Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 219 - ORGANIC MATERIAL EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE METRO EAST AREA › Subpart E - SOLVENT CLEANING › Section 219.187 - Other Industrial Solvent Cleaning Operations

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Applicability. On and after January 1,
				2012:
1) Except as provided in subsection
				(a)(2), the requirements of this Section apply to all cleaning operations that
				use organic materials at sources that emit a total of 226.8 kg per calendar
				month (500 lbs per calendar month) or more of VOM, in the absence of air
				pollution control equipment, from cleaning operations at the source other than
				cleaning operations identified in subsection (a)(2). For purposes of this
				Section, "cleaning operation" means the process of cleaning products, product
				components, tools, equipment, or general work areas during production, repair,
				maintenance or servicing, including but not limited to spray gun cleaning,
				spray booth cleaning, large and small manufactured components cleaning, parts
				cleaning, equipment cleaning, line cleaning, floor cleaning, and tank cleaning,
				at sources with emission units;
2)
				Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1):
A) The
				following cleaning operations are exempt from the requirements of subsections
				(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g):
i) Cleaning
				operations subject to the limitations in Sections
				219.182,
				219.183,
				or
				219.184;
ii) Janitorial cleaning;
iii) Stripping of cured coatings, inks, or
				adhesives;
iv) Cleaning operations
				in printing pre-press areas, including the cleaning of film processors, color
				scanners, plate processors, film cleaning, and plate cleaning;
B) Cleaning operations for
				emission units within the following categories are exempt from the requirements
				of subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g):
i) Flexible package printing;
ii) Lithographic printing;
iii) Letterpress printing;
iv) Flat wood paneling coating;
v) Large appliance coating;
vi) Metal furniture coating;
vii) Paper, film, and foil coating;
viii) Wood furniture coating;
ix) Plastic parts coating;
x) Miscellaneous metal parts
				coating;
xi) Fiberglass boat
				manufacturing;
xii) Miscellaneous
				industrial adhesives;
xiii) Auto
				and light-duty truck assembly coating; and
xiv) Aerospace
				facilities;
C) The
				following cleaning operations are exempt from the requirements of subsections
				(b), (c), (f), and (g):
i) Cleaning of solar
				cells, laser hardware, scientific instruments, and high-precision
				optics;
ii) Cleaning conducted as
				part of performance laboratory tests on coatings, adhesives, or inks; research
				and development operations; or laboratory tests in quality assurance
				laboratories;
iii) Cleaning of
				paper-based gaskets and clutch assemblies where rubber is bonded to metal by
				means of an adhesive;
iv) Cleaning
				of cotton swabs to remove cottonseed oil before cleaning of high-precision
				optics;
v) Cleaning of medical
				device and pharmaceutical manufacturing operations if the facility uses no more
				than 5.7 liters (1.5 gallons) per day of
				solvents for such cleaning;
vi)
				Cleaning of adhesive application equipment used for thin metal
				laminating;
vii) Cleaning of
				electronic or electrical cables;
viii) Touch-up cleaning performed on printed
				circuit boards where surface mounted devices have already been
				attached;
ix) Cleaning of coating
				and adhesive application processes utilized to manufacture transdermal drug
				delivery products using no more than three gallons per day of ethyl
				acetate;
x) Cleaning of application
				equipment used to apply coatings on satellites and radiation effect
				coatings;
xi) Cleaning of
				application equipment used to apply solvent-borne fluoropolymer
				coatings;
xii) Cleaning of
				ultraviolet or electron beam adhesive application;
xiii) Cleaning of sterilization indicating
				ink application equipment if the facility uses no more than 5.7 liters
				(1.5 gallons) per day of
				solvents for such cleaning;
xiv)
				Cleaning of metering rollers, dampening rollers, and printing plates;
xv) Cleaning of numismatic dies;
xvi) Cleaning operations associated with
				digital printing;
xvii) Cleaning
				with aerosol products if the facility uses no more than 4.7 liters
				(1.25 gallons) per
				day of those products;
xviii)
				Cleaning of plastic-based or vinyl-based substrates for use in the screen
				printing process when using UV curable ink and coating systems;
xix) Cleaning conducted as part of
				performance tests on coatings, adhesives, or inks that are in research and
				development and that are not yet commercially used for the applications for
				which they are being tested. This exemption is limited to the use of up to a
				total of 90.9 liters (24 gallons) per calendar month and 416.3 liters (110
				gallons) of cleaning solvent per calendar year for that
				cleaning.