| (a) Solvent cleaning operations located on a property
with total actual volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions of less
than 3.0 tons per calendar year from all cleaning solvents, when uncontrolled,
are exempt from the requirements of this division, except as specified
in §115.468(b)(2) of this title (relating to Monitoring and Recordkeeping
Requirements). When calculating the VOC emissions, solvents used for
solvent cleaning operations that are exempt from this division under
subsections (b) - (e) of this section are excluded.
(b) The owner or operator of any process or operation
subject to another division of this chapter that specifies solvent
cleaning operation requirements related to that process or operation
is exempt from the requirements in this division.
(c) A solvent cleaning operation is exempt from this
division if:
(1) the process or operation that the solvent cleaning
operation is associated with is subject to another division in this
chapter; and
(2) the VOC emissions from the solvent cleaning operation
are controlled in accordance with an emission specification or control
requirement of the division that the process or operation is subject
to.
(d) The following are exempt from the VOC limits in §115.463(a)
of this title (relating to Control Requirements):
(1) electrical and electronic components;
(2) precision optics;
(3) numisimatic dies;
(4) resin mixing, molding, and application equipment;
(5) coating, ink, and adhesive mixing, molding, and
application equipment;
(6) stripping of cured inks, cured adhesives, and cured
coatings;
(7) research and development laboratories;
(8) medical device or pharmaceutical preparation operations;
(9) performance or quality assurance testing of coatings,
inks, or adhesives;
(10) architectural coating manufacturing and application
operations;
(11) magnet wire coating operations;
(12) semiconductor wafer fabrication;
(13) coating, ink, resin, and adhesive manufacturing;
(14) polyester resin operations;
(15) flexographic and rotogravure printing processes;
(16) screen printing operations; and
(17) digital printing operations.
(e) Cleaning solvents supplied in aerosol cans are
exempt from the VOC limits in §115.463(a) of this title if total
aerosol use for the property is less than 160 fluid ounces per day.
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