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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 115CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
SUBCHAPTER ESOLVENT-USING PROCESSES
DIVISION 4OFFSET LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING
RULE §115.441Exemptions

(a) In the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria areas, as defined in §115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), the owner or operator of all offset lithographic printing lines located on a property with combined emissions of volatile organic compounds less than 3.0 tons per calendar year when uncontrolled, is exempt from the requirements in this division except as specified in §115.446 of this title (relating to Monitoring and Recordkeeping Requirements).

(b) In the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria areas, the owner or operator of a minor printing source, as defined in §115.440 of this title (relating to Applicability and Definitions) and in Wise County the owner or operator of a minor printing source or a major printing source, as defined in §115.440 of this title:

  (1) may exempt up to 110 gallons of cleaning solution per calendar year from the content limits in §115.442(c)(1) of this title (relating to Control Requirements);

  (2) may exempt any press with a total fountain solution reservoir less than 1.0 gallons from the fountain solution content limits in §115.442(c)(2) - (4) of this title; and

  (3) may exempt any sheet-fed press with a maximum sheet size of 11.0 inches by 17.0 inches or less from the fountain solution content limits in §115.442(c)(2) of this title.


Source Note: The provisions of this §115.441 adopted to be effective April 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 2579; amended to be effective June 25, 2015, 40 TexReg 3907

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