Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 154 - CONTROL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM FLEXIBLE PACKAGE PRINTING › Section 096-154-5 - Recordkeeping Requirements

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. By January 1,
				2011, or upon initial startup of a new flexible package printing press, or upon
				changing the method of compliance for an existing flexible package printing
				press from use of complying coatings or daily-weighted averaging to control
				devices, the owner or operator of the subject printing press shall perform all
				tests and submit to the Department the results of all tests and calculations
				necessary to demonstrate that the subject flexible package printing press will
				be in compliance with the emissions reductions required by Section 3 of this
				Chapter on and after January 1, 2011, or on and after the initial startup date.
				Testing shall be performed according to Procedures A, B, C, E, and F as
				specified in Appendix A to Chapter 132 of the Department's
				regulations.
B. Beginning January
				1, 2011, the owner or operator of any flexible package printing press must
				maintain records of the information necessary to demonstrate compliance with
				the applicable requirements of this Chapter, including but not limited to:
(1) Name and quantity of any ink, adhesives,
				coating or cleaning solvent used;
(2) VOC content of each ink, adhesives,
				coating or cleaning solvent used, as applied;
(3) A catalog of Material Safety Data Sheets
				for all inks, adhesives, coatings and cleaning solvents used;
(4) Documentation of air pollution control
				equipment efficiency or capture efficiency, if applicable;
(5) Date and type of maintenance performed on
				air pollution control or capture equipment, if applicable; and
(6) Calculations demonstrating that the
				potential emissions of VOC from all flexible package printing presses at the
				facility are and will be less than 25 tons per calendar year before the
				application of capture systems and control devices. Total potential emissions
				of VOC for a flexible package printing facility is the sum of potential
				emissions of VOC from each flexible package printing press at the facility. The
				following equation shall be used to calculate total potential emissions of VOC
				per calendar year before the application of capture systems and control devices
				for each flexible package printing press at the facility:
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where:
Ep=Total potential emissions of VOC
				  from one flexible package printing press in units of pounds per year
				  (lb/yr).
A=Weight of VOC per volume of solids of the coating or ink
				  with the highest VOC content, as applied, each year on the printing press in
				  units of pounds of VOC per gallon (lb VOC/gal) of coating or ink solids.
B=Total volume of solids for all coatings and inks that can
				  potentially be applied each year on the printing press in units of gallons per
				  year (gal/yr.). The instrument and/or method by which the owner or operator
				  accurately measured or calculated the volume of coating and ink solids applied
				  and the amount that can potentially be applied each year on the printing
				  press.
(7) The actual
				overall emission reduction efficiency achieved for each day for each flexible
				package printing press as determined using Procedure E of Appendix A.
(8) Control device monitoring data;
(9) A log of operating time for the capture
				system, control device, monitoring equipment and the associated flexible
				package printing press; and
(10) A
				maintenance log for the capture system, control device, and monitoring
				equipment detailing all routine and non-routine maintenance performed,
				including dates and duration of any outages.
(11) For thermal incinerators, all continuous
				3-hour periods of operation in which the average combustion temperature was
				more than 28 degrees C (50 degrees F) below the average combustion temperature
				during the most recent performance test that demonstrated that the facility was
				in compliance;
(12) For catalytic
				incinerators, all continuous 3-hour periods of operation in which the average
				temperature of the process vent stream immediately before the catalyst bed is
				more than 28 degrees C (50 degrees F) below the average temperature recorded
				during the most recent performance test that demonstrated that the facility was
				in compliance; and
(13) For carbon
				adsorbers, all continuous 3-hour periods of operation during which either the
				average VOC concentration or the reading of organics in the exhaust gases is
				more than 20 percent greater than the average exhaust gas concentration or
				reading measured by the organics monitoring device during the most recent
				determination of the recovery efficiency of the carbon adsorber that
				demonstrated that the facility was in compliance.