(a) Applicability. Except as specified in §115.461 of this title (relating to Exemptions), the requirements in this division apply to solvent cleaning operations in the Bexar County, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria areas, as defined in §115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions). Residential cleaning and janitorial cleaning are not considered solvent cleaning operations.(b) Definitions. Unless specifically defined in the Texas Clean Air Act (Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 382) or in §§3.2, 101.1, or 115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), the terms in this division have the meanings commonly used in the field of air pollution control. In addition, the following meanings apply in this division unless the context clearly indicates otherwise indicates otherwise.(1) Aerosol can--A hand-held, non-refillable container that expels pressurized product by means of a propellant-induced force.(2) Application device--A device used to apply adhesive, coating, ink, or polyester resin materials.(3) Application line--A portion of a motor vehicle assembly production line which applies surface and other coatings to motor vehicle bodies, hoods, fenders, cargo boxes, doors, and grill opening panels.(4) Blanket--A synthetic rubber mat used in offset-lithography to transfer or offset an image from a planographic printing plate to the paper or other substrate.(5) Blanket wash--A solvent used to remove ink from the blanket of a press.(6) Cured coating, cured ink, or cured adhesive--A coating, ink, or adhesive, which is dry to the touch.(7) Electrical and electronic components--Components and assemblies of components that generate, convert, transmit, or modify electrical energy. Electrical and electronic components include, but are not limited to, wires, windings, stators, rotors, magnets, contacts, relays, printed circuit boards, printed wire assemblies, wiring boards, integrated circuits, resistors, capacitors, and transistors. Cabinets that house electrical and electronic components are not considered electrical and electronic components. In the context of the provisions in §115.461(d) and (e) of this title (relating to Exemptions) and §115.463(e) of this title (relating to Control Requirements), Electronic component is defined as that portion of an assembly, including circuit card assemblies, printed wire assemblies, printed circuit boards, soldered joints, ground wires, bus bars, and other electrical fixtures, except for the actual cabinet in which the components are housed; and Electrical component is defined as an internal component such as wires, windings, stators, rotors, magnets, contacts, relays, energizers, and connections in an apparatus that generates or transmits electrical energy including, but not limited to: alternators, generators, transformers, electric motors, cables, and circuit breakers, except for the actual cabinet in which the components are housed. Electrical components of graphic arts application equipment and hot-line tools are also included in this category.(8) Electron beam ink--An ink that dries by chemical reaction caused by high energy electrons.(9) Facility--A business or businesses engaged in solvent cleaning operations which are owned or operated by the same person or persons and are located on the same or contiguous parcels.(10) Grams of VOC per liter of material--The weight of VOC per volume of material and can be calculated by the following equation.Attached Graphic(11) Graphic arts--All gravure, letterpress, flexographic, and lithographic printing processes.(12) Gravure printing-- An intaglio process in which the ink is carried in minute etched or engraved wells on a roll or cylinder. The excess ink is removed from the surface by a doctor blade.(13) High precision optic--An optical element used in an electro-optical device and is designed to sense, detect, or transmit light energy, including specific wavelengths of light energy and changes in light energy levels.(14) Hot-line tool--A specialized tool used primarily on the transmission systems, sub-transmission systems and distribution systems for replacing and repairing circuit components or for other types of work with electrically energized circuits.(15) Janitorial cleaning--The cleaning of building or facility components including, but not limited to, floors, ceilings, walls, windows, doors, stairs, bathrooms, furnishings, and exterior surfaces of office equipment, and excludes the cleaning of work areas where manufacturing or repair activity is performed.(16) Letterpress printing--The method in which the image area is raised relative to the non-image area and the ink is transferred to the paper directly from the image surface.(17) Liquid-tight food container--A paperboard container that can hold liquid food and food products without leaking even when it is held upside-down.(18) Lithographic printing--A plane-o-graphic method in which the image and non-image areas are on the same plane.(19) Magnet wire--Wire used in electromagnetic field application in electrical machinery and equipment such as transformers, motors, generators, and magnetic tape recorders.(20) Magnet wire coating operation--The process of applying insulation coatings such as varnish or enamel on magnet wire where wire is continuously drawn through a coating applicator.(21) Maintenance cleaning--A solvent cleaning operation or activity carried out to keep clean general work areas where manufacturing or repair activity is performed, to clean tools, machinery, molds, forms, jigs, and equipment. This definition does not include the cleaning of coatings, adhesives, or ink application equipment.(22) Manufacturing process--The process of making goods or articles by hand or by machinery.(23) Medical device--An instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent or other similar article, including any component or accessory, that meets one of the following conditions:(A) it is intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease; or(B) it is intended to affect the structure or any function of the body; or(C) it is defined in the National Formulary of the United States Pharmacopeia, or any supplement to them.(24) Medical device and pharmaceutical preparation operations--Medical devices, pharmaceutical products, and associated manufacturing and product handling equipment and material, work surfaces, maintenance tools, and room surfaces that are subject to the United States Federal Drug Administration current Good Manufacturing/Laboratory Practice, or Center for Disease Control or National Institute of Health guidelines for biological disinfection of surfaces.(25) Medical or pharmaceutical work surface--An area of a medical device or pharmaceutical facility where solvent cleaning is performed on work surfaces including, but not limited to, tables, countertops, and laboratory benches. Medical or pharmaceutical work surface shall not include items defined under janitorial cleaning.(26) Non-absorbent container--A container made of nonporous material, which does not allow the migration of the liquid solvent through it.(27) On-press component--A part, component, or accessory of a press that is cleaned while still being physically attached to the press.(28) On-press screen cleaning--A solvent cleaning activity carried out during press runs in screen printing operation to remove excess inks and contaminants from a screen that is still attached to the press.(29) Packaging printing--Any lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or letterpress printing that results in identifying or beautifying paper, paperboard, or cardboard products to be used as containers, enclosures, wrappings, or boxes.(30) Pharmaceutical product--A preparation or compound of medicinal drugs including, but not limited to, a prescription drug, analgesic, decongestant, antihistamine, cough suppressant, vitamin, mineral and herb, and is used by humans or animals for consumption to enhance personal health.(31) Photocurable resin--A chemical material that solidifies upon exposure to light.(32) Polyester resin operation--The fabrication, rework, repair, or touch-up of composite products for commercial, military, or industrial uses by mixing, pouring, manual application, molding, impregnating, injecting, forming, spraying, pultrusion, filament winding, or centrifugally casting with polyester resins.(33) Precision optics--The optical elements used in electro-optical devices that are designed to sense, detect, or transmit light energy, including specific wavelengths of light energy and changes of light energy levels.(34) Printing--In the graphic arts, is any operation that imparts color, design, alphabet, or numerals on a substrate.(35) Removable press component--A part, component, or accessory of a press that is physically attached to the press but is disassembled and removed from the press prior to being cleaned. Rollers, blankets, metering rollers, dampening rollers, ink trays, printing plates, fountains, impression cylinders and plates shall not be considered as removable press components.(36) Repair cleaning--A solvent cleaning operation or activity carried out during a repair process.(37) Repair process--The process of returning a damaged object or an object not operating properly to good condition.(38) Roller wash--A solvent used to remove ink from the rollers of a press.(39) Scientific instrument--An instrument (including the components, assemblies, and subassemblies used in their manufacture) and associated accessories and reagents that is used for the detection, measurement, analysis, separation, synthesis, or sequencing of various compounds.(40) Screen printing--A process in which the printing ink passes through a web or a fabric to which a refined form of stencil has been applied. The stencil openings determine the form and dimensions of the imprint.(41) Solvent--A volatile organic compound-containing liquid used to perform solvent cleaning operations. (42) Solvent cleaning operation--The removal of uncured adhesives, inks, and coatings; and contaminants such as dirt, soil, oil, and grease from parts, products, tools, machinery, equipment, vessels, floors, walls, and other work production-related areas using a solvent. In the context of the provisions in §115.461(d) and (e) of this title and §115.463(e) of this title, each distinct method of cleaning in a cleaning process that consists of a series of cleaning methods shall constitute a separate solvent cleaning operation. (43) Solvent flushing--The use of a solvent to remove uncured adhesives, uncured inks, uncured coatings, or contaminants from the internal surfaces and passages of the equipment by flushing solvent through the equipment.(44) Specialty flexographic printing--Flexographic printing on polyethylene or polypropylene food packaging, fertilizer bags, or liquid-tight food containers.(45) Stereolithography--A type of printing process that employs a system using a light to solidify photocurable resins in a desired configuration in order to produce a 3-dimensional object.(46) Stripping--The removal of cured coatings, cured inks, or cured adhesives.(47) Surface preparation--The removal of contaminants such as dust, soil, oil, grease, etc., prior to coating, adhesive, or ink applications.(48) Ultraviolet ink--An ink that dries by polymerization reaction induced by ultraviolet energy.(49) Volatile organic compound (VOC) composite partial pressure--The sum of the partial pressures of the compounds that meet the definition of VOC in §101.1 of this title (relating to Definitions). The VOC composite partial pressure is calculated as follows.Attached Graphic