Okla. Admin. Code § 252:100-39-44

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

Section 252:100-39-44 - Manufacture of pneumatic rubber tires

(a)Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this Section, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

(1)"Automatic tread end cementing" means the application of a VOC based cement to the tire tread ends by automated devices.

(2)"Bead dipping" means the dipping of an assembled tire bead into a VOC based cement.

(3)"Green tires" means assembled tires before molding and curing have occurred.

(4)"Green tire spraying" means the spraying of green tires, both inside and outside, with release compounds that help remove air from the tire during molding and prevent the tire from sticking to the mold after curing.

(5)"Manual tread end cementing" means the application of a VOC based cement to the tire tread ends by manufacturers.

(6)"Passenger type tire" means agricultural, airplane, industrial, mobile home, light and medium duty truck, and passenger vehicle tires with a bead diameter up to but not including 20.0 inches and cross section dimension up to 12.8 inches.

(7)"Pneumatic rubber tire manufacture" means the production of pneumatic rubber, passenger type tires on a mass production basis.

(8)"Undertread cementing" means the application of a VOC based cement to the underside of a tire tread.

(9)"Water based sprays" means release compounds, sprayed on the inside and outside of green tires, in which solids, water and emulsifiers have been substituted for VOCs. These sprays may contain an average of up to five percent VOC.

(b)Applicability.

(1) This Section applies to VOC emissions from all major source pneumatic rubber tire manufacturing facilities located in Oklahoma County from:

(A) undertread cementing;

(B) automatic tread end cementing; and,

(C) green tire spraying.

(2) The provisions of this Section do not apply to the production of specialty tires for antique or other vehicles when produced on an irregular basis or with short production runs. This exemption applies only to tires produced on equipment separate from normal production lines for passenger type tires.

(3) Manual tread end cementing operations are exempt from the provisions of this Section.

(c)Control requirements.

(1)Undertread cementing or automatic tread end cementing. The owner or operator of an undertread cementing, or automatic tread end cementing, operation subject to this Section shall install and operate the following.

(A) A capture system, designed to achieve maximum reasonable capture from all undertread cementing, and automatic tread end cementing operations. Maximum reasonable capture would require that hood enclosures be designed to minimize open areas and enclose as much of the emission source as practical while maintaining a minimum in-draft velocity of 200 ft/min (61 m/min) except during times when the enclosure must be opened to allow work inside or for the inspections of the product in progress. Maximum reasonable capture shall be consistent with:

(i) Industrial Ventilation, A Manual of Recommended Practices, 14th Edition, American Federation of Industrial Hygienists; and,

(ii) Recommended Industrial Ventilation guidelines, U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

(B) A control device that meets the requirements of one of the following systems.

(i) A carbon adsorption system designed and operated so that there is at least an initial 95.0 percent removal of VOC by weight from the gases ducted to the control device with at least a 90 percent 3 year removal average.

(ii) An incineration system that oxidizes at least 90.0 percent of the VOCs (measured as total combustible carbon) which enter the incinerator to carbon dioxide and water.

(iii) An alternative VOC emission reduction system certified by the owner or operator to have at least a 90.0 percent reduction efficiency, measured across the control system, and that has been approved by the Division Director.

(2)Green tire spraying. The owner or operator of a green tire spraying operation subject to this Section shall implement one of the following means of reducing VOC emissions.

(A) Substitute water-based sprays for the normal VOC-based mold release compound.

(B) Install a capture system designed. and operated to capture and transfer at least 90.0 percent of the VOC emitted by the green tire spraying operation to a control device, and install and operate a control device that meets the requirements of one of the following systems.

(i) A carbon adsorption system designed and operated so that there is at least 95.0 percent removal of VOC by weight from the gases ducted to the control device.

(ii) An incineration system that oxidizes at least 90.0 percent of the VOCs (measured as total combustible carbon) to carbon dioxide and water.

(iii) An alternative VOC emission reduction system approved by the Division Director and certified by the owner or operator to have at least a 90.0 percent reduction efficiency, measured across the control system.

(3)Exemption. If the total VOC emissions from all undertread cementing, tread-end cementing, bead dipping, and green tire spraying operations at a pneumatic rubber tire manufacturing facility do not exceed 57 g/tire, 252:100-39-44(c)(1) and 252:100-39-44(c)(2) shall not apply.

(d)Compliance schedule. Compliance with this Section will be accomplished by affected facilities on or before December 31, 1982.

(e)Testing and monitoring.

(1) Test procedures to determine compliance with this Section must be approved by the Division Director and be consistent with:

(A) EPA Guideline Series Document "Measurement of Volatile Organic Compounds," EPA-450/2-78-041.

(B) Appendix A of "Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources - Volume II: Surface coating of Cans, Coils, Paper, Fabrics, Automobiles, and Light-Duty Trucks," EPA-450/2-77-008.

(2) The Division Director may accept, instead of green tire spray analysis, a certification by the manufacturer of the composition of the green tire spray, if supported by actual batch formulation records.

(3) If add-on control equipment is used, continuous monitors shall be installed, periodically calibrated, and operated at all times that the associated control equipment is operating. These monitors shall measure:

(A) exhaust gas temperature of an incinerator;

(B) temperature rise across a catalytic incinerator bed;

(C) breakthrough of VOC on a carbon adsorption unit; and,

(D) any other parameter for which a continuous monitoring or recording device is required by the Division Director.

Okla. Admin. Code § 252:100-39-44

Added at 11 Ok Reg 977, eff 1-14-94 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 2031, eff 5-26-94; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1774, eff 6-11-99