Hong Kong Regulations

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS) REGULATION - SECT 16

Limits on volatile organic compound emissions from lithographic heatset web printing machines

PART 5

REQUIREMENT TO CONTROL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSIONS FROM LITHOGRAPHIC
HEATSET WEB PRINTING MACHINES

(1) On and after 1 January 2009, an owner of a lithographic heatset web
printing machine shall install on the machine an emission control device with
an emission limit on volatile organic compounds of no more than 100 mg
Carbon/m3 on the waste gases, without dilution, at reference conditions of
0°C and 101.325 kilopascals.

(2) The owner shall ensure that the emission control device referred to in
subsection (1) has been—

   (a)  certified by a competent person using Method 18, “Measurement of
        Gaseous Organic Compound Emissions by Gas Chromatography”, as
        adopted by US EPA that he has complied with the requirement specified
        in subsection (1);

   (b)  re-certified by a competent person within 24 months from the previous
        certification; and

   (c)  designed and operated to capture and control the emission of volatile
        organic compounds from all printing work of the machine.

(3) The owner shall display the latest certificate certified by a competent
person referred to in subsection (2) at a conspicuous place on the machine.

(4) If the owner receives a notice in writing from the Authority that the
Authority is not satisfied with the result of any certification, the owner
shall ensure that a re-certification is carried out within the period
specified by the Authority in the notice.

(5) In this section, “competent person” (合資格人士) means a
registered professional engineer in the building services, gas, chemical,
environmental, marine and naval architecture or mechanical discipline under
the Engineers Registration Ordinance ( Cap 409). “competent person”
(合資格人士)