14 PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

 

SOAHR 2007-006

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AIR QUALITY DIVISION

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL

 

Filed with the Secretary of State on

 

These rules become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State unless adopted under sections 33, 44, or 45a(6) of 1969 PA 306. Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State.

 

Draft 4/12/2007

 

(By authority conferred on the director of the department of environmental quality by sections 5503 and 5512 of 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5503 and 324.5512, and Executive Reorganization Order No. 1995-18,

MCL 324.99903)

R 336.1660 and R 336.1661 of the Michigan Administrative Code are amended as follows: PART 6. EMISSION LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS--

EXISTING SOURCES OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSIONS

 

R 336.1660 Standards for volatile organic compounds emissions from consumer products.

Rule 660. (1) The provisions in the ozone transport commission’s (OTC), “Model Rule for Consumer Products,” dated March 6, 2001, September 13, 2006, are adopted by reference in this rule, with the following exceptions:

(a)      Section (8), variances.

(b)      Section (10), severability.

(c)      Section (11)(f), violations.

(d)    Where the date "January 1, 2005" appears in the following sections, the department shall instead recognize January 1 29, 2007:

(i)      Section (1), applicability.

(ii)      Section (3)(a), table, (e)(1)(i), (f)(1)(i), and (f)(3), (g)(3) standards.

(iii)      Section (6)(d)(1), administrative requirements.

  (e) In section 6(d)(1)(ii)(a) the wording “exceeds the application1;” shall be changed to “exceeds the applicable volatile organic standard.”

(f) (e) Where the date “2005” appears in section 7(d)(2) and (3), the department shall instead recognize 2007. Where the date “March 1, 2006” appears in section 7(d)(2) and (3), the department shall instead recognize March 1, 2008. Where the date “2005” appears in Section 7(d)(3), the department shall instead recognize 2007.

 

 

(2)     Copies of the ozone transport commission’s, “Model Rule for Consumer Products,” dated March 6, 2001, September 13, 2006, may be obtained without charge from the Department of Environmental Quality, Air Quality Division, 525 West Allegan Street, P. O. Box 30260, Lansing, Michigan 48909- 7760. A copy may also be obtained without charge from the Ozone Transport Commission, Hall of the States, 444 North Capitol Street, Suite 638, Washington, DC 20001, or on the ozone transport commission internet web site at www.otcair.org.

 

R 336.1661 Definitions for consumer products. Rule 661. As used in R 336.1660:

(a)      The “OTC state” means state of Michigan.

(b)      “Volatile organic compound” or “VOC” means a compound as defined in 40 C.F.R. §51.100 (2006). For the purpose of clarifying the definition, the provisions of 40 C.F.R. §51.100 (2006) are adopted by reference in these rules. Copies of 40 C.F.R. §51.100 are available for inspection and purchase at the Department of Environmental Quality, Air Quality Division, 525 West Allegan Street, P.O. Box 30260, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7760, at a cost at the time of adoption of these rules of $55.00. Copies may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15250-7954, at a cost at the time of adoption of these rules of $45.00, or on the United States government printing office internet web site at www.gpoaccess.gov. containing at least 1 atom of carbon, excluding carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides or carbonates, and ammonium carbonate, and excluding all of  the following:

  (i) Methane.

  (ii) Methylene chloride (dichloromethane).

  (iii) 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform).

  (iv) Trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11).

  (v) Dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12).

  (vi) 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-113).

  (vii) 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (CFC-114).

  (viii) Chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115).

  (ix) Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22).

  (x) 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,2-dichloroethane (HCFC-123).

  (xi) 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b).

  (xii) 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b).

  (xiii) 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HCFC-124).

  (xiv) Trifluoromethane (HFC-23).

  (xv) 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134).

  (xvi) 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a).

  (xvii) Pentafluoroethane (HFC-125).

  (xviii) 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a).

  (xix) 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a).

  (xx) Cyclic, branched, or linear completely methylated siloxanes.

  (xxi) The following classes of perfluorocarbons:

  (A) Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated alkanes.

  (B) Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated ethers with no unsaturations.

  (C) Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated tertiary amines with no unsaturations.

  (D) Sulfur-containing perfluorocarbons with no unsaturations and with the sulfur bonds to carbon and fluorine.

 

 

  (E) The following low-reactive organic compounds which have been exempted by the U.S.  environmental protection agency:

  (1) Acetone.

  (2) Ethane.

  (3) Methyl acetate.

  (4) Parachlorobenzotrifluoride (1-chloro-4-trifluoromethyl benzene).

  (5) Perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene).