NR 440.642(9)(e)1.1. In any case in which the administrator revokes a certificate of compliance either for the knowing submission of false or inaccurate information or other fraudulent acts, or based on a finding under sub. (4) (L) 1. b. that the certification test was not valid, the administrator may give notice of that revocation and the grounds for it to all commercial owners. NR 440.642(9)(e)2.2. From and after the date of receipt of the notice given under subd. 1., no commercial owner may sell any wood heater covered by the revoked certificate (other than to the manufacturer) unless one of the following has been met: NR 440.642(9)(f)(f) No person may install or operate an affected facility except in a manner consistent with the instructions on its permanent label and in the owner’s manual pursuant to sub. (7) (L). NR 440.642(9)(g)(g) No person may operate an affected facility which was originally equipped with a catalytic combustor if the catalytic element is deactivated or removed. NR 440.642(9)(h)(h) No person may operate an affected facility that has been physically altered to exceed the tolerance limits of its certificate of compliance. NR 440.642(9)(i)(i) No person may alter, deface, or remove any permanent label required to be affixed pursuant to sub. (7). NR 440.642(10)(a)1.1. Any manufacturer or laboratory affected by an action listed in this subdivision may request a hearing under this subsection within 30 days following receipt of the required notification of the action when the administrator: NR 440.642(10)(a)2.2. When the administrator issues a notice of revocation under sub. (4) (p), the manufacturer may request a hearing under this subsection within the time limits in sub. (4) (p) 5. NR 440.642(10)(b)(b) Any hearing request shall be in writing, shall be signed by an authorized representative of the petitioning manufacturer or laboratory, and shall include a statement setting forth with particularity the petitioner’s objection to the administrator’s determination or proposed determination. NR 440.642(10)(c)1.1. Upon receipt of a request for a hearing under par. (a), the administrator shall request the chief administrative law judge to designate an administrative law judge as presiding officer for the hearing. If the chief administrative law judge replies that no administrative law judge is available to perform this function, the administrator shall designate a presiding officer who has not had any prior responsibility for the matter under review, and who is not subject to the direct control or supervision of someone who has had such responsibility. NR 440.642(10)(c)2.2. The hearing shall commence as soon as practicable at a time and place fixed by the presiding officer. NR 440.642(10)(c)3.a.a. A motion for leave to intervene in any proceeding conducted under this section shall set forth the grounds for the proposed intervention, the position and interest of the movant and the likely impact that intervention will have on the expeditious progress of the proceeding. Any person already a party to the proceeding may file an answer to a motion to intervene, making specific reference to the factors in the foregoing sentence and subd. 3. c. within 10 days after service of the motion for leave to intervene. NR 440.642(10)(c)3.b.b. A motion for leave to intervene in a proceeding shall ordinarily be filed before the first prehearing conference or in the absence of a prehearing conference, prior to the setting of a time and place for a hearing. Any motion filed after that time shall include, in addition to the information in subd. 3. a., a statement of good cause for the failure to file in a timely manner. The intervenor shall be bound by any agreements, arrangements and other matters previously made in the proceeding. NR 440.642(10)(c)3.c.c. A motion for leave to intervene may be granted only if the movant demonstrates that his or her presence in the proceeding would not unduly prolong or otherwise prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties, and that movant may be adversely affected by a final order. The intervenor shall become a full party to the proceeding upon the granting of leave to intervene. NR 440.642(10)(c)3.d.d. Persons not parties to the proceeding may move for leave to file amicus curiae briefs. The movant shall state his or her interest and the reasons why the proposed amicus brief is desirable. If the motion is granted, the presiding officer or administrator shall issue an order setting the time for filing such brief. An amicus curia may participate in any briefing after his or her motion is granted, and shall be served with all briefs, reply briefs, motions and orders relating to issues to be briefed. NR 440.642(10)(c)4.4. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed in this section, the day of the event from which the designated period begins to run may not be included. Saturdays, Sundays, and federal legal holidays shall be included. When a stated time expires on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the stated time period shall be extended to include the next business day. NR 440.642(10)(d)1.1. Upon appointment, the presiding officer shall establish a hearing file. The file shall consist of the notice issued by the administrator under sub. (4) (e), (L) or (p), or (6) (a) or (e), together with any accompanying material, the request for a hearing and the supporting data submitted therewith, and all documents relating to the request for certification or accreditation, or the proposed revocation of either. NR 440.642(10)(d)2.2. The hearing file shall be available for inspection by any party, to the extent authorized by law, at the office of the presiding officer or other place designated. NR 440.642(10)(e)(e) Any party may appear in person, or may be represented by counsel or by any other duly authorized representative. NR 440.642(10)(f)1.1. The presiding officer, upon the request of any party, or at his or her discretion, may order a prehearing conference at a time and place specified to consider the following: NR 440.642(10)(f)1.e.e. Such other matters as may aid in the disposition of the hearing, including such additional tests as may be agreed upon by the parties. NR 440.642(10)(f)2.2. The results of the conference shall be reduced to writing by the presiding officer and made part of the record. NR 440.642(10)(g)1.1. Hearings shall be conducted by the presiding officer in an informal but orderly and expeditious manner. The parties may offer oral or written evidence, subject to the exclusion by the presiding officer of irrelevant, immaterial and repetitious evidence. NR 440.642(10)(g)2.2. Witnesses will not be required to testify under oath. However, the presiding officer shall call to the attention of witnesses that their statements may be subject to penalties under 18 USC 1001 for knowingly making false statements or representations or using false documents in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States. NR 440.642(10)(g)3.3. Any witness may be examined or cross-examined by the presiding officer, the parties, or their representatives. NR 440.642(10)(g)4.4. Hearings shall be recorded verbatim. Copies of transcripts of proceedings may be purchased by the applicant from the reporter. NR 440.642(10)(g)5.5. All written statements, charts, tabulations, and similar data offered in evidence at the hearings shall, upon a showing satisfactory to the presiding officer of their authenticity, relevancy, and materiality, be received in evidence and shall constitute a part of the record. NR 440.642(10)(h)1.1. The presiding officer shall make an initial decision which shall include a written findings and conclusions and the reasons or basis therefor on all the material issues of fact, law, or discretion presented on the record. The findings, conclusions, and written decision shall be provided to the parties and made a part of the record. The initial decision shall become the decision of the administrator without further proceedings unless there is an appeal to the administrator or motion for review by the administrator. Except as provided in subd. 3., any such appeal shall be taken within 20 days of the date the initial decision was filed. NR 440.642(10)(h)2.2. On appeal from or review of the initial decision the administrator shall have all the powers which he or she would have in making the initial decision including the discretion to require or allow briefs, oral argument, the taking of additional evidence or the remanding to the presiding officer for additional proceedings. The decision by the administrator shall include written findings and conclusions and the reasons or basis therefor on all the material issues of fact, law, or discretion presented on the appeal or considered in the review. NR 440.642(10)(h)3.3. In any hearing requested under par. (a) 2., the presiding officer shall render his initial decision within 60 days of that request. Any appeal to the administrator shall be taken within 10 days of the initial decision, and the administrator shall render his decision in that appeal within 30 days of the filing of the appeal. NR 440.642(11)(11) General provisions exclusions. The following provisions of ch. NR 440 do not apply to this section: NR 440.642 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, September, 1990, No. 417, eff. 10-1-90; am. (3) (b) 1. a., (4) (h) 3. c. and (7) (i) 4. b., Register, July, 1993, No. 451, eff. 8-1-93; am. (4) (o) 3. a., (5) (c), Register, December, 1995, No. 480, eff. 1-1-96; corrections in (1) (c) and (4) (L) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Register, November, 1999, No. 527; CR 06-109: r. (1) (c) and (d), (3) (a), (4) (h) and (j) 1. a. and b. and (p) 4. b. 2), (6) (c), am. (2) (m) 2., 3. and 4., (3) (b) 1. (intro.), b. and 2., (4) (e) 1. (intro.) and b., (k) 1. and 2. (intro.) and (L) 1. b., (6) (b) 9., (7) (a) 3. b. and d., (f) 3. and (j) 2. e., r. and recr. (3) (b) 1. a., (7) (i) 4. b. and (9) (e), renum. (4) (j) 1. (intro.) to be 1. and am., renum. (4) (p) 4. b. 1) to be (4) (p) 4. b. and am. Register May 2008 No. 629, eff. 6-1-08; corrections in (4) (b) 2., (o) 3. a. and 6., (6) (e) 1. a., (f), (7) (c) to (e), (i), (8) (a), (e), (10) (a) 1. a. and (d) 1. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register May 2008 No. 629; corrections in (9) (a), (c) and (d) 1. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats. NR 440.644NR 440.644 Rubber tire manufacturing industry. NR 440.644(1)(1) Applicability and designation of affected facilities. NR 440.644(1)(a)(a) The provisions of this section, except as provided in par. (b), apply to each of the following affected facilities in rubber tire manufacturing plants that commence construction, modification, or reconstruction after January 20, 1983: each undertread cementing operation, each sidewall cementing operation, each tread end cementing operation, each bead cementing operation, each green tire spraying operation, each Michelin-A, each Michelin-B operation and each Michelin-C automatic operation. NR 440.644(1)(b)(b) The owner or operator of each undertread cementing operation and each sidewall cementing operation in rubber tire manufacturing plants that commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after January 20, 1983, and on or before September 15, 1987, may comply with the alternate provisions in sub. (3) (b). This election shall be irreversible. The alternate provisions in sub. (3) (b) do not apply to any undertread cementing operation or sidewall cementing operation that is modified or reconstructed after September 15, 1987. The affected facilities in this paragraph are subject to all applicable provisions of this section. NR 440.644(1)(c)(c) Although the affected facilities listed under par. (a) are defined in reference to the production of components of a “tire”, as defined under sub. (2) (a), the percent emission reduction requirements and VOC use cutoffs specified under sub. (3) (a) 1., 2., 6., 7. b., 8., 9. and 10. refer to the total amount of VOC used (the amount allocated to the affected facility), including the VOC used in cements and organic solvent-based green tire spray materials for tire types not listed in the definition of “tire”. NR 440.644(2)(a)1.1. “Bead” means rubber-covered strands of wire, wound into a circular form, which ensure a seal between a tire and the rim of the wheel onto which the tire is mounted. NR 440.644(2)(a)2.2. “Bead cementing operation” means the system that is used to apply cement to the bead rubber before or after it is wound into its final circular form. A bead cementing operation consists of a cement application station, such as a dip tank, spray booth and nozzles, cement trough and roller or swab applicator, and all other equipment necessary to apply cement to wound beads or bead rubber and to allow evaporation of solvent from cemented beads. NR 440.644(2)(a)3.3. “Component” means a piece of tread, combined tread/sidewall, or separate sidewall rubber, or other rubber strip that is combined into the sidewall of a finished tire. NR 440.644(2)(a)4.4. “Drying area” means the area where VOC from applied cement or green tire sprays is allowed to evaporate. NR 440.644(2)(a)5.5. “Enclosure” means a structure that surrounds a VOC (cement, solvent, or spray) application area and drying area, and that captures and contains evaporated VOC and vents it to a control device. Enclosures may have permanent and temporary openings. NR 440.644(2)(a)7.7. “Green tire spraying operation” means the system used to apply a mold release agent and lubricant to the inside and outside of green tires to facilitate the curing process and to prevent rubber from sticking to the curing press. A green tire spraying operation consists of a booth where spraying is performed, the spray application station, and related equipment such as the lubricant supply system. NR 440.644(2)(a)8.8. “Michelin-A operation” means the operation identified as Michelin-A in the emission standards and engineering division confidential file as referenced in Docket A-80-9, Entry II-B-12. NR 440.644(2)(a)9.9. “Michelin-B operation” means the operation identified as Michelin-B in the emission standards and engineering division confidential file as referenced in Docket A-80-9, Entry II-B-12. NR 440.644(2)(a)10.10. “Michelin-C-automatic operation” means the operation identified as Michelin-C-automatic in the emission standards and engineering division confidential file as referenced in Docket A-80-9, Entry II-B-12. NR 440.644(2)(a)11.11. “Month” means a calendar month or a prespecified period of 28 days or 35 days (utilizing a 4-4-5-week recordkeeping and reporting schedule). NR 440.644(2)(a)12.12. “Organic solvent-based green tire spray” means any mold release agent and lubricant applied to the inside or outside of green tires that contains more than 12%, by weight, of VOC, as sprayed. NR 440.644(2)(a)13.13. “Permanent opening” means an opening designed into an enclosure to allow tire components to pass through the enclosure by conveyor or other mechanical means, to provide access for permanent mechanical or electrical equipment, or to direct air flow into the enclosure. A permanent opening is not equipped with a door or other means of obstruction of air flow. NR 440.644(2)(a)14.14. “Sidewall cementing operation” means the system used to apply cement to a continuous strip of sidewall component or any other continuous strip component (except combined bead/sidewall component) that is incorporated into the sidewall of a finished tire. A sidewall cementing operation consists of a cement application station and all other equipment, such as the cement supply system and feed and takeaway conveyors, necessary to apply cement to sidewall strips or other continuous strip component (except combined tread/sidewall component) and to allow evaporation of solvent from the cemented rubber. NR 440.644(2)(a)15.15. “Temporary opening” means an opening into an enclosure that is equipped with a means of obstruction, such as a door, window, or port, that is normally closed. NR 440.644(2)(a)16.16. “Tire” means any agricultural, airplane, industrial, mobile home, light-duty truck or passenger vehicle tire that has a bead diameter less than or equal to 0.5 m (19.7 in) and a cross section dimension less than or equal to 0.325 m (12.8 in), and that is mass produced in an assembly-line fashion. NR 440.644(2)(a)17.17. “Tread end cementing operation” means the system used to apply cement to one or both ends of the tread or combined tread/sidewall component. A tread end cementing operation consists of a cement application station and all other equipment, such as the cement supply system and feed and takeaway conveyors, necessary to apply cement to tread ends and to allow evaporation of solvent from the cemented tread ends. NR 440.644(2)(a)18.18. “Undertread cementing operation” means the system used to apply cement to a continuous strip of tread or combined tread/sidewall component. An undertread cementing operation consists of a cement application station and all other equipment, such as the cement supply system and feed and takeaway conveyors, necessary to apply cement to tread or combined tread/sidewall strips and to allow evaporation of solvent from the cemented tread or combined tread/sidewall. NR 440.644(2)(a)19.19. “VOC emission control device” means equipment that destroys or recovers VOC. NR 440.644(2)(a)20.20. “VOC emission reduction system” means a system composed of an enclosure, hood, or other device for containment and capture of VOC emissions and a VOC emission control device. NR 440.644(2)(a)21.21. “Water-based green tire spray” means any mold release agent and lubricant applied to the inside or outside of green tires that contains 12% or less, by weight, of VOC as sprayed. NR 440.644(2)(b)1.1. Bo is the total number of beads cemented at a particular bead cementing affected facility for a month. NR 440.644(2)(b)2.2. Ca is the concentration of VOC in gas stream in vents after a control device (parts per million by volume). NR 440.644(2)(b)3.3. Cb is the concentration of VOC in gas stream in vents before a control device (parts per million by volume). NR 440.644(2)(b)4.4. Cf is the concentration of VOC in each gas stream vented directly to the atmosphere from an affected facility or from a temporary enclosure around an affected facility (parts per million by volume). NR 440.644(2)(b)5.5. Dc is the density of cement or spray material (grams per liter (lb per gallon)). NR 440.644(2)(b)6.6. Dr is the density of VOC recovered by an emission control device (grams per liter (lb per gallon)).
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