(Adopted: 5/5/89; Amended: 3/6/92; Readopted by Statute:

07/01/97; Readopted by Statute: 01/01/02; Amended: 5/17/05; 

Amended: mm/dd/yy) 

AVAQMD RULE 109 109 -1 

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RULE 109 

Recordkeeping For for Volatile Organic 

Compound Emissions 

(A) General Applicability [reformatted to reflect current district rule format]

(1) Purpose 

(a) The purpose of this rule is to ensure that adequate records of volatile organic 

compound use are made and maintained.

(2) Applicability

(a1) The provisions of this rule shall apply to an owner or operator of a stationary 

source within the District conducting operations, which include the use of 

adhesives, coatings, solvents, and/or graphic arts materials, when records are 

required to determine a District rule's applicability or source's exemption from a 

rule, rule compliance, or specifically as a Permit to Operate or Permit to 

Construct condition. 

(b2) District rules requiring recordkeeping as outlined by District Rule 109 include, 

but are not limited to, the following: 

 442 - Usage of Solvents

1102 - Petroleum Solvent Dry Cleaners

1104 - Wood Flat Stock Coating Operations, 

1107 - Coating of Metal Parts and Products, 

1122 - Solvent Cleaners (Degreasers), 

1124 - Aerospace Assembly and Component Coating Operations, 

1128 - Paper, Fabric, and Film Coating Operations, 

1130 - Graphic Arts, 

1130.1 - Screen Printing Operations [added pursuant to Rule 1130.1(c)(5)] 

1136 - Wood Products Coatings, 

1145 - Plastic, Rubber, and Glass Coatings and Adhesives, 

1151 - Motor Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Non-Assembly Line Coating 

Operations,

1162 - Polyester Resin Operations
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1164 - Semiconductor Manufacturing, 

1168 - Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Adhesive 

Applications.

1171 – Solvent Cleaning Operations

(B) Definitions 

(1) Exempt Compounds - Any compound listed in 40 CFR 51.100(s)(1). 

(2) Facility - Any permit unit, group of permit units, non-permitted equipment or any 

combination thereof which emits or may emit an Air Pollutant; and belongs to a single 

major industrial group in the Standard Industrial Classification manual; and is located 

on a single parcel of land or on contiguous property within the District; and which is 

owned or operated by the same person or by persons under common control.[derived 

from AVAQMD Rule 1124 (B)(23)]

(23) Graphic Arts Materials - Any inks, coatings, adhesives, fountain solutions, thinners 

retarders, or cleaning solutions used in printing or related coating or laminating 

processes.

(34) Low Solids Adhesive, Adhesive Primer, or Stain - An adheasive, adhesive primer or 

stain which has less than one pound of solids per gallon of material. 

(45) Permit Unit - Any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance, or combination 

thereof, which may cause the issuance or control the issuance of air contaminants, and 

which: 

(a) requires Requires a written permit pursuant to the provisions of District Rules 

201 and/or 203; or 

(b) is Is in operation pursuant to the provisions of District Rule 219.

(6) South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) – The air quality district 

created pursuant to Division 26, Part 3, Chapter 5.5 of the California Health & Safety 

Code (commencing with §40400). [derived from AVAQMD Rule 1124 (B)(59)]

(57) Stationary Source - Any permit unit or grouping of permit units or other air 

contaminant-emitting activities which are located on one or more contiguous properties 

within the District, in actual physical contact or separated solely by a public roadway or 

other public right-of-way, and are owned or operated by the same person (or by persons 

under common control). Such above-described groupings, if non-contiguous, but 

connected only by land carrying a pipeline, shall not be considered one stationary 

source. 
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(68) Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) - Any volatile compound of carbon, excluding 

carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides or carbonates, 

ammonium carbonate, and exempt compounds as defined in subsection (B)(1) above. 

(C) Daily Recordkeeping Requirements 

(1) An owner or operator of a stationary source using adhesives, coatings, solvents, and/or 

graphic arts materials and subject to this rule shall maintain daily records of operations 

for the most recent two (2) year period. The records shall be retained on the premises of 

the affected operation for a period of not less than two (2) years. Said records shall be 

made available to the District upon request. The records shall include, but not be 

limited to, the following: 

(a) each Each applicable District rule number pertinent to the operation for which 

records are being maintained; 

(b) a A list of the permit units involved in the operation(s) using adhesives, 

coatings, solvents, and/or graphic arts materials; 

(c) the The method of application and substrate type; 

(d) the The amount and type of adhesive, coating (including catalyst and reducer), 

solvent, and/or graphic arts material used in each permit unit or dispensing 

station (when permitted equipment is not involved), including exempt 

compounds (use of amountscontainers of one pint per week or less may be 

recorded in an alternative manner including but not limited to assuming full 

consumption on day of first use and/or calculating an average daily consumption 

by determining the number of operating days a single pint container of material 

was in active use at a facility);[added to allow for additional period and 

protocol]

(e) the The VOC content in each adhesive, coating (including catalyst and reducer), 

solvent, and/or graphic arts material; 

(f) the The amount of diluent, surface preparation, clean-up, or wash-up solvent 

(including exempt compounds) used and the VOC content of each (use of 

amountscontainers of one pint per week or less may be recorded in an alternative 

manner); [changed for consistency with (C)(1)(d) above]

(g) where Where applicable, the vapor pressure of solvents used as surface cleaners;

and 

(h) Where applicable, oven temperature (for coating operations). [To clarify that 

these records are only necessary when otherwise required by rule.]
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(DE) Test Methods

(21) VOC content shall either be calculated using a percent solids basis (less water and 

exempt solvents) for adhesives, coatings, and inks; or testing shall be done using 

USEPA Reference Method 24 (Determination of Volatile Matter Content, Water 

Content, Density Volume Solids, and Weight Solids of Surface Coatings, Code of 

Federal Regulations Title 40, Part 60, Appendix A, 7/1/85 edition). Analysis done 

according to USEPA Method 24 shall utilize Procedure B of ASTM Method D-2369, 

referenced within USEPA Method 24. The exempt solvent content shall be determined 

using SCAQMD Test Methods 302 and 303 (SCAQMD "Laboratory Methods of 

Analysis for Enforcement Samples" manual). Alternatively, the VOC content may be 

determined using SCAQMD Test Methods 302, 303, and 304. The test method shall be 

documented. The VOC content may be supplied by a Material Safety Data Sheet 

(MSDS) or data sheet provided the test methods described above are used and specified 

on the MSDS or data sheet. 

(32) VOC content and density of rotogravure publication inks shall be determined by 

USEPA Reference Method 24A (Determination of Volatile Matter Content and Density 

of Printing Inks and Related Coatings, Code of Federal Regulations Title 40, Part 60, 

Appendix A, 7/1/85 edition). The exempt solvent content shall be determined using 

SCAQMD Test Methods 302 and 303 (SCAQMD "Laboratory Methods of Analysis for 

Enforcement Samples" manual). Alternatively, the VOC content may be determined 

using SCAQMD Test Methods 302, 303, and 304. 

(43) VOC content for low solid adhesive, adhesive primer, or stain shall be calculated by the 

method used to calculate the "Grams of VOC per Liter of Material" as specified in 

District Rules 1136 and 1168.

(4) Any applicable alternative test method may be used so long as such method has been 

approved by USEPA, CARB and the APCO.[derived from AVAQMD Rule 

1124(E)(3)(f)]

(5) When more than one test method or set of methods are specified for any testing, 

noncompliance with any requirement of this rule established by any one of the specified 

test methods or set of test methods shall constitute a violation of this rule. [derived from 

SCAQMD Rule 109 (g)(8). Pursuant to EPA comment.]

The following classes of compounds: cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated 

alkanes; cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated ethers with no unsaturations; cyclic, 

branched, or linear, completely fluorinated tertiary amines with no unsaturations; and sulfurcontaining perfluorocarbons with no unsaturations and with sulfur bonds only to carbon and 

fluorine, will be analyzed as exempt compounds, only at such time as manufacturers specify 

which individual compounds are used in the coating formulations and identify the test methods, 

which, prior to such analysis, have been approved by the USEPA and the District, that can be 

used to quantify the amounts of each exempt compound. 
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(E) Exemptions

(1) The provisions of this rule shall not apply to the application of materials that contain 

less than 20 g/l of VOC.[derived from AVAQMD Rule 1124(G)(13). Added to make it 

applicable to all substrates.]

[SIP: Submitted as amended mm/dd/yy on mm/dd/yy; Approved: 4/13/95, 60 FR 18751, 40 CFR 

52.220(c)(189)(i)(A)(6); Limited Approval/Disapproval 8/30/95, 58 FR 45444, 40 CFR 

52.220(c)(182)(i)(A)(2)]