When used in these regulations or in communications, notices
or orders relative thereto, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings ascribed to them below:
AEROSOL
A system of solid or liquid particles dispersed in gas.
AIR CONTAMINATION
Includes but is not limited to dust, fly ash, gas, fumes,
mist, odor, smoke, vapor, pollen, microorganisms, radioactive materials,
ionizing radiation, any combination thereof, or any decay or reaction
product thereof.
AIR CONTAMINATION SOURCE
Any source at, from, or by reason of which any air contaminant
is emitted directly or indirectly into the ambient air space.
AMBIENT AIR SPACE
The unconfined space occupied by the atmosphere above the
geographical area of Beverly.
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
The presence in the ambient air space of one or more air
contaminants or combinations thereof in such quantities and of such
duration as to:
B.
Be injurious or be, on the basis of current information, potentially
injurious to human or animal life, to vegetation, or to property;
or
C.
Unreasonably interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life
and property or the conduct of business.
CHART
The Ringelmann's scale for grading the density of smoke, as published by the United States Bureau of Mines, and as referred to in the Bureau of Mines Information Circular No. 6888 or superseding publication or any smoke inspection guide complying with the design and test specifications of and used in accordance with, the provisions of Title 42, Chapter
1, Subchapter F, Part 75, of the Federal Register, or the "Smokescope" manufactured by the Mine Safety Appliances Company, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
DUST
Finely divided solid matter formed, usually, from larger
masses by mechanical attrition or other applied energy.
EMISSION
A discharge or release to the ambient air space of any air
contaminant.
FLY ASH
The aerosolized solid component of burned or partially burned
fuels. "Soot" and "cinders" are included within the meaning of the
term "fly ash," and "fuels" means all materials which can undergo
combustion.
FUME
A solid or liquid aerosol resulting from chemical reaction
or from the condensation of vapors produced during combustion, distillation,
or sublimation.
GAS
That state of matter having neither independent shape nor
independent volume but tending to expand and diffuse infinitely.
HAND-FIRED FURNACE
Any furnace in which fresh fuel is manually thrown or placed
directly in the hot fuel bed, but does not mean stoves or other equipment
used for the cooking of food, or fireplaces.
INCINERATOR
Any article, machine, equipment, contrivance, structure or
part of a structure used primarily to dispose of combustible wastes
by burning.
IONIZING RADIATION
Any electromagnetic or particulate radiation capable of producing
ions, directly or indirectly, in its passage through matter.
MIST
A liquid aerosol formed by the condensation of liquid vapor
or formed by the atomization of liquids.
ODOR
That property of gaseous, liquid, or solid materials that
elicits a physiologic response by the human sense of smell.
OPEN BURNING
Burning under such conditions that the products of combustion
are emitted directly into the ambient air space, and are not conducted
thereto through a stack, chimney, duct or pipe. Open burning includes
underground mid smoldering (underground) fires.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, association, firm, syndicate,
company, trust, corporation, department, bureau, agency, political
subdivision, or any other entity recognized by law as the subject
of rights and duties.
POLLEN
The fertilizing element of vegetation.
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Any material (solid, liquid, or gaseous) which spontaneously
emits ionizing radiation.
REFUSE
Includes all of the types of solid waste material of a municipality.
It is made up of rubbish, garbage, ashes, street sweepings, demolition
wastes, abandoned vehicles and any other useless, unwanted or discarded
solid material. Domestic refuse is rubbish and garbage. The term "rubbish"
refers to paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches,
yard trimmings, furniture, bedding, dunnage, tin cans, crockery, dirt,
glass and minerals originating in households, restaurants, institutions,
stores and markets. "Garbage" is the animal and vegetable waste resulting
from the preparation, cooking, and serving of food.
SMOKE
A visible aerosol, usually carbonaceous, resulting from incomplete
combustion.
VAPOR
The gaseous state of certain substances that can exist in
equilibrium with the solid or liquid state under standard conditions.
No person or persons owning, leasing, or controlling the operation
of any air contamination source or sources shall willfully, negligently,
or through failure to provide necessary equipment or facilities or
to take necessary precautions permit the emission from said air contamination
source or sources of such quantities of air contaminants which will
cause, by themselves or in conjunction with other air contaminants,
a condition of atmospheric pollution.
No person shall dispose of refuse by burning in any incinerator
not approved for such purpose by the Board of Health.
No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the emission
from any air contamination source of smoke the shade, density, or
appearance of which is:
A. Equal to or greater than No. 3 on the Chart; or
B. Equal to or greater than No. 2 on the Chart for a period or aggregate
periods of time greater than six minutes in any one hour.