310 CMR 7.18 U Volatile and Halogenated Organic Compounds

• Library: Code of Massachusetts Regulations
• Edition: 2020
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 1433, December 25, 2020
• Citation: 310 CMR 7.18
• Year: 2020

(1) U Applicability and Handling Requirements.

(a)310 CMR 7.18 shall apply in its entirety to persons who own, lease, operate or control any facility which emits volatile organic compounds (VOC).

(b) For purposes of 310 CMR 7.18, except for 310 CMR 7.18(30), VOC shall include both VOC as defined in 310 CMRAir Pollution Control310 CMR 7.00 and Halogenated Organic Compounds (HOC) as defined in 310 CMRAir Pollution Control310 CMR 7.00.

(c) On or after July 1, 1980 any person owning, leasing, operating, or controlling a facility regulated under 310 CMR 7.18, shall store and dispose of volatile organic compounds in a manner which will minimize evaporation to the atmosphere. Proper storage shall be in a container with a tight fitting cover Proper disposal shall include incineration in an incinerator approved by the Department, transfer to another person licensed by the Department to handle VOC, or any other equivalent method approved by the Department.

(d) Any person who owns, leases, operates, or controls a facility which is or becomes subject to 310 CMR 7.18, except for those persons solely subject to 310 CMR 7.18(30) unless the facility is a CTG-affected facility as defined in 310 CMR 7.18(30)(b), shall continue to comply with all requirements of 310 CMR 7.18, even if emissions from the subject facility no longer exceed applicability requirements of 310 CMR 7.18.

(e) Any person not regulated by 310 CMR 7.18, prior to August 15, 1989 shall achieve compliance with the applicable section(s) of 310 CMR 7.18 by August 15, 1990.

(f) Any person who, since January 1, 1990 obtains a plan approval for an emission unit under 310 CMR 310 CMRU Plan Approval and Emission Limitations7.02 where said approval establishes BACT or LAER to be no less stringent than RACT for a facility size and type as defined in 310 CMR 7.18 shall comply with the BACT or LAER established in the plan approval, and is not subject to RACT standards of 310 CMR 7.18 as may otherwise be applicable, until the applicable RACT standards of 310 CMR 7.18 become more stringent than the BACT or LAER established in the plan approval, at which point the person shall become subject to the updated RACT standards.

(g) Any person who complies with 310 CMR 310 CMRU Plan Approval Exemption7.03 in lieu of obtaining a plan approval for an emission unit under 310 CMR 310 CMRU Plan Approval and Emission Limitations7.02 shall comply with applicable RACT requirements of 310 CMR 7.18 when such requirements become more stringent than those in 310 CMR 310 CMRU Plan Approval Exemption7.03.

(h) Any person who complies with 310 CMR 310 CMRMB City of Boston/East Boston Parking Freeze7.26 shall comply with applicable RACT requirements of 310 CMR 7.18 when such requirements become more stringent than those in 310 CMR 310 CMRMB City of Boston/East Boston Parking Freeze7.26.

(2) U Compliance with Emission Limitations.

(a) Any person subject to 310 CMR 7.18 shall maintain continuous compliance with all requirements of 310 CMR 7.18. Except as provided for in 310 CMR 7.18(2)(b) and (g), compliance is based on the control method selected to meet the applicable emission limitations specified in 310 CMR 7.18, and EPA test methods as codified in 40 CFR Part 60, or other methods approved by the Department and EPA, and are as follows

Compliance or Control Method	EPA Reference Test Method (or other as indicated)	Test Method Sampling Duration
Volatile organic compound leak detection	21	as specified in Test Method
Coatings, Inks and Related Materials Formulation	24, 24A	instantaneous grab sample
Exhaust measurement except carbon adsorption	18	as specified in Test Method
	25, 25A, 25B, California Air Resources Board (CARB) Method 100	three hours (as three, one hour runs)
Carbon adsorption	18	as specified in Test Method
	25 or other as appropriate	the length on the adsorption cycle or 24 hours whichever is less.

(b) Any person proposing to comply with the requirements of 310 CMR 7.18 by emissions averaging is subject to the requirements of 310 CMRAir Pollution Control310 CMR 7.00: Appendix B(4).

(c) Any person regulated under 310 CMR 7.18(14), (15), or (16), who cannot comply with the emission limitations contained therein through the use of add-on controls and/or low/no solvent coatings, shall apply to the Department by January 1, 1987 for an alternative emission limitation which reflects the application of source specific Reasonably Available Control Technology. Any alternative emission limitation provided for by 310 CMR 7.18 must also be approved by EPA. An applicant for an alternative RACT shall:1. demonstrate to the Department that it is not technologically and economically feasible for that person to comply with the applicable emission limitation; and 2. determine an emission limitation which reflects the application of Reasonably Available Control Technology Any person granted such an emission limitation shall: 3. re-evaluate, on a biennial basis (every two years), the emission limitation to reflect current application of Reasonably Available Control Technology and to confirm that the RACT emission limitation contained in 310 CMR 7.18(14) through (16) is still technologically and economically infeasible.

(d) The Department encourages any person owning, leasing, operating, or controlling a facility regulated under 310 CMR 7.18 to reduce the emissions of volatile organic compounds through the use of compounds which present less of a burden to the air, water and land, and which do not increase public health impacts.

(e) Any person owning, leasing, operating, or controlling a facility using air pollution capture and control equipment to comply with 310 CMR 7.18 shall continuously monitor and maintain records on the following parameters:1. for a thermal incinerator; the combustion temperature measured in °F; 2. for a catalytic incinerator: the exhaust gas temperature (°F), the temperature rise across the catalyst bed (°F), and the date the catalyst was most recently replaced or changed; 3. for a condenser or refrigeration system; the inlet temperature of the cooling medium (°F), and the exhaust gas temperature (°F); 4. for a carbon adsorbers; the pressure drop across the adsorber, and the exhaust gas VOC concentration; 5. for emissions capture and control equipment not otherwise listed; any requirements specified by the Department in any approval(s) or order(s).

(f) Exemption for Coatings Used in Small Amounts. For any person who owns, leases, operates or controls a facility with coating line(s) subject to 310 CMR 7.18, except for 310 CMR 7.18(30), the emissions of VOC from any coatings used in small amounts at that facility are exempt from the emission limitations of the particular section, provided the person satisfies the following conditions: 1. the total amount of all coatings exempted does not exceed 55 gallons on a rolling 12-month period at the facility; and, 2. the person notifies the Department that this exemption is being used 30 days prior to its first use; and 3. the person identifies in such notice the coatings which will be covered by this exemption; and, 4. the person complies with the recordkeeping and testing requirements of the particular section.

(g) Daily Weighted Averaging. Any person who owns, leases, operates or controls a coating line subject to 310 CMR 7.18, with the exception of coating lines subject to 310 CMR 7.18(24) or (28), may comply with the VOC emission limitations of the applicable section of 310 CMR 7.18 through the use of a daily-weighted average on an individual coating line, provided the person meets the following conditions: 1. the daily-weighted average for each coating line, each day, complies with the applicable emission limitation in 310 CMR 7.18 with no cross-line averaging allowed; and, 2. the coating line using a daily-weighted average to determine compliance does not use any emissions capture and control equipment for the compliance determination and, 3. prior to being used, the exact method of measuring and determining compliance on a daily-weighted average basis is approved by the Department in an emissions control plan submitted under 310 CMR 7.18(20); and, 4. records kept to determine compliance on a daily-weighted average...