Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 129 - SURFACE COATING FACILITIES › Section 096-129-7 - Initial Compliance Certification and Recordkeeping Procedures

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Each owner or operator of a surface coating facility subject
				  to this chapter shall establish and maintain all records necessary for
				  determining compliance with the emission limitations in this chapter for a
				  period of six (6) years. The owner or operator of a surface coating facility
				  subject to this chapter shall further make such records and reports available
				  for inspection during normal business hours and shall provide copies to the
				  Department or the Environmental Protection Agency upon request.
A.
Initial compliance
				certification.
The owner or operator of each surface coating facility
				subject to this chapter shall submit an initial certification report upon
				becoming subject to this chapter. The owner or operator of a surface coating
				facility subject to this chapter whose total actual coatings usage from all
				coating units, lines or operations at the surface coating facility under the
				same surface coating category is 50 or more gallons per 12 month period shall
				submit to the Department, certification records covering the relevant coating
				unit, line or operation, and method of compliance upon startup of any new
				coating unit, line or operation or upon changing the method of compliance for
				an existing coating unit, line or operation.
(1)
Coating units, lines or operations
				exempt from emission limitations
.Certification records required for
				coating units, lines or operations which are exempt from the emission
				limitations in this chapter shall include a certification to the Department
				that the surface coating unit, line or operation is exempt, and provide the
				following:
(a) Name and location of surface
				coating facility;
(b) Name, address
				and telephone number of person responsible for the surface coating
				facility;
(c) A declaration that
				the surface coating unit, line or operation is exempt, because combined VOC
				emissions from all coating units, lines and operations under the same surface
				coating category at the same surface coating facility are below the emissions
				threshold under Subsection 1(C) of this chapter. The following equations shall
				be used to calculate maximum theoretical emissions of VOC per 12 month period
				before the application of capture systems and control devices for each affected
				coating unit, line or operation at the surface coating facility:
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Where;
"Ep" means the maximum theoretical emissions of VOC from one
				  coating unit in pounds per 12 month period(lb/yr)
"A" means the weight of VOC per volume of the coating with
				  the highest VOC content, as applied, each 12 month period on the coating unit
				  in pounds of VOC per gallon of coating (lb/gal)
"B" means the total volume of all coating that can be
				  potentially applied each year on the coating unit in gallons per 12 month
				  period. The instrument or method by which the owner or operator accurately
				  measured or calculated the volume of coating applied and the amount that can
				  potentially be applied each year shall be described in the certification to the
				  Department; and
(d) For
				coating units under the category of miscellaneous metal and plastic parts and
				products, except for those coating units which meet each of the criteria listed
				in Subsections 1(C)(1) through 1(C)(3) of this chapter, calculations of the
				total VOC emissions for a day that is representative of current maximum
				production levels from all miscellaneous metal and plastic parts and products
				surface coating units at the surface coating facility. The following equation
				shall be used to calculate total VOC emissions for that day:
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where,
"T" means the total VOC emissions from coating units at the
				  surface coating facility before the application of capture systems and control
				  devices in units of kg/day (lb/day)
"n" means the number of different coatings applied on each
				  coating unit at the surface coating facility
"i" the subscript denoting an individual coating
"Ai" means the mass of VOC per volume of coating (i),
				  excluding water and exempt compounds, as applied, used at the surface coating
				  facility in units of kilograms of VOC per liter of coating (kg/l) or pounds of
				  VOC per gallon of coating (lb/gal)
"Bi" means the volume of coating (i), excluding water and
				  exempt compounds, as applied, used at the surface coating facility in units of
				  liter per day (l/day) or gallons per day (gal/day). The instrument or method
				  used by the owner or operator of the surface coating facility to accurately
				  measure or calculate the volume of each coating, as applied, shall be described
				  in the certification to the Department.