Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 115 - CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM VOLATILE ORGANIC › Subchapter E - SOLVENT-USING PROCESSES › Division 6 - INDUSTRIAL CLEANING SOLVENTS › Section 115.460 - Applicability and Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Applicability. Except as specified in §
											115.461 of
					 this title (relating to Exemptions), the requirements in this division apply to
					 solvent cleaning operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth and
					 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria areas, as defined in §
											115.10 of
					 this title (relating to Definitions). Residential cleaning and janitorial
					 cleaning are not considered solvent cleaning operations.
(b) Definitions. Unless specifically defined
					 in the Texas Clean Air Act (Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 382) or in
					 §§
											3.2,
					 101.1, or
					 115.10 of
					 this title (relating to Definitions), the terms in this division have the
					 meanings commonly used in the field of air pollution control. In addition, the
					 following meanings apply in this division unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Aerosol can--A hand-held,
					 non-refillable container that expels pressurized product by means of a
					 propellant-induced force.
(2)
					 Electrical and electronic components--Components and assemblies of components
					 that generate, convert, transmit, or modify electrical energy. Electrical and
					 electronic components include, but are not limited to, wires, windings,
					 stators, rotors, magnets, contacts, relays, printed circuit boards, printed
					 wire assemblies, wiring boards, integrated circuits, resistors, capacitors, and
					 transistors. Cabinets that house electrical and electronic components are not
					 considered electrical and electronic components.
(3) Janitorial cleaning--The cleaning of
					 building or building components including, but not limited to, floors,
					 ceilings, walls, windows, doors, stairs, bathrooms, furnishings, and exterior
					 surfaces of office equipment, excluding the cleaning of work areas where
					 manufacturing or repair activity is performed.
(4) Magnet wire--Wire used in electromagnetic
					 field application in electrical machinery and equipment such as transformers,
					 motors, generators, and magnetic tape recorders.
(5) Magnet wire coating operation--The
					 process of applying insulation coatings such as varnish or enamel on magnet
					 wire where wire is continuously drawn through a coating applicator.
(6) Medical device--An instrument, apparatus,
					 implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar
					 article, including any component or accessory that is, intended for use in the
					 diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation,
					 treatment, or prevention of diseases; intended to affect the structure or any
					 function of the body; or defined in the National Formulary or the United States
					 Pharmacopoeia or any supplement to it.
(7) Medical device and pharmaceutical
					 preparation operations--Medical devices, pharmaceutical products, and
					 associated manufacturing and product handling equipment and material, work
					 surfaces, maintenance tools, and room surfaces that are subject to the United
					 States Federal Drug Administration current Good Manufacturing/Laboratory
					 Practice, or Center for Disease Control or National Institute of Health
					 guidelines for biological disinfection of surfaces.
(8) Polyester resin operation--The
					 fabrication, rework, repair, or touch-up of composite products for commercial,
					 military, or industrial uses by mixing, pouring, manual application, molding,
					 impregnating, injecting, forming, spraying, pultrusion, filament winding, or
					 centrifugally casting with polyester resins.
(9) Precision optics--The optical elements
					 used in electro-optical devices that are designed to sense, detect, or transmit
					 light energy, including specific wavelengths of light energy and changes of
					 light energy levels.
(10)
					 Solvent--A volatile organic compound-containing liquid used to perform solvent
					 cleaning operations.
(11) Solvent
					 cleaning operation--The removal of uncured adhesives, inks, and coatings; and
					 contaminants such as dirt, soil, oil, and grease from parts, products, tools,
					 machinery, equipment, vessels, floors, walls, and other work production-related
					 areas using a solvent.
(12)
					 Volatile organic compound (VOC) composite partial pressure--The sum of the
					 partial pressures of the compounds that meet the definition of VOC in §
												101.1 of
					 this title (relating to Definitions). The VOC composite partial pressure is
					 calculated as follows.
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