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Series 45-21 - Regulation to Prevent and Control Air Pollution from the Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds
Section 45-21-13 - Paper Coating

W. Va. Code R. § 45-21-13

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Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 45-21-13 - Paper Coating
13.1. Applicability.
13.1.1. This section 13. applies to any paper coating operation.
13.1.2. This section 13. does not apply to any coating operation within a facility whose actual emissions without control devices from all paper coating operations within the facility are less than 6.8 kilograms (kg) (15 pounds [lb]) volatile organic compound (VOC) per day. An owner or operator of a facility whose emissions are below this applicability threshold shall comply with the certification, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements of subdivision 13.7.1.
13.2. Definitions. -- As used in this section 13., all terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given them in section 2.
13.2.1. "Paper coating line" means a web coating line where coating is applied to paper. Printing presses are not considered paper coating lines. Products produced on a paper coating line include, but are not limited to, adhesive tapes and labels, book covers, post cards, office copier paper, drafting paper, and pressure sensitive tapes. Paper coating lines include, but are not limited to, application by impregnation or saturation or by the use of roll, knife, or rotogravure coating.
13.2.2. "Paper coating operation" means a coating application station and its associated flashoff area, drying area, and/or oven wherein coating is applied and dried or cured on a paper coating line. A paper coating line may include more than one paper coating operation.
13.3. Standards.
13.3.1. No owner or operator of a paper coating operation subject to this section 13. shall cause, allow, or permit the application of any coating on that operation with VOC content in excess of 0.35 kilograms per liter (kg/L) (2.9 pounds per gallon [lb/gal]) of coating, minus water and exempt compounds, as applied.
13.3.2. As an alternative to compliance with the emission limit in subdivision 13.3.1., an owner or operator of a paper coating operation subject to this section 13. may meet the requirements of subsection 13.4. or subsection 13.5.
13.4. Daily-weighted average limitation. -- No owner or operator of a paper coating operation subject to this section 13. shall apply coatings on that operation, during any day, whose daily-weighted average VOC content, calculated in accordance with the procedure specified in section 43., exceeds the emission limit in subdivision 13.3.1.
13.5. Control devices. -- An owner or operator of a paper coating operation subject to this section 13. shall comply with this section 13. by:
13.5.1. Installing and operating a capture system on that operation;
13.5.2. Installing and operating a control device on that operation;
13.5.3. Determining for each day the overall emission reduction efficiency needed to demonstrate compliance. The overall emission reduction needed for a day is the lesser of the value calculated according to the procedure in subsection 43.2. for that day or 95 percent; and
13.5.4. Demonstrating each day that the overall emission reduction efficiency achieved for that day, as determined in subsection 44.3., is greater than or equal to the overall emission reduction efficiency required for that day.
13.6. Test methods. -- The test methods found in sections 41. through 44. shall be used to determine compliance with this section 13.
13.7. Recordkeeping and reporting.
13.7.1. An owner or operator of a paper coating operation that is exempt from the emission limitations in subsection 13.3. shall comply with the certification, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements in subsection 4.2.
13.7.2. An owner or operator of a paper coating operation subject to this section 13. and complying with subsection 13.3. by the use of complying coatings shall comply with the certification, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements in subsection 4.3.
13.7.3. An owner or operator of a paper coating operation subject to this section 13. and complying with subsection 13.4. by daily-weighted averaging shall comply with the certification, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements in subsection 4.4.
13.7.4. An owner or operator of a paper coating operation subject to this section 13. and complying with subsection 13.5. by the use of control devices shall comply with the testing, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements in subsection 4.5.

W. Va. Code R. § 45-21-13