COMMONWEALTH OF M ASSACHUSETTS 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

ONE WINTER STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 6 I 7-292-5500 

DEVALL. PATRICK 

Governor 

TIMOTHY P.l\1URRAY 

Lieutenant Governor 

H. Curtis Spalding 

Regional Administrator 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

One Congress Street 

Boston, MA 02114-2023 

Dear Administrator Spalding: 

p~~!IEIID AlR QUALfN PLANN\NG UNlT 

I am pleased to submit Massachusetts' regulations for your approval and inclusion in the 

Massachusetts State Implementation Plan for Ozone (Ozone SIP). This submittal is made 

pursuant to requirements of Sections 110, 172 and 182 of the federal Clean Air Act. 

IAN A. BOWLES 

Secretary 

LAURIE BURT 

Commissioner 

On January 30, 2008, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) 

submitted to your office the Massachusetts State Implementation Plan to Demonstrate 

Attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for Ozone (the Attainment 

Demonstration SIP). In that submittal, MassDEP committed to adopt additional ozone control 

measures. 

MassDEP has promulgated regulations implementing additional controls in furtherance of that 

commitment. The regulations that we are submitting are: 

• AIM Coatings and Consumer Products. 

On October 19, 2007, regulations were promulgated amending Best Available Controls for 

Consumer and Commercial Products, 310 CMR 7.25. These amendments further reduce 

emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from architectural and industrial maintenance 

(AIM) coatings and consumer products. They add a number of new product categories to the list 

of previously regulated product categories and reduce the VOC content limits for many of the /. ~ 

previously regulated products. ~ >- ' ~ ~ o'-' ..1 'Nl..)''' -<P ,, ,. 

• Solvent Degreasing; Alternative Compliance Plans for Consumer Products :\ (!'"' 

On March 6, 2009, regulations were promulgated amending 310 CMR 7.00, 310 CMR~ 

310 CMR 7 .18(8) and 310 CMR 7 .25(12). The amendments to 310 CMR 7.18(8) impose a vapor 

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pressure limit on cold cleaning solvents, thereby reducing emissions ofVOCs from solvent metal 

degreasing operations. The amendments to Best Available Controls for Consumer and 

Commercial Products, 310 CMR 7.25(12), add an Alternative Compliance Plan (ACP) option to 

the consumer product regulations adopted in October 2007, which allows manufacturers of 

consumer products to average VOC emissions among products to meet overall VOC emissions 

limits. 

' .· • Stage II Vapor Recovery 

On March 1, 2009, regulations were promulgated amending 310 CMR 7.24(6). The amendments 

require the installation of PV vent caps at facilities with certain types of Stage II systems, a 

control measure which MassDEP committed to in the Ozone SIP. These amendments also 

clarify sections of the Stage II regulations to improve facility compliance and update applicable 

program requirements. 

• Other Regulations 

We have also promulgated other minor regulatory revisions that were not part of the Attainment 

Demonstration SIP commitment. On March 6, 2009 regulations were promulgated to: 1) amend 

the definition ofVOC in 310 CMR 7.00 to add HFE-7300 to the list of exempt compounds; and 

2) make a technical correction to 310 CMR 7.03(16) related to paint spray booths. 

I am submitting these regulations for your approval and incorporation into the Ozone SIP 

pursuant to the procedures established in Section 11 O(k) ofthe Clean Air Act. Should you or 

your staff have any questions regarding this submittal, please contact Barbara Kwetz, Director of 

the Planning Division in the Bureau of Waste Prevention. ( 617 -292-5882). 

Very truly yours, 

Laurie 

~~ Burt 

Commissioner 

Enclosures 

cc: Dave Conroy, U.S. EPA, Region l