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Part 201: Permits And General Provisions

• Note: Section 201.146 Exemptions from State Permit Requirements

Part 211: Definitions And General Provisions

Part 215: Organic Material Emissions Standards And Limitations (Other than Chicago & Metro East) 

• Subpart H: Special Limitations for Sources in Major Ubanized Areas Which are Nonattainment for Ozone
• Subpart P: Printing and Publishing

Part 218: Organic Material Emission Standards And Limitations For The Chicago Area

• Subpart H Printing and Publishing

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Control Techniques Guidelines for Offset Lithographic Printing and Letterpress Printing

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Control Techniques Guidelines for Flexible Package Printing

Publication Rotogravure Printing (Graphic Arts Industry): New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)

Flexible Vinyl and Urethane Coating and Printing: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)

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Solvent Contaminated Wipe Rule or the Illinois “Shop Towel Rule”

If not otherwise excluded by 35 IAC 721.104(a)(26) (copied below), a source generating solvent contaminated wipes would be subject to the Standards Applicable To Generators Of Hazardous Waste at 35 IAC 35 IAC 722.

35 IAC 721.104 Exclusions

a)  Materials That Are Not Solid Wastes.  The following materials are not solid wastes for the purpose of this Part:

26)  Solvent-contaminated wipes that are sent for cleaning and reuse are not solid wastes from the point of generation, provided that all of the following conditions are fulfilled:

A)  The solvent-contaminated wipes, when accumulated, stored, and transported, are contained in non-leaking, closed containers that are labeled “Excluded Solvent-Contaminated Wipes”.  The containers must be able to contain free liquids, should free liquids occur.  During accumulation, a container is considered closed when there is complete contact between the fitted lid and the rim, except when it is necessary to add or remove solvent-contaminated wipes.  When the container is full, when the solvent-contaminated wipes are no longer being accumulated, or when the container is being transported, the container must be sealed with all lids properly and securely affixed to the container and all openings tightly bound or closed sufficiently to prevent leaks and emissions;

B)  The solvent-contaminated wipes may be accumulated by the generator for up to 180 days from the start date of accumulation for each container prior to being sent for cleaning;

C)  At the point of being sent for cleaning on-site or at the point of being transported off-site for cleaning, the solvent-contaminated wipes must contain no free liquids, as defined in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.110;

D)  Free liquids removed from the solvent-contaminated wipes or from the container holding the wipes must be managed according to the applicable regulations found in this Part and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720, 722 through 728, and 733;

E)  Generators must maintain at their site the following documentation:

i)  The name and address of the laundry or dry cleaner that is receiving the solvent-contaminated wipes;

ii)  The documentation that the 180-day accumulation time limit in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 721.104(a)(26)(B) is being met; and

iii)  A description of the process the generator is using to ensure that the solvent-contaminated wipes contain no free liquids at the point of being laundered or dry cleaned on-site or at the point of being transported off-site for laundering or dry cleaning; and

F)  The solvent-contaminated wipes are sent to a laundry or dry cleaner whose discharge, if any, is regulated under sections 301 and 402 or section 307 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 USC 1311 and 1341 or 33 USC 1317) or equivalent Illinois or sister-state requirements approved by USEPA under 33 USC 1311 through 1346 and 1370.