Section 219.991  Subject Emission Units

a)         Any owner or operator of a VOM emission unit which is subject to the requirements of Subpart PP, QQ, RR or TT and complying by the use of emission capture and control equipment shall comply with the following:

1)         By a date consistent with Section 219.106 of this Part, or upon initial start-up of a new emission unit, the owner or operator of the subject VOM emission unit shall demonstrate to the Agency that the subject emission unit will be in compliance on and after a date consistent with Section 219.106 of this Part, or on and after the initial start-up date by submitting to the Agency all calculations and other supporting data, including descriptions and results of any tests the owner or operator may have performed.

2)         On and after a date consistent with Section 219.106 of this Part, or on and after the initial start-up date, the owner or operator of a subject VOM source shall collect and record all of the following information each day and maintain the information at the source for a period of three years:

A)        Control device monitoring data.

B)        A log of operating time for the capture system, control device, monitoring equipment and the associated emission source.

C)        A maintenance log for the capture system, control device and monitoring equipment detailing all routine and non-routine maintenance performed including dates and duration of any outages.

3)         On and after a date consistent with Section 219.106 of this Part, the owner or operator of a subject VOM source shall notify the Agency in the following instances:

A)        Any record showing a violation of the requirements of Subpart PP, QQ, RR or TT shall be reported by sending a copy of such record to the Agency within 30 days following the occurrence of the violation.

B)        At least 30 calendar days before changing the method of compliance with Subpart PP or TT from the use of capture systems and control devices to the use of complying coatings, the owner or operator shall comply with all requirements of subsection (b)(1) of this Section.  Upon changing the method of compliance with Subpart PP or TT from the use of capture systems and control devices to the use of complying coatings, the owner or operator shall comply with all requirements of subsection (b) of this Section.

4)         Testing

A)        When in the opinion of the Agency it is necessary to conduct testing to demonstrate compliance with this Subpart, the owner or operator of a VOM emission source subject to the requirements of this Subpart shall, at his own expense, conduct such tests in accordance with the applicable test methods and procedures specified in Section 219.105 of this Part.

B)        Nothing in this Section shall limit the authority of the USEPA pursuant to the Clean Air Act, as amended, to require testing.

b)         Any owner or operator of a coating line which is subject to the requirements of Subpart PP or TT and complying by means of the daily-weighted average VOM content limitation shall comply with the following:

1)         By a date consistent with Section 219.106 of this Part, or upon initial start-up of a coating line subject to Subpart PP or TT, the owner or operator of the subject coating line shall certify to the Agency that the coating line will be in compliance on and after a date consistent with Section 219.106 of this Part, or on and after the initial start-up date.  Such certification shall include:

A)        The name and identification number of each coating line which will comply by means of the daily-weighted average VOM content limitation.

B)        The name and identification number of each coating as applied on each coating line.

C)        The weight of VOM per volume and the volume of each coating (minus water and any compounds which are specifically exempted from the definition of VOM) as applied each day on each coating line.

D)        The instrument or method by which the owner or operator will accurately measure or calculate the volume of each coating as applied each day on each coating line.

E)        The method by which the owner or operator will create and maintain records each day as required in subsection (b)(2).

F)         An example of the format in which the records required in subsection (b)(2) of this Section will be kept.

2)         On and after a date consistent with Section 219.106 of this Part, or on and after the initial start-up date, the owner or operator of a subject coating line shall collect and record all of the following information each day for each coating line and maintain the information at the source for a period of three years:

A)        The name and identification number of each coating as applied on each coating line.

B)        The weight of VOM per volume and the volume of each coating (minus water and any compounds which are specifically exempted from the definition of VOM) as applied each day on each coating line.

C)        The daily-weighted average VOM content of all coatings as applied on each coating line as defined in Section 219.104 of this Part.

3)         On and after a date consistent with Section 219.106 of this Part, the owner or operator of a subject coating line shall notify the Agency in the following instances:

A)        Any record showing violation of the requirements of Subpart PP or TT shall be reported by sending a copy of such record to the Agency within 30 days following the occurrence of the violation.

B)        At least  30 calendar days before changing the method of compliance with Subpart PP or TT from the use of complying coatings to the use capture systems and control devices, the owner or operator shall comply with all requirements of subsection (a)(1) of this Section.  Upon changing the method of compliance with Subpart PP or TT from the use of complying coatings to the use capture systems and control devices, the owner or operator shall comply with all requirements of subsection (a) of this Section.

c)         Any owner or operator of a VOM emission source which is subject to the requirements of Subpart PP, QQ, RR or TT and complying by means of an alternative control plan which has been approved by the Agency and approved by the USEPA as a SIP revision shall comply with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements specified in the alternative control plan.

(Source:  Amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 16918, effective September 27, 1993)