WAC 296-835-13025   Provide additional safeguards for vapor degreasing tanks.  

     You must:

     (1) Make sure, if the tank has a condenser or a vapor-level thermostat, that it keeps the vapor level at least:

     • Thirty-six inches (91 cm) below the top of the tank if the width of the tank is seventy-two inches or more

     OR

     • One-half the tank width below the top of the tank if the tank is less than seventy-two inches wide.

     (2) Make sure, if you use gas as a fuel to heat the tank liquid, that the combustion chamber is airtight (except for the flue opening) to prevent solvent vapors from entering the air-fuel mixture.

     (3) Make sure the exhaust flue:

     • Is made of corrosion-resistant material

     • Extends to the outside

     • Has a draft diverter if mechanical exhaust is used.

     (4) Take special precautions to keep solvent vapors from mixing with the combustion air of the heater if chlorinated or fluorinated hydrocarbon solvents (for example, trichloroethylene or freon) are used in the dip tank.

     (5) Keep the temperature of the heating element low enough to keep a solvent or mixture from:

     • Decomposing

     OR

     • Generating excessive vapor.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 . 02-15-102, § 296-835-13025, filed 7/17/02, effective 10/1/02.]