Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Air Quality Division › Dry Cleaning Establishments › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 325.17102 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 102.
(1) As
				  used in these rules:
(a) "Application" means a
				  form and applicable fees submitted to the department by an owner or operator of
				  a type I, II, III, and IV establishment, which provides information about the
				  establishment and requests licensure thereof.
(b) "Class I solvents" are liquids having a
				  flashpoint below 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Centigrade).
(c) "Class II solvents" are liquids having a
				  flashpoint at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Centigrade) and
				  below 140 degrees Fahrenheit (60 degrees Centigrade).
(d) "Class IIIA solvents" are liquids having
				  a flashpoint at or above 140 degrees Fahrenheit (60 degrees Centigrade) and
				  below 200 degrees Fahrenheit (93.4 degrees Centigrade).
(e) "Class IIIB solvents" are liquids
				  classified as having a flashpoint above 200 degrees Fahrenheit (93.4 degrees
				  Centigrade).
(f) "Class IV
				  solvents" are liquids classified as nonflammable.
(g) "Department" means the department of
				  environmental quality.
(h)
				  "Director" means the director of the department or his or her authorized
				  representative.
(i) "Dry cleaning
				  establishment" means machines, equipment, controls, connections, rooms,
				  buildings, or fixtures which are associated with the dry cleaning process
				  utilizing a class I, II, III, or IV solvent and the premises upon which they
				  are located.
(j) "Dry cleaning
				  machine" means a device in which wearing apparel, textiles, fabrics and rugs,
				  are immersed in a solution other than water and agitated for the purpose of
				  removal of dirt or soil.
(k) "Dry
				  cleaning machine room" means a room in which the dry cleaning operations are
				  conducted, including all additional areas containing solvent or solvent
				  handling equipment in which dry cleaning solvents or vapors may
				  accumulate.
(l) "Dry cleaning
				  system" means any equipment such as washers, dryers, filters, stills, vapor
				  recovery units, waste water vaporizers, and storage tanks which contain a
				  cleaning solvent.
(m) "Emergency"
				  means that, in the judgment of the director, there is a violation of the public
				  health code or these rules which causes or may cause a condition at a type IV
				  establishment requiring immediate action to prevent endangering the health or
				  safety of a person or persons or a violation of the fire protection code or
				  these rules which causes or may cause a condition at a type I, II, or III
				  establishment requiring immediate action to prevent endangering the health or
				  safety of a person or persons from the risk of a fire or explosion.
(n) "Fire prevention code" means section 5i
				  of 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1 to 29.34.
(o) "Licensee" means the owner of a dry
				  cleaning establishment that has been issued a license or certificate.
(p) "Make-up air" means outdoor air that
				  replaces establishment air which is exhausted to the outside by a ventilation
				  system.
(q) "Modification" means a
				  conversion, alteration, or change in the design, operation, or location of the
				  equipment or a change in the class of solvent utilized at the dry cleaning
				  establishment, including, but not limited to, dry cleaning equipment,
				  fuel-fired equipment, ventilation equipment, and the building structure, or any
				  of the items listed in R. 335.17203. A modification does not include routine
				  maintenance.
(r) "Plans and
				  specifications" means drawings, specifications, data, and a true description or
				  representation of a type I, II, III, and IV installation, or a component
				  thereof, as it exists or is to be constructed, installed, modified, converted,
				  or remodeled.
(s) "Public health
				  code" means part 133 of article 12 of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13301 to 333.13325,
				  and only applies to type IV dry cleaning establishments.
(t) "Public laundry" means a business where
				  the public may launder wearing apparel, textiles, fabrics, and rugs by
				  immersion in water.
(u) "Type I
				  establishment" is an establishment utilizing a class I solvent.
(v) "Type II establishment" is an
				  establishment utilizing a class II solvent.
(w) "Type III establishment" is an
				  establishment utilizing a class IIIA or class IIIB solvent.
(x) "Type IV establishment" is an
				  establishment utilizing a class IV solvent.