Section 423.05. Liquid VOC solvent dry cleaning.

 

(1)   Applicability. This section applies to liquid VOC solvent washers, dryers, solvent filters, settling tanks, vacuum stills, piping, ductwork, pumps, storage tanks, and other containers and conveyors of liquid VOC solvent that are used in a liquid VOC solvent dry cleaning facility which has maximum theoretical emissions of VOCs from the facility greater than or equal to one of the following:

(a) 25 tons per year for a facility which is located in the county of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington, or Waukesha.

(b) 100 tons per year for a facility which is located in the county of Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, or Walworth.

(2)   Requirements.

(a) The owner or operator of a liquid VOC solvent dry cleaning facility shall limit VOC emissions from each liquid VOC solvent dry cleaning dryer to an average of 3.5 kilograms per 100 kilograms, dry weight, of articles cleaned, or install and operate a solvent recovery dryer in a manner such that the dryer remains closed and the recovery phase continues until the flow rate of recovered solvent no longer exceeds 50 milliliters per minute.

(b) The owner or operator of a liquid VOC solvent dry cleaning facility shall reduce the VOC content of all filtration wastes to not more than 1.0 kilogram per 100 kilograms, dry weight, of articles cleaned before disposing of such wastes or exposing them to the atmosphere, or install and operate a cartridge filtration system, and drain the filter cartridges in their sealed housings for at least 8 hours before removing them.

(c) The owner or operator of a liquid VOC solvent dry cleaning facility shall repair all solvent vapor and liquid leaks within 3 working days of their discovery. If necessary repair parts are not on hand, the owner or operator shall order them within 3 working days following discovery of solvent vapor or liquid leaks and repair the leaks within 3 working days following receipt of the parts.

(3)   Compliance schedules. The requirements of this section are applicable on startup except that a petroleum liquid dry cleaning facility in existence on January 1, 1994 and which was not subject to this section prior to January 1, 1994 shall achieve final compliance with the requirements of this section no later than May 31, 1995.

Renum. from NR 154.13 (6) (c) and am. Register, September, 1986, No. 369 , eff. 10-1-86; am. (1), Register, February, 1990, No. 410 , eff. 3-1-90; renum. (1) to be (1) (intro.) and am., cr. (1) (a) and (b) and (3), Register, December, 1993, No. 456 , eff. 1-1-94; am. (1), (2), (3) (a), Register, December, 1996, No. 492 , eff. 1-1-97; CR 02-146 : am. (1) (intro.), (2) and (3) Register October 2003 No. 574 , eff. 11-1-03; correction in (3) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register June 2004 No. 582 .

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