Section NR 422.075 - Paper coating - part 2(1) APPLICABILITY. (a) Subsection (3) applies to the owner or operator of a paper coating line located at a facility in the county of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington, or Waukesha if VOC emissions from all paper coating lines and related paper coating cleaning activities at the facility, before consideration of controls, equal or exceed 3 tons on a 12 consecutive month rolling basis.(b) Subsection (2) applies to the owner or operator of a facility located in the counties of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington, and Waukesha that operates a paper coating line, that has maximum theoretical emissions of VOCs equal to or greater than 25 tons per year from coatings.(2) EMISSION LIMITATIONS. (a) On and after May 1, 2010, no owner or operator may cause, allow or permit the emission of any VOCs from an individual paper coating line in excess of either of the following emission limitations: 1. 0.2 kg VOC/kg solids (0.2 lb VOC/lb solids) applied for pressure sensitive tape and label coating.2. 0.4 kg VOC/kg solids (0.4 lb VOC/lb solids) applied for paper, film and foil coating.(b) Notwithstanding s. NR 422.04(4), an owner or operator using a control device to achieve compliance with par. (a) as allowed under s. NR 422.04(2) (c), shall achieve a minimum overall VOC control efficiency of 90%. (3) WORK PRACTICES. On and after November 1, 2009, the owner or operator of a facility subject to this subsection shall employ work practices to minimize VOC emissions from mixing operations, storage tanks and other containers, and handling operations for coatings, thinners, cleaning materials, and waste materials. Work practices shall include all of the following, at a minimum: (a) Store all VOC-containing coatings, thinners, coating related waste materials, cleaning materials, and shop towels used for cleaning in closed containers.(b) Close mixing and storage vessels used for VOC-containing coatings and other materials except when depositing or removing these materials.(c) Convey VOC-containing coatings, thinners, and cleaning materials in closed containers or pipes.(d) Minimize spills of VOC-containing coating, thinners, and cleaning materials.(e) Minimize emissions of VOC during cleaning of coating application, storage, mixing, and conveying equipment.(f) Clean-up spills of any VOC-containing material immediately.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 422.075
CR 08-102: cr. Register July 2009 No. 643, eff. 8-1-09; CR 11-005: am. (3) (b) Register January 2012 No. 673, eff. 2-1-12.