| Criterion | Limitation |
| Location in Washington | Any jurisdiction within which new source review requirements are regulated by the department of ecology's air quality program. At the time of issuance of this general order, this includes: Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, San Juan, Stevens, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties. |
| Facility description | Repair and refinish the passenger and cargo enclosure (i.e., the "body") sections of automobiles, trucks, and other mobile equipment. |
| The spray booth is not part of a new major stationary source or major modification to a major stationary source (i.e., the spray booth is not subject to review under the prevention of significant deterioration program). The addition of the spray booth to an existing source does not make the source subject to the air operating permit (AOP) program or require a modification in an existing AOP permit. | |
| Size | Shall not use more than 950 gallons in any consecutive twelve months of refinishing materials of all types. This includes reducers and cleaning solvents. |
| Design | Spray booth with at least an exhaust fan, filter (arrestor), and unrestricted exhaust stack. Exhaust fan, filter (arrestor), and exhaust stack sizes shall comply with the relationship described in this order. |
| If the spray booth or booths are
combustion-heated independently from
general shop heating: (1) Only natural gas, propane, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), or on-road quality diesel fuel may be used. (2) The total heating capacity of the related combustion device(s) must be smaller than the following: (a) four million Btu/hr for natural gas, propane, and LPG; and (b) 1,000,000 Btu/hr for on-road quality diesel. |
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| Refinishing materials | Low-VOC: Compliant with 40 C.F.R.
Part 59, Subpart B. None may contain cadmium. |
| Equipment | Spray gun transfer efficiency rating not less than typical of high volume, low pressure (HVLP) equipment. |
| Spray gun cleanup in closed system. |
A general order is used instead of a series of individual notice of construction orders of approval when the permitted facilities are similar. Individual facilities that receive coverage under the general order are required to comply with the terms and conditions of the order.
This order will be available to applicants in the counties that are regulated directly by ecology's air quality program. These counties are: San Juan, Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, Asotin, Grant, Lincoln, Adams, Whitman, Franklin, and Klickitat counties. Applicants in other areas are regulated by a local air agency and are subject to their notice of construction rules and procedures. This order is also available to those sources of statewide importance that are directly regulated by ecology.
Requesting Copies of the Order: You can request copies of the proposed order and fact sheet by contacting Tom Todd, Department of Ecology, P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600, phone (360) 407-7528, fax (360) 407-7534, e-mail ttod461@ecy.wa.gov.
The proposed order and fact sheet are also available online at http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/air/AOP_Permits/Boiler/GeneralOrders.htm under the auto body shops heading.
Submitting Written Comments: Ecology will accept written comments on the draft automobile body repair and refinishing shops general order and fact sheet. Comments should reference specific text when possible. Comments may address the following:
| • | Technical issues, |
| • | Accuracy and completeness of information, |
| • | The scope of facilities proposed for coverage, |
| • | Adequacy of environmental protection and order conditions, or |
| • | Any other concern that would result from issuance of the revised order. |
Written, e-mailed and faxed comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., September 1, 2007 [2008].
Issuing the Final Automobile Body Repair and Refinishing Shops General Order: Ecology will issue the final order after it considers all public comments. Ecology expects to issue the general order soon after the end of the public comment period. It will be effective thirty days later. When ecology issues the order, it will send a response to everyone who commented.
Who would be covered by the order? The order covers all new automobile body repair and refinishing shops who propose to emit air pollutants to [the] environment. The choice of whether to be covered by a more traditional individual notice of approval or this general order remains with the applicant.
If you have special accommodation needs or require a copy of the order and fact sheet in an alternative format, please contact Tami Dahlgren, (360) 407-6830. If you are a person with a speech or hearing impairment, call 711 or 800-833-6388 for TTY.