NR 466.01(1)(a)2.b.
b. Use less than 22.7 Mg (25 tons) per each rolling 12-month period of any combination of HAPs at the facility, including materials used for source categories or purposes other than printing and publishing.
NR 466.01(1)(c)
(c) Each facility for which the owner or operator chooses to commit to and meets the criteria in
par. (a) 2. may exclude, for the purpose of determining compliance with the usage restrictions in
par. (a) 2., material used in routine janitorial or facility grounds maintenance, personal uses by employees or other persons, the use of products for the purpose of maintaining electric, propane, gasoline and diesel powered motor vehicles operated by the facility, and the use of HAP contained in intake water, used for processing or noncontact cooling, or intake air, used either as compressed air or for combustion.
NR 466.01(1)(d)
(d) Each facility for which the owner or operator chooses to commit to and meets the criteria in
par. (a) 2. to become an area source, but subsequently exceeds either of the thresholds in
par. (a) 2. for any rolling 12-month period, without first obtaining and complying with other limits that keep its potential to emit HAP below major source levels, shall be considered in violation of its commitment for that 12-month period and shall be considered a major source of HAP beginning the first month after the end of the 12-month period in which either of the HAP-use thresholds was exceeded. As a major source of HAP, each facility is subject to this chapter as provided under
par. (a) 1. and is no longer eligible to use the provisions of
par. (a) 2., even if in subsequent 12-month periods the facility uses less HAP than the thresholds in
par. (a) 2.
NR 466.01(1)(e)
(e) An owner or operator of an affected source subject to
par. (a) 2. who chooses to no longer be subject to
par. (a) 2. shall notify the department of the change. If, by no longer being subject to
par. (a) 2., the facility at which the affected source is located becomes a major source, the owner or operator shall continue to comply with the HAP usage provisions of
par. (a) 2. until the source is in compliance with all relevant requirements for a new MACT source or an existing source under this chapter.
NR 466.01(1)(f)
(f) Nothing in this subsection is intended to preclude a facility from establishing area source status by limiting its potential to emit through other appropriate mechanisms.
NR 466.01(1)(g)
(g) This chapter does not apply to research or laboratory equipment.
NR 466.01(2)
(2) Purpose. This chapter is adopted under ss.
285.27 (2) and
285.65, Stats., to establish emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for the printing and publishing industry in order to protect air quality.
NR 466.01 Note
Note: This chapter is based on the federal regulations contained in
40 CFR part 63 Subpart KK, created May 30, 1996.
NR 466.01 History
History: Cr.
Register, March, 2000, No. 531, eff. 4-1-00.
NR 466.015
NR 466.015 Designation of affected sources. NR 466.015(1)(1) The affected sources subject to this chapter are all of the following:
NR 466.015(1)(a)
(a) All of the publication rotogravure presses and all associated equipment, including proof presses, cylinder and parts cleaners, ink and solvent mixing and storage equipment, and solvent recovery equipment at a facility.
NR 466.015(1)(b)
(b) All of the product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing presses at a facility plus any other equipment at that facility which the owner or operator chooses to include in accordance with
sub. (2), except any of the following:
NR 466.015(1)(b)2.
2. Any product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic press which is used primarily for coating, laminating or other operations which the owner or operator chooses to exclude, provided that the owner or operator maintains records as required under
s. NR 466.11 (6), and the sum of the total mass of inks, coatings, varnishes, adhesives, primers, solvents, thinners, reducers and other materials applied by the press using product and packaging rotogravure print stations and wide-web flexographic print stations in each month never exceeds 5% by weight of the total mass of inks, coatings, varnishes, adhesives, primers, solvents, thinners, reducers and other materials applied by the press in that month, including all inboard and outboard stations.
NR 466.015(2)
(2) The owner or operator of an affected source, as defined in
sub. (1) (b), may elect to include in that affected source stand-alone coating equipment subject to all of the following provisions:
NR 466.015(2)(a)
(a) All stand-alone coating equipment which is located at the facility, and which is described by any of the following, is included in the affected source:
NR 466.015(2)(a)1.
1. The stand-alone coating equipment and one or more product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic presses are used to apply solids-containing materials to the same web or substrate.
NR 466.015(2)(a)2.
2. The stand-alone coating equipment and one or more product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic presses apply a common solids-containing material.
NR 466.015(2)(a)3.
3. A common control device is used to control organic HAP emissions from the stand-alone coating equipment and from one or more product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing presses.
NR 466.015(2)(b)
(b) No product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic presses are excluded from the affected source under the provisions of
sub. (1) (b) 2.
NR 466.015(3)
(3) Each product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing affected source at a facility that is a major source of HAP that complies with either of the following criteria on and after the applicable compliance date as specified in
s. NR 466.08 is subject only to the requirements of
ss. NR 466.11 (5) and
466.12 (2) (a):
NR 466.015(3)(a)
(a) The owner or operator of the source applies no more than 500 kg (1102 pounds) per month, for every month, of inks, coatings, varnishes, adhesives, primers, solvents, thinners, reducers and other materials on product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing presses.
NR 466.015(3)(b)
(b) The owner or operator of the source applies no more than 400 kg (882 pounds) per month, for every month, of organic HAP on product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing presses.
NR 466.015(4)
(4) Each product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing affected source at a facility that is a major source of HAP that does not comply with either criterion in
sub. (3) in any month after the applicable compliance date as specified in
s. NR 466.08 is, starting with that month, subject to all relevant requirements of this chapter and is no longer eligible to use the provisions of
sub. (3), even if in subsequent months the affected source meets either of the criteria in
sub. (3).
NR 466.015 History
History: Cr.
Register, March, 2000, No. 531, eff. 4-1-00.
NR 466.02
NR 466.02 Definitions. For terms not defined in this section, the definitions contained in
chs. NR 400 and
460 apply to the terms used in this chapter, with definitions in
ch. NR 460 taking priority over definitions in
ch. NR 400. If this section defines a term which is also defined in
ch. NR 400 or
460, the definition in this section applies in this chapter.
NR 466.02(1)
(1) “Always-controlled work station" means a work station associated with a dryer from which the exhaust is delivered to a control device, with no provision for the dryer exhaust to bypass the control device. Sampling lines for analyzers and relief valves needed for safety purposes are not considered bypass lines.
NR 466.02(2)
(2) “Car-seal" means a seal that is placed on a device that is used to change the position of a valve or damper, for example, from open to closed, in a way that the position of the valve or damper cannot be changed without breaking the seal.
NR 466.02(3)
(3) “Certified product data sheet" or “CPDS" means documentation furnished by suppliers of inks, coatings, varnishes, adhesives, primers, solvents and other materials or by an outside laboratory that provides the organic HAP content of these materials, by weight, measured using Method 311 in
40 CFR Part 63, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in
s. NR 484.04, or an equivalent or alternative method, or formulation data as provided for in
s. NR 466.09 (2), and the solids content of these materials, by weight, determined in accordance with
s. NR 466.09 (3).
NR 466.02(4)
(4) “Coating operation" means the application of a uniform layer of material across the entire width of a substrate.
NR 466.02(5)
(5) “Coating station" means a work station on which a coating operation is conducted.
NR 466.02(6)
(6) “Control device efficiency" means the ratio of organic HAP emissions recovered or destroyed by a control device to the total HAP emissions that are introduced into the control device, expressed as a percentage.
NR 466.02(7)
(7) “Facility" means all contiguous or adjoining property that is under common ownership or control, including properties that are separated only by a road or other public right-of-way.
NR 466.02(8)
(8) “Flexographic press" means an unwind or feed section, a series of individual work stations, one or more of which is a flexographic print station, any dryers, including interstage dryers and overhead tunnel dryers, associated with the work stations, and a rewind, stack or collection station. The work stations may be oriented vertically, horizontally or around the circumference of a single large impression cylinder. Inboard and outboard work stations, including those employing any other technology, such as rotogravure, are included if they are capable of printing or coating on the same substrate.
NR 466.02(9)
(9) “Flexographic print station" means a work station on which a flexographic printing operation is conducted. A flexographic print station includes a printing plate which is an image carrier made of rubber or other elastomeric material on which the image, type and art, to be printed is raised above the printing plate.
NR 466.02(10)
(10) “HAP applied" means the organic HAP content of all inks, coatings, varnishes, adhesives, primers, solvent and other materials applied to a substrate by a product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic printing affected source.
NR 466.02(12)
(12) “HAP used" means the organic HAP applied by a publication rotogravure printing affected source, including all organic HAP used for cleaning, parts washing, proof presses and all organic HAP emitted during tank loading, ink mixing and storage.
NR 466.02(13)
(13) “Intermittently-controllable work station" means a work station associated with a dryer with provisions for the dryer exhaust to be delivered to or diverted from a control device depending on the position of a valve or damper.
NR 466.02(14)
(14) “Month" means a calendar month or a prespecified period of 28 days to 35 days.
NR 466.02(15)
(15) “Never-controlled work station" means a work station which is not equipped with provisions by which any emissions, including those in the exhaust from any associated dryer, may be delivered to a control device.
NR 466.02(16)
(16) “Overall organic HAP control efficiency" means the total efficiency of a control system, determined either by the product of the capture efficiency and the control device efficiency or a liquid-liquid material balance.
NR 466.02(17)
(17) “Print station" means a work station on which a printing operation is conducted.
NR 466.02(18)
(18) “Printing operation" means the formation of words, designs and pictures on a substrate other than fabric through the application of material to that substrate.
NR 466.02(19)
(19) “Product and packaging rotogravure printing" means the production, on a rotogravure press, of any printed substrate not otherwise defined as publication rotogravure printing. This includes, but is not limited to, folding cartons, flexible packaging, labels and wrappers, gift wraps, wall and floor coverings, upholstery, decorative laminates and tissue products.
NR 466.02(20)
(20) “Proof press" means any device used only to check the quality of the image formation of rotogravure cylinders or flexographic plates, which prints only non-saleable items.
NR 466.02(21)
(21) “Publication rotogravure printing" means the production, on a rotogravure press, of any of the following saleable paper products:
NR 466.02(21)(b)
(b) Direct mail advertisements, including circulars, letters, pamphlets, cards, and printed envelopes.
NR 466.02(21)(c)
(c) Display advertisements, including general posters, outdoor advertisements, car cards, window posters; counter and floor displays; and point of purchase and other printed display material.
NR 466.02(21)(e)
(e) Miscellaneous advertisements, including brochures, pamphlets, catalog sheets, circular folders, announcements, package inserts, book jackets, market circulars, magazine inserts and shopping news.
NR 466.02(21)(f)
(f) Newspapers, magazine and comic supplements for newspapers, and preprinted newspaper inserts, including hi-fi and spectacolor rolls and sections.
NR 466.02(21)(h)
(h) Telephone and other directories, including business reference services.
NR 466.02(22)
(22) “Research or laboratory equipment" means any equipment for which the primary purpose is to conduct research and development into new processes and products, where the equipment is operated under the close supervision of technically trained personnel and is not engaged in the manufacture of products for commercial sale in commerce, except in a de minimis manner.
NR 466.02(23)
(23) “Rotogravure press" means an unwind or feed section, a series of one or more work stations, one or more of which is a rotogravure print station, any dryers associated with the work stations, and a rewind, stack or collection section. Inboard and outboard work stations including those employing any other technology, such as flexography, are included if they are capable of printing or coating on the same substrate.
NR 466.02(24)
(24) “Rotogravure print station" means a work station on which a rotogravure printing operation is conducted. A rotogravure print station includes both a cylinder on which the image, type and art, to be printed is etched or engraved below the surface of the cylinder, and an ink supply.
NR 466.02(25)
(25) “Stand-alone coating equipment" means an unwind or feed section, a series of one or more coating stations and any associated dryers, and a rewind, stack or collection section that is not part of a product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic press, but is used to conduct one or more coating operations on a substrate. Stand-alone coating equipment may or may not do any of the following:
NR 466.02(25)(a)
(a) Process substrate that is also processed by a product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic press.
NR 466.02(25)(b)
(b) Apply solids-containing materials that are also applied by a product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic press.
NR 466.02(25)(c)
(c) Utilize a control device that is also utilized by a product and packaging rotogravure or wide-web flexographic press.
NR 466.02 Note
Note: Stand-alone coating equipment is sometimes referred to as “off-line" coating equipment.
NR 466.02(26)
(26) “Wide-web flexographic press" means a flexographic press capable of printing substrates greater than 18 inches in width.
NR 466.02(27)
(27) “Work station" means a unit on a rotogravure or wide-web flexographic press where material is deposited onto a substrate.
NR 466.02 History
History: Cr.
Register, March, 2000, No. 531, eff. 4-1-00.
NR 466.03
NR 466.03 Symbols. The symbols used in equations in this chapter have the following meanings:
NR 466.03(1)
(1) C
ahi is the monthly average, as-applied, organic HAP content of solids-containing material, i, expressed as a weight-fraction, in kg/kg (lb/lb).
NR 466.03(2)
(2) C
asi is the monthly average, as applied, solids content of solids-containing material, i, expressed as a weight-fraction, in kg/kg (lb/lb).
NR 466.03(3)
(3) C
hi is the organic HAP content of solids-containing material, i, expressed as a weight-fraction, in kg/kg (lb/lb).
NR 466.03(4)
(4) C
hij is the organic HAP content of solvent j, added to solids-containing material i, expressed as a weight-fraction, in kg/kg (lb/lb).
NR 466.03(5)
(5) C
hj is the organic HAP content of solvent j, expressed as a weight-fraction, in kg/kg (lb/lb).
NR 466.03(6)
(6) C
i is the organic volatile matter concentration in ppm, dry basis, of compound i in the vent gas, as determined by Method 25 or Method 25A in
40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in
s. NR 484.04.
NR 466.03(7)
(7) C
si is the solids content of solids-containing material, i, expressed as a weight-fraction, in kg/kg (lb/lb).
NR 466.03(8)
(8) C
vi is the volatile matter content of solids-containing material, i, expressed as a weight-fraction, in kg/kg (lb/lb).
NR 466.03(9)
(9) E is the organic volatile matter control efficiency of the control device, expressed as a percent.
NR 466.03(10)
(10) F is the organic volatile matter capture efficiency of the capture system as a percent.
NR 466.03(11)
(11) G
i is the mass fraction of each solids-containing material, i, which was applied at 20% by weight or greater solids content, on an as-applied basis, in kg/kg (lb/lb).
NR 466.03(12)
(12) H is the total monthly organic HAP applied, in kg (lb).
NR 466.03(13)
(13) H
a is the monthly allowable organic HAP emissions, in kg (lb).
NR 466.03(14)
(14) H
L is the monthly average, as-applied, organic HAP content of all solids-containing materials applied at less than 0.04 kg organic HAP per kg of material applied (0.04 lb/lb), in kg/kg (lb/lb).
NR 466.03(15)
(15) H
s is the monthly average, as-applied, organic HAP to solids ratio, kg organic HAP/kg solids applied (lb/lb).
NR 466.03(16)
(16) H
si is the as-applied, organic HAP to solids ratio of material i.
NR 466.03(17)
(17) L is the mass organic HAP emission rate per mass of solids applied, in kg/kg (lb/lb).
NR 466.03(18)
(18) M
Bi is the sum of the mass of solids-containing material, i, applied on intermittently-controllable work stations operating in bypass mode and the mass of solids-containing material, i, applied on never-controlled work stations, in a month, in kg (lb).
NR 466.03(19)
(19) M
Bj is the sum of the mass of solvent, thinner, reducer, diluent or other non-solids-containing material, j, applied on intermittently-controllable work stations operating in bypass mode and the mass of solvent, thinner, reducer, diluent or other non-solids-containing material, j, applied on never-controlled work stations, in a month, in kg (lb).
NR 466.03(20)
(20) M
Ci is the sum of the mass of solids-containing material, i, applied on intermittently-controllable work stations operating in controlled mode and the mass of solids-containing material, i, applied on always-controlled work stations, in a month, in kg (lb).
NR 466.03(21)
(21) M
Cj is the sum of the mass of solvent, thinner, reducer, diluent or other non-solids-containing material, j, applied on intermittently-controllable work stations operating in controlled mode and the mass of solvent, thinner, reducer, diluent or other non-solids-containing material, j, applied on always-controlled work stations in a month, in kg (lb).
