| (a) Applicability. Except as specified in §115.461
of this title (relating to Exemptions), the requirements in this division
apply to solvent cleaning operations in the Bexar County, Dallas-Fort
Worth and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria areas, as defined in §115.10
of this title (relating to Definitions). Residential cleaning and
janitorial cleaning are not considered solvent cleaning operations.
(b) Definitions. Unless specifically defined in the
Texas Clean Air Act (Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 382) or
in §§3.2, 101.1, or 115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions),
the terms in this division have the meanings commonly used in the
field of air pollution control. In addition, the following meanings
apply in this division unless the context clearly indicates otherwise
indicates otherwise.
(1) Aerosol can--A hand-held, non-refillable container
that expels pressurized product by means of a propellant-induced force.
(2) Application device--A device used to apply adhesive,
coating, ink, or polyester resin materials.
(3) Application line--A portion of a motor vehicle
assembly production line which applies surface and other coatings
to motor vehicle bodies, hoods, fenders, cargo boxes, doors, and grill
opening panels.
(4) Blanket--A synthetic rubber mat used in offset-lithography
to transfer or offset an image from a planographic printing plate
to the paper or other substrate.
(5) Blanket wash--A solvent used to remove ink from
the blanket of a press.
(6) Cured coating, cured ink, or cured adhesive--A
coating, ink, or adhesive, which is dry to the touch.
(7) Electrical and electronic components--Components
and assemblies of components that generate, convert, transmit, or
modify electrical energy. Electrical and electronic components include,
but are not limited to, wires, windings, stators, rotors, magnets,
contacts, relays, printed circuit boards, printed wire assemblies,
wiring boards, integrated circuits, resistors, capacitors, and transistors.
Cabinets that house electrical and electronic components are not considered
electrical and electronic components. In the context of the provisions
in §115.461(d) and (e) of this title (relating to Exemptions)
and §115.463(e) of this title (relating to Control Requirements),
Electronic component is defined as that portion of an assembly, including
circuit card assemblies, printed wire assemblies, printed circuit
boards, soldered joints, ground wires, bus bars, and other electrical
fixtures, except for the actual cabinet in which the components are
housed; and Electrical component is defined as an internal component
such as wires, windings, stators, rotors, magnets, contacts, relays,
energizers, and connections in an apparatus that generates or transmits
electrical energy including, but not limited to: alternators, generators,
transformers, electric motors, cables, and circuit breakers, except
for the actual cabinet in which the components are housed. Electrical
components of graphic arts application equipment and hot-line tools
are also included in this category.
(8) Electron beam ink--An ink that dries by chemical
reaction caused by high energy electrons.
(9) Facility--A business or businesses engaged in solvent
cleaning operations which are owned or operated by the same person
or persons and are located on the same or contiguous parcels.
(10) Grams of VOC per liter of material--The weight
of VOC per volume of material and can be calculated by the following
equation.
Attached Graphic
(11) Graphic arts--All gravure, letterpress, flexographic,
and lithographic printing processes.
(12) Gravure printing-- An intaglio process in which
the ink is carried in minute etched or engraved wells on a roll or
cylinder. The excess ink is removed from the surface by a doctor blade.
(13) High precision optic--An optical element used
in an electro-optical device and is designed to sense, detect, or
transmit light energy, including specific wavelengths of light energy
and changes in light energy levels.
(14) Hot-line tool--A specialized tool used primarily
on the transmission systems, sub-transmission systems and distribution
systems for replacing and repairing circuit components or for other
types of work with electrically energized circuits.
(15) Janitorial cleaning--The cleaning of building
or facility components including, but not limited to, floors, ceilings,
walls, windows, doors, stairs, bathrooms, furnishings, and exterior
surfaces of office equipment, and excludes the cleaning of work areas
where manufacturing or repair activity is performed.
(16) Letterpress printing--The method in which the
image area is raised relative to the non-image area and the ink is
transferred to the paper directly from the image surface.
(17) Liquid-tight food container--A paperboard container
that can hold liquid food and food products without leaking even when
it is held upside-down.
(18) Lithographic printing--A plane-o-graphic method
in which the image and non-image areas are on the same plane.
(19) Magnet wire--Wire used in electromagnetic field
application in electrical machinery and equipment such as transformers,
motors, generators, and magnetic tape recorders.
(20) Magnet wire coating operation--The process of
applying insulation coatings such as varnish or enamel on magnet wire
where wire is continuously drawn through a coating applicator.
(21) Maintenance cleaning--A solvent cleaning operation
or activity carried out to keep clean general work areas where manufacturing
or repair activity is performed, to clean tools, machinery, molds,
forms, jigs, and equipment. This definition does not include the cleaning
of coatings, adhesives, or ink application equipment.
(22) Manufacturing process--The process of making goods
or articles by hand or by machinery.
(23) Medical device--An instrument, apparatus, implement,
machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent or other similar article,
including any component or accessory, that meets one of the following
conditions:
(A) it is intended for use in the diagnosis of disease
or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention
of disease; or
(B) it is intended to affect the structure or any function
of the body; or
(C) it is defined in the National Formulary of the
United States Pharmacopeia, or any supplement to them.
(24) Medical device and pharmaceutical preparation
operations--Medical devices, pharmaceutical products, and associated
manufacturing and product handling equipment and material, work surfaces,
maintenance tools, and room surfaces that are subject to the United
States Federal Drug Administration current Good Manufacturing/Laboratory
Practice, or Center for Disease Control or National Institute of Health
guidelines for biological disinfection of surfaces.
(25) Medical or pharmaceutical work surface--An area
of a medical device or pharmaceutical facility where solvent cleaning
is performed on work surfaces including, but not limited to, tables,
countertops, and laboratory benches. Medical or pharmaceutical work
surface shall not include items defined under janitorial cleaning.
(26) Non-absorbent container--A container made of nonporous
material, which does not allow the migration of the liquid solvent
through it.
(27) On-press component--A part, component, or accessory
of a press that is cleaned while still being physically attached to
the press.
(28) On-press screen cleaning--A solvent cleaning activity
carried out during press runs in screen printing operation to remove
excess inks and contaminants from a screen that is still attached
to the press.
(29) Packaging printing--Any lithographic, flexographic,
gravure, or letterpress printing that results in identifying or beautifying
paper, paperboard, or cardboard products to be used as containers,
enclosures, wrappings, or boxes.
(30) Pharmaceutical product--A preparation or compound
of medicinal drugs including, but not limited to, a prescription drug,
analgesic, decongestant, antihistamine, cough suppressant, vitamin,
mineral and herb, and is used by humans or animals for consumption
to enhance personal health.
(31) Photocurable resin--A chemical material that solidifies
upon exposure to light.
(32) Polyester resin operation--The fabrication, rework,
repair, or touch-up of composite products for commercial, military,
or industrial uses by mixing, pouring, manual application, molding,
impregnating, injecting, forming, spraying, pultrusion, filament winding,
or centrifugally casting with polyester resins.
(33) Precision optics--The optical elements used in
electro-optical devices that are designed to sense, detect, or transmit
light energy, including specific wavelengths of light energy and changes
of light energy levels.
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