R307-351-5. VOC Content Limits

(1) No owner or operator shall apply graphic arts materials with a VOC content greater than the amounts specified in Table 1 or Table 2, unless the owner or operator uses an add-on control device as specified in R307-351-6. TABLE 1 VOC Limits (values in gram of VOC per liter, minus water and exempt solvents (compounds not classified as VOC as defined in R307-101-2) Graphic Art Material VOC Limit (g/L) Adhesive 150 Coating 300 Flexographic Fluorescent Ink 300 Flexographic Ink-Non-Porous Substrate 300 Flexographic Ink-Porous Substrate 225 Gravure Ink 300 Letterpress Ink 300 Offset Lithographic Ink 300 Heatset Web Offset Litographic ink 300 Heatset Web Offset Lithographic Ink: Used on Book Presses and Presses Less Than 22 Inches in Diameter 400 Used on Presses With Potential to Emit Less Than 10 Tons/Year 400 (2) No owner or operator shall apply fountain solution, including additives with a VOC content greater than the amounts specified in Table 2, unless the owner or operator uses an add-on control device as specified in R307-351-6. TABLE 2 VOC Limits (values in gram of VOC per liter, minus water and exempt solvents (compounds not classified as VOC as defined in R307-101-2), as applied Graphic Art Material VOC Limit (g/L) Heatset Web-Fed Alcohol without Refrigerated Chiller 16 Alcohol with Refrigerated Chiller 30 Alcohol Substitute 50 Sheet-Fed Alcohol without Refrigerated Chiller 50 Alcohol with Refrigerated Chiller 85 Alcohol Substitute 50 Non-Heatset Web-Fed All Alcohol Substitutes 50 (3) Alcohol containing fountain solutions shall not be used in non-heatset web-fed operations. (4) Cleaning materials with a VOC composite vapor pressure of less than 10 mm Hg at 68 degrees Fahrenheit or cleaning materials containing less than 50 percent VOC by weight shall be used.