Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 120 - Air Resources › Subchapter 05 - Air Pollution Control › Part 29 - Operating Permits › Section 250-RICR-120-05-29.20 - Appendix A: List of Insignificant Activities

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The
				  activities in §§
										29.20(A)(1) and
				  (2) of this Part are those that the Office of
				  Air Resources has designated as insignificant and therefore are exempt from
				  having to be fully described and included in the operating permit application.
1. Operating permit applications are not
				  required to contain any information on any activity listed in §§
											29.20(A)(1)(a) through
				  (aa) of this Part.
a. Air conditioning or ventilating systems
				  not designed to remove air pollutants generated by or released from specific
				  processes or equipment;
b.
				  Equipment used for the preparation of food for human consumption in cafeterias
				  or dining rooms at the stationary source;
c. Plant maintenance activities such as
				  brazing, soldering, or welding operations, pipefitting and caulking;
d. Groundkeeping activities such as the use
				  of lawnmowers, trimmers, snow blowers, etc., the use of pesticides, fumigants
				  and herbicides, weeding and sweeping.
e. Smoking rooms and areas;
f. Restroom ventilation including stacks or
				  vents to prevent escape of sewer gases through plumbing traps;
g. Blueprint copiers and photographic
				  processes;
h. Woodworking shops
				  activities that are vented indoors such as sawing, sanding, drilling and
				  planing;
i. Pharmacies, excluding
				  any synthesized pharmaceutical manufacturing as defined in Part 26 of this
				  Subchapter (Control of Organic Solvent Emissions from Manufacturers of
				  Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products);
j. Janitorial activities and other indoor
				  maintenance activities such as vacuum cleaning and cleaning of rugs, floors or
				  furniture, but not solvent clean-up of any sort subject to a work practice
				  standard under any applicable requirement;
k. Office activities, including typing,
				  copying and printing;
l. Equipment
				  used exclusively for portable steam cleaning.
m. Emissions from any laboratory activities,
				  excluding research and development operations. Laboratory means a place or
				  activity devoted to experimental study or teaching in any science, or to the
				  testing and analysis of drugs, chemicals, chemical compounds, or other
				  substances, or similar activities, provided that the activities described in
				  this sentence are conducted on a laboratory scale. Activities are conducted on
				  a laboratory scale if the containers used for reactions, transfers, and other
				  handling of substances are designed to be easily and safely manipulated by one
				  person by hand. If a facility manufactures or produces products for profit in
				  any quantity, it may not be considered to be a laboratory under this item.
				  Support activities necessary to the operation of the laboratory are considered
				  to be part of the laboratory. Support activities do not include the provision
				  of power to the laboratory from stationary sources that provide power to
				  multiple projects or from stationary sources which would provide power to
				  multiple projects or from stationary sources which would otherwise require
				  permitting, such as boilers that provide power to an entire facility.
n. Architectural maintenance activities for
				  the buildings and structures at a stationary source such as painting, caulking,
				  reroofing, etc.;
o. The engine of
				  any vehicle, such as forklifts, tractors, construction equipment, motor
				  vehicle, etc.;
p. Fuel burning
				  equipment and/or fuel oil tanks in 1, 2, 3 or 4 family residential housing
				  units where the fuel burning equipment is used solely for heating the building
				  for personal comfort or for producing hot water for personal use.
q. Dryers and distribution systems for
				  instrument air.
r. Locker room
				  ventilation and maintenance.
s. Air
				  contaminant detectors.
t.
				  Electrically powered air compressors and pumps.
u. Dumpsters.
v. All electric motors.
w. Sampling connections and systems used
				  exclusively to withdraw materials for testing and analysis including air
				  contaminant detectors and vent lines.
x. Grinding or abrasive blasting for
				  nondestructive testing of metals.
y. Steam vents and steam leaks from boilers
				  and steam distribution systems.
z.
				  Rupture discs for gas handling systems.
aa. Purging of natural gas
				  lines.