This chapter and these rules and regulations
shall be known and may be cited as the "Air Pollution Control Regulations"
or "Article XXI."
A.
In recognition of the constitutional right of the
citizens of Pennsylvania to clean air and to the preservation of the
natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic values of the environment
and in recognition of the constitutional duty of the Commonwealth
to conserve and maintain Pennsylvania's natural resources for the
benefit of all people, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the
County of Allegheny to protect the air resources of the County by
pollution prevention and pollution control to the degree necessary
for the:
(1)
Protection of the health, safety and welfare of all
its citizens;
(2)
Prevention of injury to plant and animal life and
to property;
(3)
Protection of the comfort and convenience of the public
and the protection of the recreational resources of the County; and
(4)
Development, attraction and expansion of industry,
commerce and agriculture.
B.
Pollution prevention is recognized as the preferred
strategy (over pollution control) for reducing risk to air resources.
Accordingly, pollution prevention measures will be integrated into
air pollution control programs wherever possible, and the adoption
by sources of cost-effective compliance strategies, incorporating
pollution prevention, will be encouraged.
C.
When pollution prevention measures are not feasible,
it is, therefore, the purpose of this chapter to establish rules and
regulations governing air pollution control in order to:
(1)
Protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of Allegheny County;
(2)
Achieve and maintain the ambient air quality standards
established by this chapter;
(3)
Provide a mechanism to obtain such information as
is necessary to determine the current air quality of the County, the
factors contributing to that air quality and the current compliance
status of any source of air contaminants as it relates to this chapter;
(4)
Require the implementation of reasonably available
control technology on all existing sources of air contaminants as
expeditiously as practicable and the application of best available
control technology on all new sources;
(5)
Establish permit and license procedures for sources
of air contaminants which will ensure compliance with this chapter
and will maximize the potential for continued industrial and economic
growth within the County in order to:
(a)
Ensure the attainment and maintenance of the
ambient air quality standards established by this chapter, the protection
of the public health, safety and welfare, and the preservation of
the air resources of the County;
(b)
Ensure compliance with the requirements of this
chapter by preconstruction review of new and modified sources of air
contaminants and periodic review of existing sources;
(c)
Ensure that the Department has adequate current
information on proposed new and modified and existing sources of air
contaminants so that the air pollution control program established
by this chapter can be efficiently and effectively administered; and
(d)
Ensure that the requirements of the Clean Air
Act and the Air Pollution Control Act concerning sources of air contaminants
are met, so as to maximize the potential for continued industrial
and economic growth within the County.
(6)
Ensure that sources of air contaminants located within
Allegheny County will not unreasonably interfere with air pollution
control programs of other jurisdictions;
(7)
Maximize public and governmental understanding of,
and participation in, efforts to improve and maintain the air resources
of Allegheny County;
(8)
Provide a mechanism for revising this chapter as necessary
in light of changed circumstances; and
(9)
Establish an air pollution control program which is
consistent with the requirements of the Air Pollution Control Act
and the Clean Air Act.
This chapter shall become effective February
1, 1994. Upon such effective date, Sections 402, 520, 528, 530, and
602 of this chapter and Article XX, Rules and Regulations of the Allegheny
County Health Department, Air Pollution Control, which first became
effective January 1, 1981, and were last amended on February 3, 1993,
are repealed. The first amendments and additions to this chapter (all
provisions unless otherwise indicated) shall become effective October
20, 1995, and upon such effective date, Sections 1 through 1002 of
this chapter, and all sections of Article XX, Rules and Regulations
of the Allegheny County Health Department, Air Pollution Control,
and all figures therein and appendices thereto, which first became
effective January 1, 1981, and were last amended on February 3, 1993,
are repealed.
Except as may otherwise be required by law,
all orders heretofore issued shall continue in full force and effect,
but in no event shall such orders relieve any person from the duty
to comply with this chapter except as specifically set forth in such
orders.
A.
Except as may otherwise be required by law:
(1)
All operating permits, noncomplying source operating permits, open burning permits, waste-derived liquid fuel operating permits, abrasive blasting permits, asbestos abatement permits, and asbestos abatement contractor licenses heretofore issued shall continue in full force and effect until expired, terminated, or revoked in accordance with Article III, IV, V or IX of this chapter, but in no event shall such permits or licenses relieve any person from the duty to comply with this chapter except as specifically set forth in such permits or licenses; and
(2)
All installation permits and waste-derived liquid fuel installation permits heretofore issued shall continue in full force and effect until expired, terminated, or revoked in accordance with Article II, IV, V or IX of this chapter, but in no event shall such permits relieve any person from the duty to comply with this chapter.
A.
Liberal construction. This chapter is adopted pursuant
to the police and Health Department powers of the County of Allegheny
and is intended to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of Allegheny County. Therefore, the provisions of this chapter shall
be liberally construed to give full effect to the purposes of this
chapter.
B.
Provisions cumulative. The provisions of this chapter
shall be cumulative. Therefore, except as may be otherwise explicitly
provided for in this chapter, compliance with any provision of this
chapter shall in no manner relieve any person of the duty to fully
comply with any other provision of this chapter.
C.
Conflict. In the event that the provisions of this
chapter conflict, the provision which results in the lowest permissible
emission rate shall prevail, absent dear and convincing evidence that
a different provision is intended to prevail.
D.
Ambiguity.
(1)
In the event that more than one interpretation is
reasonably possible as to which of two or more provisions of this
chapter apply, the provision which results in the lowest permissible
emission rate shall prevail, absent clear and convincing evidence
that a different provision is intended to prevail.
(2)
In the event that more than one interpretation is
reasonably possible as to any provision of this chapter, the interpretation
which results in the lowest permissible emission rate shall prevail,
absent dear and convincing evidence that a different interpretation
is intended to prevail.
E.
Provisions severable. The provisions of this chapter
shall be severable. If any provision of this chapter is found by a
court to be unconstitutional or otherwise void, the remaining provisions
of this chapter shall remain valid unless the court finds that such
remaining provisions are so essentially and inseparably connected
with, and so dependent upon, the void provision that it cannot be
presumed that the Commissioners would have enacted such provisions
without the void provision, or unless the court finds that such remaining
provisions, standing alone, are incomplete and incapable of being
executed in accordance with the Commissioners' intent.
F.
Burden of proof. In any proceeding arising out of
the provisions of this chapter, or arising out of an order issued
or action taken pursuant to this chapter, any person who claims entitlement
to any exemption which may be provided for in this chapter, or in
an order issued pursuant to this chapter, or who claims that a provision
or interpretation other than the one resulting in the lowest permissible
emission rate was intended to prevail pursuant to this section shall
bear the burden of proof and the burden of going forward with respect
to such claim.
G.
Separate offenses.
(1)
Violations of any requirement of this chapter, or
any order or permit issued pursuant to this chapter, occurring on
separate days shall be considered separate offenses.
(2)
Violations of any ambient air quality standard established
by this chapter occurring on the same day but at separate locations
shall be considered separate offenses.
H.
Absolute liability. Insofar as permitted by law, this
chapter is intended to impose absolute liability for violations of
the provisions of this chapter.
A.
Administration. This chapter shall be administered and enforced by
the Allegheny County Health Department Bureau of Environmental Health,
by the Director of the Allegheny County Health Department, and by
the County of Allegheny pursuant to authority granted in the Local
Health Administration Law, 1951, Aug. 24, P.L. 1304, 16 P.S. § 12001
et seq. and the Second Class County Code, 1953, July 28, P.L. 723,
16 P.S. § 3101 et seq.
[Amended 5-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 16-15]
B.
Amendments. Amendments to this chapter shall be made in conformity
with the Local Health Administration Law, 1951, Aug. 24, P.L. 1304,
and the Second Class County Code, 1953, July 28, P.L. 723. A public
hearing and a thirty-day public comment period shall be conducted
by the Board of Health prior to its consideration of any significant
amendment or additions to this chapter or any amendment or additions
to this chapter which constitute a proposed amendment to the County's
portion of any SIP required under the Clean Air Act.[1]
[Amended 5-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 16-15]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.
C.
Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee. There is hereby established
an Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee which may recommend to
the Board of Health additions and changes to this chapter and advise
the Bureau of Environmental Health and the Board of Health on matters
relative to the control of air pollution which are brought to its
attention by any person.
[Amended 5-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 16-15]
(1)
The Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee shall consist of at
least nine and up to 15 individuals appointed by the County Executive.
Each member may identify an alternate, in writing, to vote in his/her
stead. The member shall provide the name, address, and phone number
of the alternate to the Chair of the Advisory Committee. The term
of the alternate shall be that of the member or until the member identifies
another alternate.
(2)
All members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a term
of three years or until the next appointment, whichever is longer.
(3)
The Director, Deputy Director Bureau of Environmental Health, and
Air Program Manager shall be ex officio members of the Committee but
shall not have the right to vote on matters before the Committee.
(4)
Advisory Committee members may include both residents of Allegheny
County and nonresidents who have been deemed by the County Executive
to have pertinent expertise. The Advisory Committee shall consist
of a balance of representatives of industry, environmental organizations,
academia, small business, and general citizenry, who maintain credentials
in, or experience in, or knowledge of the field of air pollution.
(5)
A member or his/her alternate is expected to be in attendance at
all Advisory Committee meetings. If a member or his/her alternate
is not in attendance at more than three out of any six consecutive
meetings, he/she will be notified by the County that his/her membership
has been forfeited. A member may petition the Director for reinstatement
at the next Advisory Committee meeting.
(6)
The Advisory Committee shall elect from its members a Chair and a
Vice Chair of the Committee. The election shall be for one-year terms
and held at the first meeting after September 1 of each year.
(7)
The Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of the Chair, or at
the request of the Director of the Allegheny County Health Department
or the Board of Health, or upon the written request of any three members
of the Advisory Committee.
(8)
The Advisory Committee shall adopt such procedures as it deems necessary
to conduct its business and shall adopt such provisions as are necessary
in order to consider matters which are brought to its attention by
any person or group.
(9)
A quorum shall be required to conduct the business of the Advisory
Committee. A quorum shall consist of not less than a majority of the
voting members of the Advisory Committee.
D.
Right to information.
(1)
All records, reports, and other information in the
possession of the Allegheny County Health Department relevant to the
issuance of administrative orders, the issuance, revocation, or rejection
of permits, the reporting of shutdowns or breakdowns, the determination
of permissible, potential, or actual emission rates, or air quality
data shall be retained by the Department for at least five years following
its receipt or generation, or five years following the expiration
of any related permit, whichever is longer. All such records, reports,
and other information shall be open to inspection by any person except
that any such record, reports, other information, or part thereof
which would disclose methods or processes protected as trade secrets
under the laws of the United States shall not be disclosed to any
person other than:
(a)
Officers, employees, and authorized representatives
of Allegheny County, the PA DEP, or the U.S. EPA; provided that such
disclosure shall be made only upon such terms and conditions which
ensure that such protected information will not be disclosed to other
persons; or
(b)
Courts of the Commonwealth or of the United
States in such manner as the court may direct.
(2)
The Department may establish policies and procedures
regarding the time, place, and manner of inspection, and may establish
reasonable fees for any material furnished by the Department upon
request. All such fees shall be payable to the Allegheny County Air
Pollution Control Fund.
(3)
The Department may refuse such inspections which create
an undue burden or unreasonably interfere with the administration
of the Department or when disclosure of the information sought may
prejudice or interfere with the County's position in pending or anticipated
litigation.
(4)
Confidential information. All records, reports, or
information obtained by the Department or referred to at public hearings
under the provisions of this chapter shall be available to the public
as herein provided, except as provided for in this paragraph. Upon
cause shown by any person that the records, reports, or information,
or a particular portion thereof, but not emission data or any portions
of any draft, proposed, or issued permits under this chapter:
(a)
To which the Department has access under the
provisions of this chapter; and
(b)
Which, if made public, would divulge production
or sales figures or methods, processes, or production unique to such
person or would otherwise tend to affect adversely the competitive
position of such person by revealing trade secrets, including intellectual
property rights, the Department shall consider such record, report,
or information, or particular portion thereof confidential in the
administration of this chapter. The Department shall implement this
paragraph consistent with Subsections 112(d) and 114(c) of the Clean
Air Act. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent disclosure of
such report, record, or information to federal, state or local government
representatives as necessary for purposes of administration of any
federal, state, or local laws or regulations, or when relevant in
any proceeding under this chapter.
(5)
Any information obtained or used by the County in
the administration of the provisions of this chapter shall be available
to the U.S. EPA and PA DEP upon request and without restriction. If
the information has been submitted to the County under a claim of
confidentiality, upon request the source shall submit this information
to the U.S. EPA and PA DEP directly.
E.
Annual report. The Department shall publish an annual
air quality report detailing the progress of the County towards the
attainment and maintenance of the ambient air quality standards established
by this chapter.
F.
Disclosure statements.
(1)
On or before April 15 of each year, the Director of
the Allegheny County Health Department, the Deputy Director, Bureau
of Environmental Quality, and the head of the Division of Air Quality
Engineering Section, Bureau of Environmental Quality, shall file with
the Chief Clerk of the County of Allegheny a disclosure statement
covering the preceding calendar year. The Director, the Deputy Director,
Bureau of Environmental Quality, and the head of the Engineering Section,
Bureau of Environmental Quality Division of Air Quality shall promptly
update the disclosure statement whenever necessary to reflect materially
changed circumstances.
(2)
The disclosure statement required by this Subsection
shall include at a minimum an identification of all persons subject
to this chapter and/or all trade or business associations of which
such person is a member in which the Director, the Deputy Director,
Bureau of Environmental Quality, or the head of the Engineering Section,
Bureau of Environmental Quality Division of Air Quality:
(a)
Owns a controlling interest;
(b)
Has 5% or more of his total assets invested;
or
(c)
Serves as officer, director, attorney or consultant
or has any other official or contractual relationship. The disclosure
statement shall also include a listing of the amounts and sources
of all income received from persons subject to this chapter.
G.
Citizen complaints.
(1)
The Department shall receive, record and retain complaints
made concerning air pollution. To the extent possible, the record
made by the Department shall include the name and address of the complainant,
the nature of the complaint, the source to which the complainant attributes
the air pollution, and the date and time of the complaint.
(2)
To the extent possible, the Department shall investigate
all complaints and shall make and retain a record of such investigation.
(3)
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly make
a false complaint to the Department.
[Amended 5-4-2010 by Ord. No. 11-10; 8-27-2013 by Ord. No. 20-13]
The values specified below shall be considered as representing
minimum quality, but not necessarily desirable quality. Nothing contained
in this section shall be construed to preclude the Department from
enforcing or applying any provision of this article in areas where
the ambient air quality is, or will be, at concentrations less than
those specified in this section.
A.
All final national and state ambient air quality standards, promulgated
by EPA under the Clean Air Act at 40 CFR 50, and by the state under
the Air Pollution Control Act at 25 Pa. Code Chapter 131, respectively,
are hereby incorporated by reference into this article. Additions,
revisions, or deletions to such standards by the EPA and the commonwealth,
respectively, are incorporated into this article and are effective
on the effective date established by the federal or state regulations,
unless otherwise established by regulation under this article.
B.
Allegheny County specific standards. In addition, the following are ambient standards as they relate to § 505-48B Abrasive blasting, within Allegheny County:
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Concentrations Averaged Over
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contaminant
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30 days
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24 hours
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8 hours
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3 hours
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1 hour
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PM-10
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450
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County Free Silica Portion
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100
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Lead
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10
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25
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NOTES:
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All values are stated in micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3) and represent maximum values not to be exceeded.
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A.
It shall be a violation of this chapter to fail to
comply with, or to cause or assist in the violation of, any requirement
of this chapter, or any order or permit issued pursuant to authority
granted by this chapter. No person shall willfully, negligently, or
through the failure to provide and operate necessary control equipment
or to take necessary precautions, operate any source of air contaminants
in such manner that emissions from such source:
B.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person
to:
(1)
Operate, or allow to be operated, any source in such
manner as to allow the release of air contaminants into the open air
or to cause air pollution as defined in this chapter, except as is
explicitly permitted by this chapter;
(2)
In any manner hinder, obstruct, delay, resist, prevent,
or in any way interfere or attempt to interfere with the Department
or its personnel in the performance of any duty hereunder, including
the Department's inspection of any source;
(3)
Violate the provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. § 4903
(relating to false swearing) or § 4904 (relating to unworn
falsification to authorities) in regard to any submittals to the Department
under this chapter; or
(4)
Submit any application form, report, compliance certification,
or any other submittal to the Department under this chapter which
is, in whole or in part, false, inaccurate, or incomplete.
C.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person
to cause a public nuisance, or to cause air, soil, or water pollution
resulting from any air pollution emission. No person who operates,
or allows to be operated, any air contaminant source shall allow pollution
of the air, water, or other natural resources of the Commonwealth
and the County resulting from such source.
A.
General. It shall be a violation of this chapter giving rise to the remedies provided by § 505-79 of this chapter for any person to operate, or allow to be operated, any source in such manner that emissions from such source:
(1)
Prevent the attainment or maintenance by any other
state of any primary or secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standard;
or
(2)
Interfere with any measure required to be included
in the applicable implementation plan for any other state under Part
C of the Clean Air Act relating to prevention of significant deterioration
of air quality or protection of visibility.
B.
Findings by EPA. It shall be a violation of this chapter giving rise to the remedies provided by § 505-79 of this chapter for any person to:
(1)
Construct or operate, or allow to be constructed or operated, any major new or modified source after a finding has been made by the U.S. EPA pursuant to Subsection 126(b) of the Clean Air Act that emissions from such source will have the effect described in Subsection A above; or
(2)
Operate, or allow to be operated, any existing major
source for more than three months after such a finding has been made,
except if such operation has been permitted by U.S. EPA pursuant to
Subsection 126(c) of the Clean Air Act.
Any violation of any requirement of this chapter
shall constitute a nuisance.
For purposes of determining compliance with the provisions of this chapter, no credit shall be given to any person for any device or technique, including but not limited to the operation of any source with unnecessary amounts of air, the combining of separate sources except as specifically permitted by this chapter, the use of stacks exceeding good engineering practice height as defined by regulations promulgated by the U.S. EPA, at 40 CFR 51.100 and 51.110 and Subpart I, and other dispersion techniques, which, without reducing the amount of air contaminants emitted, conceals or dilutes an emission of air contaminants which would otherwise violate the provisions of this chapter; except that, for purposes of determining compliance with § 505-33 of this chapter concerning odors, credit for such devices or techniques, except for the use of a masking agent, may be given.
Whenever used in this chapter, or in any action
taken pursuant to this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings stated, unless the context dearly indicates otherwise.
Except as specifically provided in this chapter, terms used in this
chapter retain the meaning accorded them under the applicable provisions
and requirements of the Clean Air Act.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, procedures designed to
reduce the potential for fiber release from asbestos-containing materials
(ACM). These include removal, encasement, and encapsulation of ACM
in any facility.
The cleaning or preparing of an interior or exterior surface
by forcibly propelling a stream of abrasive material against the surface.
Any material used as a projectile in an abrasive blasting
operation including but not limited to sand, slag, steel shot, garnet,
or agricultural shells.
An unanticipated emission of any air contaminant into the
ambient air from a stationary source.
See "asbestos-containing material."
The actual rate of emissions in tons per year of any regulated pollutant emitted from a source over the preceding calendar year or any other period determined by the Department to be representative of normal source operation. Actual emissions shall be calculated using the unit's actual operating hours, production rates, and in-place and operating control equipment, types of materials processed, stored, or combusted during the preceding calendar year or such other time period established by the Department pursuant to the preceding sentence. For purposes of emissions fee calculations for sources subject to § 505-26A of this chapter, the calendar year for which the fee is assessed shall be used.
The place in the NOx allowance tracking
system where allowances are recorded including allowances held by
an NOx affected source.
[Amended 3-31-1998]
The identification number given by the PaDEP NOx Budget Administrator to an account in which NOx allowances are held in the NOx allowance tracking system.
[Amended 3-31-1998]
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means sufficiently mixed
or penetrated with amended water to prevent the release of particulates.
The Administrator of the EPA or his designee.
Any significant and widespread adverse effect, which may
reasonably be anticipated to impact wildlife, aquatic life, or other
natural resources, including adverse impacts on populations of endangered
or threatened species or significant degradation of environmental
quality over broad areas.
The Allegheny County Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee
established by Part A of this chapter.
Any source that includes an affected unit.
The States of Maryland, Ohio, and West Virginia, and when
specifically designated by the Department in accordance with the Clean
Air Act, the States of Delaware, New Jersey, and New York, as represented
by the air quality permitting agencies, departments, bureaus, divisions,
services, or commissions for such states.
A fossil fuel-fired combustion device that is subject to
any federal Acid Rain emissions reductions requirement or acid rain
emissions limitation under 40 CFR Parts 72 through 78, inclusive.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means a method of sampling
by which the person collecting the air sample creates activity during
the sampling period to stir up settled dust and to simulate a degree
of activity typical of that area of the facility.
(1) the growing or harvesting of crops (including forest
operations) or the raising of fowl or animals for the primary purpose
of making a profit, providing a livelihood, or conducting agricultural
research or instruction by an educational institution, or (2) agricultural
crop preparation services such as packinghouses, nut hullers and processors,
dehydrators, and feed and grain mills. Agricultural crop preparation
services include only the first processing after harvest, not subsequent
processing, canning, or other similar activities. A vehicle that is
used for agricultural operations and for other works is considered
to be a vehicle used in agricultural operations only if over half
of its annual operating hours are for agricultural operations.
[Added 4-6-2010 by Ord. No. 5-10]
Any airborne smoke, dust, dirt, noxious or obnoxious acid,
fume, oxide, gas, mist, vapor waste, toxic waste, particulate, pollen,
radioactive solid, liquid or gaseous matter, malodorous matter, or
any other materials, including but not limited to all regulated air
pollutants, in the open air, but excluding uncombined water, or any
combination thereof.
A mechanical device which forcefully projects a curtain of
air across a pit in which open burning is being conducted so that
combustion efficiency is increased and emissions of smoke and other
particulate matter are reduced.
[Amended 5-1-2007 by Ord. No. 16-07]
Coatings which are dried by the use of air or forced warm
air at temperatures up to 194° F (90° C).
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means a system for permitting
entrance and exit with minimum air movement between areas consisting
of three curtained doorways separated by a distance of at least three
feet, such that a person passes through the first doorway into the
airlock and allows the doorway sheeting to overlap and dose off the
opening before proceeding through the second doorway, thereby preventing
the flow-through of air.
The presence in the ambient air of one or more air contaminants
in sufficient quantity and of such characteristics and duration which
may reasonably be anticipated to have an adverse effect upon the public
health, safety, or welfare, human, plant, or animal life, or to property,
or which interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property.
The Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act, Act of January
8, 1960, P.L. (1959) 2119, No. 787, as amended from time to time,
35 P.S. § 4001 et seq.
Any chemical, article, machine, device, equipment, or other
contrivance, the use of which may eliminate or reduce the emission
of air contaminants into the open air.
A period of time during which high air contaminant concentrations
are or may be brought about by meteorological parameters which are
conducive to the poor dispersion of air contaminants. "High concentrations"
means those concentrations which may result in significant harm to
human health or welfare. An air pollution episode is defined to exist
only when either a County-wide or localized Air Pollution Watch is
in effect.
GSE mobile diesel-fueled off-road compression ignition vehicles
with maximum power of 25 horsepower or greater used to service and
support aircraft operations. GSE vehicles perform a variety of functions,
including, but not limited to: aircraft maintenance, aircraft fueling,
pushing or towing aircraft, transporting cargo to and from aircraft,
loading cargo, and baggage handling. GSE vehicles include equipment
types such as baggage tugs, belt loaders, and cargo loaders.
[Added 4-6-2010 by Ord. No. 5-10]
A day for which a forecast has been issued by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection, the Allegheny County Health
Department or the Southwest Pennsylvania Air Quality Partnership indicating
that ambient concentrations of ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide,
sulfur dioxide, or nitrogen dioxide might reach unhealthful levels
or exceed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
[Added 5-22-2013 by Ord. No. 15-13]
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means the process of
measuring the fiber content of a known volume of air collected during
a specific period of time. In addition, transmission electron microscopy
methods may be required when the Department determines that lower
detectability or specific fiber identification are necessary.
One of the three degrees of severity of air quality deterioration
which can occur during a County-wide Air Pollution Watch, and which
require specific control measures to avoid significant harm to human
health or welfare. An alert is not necessarily County-wide, but can
occur only during a County-wide watch.
Emissions calculated using the maximum rated capacity of
the source or such operating rate and/or hours of operation as are
specified in an applicable permit condition and the most stringent
of:
That portion of the atmosphere outside the property boundaries
of the source under consideration or to which the general public has
access.
Those standards established by § 505-8 of this chapter.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means water to which
a chemical wetting agent has been added in accordance with the recommendations
of the manufacturer in order to improve the penetration of the water
into ACM.
Unless otherwise expressly excluded, all of the following
applicable to a source (including requirements that have been promulgated
or approved by the County or the EPA at the time of action or issuance
but have future-effective compliance dates):
All provisions of this chapter;
All provisions of the Clean Air Act and the
Air Pollution Control Act;
All provisions of all regulations approved or
promulgated by EPA through rulemaking under the Clean Air Act; and
All terms and conditions of any permit, license,
or order issued pursuant to this chapter, the Clean Air Act, the Air
Pollution Control Act, or any regulations approved or promulgated
by EPA through rulemaking under the Clean Air Act.
Regarding asbestos abatement, means a landfill which is licensed
or permitted by the appropriate regulatory authority to accept asbestos-containing
waste materials and which is operated in accordance with the requirements
set forth in 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M.
For purposes of hazardous air pollutant sources, means any
stationary source that is not a major source. The term "area source"
shall not include motor vehicles or nonroad vehicles subject to regulation
under Title II of the Clean Air Act.
Article XXI, Rules and Regulations of the Allegheny County
Health Department, Air Pollution Control, and Allegheny County Ordinance
No. 16782.
Article XI, Rules and Regulations of the Allegheny County
Health Department or such other rules, regulations, or other legal
procedures hereafter established by Allegheny County providing for
administrative appeals from actions of the Department under this chapter.
Fibers at least five micrometers in length, with a length-to-diameter
ratio of at least three to one, and with a maximum diameter of three
micrometers.
The asbestiform varieties of a group of naturally occurring
minerals that readily separate into fibers, including serpentinite
(chrysotile), amosite, riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonite-grunerite,
anthophyllite, and actinolite-tremolite.
Any material that contains more than 1% asbestos by weight
or area.
Any waste from sources subject to § 505-49 of this chapter, including, but not limited to, ACM and all asbestos-contaminated objects requiring disposal, including, but not limited to, such things as filters from control devices, bags and other similar packaging contaminated with asbestos, and disposable equipment and clothing.
The point at which emissions enter the open air.
An area of the County designated as attainment pursuant to
§ 107 of the Clean Air Act.
Any person who has authority to act on behalf of another
person in matters pertaining to this chapter. For any actions on behalf
of a corporation, the authorized representative's authority must be
documented in writing to the Department by a certificate of corporate
authority executed by the secretary of the corporation.
Any passenger car capable of seating 12 or fewer passengers
and all major components of such car, including, but not limited to,
chassis, frames, doors, and engines.
See "best available control technology."
An emission limitation based on the maximum degree of reduction
of each air contaminant regulated by this chapter, which the Department
determines on a case-by-case basis to be achievable taking into account
the energy, environment, and economic impacts and other costs. In
no event shall application of BACT result in emissions of any air
contaminant exceeding the emissions allowed under any applicable NSPS,
any NESHAP, or any RACT emission limit under this chapter.
The Board of County Commissioners of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
The Allegheny County Board of Health established by the Pennsylvania
Local Health Administration Law, Act of August 24, 1951, P.L. 1304,
as amended, 16 P.S. § 12001 et seq.
The filling of a tank truck or stationary storage tank through
an opening which is flush with or directly adjacent to the tank bottom.
Any sudden or unexpected event which has the effect of causing
any air pollution control equipment, process equipment or any other
potential source of air contaminants to fail, malfunction or otherwise
abnormally operate in such manner that emissions into the open air
are, or may be, increased.
The amount of thermal energy necessary to raise the temperature
of one pound of pure liquid water by 1° F. at the temperature
at which water has its greatest density (39° F.).
[Added 5-22-2013 by Ord. No. 15-13]
A gasoline storage and distribution facility with a daily
throughput of less than 20,000 gallons (76,000 liters) of gasoline.
A gasoline storage and distribution facility with a daily
throughput of 20,000 gallons (76,000 liters) or more of gasoline.
The Allegheny County Health Department Bureau of Environmental
Quality.
Exterior coating and interior spray coating in two-piece
can lines, interior and exterior coating in sheet coating lines for
three-piece cans, side seam spray coating and interior spray coating
in can fabricating lines for three-piece cans, and sealing compound
application and sheet coating in end coating lines.
For purposes of volatile organic compounds, means the ratio
of the weight of volatile organic compounds captured by air pollution
control equipment for a volatile organic compound source to the weight
of the total amount of volatile organic compounds used expressed as
a percentage.
Shall have the meaning provided by the Administrator under
Guidelines for Carcinogenic Risk Assessment as of the date of enactment.
A distributor who transports or stores or causes the transportation
or storage of gasoline without taking title to or otherwise having
ownership of the gasoline, and without altering either the quality
or quantity of the gasoline. The term includes a pipeline, truck or
marine vessel distributor.
Perforated canisters containing filtration paper and/or activated
carbon that are used in a pressurized system to remove solid particles
and fugitive dyes from soil-laden solvent.
The Code of Federal Regulations.
Any emissions occurring during the introduction of coal into
the coke oven from the time that the gate(s) on the larry car coal
hopper is opened or mechanical feeders start the flow of coal into
the oven until the last charging port seal is replaced. Charging emissions
include any air contaminant emitted from one or more charging ports,
spaces between the charging port rings and the oven refractory, drop
sleeves, larry car hoppers and any associated air pollution control
equipment, but shall not include emissions occurring during the temporary
removal of a charging port seal for the purpose of sweeping excess
coal spillage into the oven just charged, after such seal has been
firmly seated over the charging port following the removal of the
larry car.
Any opening through which coal is, or may be, introduced
into a coke oven, whether or not such opening is regularly used for
such purpose.
Waste material resulting from the production or use of antineoplastic
agents used for the purpose of stopping or reversing the growth of
malignant cells.
The federal Clean Air Act, as amended from time to time,
42 USC 7401 et seq., and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means an uncontaminated
area or room in the decontamination enclosure system which has provisions
for the storage of workers' nonwork clothing and clean protective
equipment.
Dry, seasoned, natural wood that contains no paint, stains
or other types of coatings, and has not been treated with preservatives
or chemicals, including copper, chromium arsenate, creosote and pentachlorophenol.
[Added 5-22-2013 by Ord. No. 15-13]
A coating which lacks opacity or which is transparent and
uses the under coat as a reflectant base of undertone color, except
for extreme performance coatings.
The employment of aggressive sampling techniques during air
monitoring to determine the airborne concentration of residual fibers
at the conclusion of an asbestos abatement project.
Trees, shrubs, and other native vegetation which are cleared
from land during or prior to the process of construction. The term
does not include demolition wastes and dirt-laden roots.
Carbon monoxide.
Any fluid, including, but not limited to, paint, varnish,
ink, adhesive, solvent, and water to be applied to a solid surface
to form a hard exterior surface.
A unit combusting hospital waste and/or medical/infectious
waste with other fuels or wastes (e.g., coal, municipal solid waste)
and subject to an enforceable requirement limiting the unit to combusting
a fuel feed stream, 10% or less of the weight of which is comprised,
in aggregate, of hospital waste and medical/infectious waste as measured
on a calendar quarter basis. For purposes of this definition, pathological
waste, chemotherapeutic waste, and low-level radioactive waste are
considered "other" wastes when calculating the percentage of hospital
waste and medical/infectious waste combusted.
The coating of any flat metal sheet or strip.
Any batch-loaded device using non-boiling organic solvent
to dean or degrease metal parts.
That the owner or operator of the source affected has obtained
all applicable permits required by this chapter and has either:
Begun, caused to be begun, or allowed to be
begun, a continuous program of physical on-site installation or modification
of any fuel-burning or combustion equipment, process equipment, or
air pollution control equipment, or any part thereof; or
Entered into a binding agreement or contract,
which cannot be canceled or modified without significant loss to the
owner or operator, to undertake an expeditious program of physical
on-site installation or modification of the source or air pollution
control device.
For purposes of establishing permitting requirements for
sources, includes all equipment, operations, activities, and the like
either fully or partially owned, operated, managed, supervised, overseen,
directed, or otherwise controlled in any way by a source permit applicant
or any partner, joint entrepreneur, employer, employee, wholly or
partially owned subsidiary or related legal entity, parent company
or related legal entity, any wholly or partially owned subsidiary
or partner or joint entrepreneur of any parent company, or any other
legal entity in a similar relationship to the applicant as those set
forth above.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Low RVP gasoline or RFG.
Piping, ductwork, pumps, storage tanks, and other ancillary
equipment that are associated with the installation and operation
of washers, dryers, filters, stills, and settling tanks.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means a temporary, airtight
barrier consisting of minimum six-mil plastic sheeting used to seal
off all openings into the work area, including but not limited to
windows, doorways, corridors, skylights, ducts and grilles.
Any continuously loaded device, containing either boiling
or non-boiling solvents, used to clean metal parts or used in the
production of electronic circuit boards.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
The Council of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
[Added 8-27-2013 by Ord. No. 20-13]
The Chief Executive of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, as
defined in the Allegheny County Home Rule Charter.[1]
[Added 8-27-2013 by Ord.
No. 20-13; amended 5-5-2015 by Ord. No. 16-15]
A period of time, defined solely on meteorological criteria,
during which poor dispersion of air contaminants may occur throughout
Allegheny County.
A control technique guideline published by the Administrator
under Section 108 of the Clean Air Act.
Asphalt cement which has been liquefied by blending with
petroleum solvents (diluents) which upon application evaporate to
the atmosphere, but not including any emulsified asphalt paving compound
which contains less than 12% of solvent (diluent) by volume.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means a series of connected
chambers, separated from the work area and from each other by airlocks,
which is for the decontamination of workers, materials and equipment.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means the wrecking or
taking out of any load-supporting structural member of a facility
together with any related handling operations or the intentional burning
of any facility.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection or
other state air quality permitting agency.
The Allegheny County Health Department established pursuant
to the Pennsylvania Local Health Administration Law, Act of August
24, 1951, P.E. 1304, as amended, 16 P.S. § 12001 et seq.
The Deputy Director, Allegheny County Health Department Bureau
of Environmental Quality.
Shall have the meaning given to it in Subsection 402(26)
of the Clean Air Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
A type of engine with operating characteristics significantly
similar to the theoretical diesel combustion cycle. The non-use of
a throttle during normal operation is indicative of a diesel engine.
[Added 8-31-2004 by Ord. No. 30-04]
A self-propelled vehicle designed for transporting persons
or property which is propelled by a compression ignition type of internal
combustion engine. The definition does not include non-road diesel
vehicles, or marine vessels.
[Added 6-7-2005 by Ord. No. 31-05]
The Director of the Allegheny County Health Department or
his designated representative, except that for purposes of the filing
of disclosure statements and the issuance of orders and permits, it
shall mean the Director of the Allegheny County Health Department
only.
For purposes of the gasoline volatility program, means a
person who transports, stores or causes the transportation or storage
of gasoline at any point between a refinery, an oxygenate blending
facility or terminal and a retail outlet or wholesale purchaser-consumer's
facility. The term "distributor" includes a refinery, an oxygenate
blending facility or a terminal.
Equipment used to heat a single-family residence, a multiple-dwelling
unit of no more than two dwelling units, a temporary building such
as those used in the railroad and construction industries, and hot
water heaters serving such residences, multiple-dwelling units, and
buildings.
Any refuse-burning equipment or incinerator serving a single-family
residence or a multiple-dwelling unit of no more than two dwelling
units.
The vertical face of a coke oven between the bench and the
top of the battery and between two adjacent buckstays, including but
not limited to, the door, chuck door, door seal, jamb, and refractory.
Any cylindrical metal shipping container which has a capacity
between 12 and 110 gallons (45.4 and 416.4 liters).
A facility engaged in the cleaning of fabrics in an essentially
nonaqueous solvent by means of one or more washes in solvent, extraction
of excess solvent by spinning, and drying by tumbling in an airstream.
The facility includes, but is not limited to, any washer, dryer, filter,
and purification systems, waste disposal systems, holding tanks, pumps,
and attendant piping and valves.
Particulate matter which has, or may become, airborne.
Any fossil fuel fired combustion unit of more than 25 megawatts
that serves a generator that produces electricity for sale. A unit
that cogenerates steam and electricity and supplies more than 1/3
of its potential electric output capacity and more than 25 megawatts
electrical output to any utility power distribution system for sale
shall be considered an electric utility steam generating unit.
Any situation arising from sudden and reasonably unforeseeable
events beyond the control of the source, including acts of God, which
situation requires immediate corrective action to restore normal operation,
and that causes the source to exceed a technology-based emission limitation
under the permit, due to unavoidable increases in emissions attributable
to the emergency. An emergency shall not include noncompliance to
the extent caused by improperly designed equipment, lack of preventive
maintenance, careless or improper operation, or operator error.
Any requirement established by this chapter or by state or
federal law which limits the quantity, rate, or concentration of emissions,
including, but not limited to, any requirement or combination of requirements
relating to the operation, maintenance, or design of a source or air
pollution control equipment.
Any evaluations, inspections, observations, or tests designed
to measure the quantity, rate, or concentration of emissions, including
fuel analyses, analyses of raw materials, intermediate products, final
products, or by-products, evaluations of air pollution control equipment,
measurements of process parameters, or other factors that may affect
emissions.
Air contaminants entering into the open air.
A federally enforceable permit term or condition determined
at issuance to be required by an applicable requirement that establishes
an emissions limit (including a work practice standard) or a federally
enforceable emissions cap that the source has assumed to avoid an
applicable requirement to which the source would otherwise be subject.
Any part or activity of a stationary source that emits or
has the potential to emit any regulated air pollutant or any pollutant
listed under Subsection 112(b) of the Clean Air Act. This term is
not meant to alter or affect the definition of the term "unit" for
purposes of title IV of the Act.
A liquid material which can be applied to ACM to temporarily
control the potential release of asbestos fibers from the material
either by creating a membrane over the surface (bridging encapsulant)
or by penetrating into the material and binding its components together
(penetrating encapsulant).
The coating or spraying of ACM with an encapsulant in order
to temporarily control the potential release of asbestos fibers from
said material.
Any process or application that involves the direct application
of any liquid or solid material onto, and in direct contact with,
ACM, including but not limited to the application of multi-port self-curing
resin systems, in order to totally confine or seal such ACM for purposes
of abatement of the potential release of asbestos fibers.
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency or his designee.
Any person who is in actual physical control of a piece of
off-road equipment.
[Added 4-6-2010 by Ord. No. 5-10]
The registered owner, lessee, licensee, or bailee of any
piece of off-road equipment who operates or directs the operation
of any such equipment on either a for-hire or not-for-hire basis.
[Added 4-6-2010 by Ord. No. 5-10]
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means a contaminated
area or room in the decontamination enclosure system which has provisions
for the storage of contaminated clothing and equipment.
Emission reductions for which the Administrator determines
that net air quality benefits are greater in the absence of such reductions,
or for:
Nonattainment areas not within an ozone transport
region under Section 184 of the Clean Air Act, emission reductions
that the Administrator determines would not contribute to attainment
of the NAAQS for ozone in the area; or
Nonattainment areas within such an ozone transport
region, emission reductions that the Administrator determines would
not produce net ozone air quality benefits in such region.
A solid waste unit which is not a new or modified solid waste
incineration unit.
Any stationary source other than a new source.
Panels made of solid wood, hardboard or waferboard. Paneling
made of solid wood or hardboard is typically primed at the manufacturing
facility and finished in the field, although some finishing may be
performed during manufacturing. (Effective January 1, 2011)
[Added 5-4-2010 by Ord. No. 10-10]
For purposes of surface coatings, means exposure to: weather
all of the time, temperatures consistently above 203° F (95°
C), detergents, abrasive and scouring agents, solvents, corrosive
atmospheres, or similar environmental conditions.
Coatings designed and used for harsh exposure or extreme
environmental conditions.
The coating of a textile substrate by any method, including,
but not limited to, roll coating, knife coating, spray coating, or
use of a rotogravure device in order to impart properties that are
not initially present, such as strength, stability, water or acid
repellency, or appearance.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means any institutional,
commercial, public, or industrial structure, installation or building,
and any residential structure, installation, or building consisting
of more than four dwelling units.
Any part of a facility, including, but not limited to, pipes,
ducts, boilers, tank reactors, turbines, furnaces, any other equipment
in a facility, or any structural member of a facility.
Any activity engaged in by a department, agency, or instrumentality
of the federal government, or any activity that a department, agency,
or instrumentality of the federal government supports in any way,
provides financial assistance for, licenses, permits, or approves,
other than activities related to transportation plans, programs, and
projects developed, funded, or approved under 23 USC or the Federal
Transit Act (49 USC 1601 et seq.). Where the federal action is a permit,
license, or other approval for some aspect of a non-federal undertaking,
the relevant activity is the part, portion, or phase of the non-federal
undertaking that requires the federal permit, license, or approval.
Protective, decorative or functional materials applied to
flat wood panel products, including interior panels, exterior panels
or tileboard (Class I hardboard). (Effective January 1, 2011)
[Added 5-4-2010 by Ord. No. 10-10]
The application of words, designs, and pictures to a substrate
by means of a roll printing technique in which the pattern to be applied
is raised above the printing roll and the image carrier is made of
rubber or other elastomeric materials.
Any duct, pipe, stack, chimney, or conduit which conducts air contaminants into the open air and which permits the performance of the test methods and procedures specified in Article VII of this chapter.
A prediction of weather conditions received from a Professional
Meteorologist in the Health Department or who is a consultant to the
Health Department, or a weather prediction from the United States
National Weather Service.
Natural gas, petroleum, coal or any form of solid, liquid
or gaseous fuel derived from this material, but not including coke
oven gas, blast furnace gas, or waste fuels.
For a cold cleaning degreaser, the distance from the liquid
solvent to the top edge of the degreaser divided by the degreaser
width (not length); or, for an operating vapor degreaser or a conveyorized
degreaser, the distance from the top of the solvent vapor layer to
the top edge of the degreaser divided by the degreaser width (not
length).
Any form of combustible matter, whether solid, liquid, vapor,
gas, or any combination thereof, which is primarily intended for,
or used as, a source of heat.
Any furnace, boiler, apparatus, flue, and all appurtenances
thereto, used in the burning of fuel for the primary purpose of producing
heat or power by indirect heat transfer, or producing power by direct
momentum transfer.
Airborne particulate matter from roads, parking lots, plant
yards, or other exposed surfaces, construction activities, mining,
blasting, truck transport, land reclamation, and the like.
Any air contaminant entering into the open air by a means
other than a flue, including, but not limited to, industrial process
losses, reentrained dust and construction and demolition activities.
Any petroleum distillate having a Reid vapor pressure of
four pounds per square inch (28 kilopascals) or greater and which
is a liquid at standard temperature and pressure.
Tank trucks or trailers equipped with a storage tank and
used for the transport of gasoline from sources of supply to small
gasoline storage tanks, bulk gasoline plants, or bulk gasoline terminals.
A coating requiring the addition of a separate reactive resin,
commonly known as a "catalyst" or "hardener," before application to
form an acceptable dry film (effective January 1, 2014).
[Added 5-22-2013 by Ord. No. 16-13]
A coating that is ready for application as it comes out of
its container to form an acceptable dry film. A thinner, necessary
to reduce the viscosity, is not considered a component (effective
January 1, 2014).
[Added 5-22-2013 by Ord. No. 16-13]
A method for removing ACM from heating, ventilation, and
air conditioning (HVAC) ducts, short pipe runs, valves, joints, elbows,
and other nonplanar surfaces in a noncontained work area. The glovebag
assembly is a manufactured device consisting of a bag (constructed
of six-mil transparent plastic), two inward-projecting long-sleeve
rubber gloves, one inward-projecting waterwand sleeve, an internal
tool pouch, and an attached labeled receptacle for asbestos waste.
The glovebag is constructed and installed in such a manner that it
surrounds the object or area from which ACM is to be removed and contains
all asbestos fibers released during the removal process.
The value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum design
loaded weight of single vehicle.
[Added 8-31-2004 by Ord. No. 30-04]
A confined excavated area into which molten slag from the
tapping of a blast furnace is poured from portable ladles and in which
the slag, before being removed, is cooled by radiation of heat to
the open air and by application of water which may contain reactive
agents.
Any of the following air pollutants:
|
Chemical Abstract Service
(CAS) Number
|
Chemical Name
| |
|---|---|---|
|
75070
|
Acetaldehyde
| |
|
60355
|
Acetamide
| |
|
75058
|
Acetonitrile
| |
|
98862
|
Acetophenone
| |
|
53963
|
2-Acetylaminofluorene
| |
|
107028
|
Acrolein
| |
|
79061
|
Acrylamide
| |
|
79107
|
Acrylic acid
| |
|
107131
|
Acrylonitrile
| |
|
107051
|
Allyl chloride
| |
|
92671
|
4-Aminobiphenyl
| |
|
62533
|
Aniline
| |
|
90040
|
o-Anisidine
| |
|
1332214
|
Asbestos
| |
|
71432
|
Benzene (including benzene from gasoline)
| |
|
92875
|
Benzidine
| |
|
98077
|
Benzotrichloride
| |
|
100447
|
Benzyl chloride
| |
|
92524
|
Biphenyl
| |
|
117817
|
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
| |
|
542881
|
Bis (chloromethyl) ether
| |
|
75252
|
Bromoform
| |
|
106990
|
1,3-Butadiene
| |
|
156627
|
Calcium cyanamide
| |
|
105602
|
Caprolactam
| |
|
133062
|
Captan
| |
|
63252
|
Carbaryl
| |
|
75150
|
Carbon disulfide
| |
|
56235
|
Carbon tetrachloride
| |
|
463581
|
Carbonyl sulfide
| |
|
120809
|
Catechol
| |
|
133904
|
Chloramben
| |
|
57749
|
Chlordane
| |
|
7782505
|
Chlorine
| |
|
79118
|
Chloroacetic acid
| |
|
532274
|
2-Chloroacetophenone
| |
|
108907
|
Chlorobenzene
| |
|
510156
|
Chlorobenzilate
| |
|
67663
|
Chloroform
| |
|
107302
|
Chloromethyl methyl ether
| |
|
126998
|
Chloroprene
| |
|
1319773
|
Cresols/Cresylic acid (isomers and mixture)
| |
|
95487
|
o-Cresol
| |
|
108394
|
m-Cresol
| |
|
106445
|
p-Cresol
| |
|
98828
|
Cumene
| |
|
94757
|
2,4-D, salts and esters
| |
|
3547044
|
DDE
| |
|
334883
|
Diazomethane
| |
|
132649
|
Dibenzofurans
| |
|
96128
|
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane
| |
|
84742
|
Dibutylphthalate
| |
|
106467
|
1,4Dichlorobenzene(p)
| |
|
91941
|
3,3-Dichlorobenzidene
| |
|
111444
|
Dichl-doroethyl ether (Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether)
| |
|
542756
|
1,3-Dichloropropene
| |
|
62737
|
Dichlorvos
| |
|
111422
|
Diethanolamine
| |
|
121697
|
N,N-Diethyl aniline (N,N-Dimethylaniline)
| |
|
64675
|
Diethyl sulfate
| |
|
119904
|
3,3-Dimethoxybenzidine
| |
|
60117
|
Dimethylaminoazobenzene
| |
|
119937
|
3,3-Dimethyl benzidine
| |
|
79447
|
Dimethyl carbamoyl chloride
| |
|
68122
|
Dimethyl formamide
| |
|
57147
|
1,1-Dimethyl hydrazine
| |
|
131113
|
Dimethyl phthalate
| |
|
77781
|
Dimethyl sulfate
| |
|
534521
|
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol, and salts
| |
|
51285
|
2,4-Dinitrophenol
| |
|
121142
|
2,4-Dinitrotoluene
| |
|
123911
|
1,4-Dioxane (1, 4 - Diethyleneoxide)
| |
|
122667
|
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine
| |
|
106898
|
Epichlorohydrin (1-Chloro-2,3-epoxypropane)
| |
|
106887
|
1,2-Epoxybutane
| |
|
140885
|
Ethyl acrylate
| |
|
100414
|
Ethyl benzene
| |
|
51796
|
Ethyl carbamate (Urethane)
| |
|
75003
|
Ethyl chloride (Chloroethane)
| |
|
106934
|
Ethylene dibromide (Dibromoethane)
| |
|
107062
|
Ethylene dichloride (1,2-Dichloroethane)
| |
|
107211
|
Ethylene glycol
| |
|
151564
|
Ethylene imine (Aziridine)
| |
|
75218
|
Ethylene oxide
| |
|
96457
|
Ethylene thiourea
| |
|
75343
|
Ethylidene dichloride (1,1-Dichloroethane)
| |
|
50000
|
Formaldehyde
| |
|
76448
|
Heptachlor
| |
|
118741
|
Hexachlorobenzene
| |
|
87683
|
Hexachlorobutadiene
| |
|
77474
|
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
| |
|
67721
|
Hexachloroethane
| |
|
822060
|
Hexamethylene-1,6-diisocyanate
| |
|
680319
|
Hexamethylphosphoramide
| |
|
110543
|
Hexane
| |
|
302012
|
Hydrazine
| |
|
7647010
|
Hydrochloric acid
| |
|
7664393
|
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)
| |
|
123319
|
Hydroquinone
| |
|
78591
|
Isophorone
| |
|
58899
|
Lindane (all isomers)
| |
|
108316
|
Maleic anhydride
| |
|
67561
|
Methanol
| |
|
72435
|
Methoxychlor
| |
|
74839
|
Methyl bromide (Bromomethane)
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|
74873
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Methyl chloride (Chloromethane)
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|
71556
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Methyl chloroform (1,1,1-Trichloroethane)
| |
|
78933
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Methyl ethyl ketone (2-Butanone)
| |
|
60344
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Methyl hydrazine
| |
|
74884
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Methyl iodide (Iodomethane)
| |
|
108101
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Methyl isobutyl ketone (Hexone)
| |
|
624839
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Methyl isocyanate
| |
|
80626
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Methyl methacrylate
| |
|
1634044
|
Methyl tert butyl ether
| |
|
101144
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4, 4-Methylene bis (2-chloroaniline)
| |
|
75092
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Methylene chloride (Dichloromethane)
| |
|
101688
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Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI)
| |
|
101779
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4,4-Methylenedianiline
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|
91203
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Naphthalene
| |
|
98953
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Nitrobenzene
| |
|
92933
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4-Nitrobiphenyl
| |
|
100027
|
4Nitrophenol
| |
|
79469
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2-Nitropropane
| |
|
684935
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N-Nitroso-N-methylurea
| |
|
62759
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N-Nitrosodimethylamine
| |
|
59892
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N-Nitrosomorpholine
| |
|
56382
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Parathion
| |
|
82688
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Pentachloronitrobenzene (Quintobenzene)
| |
|
87865
|
Pentachlorophenol
| |
|
108952
|
Phenol
| |
|
106503
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p-Phenylenediamine
| |
|
75445
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Phosgene
| |
|
7803512
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Phosphine
| |
|
7723140
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Phosphorus
| |
|
85449
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Phthalic anhydride
| |
|
122667
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1,2-Diphenylhydrazine
| |
|
106898
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Epichlorohydrin l-Chloro-2,3-epoxypropane
| |
|
106887
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1,2-Epoxybutane
| |
|
140885
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Ethyl acrylate
| |
|
100414
|
Ethyl benzene
| |
|
51796
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Ethyl carbamate (Urethane)
| |
|
75003
|
Ethyl chloride (Chloroethane)
| |
|
106934
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Ethylene dibromide (Dibromoethane)
| |
|
107062
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Ethylene dichloride (1,2-Dichloroethane)
| |
|
107211
|
Ethylene glycol
| |
|
151564
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Ethylene imine (Aziridine)
| |
|
75218
|
Ethylene oxide
| |
|
96457
|
Ethylene thiourea
| |
|
75343
|
Ethylidene dichloride (1,1-Dichloroethane)
| |
|
50000
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Formaldehyde
| |
|
76448
|
Heptachlor
| |
|
118741
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Hexachlorobenzene
| |
|
87683
|
Hexachlorobutadiene
| |
|
77474
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Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
| |
|
67721
|
Hexachloroethane
| |
|
822060
|
Hexamethylene-1,6-diisocy anate
| |
|
680319
|
Hexamethylphosphoramide
| |
|
110543
|
Hexane
| |
|
302012
|
Hydrazine
| |
|
7647010
|
Hydrochloric acid
| |
|
7664393
|
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)
| |
|
123319
|
Hydroquinone
| |
|
78591
|
Isophorone
| |
|
58899
|
Lindane (all isomers)
| |
|
108316
|
Maleic anhydride
| |
|
67561
|
Methanol
| |
|
72435
|
Methoxychlor
| |
|
74839
|
Methyl bromide (Bromomethane)
| |
|
74873
|
Methyl chloride (Chloromethane)
| |
|
71556
|
Methyl chloroform (1,1,1-Trichloroethane)
| |
|
78933
|
Methyl ethyl ketone (2-Butanone)
| |
|
60344
|
Methyl hydrazine
| |
|
74884
|
Methyl iodide (lodomethane)
| |
|
108101
|
Methyl isobutyl ketone (Hexone)
| |
|
624839
|
Methyl isocyanate
| |
|
80626
|
Methyl methacrylate
| |
|
1634044
|
Methyl tert butyl ether
| |
|
101144
|
4, 4-Methylene bis(2-chloroaniline)
| |
|
75092
|
Methylene chloride (Dichioromethane)
| |
|
101688
|
Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI)
| |
|
101779
|
4,4-Methylenedianiline
| |
|
91203
|
Naphthalene
| |
|
98953
|
Nitrobenzene
| |
|
92933
|
4-Nitrobiphenyl
| |
|
100027
|
4-Nitrophenol
| |
|
79469
|
2-Nitropropane
| |
|
684935
|
N-Nitroso-N-methylurea
| |
|
62759
|
N-Nitrosodimethylamine
| |
|
59892
|
N-Nitrosomorpholine
| |
|
56382
|
Parathion
| |
|
82688
|
Pentachloronitrobenzene (Quintobenzene)
| |
|
87865
|
Pentachlorophenol
| |
|
108952
|
Phenol
| |
|
106503
|
p-Phenylenediamine
| |
|
75445
|
Phosgene
| |
|
7803512
|
Phosphine
| |
|
7723140
|
Phosphorus
| |
|
85449
|
Phthalic anhydride
| |
|
1336363
|
Polychlorinated biphenyls (Aroclors)
| |
|
1120714
|
1,3-Propane sultone
| |
|
57578
|
beta-Propiolactone
| |
|
123386
|
Propionaldehyde
| |
|
114261
|
Propoxur (Baygon)
| |
|
78875
|
Propylene dichloride (1,2-Dichloropropane)
| |
|
75569
|
Propylene oxide
| |
|
75558
|
1,2-Propylenimine (2-Methyl aziridine)
| |
|
91225
|
Quinoline
| |
|
106514
|
Quinone
| |
|
100425
|
Styrene
| |
|
1336363
|
Polychlorinated biphenyls (Aroclors)
| |
|
1120714
|
1,3-Propane sultone
| |
|
57578
|
beta-Propiolactone
| |
|
123386
|
Propionaldehyde
| |
|
114261
|
Propoxur (Baygon)
| |
|
78875
|
Propylene dichloride (1,2-Dichloropropane)
| |
|
75569
|
Propylene oxide
| |
|
75558
|
1,2-Propylenimine (2-Methyl aziridine)
| |
|
91225
|
Quinoline
| |
|
106514
|
Quinone
| |
|
100425
|
Styrene
| |
|
96093
|
Styrene oxide
| |
|
1746016
|
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
| |
|
79345
|
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
| |
|
127184
|
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
| |
|
7550450
|
Titanium tetrachloride
| |
|
108883
|
Toluene
| |
|
95807
|
2,4-Toluene diamine
| |
|
584849
|
2,4-Toluene diisocyanate
| |
|
95534
|
o-Toluidine
| |
|
8001352
|
Toxaphene (chlorinated camphene)
| |
|
120821
|
1,2,4 Trichlorobenzene
| |
|
79005
|
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
| |
|
79016
|
Trichloroethylene
| |
|
95954
|
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol
| |
|
88062
|
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
| |
|
121448
|
Triethylamine
| |
|
1582098
|
Trifluralin
| |
|
540841
|
2,2,4-Trimethylpentane
| |
|
108054
|
Vinyl acetate
| |
|
593602
|
Vinyl bromide
| |
|
75014
|
Vinyl chloride
| |
|
75354
|
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene)
| |
|
1330207
|
Xylenes (isomers and mixture)
| |
|
95476
|
o-Xylenes
| |
|
108383
|
m-Xylenes
| |
|
106423
|
p-Xylenes
| |
|
0
|
Antimony Compounds
| |
|
0
|
Arsenic Compounds (inorganic, including arsine)
| |
|
0
|
Beryllium Compounds
| |
|
0
|
Cadmium Compounds
| |
|
0
|
Chromium Compounds
| |
|
0
|
Cobalt Compounds
| |
|
0
|
Coke Oven Emissions
| |
|
0
|
Cyanide Compounds1
| |
|
0
|
Glycol ethers2
| |
|
0
|
Lead Compounds
| |
|
0
|
Manganese Compounds
| |
|
0
|
Mercury Compounds
| |
|
0
|
Fine mineral fibers3
| |
|
0
|
Nickel Compounds
| |
|
0
|
Polycylic Organic Matter4
| |
|
0
|
Radionuclides (including radon)5
| |
|
0
|
Selenium Compounds; and
|
The list of pollutants under Subsection Aabove
is hereby modified to be consistent with the list of pollutants established
by the EPA under Section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act, effective on
the effective date of any additions, revisions, or deletions to such
Section 112(b) list as established by the federal government, unless
otherwise established by regulation under this chapter.
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NOTE: For all listings above which contain the
word "compounds" and for glycol ethers, the following applies:
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|
Unless otherwise specified, these listings are
defined as including any unique chemical substance that contains the
named chemical (i.e., antimony, arsenic, etc.) as part of that chemical's
infrastructure.
| |
|
1X'CN where X = H'
or any other group where a formal dissociation may occur. For example
KCN or Ca(CN)2
| |
|
2Includes mono- and
di-ethers of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, and triethylene glycol
R-(OCH2CH2)n = OR' where:
| |
|
n = 1, 2, or 3
| |
|
R = alkyl or aryl groups
| |
|
R' = R, H, or groups which, when removed, yield
glycol ethers with the structure:
| |
|
R-(OCH2CH)n-OH.
| |
|
Polymers are excluded from the glycol category.
| |
|
3Includes mineral
fiber emissions from facilities manufacturing or processing glass,
rock, or slag fibers (or other mineral derived fibers) of average
diameter of one micrometer or less.
| |
|
4Includes organic
compounds with more than one benzene ring, and which have a boiling
point greater than or equal to 100° C.
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|
5A type of atom which
spontaneously undergoes radioactive decay.
|
Any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more
than 8,500 pounds, or that has a curb weight of more than 6,000 pounds
or that has a passenger-carrying capacity of more than 12 persons.
[Added 8-31-2004 by Ord. No. 30-04;
amended 6-7-2005 by Ord. No. 31-2005]
A high efficiency particulate absolute air filter capable
of trapping and retaining 99.97% of fibers greater than 0.3 micrometers
in mass median aerodynamic diameter equivalent.
Vacuuming equipment equipped with a HEPA filter system.
An abrasive which contains equal to or greater than 5%, by
weight, of free silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2).
Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator.
A rail car which is used to transport raw materials such
as coal, iron ore, or grain in bulk and in an unpackaged form.
Any facility which has an organized medical staff, maintains
at least six inpatient beds, and where the primary function of the
institution is to provide diagnostic and therapeutic patient services
and continuous nursing care primarily to human inpatients who are
not related and who stay on average in excess of 24 hours per admission.
This definition does not include facilities maintained for the sole
purpose of providing nursing or convalescent care to human patients
who generally are not acutely ill but who require continuing medical
supervision.
Any device that combusts any amount of hospital waste and/or
medical/infectious waste.
Any person who operates, controls or supervises the day-to-day
operation of an HMIWI.
Discards generated at a hospital, except unused items returned
to the manufacturer. The definition of hospital waste does not include
human corpses, remains, and anatomical parts that are intended for
interment or cremation.
Any school bus equipped with at least the following two sources
of motive energy on board:
[Added 8-31-2004 by Ord. No. 30-04]
A well stimulation technique which consists of pumping water,
chemicals, and a propping agent, such as sand, or other fluids and
materials down the wellbore under high pressure to create and maintain
induced fractures in the hydrocarbon-bearing rock of the target geologic
formation.
[Added 12-17-2013 by Ord. No. 31-13]
The operation of an engine in the operating mode where the
engine is not engaged in gear, where the engine operates at a speed
at the revolutions per minute specified by the engine manufacturer,
or when the accelerator is fully released and there is no load on
the engine. For the purposes of off-road-equipment, the engine is
running while the piece of off-road equipment is not performing work.
[Added 8-31-2004 by Ord. No. 30-04;
amended 6-7-2005 by Ord. No. 31-05; 4-6-2010 by Ord. No. 5-10]
A person who imports gasoline or gasoline blending stocks
or components from a foreign country into the United States.
Any device, including domestic refuse-burning equipment,
primarily used for the destruction of solid, liquid, or gaseous wastes,
or any combination thereof, by burning, but not including devices
used primarily as fuel-burning or combustion equipment or as process
equipment.
Steps towards compliance with an emission limitation, including
at a minimum the date of submittal of the source's compliance plan,
the date of submittal of an installation permit application, the date
on which contracts or purchase orders will be issued, the date of
initiation of on-site construction, installation, or process change,
the date of completion of such construction, installation, or change,
and the date by which final compliance will be achieved.
For asbestos abatement purposes, means a company which has
no financial interest in, or personal association with, the facility
owner or operator, the general contractor, or the asbestos abatement
contractor or subcontractor.
For asbestos abatement purposes, means a laboratory which
has no financial interest in, or personal association with, the facility
owner or operator, the general contractor, or the asbestos abatement
contractor or subcontractor.
To undertake the permanent on-site construction or placement
of any fuel-burning or combustion equipment, process equipment, air
pollution control equipment, or any part thereof, beginning with the
breaking of ground and continuing until the start-up of such equipment.
Interior wall paneling that is usually grooved, frequently
embossed and sometimes grain printed to resemble various wood species.
Interior panels are typically manufactured at the same facilities
as tileboard, although in much smaller quantities. The substrate can
be hardboard, plywood, medium-density fiberboard (MDF) or particleboard.
(Effective January 1, 2011)
[Added 5-4-2010 by Ord. No. 10-10]
See "lowest achievable emission rate."
Doors, cases, lids, panels, and interior support parts of
washers, dryers, ranges, refrigerators, freezers, water heaters, dishwashers,
trash compactors, air conditioners, and other similar products.
Any fuel-burning or combustion equipment, process equipment,
or incinerator with a rated heat input of greater than 1,000,000 BTU's
per hour.
Paint or other similar surface coating materials containing
lead or lead compounds and in which the lead content (calculated as
lead metal) is in excess of 0.5% by weight of the total nonvolatile
content of the paint or the weight of the dried paint film.
At a minimum, double six-mil polyethylene bags inside a fiber
or steel drum capable of being sealed at the top with an adjustable
seal ring, labeled in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 61.150(a)(1)(iv)
and (v).
The transfer of produced crude oil or condensate, or both,
after processing or treating, or both, in the producing operations
from storage tanks or automatic transfer facilities to pipelines or
any other forms of transportation.
Any motor vehicles other than automobiles rated at 8,500
pounds gross vehicle weight or less which are designed primarily for
purposes of transportation and all major components of such vehicles,
including, but not limited to, chassis, frames, doors, and engines.
A period of time, defined solely on meteorological criteria,
during which poor dispersion of air contaminants may occur only in
a limited portion of Allegheny County.
One of three degrees of severity of air quality deterioration
which can occur where a localized Air Pollution Watch is in effect,
and which require specific control measures to avoid significant harm
to human health or welfare.
Waste material which contains radioactive nuclides emitting
primarily beta or gamma radiation, or both, in concentrations or quantities
that exceed applicable federal or state standards for unrestricted
release. Low-level radioactive waste is not high-level radioactive
waste, spent nuclear fuel, or by-product material as defined by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42 U.S.C. § 2014(e)(2)].
A burner design capable of reducing the formation of oxides
of nitrogen (NOx) emissions through substoichiometric
combustion of fuel by means of a burner assembly consisting of two
or more stages and the addition of secondary combustion air introduced
downstream of the burner location.
Gasoline that has an RVP of 7.8 pounds per square inch or
less as determined in accordance with the appropriate sampling and
testing methodologies in 40 CFR Part 80, Appendix E [relating to test
for determining Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) of gasoline and gasoline-oxygenate
blends].
That emission rate which is the most stringent
of:
The most stringent emission limitation contained
in any state's implementation plan approved by the EPA for such class
or category of source, unless the applicant demonstrates that such
limitation is not achievable;
The lowest emission rate achieved in practice
by such class or category of source; or
Any applicable NSPS established by the EPA.
As applied to a modified source, "LAER" means
the lowest achievable emission rate for the new or modified emissions
units within the source.
If control technology can feasibly be transferred
from one type of source to another, both types of sources shall be
considered of the same class or category for purposes of determining
LAER.
See "maximum achievable control technology."
The process of applying a coating of electrically insulating
varnish or enamel to aluminum or copper wire for use in electrical
machinery.
Any physical change or change in the method of operation
of a major source that, determined through the requirements of 25
Pa. Code §§ 127.203a and 127.204, would result in an
increase in emissions equal to or exceeding an emission rate threshold
or significance level specified in 25 Pa. Code § 127.203.
A physical change or change in the method of operation does not include
routine repairs and maintenance, a change in the hours of operation,
or an increase in the rate of production unless prohibited by a permit
condition.
[Amended 3-20-2012 by Ord. No. 5-12]
Any stationary source, or any group of stationary sources,
that is located on one or more contiguous or adjacent properties,
is under common control of the same person (or persons under common
control), and is described as follows:
For pollutants other than radionuclides, any
stationary source or group of stationary sources located within a
contiguous area and under common control that emits or has the potential
to emit, in the aggregate, ten tons per year (10 tpy) or more of any
hazardous air pollutant, 25 tpy or more of any combination of such
hazardous air pollutants, or such lesser quantity as the Administrator
may establish by rule. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, emissions
from any oil or gas exploration or production well (with its associated
equipment) and emissions from any pipeline compressor or pump station
shall not be aggregated with emissions from other similar units, whether
or not such units are in a contiguous area or under common control,
to determine whether such units or stations are major sources;
For radionuclides, any "major source" as shall
be defined by the Administrator by rule;
A stationary source of air pollutants that directly
emits or has the potential to emit 100 tpy or more of any air pollutant
(as defined in Section 302 of the Clean Air Act[2]) subject to regulation in accordance with 40 CFR Part
70 (including any major source of fugitive emissions of any such pollutant,
as determined by rule by the Administrator). The fugitive emissions
of such a stationary source shall not be considered in determining
whether it is a major source, unless the source belongs to one of
the following categories of stationary source:
[Amended 3-20-2012 by Ord. No. 5-12]
Coal cleaning plants (with thermal dryers);
Kraft pulp mills;
Portland cement plants;
Primary zinc smelters;
Iron and steel mills;
Primary aluminum ore reduction plants;
Primary copper smelters;
Municipal incinerators capable of charging more
than 250 tons of refuse per day;
Hydrofluoric, sulfuric, or nitric acid plants;
Petroleum refineries;
Lime plants;
Phosphate rock processing plants;
Coke oven batteries;
Sulfur recovery plants;
Carbon black plants (furnace process);
Primary lead smelters;
Fuel conversion plant;
Sintering plants;
Secondary metal production plants;
Chemical process plants;
Fossil-fuel boilers (or combination thereof)
totaling more than 250 million BTU's/hour heat input;
Petroleum storage and transfer units with a
total storage capacity exceeding 300,000 barrels;
Taconite ore processing plants;
Glass fiber processing plants;
Charcoal production plants;
Fossil-fuel-fired steam electric plants of more
than 250 million BTU's per hour heat input; or
All other stationary source categories regulated
by a standard promulgated under Section 111 or 112 of the Clean Air
Act, but only with respect to those air pollutants that have been
regulated for that category;
For ozone nonattainment areas, sources with
the potential to emit, including fugitive emissions, 100 tpy or more
of volatile organic compounds or oxides of nitrogen in areas classified
as "marginal" or "moderate," 50 tpy or more in areas classified as
"serious," 25 tpy or more in areas classified as "severe," and 10
tpy or more in areas classified as "extreme"; except that the references
in this paragraph to 100, 50, 25, and 10 tpy of nitrogen oxides shall
not apply with respect to any source for which the Administrator has
made a finding, under Section 182(f)(1) or (2) of the Clean Air Act,
that requirements under Subsection 182(f) of the Act do not apply;
For ozone transport regions established pursuant
to Section 184 of the Clean Air Act, sources with the potential to
emit, including fugitive emissions, 50 tpy or more of volatile organic
compounds;
For carbon monoxide nonattainment areas: 1)
that are classified as "serious;" and 2) in which stationary sources
contribute significantly to carbon monoxide levels as determined under
rules issued by the Administrator, sources with the potential to emit
50 tpy or more of carbon monoxide; or
For PM-10 nonattainment areas classified as
"serious," sources with the potential to emit 70 tpy or more of PM-10.
For the purposes of Article III, § 505-26, only those stationary source or groups of stationary sources that are part of a single industrial group shall be a major source. A single industrial grouping means that all of the pollutant emitting activities at such source or group of sources on contiguous or adjacent properties belong to the same major group (i.e., all have the same two-digit code) as described in the most recent Standard Industrial Classification Manual.
All of the following as they apply to emissions units at sources that require permits under Article III, Subpart 2 of this chapter (including requirements under the following that have been promulgated or approved by the County, the Commonwealth, or the U.S. EPA at the time of issuance of such permits but have future-effective compliance dates):
Any standard or other requirement provided for
in this chapter which has been approved or promulgated by EPA as part
of the Pennsylvania state implementation plan under the Clean Air
Act or through regulations adopted under the Clean Air Act through
rulemaking at the time of issuance but have future effective compliance
dates or a standard provided for in the Commonwealth's SIP approved
by EPA under Title I of the Clean Air Act that implements the relevant
requirements of the Act, including any revisions to that plan;
Any national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants, MACT standard, or other requirement under § 505-37 of this chapter, including any requirement concerning accidental release prevention, or any other standard or requirement under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act;
Any acid rain program standard or other requirement under § 505-29A of this chapter, or under Title IV of the Clean Air Act or the regulations thereunder;
Any enhanced monitoring requirements established
pursuant to Section 504(b) or Section 114(a)(3) of the Clean Air Act;
Any standard or other requirement governing
solid waste incineration, under Section 129 of the Clean Air Act;
Any standard or other requirement for consumer
and commercial products, under Section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act;
Any standard or other requirement for tank vessels,
under Section 183(f) of the Clean Air Act;
Any standard or other requirement of the program
to control air pollution from outer continental shelf sources, under
Section 328 of the Clean Air Act;
Any standard or other requirement of the regulations
promulgated to protect stratospheric ozone under Title VI of the Clean
Air Act, unless the Administrator has determined that such requirements
need not be contained in a Title V permit;
Any NAAQS or increment or visibility requirement
under part C of Title I of the Clean Air Act, but only as it would
apply to temporary major sources permitted under this chapter pursuant
to Section 504(e) of the Clean Air Act; and
Any other requirement enforceable by EPA and
by citizens under this chapter or the Air Pollution Control Act that
limits emissions for purposes of creating offset credits or for complying
with or avoiding the applicability of any major source applicable
requirement.
The property of an odor which causes annoyance or discomfort
to the public and which the Department determines to be objectionable
to the public.
The process of transferring any solid, liquid, or gaseous
matter from one place to another, including, but not limited to, the
unloading of raw materials for processing, intraprocess transfers,
and the loading of products for shipment.
The maximum degree of reduction in emissions of the hazardous
air pollutants subject to this chapter (including a prohibition on
such emissions, where achievable) that the Department or Administrator,
taking into consideration the cost of achieving such emission reduction,
and any non-air quality health and environmental impacts and energy
requirements, determines:
[Amended 3-31-1998]
Is achievable for new or existing sources in
the category or subcategory to which such emission standard applies,
through application of measures, processes, methods, systems, or techniques,
including, but not limited to, measures which:
Reduce the volume of, or eliminate emissions
of, such pollutants through process changes, substitution of materials
or other modifications;
Enclose systems or processes to eliminate emissions;
Collect, capture, or treat such pollutants when
released from a process, stack, storage, or fugitive emissions point;
Are design, equipment, work practice, or operational
standards (including requirements for operator training or certification)
as provided in Section 112(h) of the Clean Air Act; or
Are a combination of the above; and
For new sources, is not less stringent than:
The emission control that is achieved in practice
by the best controlled similar sources; or
For existing sources, is not less stringent
than:
The average emissions limitation achieved by
the best performing 12% of the existing sources (for which the Department
or Administrator has emission information), excluding those sources
that have, within 18 months before the emission standard is proposed
or within 30 months before such standard is promulgated, whichever
is later, first achieved a level of emission rate or emission reduction
which complies, or would comply if the source is not subject to such
standard, with the LAER (as defined by Section 171 of the Clean Air
Act) applicable to the source category and prevailing at the time,
in the category or subcategory for categories and subcategories with
30 or more sources; or
The average emission limitation achieved by
the best performing five sources (for which the Department or Administrator
has or could reasonably obtain emissions information) in the category
or subcategory for categories or subcategories with fewer than 30
sources.
For continuous and intermittent HMIWI, 110%
of the lowest three-hour average charge rate measured during the most
recent performance test demonstrating compliance with all applicable
emission limits.
For batch HMIWI, 110% of the lowest daily charge
rate measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating
compliance with all applicable emission limits.
For intermittent and continuous HMIWI,
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The maximum rated horsepower output of an engine at rated
speed as stated by the manufacturer in the manufacturer's sales and
service literature.
[Added 4-6-2010 by Ord. No. 5-10]
Any waste generated in the diagnosis, treatment,
or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining
thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals that is listed
below:
Cultures and stocks of infectious agents and
associated biologicals, including: cultures from medical and pathological
laboratories; cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research
and industrial laboratories; wastes from the production of biologicals;
discarded live and attenuated vaccines; and culture dishes and devices
used to transfer, inoculate, and mix cultures.
Human pathological waste, including tissues,
organs, and body parts and body fluids that are removed during surgery
or autopsy, or other medical procedures, and specimens of body fluids
and their containers.
Human blood and blood products, including:
Liquid waste human blood;
Products of blood;
Items saturated and/or dripping with human blood;
or
Items that were saturated and/or dripping with
human blood that are now caked with dried human blood; including serum,
plasma, and other blood components, and their containers, which were
used or intended for use in either patient care, testing and laboratory
analysis or the development of pharmaceuticals. Intravenous bags are
also include in this category.
Sharps that have been used in animal or human
patient care or treatment or in medical, research, or industrial laboratories,
including hypodermic needles, syringes (with or without the attached
needle), Pasteur pipettes, scalpel blades, blood vials, needles with
attached tubing, and culture dishes (regardless of presence of infectious
agents). Also included are other types of broken or unbroken glassware
that were in contact with infectious agents, such as used slides and
cover slips.
Animal waste including contaminated animal carcasses,
body parts, and bedding of animals that were known to have been exposed
to infectious agents during research (including research in veterinary
hospitals), production of biologicals or testing of pharmaceuticals.
Isolation wastes including biological waste
and discarded materials contaminated with blood, excretions, exudates,
or secretions from humans who are isolated to protect others from
certain highly communicable diseases, or isolated animals known to
be infected with highly communicable diseases.
Unused sharps, including the following unused,
discarded sharps: hypodermic needles, suture needles, syringes, and
scalpel blades.
The definition of medical/infectious waste does
not include hazardous waste identified or listed under 40 CFR Part
261; household waste, as defined in § 261.4(b) (1) ash from
incineration of medical/ infectious waste, once the incineration process
has been completed; human corpses, remains, and anatomical parts that
are intended for interment or cremation; and domestic sewage materials
as identified in § 261.4(a)(1).
The meaning established by the Administrator pursuant to
the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act.
Except as provided in Subsection B:
The surface coating of any furniture made of metal or any
metal part which will be assembled with other metal, wood, fabric,
plastic, or glass parts to form a furniture piece.
Equipment that meets military specifications, is owned by
the U.S. Department of Defense and/or the U.S. military services or
its allies, and is used in combat, combat support, combat service
support, tactical or relief operations or training for such operations.
[Added 4-6-2010 by Ord. No. 5-10]
A change to incorporate de minimis conditions and other insignificant
physical changes to a source or applicable requirements into an existing
permit or a change that does not require an installation permit but
which contravenes an express permit term, but not:
A change to permit terms or conditions that
the source is violating;
A change to existing monitoring, reporting,
or recordkeeping requirements in the permit except:
A change in the enforceable operating level
of the method that, prior to the source's submission of a minor permit
revision application, the Department has affirmatively determined
the source has demonstrated to be correlated to the source's existing
or proposed compliance emissions rate. The changes may not involve
a switch to a new or alternative monitoring or recordkeeping operating
parameter; or
A change to a monitoring or recordkeeping method
that affects the measurement sensitivity of the method and representativeness
of the data (for example, precision, accuracy, measurement location,
or averaging time), so that there may be a measurable effect in relation
to the relevant source compliance emissions rate; a change that affects
the scope and intent of the existing monitoring method (for example,
modified sample conditioning system, upgraded detector, upgraded data
management system); or changes that may be generally applicable to
similar monitoring methods in the same or other source categories
(for example, equipment modification for interference avoidance).
The changes may not involve a switch to new or alternative monitoring
methods. Prior to the source's submission of a minor permit revision
application, the Department shall have affirmatively determined that
the monitoring or recordkeeping change has been demonstrated by the
source to have a known relationship and ability to determine compliance
with the applicable source compliance emissions rate;
A change that is a modification under Title
I of the Clean Air Act;
A change subject to Title IV of the Clean Air
Act;
A change that exceeds the emissions allowable
under the permit, whether expressed as a rate of emissions or in terms
of total emissions; or
Any other change precluded by the Clean Air
Act or the regulations adopted thereunder as being eligible for processing
as a minor permit modification.
Any source that is not a major source or is not subject to Article III, § 505-26A(2)(c) of this chapter.
All items made of ferrous or nonferrous metals, including,
but not limited to, large farm machinery, small farm machinery, small
appliances, commercial and industrial machinery, fabricated metal
products, and items listed under the Standard Industrial Classification
Code 3300 through 3900. This definition excludes cans, coils, automobiles,
light-duty trucks, metal furniture, magnet wire, large appliances,
fully assembled exteriors of airplanes, and automobile refinishing
and customized top coating of automobiles and trucks, if production
since January 1, 1987, has not exceeded 34 vehicles per day.
An engine that is used to provide motive power to a self-propelled
piece of equipment or vehicle. If such an engine is in a piece of
equipment or vehicle that is not a motor vehicle according to 40 CFR
85.1703, it is a mobile off-road equipment engine. If such an engine
is in a piece of equipment or vehicle that is a motor vehicle according
to 40 CFR 85.1703, it is a mobile off-road equipment if and only if
it meets any one of the following criteria:
[Added 4-6-2010 by Ord. No. 5-10]
Any physical change in a source or any change in the method
of operation of a source which would increase the amount of any air
contaminant emitted by the source or which would result in the emission
of any air contaminant not previously emitted, except that routine
maintenance, repair, and replacement shall not be considered a physical
change.
A solid waste incineration unit at which modifications have
occurred after the effective date of an applicable standard and either:
The cumulative cost of the modifications, over
the life of the unit, exceed 50 percent of the original cost of construction
and installation of the unit (not including the cost of any land purchased
in connection with such construction or installation) updated to current
costs; or
The modification is a physical change in or
change in the method of operation of the unit which increases the
amount of any air pollutant emitted by the unit for which standards
have been established under Section 111 or Section 129 of the Clean
Air Act.
The registered owner, lessee, licensee, school district superintendent,
or bailee of any school bus who operates or directs the operation
of any such bus on either a for-hire or not-for-hire basis.
[Added 8-31-2004 by Ord. No. 30-04]
All vehicles propelled other than by muscular power except
such vehicles as run only on rails or tracks.
[Added 6-7-2005 by Ord. No. 31-05]
See "National Ambient Air Quality Standard."
Any ambient air quality standard promulgated by the EPA pursuant
to Section 109 of the Clean Air Act.
Any emission limitation now or hereafter established by the
EPA pursuant to Section 112 of the Clean Air Act.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means a portable exhaust
system equipped with HEPA filters. The system shall be capable of
maintaining a constant, low velocity, clean air flow out of contaminated
areas, creating a negative pressure differential between the outside
and inside of the contaminated work area.
See "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants."
In the context of a source constructed or modified pursuant to Article II of this chapter, that emission reductions obtained and new emissions from the new or modified source impact air quality in the same general area and manner, and result in an overall improvement in air quality.
Rated heat input.
A Phase 2 outdoor wood-fired boiler that is installed on
or after October 2, 2010.
[Added 5-22-2013 by Ord. No. 15-13]
A solid waste incineration unit the construction of which
is commenced after the Administrator proposes requirements under Section
129 of the Clean Air Act establishing emissions standards or other
requirements which would be applicable to such unit or a modified
solid waste incineration unit.
Any source which:
Was constructed and commenced operation on or
after July 1, 1972; or
Was modified, irrespective of a change in the
amount or kind of air contaminants emitted, so that the fixed capital
cost of new components exceeds 50% of the fixed capital cost that
would be required to construct a comparable entirely new source, fixed
capital costs being the capital needed to provide the depreciable
components.
Any emission limitation promulgated by the EPA pursuant to
Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
CDC - NIOSH, Building J. N.E., Room 3007, Atlanta, GA 30333.
For any pollutant, an area of the County designated as nonattainment
pursuant to Section 107 of the Clean Air Act. With respect to areas
outside the County, "nonattainment area" means an area designated
as nonattainment pursuant to Section 107 of the Clean Air Act as of
the date of issuance of the installation permit for the source affected.
An outdoor wood-fired boiler that has not been qualified
by the EPA as meeting a particulate matter emission level of 0.32
pound per million Btu output or lower and is not labeled accordingly
as a Phase 2 outdoor wood-fired boiler.
[Added 5-22-2013 by Ord. No. 15-13]
A source of air contaminants other than emissions from process
equipment, fuel-burning or combustion equipment, air pollution control
equipment, incinerators, materials handling, or mobile source exhausts
including, but not limited to, exposed earth, roadways, parking lots,
construction activities, demolition, and mining.
Oxides of nitrogen.
A fossil fuel fired indirect heat exchange combustion unit
with a maximum rated heat input capacity of 250 MMBTU/hour or more
and all fossil fuel fired electric generating facilities rated at
15 megawatts or greater and any other source that voluntarily opts
to become a NOx affected source.
The limited authorization to emit one ton of NOx during a specified NOx allowance
control period.
The period beginning May 1 of each year and ending on September
30 of the same year, inclusive.
The computerized system used to track the number of NOx allowances held and used by any person.
The conveyance to another Pennsylvania NATS account of one
or more NOx allowances from one person to another
by whatever means, including, but not limited to, purchase, trade,
auction, or gift.
See "new source performance standards."
Any facility which has not been evacuated for the duration
of the asbestos abatement activity of all persons other than those
directly involved with said abatement activity.
Any sign, signal, marking or device, consistent with the
Vehicle Code, placed or erected by authority of a public body or official
having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding
traffic.
[Added 8-31-2004 by Ord. No. 30-04]
Any device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically
operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and proceed.
[Added 8-31-2004 by Ord. No. 30-04]
The pipes or ducts by which gaseous by-products of coking
are transported from one end of an oven to a coke oven gas collector
main, including the standpipe, standpipe cap and slipjoint, and also
including jumper pipes.
The degree, by percentage, to which emissions of air contaminants
reduce the transmission of light or obscure the view of an object
in the background.
Any space outside of buildings or flues or any point at which
air contaminants pass beyond the effective control of the person responsible
for the source of the air contaminants.
Any fire or combustion from which air contaminants pass directly
into the open air without passing through a flue. The term includes
any fire or combustion which occurs in a chiminea, fire pit, outdoor
fireplace or grill.
[Amended 11-5-2014 by Ord. No. 19-14]
Any batch-loaded device used to clean metal parts through
the condensation of organic solvent on colder metal parts.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means a plan for conducting,
in accordance with 40 CFR § 61.145(c), a number of renovation/maintenance
operations in which the amount of ACM that will be removed or encapsulated
within a one-year period can reasonably be predicted to exceed at
least 160 square feet on facility components.
Any person who operates, controls, or supervises a stationary
source.
[Added 5-22-2013 by Ord. No. 15-13]
A fuel-burning device that:
Is designed to burn, or is capable of burning, clean wood or other fuels listed under § 505-37.1F (relating to outdoor wood-fired boilers).
Has a rated thermal output of less than 350,000 Btu per hour.
The manufacturer designs or specifies for outdoor installation
or installation in structures not normally intended for habitation
by humans or domestic animals, including structures like garages and
sheds.
Heats building space or fluid, or both, through the distribution,
typically through pipes, of a fluid heated in the device, typically
water or a mixture of water and antifreeze.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means the air outside
the work area.
Any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises
a stationary source.
A substance which, when added to gasoline, increases the
amount of oxygen in that gasoline blend. Lawful use of a combination
of these substances requires that they be "substantially similar"
under Section 211(f)(1) of the Clean Air Act, or be permitted under
a waiver granted by the Administrator of the EPA under the authority
of Section 211(f)(1) of the Clean Air Act.
A factor established by the Administrator to reflect the
ozone-depletion potential of a substance, on a mass per kilogram basis,
as compared to chlorofluorocarbon-11 (CFC-11). Such factor shall be
based upon the substance's atmospheric lifetime, the molecular weight
of bromine and chlorine, and the substance's ability to be photolytically
disassociated, and upon other factors determined to be an accurate
measure of relative ozone-depletion potential.
Any nominally cylindrical metal shipping container which
has a capacity between one and 12 gallons (3.8 and 45.4 liters) and
which is constructed of twenty-nine-gauge and heavier material.
A coating applied in a uniform layer to paper and pressure
sensitive tapes regardless of substrate, including related web coating
processes on plastic films and decorative coatings on metal foil.
Coatings applied in whole or in part as nonuniform layers such as
patterns, designs, or print are not included.
Any operating permit or group of operating permits covering a source subject to § 505-26A of this chapter that is issued, renewed, amended, or revised pursuant to this chapter.
Any source subject to § 505-26A of this chapter.
A unit of concentration defined as one volume of gaseous
air contaminant per million volumes of gas.
Any material, except uncombined water, that is, or has been,
air or gasborne and exists as a solid or liquid at 70° F and 14.7
pounds per square inch absolute pressure.
Waste material consisting of only human or animal remains,
anatomical parts, and/or tissue, the bags/containers used to collect
and transport the waste material, and animal bedding (if applicable).
The process of covering an area with stone, concrete, asphalt,
or other material in order to make a firm, level surface for travel.
Materials used exclusively as residential driveway sealing compounds
are excluded.
Any petroleum solvent vapor or liquid leaks that are conspicuous
from visual observation; such as pools or droplets of liquid, or buckets
or barrels of solvent or solvent-laden waste standing open to the
atmosphere.
A revision to a § 505-26 permit that cannot be accomplished under the program's provisions for minor modifications or administrative permit amendments. A permit modification for purposes of the acid rain portion of the permit shall be governed by regulations promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act.
Any permit modification or administrative permit amendment.
The Department or its designated representative.
Any individual, natural person, syndicate, association, partnership,
firm, corporation, institution, agency, authority, department, bureau,
or other instrumentality of federal, state, local, or regional government,
or other entity recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
Any individual, natural person, syndicate, association, partnership,
firm, corporation, institution or other entity recognized by law as
the subject of rights and duties who owns, operates, or allows to
be operated, a source which is subject to the permit requirements
of the Clean Air Act or to the permit requirements of this chapter
or which is, or may become, subject to any enforcement order under
the Clean Air Act or this chapter, except that it shall not mean:
An individual who is, or may become, subject
to a compliance order solely by reason of his ownership or operation
of a motor vehicle;
Any agency, authority, department, bureau, or
instrumentality of federal, state, local or regional government;
A person who is subject to the permit requirements
of this chapter or who is, or may become, subject to a compliance
order solely by reason of his ownership or operation of a domestic
heating plant;
A university or other educational institution,
so long as the relationship of the proposed appointee or hearing board
member to the university or other educational institution is confined
to teaching and other educational duties and does not include providing
services relating to the physical operation of the university or other
educational institution; or
A bank, savings and loan association or other
such institution, so long as the relationship of the proposed appointee
or hearing board member to the institution is solely that of depositor
in one or more savings, checking or other interest-bearing accounts.
Organic material solvents produced by petroleum distillation,
comprising a hydrocarbon range of mainly eight to 12 carbon atoms
per organic molecule, that are used as cleaning agents in the petroleum
solvent dry-cleaning industry.
A process for the cleaning of fabrics with a petroleum solvent
by means of one or more washings in solvent, extraction of excess
solvent, and drying by exposure to a heated air stream. A petroleum
solvent dry-cleaning facility includes, but is not limited to, washers,
dryers, solvent filters and purification systems, waste disposal systems,
holding tanks, pumps, and attendant piping and valves.
A process for the application of an essentially nonmedicinal,
protective coating to a pharmaceutical product.
An outdoor wood-fired boiler that has been qualified by the
EPA as meeting a particulate matter emission level of 0.32 pound per
million Btu output or lower and is labeled accordingly.
[Added 5-22-2013 by Ord. No. 15-13]
Particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than
or equal to a nominal 2.5 micrometers as measured by an applicable
reference method, or equivalent or alternative method, specified by
the EPA or by method specified in this chapter.
[Added 5-4-2010 by Ord. No. 11-10]
Particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than
or equal to a nominal ten micrometers as measured by an applicable
reference method, or equivalent or alternative method, specified by
the EPA or by a method specified in this chapter.
Designed and capable of being carried or moved from one location
to another. Indicia of portability include, but are not limited to,
wheels, skids, carrying handles, dolly, trailer, or platform. For
the purposes of this regulation, dredge engines on a boat or barge
are considered portable. The engine is not portable if:
[Added 4-6-2010 by Ord. No. 5-10]
The engine or its replacement is attached to a foundation or,
if not so attached, will reside at the same location for more than
12 consecutive months. The period during which the engine is maintained
at a storage facility shall be excluded from the residency time determination.
Any engine, such as a back-up or stand-by engine, that replaces an
engine(s) at a location, and is intended to perform the same or similar
function as the engine(s) being replaced, will be included in calculating
the consecutive time period. In that case, the cumulative time of
all engines, including the time between the removal of the original
engine(s) and installation of the replacement engine(s), will be counted
toward the consecutive time period; or
The engine remains or will reside at a location for fewer than
12 consecutive months if the engine is located at a seasonal source
and operates during the full annual operating period of the seasonal
source, where a seasonal source is a stationary source that remains
in a single location on a permanent basis (at least two years) and
that operates at that single location at least three months each year;
or
The engine is moved from one location to another in an attempt
to circumvent the portable residency time requirements.
The maximum capacity of a source to emit air contaminants,
including fugitive emissions, under the physical and operational design
of the source. Any physical or operational limitation on the capacity
to emit air contaminants, including air pollution control equipment
and techniques and permit conditions limiting the operating rate,
hours of operation, or fuels or raw materials used, shall be treated
as part of the design of the source to the extent such limitation,
or its effect on emissions, is federally enforceable under the provisions
of the Clean Air Act.
The maximum capacity of a stationary source to emit any air
pollutant under its physical and operational design. Any physical
or operational limitation on the capacity of a source to emit an air
pollutant, including air pollution control equipment and restrictions
on hours of operation or on the type or amount of material combusted,
stored, or processed, shall be treated as part of its design if the
limitation is enforceable by the Administrator and citizens under
the Clean Air Act. This term does not alter or affect the use of this
term for any other purposes under the Act, or the term "capacity factor"
as used in title IV of the Clean Air Act or the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
The total weight of a particular air contaminant, in the
absence of any air pollution control equipment, that could be emitted
per unit of time from an air contaminant source when such source is
operated at its rated capacity and maximum hours of operation.
The removal of paint, rust, mill scale, or any other surface
coating, containing lead or lead compounds and in which the lead content
(calculated as lead metal) is in excess of 0.5% by weight of the total
nonvolatile content of the surface coating or the weight of the dry
surface coating, with any power operated tool including but not limited
to wire brushes, sanders, scrapers, grinders, or descalers.
Parts per million.
The requirements promulgated in 40 CFR Part 52 by the Administrator
of the EPA pursuant to Section 161 of the Clean Air Act.
The first of two or more films of coating applied to a metal
surface.
Any operation or series of operations, including all equipment,
devices, or other contrivances and all flues and appurtenances thereto,
for making any physical or chemical change for the purpose of transforming
materials into any product of manufacture, and which may result in
the emission of air contaminants, but not including equipment defined
as fuel-burning or combustion equipment or incinerators. A process
includes any operation by which materials are charged or otherwise
placed into the first piece of equipment which makes a physical or
chemical change in the materials and all intervening steps up to and
including any operation by which the product is discharged or otherwise
removed from the final piece of equipment which makes a physical or
chemical change. Similar or parallel operations within a process shall
be considered as a single operation except where such aggregation
would result in greater allowable emissions or a lesser permit fee.
Any machine, device, system, or other contrivance used in
any process, the use of which may cause emissions of any air contaminants,
including flues and all appurtenances thereto, but not including equipment
defined as fuel-burning or combustion equipment or incinerators.
Any air contaminant entering into open air from a process
by means other than a flue.
The version of an operating permit that the Bureau proposes
to issue and forwards to the Administrator for review in compliance
with 40 CFR 70.8.
See "prevention of significant deterioration requirements."
Rotogravure printing upon paper which is subsequently formed
into books, magazines, catalogues, brochures, directories, newspaper
supplements, and other types of printed material.
The endothermic gasification of hospital waste and/or medical/infectious
waste using external energy.
The operation by which coke is removed from a coke oven and
transported to a quench station, beginning, for the coke oven batteries
designated 13, 14, 15, 20, and B at the USX Corporation Clairton Works,
at the time the coke mass starts to move and ending at the time the
coke transfer car enters the coke quenching system, and for all other
coke oven batteries, beginning when the coke side door is first removed
from a coke oven and continuing until the quenching operation is commenced.
See "reasonably available control technology."
The operating limit of a source as stated by the manufacturer
or as determined by good engineering judgement, or such other operating
limit as is specified in an applicable permit condition.
Either:
Any air pollution control equipment, process modifications,
operating and maintenance standards, or other apparatus or techniques
which may reduce emissions and which the Department determines is
available for use by the source affected in consideration of the necessity
for obtaining the emission reductions, the social and economic impact
of such reductions, and the availability of alternative means of providing
for the attainment and maintenance of the NAAQS'.
A person who owns, leases, operates, controls or supervises
a refinery.
A plant which produces petroleum products, including gasoline.
A person who purchases gasoline identified by the corporate,
trade or brand name of a refiner or a distributor and resells or transfers
the gasoline to retailers or wholesale purchaser-consumers displaying
the refiner's or distributor's brand, and whose assets or facilities
are not owned, leased or controlled by the refiner or distributor.
An establishment at which gasoline is sold or offered for
sale to the ultimate consumer for use in motor vehicles.
A person who owns, leases, operates, controls or supervises
a retail outlet.
Garbage, rubbish, trade waste, or other waste.
The following:
Nitrogen oxides or any volatile organic compounds;
Any pollutant for which a NAAQS has been promulgated;
Any pollutant that is subject to any standard
promulgated under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act;
Any EPA Class I or II substance subject to a
standard promulgated under or established by title VI of the Clean
Air Act; or
Any pollutant subject to a standard promulgated
under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act or other requirements established
under Section 112 of the Act, including Sections 112(g), (j), and
(r) of the Act, including the following:
Any pollutant subject to requirements under
Subsection 112(j) of the Clean Air Act. If the Administrator fails
to promulgate a standard by the date established pursuant to Subsection
112(e) of the Act, any pollutant for which a subject source would
be major shall be considered to be regulated on the date 18 months
after the applicable date established pursuant to Subsection 112(e)
of the Act; and
Any pollutant for which the requirements of
Section 112(g)(2) of the Clean Air Act have been met, but only with
respect to the individual source subject to the requirement of Section
112(g)(2) of the Act.
For asbestos abatement purposes, means the stripping or taking
off of any ACM from surfaces or facility components.
A heated process, such as reduction, cooking, drying, dehydrating,
digesting, evaporating, and protein processing.
The process by which a permit is reissued at the end of its
term.
A new source which has the following relationship to an existing
source, emission unit, or group of emission units:
The new source produces products of similar
physical and chemical properties;
The new source is located in the same general
area;
The ambient impact area of emissions from the
new source substantially overlaps that of the emissions from the existing
source, emission unit, or group of emission units; and
Upon operation of the new source, the existing
source, emission unit, or group of emission units will be permanently
shut down.
Not own a controlling interest in, have 5% or more of total
assets invested in, serve as attorney, consultant, officer or director
for, or hold any other official or contractual relationship with persons
subject to this chapter, or any trade or business association of which
such person is a member.
Emissions units, either in a laboratory or as part of a pilot
project, that are not engaged in either the manufacture or products
for commercial sale except in de minimis amounts on an infrequent
basis or internal manufacturing use except in de minimis amounts on
an infrequent basis, and are used exclusively for either:
Research and development into new products or
processes, the improvement of existing products or processes or new
uses for existing products or processes; or
Basic research to provide for education or the
general advancement of technology or knowledge, where the source is
also operated under the close supervision of technically trained personnel.
A person who purchases gasoline identified by the corporate,
trade or brand name of a refiner.
One of the following:
For a corporation, where the authority to act
on behalf of the corporation is documented in writing to the Department
by a certificate of corporate authority executed by the secretary
of the corporation:
A president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president
of the corporation in charge of the subject principal business function;
Any other person who performs similar policy
or decision-making functions for the corporation; or
For a partnership or sole proprietorship: a
general partner or the proprietor, respectively;
For a municipality, state, federal, or other
public agency, either: 1) a ranking elected official; 2) a principal
executive officer (e.g., the chief executive officer having responsibility
for the overall operations of a principal geographic unit of the agency);
or 3) a duly authorized representative of a person under Item 1 or
2 above if the representative is responsible for the overall operation
of one or more departments of the agency applying for or subject to
a permit, whose authority to act on behalf of the governmental body
or agency is documented in writing to the Department by a certified
resolution or executive order of the controlling elected board, commission,
council, or official; and
Notwithstanding any of the above, for affected
sources, for purposes of complying with Title IV of the Clean Air
Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder: the designated representative.
Federal reformulated gasoline; gasoline that meets the requirements
for RFG as specified in 40 CFR Part 80, Subpart D (relating to reformulated
gasoline).
The application of words, designs, and pictures to a substrate
usually by means of a series of hard rubber or steel rolls, each with
only partial coverage.
The application of words, designs, and pictures to a substrate
by means of a roll printing technique which involves an intaglio or
recessed image area in the form of cells.
The measure of pressure exerted on the interior of a special
container as determined by the appropriate methodologies in 40 CFR
Part 80, Appendix 3.
An institution for the education or training of children,
including but not limited to kindergartens, rehabilitation centers,
day-care centers, Head Start centers, group day-care homes, family
day-care homes and summer camps; also, any public or private school
used for the purposes of education and instruction of more than 12
school pupils at or below the 12th grade level, but does not include
any private school in which education and instruction is primarily
conducted in private homes. The term includes any building or structure,
playground, athletic field, or other area of school property. The
term excludes unimproved school property.
[Added 8-31-2004 by Ord. No. 30-04]
A motor vehicle designed to carry 11 passengers or more,
including the driver, and used for the transportation of preprimary,
primary or secondary school students to or from public, private or
parochial schools or events related to these schools or school-related
activities, and as further defined in the Vehicle Code, 67 Pa. Code
§ 171.2.
[Added 8-31-2004 by Ord. No. 30-04]
A person who drives a school bus as defined in 75 Pa.C.S.
§ 102 (relating to definitions) or 67 Pa. Code § 171
(relating to school buses and school vehicles), except an owner or
employee of an official inspection station driving the vehicle for
the purpose of inspection.
[Added 8-31-2004 by Ord. No. 30-04]
Specific, quantifiable emissions from any related new or
existing source(s), which emissions occur as a result of the operation
of a new or modified major (primary) source but which are not emitted
from the primary source itself.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means a room between
the clean room and the equipment room in the worker decontamination
enclosure system with hot and cold running water controllable at the
tap and suitably arranged for complete showering during decontamination.
An increase in pollutant concentrations exceeding
the following:
|
Pollutant
|
Average Time
| |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Annual
|
24-Hour
|
8-Hour
|
3-Hour
|
1-Hour
| ||
|
PM-10
|
1.0 ug/m3
|
5 ug/m3
|
—
|
—
|
—
| |
|
Particulate
|
1 ug/m3
|
5 ug/m3
|
—
|
—
|
—
| |
|
SO2
|
1 ug/m3
|
5 ug/m3
|
—
|
25 ug/m3
|
—
| |
|
NOx
|
1 ug/m3
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
| |
|
CO
|
—
|
—
|
0.5 mg/m3
|
—
|
2.0 mg/m3
| |
|
Lead
|
0.1 ug/m3
|
—
|
—
|
—
| ||
All major new or modified sources of volatile
organic compounds shall be considered to have a significant air quality
impact.
Any modification of a permit under Article III of this chapter that does not qualify as a minor permit modification or an administrative amendment under this chapter, including every significant change in existing monitoring permit terms or conditions and every relaxation of reporting or recordkeeping permit terms or conditions.
Ten percent or more of gross personal income for a calendar
year, including retirement benefits, consultant fees and stock dividends,
except that it shall mean 50% or more of gross personal income for
a calendar year if the recipient is over 60 years of age and is receiving
such portion pursuant to retirement, pension or similar arrangement.
Income received from mutual-fund payments, or from other diversified
investments as to which the recipient does not know the identity of
the primary source of income, shall be considered part of the recipient's
gross personal income but shall not be treated as income derived from
persons subject to the Clean Air Act or this chapter.
See "state implementation plan."
One film of coating applied to a metal surface.
Except as provided in Subsection B:
An HMIWI whose maximum design waste-burning
capacity is less than or equal to 200 pounds per hour; or
A continuous or intermittent HMIWI whose maximum
charge rate is less than or equal to 200 pounds per hour; or
A batch HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is less
than or equal to 1,600 pounds per day.
A source that has total potential emissions of less than
100 tons of all regulated air pollutants per year, or any class of
persons that the Administrator determines, through regulation, generally
lack technical ability or knowledge regarding control of air pollution.
Any fuel-burning or combustion equipment, process equipment,
or incinerator with a rated heat input of 1,000,000 BTU's per hour
or less.
Any tank from which gasoline is dispensed to motor vehicle
gasoline tanks.
Uncombusted emissions from an open standpipe which has been
dampered off in preparation of pushing the coke mass out of the oven
and shall end when pushing begins, i.e., when the coke side door is
removed.
[Added 8-27-2013 by Ord. No. 21-13]
The ratio of the total volume of coating solids that is added
to the electrodeposited primer system in a calendar month divided
by the total volume design capacity of the electrodeposited primer
system (effective January 1, 2014).
[Added 5-22-2013 by Ord. No. 16-13]
The meaning established by the Administrator pursuant to
the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 USC § 6901 et seq.).
A distinct operating unit of any source which combusts any
solid waste material from commercial or industrial establishments
or the general public (including single and multiple residences, hotels,
and motels). Such term does not include:
Incinerators or other units required to have
a permit under Section 3005 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 USC
§ 6925);
Materials recovery sources (including primary
or secondary smelters) which combust waste for the primary purpose
of recovering metals;
Qualifying small power production sources, as
defined in Paragraph 3(17)(C) of the Federal Power Act [16 USC 769(17)(C)],
or qualifying cogeneration sources, as defined in Paragraph 3(18)(B)
of the Federal Power Act [16 USC 796(18)(B)], which burn homogeneous
waste (such as units which burn tires or used oil, but not including
refuse-derived fuel) for the production of electric energy or in the
case of qualifying cogeneration sources which bum homogeneous waste
for the production of electric energy and steam or forms of useful
energy (such as heat) which are used for industrial, commercial, heating
or cooling purposes; or
Air curtain incinerators provided that such
incinerators only burn wood wastes, yard wastes and clean lumber and
that such air curtain incinerators comply with opacity limitations
to be established by the Administrator by rule.
Organic compounds which are liquid at standard conditions
and which are used as dissolvers, viscosity reducers, or cleaning
agents.
A class of dry cleaning dryers that employs a condenser to
liquefy and recover solvent vapors evaporated in a closed-loop, recirculating
stream of heated air.
Any place, structure, building, facility, equipment,
installation, operation, activity, or other thing or any combination
thereof:
At, from, or by reason of which there may be
emitted into the outdoor atmosphere any air contaminant;
Which is located on one or more contiguous or
adjacent properties; and
Which is owned, operated, or allowed to be operated
by the same person or by persons under common control or which is
jointly owned, operated, or allowed to be operated by two or more
persons,
This does not include motor vehicles or those
emissions resulting directly from an internal combustion engine for
transportation purposes or from a nonroad engine or nonroad vehicle
as defined in Section 216 of the Clean Air Act.
Any waste-derived liquid fuel that meets the specifications in Article V of this chapter.
A temperature of 70° F and a pressure of 14.7 pounds
per square inch absolute.
The implementation plans submitted by the Commonwealth and
approved by the EPA pursuant to Section 110 of the Clean Air Act.
A compression ignition engine that is designed to stay in
one location, or remains in one location. A compression ignition engine
is stationary if any of the following are true:
[Added 4-6-2010 by Ord. No. 5-10]
The engine or its replacement is attached to a foundation or,
if not so attached, resides at the same location for more than 12
consecutive months. Any engine, such as backup or standby engines,
that replaces an engine at a location and is intended to perform the
same or similar function as the engine(s) being replaced shall be
included in calculating the consecutive time period. The cumulative
time of all engines, including the time between the removal of the
original engine(s) and installation of the replacement engine(s),
will be counted toward the consecutive time period; or
The engine remains or will reside at a location for fewer than
12 consecutive months if the engine is located at a seasonal source
and operates during the full annual operating period of the seasonal
source, where a seasonal source is a stationary source that remains
in a single location on a permanent basis (at least two years) and
that operates at that single location at least three months each year;
or
The engine is moved from one location to another in an attempt
to circumvent the twelve-month residency time requirement. The period
during which the engine is maintained at a storage facility shall
be excluded from the residency time determination.
The production of liquid steel.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means any load-supporting
or non-load-supporting member of a facility, such as beams, walls,
and ceilings.
The application and solidification of a coating.
A rail car which is used for transporting liquids in bulk
and in an unpackaged form.
A new or modified source whose operating life is limited
by a permit condition to no more than two years.
A facility at which gasoline is sold, or dispensed into trucks
for transportation to retail outlets or wholesale purchaser-consumer
facilities.
A premium interior wall paneling product made of hardboard
that is used in high-moisture areas of the home, including kitchens
and bathrooms. Tileboard meets the specifications for Class I hardboard
approved by the American National Standards Institute. (Effective
January 1, 2011)
[Added 5-4-2010 by Ord. No. 10-10]
The final film or series of films of coating applied in a
two-coat or more operation.
A rating of toxicity from the 1989 international toxic equivalency
factors that relates the toxicity of a chemical to the toxicity of
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin. The ratings of TEQ are
those found in Table 2 of 40 CFR 60, Subpart Ec.
Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste resulting from the operation
of any business, trade, or industry.
The ratio of the weight of coating solids deposited onto
the surface of a coated part to the weight of the total amount of
coating solids used expressed as a percentage.
Waste consisting of highly combustible materials such as
paper, cardboard, cartons, wood boxes, and combustible floor sweepings,
containing no more than 10% by weight of plastic bags, coated paper,
laminated paper, treated corrugated cardboard, oily rags, and plastic
and rubber scraps, containing approximately ten-percent moisture and
five-percent incombustible solids and having a heating value of approximately
8,500 BTU's per pound as fired.
An area of the County designated as unclassifiable pursuant
to Section 107 of the Clean Air Act.
A geological shale formation existing below the base of the
Elk Sandstone or its geologic equivalent stratigraphic interval where
natural gas generally cannot be produced at economic flow rates or
in economic volumes except by vertical or horizontal well bores stimulated
by hydraulic fracture treatments or by using multilateral well bores
or other techniques to expose more of the formation to the well bore.
[Added 12-17-2013 by Ord. No. 31-13]
A bore hole drilled or being drilled for the purpose of or
to be used for the production of natural gas from an unconventional
formation.
[Added 12-17-2013 by Ord. No. 31-13]
A vapor transport system which directs the vapors from the
vessel being loaded into either a vessel being unloaded or a vapor
control system or vapor holding tank.
A system that is designed to control the release of volatile
organic compounds displaced from a vessel during transfer.
The application of a decorative or protective topcoat or
printing on vinyl sheets.
Emissions of air contaminants which can be seen by the naked
eye in contrast with any background.
See "volatile organic compound."
An organic compound which participates in atmospheric photochemical reactions other than those compounds which the Administrator of the EPA designates in the Federal Register as having negligible photochemical reactivity and those compounds excluded from the definition of volatile organic compounds by 40 CFR Part 51 (relating to permit requirements). VOC shall be measured by the test procedures and conditions specified in Article VII of this chapter.
Any liquid fuel consisting of, containing, or derived from
a waste substance or substances, including, but not limited to, waste
defined as hazardous wastes, chemicals, solvents, paints, varnishes,
animal fats, contaminated waters, synthetically produced oils, oils
derived from coal or animal or vegetable oils, automotive crankcase
oil, other automotive liquids, gasoline and oil truck and barge residues,
oil spill clean-up residues, oils recovered from wastewater, metal-working
oils, lubricating oils, turbine lubricating oils, diesel engine lubrication
oils, hydraulic fluids, quenching oils, dielectric fluids, tars, and
by-products or off-specification products from manufacturing processes,
except:
Petroleum refinery by-products generated from
the refining of virgin crude oil and returned to the same refinery
process upstream from distillation shall not cause liquid fuels produced
by such refinery process to be classified as waste-derived liquid
fuels.
A holding area for waste liquids in which materials are separated
from water by gravity.
A crude oil with a pour point of 50° F (10° C) or
higher as determined by the American Society of Testing and Materials
Standard D97-66, Test for Pour Point of Petroleum Oils.
The process of eliminating asbestos contamination from building
surfaces and objects by using cloths, mops, or other cleaning tools
which have been dampened with water.
An entity or individual that is an ultimate consumer of gasoline
which purchases or obtains gasoline from a supplier for use in motor
vehicles and receives delivery of that product into a storage tank
of at least five-hundred-fifty-gallon capacity substantially under
the control of that entity or individual.
Designated rooms, spaces, or areas in which asbestos abatement
actions are to be undertaken or which may become contaminated as a
result of such abatement actions.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means that portion of
a decontamination enclosure system designed for controlled passage
of workers, and other authorized persons, consisting of a cleanroom,
a shower room, and an equipment room separated from each other and
from the work area by airlocks.
For purposes of asbestos abatement, means each day before,
but not including, the proposed day on which a demolition or asbestos
abatement project is proposed to begin except for Saturdays, Sundays,
and official County of Allegheny holidays (excluding Flag Day).
