Paints and allied products manufacturing process

Paints and allied products manufacturing process means all the equipment which collectively function to produce a paint or allied product. A process may consist of one or more unit operations. For the purposes of this subpart, the manufacturing process includes any, all, or a combination of, weighing, blending, mixing, grinding, tinting, dilution or other formulation. Cleaning operations, material storage and transfer, and piping are considered part of the manufacturing process. This definition does not cover activities by end users of paints or allied products to ready those materials for application. Quality assurance and quality control laboratories are not considered part of a paints and allied products manufacturing process. Research and development facilities, as defined in section 112(7) of the CAA are not considered part of a paints and allied products manufacturing process.

Source

40 CFR § 63.11607


Scoping language

Terms used in this subpart are defined in the Clean Air Act, 63.2, and in this section as follows:

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