340-232-0030 Definitions The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020, 340-204-0010 and this rule apply to this division. If the same term is defined in this rule and 340-200-0020 or 340-204-0010, the definition in this rule applies to this division. (1) "Aerospace component" means the fabricated part, assembly of parts, or completed unit of any aircraft, helicopter, missile or space vehicle. (2) "Air dried coating" means coatings which are dried by the use of air at ambient temperature. (3) "Applicator" means a device used in a coating line to apply coating. (4) "Bulk gasoline plant" means a gasoline storage and distribution facility which receives gasoline from bulk terminals by railroad car or trailer transport, stores it in tanks, and subsequently dispenses it via account trucks to local farms, businesses, and gasoline dispensing facilities. (5) "Bulk gasoline terminal" means a gasoline storage facility which receives gasoline from refineries primarily by pipeline, ship, or barge, and delivers gasoline to bulk gasoline plants or to commercial or retail accounts primarily by tank truck. (6) "Can coating" means any coating applied by spray, roller, or other means to the inside and/or outside surfaces of metal cans, drums, pails, or lids. (7) "Carbon bed breakthrough" means the initial indication of depleted adsorption capacity characterized by a sudden measurable increase in VOC concentration exiting a carbon adsorption bed or column. (8) "Certified storage device" means vapor recovery equipment for gasoline storage tanks as certified by the State of California Air Resources Board Executive Orders, copies of which are on file with DEQ, or which has been certified by other air pollution control agencies and approved by DEQ. (9) "Class II hardboard paneling finish" means finishers which meet the specifications of Voluntary Product Standard PS-59-73 as approved by the American National Standards Institute. (10) "Clear coat" means a coating which lacks color and opacity or is transparent and uses the undercoat as a reflectant base or undertone color. (11) "Coating" means a material applied to a surface which forms a continuous film and is used for protective and/or decorative purposes. (12) "Coating line" means one or more apparatus or operations which include a coating applicator, flash-off area, and oven or drying station wherein a surface coating is applied, dried, and/or cured. (13) "Condensate" means hydrocarbon liquid separated from natural gas which condenses due to changes in the temperature and/or pressure and remains liquid at standard conditions. (14) "Crude oil" means a naturally occurring mixture which consists of hydrocarbons and/or sulfur, nitrogen, and/or oxygen derivatives of hydrocarbons and which is a liquid at standard conditions. (15) "Custody transfer" means the transfer of produced petroleum and/or condensate after processing and/or treating in the producing operations, from storage tanks or automatic transfer facilities to pipelines or any other forms of transportation. (16) "Cutback asphalt" means a mixture of a base asphalt with a solvent such as gasoline, naphtha, or kerosene. Cutback asphalts are rapid, medium, or slow curing (known as RC, MC, SC), as defined in ASTM D2399. (17) "Delivery vessel" means any tank truck or trailer used for the transport of gasoline from sources of supply to stationary storage tanks. (18) "External floating roof" means a cover over an open top storage tank consisting of a double deck or pontoon single deck which rests upon and is supported by the volatile organic liquid being contained, and is equipped with a closure seal or seals to close the space between the roof edge and tank shell. (19) "Extreme performance coatings" means coatings designed for extreme environmental conditions such as exposure to any one of the following: continuous ambient weather conditions, temperature consistently above 95°C, detergents, abrasive and scouring agents, solvents, corrosive atmosphere, or similar environmental conditions. (20) "Extreme performance interior topcoat" means a topcoat used in interior spaces of aircraft areas requiring a fluid, stain or nicotine barrier. (21) "Fabric coating" means any coating applied on textile fabric. Fabric coating includes the application of coatings by impregnation. (22) "Flexographic printing" means the application of words, designs and pictures to a substrate by means of a roll printing technique in which the pattern to be applied is raised above the printing roll and the image carrier is made of rubber or other elastomeric materials. (23) "Freeboard ratio" means the freeboard height divided by the width (not length) of the degreaser's air/solvent area. (24) "Forced air dried coating" means a coating which is dried by the use of warm air at temperatures up to 90°C (194°F). (25) "Gas freed" means a marine vessel's cargo tank has been certified by a Marine Chemist as "Safe for Workers" according to the requirements outlined in the National Fire Protection Association Rule 306. (26) "Gasoline" means any petroleum distillate having a Reid vapor pressure of 27.6 kPa (4.0 psi) or greater which is used to fuel internal combustion engines. (27) "Gasoline dispensing facility" means any site where gasoline is dispensed to motor vehicle, boat, or airplane gasoline tanks from stationary storage tanks. (28) "Gaseous service" means equipment which processes, transfers or contains a VOC or mixture of VOCs in the gaseous phase. (29) "Hardwood plywood" is plywood whose surface layer is a veneer of hardwood. (30) "High performance architectural coating" means coatings applied to aluminum panels and moldings being coated away from the place of installation. (31) "Internal floating roof" means a cover or roof in a fixed roof tank which rests upon or is floating upon the petroleum liquid being contained, and is equipped with a closure seal or seals to close the space between the roof edge and tank shell. (32) "Large appliance" means any residential and commercial washers, dryers, ranges, refrigerators, freezers, water heaters, dish washers, trash compactors, air conditioners, and other similar products. (33) "Leaking component" means any petroleum refinery source which has a VOC concentration exceeding 10,000 parts per million (ppm) when tested in the manner described in EPA Method 21. These sources include, but are not limited to, pumping seals, compressor seals, seal oil degassing vents, pipeline valves, flanges and other connections, pressure relief devices, process drains, and open-ended pipes. Excluded from these sources are valves which are not externally regulated. (34) "Lightering" means the transfer of a liquid product identified in OAR 340-232-0110(1)(a) or (1)(b), as applicable, into a cargo tank from one marine tank vessel to another. (35) "Liquid-mounted" means a primary seal mounted so the bottom of the seal covers the liquid surface between the tank shell and the floating roof. (36) "Liquid service" means equipment which processes, transfers or contains a VOC or mixture of VOCs in the liquid phase. (37) "Loading event" means the loading or lightering of a liquid product identified in OAR 340-232-0110(1)(a) or (1)(b), as applicable, into a marine tank vessel's cargo tank, or the loading of any product into a marine tank vessel's cargo tank where the prior cargo was a liquid product identified in OAR 340-232-0110(1)(a) or (1)(b), as applicable. The event begins with the connection of a marine tank vessel to a storage or cargo tank by means of piping or hoses for the transfer of a fuel product from the storage or cargo tank into the receiving marine tank vessel. The event ends with disconnection of the pipes and/or hoses upon completion of the loading process. (38) "Marine tank vessel" means any marine vessel constructed or converted to carry liquid bulk cargo that transports a liquid product identified in OAR 340-232-0110(1)(a) or (1)(b), as applicable. (39) "Marine terminal" means any facility or structure used to load or unload any fuel product cargo into or from marine tank vessels. (40) "Marine vessel" means any tugboat, tanker, freighter, passenger ship, barge or other boat, ship or watercraft. (41) "Maskant for chemical processing" means a coating applied directly to an aerospace component to protect surface areas when chemical milling, anodizing, aging, bonding, plating, etching and/or performing other chemical operations on the surface of the component. (42) "Miscellaneous metal parts and products" means any metal part or metal product, even if attached to or combined with a nonmetal part or product, except cans, coils, metal furniture, large appliances, magnet wires, automobiles, ships, and airplane bodies. (43) "Natural finish hardwood plywood panels" means panels whose original grain pattern is enhanced by essentially transparent finishes frequently supplemented by fillers and toners. (44) "Operator" means any person who leases, operates, controls, or supervises a facility at which gasoline is dispensed. (45) "Oven dried" means a coating or ink which is dried, baked, cured, or polymerized at temperatures over 90°C (194°F). (46) "Packaging rotogravure printing" means rotogravure printing upon paper, paper board, metal foil, plastic film, and other substrates, which are, in subsequent operations, formed into packaging products and labels for articles to be sold. (47) "Paper coating" means any coating applied on paper, plastic film, or metallic foil to make certain products, including but not limited to adhesive tapes and labels, book covers, post cards, office copier paper, drafting paper, or pressure sensitive tapes. Paper coating includes the application of coatings by impregnation and/or saturation. (48) "Petroleum refinery" means any facility engaged in producing gasoline, aromatics, kerosene, distillate fuel oils, residual fuel oils, lubricants, asphalt, or other products through distillation of petroleum, crude oil, or through redistillation, cracking, or reforming of unfinished petroleum derivatives. "Petroleum refinery" does not mean a re-refinery of used motor oils or other waste chemicals. "Petroleum refinery" does not include asphalt blowing or separation of products shipped together. (49) "Pretreatment wash primer" means a coating which contains a minimum of 0.5% acid by weight for surface etching and is applied directly to bare metal surfaces to provide corrosion resistance and adhesion. (50) "Prime coat" means the first of two or more films of coating applied in an operation. (51) "Printed interior panels" means panels whose grain or natural surface is obscured by fillers and basecoats upon which a simulated grain or decorative pattern is printed. (52) "Printing" means the formation of words, designs and pictures, usually by a series of application rolls each with only partial coverage. (53) "Publication rotogravure printing" means rotogravure printing upon paper which is subsequently formed into books, magazines, catalogues, brochures, directories, newspaper supplements, and other types of printed materials. (54) "Reasonably available control technology" or "RACT" means the lowest emission limitation that a particular source or source category is capable of meeting by the application of control technology that is reasonably available considering technological and economic feasibility. (55) "Roll printing" means the application of words, designs and pictures to a substrate by means of hard rubber or steel rolls. (56) "Sealant" means a coating applied for the purpose of filing voids and providing a barrier against penetration of water, fuel or other fluids or vapors. (57) "Specialty printing" means all gravure and flexographic operations which print a design or image, excluding publication gravure and packaging printing. Specialty Printing includes printing on paper plates and cups, patterned gift wrap, wallpaper, and floor coverings. (58) "Submerged fill" means any fill pipe or hose, the discharge opening of which is entirely submerged when the liquid is 6 inches above the bottom of the tank; or when applied to a tank which is loaded from the side, means any fill pipe, the discharge of which is entirely submerged when the liquid level is 18 inches, or is twice the diameter of the fill pipe, whichever is greater, above the bottom of the tank. (59) "Thirty-day rolling average" means any value arithmetically averaged over any consecutive thirty days. (60) "Tileboard" means paneling that has a colored waterproof surface coating. (61) "Topcoat" means a coating applied over a primer or intermediate coating for purposes such as appearance, identification or protection. (62) "True vapor pressure" means the equilibrium pressure exerted by a petroleum liquid as determined in accordance with methods described in American Petroleum Institute Bulletin 2517, "Evaporation Loss from Floating Roof Tanks," February, 1980. (63) "Vapor balance system" means a combination of pipes or hoses which create a closed system between the vapor spaces of an unloading tank and a receiving tank such that vapors displaced from the receiving tank are transferred to the tank being unloaded. (64) "Vapor-mounted" means a primary seal mounted so there is an annular vapor space underneath the seal. The annular vapor space is bounded by the primary seal, the tank shell, the liquid surface, and the floating roof. (65) "Vapor tight" means, as used in OAR 340-232-0110, a condition that exists when the concentration of a VOC, measured one centimeter from any source, does not exceed 10,000 ppm (expressed as methane) above background. [NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040.] [NOTE: Publications referenced and not linked to below are available from the agency.] [NOTE: View a PDF of referenced EPA Methods by clicking on "Tables" link following OAR 340-232-8010.] Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020 & 468A.025 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468A.025 History: DEQ 19-2022, amend filed 11/18/2022, effective 03/01/2023 DEQ 13-2019, amend filed 05/16/2019, effective 05/16/2019 DEQ 7-2015, f. & cert. ef. 4-16-15 DEQ 15-2001, f. & cert. ef. 12-26-01 DEQ 2-2000, f. 2-17-00, cert. ef. 6-1-01 DEQ 14-1999, f. & cert. ef. 10-14-99, Renumbered from 340-022-0102 DEQ 6-1999, f. & cert. ef. 5-21-99 DEQ 20-1998, f. & cert. ef. 10-12-98 DEQ 9-1997, f. & cert. ef. 5-9-97 DEQ 6-1996, f. & cert. ef. 3-29-96 DEQ 13-1995, f. & cert. ef. 5-25-95 DEQ 4-1993, f. & cert. ef. 3-10-93 DEQ 8-1991, f. & cert. ef. 5-16-91 DEQ 3-1986, f. & ef. 2-12-86 DEQ 23-1980, f. & ef. 9-26-80 DEQ 17-1979, f. & ef. 6-22-79 DEQ 21-1978, f. & ef. 12-28-78