Organic solvent usage.

§ 52.254 Organic solvent usage.

(a) This section is applicable in the Sacramento Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, and San Joaquin Valley Intrastate Air Quality Control Regions (the “Regions”), as described in 40 CFR part 81, dated July 1, 1979, except as follows:

(1) In the following portions of the San Joaquin Valley Region, only the hourly emission limitations contained in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section are in effect; the following paragraphs, needed for interpretation are also in effect: Paragraphs (e) through (l) and (o) through (q) of this section. In addition, this section is entirely rescinded for specific operations for some of the counties noted below:

(i) This section is rescinded entirely for metal parts and products coaters which are subject to and in full compliance with Rule 409.4 for the Fresno County APCD, Rule 410.4 for the Kings County APCD, Rule 410.4 for the Madera County APCD, Rule 409.4 for the Merced County APCD, Rule 409.4 for the San Joaquin County APCD, Rule 409.4 for the Stanislaus County APCD, and Rule 410.4 for the Tulare County APCD.

(ii) Kern County APCD. This section is rescinded entirely for metal parts and product coaters which are subject to and in full compliance with Rule 410.4.

(iii) Fresno County APCD.

(iv) San Joaquin County APCD.

(v) Madera County APCD.

(vi) Merced County APCD.

(2) In the following portions of the San Joaquin Valley Region, only the hourly emission limitations contained in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section and the architectural coatings and solvent disposal emission limitations contained in paragraphs (m) and (n) of this section are in effect; the following paragraphs, needed for interpretation and enforcement of these emission limitations, are also in effect: Paragraphs (e) through (l) and (o) through (q) of this section.

(i) Kings County APCD.

(3) In the following portions of the Sacramento Valley Region, this section is rescinded:

(i) Sacramento County APCD.

(ii) Yolo-Solano APCD.

(iii) Shasta County APCD.

(iv) Placer County APCD (Mountain Counties Air Basin portion).

(v) Yuba County APCD.

(vi) Sutter County APCD.

(vii) El Dorado County (Mountain Counties Air Basin portion).

(4) This section is rescinded for the San Francisco Bay Area Intrastate Region except for paragraph (d), which is retained until December 31, 1982 for sources constructed prior to October 2, 1974. The following paragraphs, needed for interpretation and enforcement of paragraph (d) are also in effect: Paragraphs (e) through (l) and (o) through (q) of this section.

(5) In the following portions of the Sacramento Valley Intrastate Region, paragraph (m) of this section is rescinded.

(i) Butte County APCD.

(ii) Sutter County APCD.

(b) No person shall discharge into the atmosphere more than 15 pounds of organic materials in any 1 day or more than 3 pounds in any 1 hour from any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance in which any organic solvent or any material containing organic solvent comes into contact with flame or is baked, heat-cured, or heat-polymerized in the presence of oxygen, unless said discharge has been reduced by at least 85 percent. Those portions of any series of articles, machines, equipment, or other contrivances designed for processing continuous web, strip, or wire that emit organic materials in the course of using operations described in this section shall be collectively subject to compliance with this section.

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