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.