Section 325.50101. Definitions; A to E.

Rule 101. (1) “Authorized person” means a person specifically required by the employer to enter a regulated area or a person entering a regulated area as a designated representative of employees for the purpose of observing the monitoring and measuring procedures under R 325.50135.

(2)    “Beehive oven” means a coke oven in which the products of carbonization other than coke are not recovered, but are released into the ambient air.

(3)   “Coke oven” means a retort in which coke is produced by the destructive distillation or carbonization of coal.

(4)   “Coke oven battery” means a structure containing a number of slot-type coke ovens.

(5)   “Coke oven emissions” means the soluble fraction of total particulate matter present during the destructive distillation or carbonization of coal for the production of coke as determined by benzene extraction or an equivalent analytical method.

(6)     “Director” means the director of the Michigan department of licensing and regulatory affairs or his or her authorized representative.

(7)   “Emergency” means an occurrence, such as, but not limited to, equipment failure, that is likely to, or does, result in a massive release of coke oven emissions.

(8)     “Existing coke oven battery” means a battery which is in operation or under construction on January 20, 1977, and which is not a rehabilitated coke oven battery.

History: 1979 AC; 1999 AACS; 2013 AACS.