Starting a small distillery? Or are you hoping to avoid expensive “upgrades” required by your local building or re o cial? Learn strategies to avoid classi cation as a Hazardous Occupancy. Facilities containing a total volume of spirits above the “Maximum Allowed Quantity” (MAQ) are considered hazardous. Facilities below MAQ remain normal industrial occupancies and avoid many of the “headaches” and expenses associated with the hazardous classi cation. If you are or will be the owner of a distillery, potentially on the MAQ threshold, you will learn about the Maximum Allowed Quantity threshold for your facility, What is – and is not - included in the MAQ, how to increase the total amount of spirits allowed while remaining a normal industrial occupancy, and the advantag- es and disadvantages of remaining under the MAQ.