06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 154, § 5

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 096-154-5 - Recordkeeping Requirements

A. By January 1, 2011, or upon initial startup of a new flexible package printing press, or upon changing the method of compliance for an existing flexible package printing press from use of complying coatings or daily-weighted averaging to control devices, the owner or operator of the subject printing press shall perform all tests and submit to the Department the results of all tests and calculations necessary to demonstrate that the subject flexible package printing press will be in compliance with the emissions reductions required by Section 3 of this Chapter on and after January 1, 2011, or on and after the initial startup date. Testing shall be performed according to Procedures A, B, C, E, and F as specified in Appendix A to Chapter 132 of the Department's regulations.

B. Beginning January 1, 2011, the owner or operator of any flexible package printing press must maintain records of the information necessary to demonstrate compliance with the applicable requirements of this Chapter, including but not limited to:

(1) Name and quantity of any ink, adhesives, coating or cleaning solvent used;

(2) VOC content of each ink, adhesives, coating or cleaning solvent used, as applied;

(3) A catalog of Material Safety Data Sheets for all inks, adhesives, coatings and cleaning solvents used;

(4) Documentation of air pollution control equipment efficiency or capture efficiency, if applicable;

(5) Date and type of maintenance performed on air pollution control or capture equipment, if applicable; and

(6) Calculations demonstrating that the potential emissions of VOC from all flexible package printing presses at the facility are and will be less than 25 tons per calendar year before the application of capture systems and control devices. Total potential emissions of VOC for a flexible package printing facility is the sum of potential emissions of VOC from each flexible package printing press at the facility. The following equation shall be used to calculate total potential emissions of VOC per calendar year before the application of capture systems and control devices for each flexible package printing press at the facility:

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where:

E_p=Total potential emissions of VOC from one flexible package printing press in units of pounds per year (lb/yr).

A=Weight of VOC per volume of solids of the coating or ink with the highest VOC content, as applied, each year on the printing press in units of pounds of VOC per gallon (lb VOC/gal) of coating or ink solids.

B=Total volume of solids for all coatings and inks that can potentially be applied each year on the printing press in units of gallons per year (gal/yr.). The instrument and/or method by which the owner or operator accurately measured or calculated the volume of coating and ink solids applied and the amount that can potentially be applied each year on the printing press.

(7) The actual overall emission reduction efficiency achieved for each day for each flexible package printing press as determined using Procedure E of Appendix A.

(8) Control device monitoring data;

(9) A log of operating time for the capture system, control device, monitoring equipment and the associated flexible package printing press; and

(10) 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 any outages.

(11) For thermal incinerators, all continuous 3-hour periods of operation in which the average combustion temperature was more than 28 degrees C (50 degrees F) below the average combustion temperature during the most recent performance test that demonstrated that the facility was in compliance;

(12) For catalytic incinerators, all continuous 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 recorded during the most recent performance test that demonstrated that the facility was in compliance; and

(13) For carbon adsorbers, all continuous 3-hour periods of operation during which either the average VOC concentration or the reading of organics in the exhaust gases is more than 20 percent 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 facility was in compliance.

C. All required records shall be maintained for a period of at least six (6) years and made available to the Department or US EPA to inspect and copy upon request.

06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 154, § 5