<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Gang:</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">I am trying to find where in the Texas Health and Safety Code where is says you must OPERATE ventilation in a certain manner, not just design a system to provide such ventilation. Tells me if i can reduce or eliminate exhaust air during certain times of the day (eQuest EEM).</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">California Title-24, Subchapter 3, Section 121.c.1 specifically states:</div><div
style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">1. Times of occupancy. The minimum rate of outdoor air required by Section 121(b)2 shall be supplied to each</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">space at all times when the space is usually occupied.</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">EXCEPTION 1 to Section 121(c)1: Demand control ventilation. In intermittently occupied spaces that do not</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">have processes or operations that generate dusts, fumes, mists, vapors or gasses and are not provided with local</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">exhaust ventilation (such as indoor operation of internal combustion engines or areas designated for unvented</font></div><div><font face="times
new roman, new york, times, serif">food service preparation), the rate of outdoor air may be reduced if the ventilation system serving the space is</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">controlled by a demand control ventilation device complying with Section 121(c)4.</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">EXCEPTION 2 to Section 121(c)1: Temporary reduction. The rate of outdoor air provided to a space may be</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">reduced below the level required by Section 121(b)2 for up to 5 minutes each hour if the average rate for each</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">hour is equal to or greater than the required ventilation rate.</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">NOTE: VAV must comply with Section 121(c)1 at minimum supply airflow.</font></div><div><font face="times new
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