Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 120 - Air Resources › Subchapter 05 - Air Pollution Control › Part 35 - Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 35- Control of Volatile Organic Compounds and Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutants from Wood Products Manufacturing Operations › Section 250-RICR-120-05-35.6 - Applicability

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The provisions of this regulation apply to
				  any wood products facility which has the potential to emit twenty-five (25)
				  tons per year or more of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from wood products
				  manufacturing operations or which is a major source of hazardous air pollutants
				  (HAP) from wood products manufacturing operations.
B. The owner or operator of a wood products
				  facility which has emissions below the applicability thresholds specified in
				  §
										35.6(A) of
				  this Part but above fifteen (15) pounds of VOC in any day shall comply with the
				  recordkeeping and reporting requirements in §§
										35.11(A)(1) through
				  (4) of this Part, but the facility shall not
				  be subject to any other provisions of this regulation. If the facility becomes
				  subject to the regulation at a future date due to an increase in emissions of
				  VOC or VHAP, the facility shall be subject to applicable requirements in this
				  regulation on and after the date that the applicability thresholds are reached
				  or the date that the applicable requirement becomes effective, whichever is
				  later.
C. The owner or operator of
				  a facility which is a major source of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from wood
				  products manufacturing operations but which has not emitted more than ten (10)
				  tons of any one HAP or more than twenty-five (25) tons of any combination of
				  HAP from wood products manufacturing operations in any 12-month period, may
				  apply to the Director for an exemption from the VHAP emissions limitations in
				  §§ 35.7.2, 35.7.3, 35.8(B), and 35.8(C) of this Part. Exemption will
				  be given in the form of an enforceable document, and will include the following
				  conditions:
1. Average monthly emissions from
				  the facility in any consecutive 12-month period shall not exceed 1,666 pounds
				  of any one HAP or 4,166 pounds of any combination of HAP; and
2. The following records shall be maintained
				  at the facility for a period of five (5) years and made available to the
				  Department or the EPA upon request:
a. The
				  name, identification number, and amount of each finishing, gluing and washoff
				  material used each month at the facility; and
b. Certified Product Data Sheets showing the
				  VOC and VHAP content of each finishing, gluing, and washoff material used at
				  the facility; and
c. The type and
				  amount of solvent used as thinners and in cleaning operations each month at the
				  facility;
d. The average monthly
				  emissions of each HAP from the facility, calculated monthly for the previous
				  12-month period.
3. If
				  the limit in §
											35.6(C)(1)
				  of this Part is exceeded, applicable VHAP emission limitations specified in
				  §§
											35.7 and
				  35.8 of this Part shall
				  immediately apply.