Placer County APCD 410 - 1 Rules and Regulations

RULE 410 RECORDKEEPING FOR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSIONS

Adopted 09-25-90

(Amended 11-03-94)

CONTENTS

100 GENERAL

101 APPLICABILITY

102 RULES REQUIRING RECORDKEEPING

200 DEFINITIONS

201 EXEMPT COMPOUNDS

202 GRAPHIC ARTS MATERIALS

203 LOW SOLIDS ADHESIVE, ADHESIVE PRIMER, OR STAIN

204 PERMIT UNIT

205 STATIONARY SOURCE

206 VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC)

300 STANDARDS

301 REQUIREMENTS

302 CALCULATING VOC CONTENT

303 INITIAL BOILING POINT

400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS

401 COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE
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100 GENERAL

101 APPLICABILITY: 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 fuels, 

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 an Authority to Construct condition.

102 RULES REQUIRING RECORDKEEPING: District rules requiring recordkeeping as 

outlined by Rule 410 include, but are not limited to, the following:

Rule 212 - Storage of Petroleum Products

Rule 213 - Gasoline Transfer into Stationary Storage Containers

Rule 215 - Transfer of Gasoline into Tank Trucks, Trailers and Railroad Tank Cars at 

Loading Facilities

Rule 216 - Organic Solvent Cleaning and Degreasing Operations

Rule 217 - Cutback and Emulsified Asphalt Paving Materials

Rule 223 - Metal Container Coating

200 DEFINITIONS

201 EXEMPT COMPOUNDS: For the purposes of this rule, exempt compounds are the 

following:

201.1 Methane

201.2 Carbon dioxide

201.3 Carbon monoxide

201.4 Carbonic acid

201.5 Metallic carbides or carbonates

201.6 Ammonium carbonate

201.7 1,1,1-trichloroethane

201.8 Methylene chloride

201.9 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123)

201.10 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HCFC-124)

201.11 Trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11)

201.12 Dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12)

201.13 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-113)

201.14 1-chloro-1,1-difluoro-2-chloro-2,2-difluoroethane (CFC-114)

201.15 Chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115)

201.16 Pentafluoroethane (HFC-125)

201.17 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134)

201.18 Tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a)

201.19 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b)

201.20 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b)

201.21 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a)

201.22 Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)

201.23 Trifluoromethane (HFC-23)

201.24 Difluoroethane (HFC-152a)

201.25 The following four classes of perfluorocarbon compounds:

a. Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated alkanes.

b. Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated ethers with no 

unsaturations.

c. Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated tertiary amines 

with no unsaturations.

d. Sulfur-containing perfluorocarbons with no unsaturations and 

with sulfur bonds only to carbon and fluorine.

Perfluorocarbon compounds will be assumed to be absent from a product or process 

unless a manufacturer or facility operator identifies the specific individual compounds 

(from the broad classes of perfluorocarbon compounds) and the amounts present in the 
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product or process and provides a validated test method which can be used to quantify 

the specific compounds.

202 GRAPHIC ARTS MATERIALS: Any inks, coatings, adhesives, fountain solutions, 

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

processes.

203 LOW SOLIDS ADHESIVE, ADHESIVE PRIMER, OR STAIN: One which has less than 

one pound of solids per gallon of material.

204 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 requires a written permit pursuant to the provisions of Rule 501.

205 STATIONARY SOURCE: Any building, structure, facility, or installation which emits or 

may emit any affected pollutant directly or as a fugitive emission. "Building, structure, 

facility, or installation" includes all pollutant emitting activities including emissions units 

which:

205.1 Are located on one or more contiguous or adjacent properties; and

205.2 Are under the same or common ownership or operation, or which are owned or 

operated by entities which are under common control; and

205.3 Belong to the same industrial grouping either by virtue of falling within the same 

two-digit standard industrial classification code, or by virtue of being part of a 

common industrial process, manufacturing process, or connected process 

involving a common raw material.

206 VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC): Any compound which contains at least one 

atom of carbon, except exempt compounds.

300 STANDARDS

301 REQUIREMENTS:

301.1 An owner or operator of a stationary source using fuels, 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, and not less than 

the most recent five (5) years for sources subject to the requirements of Rule 

507, FEDERAL OPERATING PERMIT PROGRAM. In addition, the operating 

parameters of basic process equipment, any control equipment and capture 

system(s) shall be recorded and those records maintained as specified above. 

301.2 The records shall be retained on the premises of the affected operation for a 

period of not less than two (2) years, and not less than five (5) years for sources 

subject to the requirements of Rule 507, FEDERAL OPERATING PERMIT 

PROGRAM. Said records shall be made available to the District upon request. 

The records shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

a. Each applicable District rule number pertinent to the operation for which 

records are being maintained;

b. A list of the permit units involved in the operation(s) using fuels, 

adhesives, coatings, solvents, and/or graphic arts materials;

c. The method of application and substrate type;
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d. The amount and type of fuel(s), adhesive(s), coating(s) (including 

catalyst and reducer), solvent(s) (including diluent, surface preparation, 

clean-up, and wash-up solvents), and/or graphic arts material(s) used in 

each permit unit or dispensing station;

e. For each adhesive, coating (including catalyst and reducer), solvent, 

and/or graphic arts material; the material density; VOC content in percent 

by weight of material, less water and exempt compounds; exempt 

compounds in percent by weight of material; solids content in percent by 

volume, gallons per gallon of material, or liter per liter of material; 

constituent composition in percent by weight of material; and pounds of 

VOC emitted per volume of solids. Data shall be recorded for the 

material(s) as applied;

f. For fuels, a record of the fuel specification which may include, but is not 

limited to: constituent analyses, ultimate analyses, and physical 

properties;

g. The composition and amount of diluent, surface preparation, clean-up, or 

wash-up solvent used per day and the VOC content of each including the 

amount used of exempt compounds. In addition, the method of 

application (wipe, dipping in a vat, spray, etc.), the substrate the solvent 

is applied to (metal, plastic, etc.), and the purpose of use (cleanup of 

equipment or parts, surface preparation, etc.) should also be recorded;

h. Where applicable, the initial boiling point of solvents used as surface 

cleaners;

i. Oven temperatures (for coating operations); and

j. Operating parameters of basic process equipment, control devices, and 

the capture system, which effect or have the potential to effect the 

quantity, extent, or characteristics of emitted pollutants.

302 CALCULATING VOC CONTENT:

302.1 VOC content (less water and exempt compounds) for paint, varnish, adhesive, 

lacquer, non-solvent-borne inks, or related surface coatings shall be calculated 

using EPA 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). 

302.2 The test method shall be documented. The VOC content of any material 

applicable under this rule may be supplied by a Material Safety Data Sheet 

(MSDS) or data sheet provided the test method described above is used and 

specified on the MSDS or data sheet.

302.3 VOC content and density of solvent-borne (solvent reducible) printing inks or 

related coatings shall be determined by EPA 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).

303 INITIAL BOILING POINT: The Initial Boiling Point for surface preparation and cleanup 

solvents shall be determined by the current ASTM 1078-78.

400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS

401 COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE: Provisions of this rule shall become effective upon the date 

of its adoption.
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