New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter III - AIR RESOURCES › Subchapter A - PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIR CONTAMINATION AND AIR POLLUTION › Part 226 - Solvent Metal Cleaning Processes › Subpart 226-2 - Industrial Cleaning Solvents › Section 226-2.1 - Applicability, Schedule and Exceptions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Applicability. This Subpart applies to
					 the owner or operator of a facility which has actual emissions of three (3)
					 tons or more of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from industrial cleaning
					 solvents, on a twelve-month rolling total basis. This Subpart specifically
					 applies to the cleaning of foreign materials from surfaces of unit operations
					 such as large and small manufactured components, parts, equipment, floors,
					 tanks, and vessels. Emissions from all methods of cleaning, including by hand,
					 will be considered toward the applicability criteria.
(b) Schedule. The owner or operator of a
					 facility with an initial start-up after the effective date of this Subpart must
					 be in compliance with its requirements upon start-up. The owner or operator of
					 an existing facility must be in compliance with this Subpart within one year of
					 the effective date of this Subpart or within one year of reaching the
					 applicability criteria of emitting three (3) tons or more of VOC's from
					 industrial cleaning solvents on a twelve (12) month rolling total
					 basis.
(c) Exceptions. The
					 emissions from cleaning solvents by any of the industries or processes
					 identified in this subdivision do not count towards the 3 tons per year
					 applicability threshold for Subpart 226-2. The requirements of this Subpart do
					 not apply to the following:
(1) The use of
					 cleaning solvents in cold cleaning degreasers (including remote reservoir
					 degreasers), open-top vapor degreasing and conveyorized degreasers; and
					 including cleaning items defined as 'special and extreme solvent cleaning'
					 subject to Subpart 226-1, and cleaning processes that specifically do not apply
					 to Subpart 226-1 under 226-1.7(a);
(2) The use of cleaning solvents in surface
					 coating processes to clean spray guns subject to Subpart 228-1; and for surface
					 preparation, clean-up and coating removal subject to Subpart 228-1, including
					 items specified as not being subject to the rule in Subpart
					 228-1.1(b);
(3) The use of cleaning
					 solvents for surface preparation and clean-up of adhesives, sealants and
					 primers subject to Subpart 228-2, including items exempt from the rule in
					 Subpart 228-2.2;
(4) The use of
					 cleaning solvents for offset lithographic, flexographic, rotogravure, screen
					 printing or letterpress printing processes subject to Part 234, including items
					 specified as not being subject to the rule in Part 234.1(d);
(5) The use of cleaning solvents used in
					 Aircraft de-icing operations exempt from permitting under Subpart
					 201-3;
(6) Cleaning solvents given
					 an "A" rating by the Department or that are already subject to RACT and/or
					 T-BACT subject to Part 212; and
(7)
					 The use of any cleaning solvent specified or regulated under any Federal or
					 State statute or regulation which specifies a VOC limit or exemption.
(8) The use of cleaning solvents:
(i) to clean personal protection
					 equipment
(ii) for personal hygiene
					 such as hand sanitizers
(iii) to
					 clean medical equipment
(iv) in
					 research and development activities; and
(v) in janitorial supplies used for cleaning
					 offices, bathrooms or other similar areas.