Permits Required, Air General Permits

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
62-210.300: Permits Required
62-210.310: Air General Permits

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 34, No. 25, June 20, 2008 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly. These changes are being made in response to written comments received from the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee.

62-210.300 Permits Required.

Unless exempted from permitting pursuant to this rule or Rule 62-4.040, F.A.C., the owner or operator of any facility or emissions unit which emits or can reasonably be expected to emit any air pollutant shall obtain appropriate authorization from the Department prior to undertaking any activity at the facility or emissions unit for which such authorization is required. The Department grants authorization to conduct such activities by individual air permit or by air general permit. Activities requiring authorization by individual air construction permit are addressed at subsection 62-210.300(1), F.A.C., and activities requiring authorization by individual air operation permit are addressed at subsection 62-210.300(2), F.A.C. Authorization by air general permit is addressed at subsection 62-210.300(4), F.A.C. All emission limitations, controls, and other requirements imposed by any individual air permit shall be at least as stringent as any applicable limitations and requirements contained in or enforceable under the State Implementation Plan (SIP) or that are otherwise federally enforceable. Except as provided at Rule 62-213.460, F.A.C., being authorized to construct, operate, or undertake any other activity by individual air permit or air general permit does not relieve the owner or operator of a facility or emissions unit from complying with any applicable requirements, any emission limiting standards or other requirements of the air pollution rules of the Department or any other such requirements under federal, state, or local law.

(1) through (2) No change.

(3) No change.

(a) Categorical and Conditional Exemptions. Except as otherwise provided at subsection 62-210.300(3), F.A.C., above, the following facilities, emissions units, and pollutant-emitting activities shall be exempt from any requirement to obtain an air construction permit or non-Title V air operation permit, or to use an air general permit pursuant to Rule 62-210.310, F.A.C. The exemptions listed at subparagraphs 62-210.300(3)(a)23. through 37., F.A.C., are valid only if the owner or operator ensures that the conditions of exemption are met.

1. through 36. No change.

37. Printing operations, provided:

a. through b. No change.

c. The facility shall:

(I) Operate only heatset offset lithographic printing lines and use less than 20,000 pounds of any single or any combination of VOC-containing materials, combined, of such as inks, cleaning solvents, fountain solutions concentrate and fountain solution additives in any consecutive twelve (12) months;

(II) Operate only non-heatset offset lithographic printing lines and use less than 2,850 gallons of any single or any combination of VOC-containing materials, combined, of such as inks, cleaning solvents, fountain solutions concentrate and fountain solution additives in any consecutive twelve (12) months;

(III) Operate only digital printing lines and use less than 2,425 gallons of any single or any combination of VOC-containing materials, combined, of solvent-based such as inks, and clean-up solutions, and other solvent-containing materials in any consecutive twelve (12) months;

(IV) Operate only screen or letterpress printing lines and use less than 2,850 gallons of any single or any combination of VOC-containing materials, combined, of solvent-based such as inks, and clean-up solutions, and other solvent-containing materials in any consecutive twelve (12) months;

(V) Operate only water-based or ultraviolet-cured-material flexographic or rotogravure printing lines and use less than 80,000 pounds of any single or any combination of VOC-containing materials, combined, of such as water-based inks, coatings, and adhesives in any consecutive twelve (12) months; or

(VI) Operate only solvent-based material flexographic or rotogravure printing lines and use less than 20,000 pounds of any single or any combination of VOC-containing materials, combined, of such as inks, dilution solvents, coatings, cleaning solutions, and adhesives in any consecutive twelve (12) months.

(b) through (c)No change.

(4) through (7) No change.

Specific Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.031, 403.061, 403.087, 403.814 FS. History–Formerly 17-2.210, Amended 11-28-93, Formerly 17-210.300, Amended 11-23-94, 4-2-95, 4-18-95, 10-16-95, 1-2-96, 3-13-96, 3-21-96, 5-13-96, 8-15-96, 10-7-96, 5-20-97, 11-13-97, 2-5-98, 2-11-99, 4-16-01, 6-21-01, 7-6-05, 2-2-06, 1-10-07, 5-9-07, 3-16-08,________.

 

62-210.310 Air General Permits.

(1) through (3) No change.

(a) through (e) No change.

(f) Air General Permit for Facilities Comprising Printing Operations.

1. through 2. No change.

a. No change.

b. The facility shall use less than 1,333 gallons of materials containing any hazardous air pollutants and not exceed the following material usage limitations in any consecutive twelve (12) months. The owner or operator shall keep records of material usage for each calendar month and each consecutive twelve (12) months to demonstrate compliance with such limitations. The owner or operator shall retain these records, available for Department inspection, for a period of at least five (5) years. Specifically, the facility shall:

(I) Operate only heatset offset lithographic printing lines and use less than 100,000 pounds, combined, of any single or any combination of VOC-containing materials such as inks, cleaning solvents, fountain solution concentrate and fountain solution additives;

(II) Operate only non-heatset offset lithographic printing lines and use less than 14,250 gallons, combined, of any single or any combination of VOC-containing materials such as cleaning solvents, fountain solutions concentrate and fountain solution additives;

(III) Operate only digital printing lines and use less than 12,100 gallons, combined, of any single or any combination of VOC-containing materials such as solvent based inks, and clean-up solutions and other solvent-containing materials;

(IV) Operate only screen or letterpress printing lines and use less than 14,250 gallons, combined, of solvent based any single or any combination of VOC-containing materials, solvent-based such as inks, and clean-up solutions and other solvent-containing materials;

(V) Operate only water-based or ultraviolet-cured material flexographic or rotogravure printing lines and use less than 400,000 pounds, combined, of any single or any combination of VOC-containing materials such as water-based inks, coatings and adhesives;

(VI) Operate only solvent-based material flexographic or rotogravure printing lines and use less than 100,000 pounds, combined, of any single or any combination of VOC-containing materials such as inks, dilution solvents, coatings, cleaning solutions and adhesives; or

(VII) Operate any combination of heatset lithographic, non-heatset lithographic, digital, screen or letterpress, rotogravure or flexographic printing lines and use no more than the most stringent of the material usage limitations contained in sub-sub-subparagraphs 62-210.310(4)(f)2.b.(I) through (VI), F.A.C., for the type of printing lines at the facility. For purposes of determining which limit is the most stringent, the pounds of materials used for heatset offset lithographic lines and flexographic lines shall be converted to the equivalent gallons by dividing by 8.5 pounds per gallon and shall be compared with the limits for non-heatset offset lithographic, digital, screen and letterpress lines, as applicable, for the type of printing lines at the facility. The most stringent limit shall apply to the total of all solvent VOC-containing material used.

c. No change.

Specific Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.031, 403.061, 403.087, 403.814 FS. History–New 1-10-07, Amended 5-9-07, ________.