15.1 Applicability.

15.1.1 Except as provided in 15.1.2 of this regulation, the provisions of 15.0 of this regulation apply to each area source motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating facility that performs spray application of coatings that contain target hazardous air pollutants (target HAPs) to motor vehicles or mobile equipment including operations that are located at a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating facility and mobile repair and refinishing operations that travel to the customer's location, except spray coating applications that meet the definition of facility maintenance in 15.2 of this regulation.

15.1.2 Activities described in 15.1.2.1 through 15.1.2.8 of this regulation are exempt from the provisions of 15.0 of this regulation.

15.1.2.1 Surface coating performed on site at installations owned or operated by the Armed Forces of the United States (including the Coast Guard and the Delaware National Guards), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the National Nuclear Security Administration.

15.1.2.2 Surface coating of military munitions manufactured by or for the Armed Forces of the United States (including the Coast Guard and the Delaware National Guards) or equipment directly and exclusively used for the purposes of transporting military munitions.

15.1.2.3 Surface coating performed by individuals on their personal motor vehicles or mobile equipment, either as a hobby or for maintenance of their personal motor vehicles or mobile equipment. Section 15 of this regulation also does not apply when these operations are performed by individuals for others without compensation. An individual who spray applies surface coating to more than two motor vehicles or pieces of mobile equipment per year is subject to the requirements of 15.0 of this regulation regardless of whether compensation is received.

15.1.2.4 Surface coating associated with facility maintenance activities.

15.1.2.5 Surface coating associated with research and laboratory activities.

15.1.2.6 Surface coating associated with quality control activities.

15.1.2.7 Surface coating activities that are covered under another area source standard in 40 CFR Part 63, other than 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart HHHHHH, or under another section of this regulation.

15.1.2.8 Surface coating performed by a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating facility that has received an approved exemption from requirements of 15.0 of this regulation, in accordance with 15.10 of this regulation.

15.1.3 An area source is a source of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) that is not a major source of HAPs, is not located at a major source of HAPs, and is not part of a major source of HAP emissions. A major source of HAP emissions is any stationary source or group of stationary sources located within a contiguous area and under common control that emits or has the potential to emit considering controls, in aggregate, 10 tons per year or more of any HAP or 25 tons per year or more of any combination of HAPs.

15.1.4 The affected source is the collection of items listed in 15.1.4.1 through 15.1.4.5 of this regulation. Not all affected sources will have all of the items listed in 15.1.4.1 through 15.1.4.5.

15.1.4.1 Mixing rooms and equipment.

15.1.4.2 Spray booths, ventilated preparation stations, curing ovens, and associated equipment.

15.1.4.3 Spray guns and associated equipment.

15.1.4.4 Spray gun cleaning equipment.

15.1.4.5 Equipment used for storage, handling, recovery, or recycling of cleaning solvents or waste coatings.

15.1.5 The provisions of 15.0 of this regulation apply to each new, reconstructed, and existing area source motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation that performs spray application of coatings that contain target HAPs to motor vehicles or mobile equipment, with the exception of those activities exempted in 15.1.2 of this regulation.

15.1.6 An affected source is a new source if it meets the criteria in 15.1.6.1 and 15.1.6.2 of this regulation.

15.1.6.1 The owner or operator commenced the construction of the affected source after September 17, 2007 by installing new motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating equipment. If the owner or operator of an existing source purchases and installs spray booths, enclosed spray gun cleaners, or purchases new spray guns to comply with 15.0 of this regulation, these actions would not make the existing affected source a new source.

15.1.6.2 The new motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating equipment is used at an area source of HAPs that was not actively engaged in motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operations prior to September 17, 2007.

15.1.7 An affected source is reconstructed if it meets the definition of reconstruction in 3.2 of this regulation.

15.1.8 An affected source is an existing source if it is not a new source or a reconstructed source.

15.1.9 The owner or operator of an area source, subject to 15.0 of this regulation, is exempt from the obligation to obtain a Title V operating permit under 7 DE Admin. Code 1130 of State of Delaware "Regulations Governing the Control of Air Pollution", if the owner or operator is not required to obtain a Title V operating permit under 3.1 of 7 DE Admin. Code 1130 for a reason other than the owner or operator's status as an area source under 15.0. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the owner or operator shall continue to comply with the provisions of 15.0.

15.2 Definitions.

Unless defined below, all terms in 15.0 of this regulation have the meaning given them in the Act or in 3.2 of this regulation.

"Administrator" means the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

"Aerospace vehicle" means any aircraft including but not limited to airplanes, helicopters, missiles, rockets, and space vehicles.

"Airless spray" or "Air-assisted airless spray" means any coating spray technology that relies solely on the fluid pressure of the coating to create an atomized coating spray pattern and does not apply any atomizing compressed air to the coating before it leaves the coating nozzle. Air-assisted airless spray uses compressed air to shape and distribute the fan of atomized coating, but still uses fluid pressure to create the atomized coating.

"Appurtenance" means any accessory to a stationary structure coated at the site of installation, whether installed or detached, including but not limited to: bathroom and kitchen fixtures; cabinets; concrete forms; doors; elevators; fences; hand railings; heating equipment, air conditioning equipment, and other fixed mechanical equipment or stationary tools; lamp posts; partitions; pipes and piping systems; rain gutters and downspouts; stairways, fixed ladders, catwalks, and fire escapes; and window screens.

"Cleaning material" means a solvent used to remove contaminants and other materials, such as dirt, grease, or oil, from a substrate before or after coating application or from equipment associated with a coating operation, such as spray booths, spray guns, racks, tanks, and hangers. Thus, it includes any cleaning material used on substrates or equipment or both.

"Coating" means, for the purposes of 15.0 of this regulation, a material spray-applied to a substrate for decorative, protective, or functional purposes. For the purposes of 15.0, coating does not include the following materials.

• Decorative, protective, or functional materials that consist only of protective oils for metal, acids, bases, or any combination of these substances.

• Paper film or plastic film that may be pre-coated with an adhesive by the film manufacturer.

• Adhesives, sealants, maskants, or caulking materials.

• Temporary protective coatings, lubricants, or surface preparation materials.

• In-mold coatings that are spray-applied in the manufacture of reinforced plastic composite parts.

"Coatings that contain target HAPs" means coatings that contains any individual target HAP that is an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) -defined carcinogen as specified in 29 CFR 1988.1200(d)(4) at a concentration greater than 0.1% by mass, or greater than 1.0% by mass for any other individual target HAP. For the purpose of determining whether materials the owner or operator uses contain the target HAPs, the owner or operator may rely on formulation data provided by the manufacturer or supplier, such as the material safety data sheet, as long as it represents each target HAP in the material that is present at 0.1% by mass or more for OSHA-defined carcinogens as specified in 29 CFR 1988.1200(d)(4) and at 1.0% by mass or more for other target HAPs.

"Compliance date" means the date by which the owner or operator shall be in compliance with the applicable requirements of 15.0 of this regulation.

"Deviation" means any instance in which an affected source, subject to 15.0 of this regulation, or an owner or operator of such a source fails to meet any applicable requirement or obligation established in 15.0.

"Electrostatic application" means any method of coating application where an electrostatic attraction is created between the item to be coated and the atomized coating particles.

"Equipment cleaning" means the use of an organic solvent or cleaning material to remove coating residue from the surfaces of coating spray guns and other coating related equipment, including, but not limited to stir sticks, paint cups, brushes, and spray booths.

"Facility maintenance" means, for the purposes of 15.0 of this regulation, surface coating performed as part of the routine repair or renovation of the tools, equipment, machinery, and structures that comprise the infrastructure of the affected source and that are necessary for the facility to function in its intended capacity. Facility maintenance also includes surface coating associated with the installation of new equipment or structures, and the application of any surface coating as part of janitorial activities. Facility maintenance includes the application of coatings to stationary structures or their appurtenances at the site of installation, to portable buildings at the site of installation, to pavements, or to curbs. Facility maintenance also includes the refinishing of mobile equipment in the field or at the site where they are used in service and at which they are intended to remain indefinitely after refinishing. Such mobile equipment includes, but is not limited to, farm equipment and mining equipment for which it is not practical or feasible to move to a dedicated mobile equipment refinishing facility. Such mobile equipment also includes items, such as fork trucks, that are used in a manufacturing facility and which are refinished in that same facility. Facility maintenance does not include surface coating of motor vehicles, mobile equipment, or items that routinely leave and return to the facility, such as delivery trucks, rental equipment, or containers used to transport, deliver, distribute, or dispense commercial products to customers, such as compressed gas canisters.

"High volume, low pressure (HVLP)" means spray equipment that is permanently labeled as such and used to apply any coating by means of a spray gun which is designed and operated between 0.1 and 10 pounds per square inch gauge air atomizing pressure measured dynamically at the center of the air cap and at the air horns.

"Initial startup" means the first time equipment is brought online in a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation, and motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating is first performed.

"Military munitions" means all ammunition products and components produced or used by or for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) or for the U.S. Armed Services for national defense and security, including military munitions under the control of the DoD, the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, and National Guard personnel. The term military munitions includes: confined gaseous, liquid, and solid propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics, chemical and riot control agents, smokes, and incendiaries used by DoD components, including bulk explosives and chemical warfare agents, chemical munitions, biological weapons, rockets, guided and ballistic missiles, bombs, warheads, mortar rounds, artillery ammunition, small arms ammunition, grenades, mines, torpedoes, depth charges, cluster munitions and dispensers, demolition charges, nonnuclear components of nuclear weapons, wholly inert ammunition products, and all devices and components of any items listed in this definition.

"Mobile equipment" means any device that may be drawn or driven on a roadway including, but not limited to, heavy-duty trucks, truck trailers, fleet delivery trucks, buses, mobile cranes, bulldozers, street cleaners, agriculture equipment, motor homes, and other recreational vehicles (including camping trailers and fifth wheels). For the purposes of Section 15.0 of this regulation, mobile equipment includes, but is not limited to, assembled mobile equipment, mobile equipment parts or subassemblies, and accessories for mobile equipment.

"Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle, including, but not limited to, automobiles, light duty trucks, golf carts, vans, and motorcycles. For the purposes of Section 15.0 of this regulation, motor vehicles include, but are not limited to, assembled motor vehicles, motor vehicle parts or subassemblies, and accessories for motor vehicles.

"Motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating facility" means any shop, business, location, or parcel of land where motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operations are conducted.

"Motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation" means the collection of equipment used to spray apply surface coatings to motor vehicles or mobile equipment, including applying cleaning solvents to prepare the surface before coating application, mixing coatings before application, applying coating to a surface, drying or curing the coating after application, and cleaning coating application equipment, but not plating. A single surface coating operation may include any combination of these types of equipment, but always includes at least the point at which a coating material is applied to a motor vehicle or mobile equipment. A motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation includes all other steps (such as surface preparation with solvent and equipment cleaning) in the affected source where target HAPs are emitted. The use of solvent to clean motor vehicle or mobile equipment (for example, to remove grease during a mechanical repair) does not constitute a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation if no coatings are applied. A single affected source may have multiple motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operations. Surface coatings applied to wood, leather, rubber, ceramics, stone, masonry, or substrates other than metal and plastic are not considered motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operations for the purposes of 15.0 of this regulation.

"Painter" means any person who spray applies coatings.

"Plastic" refers to substrates containing one or more resins and may be solid, porous, flexible, or rigid. Plastics include fiber reinforced plastic composites.

"Protective oil" means organic material that is applied to metal for the purpose of providing lubrication or protection from corrosion without forming a solid film. This definition of protective oil includes, but is not limited to, lubricating oils, evaporative oils (including those that evaporate completely), and extrusion oils.

"Quality control activities" means surface coating activities that meet all of the following criteria.

• The activities associated with a surface coating operation are intended to detect and correct defects in the final product by selecting a limited number of samples from the operation and comparing the samples against specific performance criteria.

• The activities do not include the production of an intermediate or final product for sale or exchange for commercial profit; for example, items that are surface coated are not sold and do not leave the facility.

• The activities are not a normal part of the surface coating operation; for example, they do not include color matching activities performed during a motor vehicle collision repair.

• The activities do not involve surface coating of the tools, equipment, machinery, and structures that comprise the infrastructure of the affected source and that are necessary for the facility to function in its intended capacity; that is, the activities are not facility maintenance.

"Research and laboratory activities" means surface coating activities that meet one of the following criteria.

• Activities conducted at a laboratory to analyze air, soil, water, waste, or product samples for contaminants or environmental impact.

• Activities conducted to test more efficient production processes, including alternative surface coating materials or application methods or methods for preventing or reducing adverse environmental impacts, provided that the activities do not include the production of an intermediate or final product for sale or exchange for commercial profit.

• Activities conducted at a research or laboratory facility that is operated under the close supervision of technically trained personnel, the primary purpose of which is to conduct research and development into new processes and products and that is not engaged in the manufacture of products for sale or exchange for commercial profit.

"Solvent" means a fluid containing organic compounds used to perform surface preparation or cleaning of surface coating equipment.

"Space vehicles" means vehicles designed to travel beyond the limit of the earth's atmosphere, including but not limited to satellites, space stations, and the Space Shuttle System (including orbiter, external tanks, and solid rocket boosters).

"Spray-applied coating" means coatings that are applied using a hand-held device that creates an atomized mist of coating and deposits the coating on a substrate. For the purposes of 15.0 of this regulation, spray-applied coatings do not include the following materials or activities.

• Coatings applied from a hand-held device with a paint cup capacity that is equal to or less than 3.0 fluid ounces (89 cubic centimeters).

• Surface coating application using powder coatings, hand-held non-refillable aerosol containers, or non-atomizing application technology, including, but not limited to, paint brushes, rollers, hand wiping, flow coating, dip coating, electrodeposition coating, web coating, coil coating, touch-up markers, or marking pens.

• Thermal spray operations (also known as metallizing, flame spray, plasma arc spray, and electric arc spray, among other names) in which solid metallic or non-metallic material is heated to a molten or semi-molten state and propelled to the work piece or substrate by compressed air or other gas, where a bond is produced upon impact.

"Surface preparation" means use of a cleaning material on a portion of or all of a substrate prior to the application of a coating.

"Target HAPs" are compounds of cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, or nickel.

"Transfer efficiency" means the amount of coating solids adhering to the object being coated divided by the total amount of coating solids sprayed, expressed as a percentage. Coating solids means the nonvolatile portion of the coating that makes up the dry film.

15.3 Compliance dates.

15.3.1 The owner or operator of a new or reconstructed affected source that has an initial startup on or before January 9, 2008 shall be in compliance with the applicable provisions of 15.0 of this regulation no later than September 11, 2010.

15.3.2 The owner or operator of a new or reconstructed affected source that has an initial startup after January 9, 2008 shall be in compliance with the applicable provisions of 15.0 of this regulation immediately upon startup or September 11, 2010, whichever is later.

15.3.3 The owner or operator of an existing affected source shall be in compliance with the applicable provisions of 15.0 of this regulation no later than January 10, 2011.

15.4 Standards.

15.4.1 The owner or operator of a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation shall be in compliance with the applicable requirements in 15.4.1.1 through 15.4.1.6 of this regulation.

15.4.1.1 The spray application of coatings that contain target HAPs is prohibited by persons who are not certified as having completed the training described in 15.4.2 of this regulation. All painters shall be certified that they have completed training in the proper spray application of surface coatings and the proper setup and maintenance of spray equipment. The minimum requirements for training and certification are described in 15.4.2. The requirements of 15.4.1.1 of this regulation do not apply to the students of an accredited surface coating training program who are under the direct supervision of an instructor who meets the requirements of 15.4.1.1.

15.4.1.2 All spray-applied coatings that contain target HAPs shall be applied in a spray booth, preparation station, or mobile enclosure that meets the requirements of 15.4.1.2.1 and 15.4.1.2.2 of this regulation.

15.4.1.2.1 All spray booths, preparation stations, and mobile enclosures shall be fitted with a type of filter technology that is demonstrated to achieve at least 98% capture of coating overspray. The filter efficiency shall be demonstrated according to the test method in 15.6.1 of this regulation. The requirements of 15.4.1.2.1 of this regulation do not apply to waterwash spray booths that are operated and maintained according to the manufacturer's specifications.

15.4.1.2.2 Spray-applied coatings that contain target HAPs shall only be applied when the differential pressure drop across the filter required in 15.4.1.2.1 of this regulation is within the operating range specified by the filter manufacturer.

15.4.1.3 All spray-applied coatings that contain target HAPs shall be applied in a spray booth, preparation station, or mobile enclosure that meets the applicable requirements of 15.4.1.3.1 through 15.4.1.3.3 of this regulation.

15.4.1.3.1 Spray booths and preparation stations used to refinish complete motor vehicles or mobile equipment shall be fully enclosed with a full roof, and four complete walls or complete side curtains, and shall be ventilated at negative pressure so that air is drawn into any openings in the booth walls or preparation station curtains. However, if a spray booth is fully enclosed and has seals on all doors and other openings and has an automatic pressure balancing system, it may be operated at up to, but not more than, 0.05 inches water gauge positive pressure.

15.4.1.3.2 Spray booths and preparation stations that are used to coat parts, subassemblies, or accessories for motor vehicles or mobile equipment shall have a full roof, at least three complete walls or complete side curtains, and shall be ventilated so that air is drawn into the enclosure. The walls and roof of an enclosure may have openings, if needed, to allow for conveyors and parts, subassemblies, or accessories to pass through the enclosure during the coating process.

15.4.1.3.3 Mobile ventilated enclosures that are used to perform spot repairs shall enclose and, if necessary, seal against the surface around the area being coated such that coating overspray is retained within the enclosure and directed to a filter to capture coating overspray.

15.4.1.4 All spray-applied coatings that contain target HAPs shall be applied with a high volume, low pressure (HVLP) spray gun, electrostatic application, airless spray gun, air-assisted airless spray gun, or an equivalent technology that is demonstrated by the spray gun manufacturer to achieve transfer efficiency comparable to one of the spray gun technologies listed above for a comparable operation, and for which written approval has been obtained from the Administrator. The transfer efficiency of an equivalent technology shall be demonstrated according to the test methods in 15.6.2 of this regulation. The requirements of 15.4.1.4 of this regulation do not apply to coating performed by students and instructors at paint training centers. The requirements of 15.4.1.4 do not apply to the surface coating of aerospace vehicles that involves the coating of components that normally require the use of an airbrush or an extension on the spray gun to properly reach limited access spaces; to the application of coatings on aerospace vehicles that contain fillers that adversely affect atomization with HVLP spray guns; or to the application of coatings on aerospace vehicles that normally have a dried film thickness of less than 0.0013 centimeters (0.0005 inches).

15.4.1.5 All coating spray gun cleaning shall be done so that an atomized mist or spray of gun cleaning solvent and coating residue is not created outside of a container that collects used gun cleaning solvent. Spray gun cleaning may be done with, for example, hand cleaning of parts of the disassembled gun in a container of solvent, by flushing solvent through the gun without atomizing the solvent and coating residue, or by using a fully enclosed spray gun washer. A combination of non-atomizing methods may also be used.

15.4.1.6 As provided in 15.11 of this regulation, the Department may choose to grant an owner or operator permission to use an alternative in lieu of the emission standards in 15.4 of this regulation after an owner or operator has requested approval to do so according to the provisions of 15.11.1 and 15.11.2 of this regulation.

15.4.2 The owner or operator of a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation shall ensure and certify that all new and existing painters, including contract painters, who spray apply coatings that contain target HAPs, are trained in the proper application of surface coatings as required in 15.4.1.1 of this regulation. The training program shall include, at a minimum, the items listed in 15.4.2.1 through 15.4.2.3 of this regulation.

15.4.2.1 A list of all current painters by name and job description who are required to be trained.

15.4.2.2 Hands-on and classroom instruction that addresses, at a minimum, the initial and refresher training in the topics listed in 15.4.2.2.1 through 15.4.2.2.4 of this regulation.

15.4.2.2.1 Spray gun equipment selection, set up, and operation, including measuring coating viscosity, selecting the proper fluid tip or nozzle, and achieving the proper spray pattern, air pressure and volume, and fluid delivery rate.

15.4.2.2.2 Spray technique for different types of coatings to improve transfer efficiency and minimize coating usage and overspray, including maintaining the correct spray gun distance and angle to the item to be coated, using proper banding and overlap, and reducing lead and lag spraying at the beginning and end of each stroke.

15.4.2.2.3 Routine spray booth and filter maintenance, including filter selection and installation.

15.4.2.2.4 Environmental compliance with the requirements of 15.0 of this regulation.

15.4.2.3 A description of the methods to be used at the completion of initial or refresher training to demonstrate, document, and provide certification of successful completion of the required training. An owner or operator who can show by documentation or certification that a painter's work experience or training has resulted in training equivalent to the training required in 15.4.2.2 of this regulation is not required to provide the initial training required in 15.4.2.2 to these painters.

15.4.3 As required in 15.4.1.1 of this regulation, all new and existing painters at a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation, including contract painters, who spray apply coatings that contain target HAPs shall be trained by the dates specified in 15.4.3.1 and 15.4.3.2 of this regulation. Employees who transfer within a company to a position as a painter are subject to the same requirements as a new hire.

15.4.3.1 All painters located at a new or reconstructed affected source shall be trained and certified no later than 180 days after hiring or no later than September 11, 2010, whichever is later. Painter training that was completed within five years prior to the date training is required, and that meets the requirements specified in 15.4.2.2 of this regulation satisfies this requirement and is valid for a period not to exceed five years after the date the training was completed.

15.4.3.2 All painters located at an existing affected source shall be trained and certified no later than 180 days after hiring or no later than January 10, 2011, whichever is later. Painter training that was completed within five years prior to the date training is required, and that meets the requirements specified in 15.4.2.2 of this regulation satisfies this requirement and is valid for a period not to exceed five years after the date the training was completed.

15.4.4 Training and certification shall be valid for a period not to exceed five years after the date the training was completed, and all painters shall receive refresher training that meets the requirements of 15.4 of this regulation and be re-certified every five years.

15.5 Monitoring requirements. The owner or operator of a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation shall be in compliance with the applicable requirements in 15.5.1 through 15.5.5 of this regulation.

15.5.1 The owner or operator shall install and maintain a pressure drop monitoring device to measure the differential pressure drop across each filter required in 15.4.1.2.1 of this regulation.

15.5.2 The owner or operator shall operate the pressure drop monitoring device required in 15.5.1. of this regulation during all times that the spray booth, preparation station, or mobile enclosure is operated.

15.5.3 The owner or operator shall observe and record the differential pressure drop at least once per day that the spray booth, preparation station, or mobile enclosure is operated.

15.5.4 The owner or operator shall take immediate corrective action; if the differential pressure drop is observed outside of the operating range specified by the filter manufacturer and shall also record the incident and the corrective actions taken.

15.5.5 The owner or operator of a spray booth equipped with an automatic pressure balancing system subject to 15.4.1.3.1 of this regulation shall comply with requirements in 15.5.5.1 through 15.5.5.4 of this regulation.

15.5.5.1 The owner or operator shall install and maintain a pressure monitoring device to measure the pressure inside the sealed spray booth.

15.5.5.2 The owner or operator shall operate the pressure monitoring device required in 15.5.5.1. of this regulation during all times that the spray booth is operated.

15.5.5.3 The owner or operator shall observe and record the pressure at least once per day that the spray booth is operated.

15.5.5.4 The owner or operator shall take immediate corrective action; if the pressure in the spray booth is observed to be greater than 0.05 inches water gauge positive pressure and shall also record the incident and the corrective actions taken.

15.6 Test methods.

15.6.1 Filter efficiency. The test method used to demonstrate the filter efficiency shall be consistent with the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Method 52.1, "Gravimetric and Dust-Spot Procedures for Testing Air-Cleaning Devices Used in General Ventilation for Removing Particulate Matter, June 4, 1992". The test coating for measuring filter efficiency shall be a high solids bake enamel delivered at a rate of at least 135 grams per minute from a conventional (non-HVLP) air-atomized spray gun operating at 40 pounds per square inch gauge air pressure; the air flow rate across the filter shall be 150 feet per minute. The owner or operator may use published filter efficiency data provided by filter manufacturers to demonstrate compliance with the requirement of 15.4.1.2.1 of this regulation and is not required to perform this demonstration.

15.6.2 Spray gun transfer efficiency. The test methods used to demonstrate that an alternative spray gun transfer efficiency is equivalent to that of an HVLP spray gun in 15.4.1.4 of this regulation shall be equivalent to the California South Coast Air Quality Management District's "Spray Equipment Transfer Efficiency Test Procedure for Equipment User, May 24, 1989" and "Guidelines for Demonstrating Equivalency with District Approved Transfer Efficient Spray Guns, September 26, 2002".

15.7 Notification requirements.

15.7.1 Initial notification. The owner or operator of a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation, subject to 15.0 of this regulation, shall submit the initial notification required by 3.9.2 of this regulation. For a new or reconstructed affected source, the owner or operator shall submit the initial notification no later than 180 days after initial startup or September 11, 2010, whichever is later. For an existing affected source, the owner or operator shall submit the initial notification no later than September 11, 2010. The initial notification shall provide the applicable information specified in 15.7.1.1 through 15.7.1.8 of this regulation.

15.7.1.1 The company's name.

15.7.1.2 The address (i.e., physical location) of the affected source and the address where compliance records are maintained, if different. If the source is a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation that repairs vehicles at the customer's location, rather than at a fixed location, such as a collision repair shop, the notification should state this and indicate the physical location where records are kept to demonstrate compliance.

15.7.1.3 The name and mailing address of the owner or operator of the affected motor vehicle or mobile equipment surfacing coating operation. (New Delaware requirement)

15.7.1.4 An identification of the relevant standard (i.e., 15.0 of 7 DE Admin. Code 1138).

15.7.1.5 A brief description of the motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation. The owner or operator shall indicate the number of spray booths and preparation stations and the number of painters usually employed at the operation.

15.7.1.6 A statement of whether the source is already in compliance with all the applicable requirements of 15.0 of this regulation or whether the source will be brought into compliance by the compliance date.

15.7.1.7 If the affected source is a new or reconstructed source, the owner or operator shall certify in the initial notification whether the source is in compliance with all the applicable requirements in 15.0 of this regulation. The owner or operator shall include a statement by a responsible official that the source is in compliance with all the applicable requirements in 15.0 and that this initial notification also serves as the notification of compliance status. The owner or operator shall also provide the official's name, title, phone number, e-mail address (if available) and signature, certifying the truth, accuracy, and completeness of the notification.

15.7.1.8 If the affected source is an existing source, the owner or operator may certify in the initial notification that the source is already in compliance with all the applicable requirements in 15.0 of this regulation. If the owner or operator of an existing source is certifying in the initial notification that the source is in compliance with all the applicable requirements in 15.0, then the owner or operator shall include a statement by a responsible official that the source is in compliance with all the applicable requirements in 15.0 and that this initial notification also serves as the notification of compliance status. The owner or operator shall also provide that official's name, title, phone number, e-mail address (if available) and signature, certifying the truth, accuracy, and completeness of the notification.

15.7.2 Notification of compliance status.

15.7.2.1 The owner or operator of a new or reconstructed affected source is not required to submit a separate notification of compliance status in addition to the initial notification specified in 15.7.1 of this regulation provided the owner or operator was able to certify compliance on the date of the initial notification, as part of the initial notification, and the affected source's compliance status has not since changed.

15.7.2.2 If the owner or operator of an existing affected source did not certify in the initial notification that the affected source is already in compliance as specified in 15.7.1 of this regulation, then the owner or operator of an existing affected source shall submit a notification of compliance status.

15.7.2.3 The owner or operator of an existing affected source, required to submit a notification of compliance status in accordance with 15.7.2.2 of this regulation shall submit the notification of compliance status on or before March 11, 2011. The owner or operator shall submit the applicable information specified in 15.7.2.3.1 through 15.7.2.3.5 of this regulation with the notification of compliance status.

15.7.2.3.1 The company's name.

15.7.2.3.2 The address (i.e., physical location) of the affected source and the address where compliance records are maintained, if different.

15.7.2.3.3 The name of the owner or operator of the affected motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation.

15.7.2.3.4 The date of the notification of compliance status.

15.7.2.3.5 A statement of whether the source is in compliance with all the applicable requirements in 15.0 of this regulation or an explanation of any noncompliance and a description of corrective actions being taken to achieve compliance. The owner or operator shall include a statement by a responsible official certifying the truth, accuracy, and completeness of the notification of compliance status. The owner or operator shall also provide that official's name, title, phone number, e-mail address (if available) and signature.

15.8 Reporting requirements.

15.8.1 Annual notification of changes report. The owner or operator of a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation, subject to 15.0 of this regulation, shall submit a report for each calendar year in which information previously submitted in either the initial notification required in 15.7.1 of this regulation, the notification of compliance status required in 15.7.2 of this regulation, or the previous annual notification of changes report submitted under 15.8.1 of this regulation has changed. Deviations from the applicable requirements in 15.0 on the date of the report shall be deemed to be a change.

15.8.2 The annual notification of changes report shall be submitted prior to March 1 of each calendar year when reportable changes have occurred and shall include the information specified in 15.8.2.1 through 15.8.2.5 of this regulation.

15.8.2.1 The company's name.

15.8.2.2 The address (i.e., physical location) of the affected source and the address where compliance records are maintained, if different.

15.8.2.3 The name of the owner or operator of the affected motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation.

15.8.2.4 A brief description of the deviations that occurred during the reporting period. The owner or operator shall describe the deviation and provide the date of the deviation, the affected source where the deviation occurred, and the corrective actions taken to achieve compliance.

15.8.2.5 A statement of whether the source is in compliance with all the applicable requirements in 15.0 of this regulation or an explanation of any noncompliance and a description of corrective actions being taken to achieve compliance. The owner or operator shall also include a statement by a responsible official with that official's name, title, phone number, e-mail address (if available) and signature, certifying the truth, accuracy, and completeness of the annual notification of changes report.

15.9 Recordkeeping requirements.

15.9.1 The owner or operator of a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation shall keep the records specified in 15.9.1.1 through 15.9.1.7 and 15.9.2 of this regulation, as applicable.

15.9.1.1 Certification that each painter has completed the training specified in 15.4.2 of this regulation with the date the initial training was completed and when the most recent refresher training was completed.

15.9.1.2 Documentation of the filter efficiency of the filter material for each spray booth, preparation station, and mobile enclosure, according to the test procedure in 15.6.1 of this regulation.

15.9.1.3 Records of the daily differential pressure drop observations required in 15.5.3 of this regulation. These records shall include the corrective actions taken, as required in 15.5.4 of this regulation, whenever the differential pressure drop was observed outside the operating range specified by the filter manufacturer.

15.9.1.4 Records of the daily pressure observations required in 15.5.5.3 of this regulation. These records shall include the corrective actions taken, as required in 15.5.5.4 of this regulation, whenever a pressure was observed greater than 0.05 inches water gauge positive pressure.

15.9.1.5 Documentation from the spray gun manufacturer for each spray gun with a cup capacity equal to or greater than 3.0 fluid ounces that does not meet the definition of an HVLP spray gun, electrostatic application, airless spray gun, or air-assisted airless spray gun, which has been determined by the Administrator to achieve a transfer efficiency equivalent to that of an HVLP spray gun, according to the test procedures in 15.6.2 of this regulation.

15.9.1.6 Copies of any notification submitted as required in 15.7 of this regulation and copies of any report submitted as required in 15.8 of this regulation.

15.9.1.7 Records of any deviation from the applicable requirements in 15.0 of this regulation, including any deviation from the applicable requirements in 3.0 of this regulation. These records shall include the date and time period of the deviation, a description of the nature of the deviation, and the actions taken to correct the deviation.

15.9.2 The owner or operator of an affected source shall maintain records of any assessments of source compliance performed in support of the initial notification, the notification of compliance status, or the annual notification of changes report.

15.9.3 The owner or operator of an affected source shall maintain copies of the records specified in 15.9.1 and 15.9.2 of this regulation for a period of at least five years after the date of each record. Copies of records shall be kept on site and in a printed or electronic form that is readily accessible for inspection for at least the first two years after their date and may be kept off-site after that two year period.

15.10 Provisions for exemptions.

15.10.1 The owner or operator of a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation may petition the Department for an exemption from 15.0 of this regulation. The Department may approve the exemption from 15.0, if the owner or operator can satisfactorily demonstrate that the motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating facility spray applies no coatings that contain a target HAP. To petition the Department for an exemption from 15.0, the owner or operator shall comply with the requirements in 15.10.1.1 and 15.10.1.2 of this regulation.

15.10.1.1 Before submitting a petition to the Department for an exemption from 15.0 of this regulation, the owner or operator shall petition the Administrator and receive an approved exemption from requirements of 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart HHHHHH. Petitioning of the Administrator for this exemption is described in paragraph 63.11170(a)(2) of 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart HHHHHH.

15.10.1.2 The owner or operator shall provide the Department with the information specified in 15.10.1.2.1 through 15.10.1.2.5 of this regulation.

15.10.1.2.1 The company's name.

15.10.1.2.2 The address (i.e., physical location) of the affected source.

15.10.1.2.3 A copy of the Administrator's approved exemption from the requirements of 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart HHHHHH.

15.10.1.2.4 A description of all spray applied coatings used by the facility. The description of the coating shall be in sufficient detail to permit verification that each spray applied coating does not contain a target HAP.

15.10.1.2.5 A certification that the surface coating operation does not spray apply any coating containing a target HAP and a statement by a responsible official certifying the truth, accuracy, and completeness of the petition for exemption from 15.0 of this regulation. The owner or operator shall also provide that official's name, title, phone number, e-mail address (if available) and signature.

15.10.2 If circumstances change such that the owner or operator with an approved exemption from the Department intends to spray apply coatings containing a target HAP, the owner or operator shall submit the initial notification required by 15.7.1 of this regulation and comply with the requirements of 15.0 of this regulation.

15.11 Provisions for alternative emission standards. The owner or operator of a motor vehicle or mobile equipment surface coating operation may request the Department's approval to use an alternative in lieu of the emission standards in 15.4 of this regulation. The Department may approve the request to use the alternative, if the owner or operator can satisfactorily demonstrate that the Administrator had granted the owner or operator permission to use the alternative in lieu of the emission standards in Section 63.11173 of 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart HHHHHH. To request the Department's approval to use an alternative in lieu of the emission standards in 15.4, the owner or operator shall comply with the requirements in 15.11.1 and 15.11.2 of this regulation.

15.11.1 Before submitting a request to the Department for permission to use the alternative to the emission standards in 15.4 of this regulation, the owner or operator shall request and receive the Administrator's approval to use the alternative in lieu of the emission standards in Section 63.11173 of 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart HHHHHH. Requesting the Administrator's permission to use an alternative is described in paragraph 63.6(g)(2) of 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart A.

15.11.2 The owner or operator shall provide the Department with the information specified in 15.11.2.1 through 15.11.2.4 of this regulation.

15.11.2.1 The company's name.

15.11.2.2 The address (i.e., physical location) of the affected source.

15.11.2.3 A copy of the Administrator's approval to use the alternative in lieu of the emission standards in Section 63.11173 of 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart HHHHHH.

15.11.2.4 A statement by a responsible official certifying the truth, accuracy, and completeness of the request to use the alternative in lieu of the emission standards in 15.4 of this regulation. The owner or operator shall also provide that official's name, title, phone number, e-mail address (if available) and signature.

15.12 Applicability of general provisions. The owner or operator of an affected source, subject to the provisions of 15.0 of this regulation, shall also be in compliance with the provisions in 3.0 of this regulation, that are applicable to 15.0 as specified in Table 15-1 of this regulation.

15.13 [Reserved].