250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-120-05-36.6

Current through December 26, 2024

Section 250-RICR-120-05-36.6 - Applicability

A. The owner of operator of a solvent cleaning machine as defined in § 36.5(A)(44) of this Part, shall comply with the requirements of §§ 36.7 through 36.16 of this Part, as applicable.

B. The requirements in § 36.9 of this Part shall not apply to any cold solvent cleaning machine that uses a solvent which contains less than five percent (5%) VOC or volatile HAP by weight.

C. The requirements of this Regulation, with the exception of §§ 36.14(E) and (F) of this Part, shall not apply to any cold solvent cleaning machine that has an internal volume of one (1) liter or less and does not use any halogenated HAP solvents, as defined in § 36.5(A)(22) of this Part, or combination of these halogenated HAP solvents in a total concentration of greater than five percent (5%) by weight as determined by 40 C.F.R. Part 60, app A-7, Method 18, incorporated in § 36.4 of this Part, Safety Data Sheets, or engineering calculations.

D. The requirements of § 36.17 of this Part shall apply to industrial cleaning solvent operations with actual VOC emissions, before controls, greater than or equal to two and seven tenths (2.7) tons per rolling twelve (12) month period, unless exempt as specified in §§ 36.6(D)(1) through (16) of this Part.

1. The use of industrial cleaning solvents for the following activities shall be exempt from § 36.17.1 of this Part; however, the recordkeeping requirements in § 36.17.2 of this Part shall apply:

a. Any cleaning activity associated with a category listed below:

(1) Coating operations subject to Part 19 of this Subchapter, Control of Volatile Organic Compounds from Surface Coating Operations;

(2) Wood product coating operations subject to Part 35 of this Subchapter, Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 35 - Control of Volatile Organic Compounds and Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutants from Wood Products Manufacturing Operations;

(3) Printing operations subject to Part 21 of this Subchapter, Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 21- Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Printing Operations; or

(4) Adhesives, sealants, adhesive primers, and sealant primers subject to Part 44 of this Subchapter, Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 44, 'Control of VOC from Adhesives and Sealants.'

2. Solvent cleaning activities subject to §§ 36.7 through 36.16 of this Part;

3. Quality control or laboratory testing;

4. Research and development;

5. Medical device manufacturing;

6. Pharmaceutical or biological product manufacturing;

7. Any industrial solvent cleaning activity that uses fifty-five (55) gallons or less of an industrial cleaning solvent in any twelve (12) month rolling period calendar year;

8. Janitorial cleaning activities;

9. Cleaning of screen printing equipment, if the cleaning solvent used has an as-applied VOC content that does not exceed five hundred (500) grams VOC per liter, equivalent to four and two tenths (4.2) lb/gal;

10. A cleaning activity, including surface preparation prior to coating, necessary to meet a standard or specification issued or approved by the United States Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, or other Federal Government entity;

11. Cleaning of electrical and electronic components;

12. Cleaning of high-precision optics;

13. Cleaning of equipment which comes into contact, in both their manufacturing and their end uses, with resins, coatings, inks, and adhesives, such as mixing, molding, and application equipment;

14. Stripping of cured coatings, ink, or adhesives;

15. Cleaning operations in printing pre-press areas, including the cleaning of film processors, film cleaning, and plate cleaning; or

16. Cleaning of plastic-based or vinyl-based substrates for use in the screen printing process when using ultraviolet (UV) curable ink and coatings systems.

250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-120-05-36.6

Adopted effective 1/13/2019
Amended effective 6/13/2022