Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 401 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET - DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 61 - Existing Source Standards › Section 401 KAR 61:132 - Existing miscellaneous metal parts and products surface coating operations

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				224.20-100,
				224.20-110,
				224.20-120,
				40 C.F.R. 60 Appendix A (Method 24),
				42 U.S.C.
				7401 et seq., 7407, 7408, 7410
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				224.10-110 requires the Environmental and
				Public Protection Cabinet to prescribe administrative regulations for the
				prevention, abatement and control of air pollution.
				42
				USC 7410 likewise requires the state to
				implement standards for national primary and secondary ambient air quality.
				This administrative regulation provides for the control of volatile organic
				compound emissions from existing miscellaneous metal parts and products surface
				coating operations.
Section 1.
			 Definitions. As used in this administrative regulation, all terms not defined
			 in this section shall have the meaning given to them in
			 401 KAR
			 61:001.
(1) "Affected
			 facility" means a coating line located at job shops and original equipment
			 manufacturing industries which apply coatings on metal substrates not subject
			 to an administrative regulation, other than
			 401 KAR
			 61:060, in this chapter.
(2) "Applicator" means the mechanism or
			 device used to apply the coating, including but not limited to dipping,
			 spraying, or flow coating.
(3)
			 "Flash-off area" means the space between the applicator and the oven.
(4) "Single coat" means only one (1) film of
			 coating is applied to the metal substrate.
(5) "Prime coat" means the first of two (2)
			 or more films of coating applied in an operation.
(6) "Topcoat" means the final film or series
			 of films of coating applied in a two (2) coat (or more) operation.
(7) "Coating line" means a series of
			 equipment or operations used to apply, dry, or cure any prime, topcoat or
			 single coatings containing volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This shall
			 include, but is not limited to:
(a) Mixing
			 operations;
(b) Process
			 storage;
(c) Applicators;
(d) Drying operations including, but not
			 limited to, flash-off area evaporation, oven drying, baking, curing, and
			 polymerization;
(e) Clean up
			 operations;
(f) Leaks, spills and
			 disposal of VOCs;
(g) Processing
			 and handling of recovered VOCs;
(h)
			 For the purposes of determining compliance with this administrative regulation,
			 if equipment or an operation is considered to be a part of more than one (1)
			 coating line, its VOC emissions shall be assigned to each coating line of which
			 it is a part proportionally to the throughput of VOC it receives from or
			 distributes to each coating line;
(i) If a portion of the series of equipment
			 or operations qualifies for an exemption according to Section 6 of this
			 administrative regulation, then that portion shall be considered to be a
			 separate coating line.
(8) "Process storage" means mixing tanks,
			 holding tanks, and other tanks, drums, or other containers which contain
			 surface coatings, VOCs, or recovered VOCs; but does not mean storage tanks of
			 petroleum liquids which are subject to
			 401 KAR
			 59:050, 401 KAR 59:052, or
			 401 KAR
			 61:050.
(9) "Miscellaneous metal parts and products"
			 means items including but not limited to:
(a)
			 Large farm machinery (harvesting, fertilizing and planting machines, tractors,
			 combines, etc.);
(b) Small farm
			 machinery (lawn and garden tractors, lawn mowers, rototillers, etc.);
(c) Small appliances (fans, mixers, blenders,
			 crock pots, dehumidifiers, vacuum cleaners, etc.);
(d) Commercial machinery (computers and
			 auxiliary equipment, typewriters, calculators, vending machines,
			 etc.);
(e) Industrial machinery
			 (pumps, compressors, conveyor components, fans, blowers, transformers,
			 etc.);
(f) Fabricated metal
			 products (metal covered doors, frames, etc.); and
(g) Any other industrial category not subject
			 to an administrative regulation, other than
			 401 KAR
			 61:060, in this chapter which coats metal parts or
			 products.
(10) "Heat
			 sensitive material" means materials which cannot be exposed to temperatures
			 greater than eighty-two (82) to ninety-three (93) °C
			 (180°-200°F).
(11) "Air or
			 forced air-dried items" means parts that are too large or too heavy for
			 practical size ovens; parts that are sensitive to heat; parts to which heat
			 sensitive materials are attached; or equipment assembled prior to top coating
			 for specific performance or quality standards.
(12) "Outdoor or harsh exposure or extreme
			 environmental conditions" means exposure to any of the following: year round
			 weather conditions, temperatures consistently above ninety-five (95)°C,
			 detergents, scouring, solvents, corrosive atmospheres; and similar
			 environmental conditions.
(13)
			 "Classification date" means February 4, 1981.
(14) "VOCs net input" means the total amount
			 of VOCs input to the affected facility minus the amount of VOCs that are not
			 emitted into the atmosphere. VOCs that are prevented from being emitted to the
			 atmosphere by the use of control devices shall not be subtracted from the total
			 for the purposes of determining VOC net input. If the nature of an operation or
			 a design of equipment is such as to permit more than one (1) interpretation of
			 this definition, the interpretation that results in the minimum value for
			 allowable emissions shall apply.
(15) "Glass adhesive primer" means a primer
			 applied to the body of a vehicle to etch the topcoat for the purpose of
			 ensuring a positive bond with the adhesive used to secure the windshield and
			 back glass to the vehicle in a manner consistent with federal safety
			 regulations.