NR 425.03(12)(a)(a) This subsection applies only to a facility which was in existence on January 1, 1994 and to which one of the following applies:
NR 425.03 Note
Note: The reference to s. NR 422.03 (1) or (2) is as these subsections existed on January 31, 2012.
NR 425.03 Note
Note: The reference to s. NR 422.03 (3) is as the subsection existed on January 31, 2012.
NR 425.03(12)(a)7.a.
a. The facility was located outside the counties of Brown, Calumet, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha and Winnebago.
NR 425.03(12)(a)7.b.
b. Conveyorized non-vapor degreasers at the facility had a total horizontal solvent-air interface smaller than 2.0 square meters (21.6 square feet).
NR 425.03(12)(b)1.
1. Notify the department's bureau of air management in writing by April 1, 1994. This notification shall provide the name and location of the affected facility and include information adequate to support eligibility for the schedule provided under this subsection.
NR 425.03(12)(b)2.
2. Achieve final compliance with the applicable requirements no later than May 31, 1995.
NR 425.03(13)(a)
(a) This subsection applies only to a facility in existence on January 1, 1994 and which, prior to January 1, 1994, received written approval from the department to use an alternative or equivalent VOC control method as allowed in chs.
NR 419 to
424, or received written approval from the department to use an alternative, equivalent or other specific method or procedure for determining compliance with emission limitations for an ozone precursor, as allowed in s.
NR 439.06.
NR 425.03(13)(b)1.
1. Notify the department's bureau of air management in writing by April 1, 1994. This notification shall provide the name and location of the affected facility and shall include a copy of the department approval referred to in par.
(a). A copy of the notification required under this subdivision shall be maintained at the facility until at least January 1, 1995.
NR 425.03(13)(b)2.b.
b. Notify the department's bureau of air management in writing that it is the owner's or operator's intent to continue to use the approved alternative or equivalent method.
NR 425.03(13)(b)2.c.
c. Submit a written request to the department's bureau of air management for approval to use a proposed alternative or equivalent method as allowed in chs.
NR 419 to
424 and s.
NR 439.06.
NR 425.03(13)(c)1.1. Upon receipt of a notification under par.
(b) 2. b., the department shall submit the approved alternative or equivalent method to the administrator or designee as a source-specific revision to the department's state implementation plan for ozone.
NR 425.03(13)(c)2.
2. A request submitted under par.
(b) 2. c. shall be reviewed by the department and if approved, submitted to the administrator or designee as a source-specific revision to the department's state implementation plan for ozone.
NR 425.03(13)(c)3.
3. Notwithstanding par.
(b) 2. b. and
c., unless or until an alternative or equivalent method as allowed in chs.
NR 419 to
424 or s.
NR 439.06 is approved by the administrator or designee as a source-specific revision to the department's state implementation plan for ozone, the applicable control methods specified under chs.
NR 419 to
424 and reference methods specified under ss.
NR 439.06 to
439.095 shall become federally enforceable on January 1, 1995.
NR 425.03(14)(a)
(a) This subsection applies only to a facility which prior to January 1, 1996 applied an asphalt surfacing material not subject to s.
NR 422.16, but which, as a result of the amendment to s.
NR 422.02 (20) which became effective on January 1, 1996, became subject to s.
NR 422.16.
NR 425.03(14)(b)1.
1. Notify the department's bureau of air management in writing by 90 days after January 1, 1996. This notification shall include the name and location of the affected facility and the name, or other unique descriptor, of the asphalt surfacing material identified under par.
(a).
NR 425.03(14)(c)
(c) The compliance schedule in par.
(b) shall only apply to the asphalt surfacing material affected by the amendment to s.
NR 422.02 (20) which became effective on January 1, 1996.
NR 425.03 History
History: Renum. from NR 154.13 (12) (a) (intro.) and (b) to (h) and am.
Register, September, 1986, No. 369, eff. 10-1-86; am. (1) table, cr. (9),
Register, January, 1987, No. 373, eff. 2-1-87; corrections in (7) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, April, 1989; am. (2) (a) (intro.), (3) (a) (intro.) and (e), (4) (a) (intro.), (6) (b) (intro.), (7) (c) and (d) and (8), am. (7m) as renum. from NR 425.04 (4), cr. (10),
Register, February, 1990, No. 410, eff. 3-1-90; cr. (11),
Register, January, 1993, No. 445, eff. 2-1-93; r. and recr. (9), cr. (12) and (13),
Register, December, 1993, No. 456, eff. 1-1-94; am. (12) (a) 7.,
Register, August, 1994, No. 464, eff. 9-1-94; correction in (12) (a) 1., made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, August, 1994, No. 464; am. (12) (a) 1., (13) (c) 3.,
Register, February, 1995, No. 470, eff. 3-1-95; renum. (2) (a) (intro.), (4) (a) (intro.), (5) (a) (intro.) to be (2), (4) and (5) and am., r. (2) (a) 1. to 5., (b), (3) (a) 1. to 7., (3) (c) 2., (3) (d) 1. to 4., (3) (e) 1. to 6. and (f), (4) (a) 1. to 5. and (b), (5) (a) 1. to 4., (b) and (c), (6) (b) 1. to 3., am. (3) (a) (intro.), (b), (d) (intro.), (e) (intro.), (6) (b) (intro.), (7) (e), (7m) (intro.) and (a), (8), cr. (14),
Register, December, 1995, No. 480, eff. 1-1-96
; am. (7m), (11) (b) (intro.), (13) (b) 2. intro.,
Register, December, 1996, No. 492, eff. 1-1-97; am. (9) (a) (intro.), 1., (10) (a), (d), (12) (a) (intro.), 1. to 6. and 7. (intro.),
Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99; corrections in (7) (c), (7m) (b) and (c) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.; correction in (12) (a) 3., 5. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register January 2012 No. 673.
NR 425.04
NR 425.04 Exceptions and non-ozone season allowances. NR 425.04(1)(a)(a) For sources on which construction or modification commenced before August 1, 1979, the provisions of ss.
NR 419.05,
419.06 and
424.03 do not apply to the storage, transfer, use or application of saturated halogenated hydrocarbons, perchloroethylene or acetone.
NR 425.04(1)(b)
(b) Except for the provisions of s.
NR 419.03 (1) and
(2), the requirements of chs.
NR 419 to
424 do not apply to the use or application of insecticides, pesticides or herbicides or to the use or emission of organic compounds which have been determined to have negligible photochemical reactivity as listed in s.
NR 400.02 (162).
NR 425.04(3)(a)(a) This subsection applies only to sources subject to s.
NR 422.15 or
422.151 that, prior to March 1, 1990, applied specialized coatings required by state or federal agencies on products made for their use.
NR 425.04(3)(b)
(b) The owner or operator of any source subject to this subsection shall:
NR 425.04(3)(b)1.
1. Notify the department's bureau of air management in writing by 90 days after March 1, 1990.
NR 425.04(3)(b)2.
2. Achieve final compliance for specialized coatings required by state or federal agencies on products made for their use by March 1, 1991.
NR 425.04(3)(c)
(c) The department may, by order issued under ss.
285.13 (2) and
285.83, Stats., authorize a source not in compliance with an emission limitation in s.
NR 422.15 for specialized coatings required by state or federal agencies on products made for their use to achieve compliance as expeditiously as practicable but not later than March 1, 1993. The department shall hold a public hearing in accordance with its rules prior to authorizing any period of delayed compliance which exceeds 30 days in duration. No order under this subsection may be issued unless the requirements of s.
NR 436.04 (2) (g) and
(h) are satisfied.
NR 425.04(3)(d)
(d) Notwithstanding par.
(b), the owner or operator of a source constructed or modified before March 1, 1990 which fails to meet a VOC emission limitation of s.
NR 422.15 because of the amendment to
s. NR 422.15 (1) (f), which became effective March 1, 1990, may request a variance from the emission limitation.
NR 425.04 Note
Note: NR 422.15 (1) (f) was repealed eff. 3-1-90.
NR 425.04(3)(d)1.
1. Any request made under this paragraph shall be made in writing and be received by the department on or before March 1, 1991.
NR 425.04(4)
(4)
Limitation of restrictions to the ozone season. Where the requirements of chs.
NR 419 to
425 are met by means of a natural gas fired incinerator, use of the incinerator shall be required only during the ozone season, provided that operation of the incinerator is not required for purposes of occupational health or safety or for the control of toxic or hazardous substances, malodors, or other pollutants regulated by other sections of chs.
NR 400 to
499. The provisions of this subsection may be applied, subject to approval of the department, where the requirements of chs.
NR 419 to
425 are met by use of other energy intensive control devices. Any approval issued by the department to apply the provision of this subsection to control devices other than natural gas fired afterburners or incinerators shall be submitted to, and will not become effective for federal purposes until approved by, the administrator or designee as a source-specific revision to the department's state implementation plan for ozone.
NR 425.04 History
History: Renum. from NR 154.13 (13) and am.
Register, September, 1986, No. 369, eff. 10-1-86; corrections in (3) (a), (4) (b) and (c) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, April, 1989; renum. (1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) (b) to be (1) (a) and (b), NR 425.03 (7m), (4) and (2) and am. (1) (a) and (b), NR 425.03 (7m) and (4), r. and recr. (3), r. (6) (a),
Register, February, 1990, No. 410, eff. 3-1-90; reprinted to correct (1) (b) and (4),
Register, March, 1990, No. 411; am. (2),
Register, May, 1992, No. 437, eff. 6-1-92; am. (4),
Register, December, 1993, No. 456, eff. 1-1-94; am. (1) (b), r. (2),
Register, February, 1995, No. 470, eff. 3-1-95; am. (1) (b),
Register, December, 1995, No. 480, eff. 1-1-96; am. (4),
Register, December, 1996, No. 492, eff. 1-1-97; am. (1) (b),
Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99;
CR 20-088: am. (3) (a) Register May 2022 No. 797, eff. 6-1-22. NR 425.05
NR 425.05 Internal offsets. An owner or operator of a surface coating or printing facility subject to ss.
NR 422.05 to
422.15 may achieve compliance with the emission limitations in those sections through the use of an internal offset provided the owner or operator has submitted, and the department has approved, an application under sub.
(1) or
(2). The owner or operator shall specify the subsection under which the application is submitted.
NR 425.05(1)(a)(a) Eligibility. The department may, by order issued under s.
285.13 (2), Stats., approve an application made under this subsection only if all of the following conditions are met:
NR 425.05(1)(a)1.
1. The construction or modification of each coating or printing line with emissions exceeding an applicable limitation was commenced on or before:
NR 425.05(1)(a)2.
2. The owner or operator has certified, and the department has confirmed, that the emissions of all air contaminants from all existing sources owned or controlled by the owner or operator in the state, other than VOC emissions from sources specified in subd.
1. for which an application was made under this subsection, are in compliance with or under a schedule for compliance as expeditiously as practicable with all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations.
NR 425.05(1)(a)3.
3. The owner or operator has demonstrated to the department's satisfaction that the allowable emission rates in pars.
(b) 1. and
2. can be met.
NR 425.05(1)(a)4.
4. The owner or operator has demonstrated to the department's satisfaction that the requirements of s.
NR 439.04 can be met.
NR 425.05(1)(b)
(b) Approval criteria. Any department approval of an application made under this subsection shall, at a minimum, do all of the following:
NR 425.05(1)(b)1.
1. Establish an allowable emission rate for each of the coating and printing lines involved in the internal offset.
NR 425.05(1)(b)2.
2. Establish a combined daily allowable emission rate from all coating and printing lines involved in the internal offset which is consistent with the U.S. environmental protection agency's “Emissions Trading Policy Statement; General Principles for Creation, Banking and Use of Emission Reduction Credits", 51 FR 43814, December 4, 1986, incorporated by reference in s.
NR 484.06.
NR 425.05(1)(c)
(c) Revocation. The department may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, revoke or modify any internal offset approved under this subsection when any term or condition of the approval has been violated, or for other reasons deemed necessary by the department. Any modification shall be submitted to, and will not become effective for federal purposes until approved by, the administrator or designee as a source-specific revision to the department's state implementation plan for ozone.
NR 425.05(1)(d)
(d) Additional requirements. Any internal offset approved under this subsection may not become effective for federal purposes until it has met the following requirements:
NR 425.05(1)(d)1.
1. It has been submitted to the administrator pursuant to applicable law, including but not limited to
42 USC 7410 and
40 CFR parts 51 and
52, and all substantive requirements of the federal law have been met.
NR 425.05(1)(d)2.
2. It has been approved by the administrator or designee as a revision to the state implementation plan.
NR 425.05 Note
Note: In reviewing internal offset approvals, the U.S. environmental protection agency will require that the internal offset meet the criteria of its “Emissions Trading Policy Statement; General Principles for Creation, Banking and Use of Emission Reduction Credits", 51 FR 43814, December 4, 1986.
NR 425.05(1)(e)
(e) Relocated lines. Notwithstanding par.
(a) 1., any coating or printing line which is relocated to another facility may comply with the emission limitations in ss.
NR 422.05 to
422.15 through an internal offset if the following conditions are met:
NR 425.05(1)(e)1.
1. The internal offset applies only to relocated coating or printing lines which had been jointly involved in an internal offset approved under this subsection.
NR 425.05(1)(e)2.
2. The internal offset involving the relocated lines is approved by the department under the criteria of pars.
(a) 2. to
4.,
(b) and
(d).
NR 425.05(2)(a)
(a) Eligibility. The department may, by order issued under s.
285.13 (2), Stats., approve an application made under this subsection only if all of the following conditions are met:
NR 425.05(2)(a)1.
1. Opportunity for public comment has been offered for a 30 day period through public notice, and where requested, a public hearing has been held. The department shall provide the region V office of the U.S. environmental protection agency with a copy of the public notice, the department's technical analysis and the proposed decision by the first day of the public comment period.
NR 425.05(2)(a)2.
2. The owner or operator has demonstrated to the department's satisfaction that the allowable emission rates in pars.
(b) 1. and
2. can be met.
NR 425.05(2)(a)3.
3. The owner or operator has demonstrated to the department's satisfaction that the requirements of s.
NR 439.04 can be met.
NR 425.05(2)(b)
(b) Approval criteria. Any department approval of an application made under this subsection shall, at a minimum, do all of the following:
NR 425.05(2)(b)1.
1. Establish an allowable emission rate for each of the coating and printing lines involved in the internal offset.
where E is the total allowable emissions from all of the coating and printing lines involved in the internal offset in kilograms (pounds), Y = 1 for facilities located in areas designated attainment or unclassified for ozone or in areas designated nonattainment for ozone with a federally approved demonstration of attainment, and Y = 0.8 for facilities located in areas designated nonattainment for ozone and lacking a federally approved demonstration of attainment, A
1,2...n is the lowest of the allowable emission rate for each coating or printing line pursuant to ss.
NR 422.05 to
422.15, or other limitation imposed by permit, order or approval, or the actual emission rate for each coating or printing line, as of the date of the internal offset application, in kilograms per liter (pounds per gallon) of coating or ink, excluding water, delivered to the applicator, B
1,2...n is the amount of coating material or ink in liters (gallons), delivered to the applicator during the actual production day, C
1,2 ...n is the volume fraction of solids in the coating or ink, delivered to the applicator during the actual production day, and D
1,2...n is the theoretical volume fraction of solids in the coating or ink necessary to meet the lowest of the allowable emission rate for each coating or printing line pursuant to ss.
NR 422.05 to
422.15, or other limitation imposed by permit, order or approval, calculated from: -
See PDF for diagram 
where P1,2...n is the density of the VOC used in the coating or ink delivered to the applicator during the actual production day in kilograms per liter (pounds per gallon). If the coating or ink does not contain any VOCs, or if the actual VOC density cannot be demonstrated by the owner or operator, a value of 0.88 kilograms per liter (7.36 pounds per gallon) shall be used for P.
NR 425.05(2)(c)
(c) Revocation. The department may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, revoke or modify any internal offset approved under this subsection when any term or condition of the approval has been violated, or for other reasons deemed necessary by the department.
NR 425.05(2)(d)1.1. Notwithstanding s.
NR 425.04 (4), to demonstrate compliance under this subsection, actual emissions from all coating and printing lines participating in an internal offset must be less than or equal to allowable emissions as calculated using the equation in par.
(b) 2. NR 425.05(2)(d)2.
2. Emission reductions from shutdowns or production curtailments or which were claimed in the state's federally approved demonstration of attainment, or any subsequent updated demonstration of attainment, may not participate in an internal offset.
NR 425.05(2)(d)3.
3. Coating and printing lines subject to chs.
NR 405,
440 or
446 to
449, or a lowest achievable emission rate (LAER) emission limitation, may participate in an internal offset under this subsection only if the owner or operator has certified, and the department has confirmed, that such lines are in compliance with all applicable requirements of those chapters or LAER.
NR 425.05(2)(d)4.
4. Daily VOC emissions in excess of those allowed under ss.
NR 422.05 to
422.15 shall be offset through an approval issued under this subsection by VOC emission reductions achieved after an application to use internal offsets has been submitted.
NR 425.05(2)(e)
(e) New or modified lines. An owner or operator may include in an application under this subsection coating or printing lines constructed or modified after March 1, 1990, on which the owner or operator intends to apply coatings or inks not meeting the applicable emission limitations in ss.
NR 422.05 to
422.15, and may apply such coatings or inks under an internal offset approved under this subsection if he or she demonstrates to the department's satisfaction that compliance with the applicable emission limitation on such coating or printing lines is technologically or economically infeasible.
