UN I T E D S T A T ES E N VI R O NM E N T A L P R O T E C T IO N A GE NC Y

R EGIO N IX A I R D IVISION

T e c hn i c a l S uppo r t D o c u m en t

f o r EPA ’ s Dir e c t F i na l R u l e m a k i n g

f o r t he
C a li f o r n i a St a t e I m p l e m en t a t i on P l an

Sa c r a m en t o M e t r opo li t an A ir Q ua li t y M ana g e m en t Di s t ri c t, R u l e 451 , S u r f a c e C oa t i n g o f Mi sc e ll aneou s M e t a l P a r t s and P r odu c t s

P r epa r ed b y : Ni c o l e La w R e v i e w ed b y : A nd r e w St e ck el

O c t obe r 2011− 2

−

RU L E I D E N T I F I C A T IO N

-

A g e n c y : Sa c r a m en t o M e t r opo li t an A ir Q ua li t y M ana g e m en t

Di s t ri c t ( S M AQ MD)

SIP A ppro v e d R u l e: R u l e 451

– S u r f a c e C oa t i n g o f M anu f a c t u r ed M e t a l

Pa r t s and P r odu c t s A dop t ed

– N o v e m be r 29

, 1983 ; S ub m i tt ed

– A p ril 19

, 1984

EPA A pp r o v ed

– J anua r y 24

, 1985 ( 50 F R 3338 )

Supe r s eded S ub m i tt a l s : A m ended

- J une 27

, 1985 ; S ub m i tt ed

– F eb r ua r y 10

, 1986

A m ended

– S ep t e m be r 29

, 1987 ; S ub m i tt ed

– M a r c h

23

, 1988

A m ended

- F eb r ua r y 23

, 1993 ; S ub m i tt ed

– A p ril 6

, 1993 ; EPA p r opo s ed a li m i t ed app r o v a l / li m i t ed

d i s app r o v a l o f t he 1993 v e r s i on

, bu t ne v e r f i na li z ed

t h i s a c t i on A m ended

– S ep t e m be r 5

, 1996 ; S ub m i tt ed M a y 18

, 1998

A m ended

– S ep t e m be r 25

, 2008 ; S ub m i tt ed – Sep t e m be r 15

, 2009

S ub j ec t o f t h i s T S D: R u l e 451

– S u r f a c e C oa t i n g o f Mi sc e ll aneou s M e t a l

Pa r t s and P r odu c t s A m ended

– O c t obe r 28

, 2010 ; S ub m i tt ed

- A p ril 5

, 2011

RU L E S UMM A R Y - R u l e 451 , S u r f a c e C oa t i n g o f Mi sc e ll aneou s M e t a l P a r t s and P r odu c t s

, li m i t s VO C e m i ss i on s f r o m ope r a t i on s a ss o c i a t ed w i t h t he c oa t i n g o f m i sc e ll aneou s

m e t a l pa r t s and p r odu c t s i n a s hop en v ir on m en t. T he r u l e e s t ab li s he s VO C

li m i t s f o r m i sc e ll aneou s m e t a l pa r t s c oa t i n g s

, m e t a l f u r n i t u r e c oa t i n g s

, and

c l ean i n g s o l v en t s a ss o c i a t ed w i t h c oa t i n g ope r a t i on s

. T he r u l e a l s o de sc ri be s

e m i ss i on s c on t r o l e q u i p m en t, r e c o r d k eep i n g r e q u ir e m en t s

, and t e s t m e t hod s

u s ed f o r de t e r m i n i n g VO C c on t en t and c on t r o l e ff i c i en c i e s

. C han g e s f r o m t he

app r o v ed SIP r u l e i n c l ude :

1

. T he r u l e ha s been r ena m ed t o b r oaden t he app li c ab ili t y o f t he r u l e

.

2

. Se c t i on 101 , t he pu r po s e

, ha s been e x panded t o i n c l ude li m i t i n g VO C

e m i ss i on s f r o m a ll ope r a t i on s a ss o c i a t ed w i t h c oa t i n g s o f m i sc e ll aneou s

m e t a l pa r t s and p r odu c t s

.

3

. Se c t i on s 102 and 103 , t he app li c ab ili t y and s e v e r ab ili t y s e c t i on s ha v e been added t o t he r u l e

.− 3

−

4

. Se v e r a l c han g e s w e r e m ade t o t he f o r m e r S e c t i on 102

, e x e m p t i on s

, no w i n c l uded i n S e c t i on s 110 t h r ou g h 116 . P l ea s e s ee r u l e f o r e x e m p t i on ed i t s

.

5

. Added s e v e r a l ne w de f i n i t i on s i n S e c t i on 200

, i n c l ud i n g “ au t o m ob il e

, ”

“ e t c h i n g f ill e r

, ” “ m a sk c oa t i n g

, ” “ m e t a l f u r n i t u r e

, ” “ m u l t i- c o m ponen t

c oa t i n g

, ” and “ s t a t i ona r y s ou r c e

. ” S o m e de f i n i t i on s ha v e a l s o been upda t ed

, f o r e x a m p l e , t he de f i n i t i on s f o r “ m e t a lli c / iri de sc en t c oa t i n g ” and

“ v o l a t il e o r g an i c c o m pound

. ”

6

. Se c t i on 300 , t he s t anda r d s

, ha s been s i g n i f i c an t l y upda t ed t o i n c l ude ne w VO C li m i t s f o r s pe c i a l t y c a t e g o ri e s and c l ean i n g m a t e ri a l s

, l o w e r ed

g ene r a l c oa t i n g VO C c on t en t li m i t s

, add i t i ona l app li c a t i on m e t hod s

, and

a l t e r na t i v e e m i ss i on c on t r o l s y s t e m r e q u ir e m en t s

.

7

. Se c t i on 400 , t he ad m i n i s t r a t i v e r e q u ir e m en t s

, ha s been s i g n i f i c an t l y

c han g ed

. T he c o m p li an c e sc hedu l e ha s been r e m o v ed and i n i t s p l a c e

a r e s e c t i on s de sc ri b i n g t he l o w u s a g e e x e m p t i on s ub m i tt a l

, p r odu c t

i n f o r m a t i on r e q u ir ed o f s e ll e r s

, c a l c u l a t i on g u i dan c e

, and a s e c t i on de sc ri b i n g r e q u ir e m en t s o f t he ope r a t i on and m a i n t enan c e p l an

.

8

. Se c t i on 500

, a m on i t o ri n g and r e c o r d s s e c t i on

, ha s been added t o de sc ri be r e c o r d k eep i n g r e q u ir e m en t s and t e s t m e t hod s

.

EP A EV A L U A T IO N - T he f o ll o w i n g c ri t e ri a w e r e u s ed t o e v a l ua t e t he s ub m i tt ed

r u l e

.

1

. En f o r c eab ili t y

- T he B l ueboo k ( I ss ue s R e l

a t i ng t o VO C R egu l

a t i on C u t po i n t s

, D e f i c i en c i e s

, and D e v

i a t i ons , EPA, M a y 25

, 1988 ) and t he L i tt l e B l ueboo k

( G u i dan c e D o c u m en t f

o r C o rr e c t i ng C o mm on

VO C & Ot he r R u l e D e f i c i en c i e s, EPA R e g i on 9 , A u g u s t 21

, 2001 ) w e r e u s ed t o he l p e v a l ua t e

c o m p li an c e w i t h t he C AA § 110 ( a )( 2 )( A ) r e q u ir e m en t f o r en f o r c eab ili t y

.

2

. R A C T

– EPA ’ s C on t r o l T e c hn i q ue G u i de li ne s (C T G s ) t i t l ed

, “C on t r o l

T e c hn i q ue s G u i de li ne s f o r Mi sc e ll aneou s M e t a l P a r t s C oa t i n g s ” ( EPA EPA

- 453 / R- 08

- 003 , S ep t e m be r 2008 )

, “C on t r o l T e c hn i q ue s G u i de li ne s f o r M e t a l F u r n i t u r e C oa t i n g s ” ( EPA

- 453 / R- 07

- 005 , S ep t e m be r 2007 )

, “C on t r o l

o f V o l a t il e O r g an i c E m i ss i on s F r o m E x i s t i n g St a t i ona r y S ou r c e s V o l u m e III:
S u r f a c e C oa t i n g o f M e t a l F u r n i t u r e ” ( EPA

- 450 / 2

- 77

- 032

, D e c e m be r 1977 )

, and o t he r s t a t e and l o c a l r u l e s f o r t h i s c a t e g o r y w e r e u s ed t o he l p e v a l ua t e
t he R A C T r e q u ir e m en t s o f C AA § 182 ( b )( 2 ) and § 182 ( f )

.

3

. SIP R e l a x a t i on

- W he r e p r e v i ou s v e r s i on s o f r u l e s ha v e been SIP

app r o v ed

, ne w s ub m i tt a l s m u s t c o m p l y w i t h C AA §110 (l) and §193

r e g a r d i n g SIP r e l a x a t i on s

. W e ha v e e v a l ua t ed t h i s SIP r e v i s i on t o de t e r m i ne w he t he r i t w ou l d i n t e r f e r e w i t h an y app li c ab l e r e q u ir e m en t

c on c e r n i n g a tt a i n m en t and r ea s onab l e f u r t he r p r o g r e ss (R F P ) o r an y o t he r

app li c ab l e r e q u ir e m en t o f t he A c t (C AA 110 (l)) o r m od i f y

, i n a− 4

− nona tt a i n m en t a r ea

, an y SIP

- app r o v ed c on t r o l r e q u ir e m en t i n e ff e c t be f o r e N o v e m be r 15

, 1990 (C AA 193 )

.

T he s ub m i tt ed r u l e i s a s g ene r a ll y a s s t ri n g en t a s o t he r C a li f o r n i a Di s t ri c t r u l e s f o r
t h i s c a t e g o r y and EPA ’ s C T G s . A s a r e s u l t, w e ha v e de t e r m i ned t ha t t h i s r u l e f u l f ill s R A C T r e q u ir e m en t s

. T he m on i t o ri n g

, r e c o r d k eep i n g

, r epo r t i n g and o t he r

r e q u ir e m en t s g ene r a ll y en s u r e t ha t t he s ub m i tt ed r u l e c an be en f o r c ed

. La s t l y

, t he s ub m i tt ed r u l e i s m o r e c o m p r ehen s i v e t han t he v e r s i on p r e v i ou s l y app r o v ed

i n t o t he SIP, s o t he s ub m i tt ed r u l e doe s no t r e l a xt he SIP and c o m p li e s w i t h §110 (l) and §193

.

R u l e 451 w a s a m ended t o m ee t R A C T r e q u ir e m en t s b y c o m p l y i n g w i t h EPA ’ s 2008 Mi sc e ll aneou s M e t a l P a r t s C oa t i n g C T G and EPA ’ s 2007 M e t a l F u r n i t u r e C oa t i n g C T G. A l t hou g h no t a ll c a t e g o ri e s f r o m t he Mi sc e ll aneou s M e t a l P a r t s C T G w e r e adop t ed i n t o R u l e 451

, w e ha v e r e c e i v ed c on f ir m a t i on f r o m S M AQ MD

s t a ff t ha t t ho s e c a t e g o ri e s w ill be add r e ss ed i n o t he r r u l e s and r u l e a m end m en t s

. T he r u l e adop t s a ll t he r e c o mm enda t i on s i n t he M e t a l F u r n i t u r e C oa t i n g C T G,

e v en t hou g h c on v e r s a t i on s w i t h s t a ff i nd i c a t ed t he r e a r e no a ff e c t ed s ou r c e s

.

T he c u rr en t SIP v e r s i on o f R u l e 451 f r o m 1983 on l y ha s t w o g ene r a l li m i t s f o r a ll

m i sc e ll aneou s m e t a l pa r t s

, a li m i t f o r a ir d ri ed c oa t i n g s and a li m i t f o r ba k ed

c oa t i n g s . S i n c e t ha t s ub m i tt a l , t he r u l e ha s been a m ended s e v e r a l t i m e s

, i n t r odu c i n g m o r e c oa t i n g c a t e g o ri e s and s ee m i n g l y h i g he r li m i t s

. T he i n t r odu c t i on

o f s pe c i a l t y c a t e g o ri e s and ne w li m i t s had no e m i ss i on i m pa c t s a ss o c i a t ed w i t h i t,

t he r e f o r e w e do no t s ee t h i s a s a r u l e r e l a x a t i on . I n add i t i on t o ne w s pe c i a l t y

c a t e g o ri e s and ne w li m i t s

, r u l e r e v i s i on s i n t r odu c ed a s u r f a c e p r epa r a t i on and

c l ean i n g m a t e ri a l s VO C li m i t w h i c h ha s ob t a i ned an e s t i m a t ed 163 pound s o f VO C

pe r y ea r e m i ss i on r edu c t i on

. W i t h t he i n c l u s i on o f a c l ean i n g m a t e ri a l VO C li m i t,

t he i n c r ea s e i n e m i ss i on c on t r o l e ff i c i en c y

, and e x c l u s i on o f f o r m e r e x e m p t i on s

,
w e c on s i de r

t he s e a m end m en t s a s an o v e r a ll s t r en g t hen i n g o f t he r u l e

.

RU L E D E F I C IE NC IES

– W e ha v e i den t i f i ed no de f i c i en c i e s w i t h R u l e 451

s u ff i c i en t f o r

EPA t o p r opo s e l e ss t han f u ll app r o v a l

.

A DD I T IO N A L R E C O MM E ND A T IO N S F O R T H E N EX T RU L E R EVISIO N

- T he

f o ll o w i n g r e v i s i on i s no t c u rr en t l y t he ba s i s f o r r u l e d i s app r o v a l

, bu t i s

r e c o mm ended f o r

t he ne x t t i m e t he r u l e i s a m ended

.

• P l ea s e r e v i s e t he da t e f o r AS T M D 4457

- 02 ( 2008 ) t o A T S MD- 4457-

85 ( 1991 ) . O n l y r e v i s i on s s pe c i f i c a ll y app r o v ed b y t he EPA c an be u s ed t o de m on s t r a t e c o m p li an c e w i t h SIP.

EP A A C T ION

- T he s ub m i tt ed R u l e 451 s t r en g t hen s t he SIP. T he r u l e f u l f ill s t he

r e l e v an t C AA § 110 and pa r t D r e q u ir e m en t s . EPA s t a ff r e c o mm end s a f u ll

app r o v a l o f R u l e 450 pu r s uan t t o C AA § 110 ( k )( 3 ) and § 301 ( a )

.− 5

−

R E F E R E NC ES - 1

. S M AQ MD R u l e 451 , S u r f a c e C oa t i n g o f Mi sc e ll aneou s M e t a l P a r t s and

P r odu c t s

, a s s ub m i tt ed on A p ril 5

, 2011

2

. S M AQ MD R u l e 451 , S u r f a c e C oa t i n g o f M anu f a c t u r ed M e t a l P a r t s and

P r odu c t s

, a s app r o v ed i n t o t he SIP on J anua r y 24

, 1985

. 3

. “C on t r o l T e c hn i q ue G u i de li ne s f o r Mi sc e ll aneou s M e t a l and P l a s t i c P a r t s C oa t i n g s

, ” EPA

- 453 / R- 08

- 003 , S ep t e m be r 2008

. h tt p :// www

. epa

. g o v

/tt n / naa q s / o z one / c t g _a c t/ 200809_ v o c _epa453_ r- 08

- 003_ m i sc

_ m e t a l _p l a s t i c pa r t s

_ c oa t i n g

. pdf

4

. “C on t r o l T e c hn i q ue s G u i de li ne s f o r M e t a l F u r n i t u r e C oa t i n g s ” EPA

- 453 / R07

- 005 , S ep t e m be r 2007

. h tt p :// www

. epa

. g o v

/tt n / naa q s / o z one / c t g _a c t/ 200709_ v o c _epa453_ r- 07

- 005_ m e t a l

_ f u r n i t u r e_ c oa t i n g

. pdf

5

. “C on t r o l o f V o l a t il e O r g an i c E m i ss i on s f r o m E x i s t i n g St a t i ona r y S ou r c e s Vo l u m e III: S u r f a c e C oa t i n g o f M e t a l F u r n i t u r e

, ” EPA

- 450 / 2

- 77

- 032

, D e c e m be r 1977

. h tt p :// www

. epa

. g o v

/tt n / naa q s / o z one / c t g _a c t/ 197712_ v o c _epa450_2

- 77

- 032_ s u r f a c e_ c oa t i n g s ( v 3 )

. pdf

6

. “C on t r o l o f V o l a t il e O r g an i c E m i ss i on s f r o m E x i s t i n g St a t i ona r y S ou r c e s Vo l u m e VI: S u r f a c e C oa t i n g o f Mi sc e ll aneou s M e t a l P a r t s and P r odu c t s

, ”

EPA

- 450 / 2

- 78

- 015

, J une 1978

. h tt p :// www

. epa

. g o v

/tt n / naa q s / o z one / c t g _a c t/ 197806_ v o c _epa450_2

- 78

- 015_ s u r f a c e_ c oa t i n g s ( v 6 )

. pdf

7

. “ I ss ue s R e l a t i n g t o VO C R e g u l a t i on C u t po i n t s

, D e f i c i en c i e s

, and

D e v i a t i on s

, ” ( a

. k

. a ., B l ueboo k ) EPA OAQPS, M a y 25

, 1988

. 8

. “ G u i dan c e D o c u m en t f o r C o rr e c t i n g C o mm on VO C & Ot he r R u l e D e f i c i en c i e s

, ” ( a

. k

. a

., L i tt l e B l ueboo k ) , EPA R e g i on 9 , A u g u s t 21

, 2001

.