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 096-154-2 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Air pollution control equipment
				efficiency.
"Air pollution control equipment efficiency" means the ratio
				of VOC emissions recovered or destroyed by the air pollution control equipment
				to the total VOC emissions that are introduced into the air pollution control
				equipment, expressed as a percentage.
B.
Capture efficiency.
"Capture
				efficiency" the ratio of VOC emissions delivered to the air pollution control
				equipment to the total VOC emissions resulting from flexible package printing
				activities, expressed as a percentage.
C.
Cleaning.
"Cleaning" means,
				with respect to a flexible package printing press or presses, cleaning of a
				press or press parts or the removal of dried ink from areas around the press.
				"Cleaning" does not include cleaning of electronic components, cleaning in
				platemaking or binding operations, housekeeping activity near a press or the
				use of a parts washer or cold cleaner.
D.
Flexible package.
"Flexible
				package" means any package or part of a package the shape of which may be
				readily changed. A "flexible package" may be in the form of a bag, pouch, liner
				or wrap made of paper, plastic, film, aluminum foil, or metalized or coated
				film or paper, alone or in combination. None of the following are considered a
				"flexible package": a folding carton, self-adhesive labels, gift wrap, wall
				covering, vinyl products, decorative laminates, floor coverings or tissue
				products.
E.
Flexographic
				print station.
"Flexographic print station" means a work station on
				which a flexographic printing operation is conducted. A flexographic print
				station includes a flexographic printing plate, which is an image made of
				rubber or other elastomeric material. The image to be printed is raised above
				the printing plate.
F.
Installation date.
"Installation date" means the first date on
				which a piece of equipment is in place and prepared to operate. The
				"installation date" does not change if the equipment is moved to a new location
				at the same premises.
G.
Overall control efficiency.
"Overall control efficiency" means the
				product of the capture efficiency and the air pollution control equipment
				efficiency.
H.
Press.
"Press" means a printing production assembly that is composed of one or more
				work stations, one or more of which is a flexographic or rotogravure print
				station, that produces a printed product.
I.
Quality control /quality assurance
				and research and development.
"Quality control/quality assurance" means
				the testing of products to ensure that they meet performance requirements and
				that the product and/or service is reproducible. "Research and development"
				means a process intended to create new or improved products or technology. The
				products produced as a result of quality control/quality assurance and/or
				research and development activities are not directly sold or marketed as a
				product.
J.
Rotogravure print
				station.
"Rotogravure print station" means a work station on which a
				rotogravure printing operation is conducted. A rotogravure print station
				includes a rotogravure cylinder and ink supply. The image to be printed is
				etched or engraved below the surface of the rotogravure cylinder.
K.
Work station.
"Work station"
				means a unit on a press where material is deposited onto a substrate.