New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals
Subchapter A - The Industrial Code
Part 12 - Control Of Air Contaminants
Subpart 12-1 - General Requirements
Section 12-1.6 - General control requirements

Universal Citation: 12 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 12-1.6

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) General control methods. One or more of the following methods shall be used to prevent, remove or control dangerous air contaminants:

(1) Substitution of a material or a method which does not produce dangerous air contaminants.

(2) Local exhaust ventilation conforming to the requirements of Industrial Code Part (Rule No.) 18.

(3) Dilution ventilation.

(4) Application of water or other wetting agent.

(5) Enclosure or isolation.

(6) Other methods approved by the board.

(b) Exhaust systems. Every exhaust system required by this Part (rule) shall be constructed, installed, operated and maintained in compliance with the provisions of Industrial Code Part (Rule No.) 18 relating to exhaust systems.

Note: The discharge of effluents from sources of air contamination to the outer air shall be made in accordance with article 19, titles 1, 3, 5 and 7 and article 71, title 21 of the Environmental Conservation Law and with any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

(c) Isolation or segregation of operations. All processes or operations releasing or disseminating dangerous air contaminants shall be isolated, enclosed or otherwise segregated insofar as practicable.

(d) Separation of different processes creating a hazard. Where processes generate different air contaminants which could, if intermixed, result in a fire or explosion hazard, such contaminants shall be exhausted by separate systems so as to eliminate such possibility.

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