PLACER COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT
RULE 410 - RECORDKEEPING FOR VOC EMISSIONS
(Adopted 09/25/90; Revised 11/03/94)
CONTENTS
100 GENERAL
101 APPLICABILITY
102 RULES REQUIRING RECORDKEEPING
200 DEFINITIONS
201 EXEMPT COMPOUNDS
202 GRAPHIC ARTS MATERIALS
203 LOW SOLIDS ADHESIVE, ADHESIVE PRIMER, OR STAIN
204 PERMIT UNIT
205 STATIONARY SOURCE
206 VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC)
300 STANDARDS
301 REQUIREMENTS
302 CALCULATING VOC CONTENT
303 INITIAL BOILING POINT
400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS
401 COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE
100 GENERAL
101 APPLICABILITY: The provisions of this rule shall apply
to an owner or operator of a stationary source within the
District conducting operations, which include the use of
fuels, adhesives, coatings, solvents, and/or graphic arts
materials, when records are required to determine a
District rule's applicability or source's exemption from
a rule, rule compliance, or specifically as a Permit to
Operate or an Authority to Construct condition.
102 RULES REQUIRING RECORDKEEPING: District rules requiring
recordkeeping as outlined by Rule 410 include, but are
not limited to, the following:
Rule 212 - Storage of Petroleum Products
Rule 213 - Gasoline Transfer into Stationary Storage
Containers
Rule 215 - Transfer of Gasoline into Tank Trucks,
Trailers and Railroad Tank Cars at Loading Facilities
Rule 216 - Organic Solvent Cleaning and Degreasing
Operations
Rule 217 - Cutback and Emulsified Asphalt Paving
Materials
Rule 223 - Metal Container Coating
200 DEFINITIONS
201 EXEMPT COMPOUNDS - For the purposes of this rule, exempt
compounds are the following:
201.1 Methane
201.2 Carbon dioxide
201.3 Carbon monoxide
201.4 Carbonic acid
201.5 Metallic carbides or carbonates
201.6 Ammonium carbonate
201.7 1,1,1-trichloroethane
201.8 Methylene chloride
201.9 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123)
201.10 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HCFC-124)
201.11 Trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11)
201.12 Dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12)
201.13 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-113)
201.14 1-chloro-1,1-difluoro-2-chloro-2,2-
difluoroethane (CFC-114)
201.15 Chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115)
201.16 Pentafluoroethane (HFC-125)
201.17 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134)
201.18 Tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a)
201.19 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b)
201.20 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b)
201.21 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a)
201.22 Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)
201.23 Trifluoromethane (HFC-23)
201.24 Difluoroethane (HFC-152a)
201.25 The following four classes of perfluorocarbon
compounds:
a. Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely
fluorinated alkanes.
b. Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely
fluorinated ethers with no unsaturations.
c. Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely
fluorinated tertiary amines with no
unsaturations.
d. Sulfur-containing perfluorocarbons with
no unsaturations and with sulfur bonds
only to carbon and fluorine.
Perfluorocarbon compounds will be assumed to be absent
from a product or process unless a manufacturer or
facility operator identifies the specific individual
compounds (from the broad classes of perfluorocarbon
compounds) and the amounts present in the product or
process and provides a validated test method which can be
used to quantify the specific compounds.
202 GRAPHIC ARTS MATERIALS - Any inks, coatings, adhesives,
fountain solutions, thinners, retarders, or cleaning
solutions used in printing or related coating or
laminating processes.
203 LOW SOLIDS ADHESIVE, ADHESIVE PRIMER, OR STAIN - One
which has less than one pound of solids per gallon of
material.
204 PERMIT UNIT - Any article, machine, equipment, or other
contrivance, or combination thereof, which may cause the
issuance or control the issuance of air contaminants, and
which requires a written permit pursuant to the
provisions of Rule 501.
205 STATIONARY SOURCE - Any building, structure, facility, or
installation which emits or may emit any affected
pollutant directly or as a fugitive emission. "Building,
structure, facility, or installation" includes all
pollutant emitting activities including emissions units
which:
205.1 Are located on one or more contiguous or
adjacent properties; and
205.2 Are under the same or common ownership or
operation, or which are owned or operated by
entities which are under common control; and
205.3 Belong to the same industrial grouping either
by virtue of falling within the same two-digit
standard industrial classification code, or by
virtue of being part of a common industrial
process, manufacturing process, or connected
process involving a common raw material.
206 VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) - Any compound which
contains at least one atom of carbon, except exempt
compounds.
300 STANDARDS
301 REQUIREMENTS
301.1 An owner or operator of a stationary source
using fuels, adhesives, coatings, solvents,
and/or graphic arts materials and subject to
this rule shall maintain daily records of
operations for the most recent two (2) year
period, and not less than the most recent five
(5) years for sources subject to the
requirements of Rule 507, FEDERAL OPERATING
PERMIT PROGRAM. In addition, the operating
parameters of basic process equipment, any
control equipment and capture system(s) shall
be recorded and those records maintained as
specified above.
301.2 The records shall be retained on the premises
of the affected operation for a period of not
less than two (2) years, and not less than
five (5) years for sources subject to the
requirements of Rule 507, FEDERAL OPERATING
PERMIT PROGRAM. Said records shall be made
available to the District upon request. The
records shall include, but are not limited to,
the following:
a. Each applicable District rule number pertinent
to the operation for which records are being
maintained;
b. A list of the permit units involved in the
operation(s) using fuels, adhesives, coatings,
solvents, and/or graphic arts materials;
c. The method of application and substrate type;
d. The amount and type of fuel(s), adhesive(s),
coating(s) (including catalyst and reducer),
solvent(s) (including diluent, surface
preparation, clean-up, and wash-up solvents),
and/or graphic arts material(s) used in each
permit unit or dispensing station;
e. For each adhesive, coating (including catalyst
and reducer), solvent, and/or graphic arts
material; the material density; VOC content in
percent by weight of material, less water and
exempt compounds; exempt compounds in percent
by weight of material; solids content in
percent by volume, gallons per gallon of
material, or liter per liter of material;
constituent composition in percent by weight
of material; and pounds of VOC emitted per
volume of solids. Data shall be recorded for
the material(s) as applied;
f. For fuels, a record of the fuel specification
which may include, but is not limited to:
constituent analyses, ultimate analyses, and
physical properties;
g. The composition and amount of diluent, surface
preparation, clean-up, or wash-up solvent used
per day and the VOC content of each including
the amount used of exempt compounds. In
addition, the method of application (wipe,
dipping in a vat, spray, etc.), the substrate
the solvent is applied to (metal, plastic,
etc.), and the purpose of use (cleanup of
equipment or parts, surface preparation, etc.)
should also be recorded;
h. Where applicable, the initial boiling point of
solvents used as surface cleaners;
i. Oven temperatures (for coating operations);
and
j. Operating parameters of basic process
equipment, control devices, and the capture
system, which effect or have the potential to
effect the quantity, extent, or
characteristics of emitted pollutants.
302 CALCULATING VOC CONTENT
302.1 VOC content (less water and exempt compounds)
for paint, varnish, adhesive, lacquer, non-
solvent-borne inks, or related surface
coatings shall be calculated using EPA
Reference Method 24 (Determination of Volatile
Matter Content, Water Content, Density Volume
Solids, and Weight Solids of Surface Coatings,
Code of Federal Regulations Title 40, Part 60,
Appendix A).
302.2 The test method shall be documented. The VOC
content of any material applicable under this
rule may be supplied by a Material Safety Data
Sheet (MSDS) or data sheet provided the test
method described above is used and specified
on the MSDS or data sheet.
302.3 VOC content and density of solvent-borne
(solvent reducible) printing inks or related
coatings shall be determined by EPA Reference
Method 24A (Determination of Volatile Matter
Content and Density of Printing Inks and
Related Coatings, Code of Federal Regulations
Title 40, Part 60, Appendix A).
303 INITIAL BOILING POINT: The Initial Boiling Point for
surface preparation and cleanup solvents shall be
determined by the current ASTM 1078-78.
400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS
401 COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE: Provisions of this rule shall
become effective upon the date of its adoption.