NR 440.47(5)(a)(a) The factor 6.5 shall be used in place of “annual asset guidelines repair allowance percentage,” to determine whether a capital expenditure as defined by in s. NR 440.02 has been made to an existing facility.

NR 440.47(5)(b)(b) For purposes of this chapter, the following physical changes or changes in the method of operation may not by themselves be considered a modification of any existing facility described under sub. (1) (a):

NR 440.47(5)(b)1.1. The addition of gravity loadout spouts to existing grain storage or grain transfer bins.

NR 440.47(5)(b)3.3. Replacement of motor and drive units driving existing grain handling equipment.

NR 440.47(5)(b)4.4. The installation of permanent storage capacity with no increase in hourly grain handling capacity.

NR 440.47 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, January, 1984, No. 337, eff. 2-1-84; am (2) (intro.), (3) (b) 1. and (d) 3., Register, September, 1990, No. 417, eff. 10-1-90; r. and recr. (4), Register, July, 1993, No. 451, eff. 8-1-93.

NR 440.48(1)(a)(a) The affected facility to which the provisions of this section apply is each metal furniture surface coating operation in which organic coatings are applied.

NR 440.48(1)(b)(b) This section applies to each affected facility identified in par. (a) on which construction, modification or reconstruction is commenced after November 28, 1980.

NR 440.48(1)(c)(c) Any owner or operator of a metal furniture surface coating operation that uses less than 3,842 liters of coating (as applied) per year and keeps purchase or inventory records or other data necessary to substantiate annual coating usage shall be exempt from all other provisions of this section. These records shall be maintained at the source for a period of at least 2 years.

NR 440.48(2)(a)(a) As used in this section, terms not defined in this paragraph have the meanings given in s. NR 440.02.

NR 440.48(2)(a)1.1. “Bake oven” means a device which uses heat to dry or cure coatings.

NR 440.48(2)(a)2.2. “Dip coating” means a method of applying coatings in which the part is submerged in a tank filled with the coatings.

NR 440.48(2)(a)3.3. “Electrodeposition” or “EDP” means a method of applying coatings in which the part is submerged in a tank filled with the coatings and in which an electrical potential is used to enhance deposition of the coatings on the part.

NR 440.48(2)(a)4.4. “Electrostatic spray application” means a spray application method that uses an electrical potential to increase the transfer efficiency of the coatings.

NR 440.48(2)(a)5.5. “Flashoff area” means the portion of a surface coating operation between the coating application area and bake oven.

NR 440.48(2)(a)6.6. “Flow coating” means a method of applying coatings in which the part is carried through a chamber containing numerous nozzles which direct unatomized streams of coatings from many different angles onto the surface of the part.

NR 440.48(2)(a)7.7. “Organic coating” means any coating used in a surface coating operation, including dilution solvents, from which volatile organic compound emissions occur during the application or the curing process. For the purpose of this section, powder coatings are not included in this definition.

NR 440.48(2)(a)8.8. “Powder coating” means any surface coating which is applied as a dry powder and is fused into a continuous coating film through the use of heat.

NR 440.48(2)(a)9.9. “Spray application” means a method of applying coatings by atomizing and directing the atomized spray toward the part to be coated.

NR 440.48(2)(a)10.10. “Surface coating operation” means the system on a metal furniture surface coating line used to apply and dry or cure an organic coating on the surface of the metal furniture part or product. The surface coating operation may be a prime coat or a topcoat operation and includes the coating application station or stations, flashoff area and curing oven.

NR 440.48(2)(a)11.11. “Transfer efficiency” means the ratio of the amount of coating solids deposited onto the surface of a part or product to the total amount of coating solids used.

NR 440.48(2)(a)12.12. “VOC content” means the proportion of a coating that is volatile organic compounds (VOCs), expressed as kilograms of VOCs per liter of coating solids.

NR 440.48(2)(a)13.13. “VOC emissions” means the mass of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), expressed as kilograms of VOCs per liter of applied coating solids, emitted from a metal furniture surface coating operation.

NR 440.48(2)(b)(b) As used in this section, symbols not defined in this paragraph have the meanings given in s. NR 440.03.