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Indiana Administrative Code (Last Updated: December 20, 2016) |
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Title 326. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION |
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Article 326IAC8. VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND RULES |
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Rule 326IAC8-3. Organic Solvent Degreasing Operations |
Section 326IAC8-3-2. Cold cleaner degreaser control equipment and operating requirements
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(a) The owner or operator of a cold cleaner degreaser shall ensure the following control equipment and operating requirements are met:
(1) Equip the degreaser with a cover.
(2) Equip the degreaser with a device for draining cleaned parts.
(3) Close the degreaser cover whenever parts are not being handled in the degreaser.
(4) Drain cleaned parts for at least fifteen (15) seconds or until dripping ceases.
(5) Provide a permanent, conspicuous label that lists the operating requirements in subdivisions (3), (4), (6), and (7).
(6) Store waste solvent only in closed containers.
(7) Prohibit the disposal or transfer of waste solvent in such a manner that could allow greater than twenty percent (20%) of the waste solvent (by weight) to evaporate into the atmosphere.
(b) The owner or operator of a cold cleaner degreaser subject to this subsection shall ensure the following additional control equipment and operating requirements are met:
(1) Equip the degreaser with one (1) of the following control devices if the solvent is heated to a temperature of greater than forty-eight and nine-tenths (48.9) degrees Celsius (one hundred twenty (120) degrees Fahrenheit):
(A) A freeboard that attains a freeboard ratio of seventy-five hundredths (0.75) or greater.
(B) A water cover when solvent used is insoluble in, and heavier than, water.
(C) A refrigerated chiller.
(D) Carbon adsorption.
(E) An alternative system of demonstrated equivalent or better control as those outlined in clauses (A) through (D) that is approved by the department. An alternative system shall be submitted to the U.S. EPA as a SIP revision.
(2) Ensure the degreaser cover is designed so that it can be easily operated with one (1) hand if the solvent is agitated or heated.
(3) If used, solvent spray:
(A) must be a solid, fluid stream; and
(B) shall be applied at a pressure that does not cause excessive splashing.
(Air Pollution Control Division; 326 IAC 8-3-2; filed Mar 10, 1988, 1:20 p.m.: 11 IR 2537; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:20 p.m.: 24 IR 1477; filed Jan 30, 2013, 12:33 p.m.: 20130227-IR-326070352FRA)