Fuel-burning equipment shall be inspected by the Health Officer or his
licensed representative as often as he deems it necessary to determine that
such equipment is in such condition as to comply with all of the provisions
of this chapter.
In addition to the penalties provided under §
1-15 of Chapter
1, General Provisions, any person owning, operating or in control or in charge of fuel-burning equipment convicted of three or more violations of any of the provisions of §
145-2 of this chapter within any consecutive twelve-month period may be directed to show cause at a hearing before the Health Officer why the equipment causing such violations should not be sealed off. Failure to present evidence that adequate means and methods have been employed to correct the cause of such violations shall be authorization for the Health Officer to seal the equipment until such time as satisfactory corrective action shall have been taken, and no person shall operate fuel-burning equipment placed under seal by the Health Officer without the subsequent specific written approval of the Health Officer to do so.
Whenever the Ringelmann Chart is mentioned in this chapter, it shall
be understood to mean the Ringelmann's Scale for Grading the Density
of Smoke, published by the United States Bureau of Mines, a facsimile of which
appears below, or any chart, recorder, indicator or device for the measurement
of smoke density which is approved by the Department of Environmental Protection
of the State of New Jersey as the equivalent of said Ringelmann Chart. A standard,
inspection-quality copy of such chart is on file in the office of the Health
Department.