Mich. Admin. Code R. 336.1281 - Permit to install exemptions; cleaning, washing, and drying equipment
Rule 281.
(1) This
rule does not apply if prohibited by
R
336.1278 and unless the requirements of
R
336.1278a have been met.
(2) The requirement of
R
336.1201(1) to obtain a permit to
install does not apply to any of the following:
(a) Vacuum-cleaning systems used exclusively
for industrial, commercial, or residential housekeeping purposes.
(b) Equipment used for portable steam
cleaning.
(c) Blast-cleaning
equipment using a suspension of abrasive in water and any exhaust system or
collector serving them exclusively.
(d) Portable blast-cleaning equipment
equipped with appropriately designed and operated enclosure and control
equipment.
(e) Equipment used for
washing or drying materials, where the material itself cannot become an air
contaminant, if no volatile organic compounds that have a vapor pressure
greater than 0.1 millimeter of mercury at standard conditions are used in the
process and no oil or solid fuel is burned.
(f) Laundry dryers, extractors, or tumblers
for fabrics cleaned with only water solutions of bleach, detergents, or laundry
products that do not contain volatile organic compounds.
(g) Dry-cleaning equipment that has a
capacity of 100 or less pounds of clothes.
(h) Cold cleaners that have an air/vapor
interface of not more than 10 square feet.
(i) Sterilization equipment processing
mercury-free materials at medical and pharmaceutical facilities using steam,
hydrogen peroxide, peracetic acid, or a combination thereof.
(j) Portable blast-cleaning equipment used
during construction to clean water tanks or other structures that have not been
previously coated, if both of the following apply:
(i) The tank or structure is not located
closer than the lesser of 750 feet or 5 times the height of the structure to
the nearest residential, commercial, or public facility.
(ii) The abrasive media is a low dusting
material that does not contain more than 5% crystalline silica.
(k) Aqueous based parts
washers.
Notes
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