Current through Vol. 24-19, November 1, 2024
Section R. 336.1601 - DefinitionsRule 601. As used in this part:
(a) "2015 ozone nonattainment area" means Berrien, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, Wayne, the western portion of Allegan, and the western portion of Muskegon Counties.(b) "Eastern portion of Muskegon County" means the areas located in Muskegon County described as Casnovia Township, Cedar Creek Township, Egelston Township, Holton Township, Moorland Township, Ravenna Township, and Sullivan Township.(c) "Existing source" means any process or process equipment that is subject to the rules listed in table 60 and has either has been placed into operation before the corresponding date listed in table 60, or for which an application for a permit to install, pursuant to the provisions of part 2 of these rules, was made to the department before the corresponding date listed in table 60. The term does not include a process or process equipment operated for research, development, or pilot studies, if the operation is not for the purpose of producing saleable products or goods. TABLE 60
Rules | Date |
R 336.1604 to R 336.1605 | July 1, 1979 |
R 336.1606 to R 336.1609 | March 1, 2023 |
R 336.1610 | July 1, 1979 |
R 336.1610a | March 1, 2023 |
R 336.1611 to R 336.1617 | July 1, 1979 |
R 336.1618 | March 1, 2023 |
R 336.1620 | July 1, 1980 |
R 336.1620a | March 1, 2023 |
R 336.1621 | July 1, 1980 |
R 336.1621a | March 1, 2023 |
R 336.1622 to R 336.1624 | July 1, 1980 |
R 336.1624a | March 1, 2023 |
R 336.1625 | July 1, 1980 |
R 336.1628 | January 5, 1981 |
R 336.1629 | January 20, 1984 |
R 336.1630 and R 336.1631 | July 1, 1987 |
R 336.1632 to R 336.1644 | March 1, 2023 |
Any process or process equipment not subject to the provisions of any rule in this part. | July 1, 1979 |
(d) "Heavier vehicles" means a self-propelled vehicle designed for transporting persons or property on a street or highway that has a gross vehicle weight rating over 8,500 pounds.(e) "Local distribution company custody transfer station" means a metering station where a local distribution company receives a natural gas supply from an upstream supplier, which may be an interstate transmission pipeline or a local natural gas producer, for delivery to customers through the local distribution company's intrastate transmission or distribution lines.(f) "Natural gas distribution" means the distribution pipelines and metering and regulating equipment at metering-regulating stations that are operated by a local distribution company within a single state that is regulated as a separate operating company by a public utility commission or that is operated as an independent municipally owned distribution system.(g) "Natural gas processing" means the process of separating and recovering certain hydrocarbons and fluids from the raw gas to produce pipeline quality natural gas and natural gas products.(h) "Natural gas processing plant" means any processing site engaged in the extraction of natural gas liquids from field gas, fractionation of mixed natural gas liquids to natural gas products or both. Natural gas processing plant does not include a Joule-Thompson valve, a dew point depression valve, or an isolated or standalone Joule-Thompson skid.(i) "Natural gas transmission and storage" means the transport or storage of natural gas prior to delivery to a local distribution company custody transfer station or to a final end user if there is no local distribution company custody transfer station. For the purposes of this part, natural gas enters the natural gas transmission and storage segment after the natural gas processing plant, when present.(j) "Oil and natural gas industry" means the operations involved in the extraction and production of crude oil and natural gas, as well as the processing, transmission, storage, and distribution of natural gas. For the purposes of the rules in this part, oil and natural gas industry operations will be referred to in the following 4 segments: (i) Oil and natural gas production.(ii) Natural gas processing.(iii) Natural gas transmission and storage.(iv) Natural gas distribution.(k) "Oil and natural gas production" means operations including the wells and all related processes used in the extraction, production, recovery, lifting, stabilization, and separation or treating of oil or natural gas, or both, including condensate.(l) "Person responsible" means a person that owns, leases, controls, operates, or supervises a source of air contaminants.(m) "Well site" means a site where any combination of the following occurs to petroleum or natural gas, including condensate, or both:(n) "Western portion of Allegan County" means the areas in Allegan County described as Casco Township, Cheshire Township, city of Douglas, city of Holland, city of Saugatuck, Clyde Township, Fillmore Township, Ganges Township, Heath Township, Laketown Township, Lee Township, Manlius Township, Overisel Township, Saugatuck Township, and Valley Township.(o) "Western portion of Muskegon County" means the areas located in Muskegon County described as Blue Lake Township, city of Montague, city of Muskegon, city of Muskegon Heights, city of North Muskegon, city of Roosevelt Park, city of Whitehall, Dalton Township, including the village of Lakewood Club, Fruitland Township, Fruitport Township, including the village of Fruitport, Laketon Township, Montague Township, Muskegon Township, city of Norton Shores, White River Township, and Whitehall Township.Mich. Admin. Code R. 336.1601
1980 AACS; 1981 AACS; 1989 AACS; 1993 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2023 MR 8, Eff. 4/18/2023