Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 401 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET - DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 59 - New Source Standards › Section 401 KAR 59:225 - New 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
				224.10-100 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 new 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
			 59:001.
(1) "Affected
			 facility" means a coating line located at job shops and original equipment
			 manufacturing industries which apply coatings on metal substrates not elsewhere
			 subject to administrative regulation 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 qualify 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
			 otherwise subject to administrative regulation 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) °Celsius, detergents, scouring, solvents, corrosive
			 atmosphere; 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 VOCs net input. If
			 the nature of an operation or design of equipment permits 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.