Chapter NR 466

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)(a) (a) Catalogues, including mail order and premium.

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)(d) (d) Magazines.

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)(g) (g) Periodicals.

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) Cahi 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) Casi 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) Chi 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) Chij 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) Chj is the organic HAP content of solvent j, expressed as a weight-fraction, in kg/kg (lb/lb).

NR 466.03(6) (6) Ci 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) Csi is the solids content of solids-containing material, i, expressed as a weight-fraction, in kg/kg (lb/lb).

NR 466.03(8) (8) Cvi 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) Gi 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) Ha is the monthly allowable organic HAP emissions, in kg (lb).

NR 466.03(14) (14) HL 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) Hs is the monthly average, as-applied, organic HAP to solids ratio, kg organic HAP/kg solids applied (lb/lb).

NR 466.03(16) (16) Hsi 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) MBi 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) MBj 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) MCi 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) MCj 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).

NR 466.03(22) (22) Mf is the total organic volatile matter mass flow rate, in kg/hr (lb/hr).

NR 466.03(23) (23) Mfi is the organic volatile matter mass flow rate at the inlet to the control device, in kg/hr (lb/hr).

NR 466.03(24) (24) Mfo is the organic volatile matter mass flow rate at the outlet of the control device, in kg/hr (lb/hr).

NR 466.03(25) (25) Mhu is the mass of organic HAP used in a month, in kg (lb).

NR 466.03(26) (26) Mi is the mass of solids-containing material, i, applied in a month, in kg (lb).

NR 466.03(27) (27) Mij is the mass of solvent, thinner, reducer, diluent or other non-solids-containing material, j, added to solids-containing material, i, in a month, in kg (lb).

NR 466.03(28) (28) Mj is the mass of solvent, thinner, reducer, diluent or other non-solids-containing material, j, applied in a month, in kg (lb).

NR 466.03(29) (29) MLj is the mass of solvent, thinner, reducer, diluent or other non-solids-containing material, j, added to solids-containing materials which were applied at less than 20% by weight solids content, on an as-applied basis, in a month, in kg (lb).

NR 466.03(30) (30) Mvr is the mass of volatile matter recovered in a month, in kg (lb).

NR 466.03(31) (31) Mvu is the mass of volatile matter, including water, used in a month, in kg (lb).

NR 466.03(32) (32) MWi is the molecular weight of compound i in the vent gas, kg/kg-mol.

NR 466.03(33) (33) n is the number of organic compounds in the vent gas.

NR 466.03(34) (34) p is the number of different inks, coatings, varnishes, adhesives, primers and other solids-containing materials applied in a month.

NR 466.03(35) (35) q is the number of different solvents, thinners, reducers, diluents or other non-solids-containing materials applied in a month.

NR 466.03(36) (36) Qsd is the volumetric flow rate of gases entering or exiting the control device in dscm/hr, as determined by Method 2 in 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in s. NR 484.04.

NR 466.03(37) (37) R is the overall organic HAP control efficiency as a percent.

NR 466.03(38) (38) Re is the overall effective organic HAP control efficiency for publication rotogravure as a percent.

NR 466.03(39) (39) Rv is the organic volatile matter collection and recovery efficiency as a percent.

NR 466.03(40) (40) S is the mass organic HAP emission rate per mass of material applied, in kg/kg (lb/lb).

NR 466.03(41) (41) 0.0416 is the conversion factor for molar volume, kg-mol/m3, at standard conditions.

NR 466.03 History History: Cr. Register, March, 2000, No. 531, eff. 4-1-00.

NR 466.05 NR 466.05 Standards: general. General provisions of ch. NR 460 apply to owners and operators of affected sources subject to this chapter as indicated in ch. NR 460 Appendix KK.

NR 466.05 History History: Cr. Register, March, 2000, No. 531, eff. 4-1-00.

NR 466.06 NR 466.06 Standards: publication rotogravure printing.

NR 466.06(1) (1) Compliance dates. Each owner or operator of any publication rotogravure printing affected source that is subject to the requirements of this chapter shall comply with this section on and after the compliance dates as specified in s. NR 466.08.

NR 466.06(2) (2) Emission limitation. The owner or operator of each publication rotogravure affected source shall limit organic HAP emissions to no more than 8% of the total volatile matter used each month.

NR 466.06(3) (3) Compliance methods. The emission limitation in sub. (2) shall be achieved by any of the following methods: