, excluding water and exempt compounds, as applied, on each coating unit, line or operation; and(b) Daily records shall be maintained on premises to document the daily-weighted average VOC content of all coatings, as applied, on each coating unit, line or operation calculated according to Procedure C in Appendix A of this chapter.(4)Coating units, lines or operations using the Add-On Air Pollution Control Device Compliance Method.Daily records shall be maintained on premises to document the following data: (a) The actual overall emission reduction efficiency achieved for each day for each coating unit, line or operation as determined using Procedure E in Appendix A;(b) Control device monitoring data as specified in Appendix A for Procedures H and I;(c) A log of operating time for the capture system, control device and monitoring equipment and associated coating unit, line or operation;(d) A maintenance log for the capture system, control device and monitoring equipment detailing all routine and non-routine maintenance performed including dates and duration of outages;(e) For thermal incinerators, all continuous three (3)-hour periods of operation in which the average combustion temperature was more that 28 degrees C (50 degrees F) below the average combustion temperature during the most recent performance test that demonstrated that the surface coating unit, line or operation was in compliance;(f) For catalytic incinerators, all continuous three (3)-hour periods of operation in which the average temperature of the process vent stream immediately before the catalyst bed is more than 28 degrees C (50 degrees F) below the average temperature of the process vent stream immediately before the catalyst bed during the most recent performance test that demonstrated that the surface coating unit, line or operation was in compliance; and(g) For carbon adsorbers, all continuous three (3)-hour periods of operation during which the average VOC concentration or the reading of organics in the exhaust gases is more than twenty (20)% greater than the average exhaust gas concentration or reading measured by the organics monitoring device during the most recent determination of the recovery efficiency of the carbon adsorber that demonstrated that the surface coating unit, line or operation was in compliance. 06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 129, § 7