N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-A 804.18

Current through Register No. 25, June 20, 2024

Section Env-A 804.18 - Testing Cleaning Solutions in Offset Lithography

To determine compliance with Env-A 1216.02(a), the owner or operator of a business that operates an offset lithographic printing press shall use the methods prescribed below:

(a) The VOC content of the cleaning solution shall be determined by the applicable test methods specified in Env-A 804.04;

(b) The VOC composite partial vapor pressure of the cleaning solution pursuant to the option specified in Env-A 1216.02(a)(2) shall be determined using one of the following procedures:

(1) An alternate analytical method approved by the department in accordance with Env-A 809; or

(2) A calculation which combines on a volumetric basis the analytical VOC vapor pressure data for the constituents of the cleaning solution based on records of the proportions in which they are mixed to make the press-ready cleaning solution; and

(c) An owner or operator of a business that operates an offset lithographic printing press choosing to demonstrate compliance with the VOC limitations specified in Env-A 1216.02(a)(1) and equipped with automatic devices that mix cleaning solution at the point of application shall employ flow meters or fixed-volume spray systems to monitor water and cleaning solution application rates.

N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-A 804.18

#7788, eff 10-31-02; ss by #9802, eff 10-31-10 (from Env-A 804.16)

Amended by Volume XXXIX Number 19, Filed May 9, 2019, Proposed by #12762, Effective 5/1/2019, Expires 5/1/2029.