Significant Modification

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025552",
  "term": "Significant Modification",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The addition of new equipment or the modification of existing equipment that:(1) Significantly affects solvent losses from your vegetable oil production process;(2) The fixed capital cost of the new components represents a significant percentage of the fixed capital cost of building a comparable new vegetable oil production process;(3) The fixed capital cost of the new equipment does not constitute reconstruction as defined in § 63.2; and(4) Examples of significant modifications include replacement of or major changes to solvent recovery equipment such as extractors, desolventizer-toasters/dryer-coolers, flash desolventizers, and distillation equipment associated with the mineral oil system, and equipment affecting desolventizing efficiency and steady-state operation of your vegetable oil production process such as flaking mills, oilseed heating and conditioning equipment, and cracking mills.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 63.2872 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/significant-modification/"
}