1. (1) This rule applies to all flat wood manufacturing and surface finishing facilities that manufacture the following products:

   1. (a) Printed interior panels made of hardwood plywood and thin particleboard;
   2. (b) Natural finish hardwood plywood panels; or
   3. (c) Hardboard paneling with Class II finishes.
2. (2) This rule does not apply to the manufacture of exterior siding, tileboard, particleboard used as a furniture component, or paper or plastic laminates on wood or wood-derived substrates.

3. (3) No owner or operator of a flat wood manufacturing facility subject to this rule may emit VOCs from a coating application system in excess of:

   1. (a) 2.9 kilograms per 100 square meters of coated finished product (6.0 pounds/1,000 square feet) from printed interior panels, regardless of the number of coats applied;
   2. (b) 5.8 kilograms per 100 square meters of coated finished product (12.0 pounds/1,000 square feet) from natural finish hardwood plywood panels, regardless of the number of coats applied; and
   3. (c) 4.8 kilograms per 100 square meters of coated finished product (10.0 pounds/1,000 square feet) from Class II finishes on hardboard panels, regardless of the number of coats applied.

4. (4) The emission limits in section (3) must be achieved by:

   1. (a) The application of low solvent content coating technology; or
   2. (b) An incineration system which oxidizes at least 90.0 percent of the non methane VOCs entering the incinerator (VOC measured as total combustible carbon) to carbon dioxide and water; or
   3. (c) An equivalent means of VOC removal. The equivalent means must be approved in writing by DEQ. The time period used to determine equivalency may not exceed 24 hours.
5. (5) A capture system must be used in conjunction with the control devices in subsections (4)(b) and (c). The design and operation of a capture system must be consistent with good engineering practice and must provide for an overall emission reduction sufficient to meet the emission limitations in section (3).

6. (6) Compliance Demonstration:

   1. (a) The owner or operator of a VOC source required to comply with this rule must demonstrate compliance by the methods of subsection (c), or an alternative method approved by DEQ;
   2. (b) A person proposing to conduct a VOC emissions test must notify DEQ of the intent to test not less than 30 days before the proposed initiation of the tests so DEQ may observe the test;
   3. (c) Test procedures in 40 CFR part 60, EPA Method 18, 24, or 25 must be used to determine compliance with section (3);
   4. (d) DEQ may accept, instead of the coating analysis required by paragraph (c)(A), a certification by the coating manufacturer of the composition of the coating, if supported by actual batch formulation records. In the event of any inconsistency between a Method 18, 24, or 25 test and a facility's formulation data, the Method 18, 24, or 25 test will govern;

   5. (e) If an add-on control device is used, continuous monitors of the following parameters must be installed, periodically calibrated, and operated at all times that the associated control device is operating:

      1. (A) Exhaust gas temperature of all incinerators;
      2. (B) Temperature rise across a catalytic incinerator bed; and

      3. (C) Breakthrough of VOC on a carbon absorption unit.

         [NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040.]

         [NOTE: View a PDF of referenced EPA Methods by clicking on “Tables” link below OAR 340-232-8010.]

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 468.020, 468A.025 & 468A.070

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 468A.025 & 468A.070

History

DEQ 13-2019, amend filed 05/16/2019, effective 05/16/2019
DEQ 144-2018, minor correction filed 04/11/2018, effective 04/11/2018
DEQ 7-2015, f. & cert. ef. 4-16-15
DEQ 14-1999, f. & cert. ef. 10-14-99, Renumbered from 340-022-0200
DEQ 4-1993, f. & cert. ef. 3-10-93
DEQ 8-1991, f. & cert. ef. 5-16-91
DEQ 23-1980, f. & ef. 9-26-80