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6 CRR-NY 226-2.3NY-CRR

OFFICIAL COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

TITLE 6. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

CHAPTER III. AIR RESOURCES

SUBCHAPTER A. PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIR CONTAMINATION AND AIR POLLUTION

PART 226. SOLVENT CLEANING PROCESSES AND INDUSTRIAL CLEANING SOLVENTS

SUBPART 226-2. INDUSTRIAL CLEANING SOLVENTS

6 CRR-NY 226-2.3

226-2.3 Control requirements.

The owner or operator of a facility subject to this Subpart shall not conduct any cleaning, with industrial cleaning solvents containing VOC’s, unless the following control measures are used:

(a) Work practice:

(1) use closed, non-leaking containers to store or dispose of cloth or other absorbent cleaning tools impregnated with industrial cleaning solvents when not in use;

(2) minimize air circulation around cleaning operations;

(3) properly dispose of used cleaning solvents and tools;

(4) implement equipment practices that minimize emissions, such as maintaining of cleaning equipment and repair of solvent leaks; and

(b) an industrial cleaning solvent with a maximum VOC content of 50 grams of VOC per liter (0.42 pound of VOC per gallon) of cleaning material must be used for cleaning the following: large and small manufactured components, parts, equipment, floors, tanks, and vessels; or

(c) as an alternative to the maximum VOC content specified above, an industrial cleaning solvent with a maximum composite vapor pressure of eight millimeters of mercury (mmHg) at 20 degrees Celsius may also be used; or

(d) emissions are controlled by an emission control system with an overall control efficiency of at least 85 percent or equivalent control.

6 CRR-NY 226-2.3

Current through December 31, 2021

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