STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

OFFICE OF AIR RESOURCES

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATION NO. 30

CONTROL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS 

FROM AUTOMOBILE REFINISHING OPERATIONS 

Effective 31 March 1994

Last Amended    19 July 2007

AUTHORITY:	These regulations are authorized pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws
§ 42-17.1-2(s) and 23-23, as amended, and have been promulgated
pursuant to the procedures set forth in the R.I. Administrative
Procedures Act, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35.

RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

OFFICE OF AIR RESOURCES

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATION NO. 30

CONTROL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM

AUTOMOBILE REFINISHING OPERATIONS

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RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

OFFICE OF AIR RESOURCES

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATION NO. 30

CONTROL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM

AUTOMOBILE REFINISHING OPERATIONS

30.1 Definitions 

	Unless otherwise expressly defined in this section, the terms used in
this regulation shall be defined by reference to the Rhode Island Air
Pollution Control General Definitions Regulation. As used in this
regulation, the following terms shall, where the context permits, be
construed as follows:

	30.1.1	"Automobile Refinishing" means any coating of Group I or Group
II vehicles, their parts and components, or mobile equipment, including
partial body collision repairs, for the purpose of protection or
beautification and which is subsequent to the original coating applied
at the plant coating assembly line.

		30.1.2	"Anti-glare/Safety Coating" means a low gloss coating
formulated to eliminate glare for safety purposes on interior surfaces
of a vehicle, as specified under the U.S. Department of Transportation
Motor Vehicle Standards.

	30.1.3	"Basecoat/Clearcoat System" means a 2-stage topcoat system
composed of a colored basecoat and a transparent final coat.  For
compliance purposes, the VOC content of basecoat/clearcoat systems is
calculated according to the following formula:

			VOC Tbc/cc= (VOCbc+2VOCcc)/3

		Where:

			VOC Tbc/cc is the weighted average of the VOC content, in pounds
VOC/gallon of coating, as applied, minus water, in the basecoat and
clearcoat system.

			VOCbc is the VOC content, in pounds VOC/gallons of coating, as
applied, minus water, of any given basecoat.

			VOCcc is the VOC content, in pounds VOC/gallons of coating, as
applied, minus water, of any given clearcoat.

	30.1.4	"Catalyst" means a substance whose presence initiates the
reaction between chemical compounds.

	30.1.5	"Certified Product Data Sheet" means documentation furnished by
a coating supplier that provides the VOC content of an automobile
refinishing coating in pounds of VOC per gallon of coating, as applied,
minus water or of a surface preparation product, in pounds of VOC per
gallon of material, as applied, including water, when mixed and used
according to the manufacturer's recommendations.  VOC content shall be
measured using EPA Methods 24 and 311, or an equivalent or alternative
method.  The purpose of the Certified Product Data Sheet is to assist
the facility in demonstrating compliance with the emission limitations
presented in Section 30.3 of this regulation.  Therefore, the VOC
content should represent the maximum VOC emission potential of the
automobile refinishing coating or surface preparation product.  Charts
provided by a manufacturer listing the VOC content, as applied, of
several of the manufacturer's products will be considered acceptable
Certified Product Data Sheets provided that they include the information
specified in this definition.

	30.1.6	"Coating applicator" means a device, mechanism, or apparatus
used to apply a surface coating.  Common types of application techniques
include knife, roll, spray or dip.

	30.1.7	"Coating line" means an operation or manufacturing process or
device which may be comprised of one or more coating applicators, one or
more flash-off areas and/or one or more ovens wherein a surface coating
is dried and/or cured.

	30.1.8	"Color Match" means the ability of a repair coating to blend
into an existing coating so that color difference is not visible.

	30.1.9	"Electrostatic Application" means the application of charged
atomized paint droplets which are deposited by electrostatic attraction.

30.1.10 "Extreme performance coatings" means coatings intended for
exposure to any of the following; outdoor weather conditions all of the
time, temperatures frequently above 95EC (203EF), detergents, abrasive
and scouring agents, solvents, corrosive atmospheres, or similar
environmental conditions.

30.1.11 "Four Stage Coating System" means a topcoat system composed of a
colored basecoat, two semi-transparent midcoats and a final transparent
clearcoat.  For compliance purposes, the VOC content of four stage
coating systems is calculated according to the following formula:

VOC T4-stage= (VOCbc + VOCmc1 + VOCmc2 + 2VOCcc)/5

Where:

		VOC T4-stage is the weighted average of the VOC content, in pounds
VOC/gallon of coating, as applied, minus water, in a basecoat, midcoat
and clearcoat system.

		VOCbc is the VOC content, in pounds VOC/gallon of coating, as applied,
minus water, of any given basecoat.

		VOCmc1 is the VOC content, in pounds VOC/gallon of coating, as
applied, minus water, of the first midcoat.

		VOCmc2 is the VOC content, in pounds VOC/gallon of coating, as
applied, minus water, of the second midcoat.

		VOCcc is the VOC content, in pounds VOC/gallon of coating, as applied,
minus water, of any given clearcoat.

30.1.12 "Group I vehicles" means passenger cars, large/heavy duty truck
cabs and chassis, light and medium duty trucks and vans, and
motorcycles.

30.1.13 "Group II vehicles and equipment" means public transit buses and
mobile equipment.

30.1.14 "High Volume Low Pressure (HVLP) spray" means equipment used to
apply coatings by means of a spray gun which operates at between 0.1 and
10 psig air pressure.

30.1.15 "Lacquer" means coating that dries primarily by solvent
evaporation and is resoluble in its original solvent.

30.1.16 "Large/Heavy Duty Trucks" means any truck having a
manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of over 10,000 pounds.

30.1.17"Light and Medium Trucks and Vans" means any truck or van having
a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less.

30.1.18 "Mobile Equipment" means any equipment which may be drawn or is
capable of being driven on a roadway, including, but not limited to,
truck bodies, truck trailers, utility bodies, camper shells, mobile
cranes, bulldozers, street cleaners, golf carts and implements of
husbandry.

30.1.19 "Oven" means a chamber within which heat is used to bake, cure
or polymerize and/or dry a surface coating.

30.1.20 "Pretreatment" means any coating which contains a minimum of 0.5
percent acid by weight, is necessary to provide surface etching, and is
applied directly to bare metal surfaces to provide corrosion resistance
and adhesion.

30.1.21 "Primer" means any coating applied prior to the application of a
topcoat for the purpose of corrosion resistance or adhesion.

30.1.22 "Primer Sealer" means a coating that improves the adhesion of
the topcoat, provides corrosion resistance, promotes color uniformity,
and that resists penetration by the topcoat.  "Primer Sealer" includes a
first coat applied to bare metal primarily for the purpose of preventing
corrosion.

30.1.23 "Primer Surfacer" means a coating that fills in surface
imperfections and builds a film thickness in order to allow sanding.

	30.1.24 "Reducer" means a solvent used to thin enamel.

30.1.25 "Specialty Coating" means a product which is necessary due to
unusual job performance requirements.  These coatings or additives
include, but are not limited to, adhesion promoters, uniform finish
blenders, elastomeric materials, gloss flatteners, bright metal trim
repair, and anti-glare coatings.

30.1.26 "Surface Preparation Product" means a product formulated to
dissolve and remove tar, grease, wax, and other hydrophobic contaminants
from a surface to be refinished.

30.1.27 "Three Stage Coating System" means a topcoat system composed of
a colored basecoat, a semi-transparent midcoat and a final transparent
clearcoat.  For compliance purposes, the VOC content of three stage
coating systems is calculated according to the following formula:

			VOC T3-stage= (VOCbc + VOCmc + 2VOCcc)/4

		Where:	

		VOC T3-stage is the weighted average of the VOC content, in pounds
VOC/gallon of coating, as applied, minus water, in a basecoat, midcoat
and clearcoat system.

		VOCbc is the VOC content, in pounds VOC/gallon of coating, as applied,
minus water, of any given basecoat.

		VOCmc is the VOC content, in pounds VOC/gallon of coating, as applied,
minus water, of any given midcoat.

		VOC.cc is the VOC content, in pounds VOC/gallon of coating, as
applied, minus water, of any given clearcoat.

30.1.28 "Topcoat" means the final film or series of films of coating
applied to a surface and includes basecoat/clearcoat systems.

30.1.29 "Transfer Efficiency" means the portion of coating solids which
adhere to the substrate during the application process, expressed as a
percentage of the total volume of coating solids delivered by the
applicator.

30.1. 30 "Utility Body" means a special service compartment or unit that
will be bolted, welded, or affixed onto an existing cab and chassis. 
The compartment may serve as storage for equipment or parts.

30.2 Applicability

30.2.1 The provisions of this regulation apply to any person who owns,
leases, operates or controls an automobile refinishing facility.  The
provisions of Section 30.3 shall also apply to any person who sells or
offers for sale in Rhode Island any automobile refinishing coating or
surface preparation product.

30.2.2 Wherever the term Volatile Organic Compound or VOC is used in
Sections 30.2 through 30.8 and Subsections 30.1.3, 30.1.5, 30.1.11 and
30.1. 27, this term should be read as Volatile Organic Compound and
Halogenated Organic Compound or VOC and HOC.

30.3 Emission Limitations

	30.3.1 Group I Vehicles

	All coatings used for refinishing Group I vehicles, their parts and
components, or Group II vehicles and mobile equipment where color match
is required, must meet the emission limitations listed in Table 1:

TABLE 1	

 PRIVATE  TYPE OF COATING	EMISSION LIMITATION

	lb VOC/gallon coating applied minus water	lb VOC/gallon solids applied

Pretreatment	6.5	 55.6

Primer/Primer Surfacer	4.8	 13.8 

Primer Sealer	4.6	 12.3

Topcoat	5.0	 15.6

Three or Four Stage Coating	5.2	 17.7

Specialty Coating	7.0	143.1 



	For facilities complying without using add-on control equipment, the
pounds of VOC per gallon of coating (minus water) limit must be met. 
For facilities which use add-on control equipment, the pounds of
VOC/gallon of solids emission limit must be met.

	30.3.2 Group II Vehicles

	All used for refinishing Group II vehicles or their parts and
components where color match is not required, must meet the emission
limitations listed in Table 2:

TABLE 2	

 PRIVATE  TYPE OF COATING	EMISSION LIMITATION

	lb VOC/gallon coating applied minus water	lb VOC/gallon of solids
applied

Pretreatment	6.5	 55.6

Primer/Primer Surfacer	2.8	  4.5 

Primer Sealer	3.5	  6.7

Topcoat	3.5	  6.7

Extreme Performance Coating	6.2	 39.3

Specialty Coating 	7.0	143.1



	For facilities complying without using add-on control equipment, the
pounds of VOC per gallon of coating (minus water) limit must be met. 
For facilities which use add-on control equipment, the pounds of
VOC/gallon of solids emission limit must be met.

30.3.3 Compliance with the emission limitations of Subsections 30.3.1
and 30.3.2 shall be achieved through:

		(a)	Use of coatings which comply with the applicable emission
limitations listed in Subsection 30.3.1 and 30.3.2 for all coatings
used, or

		(b)	Installation of a control system which has been approved by the
Department and which reduces the total VOC emissions from the facility
by 95 percent or greater as compared to uncontrolled VOC emissions, or

		(c)	Installation of a control system which has been approved by the
Department and which reduces VOC emissions to the equivalent of the
emission limitations of Subsections 30.3.1 and 30.3.2 as calculated on a
solids applied basis, or

		(d)	An alternative equivalent method of control as approved by the
Director.  Any alternative method approved by the Director must also be
approved by EPA as a source specific State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision.

	30.3.4	All surface preparation products, except for surface preparation
products which are used exclusively on plastic surfaces, shall have a
VOC content which does not exceed 1.4 pounds VOC/gallon of material as
applied including water.  Surface preparation products which are used
exclusively on plastic surfaces shall have a VOC content which does not
exceed 6.5 pounds VOC/gallon of material as applied including water.

	30.3.5	No person shall sell or offer for sale in Rhode Island any
automobile refinishing coating or surface preparation product that does
not comply with the applicable emission limitations in Subsections
30.3.1, 30.3.2, and 30.3.4.  This provision does not apply to the
following:

		(a)	Sale of automobile refinishing coatings and surface preparation
products supplied in containers having capacities less than one pint,

		(b)	Sale of automobile refinishing coatings or surface preparation
products for use in applications other than automobile refinishing,

		(c)	Sale of automobile refinishing coatings or surface preparation
products for use outside of the State of Rhode Island,

		(d)	Sale of automobile refinishing coatings to facilities which are
equipped with and are operating a control system provided that:

			(1)	The control system is in compliance with the specifications in
Paragraph (c) of Subsection 30.3.3, and

			(2)	The buyer provides the seller with a copy of the Department’s
approval of the control system, and

			(3)	The seller maintains the copy of the approval for a period of
three years and makes it available for inspection by the Department or
the EPA upon request.

	30.3.6	Any person selling an automobile refinishing coating or surface
preparation product in Rhode Island shall provide the buyer with a copy
of a Certified Product Data Sheet for that material, as defined in
Subsection 30.1. 5.

30.4	Equipment Specifications

	30.4.1	No person shall engage in automobile refinishing unless one of
the following methods is used:

		(a)	Electrostatic application equipment, operated in accordance with
the manufacturer's recommendations; or

		(b)	High Volume Low Pressure (HVLP) spray equipment, operated in
accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations; or

		(c)	Another type of application which achieves a transfer efficiency
of at least 65% and has been approved by the Director.

	30.4.2	All spray guns must be cleaned in a device that meets the
following specifications:

		(a)	Solvent must be recirculated during the cleaning process so that
the solvent is used until it no longer cleans guns satisfactorily; and

		(b)	Spent solvent must be collected so it is available for disposal;
and

		(c)	The device must be vapor tight during cleaning, rinsing and
draining operations or must achieve equivalent emissions reductions and
be approved by the Director.

	30.4.3	Fresh and spent solvent, cloth or paper which has been used for
solvent surface preparation and cleanup, waste paint, and sludge must be
stored in closed containers.  Disposal of such materials must be in
accordance with applicable hazardous waste and solid waste regulations.

30.5	Recordkeeping and Reporting

	30.5.1	On and after the compliance dates specified in Subsection
30.8.1, the owner or operator of an automobile refinishing facility
shall collect and record all of the following information and maintain
the information at the facility for a period of 3 years.  These records
shall be made available to the Department and EPA upon request.

		(a)	The name, identification number and manufacturer of each coating,
reducer, catalyst surface preparation product, and cleanup solvent used
at the facility; 

		(b)	The volume of each coating, reducer, surface preparation product,
and cleanup solvent used at the facility each month;

		(c)	Certified Product Data Sheets showing the VOC content, in pounds
of VOC/gallon of coating, excluding water, as applied, of each coating
used at the facility;

		(d)	Certified Product Data Sheets showing the VOC content, in pounds
of VOC/gallon of material, including water, as applied, of each surface
preparation product used at the facility;

		(e)	For each basecoat/clearcoat, three stage coating, and four stage
coating system used, the weighted average VOC content of the coating,
calculated as specified in Subsections 30.1.7, 30.1.11 and 30.1.27;

		(f)	A daily log of operating time for any capture system, control
device, monitoring equipment, and the associated coating line or
operation;

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

		(h)	For thermal incinerators:

			(1)	All 3-hour periods of operation in which the average combustion
temperature was more than 28EC (50EF) below the average combustion
temperature during the most recent performance test that demonstrated
that the facility was in compliance, and

			(2)	The operating temperature.

		(i)	For catalytic incinerators:

			(1)	All periods where the temperature increase across the catalyst
bed is less than 80% of the temperature increase recorded during the
most recent performance test that demonstrated that the facility was in
compliance, and

			(2)	The inlet and outlet temperatures and temperature rise across the
catalyst bed.

		(j)	For carbon adsorbers:

			(1)	All 3-hour periods of operation during which the average VOC
concentration or reading of organics in the exhaust gases is more than
20 percent greater than the average exhaust gas concentration or reading
measured by the organics monitoring device during the most recent
determination of the recovery efficiency of the carbon adsorber that
demonstrated that the facility was in compliance, and

			(2)	The pressure drop across the adsorber and the hydrocarbon levels
for breakthrough.

30.6	Registration

	30.6.1	All facilities which perform automobile refinishing must
register annually with the Office of Air Resources.  No later than 45
days following the end of a calendar year, the following information
must be submitted on forms supplied by the Department:

		(a)	The name and address of the facility and the name and telephone
number of a responsible corporate official submitting the registration,
and

		(b)	A description of all operations in the facility from which
volatile organic compounds are emitted, and

		(c)	Quantities of coatings, solvents, dissolvers, viscosity reducers,
diluents,  thinners, reagents, cleaning agents, enamels, lacquers, or
paints consumed during the calendar year of record, and

		(d)	The amount of volatile organic compound per gallon of coating
solution (pounds per gallon) for each coating, enamel, lacquer, or paint
consumed at the facility during the calendar year of record.

30.7	Compliance Demonstration/Testing

	30.7.1	Compliance with emission limitations of Subsections 30.3.1,
30.3.2 and 30.3.4 shall be demonstrated upon request of the Director in
accordance with 40 CFR 60, Appendix A, Methods 24, 24A, 25 as amended or
any other EPA approved method which has been accepted by the Director. 
A one hour bake time must be used for Methods 24 and 24A.  Methods 24
and 24A apply to multicomponent coatings.

	30.7.2	(Reserved for stack exhaust sampling techniques.)

	30.7.3	Facilities using control equipment to comply with the emission
limitations of Subsections 30.3.1 and 30.3.2 must show that the
equipment meets specific capture and control efficiency limits which
will be set in an enforceable document.  Compliance must be demonstrated
upon equipment start up and thereafter upon request of the Director. 
Control efficiency of the equipment shall be determined using
EPA-approved test methods.  Calculations shall be done on a solids
applied basis.  Compliance averaging times shall be met according to the
control device chosen and EPA test methods (as codified in 40 CFR 60),
as follows:

 PRIVATE  Compliance Method	EPA Reference Test Method	Test Averaging
Time





Solvent destruction or solvent recovery except carbon adsorption 	25	3
hours



 PRIVATE  Carbon adsorption	25 or other test method as appropriate	The
length of adsorption cycle or 24-hours, which-ever is less.



	or other methods approved by the Department and EPA.  Once the control
efficiency has been determined for any control device by Reference
Method 25, or any alternative method approved by the Department and EPA,
compliance shall be determined on an instantaneous basis time period
(e.g. determined control efficiency shall be used to calculate whether
samples from the process meet the applicable emissions limit.) 
Continuous compliance will be maintained at all times.

	30.7.4	Compliance with transfer efficiency requirements specified in
Subsection 30.4.1(c) shall be demonstrated using a method acceptable to
the Department and EPA.

30.8	Compliance Schedule

	30.8.1	Persons owning, leasing or controlling the operation of any
automobile refinishing facility shall achieve compliance with the
requirements of this regulation no later than July 1, 1995.  All
automobile refinishing operations commencing operation after July 1,
1994 must be in compliance with the emission limits specified in
Subsection 30.3.1 and 30.3.2 upon commencing operation.

	30.8.2	Within fifteen (15) days of achieving compliance with sections
30.3 and 30.4 the owner or operator of the facility shall certify to the
Director in writing that compliance has been achieved.  Such
certification shall be signed by the owner or operator of the facility,
and shall include the date that compliance was achieved.

   General Provisions

Purpose

The purpose of this regulation is to limit volatile organic compound
emissions from automobile refinishing operations.

Authority

These regulations are authorized pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
42-17.1-2(s) and 23-23, as amended, and have been promulgated pursuant
to the procedures set forth in the R.I. Administrative Procedures Act,
R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35

Application

The terms and provisions of this regulation shall be liberally construed
to permit the Department to effectuate the purposes of state law, goals
and policies.

Severability

If any provision of this regulation or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance, is held invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, the validity of the remainder of the regulation shall not
be affected thereby.

Effective Date

The foregoing regulation, "Control of Volatile Organic Compounds from
Automobile Refinishing Operations”, as amended, after due notice, is
hereby adopted and filed with the Secretary of State this ___29th__ day
of _______June____, 2007_ to become effective twenty (20) days
thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 23-23, 42-35,
42-17.1, 42-17.6, of the General Laws of Rhode Island of 1956, as
amended.

W. Michael Sullivan, PhD., Director

Department of Environmental Management

Notice Given on:	February 21, 2007

Public Hearing held:	   March 23, 2007

Filing Date:	June 29, 2007

Effective Date:	July 19, 2007

 

 

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