Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Division 232 - EMISSION STANDARDS FOR VOC POINT SOURCES › Section 340-232-0030 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020, 340-204-0010  and this rule
				apply to this division. If the same term is defined in this rule and
				340-200-0020  or 340-204-0010, the definition in this rule applies to this
				division.
(1) "Aerospace component"
			 means the fabricated part, assembly of parts, or completed unit of any
			 aircraft, helicopter, missile or space vehicle.
(2) "Air dried coating" means coatings which
			 are dried by the use of air at ambient temperature.
(3) "Applicator" means a device used in a
			 coating line to apply coating.
(4)
			 "Bulk gasoline plant" means a gasoline storage and distribution facility which
			 receives gasoline from bulk terminals by railroad car or trailer transport,
			 stores it in tanks, and subsequently dispenses it via account trucks to local
			 farms, businesses, and gasoline dispensing facilities.
(5) "Bulk gasoline terminal" means a gasoline
			 storage facility which receives gasoline from refineries primarily by pipeline,
			 ship, or barge, and delivers gasoline to bulk gasoline plants or to commercial
			 or retail accounts primarily by tank truck.
(6) "Can coating" means any coating applied
			 by spray, roller, or other means to the inside and/or outside surfaces of metal
			 cans, drums, pails, or lids.
(7)
			 "Carbon bed breakthrough" means the initial indication of depleted adsorption
			 capacity characterized by a sudden measurable increase in VOC concentration
			 exiting a carbon adsorption bed or column.
(8) "Certified storage device" means vapor
			 recovery equipment for gasoline storage tanks as certified by the State of
			 California Air Resources Board Executive Orders, copies of which are on file
			 with DEQ, or which has been certified by other air pollution control agencies
			 and approved by DEQ.
(9) "Class II
			 hardboard paneling finish" means finishers which meet the specifications of
			 Voluntary Product Standard PS-59-73 as approved by the American National
			 Standards Institute.
(10) "Clear
			 coat" means a coating which lacks color and opacity or is transparent and uses
			 the undercoat as a reflectant base or undertone color.
(11) "Coating" means a material applied to a
			 surface which forms a continuous film and is used for protective and/or
			 decorative purposes.
(12) "Coating
			 line" means one or more apparatus or operations which include a coating
			 applicator, flash-off area, and oven or drying station wherein a surface
			 coating is applied, dried, and/or cured.
(13) "Condensate" means hydrocarbon liquid
			 separated from natural gas which condenses due to changes in the temperature
			 and/or pressure and remains liquid at standard conditions.
(14) "Crude oil" means a naturally occurring
			 mixture which consists of hydrocarbons and/or sulfur, nitrogen, and/or oxygen
			 derivatives of hydrocarbons and which is a liquid at standard
			 conditions.
(15) "Custody transfer"
			 means the transfer of produced petroleum and/or condensate after processing
			 and/or treating in the producing operations, from storage tanks or automatic
			 transfer facilities to pipelines or any other forms of
			 transportation.
(16) "Cutback
			 asphalt" means a mixture of a base asphalt with a solvent such as gasoline,
			 naphtha, or kerosene. Cutback asphalts are rapid, medium, or slow curing (known
			 as RC, MC, SC), as defined in ASTM D2399.
(17) "Delivery vessel" means any tank truck
			 or trailer used for the transport of gasoline from sources of supply to
			 stationary storage tanks.
(18)
			 "External floating roof" means a cover over an open top storage tank consisting
			 of a double deck or pontoon single deck which rests upon and is supported by
			 the volatile organic liquid being contained, and is equipped with a closure
			 seal or seals to close the space between the roof edge and tank
			 shell.
(19) "Extreme performance
			 coatings" means coatings designed for extreme environmental conditions such as
			 exposure to any one of the following: continuous ambient weather conditions,
			 temperature consistently above 95°C, detergents, abrasive and scouring
			 agents, solvents, corrosive atmosphere, or similar environmental
			 conditions.
(20) "Extreme
			 performance interior topcoat" means a topcoat used in interior spaces of
			 aircraft areas requiring a fluid, stain or nicotine barrier.
(21) "Fabric coating" means any coating
			 applied on textile fabric. Fabric coating includes the application of coatings
			 by impregnation.
(22) "Flexographic
			 printing" means the application of words, designs and pictures to a substrate
			 by means of a roll printing technique in which the pattern to be applied is
			 raised above the printing roll and the image carrier is made of rubber or other
			 elastomeric materials.
(23)
			 "Freeboard ratio" means the freeboard height divided by the width (not length)
			 of the degreaser's air/solvent area.
(24) "Forced air dried coating" means a
			 coating which is dried by the use of warm air at temperatures up to 90°C
			 (194°F).
(25) "Gas freed" means
			 a marine vessel's cargo tank has been certified by a Marine Chemist as "Safe
			 for Workers" according to the requirements outlined in the National Fire
			 Protection Association Rule 306.
(26) "Gasoline" means any petroleum
			 distillate having a Reid vapor pressure of 27.6 kPa (4.0 psi) or greater which
			 is used to fuel internal combustion engines.
(27) "Gasoline dispensing facility" means any
			 site where gasoline is dispensed to motor vehicle, boat, or airplane gasoline
			 tanks from stationary storage tanks.
(28) "Gaseous service" means equipment which
			 processes, transfers or contains a VOC or mixture of VOCs in the gaseous
			 phase.
(29) "Hardwood plywood" is
			 plywood whose surface layer is a veneer of hardwood.
(30) "High performance architectural coating"
			 means coatings applied to aluminum panels and moldings being coated away from
			 the place of installation.
(31)
			 "Internal floating roof" means a cover or roof in a fixed roof tank which rests
			 upon or is floating upon the petroleum liquid being contained, and is equipped
			 with a closure seal or seals to close the space between the roof edge and tank
			 shell.
(32) "Large appliance" means
			 any residential and commercial washers, dryers, ranges, refrigerators,
			 freezers, water heaters, dish washers, trash compactors, air conditioners, and
			 other similar products.
(33)
			 "Leaking component" means any petroleum refinery source which has a VOC
			 concentration exceeding 10,000 parts per million (ppm) when tested in the
			 manner described in EPa Method 21. These sources include, but are not limited
			 to, pumping seals, compressor seals, seal oil degassing vents, pipeline valves,
			 flanges and other connections, pressure relief devices, process drains, and
			 open-ended pipes. Excluded from these sources are valves which are not
			 externally regulated.
(34)
			 "Lightering" means the transfer of a liquid product identified in OAR
			 340-232-0110(1)(a) or (1)(b), as applicable, into a cargo tank from one marine
			 tank vessel to another.
(35)
			 "Liquid-mounted" means a primary seal mounted so the bottom of the seal covers
			 the liquid surface between the tank shell and the floating roof.
(36) "Liquid service" means equipment which
			 processes, transfers or contains a VOC or mixture of VOCs in the liquid
			 phase.
(37) "Loading event" means
			 the loading or lightering of a liquid product identified in OAR
			 340-232-0110(1)(a) or (1)(b), as applicable, into a marine tank vessel's cargo
			 tank, or the loading of any product into a marine tank vessel's cargo tank
			 where the prior cargo was a liquid product identified in OAR 340-232-0110(1)(a)
			 or (1)(b), as applicable. The event begins with the connection of a marine tank
			 vessel to a storage or cargo tank by means of piping or hoses for the transfer
			 of a fuel product from the storage or cargo tank into the receiving marine tank
			 vessel. The event ends with disconnection of the pipes and/or hoses upon
			 completion of the loading process.
(38) "Marine tank vessel" means any marine
			 vessel constructed or converted to carry liquid bulk cargo that transports a
			 liquid product identified in OAR 340-232-0110(1)(a) or (1)(b), as
			 applicable.
(39) "Marine terminal"
			 means any facility or structure used to load or unload any fuel product cargo
			 into or from marine tank vessels.
(40) "Marine vessel" means any tugboat,
			 tanker, freighter, passenger ship, barge or other boat, ship or
			 watercraft.
(41) "Maskant for
			 chemical processing" means a coating applied directly to an aerospace component
			 to protect surface areas when chemical milling, anodizing, aging, bonding,
			 plating, etching and/or performing other chemical operations on the surface of
			 the component.
(42) "Miscellaneous
			 metal parts and products" means any metal part or metal product, even if
			 attached to or combined with a nonmetal part or product, except cans, coils,
			 metal furniture, large appliances, magnet wires, automobiles, ships, and
			 airplane bodies.
(43) "Natural
			 finish hardwood plywood panels" means panels whose original grain pattern is
			 enhanced by essentially transparent finishes frequently supplemented by fillers
			 and toners.
(44) "Operator" means
			 any person who leases, operates, controls, or supervises a facility at which
			 gasoline is dispensed.
(45) "Oven
			 dried" means a coating or ink which is dried, baked, cured, or polymerized at
			 temperatures over 90°C (194°F).
(46) "Packaging rotogravure printing" means
			 rotogravure printing upon paper, paper board, metal foil, plastic film, and
			 other substrates, which are, in subsequent operations, formed into packaging
			 products and labels for articles to be sold.
(47) "Paper coating" means any coating
			 applied on paper, plastic film, or metallic foil to make certain products,
			 including but not limited to adhesive tapes and labels, book covers, post
			 cards, office copier paper, drafting paper, or pressure sensitive tapes. Paper
			 coating includes the application of coatings by impregnation and/or
			 saturation.
(48) "Petroleum
			 refinery" means any facility engaged in producing gasoline, aromatics,
			 kerosene, distillate fuel oils, residual fuel oils, lubricants, asphalt, or
			 other products through distillation of petroleum, crude oil, or through
			 redistillation, cracking, or reforming of unfinished petroleum derivatives.
			 "Petroleum refinery" does not mean a re-refinery of used motor oils or other
			 waste chemicals. "Petroleum refinery" does not include asphalt blowing or
			 separation of products shipped together.
(49) "Pretreatment wash primer" means a
			 coating which contains a minimum of 0.5% acid by weight for surface etching and
			 is applied directly to bare metal surfaces to provide corrosion resistance and
			 adhesion.
(50) "Prime coat" means
			 the first of two or more films of coating applied in an operation.
(51) "Printed interior panels" means panels
			 whose grain or natural surface is obscured by fillers and basecoats upon which
			 a simulated grain or decorative pattern is printed.
(52) "Printing" means the formation of words,
			 designs and pictures, usually by a series of application rolls each with only
			 partial coverage.
(53) "Publication
			 rotogravure printing" means rotogravure printing upon paper which is
			 subsequently formed into books, magazines, catalogues, brochures, directories,
			 newspaper supplements, and other types of printed materials.
(54) "Reasonably available control
			 technology" or "RACT" means the lowest emission limitation that a particular
			 source or source category is capable of meeting by the application of control
			 technology that is reasonably available considering technological and economic
			 feasibility.
(55) "Roll printing"
			 means the application of words, designs and pictures to a substrate by means of
			 hard rubber or steel rolls.
(56)
			 "Sealant" means a coating applied for the purpose of filing voids and providing
			 a barrier against penetration of water, fuel or other fluids or
			 vapors.
(57) "Specialty printing"
			 means all gravure and flexographic operations which print a design or image,
			 excluding publication gravure and packaging printing. Specialty Printing
			 includes printing on paper plates and cups, patterned gift wrap, wallpaper, and
			 floor coverings.
(58) "Submerged
			 fill" means any fill pipe or hose, the discharge opening of which is entirely
			 submerged when the liquid is 6 inches above the bottom of the tank; or when
			 applied to a tank which is loaded from the side, means any fill pipe, the
			 discharge of which is entirely submerged when the liquid level is 18 inches, or
			 is twice the diameter of the fill pipe, whichever is greater, above the bottom
			 of the tank.
(59) "Thirty-day
			 rolling average" means any value arithmetically averaged over any consecutive
			 thirty days.
(60) "Tileboard" means
			 paneling that has a colored waterproof surface coating.
(61) "Topcoat" means a coating applied over a
			 primer or intermediate coating for purposes such as appearance, identification
			 or protection.
(62) "True vapor
			 pressure" means the equilibrium pressure exerted by a petroleum liquid as
			 determined in accordance with methods described in American Petroleum Institute
			 Bulletin 2517, "Evaporation Loss from Floating Roof Tanks," February,
			 1980.
(63) "Vapor balance system"
			 means a combination of pipes or hoses which create a closed system between the
			 vapor spaces of an unloading tank and a receiving tank such that vapors
			 displaced from the receiving tank are transferred to the tank being
			 unloaded.
(64) "Vapor-mounted"
			 means a primary seal mounted so there is an annular vapor space underneath the
			 seal. The annular vapor space is bounded by the primary seal, the tank shell,
			 the liquid surface, and the floating roof.
(65) "Vapor tight" means, as used in OAR
			 340-232-0110, a condition that exists when the concentration of a VOC, measured
			 one centimeter from any source, does not exceed 10,000 ppm (expressed as
			 methane) above background.
[NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air
				Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040.]
[NOTE: Publications referenced and not linked to below are
				available from the agency.]
[NOTE: View a PDF of referenced EPA Methods by clicking on
				"Tables" link folloiwng OAR 340-232-8010.]
Publications: Publications referenced are available from the
				  agency.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  468.020 &
				  468A.025
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  468A.025