Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part III - Air › Chapter 21 - Control of Emission of Organic Compounds › Subchapter L - Limiting Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from Cleanup Solvent Processing › Section III-2151 - Limiting VOC Emissions from Cleanup Solvent Processing

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Applicability. The provisions of this
				  Subchapter apply to stationary sources that emit, or have the potential to
				  emit, 25 TPY or more of VOC and conduct one or more of the affected cleaning
				  operations in the parish of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston,
				  or West Baton Rouge, or 50 TPY or more of VOC and conduct one or more of the
				  affected cleaning operations in the parish of Calcasieu or Pointe Coupee. Once
				  a source is subject to this Subchapter, it shall be so ad infinitum. Affected
				  cleaning operations are ones that use solvents in the following operations:
1. spray gun cleaning, which includes spray
				  guns, attached paint lines, and any other gun equipment used in applying a
				  coating;
2. spray booth cleaning,
				  which includes all interior surfaces of booths and all equipment within the
				  booth such as conveyors, robots, etc.;
3. large manufactured components cleaning
				  (i.e., the cleaning of large parts as a step in the manufacturing process),
				  which includes large manufactured products, such as automobile bodies,
				  furniture sheet metal, etc.;
4.
				  equipment cleaning, which includes all production equipment that may be cleaned
				  in place (not moved to a cleaning area) to prevent cross-contamination or
				  merely for maintenance purposes. Examples are punch presses, electrical
				  contacts on a major piece of equipment, pump parts, packaging equipment,
				  rollers, ink pans, carts, press frames, and table tops;
5. floor cleaning, which includes floors in
				  all production areas of a facility;
6. line cleaning, which includes lines that
				  transport raw material (e.g., paint, resin, etc.) and that are cleaned
				  separately from tanks, spray guns, and other process equipment. In some cases a
				  small tank may be part of the system;
7. parts cleaning, which includes
				  miscellaneous items that might be moved to dip into a container of solvent.
				  Examples of parts include applicator tips, brushes, machine parts, pumps,
				  circuit boards, truck parts, engine blocks, gauges, cutoff steel/machined
				  parts, tool dies, motors and assemblies, screws, oil guns, welded parts,
				  bearings, and filters;
8. tank
				  cleaning, which includes mixing pots, process vessels, and tanks. In some
				  instances, tank lines are cleaned in conjunction with the tanks and would be
				  considered part of the system; and
9. small manufactured components cleaning
				  (i.e., the cleaning of small parts as a step in the manufacturing process),
				  which includes small manufactured products such as glass windows, engine
				  components, subassemblies, sheet metal panels, molded parts, electrical
				  contacts, steel and copper components, tin/silver-plated terminals, plastic
				  parts, upholstered parts, circuit breaker cases, switch covers, and threads and
				  bolts.