Section 250-RICR-120-05-19.6 - Applicability19.6.1Coil CoatingThis regulation applies to the owner or operator of a coil coating operation whose actual VOC emissions, from all coil coating, including related cleaning activities are greater than or equal to 2.7 tons per rolling 12-month period, prior to controls.
19.6.2Fabric and/or Vinyl CoatingThis regulation applies to the owner or operator of a fabric and/or vinyl coating operation whose actual VOC emissions, from fabric and/or vinyl coating, including related cleaning activities, are greater than or equal to 2.7 tons per rolling 12-month period, prior to controls.
19.6.3Flatwood Paneling CoatingThis regulation applies to the owner or operator of a flatwood paneling coating operation whose actual VOC emissions from flatwood paneling coating, including related cleaning activities, are greater than or equal to 2.7 tons per 12-month rolling period, prior to controls.
19.6.4Large Appliance CoatingA. This regulation applies to the owner or operator of a large appliance coating operation whose actual VOC emissions from large appliance coating, including related cleaning activities are greater than or equal to 2.7 tons per rolling 12-month period, prior to controls.B. Exemptions 1. The emissions limitations in § 19.7.4 of this Part do not apply to b. Safety indicating coatings;c. Solid-film lubricants;e. Thermal-conducting coatings;g. Coating applications utilizing hand-held aerosol cans.19.6.5Magnet Wire CoatingThis regulation applies to the owner or operator of a magnet wire coating unit, whose actual VOC emissions from magnet wire coating, including related cleaning activities, are greater than or equal to 2.7 tons per rolling 12-month period, prior to controls.
19.6.6Metal Furniture CoatingA. This regulation applies to the owner or operator of a metal furniture coating operation, whose actual VOC emissions from metal furniture coating, including related cleaning activities, are greater than or equal to 2.7 tons per rolling 12-month period, prior to controls.B. Exemptions 1. The emissions limitations in § 19.7.6 of this Part do not apply to: b. Safety indicating coatings;c. Solid-film lubricants;d. Electric-insulating and thermal-conducting coatings;f. Coating application utilizing hand-held aerosol cans.19.6.7Miscellaneous Metal and/or Plastic Parts Surface CoatingA. This regulation applies the owner or operator of a miscellaneous metal and/or plastic parts coating operation whose actual emissions from miscellaneous metal and/or plastic parts coating, including related cleaning activities, are greater than or equal to 2.7 tons per rolling 12-month period, prior to controls.B. Exemptions 1. For miscellaneous metal and plastic parts coating, the emissions limitations in § 19.7.7(A) of this Part and application methods in § 19.7.7(B) of this Part shall not apply to: a. Aerosol coating products; and2. For miscellaneous metal parts coating the emissions limitations § 19.7.7(A) of this Part and application methods in § 19.7.7(B) of this Part shall not apply to: b. Safety-indicating coating;d. Electric-insulating and thermal-conducting coating;e. Magnetic data storage disk coating;f. Plastic extruded onto metal parts to form a coating.3. For miscellaneous metal parts coating the application methods in § 19.7.7(B) of this Part shall not apply to: c. Textured finish coating,4. For miscellaneous plastic parts coating the emissions limitations in § 19.7.7(A) of this Part shall not apply to:a. Touch-up and repair coatings;b. Stencil coatings applied on clear or translucent substrates;c. Clear or translucent coatings;d. Coatings applied at a paint manufacturing facility while conducting performance tests on the coatings;e. Any individual coating category used in volumes less than fifty (50) gallons in any one 12-month rolling period, if substitute compliant coatings are not available, provided that the total usage of all such coatings does not exceed two-hundred (200) gallons per 12-month rolling period, per facility;f. Reflective coating applied to highway cones;g. Mask coatings that are less than 0.5-millimeter-thick when dried and the area coated is less than twenty-five (25) square inches;h. EMI/RFI shielding coatings; andi. Heparin-benzalkonium chloride (HBAC)-containing coatings applied to medical devices, provided that the total usage of all such coatings does not exceed one-hundred (100) gallons per 12-month rolling period, per facility.5. For miscellaneous plastic parts coating, the application methods in § 19.7.7(B) of this Part do not apply to airbrush operations using five (5) gallons or less per year of coating.6. For automotive/transportation and business machine plastic parts coating the emissions limitations specified in § 19.7.7(A) of this Part shall not apply to: b. Vacuum-metalizing coatings;f. Electrostatic preparation coatings;7. For pleasure craft coating the application methods in § 19.7.7(B) of this Part do not apply to the application of high gloss coatings as defined in § 19.5(A)(46) of this Part.19.6.8Paper, Film, and Foil CoatingA. The emissions limitations in § 19.7.8(A) of this Part apply to the owner and operator of a paper coating operation, whose actual VOC emissions, including related cleaning activities, are greater than or equal to 2.7 tons per rolling 12-month period, prior to controls.B. The emission limitations in § 19.7.8(B) of this Part shall apply to the owner and operator of a paper, film, or foil coating process if an individual paper, film or foil coating unit has the potential to emit more than twenty-five (25) tons per year of VOC from coatings, prior to controls.C Exemptions 1. For paper, film and foil coating operations subject to § 19.6.8(B) of this Part, the requirements of § 19.7.8(B) of this Part do not apply provided the facility obtains and complies with a federally enforceable emission limitation which restricts the potential emissions of the coating line to below twenty-five (25) tons per year.19.6.9General Applicability RequirementsA. The work practice requirements for coating and cleaning operations in § 19.8 of this Part, the recordkeeping and reporting requirements in § 19.10 of this Part, the registration requirements in § 19.11 of this Part and applicable compliance demonstration requirements is § 19.12 of this Part apply to the owner or operator of any coating facility that meets the applicability criteria in §§ 19.6.1 through 19.6.8 of this Part, as applicable.B. The owner or operator of a coating facility whose emissions are below the applicability thresholds in §§ 19.6.1 and 19.6.8 of this Part shall maintain records of either material purchase or actual usage records to verify that this regulation does not apply to such owner or operator.C. Any coating facility which has actual VOC emissions greater than or equal to 2.7 tons per rolling 12-month period in any one of the coating categories in §§ 19.6.1 through 19.6.8 of this Part coating may apply to the Director for exemption from § 19.7 of this Part. Exemption will be given in the form of an enforceable document, and will include the following conditions: 1. The total emissions from all coating operations shall not exceed 1,666 pounds in any one calendar month,2. The facility shall maintain the following records at the facility for a period of five (5) years. This information shall be made available to the Department and EPA upon request:a. The name, identification number and amount used each month of each coating, as applied, on each coating line or operation;b. The mass of VOC per volume (excluding water), as applied, for each coating used on each coating line or operation;c. The type and amount of solvent used for diluents and cleanup operations;3. If the limit in § 19.6.9(C)(1) of this Part is exceeded, the applicable emission limitations specified in § 19.7 of this Part will immediately apply.D. The emissions limits in § 19.7 of this Part shall not apply to the use of any adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer or sealant primer in an operation that is subject to the emission limits in Part 44 of this Subchapter (Control of VOC from Adhesives and Sealants).E. A minor source permit or major source permit, shall be issued pursuant to Part 9 of this Subchapter (Air Pollution Control Permits), if add-on air pollution control equipment is used. If the air pollution control equipment is exempt from the requirements to obtain a permit in Part 9 of this Subchapter (Air Pollution Control Permits), a registration form may be required to be on file with the Office of Air Resources.250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-120-05-19.6
Amended effective 8/14/2019