Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 161 - GRAPHIC ARTS - OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY AND LETTERPRESS PRINTING › Section 096-161-5 - Monitoring and Recordkeeping Requirements

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Recordkeeping and reporting.
The records required in this section
				shall be available for inspection during normal business hours and copies shall
				be provided to the Department or US EPA upon request. All records must be
				maintained on site for a period of 6 years. The periods of retention are
				extended automatically during the course of any unresolved enforcement action
				regarding regulated activity or as requested by the Department or by an
				Administrator of the USEPA.
(1) The owner or
				operator of any heatset offset lithographic or letterpress printing press that
				is subject to the control system requirements specified in Section 3 B of this
				Chapter, shall install and operate continuous temperature monitoring and
				recording equipment that measures and records temperature data at least once
				every fifteen minutes or as otherwise approved in writing by the Department and
				EPA, and shall collect and record the following information and maintain the
				information at the facility for a period of 6 years:
(a) For each day of operation of the press, a
				log or record of the operating time for the control device, monitoring
				equipment, and the associated press.
(b) For thermal oxidizers, for each day of
				operation of the press;
(i) A log or record
				showing all three-hour averaged periods of operation during which the average
				thermal oxidizer chamber temperature was more than fifty degrees Fahrenheit
				below the average temperature of the thermal oxidizer chamber temperature
				during the most recent emission test that demonstrated that the press was in
				compliance, or
(ii) A log or record
				using a shorter averaging period approved in writing by the Commissioner and
				EPA, and as applicable, documenting any shutdowns triggered by an oxidizer
				shutdown threshold temperature as otherwise specified in a BACT analysis or CAM
				requirement included in an air emissions license after 1997; and
(iii) A log or record showing all events when
				the unit shuts down due to malfunction, including an automatic shutdown or any
				events when alarms are activated shall be recorded, and any time that the unit
				is not operating.
(c)
				For catalytic oxidizers, for each day of operation of the press:
(i) A log or record showing all three-hour
				averaged periods of operation during which the average catalytic oxidizer
				chamber temperature was more than fifty degrees Fahrenheit below the average
				temperature of the catalytic oxidizer chamber during the most recent emission
				test that demonstrated that the press was in compliance, or
(ii) A log or record using a shorter
				averaging period approved in writing by the Commissioner and EPA, and as
				applicable, documenting any shutdowns triggered by an oxidizer shutdown
				threshold temperature as otherwise specified in a BACT Analysis or CAM
				requirement included in an air emissions license after 1997; and
(iii) A log or record showing all events when
				the unit shuts down due to malfunction, including an automatic shutdown or any
				events when alarms are activated shall be recorded, and any time that the unit
				is not operating.
Note: For thermal oxidizers, an owner or operator must comply
				  with either 5A subsection (1)(b)(i) or (1)(b)(ii), but must also comply with
				  subsection (1)(b)(iii).
For catalytic oxidizers, an owner or operator must comply
				  with either 5A subsection (1)(c)(i) or (1)(c)(ii), but must also comply with
				  subsection (1)(c)(iii).
(d) For catalytic oxidizers, the catalyst bed
				material shall be inspected annually, for years in which the unit is operated
				for at least 1000 hours, for general catalyst condition and any signs of
				potential catalyst depletion. The owner or operator shall also collect a
				representative sample of the catalyst from the oxidizer, per manufacturer's
				recommendations, and have it tested to evaluate the catalyst's capability to
				continue to function at or above the required control efficiency. An evaluation
				of the catalyst bed material shall be conducted whenever the results of the
				inspection indicate signs of potential catalyst depletion or poor catalyst
				condition based on manufacturer's recommendations, but not less than once per
				year, but not less than once every five years, regardless of usage.