Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality

Department of Environmental Quality Mission Statement

The mission statement of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality promotes wise management of Michigan’s air, land, and water resources to support a sustainable environment, healthy communities, and vibrant economy. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AIR QUALITY DIVISION PART 6: EMISSION LIMITATION AND PROHIBITIONS – EXISTING SOURCES OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSIONS This comprehensive, 52-page regulation sets the limits for all forms of VOC emissions. Most of the regulations cover manufacturing processes, which set VOC emission limits per time period. Other states, like California, regulate the VOC content in consumer products, coatings, solvent degreasing and other common products per unit weight. Where a product VOC content limit is shown, the applicable rule in part 6 is shown below: R 336.1610 Existing coating lines; emission of volatile organic compounds from existing automobile, light-duty truck, and other product and material coating lines.

Table 62 Volatile organic compound emission limits for existing automobile and light-duty truck coating lines

Table 63 Volatile organic compound emission limits for existing coating lines

R 336.1613 Existing conveyorized cold cleaners. R 336.1614 Existing conveyorized vapor degreasers. 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 336.1624 Emission of volatile organic compounds from existing graphic arts lines. R 336.1631 Emission of volatile organic compounds from existing process equipment utilized in manufacture of polystyrene or other organic resins.

Table 66 Volatile organic compound emission limitations for existing automobile and truck plastic parts coating lines after 12/31/92.

Table 67 Volatile organic compound emission limitations for existing business machine plastic parts coating lines after 12/31/91.

R 336.1660 Standards for volatile organic compounds emissions from consumer products. Interestingly, Michigan is a member of LADCO, not OTC, but has adopted the OTC Model Rules:

Rule 660. (1) The provisions in the ozone transport commission’s (OTC), “Model Rule for Consumer Products,” dated September 13, 2006, are adopted.