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MICHIGAN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL RULES

Contact:  Brenda Blemaster, Administrative Rules Coordinator, Air Quality Division (517-335-6984).  For a copy of the rule book, contact Lorraine Hickman, Air Quality Division  (517) 241-9059.

The following Air Pollution Control Rules have been adopted pursuant to Part 55, Air Pollution Control, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended (Act 451).

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  • PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (as amended March 28, 2008)       

  • PART 2. AIR USE APPROVAL (as amended June 20, 2008)   

    • R 336.1201   Permits to install
      R 336.1201a General permits to install
      R 336.1202   Waivers of approval
      R 336.1203   Information required
      R 336.1204   Authority of agents
      R 336.1205   Permit to install; approval
      R 336.1206   Processing of applications for permits to install
      R 336.1207   Denial of permits to install
      R 336.1208   Rescinded
      R 336.1208a Limiting potential to emit by registration
      R 336.1209   Use of old permits to limit potential to emit
      R 336.1210   Renewable operating permits
      R 336.1211   Renewable operating permit applicability
      R 336.1212   Administratively complete applications; insignificant activities; streamlining applicable requirements; emissions reporting and fee calculations
      R 336.1213   Content of a renewable operating permit
      R 336.1214   Approval of a renewable operating permit

    • R 336.1214a Consolidation of permits to install within a renewable operating permit
      R 336.1215   Operational flexibility, emissions trading activities between stationary sources, off-permit changes, and insignificant changes for a renewable operating permit
      R 336.1216   Modifications to renewable operating permits
      R 336.1217   Renewals and reopenings of renewable operating permits
      R 336.1218   General renewable operating permits
      R 336.1219   Amendments for change of ownership or operational control
      R 336.1220   Rescinded
      R 336.1221   Rescinded
      R 336.1224   T-BACT requirement for new and modified source of air toxics; exemptions
      R 336.1225   Health-based screening level requirement for new or modified sources of air toxics

    • R 336.1226   Exemptions from the health-based screening level requirement
      R 336.1227   Demonstration of compliance with health-based screening level
      R 336.1228   Requirement for lower emission rate than required by T-BACT and health-based screening levels.
      R 336.1229   Methodology for determining health-based screening levels
      R 336.1230   Informational list for health-based screening levels and T-BACT determinations
      R 336.1231   Cancer risk assessment screening methodology
      R 336.1232   Methodology for determining initial threshold screening level.
      R 336.1240   Required air quality models
      R 336.1241   Air quality modeling demonstration requirements
      R 336.1277   New emission units at facilities with plantwide applicability limits; exemption
      R 336.1278   Exclusion from exemption

    • R 336.1278a Scope of permit exemptions
      R 336.1279   Rescinded
      R 336.1280   Permit to install exemptions; cooling and ventilating equipment
      R 336.1281   Permit to install exemptions; cleaning, washing, and drying equipment
      R 336.1282   Permit to install exemptions; furnaces, ovens, and heaters
      R 336.1283   Permit to install exemptions; testing and inspection equipment
      R 336.1284   Permit to install exemptions; containers
      R 336.1285   Permit to install exemptions; miscellaneous
      R 336.1286   Permit to install exemptions; plastic processing equipment
      R 336.1287   Permit to install exemptions; surface coating equipment
      R 336.1288   Permit to install exemptions; oil and gas processing equipment
      R 336.1289   Permit to install exemptions; asphalt and concrete production equipment
      R 336.1290   Permit to install exemptions; emission units with limited emissions
      R 336.1299   Adoption of standards by reference

  • PART 3. EMISSION LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS--PARTICULATE MATTER (as amended March 19, 2002)    

    • R 336.1301   Standards for density of emissions
      R 336.1302   Rescinded
      R 336.1303   Grading visible emissions
      R 336.1310   Open burning
      R 336.1320   Rescinded
      R 336.1330   Electrostatic precipitator control systems
      R 336.1331   Emission of particulate matter
      R 336.1349   Coke oven compliance date
      R 336.1350   Emissions from larry-car charging of coke ovens
      R 336.1351   Charging hole emissions from coke ovens
      R 336.1352   Pushing operation fugitive emissions from coke ovens
      R 336.1353   Standpipe assembly emissions during coke cycle from coke ovens
      R 336.1354   Standpipe assembly emissions during decarbonization from coke ovens
      R 336.1355   Coke oven gas collector main emissions from coke ovens
      R 336.1356   Coke oven door emissions from coke ovens; doors that are 5 meters or shorter
      R 336.1357   Coke oven door emissions from coke ovens; doors that are taller than 5 meters
      R 336.1358   Roof monitor visible emissions at steel manufacturing facilities from electric arc furnaces and blast furnaces
      R 336.1359   Visible emissions from scarfer operation stacks at steel manufacturing facilities
      R 336.1360   Visible emissions from coke oven push stacks
      R 336.1361   Visible emissions from blast furnace casthouse operations at steel manufacturing facilities
      R 336.1362   Visible emissions from electric arc furnace operations at steel manufacturing facilities
      R 336.1363   Visible emissions from argon-oxygen decarburization operations at steel manufacturing facilities
      R 336.1364   Visible emissions from basic oxygen furnace operations
      R 336.1365   Visible emissions from hot metal transfer operations at steel manufacturing facilities
      R 336.1366   Visible emissions from hot metal desulphurization operations at steel manufacturing facilities
      R 336.1367   Visible emissions from sintering operations
      R 336.1370   Collected air contaminants
      R 336.1371   Fugitive dust control programs other than areas listed in table 36
      R 336.1372   Fugitive dust control program; required activities; typical control methods
      R 336.1373   Rescinded
      R 336.1374   Particulate matter contingency measures: areas listed in table 37
  • PART 4. EMISSION LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS--SULFUR-BEARING COMPOUNDS (as amended January 31, 2008)    

    • R 336.1401   Emission of sulfur dioxide from power plants
      R 336.1401a Definitions
      R 336.1402   Emission of sulfur dioxide from fuel-burning sources other than power plants
      R 336.1403   Oil- and natural gas-producing or transporting facilities and natural gas-processing facilities; emissions; operation
      R 336.1404   Emission of sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid mist from sulfuric acid plants
    • R 336.1405   Emissions from sulfur recovery plants located within Wayne county

      R 336.1406   Hydrogen sulfide emissions from facilities located within Wayne county

      R 336.1407   Sulfur compound emissions from sources located within Wayne county and not previously specified

      R 336.1420   Applicability determinations, definitions, and permitting requirements under CAIR sulfur dioxide trading program

  • PART 5. EXTENSION OF SULFUR DIOXIDE COMPLIANCE DATE FOR POWER PLANTS PAST JANUARY 1, 1980 (as amended May 28, 1997)    

  • PART 6. EMISSION LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS--EXISTING SOURCES OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSIONS (as amended October 3, 2007)    

    • R 336.1601   Definitions
      R 336.1602   Existing sources of volatile organic compound emissions generally
      R 336.1603   Rescinded
      R 336.1604   Storage of organic compounds having a true vapor pressure of more than 1.5 psia, but less than 11 psia, in existing fixed roof stationary vessels of more than 40,000-gallon capacity
      R 336.1605   Storage of organic compounds having a true vapor pressure of 11 or more psia in existing stationary vessels of more than 40,000-gallon capacity
      R 336.1606   Loading gasoline into existing stationary vessels of more than 2,000-gallon capacity at dispensing facilities handling 250,000 or more gallons per year
      R 336.1607   Loading gasoline into existing stationary vessels of more than 2,000-gallon capacity at loading facilities
      R 336.1608   Loading gasoline into delivery vessels at existing loading facilities handling less than 5,000,000 gallons per year
      R 336.1609   Loading delivery vessels with organic compounds having true vapor pressure of more than 1.5 psia at existing loading facilities handling 5,000,000 or more gallons of such compounds per year
      R 336.1610   Existing coating lines; emission of volatile organic compounds from existing automobile, light-duty truck, and other product and material coating lines
      R 336.1611   Existing cold cleaners
      R 336.1612   Existing open top vapor degreasers
      R 336.1613   Existing conveyorized cold cleaners
      R 336.1614   Existing conveyorized vapor degreasers
      R 336.1615   Existing vacuum-producing systems at petroleum refineries
      R 336.1616   Process unit turnarounds at petroleum refineries
      R 336.1617   Existing organic compound-water separators at petroleum refineries
      R 336.1618   Use of cutback paving asphalt
      R 336.1619   Standards for perchloroethylene dry cleaning equipment; adoption of standards by reference
      R 336.1620   Emission of volatile organic compounds from existing flat wood paneling coating lines
      R 336.1621   Emission of volatile organic compounds from existing metallic surface coating lines
      R 336.1622   Emission of volatile organic compounds from existing components of petroleum refineries; refinery monitoring program
      R 336.1623   Storage of petroleum liquids having a true vapor pressure of more than 1.0 psia, but less than 11.0 psia, in existing external floating roof stationary vessels of more than 40,000-gallon capacity
      R 336.1624   Emission of volatile organic compounds from existing graphic arts lines
      R 336.1625   Emission of volatile organic compound from existing equipment utilized in manufacturing synthesized pharmaceutical products
      R 336.1626   Rescinded
      R 336.1627   Delivery vessels; vapor collection systems
      R 336.1628   Emission of volatile organic compounds from components of existing process equipment used in manufacturing synthetic organic chemicals and polymers; monitoring program
      R 336.1629   Emission of volatile organic compounds from components of existing process equipment used in processing natural gas; monitoring program
      R 336.1630   Emission of volatile organic compounds from existing paint manufacturing processes
      R 336.1631   Emission of volatile organic compounds from existing process equipment utilized in manufacture of polystyrene or other organic resins
      R 336.1632   Emission of volatile organic compounds from existing automobile, truck, and business machine plastic part coating lines
      R 336.1651   Standards for degreasers; adoption by reference
      R 336.1660   Standards for volatile organic compounds emissions from consumer products.
      R 336.1661   Definitions for consumer products.
  • PART 7. EMISSION LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS--NEW SOURCES OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSIONS (as amended March 19, 2002)   

    • R 336.1701   "New source" defined
      R 336.1702   New sources of volatile organic compound emissions generally
      R 336.1703   Loading gasoline into new stationary vessels of more than 2,000-gallon capacity at dispensing facilities
      R 336.1704   Loading gasoline into new stationary vessels of more than 2,000-gallon capacity at loading facilities
      R 336.1705   Loading gasoline into delivery vessels at new loading facilities handling less than 5,000,000 gallons per year
      R 336.1706   Loading delivery vessels with organic compounds having a true vapor pressure of more than 1.5 psia at new loading facilities handling 5,000,000 or more gallons of such compounds per year
      R 336.1707   New cold cleaners
      R 336.1708   New open top vapor degreasers
      R 336.1709   New conveyorized cold cleaners
      R 336.1710   New conveyorized vapor degreaser
  • PART 8. EMISSION LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS--OXIDES OF NITROGEN (as amended May 28, 2009)   

    • R 336.1801   Emission of oxides of nitrogen from non-sip call stationary sources
    • R 336.1802   Applicability under oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1802a Adoption by reference

    • R 336.1803   Definitions
    • R 336.1804   Retired unit exemption from oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1805   Standard requirements of oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1806   Computation of time under oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1807   Authorized account representative under oxides of nitrogen budget
      trading program
    • R 336.1808   Permit requirements under oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1809   Compliance certification under oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1810   Allowance allocations under oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1811   New source set-aside under oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1812   Allowance tracking system and transfers under oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1813   Monitoring and reporting requirements under oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1814   Individual opt-ins under oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1815   Allowance banking under oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1816   Compliance supplement pool under oxides of nitrogen budget trading program
    • R 336.1817   Emission limitations and restrictions for Portland cement kilns
    • R 336.1818   Emission limitations for stationary internal combustion engines
    • R 336.1821   CAIR NOx ozone season and annual trading programs; applicability determinations.

    • R 336.1822   CAIR NOx ozone season trading program; allowance allocations.

    • R 336.1823   New EGUs, new non-EGUs, and newly-affected EGUs under CAIR NOx ozone season trading program; allowance allocations.

    • R 336.1824   CAIR NOx ozone season trading program; hardship set-aside.

    • R 336.1825   CAIR NOx ozone season trading program; renewable set-aside.

    • R 336.1826   CAIR NOx ozone season trading program; opt-in provisions.

    • R 336.1830   CAIR NOx annual trading program; allowance allocations.

    • R 336.1831   New EGUs under CAIR NOx annual trading program; allowance allocations.

    • R 336.1832   CAIR NOx annual trading program; hardship set-aside.

    • R 336.1833   CAIR NOx annual trading program; compliance supplement pool.

    • R 336.1834   Opt-in provisions under the CAIR NOx annual trading program.

  • PART 9. EMISSION LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS--MISCELLANEOUS (as amended September 11, 2008)    

    • R 336.1901   Air contaminant or water vapor, when prohibited

    • R 336.1902   Adoption of standards by reference
      R 336.1906   Diluting and concealing emissions
      R 336.1910   Air-cleaning devices
      R 336.1911   Malfunction abatement plans
      R 336.1912   Abnormal conditions, start-up, shutdown, and malfunction of a source, process, or process equipment, operating, notification, and reporting requirements
      R 336.1913   Rescinded
      R 336.1914   Rescinded
      R 336.1915   Enforcement discretion in instances of excess emissions resulting from malfunction, start-up, or shutdown.
      R 336.1916   Affirmative defense for excess emissions during start-up or shutdown.
      R 336.1930   Emission of carbon monoxide from ferrous cupola operations
      R 336.1931   Standards for municipal solid waste landfills; adoption of standards by reference
      R 336.1932   Standards for municipal solid waste combusters; adoption of standards by reference
      R 336.1933   Standards for hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators; adoption by reference
      R 336.1940   Emission standards for ethylene oxide commercial sterilization and fumigation operations; adoption by reference
      R 336.1941   Emission standards for chromium emissions from hard chromium electroplating, decorative chromium electroplating, and chromium anodizing tanks; adoption by reference
      R 336.1942   Emission standards for asbestos; adoption by reference

    • R 336.1943   General provisions for emission standards; adoption by reference

    • R 336.1944   Emission standards for Portland cement manufacturing; adoption by reference

    • R 336.1945   Emissions standards for publicly owned treatment works; adoption by reference

    • R 336.1946   Emission standards for secondary aluminum production; adoption by reference

    • R 336.1947   Emission standards for site remediation; adoption by reference

    • R 336.1970   Best available retrofit technology; adoption by reference

    • R 336.1971   Best available retrofit technology or BART program

  • PART 10. INTERMITTENT TESTING AND SAMPLING (as amended October 16, 2009)    

    • R 336.2001   Performance tests by owner
      R 336.2002   Performance tests by department
      R 336.2003   Performance test criteria
      R 336.2004   Appendix A; reference test methods; adoption of federal reference test methods
      R 336.2005   Reference test methods for state-requested tests of delivery vessels
      R 336.2006   Reference test method serving as alternate version of federal reference test method 25 by incorporating Byron analysis
      R 336.2007   Alternate version of procedure L, referenced in R 336.2040(10)
      R 336.2010   Rescinded
      R 336.2011   Reference test method 5B
      R 336.2012   Reference test method 5C
      R 336.2013   Reference test method 5D
      R 336.2014   Reference test method 5E
      R 336.2021   Figures
      R 336.2030   Reference test method 9A
      R 336.2031   Reference test method 9B
      R 336.2032   Reference test method 9C
      R 336.2033   Test methods for coke oven quench towers
      R 336.2040   Method for determination of volatile organic compound emissions from coating lines and graphic arts lines
      R 336.2041   Recordkeeping requirements for coating lines and graphic arts lines
      R 336.2060   Procedures for determination of compliance with R 336.1631
  • PART 11. CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORING (as amended October 16, 2009)   

    • R 336.2101   Continuous emission monitoring, fossil fuel-fired steam generators
      R 336.2102   Continuous emission monitoring, sulfuric acid-producing facilities
      R 336.2103   Continuous emission monitoring, fluid bed catalytic cracking unit catalyst regenerators at petroleum refineries
    • R 336.2104   Continuous emission monitoring; coal-fired electric generating units at a power plant
      R 336.2150   Performance specifications for continuous emission monitoring systems
      R 336.2151   Calibration gases for continuous emission monitoring systems.
      R 336.2152   Cycling time for continuous emission monitoring systems
      R 336.2153   Zero and drift for continuous emission monitoring systems
      R 336.2154   Instrument span for continuous emission monitoring systems
      R 336.2155   Monitor location for continuous emission monitoring systems
      R 336.2156   Performance testing notifications; monitoring notification
      R 336.2157   Quality assurance requirements for continuous emission monitoring systems
      R 336.2158   Sorbent trap monitoring system methodology for mercury emission monitoring; scope; application
      R 336.2159   Alternative continuous emission monitoring systems
      R 336.2160   Mercury low mass emitter monitoring methodology
      R 336.2161   Specifications and test procedures for total vapor-phase mercury continuous emission monitoring systems; definitions; scope; application; methodology
      R 336.2170   Monitoring data reporting and recordkeeping
      R 336.2175   Data reduction procedures for fossil fuel-fired steam generators
      R 336.2176   Data reduction procedures for sulfuric acid plants
      R 336.2189   Alternative data reporting or reduction procedures
      R 336.2190   Monitoring system malfunctions
      R 336.2199   Exemptions from continuous emission monitoring requirements
  • PART 12. EMISSION AVERAGING AND EMISSION REDUCTION CREDIT TRADING (as amended November 26, 2007)    

  • PART 13. AIR POLLUTION EPISODES (as amended May 28, 1997)   

  • PART 14. CLEAN CORPORATE CITIZEN PROGRAM (as amended March 24, 2000)    

  • PART 15. EMISSION LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS--MERCURY (as amended October 16, 2009)    

    • R 336.2501  Definitions
      R 336.2502  Adoptions by reference
      R 336.2503  Mercury emission standards for electric generating units
      R 336.2504  Stationary source specific mercury emission standards
      R 336.2505  Baseline and coal analysis for input mercury levels
      R 336.2506  Technical extensions to mercury emission standards
      R 336.2507  Economic extensions to mercury emission standards
      R 336.2508  Eligibility provisions and prohibitions for mercury program
    • R 336.2509  Mercury compliance demonstration

      R 336.2510  Mercury emissions testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting

      R 336.2511  Reserved

      R 336.2512  Michigan mercury permits

      R 336.2513  Alternative compliance demonstration project for VLME units

      R 336.2514  Mercury program expiration

  • PART 16. ORGANIZATION, OPERATION, AND PROCEDURES (as amended May 28, 1997)    

    • R 336.2601 through R 336.2605  Rescinded
      R 336.2606  Declaratory rulings requests
      R 336.2607  Consideration and disposition of declaratory rulings requests
      R 336.2608  Rescinded
  • PART 17. HEARINGS (as amended April 10, 2000)   

    • R 336.2701  Procedures from administrative procedures act
      R 336.2702  Service of notices and orders; appearances
      R 336.2703  Voluntary agreements, performance contracts, stipulations, and consent orders
      R 336.2704  Hearing commissioner's hearings
      R 336.2705  Agency files and records, use in connection with hearings
      R 336.2706  Commission hearings after hearing commissioner hearings
  • PART 18. PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION OF AIR QUALITY (as amended September 11, 2008)   

  • PART 19. NEW SOURCE REVIEW FOR MAJOR SOURCES IMPACTING NONATTAINMENT AREAS (as amended June 20, 2008)   

    • R 336.2901   Definitions
    • R 336.2901a Adoption by reference
    • R 336.2902   Applicability
    • R 336.2903   Additional permit requirements for sources impacting nonattainment areas
    • R 336.2907   Actuals plantwide applicability limits or PALs
    • R 336.2908   Conditions for approval of a major new source review permit in a nonattainment area
    • R 336.2910   Administrative hearings
  • ANNUAL REPORTING (as amended August 19, 1987)    

  • CLEAN CORPORATE CITIZEN PROGRAM--GENERAL RULES (as amended December 1, 2006, Environmental Science & Services Division source)