401 KAR 59:240. New
perchloroethylene dry cleaning systems.
RELATES TO: KRS
224.20-100, 224.20-110, 224.20-120, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., 7407, 7408, 7410
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS 224.10-100
NECESSITY, FUNCTION,
AND CONFORMITY: KRS 224.10-100 requires the Environmental and Public Protection
Cabinet to prescribe administrative regulations for the prevention, abatement
and control of air pollution. 42 USC 7410 likewise requires the state to
implement standards for national primary and secondary ambient air quality.
This administrative regulation provides for the control of volatile organic
compound emissions from new perchloroethylene dry cleaning systems.
Section 1.
Definitions. As used in this administrative regulation, all terms not defined
in this section shall have the meaning given to them in 401 KAR 59:001.
(1) "Affected
facility" means a dry cleaning system which uses perchloroethylene.
(2) "Dry
cleaning system" means a series of equipment or operations which includes,
but is not limited to washer, dryer, filter and purification systems, waste
disposal systems, holding tanks, pumps, and attendant piping and valves used
for the purpose of commercial cleaning of fabrics.
(3)
"Classification date" means February 4, 1981.
Section 2.
Applicability. (1) This administrative regulation shall apply to:
(a) Each affected
facility commenced on or after the classification date defined in Section 1 of
this administrative regulation and located in a county or portion of a county
designated as nonattainment for ozone in 401 KAR 51:010, for any classification
except marginal; and
(b) Each affected
facility commenced on or after the effective date of this administrative
regulation which is part of a major source located in a county or portion of a
county designated attainment or marginal nonattainment for ozone in 401 KAR
51:010.
(2) Each affected
facility commenced on or after the classification date defined in Section 1 of
this administrative regulation but prior to the effective date of this
administrative regulation which is part of a major source located in a county
or portion of a county designated attainment or marginally nonattainment for
ozone in 401 KAR 51:010 shall be exempt from this administrative regulation
except that control devices and procedures required at the time it commenced
shall continue to be operated and maintained.
Section 3. Standard
for VOCs. The owner or operator of an affected facility shall install, maintain
and operate the control equipment such that the following requirements are met:
(1) There shall be
no liquid leakage of organic solvents from the system.
(2) The entire dryer
exhaust shall be vented through a properly functioning carbon adsorber or
equally effective control device.
(3) The maximum
organic solvent concentration in the vent from the dryer control device shall
not exceed 100 ppm before dilution.
(4) Filter and
distillation wastes.
(a) The residue from
a diatomaceous earth filter shall be cooked or treated so that wastes shall not
contain more than twenty-five (25) kg of solvent per 100 kg of wet waste
material.
(b) The residue from
a solvent still shall not contain more than sixty (60) kg of solvent per 100 kg
of wet waste material.
(c) Filtration
cartridges shall be drained in the filter housing for at least twenty-four (24)
hours before being discarded. The drained cartridges shall be dried in the
dryer tumbler after draining.
(d) Any other
filtration or distillation system may be used if equivalency to these
requirements is demonstrated. A system reducing waste losses below one (1) kg
solvent per 100 kg clothes cleaned shall be considered equivalent.
Section 4.
Compliance. (1) Liquid leakage shall be determined by visual inspection of the
following sources:
(a) Hose
connections, unions, couplings and valves;
(b) Machine door
gasket and seating;
(c) Filter head
gasket and seating;
(d) Pumps;
(e) Base tanks and
storage containers;
(f) Water
separators;
(g) Filter sludge
recovery operations;
(h) Distillation
units;
(i) Diverter valves;
(j) Saturated line
from lint basket; and
(k) Cartridge
filters.
(2) Dryer exhaust
concentration shall be determined by the proper installation, operation, and
maintenance of approved equipment as determined by the cabinet or by
performance tests specified by the cabinet.
(3) The amount of
solvent in filter and distillation wastes shall be determined by ASTM D
322-67(77), and substituting collector C from ASTM E 123-78. ASTM methods have
been incorporated by reference in 401 KAR 50:015.
Section 5.
Compliance Timetable. (1) Affected facilities which were subject to this
administrative regulation as in effect on February 4, 1981, shall have achieved
final compliance upon start-up.
(2) The owner or
operator of an affected facility that, on or after the effective date of this
administrative regulation, becomes subject to this administrative regulation
for a reason other than construction, modification, or reconstruction shall be
required to complete the following:
(a) Submit a final
control plan for achieving compliance with this administrative regulation no
later than three (3) months after the date the affected facility becomes
subject to this administrative regulation.
(b) Award the
control system contract no later than five (5) months after the date the
affected facility becomes subject to this administrative regulation.
(c) Initiate on-site
construction or installation of emission control equipment no later than seven
(7) months after the date the affected facility becomes subject to this
administrative regulation.
(d) On-site
construction or installation of emission control equipment shall be completed
no later than eleven (11) months after the date the affected facility becomes
subject to this administrative regulation.
(e) Final compliance
shall be achieved no later than twelve (12) months after the date the affected
facility becomes subject to this administrative regulation.
(f) If an affected
facility becomes subject to this administrative regulation because it is
located in a county previously designated nonurban nonattainment or
redesignated in 401 KAR 51:010 after November 15, 1990, final compliance may be
extended to May 31, 1995, and the schedule in paragraphs (a) through (d) of
this subsection adjusted by the cabinet.
Section 6.
Exemptions. Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities which are coin-operated
shall be exempt from this administrative regulation.
Section 7.
Variances. Variation with the standards and limitations contained in this
administrative regulation, if supported by adequate technical information, may
be considered by the cabinet on a case-by-case basis to allow for technological
or economic circumstances which are unique to a source. Case-by-case
alternatives approved by the cabinet, but not previously authorized by the U.S.
EPA, shall be submitted to the U.S. EPA as a SIP revision. (7 Ky.R. 374; Am.
545; eff. 2-4-81; 18 Ky.R. 2638; 2949; 3353; eff. 6-24-92; TAm eff. 8-9-2007.)
