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(a) Issuance of Permits by Other Departments. No permit for the erection, construc tion, reconstruction or alteration of any building, plant or structure related in any manner to fuel- burning, refuse-burning or process equipment which may be a source of air contaminants shall be issued by the Building and Zoning Inspector or by any other department, bureau, division, officer or employee of the City until the Commissioner of Air Pollution Control has issued an installation permit covering the equipment under his jurisdiction to be used in the building, plant or structure, as provided in this Air Pollution Code.
(b) Coordinated Inspections. It shall be the duty of any department, bureau, division, officer or employee of the City, having charge of the inspection of the premises upon which such equipment is located to cooperate with the Commissioner to determine that the execution of the work authorized by the installation permit is done in conformity with the plans and specifications approved by the Commissioner.
(Ord. 53-70. Passed 5-25-70.)
Emissions exceeding any of the limits established in this Air Pollution Code as a direct result of the breakdown of any equipment shall not be deemed a violation of such limits, provided that the owner or operator, by telephone, messenger or in person, immediately advises the Commissioner of Air Pollution Control of the circumstances, outlines a corrective program acceptable to the Commissioner and confirms such program to the Commissioner, in writing, by registered or certified mail, within five days after the occurrence of such breakdown and provided further that the Commissioner gives written approval of the proposed corrective program.
If the number of breakdowns of any piece of equipment exceeds three in any one year, the Commissioner may require the owner or operator thereof to submit a satisfactory maintenance program for such equipment. Failure to maintain equipment in accordance with such program shall be grounds for revocation of the certificate of operation.
(Ord. 53-70. Passed 5-25-70.)
(a) Smoke; Equivalent Opacity.
(1) No person shall cause or permit the emission into the atmosphere, from any new source of process or fuel-burning equipment approved for installation after the effective date of this Air Pollution Code (Ordinance 53-70, passed May 25, 1970), of any air contaminant whatsoever which is:
A. Of a shade or density darker than that designated as No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart;
B. Of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree greater than does the smoke designated as No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart;
C. Of a shade or density darker than that designated as No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart for a period or periods aggregating more than three minutes in any one hour or nine minutes in any eight-hour period; or
D. Of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree greater than does the smoke designated as No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart for a period or periods aggregating more than three minutes in any one hour or nine minutes in any eight-hour period.
(2) No person shall cause or permit the emission into the atmosphere, from any existing source of process or fuel-burning equipment or any open fire approved in accordance with Section 1462.20(b), of any air contaminant whatsoever which is:
A. Of a shade or density equal to or darker than that designated as No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart;
B. Of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree greater than does the smoke designated as No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart;
C. Of a shade or density equal to or darker than that designated as No. 3 on the Ringelmann Chart for a period or periods aggregating more than five minutes in any one hour or fifteen minutes in any eight- hour period; or
D. Of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree greater than does smoke designated as No. 3 on the Ringelmann Chart for a period or periods aggregating more than five minutes in any one hour or fifteen minutes in any eight-hour period.
(3) No person shall cause or permit the emission into the atmosphere, from any refuse-burning equipment, of any air contaminant which is:
A. Of a shade or density darker than that designated as No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart; or
B. Of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree greater than does the smoke designated as No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart.
(4) No person shall cause or permit the emission into the atmosphere, from any diesel locomotive or diesel-driven steamship, of any air contaminant which is:
A. Of a shade or density darker than that designated as No. I on the Ringelmann Chart;
B. Of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree greater than that designated as No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart;
C. Of a shade or density equal to or darker than the smoke designated as No. 3 on the Ringelmann Chart for a period or periods aggregating more than thirty seconds in any three consecutive minutes or four minutes in any fifteen consecutive minutes; or
D. Of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree equal to or greater than does the smoke designated as No. 3 on the Ringelmann Chart for a period or periods aggregating more than thirty seconds in any three consecutive minutes or four minutes in any fifteen consecutive minutes.
(5) The limitations on visible emissions established in subparagraphs (a)(1) through (3) hereof shall not apply:
A. To any fire started for the purpose of training or research when such fire is approved by the Commissioner of Air Pollution Control; or
B. When the presence of uncombined water is the only reason for the failure of an emission to meet such limitations.
(6) All process or fuel-burning equipment existing prior to the effective date of this Air Pollution Code (Ordinance 53-70, passed May 25, 1970) shall be in compliance with the limitations set forth in subparagraph (a)(1) hereof by December 31, 1971.
(b) Odors.
(1) No person, or his agent or employee, shall cause or permit the emission of odorous matter into the atmosphere so as to cause an objectionable odor, as determined by the Commissioner or his duly authorized representative or as determined in subsection (b)(2) hereof, in any of the following locations:
A. On or adjacent to residential, recreational, institutional, retail sales, hotel or educational premises;
B. On or adjacent to industrial premises, when air containing such odorous matter is diluted with twenty or more volumes of odor-free air; or
C. On or adjacent to premises other than those listed in subparagraphs (b)(1)A. and B. hereof, when air containing such odorous matter is diluted with four or more volumes of odor-free air.
(2) An odor shall also be deemed objectionable if not less than thirty percent of a sample of twenty or more persons, or not less than seventy-five percent of a sample of less than twenty persons, exposed to it believe it to be objectionable in usual places of occupancy.
(3) After an odor is deemed objectionable as provided herein, the Commissioner shall issue an order for abatement as provided in Section 1462.09.
(c) Rendering Plants.
(1) As used in this section, "rendering plant" means the land, buildings, machinery, apparatus and fixtures employed in a process by which, through the use of heat or other methods, unsalable, spoiled or contaminated animal, poultry or fish matter is so treated as to convert it into fats and oils, foods for poultry, livestock or pets, fertilizer or other products.
(2) No person shall operate or cause to be operated a rendering plant.
(Ord. 53-70. Passed 5-25-70.)
(a) Emissions from Fuel-Burning Equipment.
(1) No person shall cause or permit to be emitted into the atmosphere from any fuel-burning equipment or premises or to pass a convenient measuring point near the stack outlet any particulate matter in the gases exceeding 0.60 pound per 1,000,000 BTU of heat input for installations having a total input of less than 10,000,000 BTU per hour. Figure I and Table I shall be used to determine the permitted particulate emission limitation for sources with a rated heat input equal to or greater than 10,000,000 BTU per hour.
(2) The burning of refuse in fuel-burning equipment is hereby prohibited.
(3) All fuel-burning equipment existing prior to the effective date of this Air Pollution Code (Ordinance 53-70, passed May 25, 1970) shall be in compliance with the limits established in subparagraph (a)(1) hereof sixty days after such effective date.
(b) Emissions from Refuse-Burning Equipment.
(1) No person shall cause or permit to be emitted into the atmosphere from any refuse-burning equipment or premises or to pass a convenient measuring point near the stack outlet any particulate matter in the gases exceeding 0.40 pounds per hour for installations charging not more than 175 pounds per hour of total refuse. Figure II and Table II shall be used to determine the permitted particulate emission limitation for installations charging more than 175 pounds per hour of total refuse.
(2) All refuse-burning equipment existing prior to the effective date of this Air Pollution Code (Ordinance 53-70, passed May 25, 1970) shall be in compliance with the limits established in subparagraph (b)(1) hereof sixty days after such effective date.
(c) Emissions from Process Equipment.
(1) No person shall cause or permit the emission of any particulate matter from any process equipment whatsoever in excess of the permitted emission provided in Figure III and Table III.
(2) All process equipment existing prior to the effective date of this Air Pollution Code (Ordinance 53-70, passed May 25, 1970) shall be in compliance with the limits established in subparagraph (c)(1) hereof sixty days after such effective date.
(d) Use of Table. To use the table, find the process weight per hour in the table and note the allowable rate of emissions in pounds per hour for such process weight. If two or more process units connect to a single stack or chimney, each unit shall, for the purpose of computing the maximum permitted emission rate, be considered a separate entity, with the permitted emission rate for the stack or chimney being the sum of the individual computations. A more severe limitation may be imposed, depending upon the quantity and the degree of toxicity of the individual components of the particulate emission.
(a) Open Fires. No person shall cause or permit the burning of any paper, wood, leaves or other combustible matter or waste material or of any motor vehicle or part thereof within the corporate limits in an open fire without first obtaining written approval therefor from the Commissioner of Air Pollution Control or his agent.
(b) Emission of Sulfur Oxides.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (d) hereof, no person shall cause or permit the emission of gas containing sulfur oxides of more than 2,000 amps from any existing process equipment or 500 ppm from any new process equipment.
(2) No person shall cause or permit the use of fuel containing two percent or more of sulfur by weight in any existing fuel-burning equipment or fuel containing one percent or more of sulfur by weight in any new fuel-burning equipment.
(3) Nothing contained in subparagraph (b)(2) hereof shall be construed to prohibit the use in fuel-burning equipment of fuel with a sulfur content greater than the maximum amount permitted in this section, provided that such equipment is equipped with control apparatus so as to continually prevent the emission of any sulfur oxides in amounts greater than those that would be emitted from burning fuel containing the maximum amount of sulfur permitted herein in the same equipment without such control apparatus.
(4) The percentage, by weight, of sulfur in the fuel shall be determined in accordance with the methods of the A.S.T.M.
(5) For purposes of this section, all emissions of sulfur oxides shall be expressed as concentrations of sulfur dioxide.
(6) All process and fuel-burning equipment existing prior to the effective date of this Air Pollution Code (Ordinance 53-70, passed May 25, 1970) shall be in compliance with the limits established herein sixty days after such effective date.
(c) Emission of Particulate Matter from Processing, Transporting or Storing Material in the Open Air. No person shall cause or permit the handling, processing, transporting or storage of any material on any premises in a manner which permits or may permit particulate matter to become air-borne, which matter exceeds either of the following standards:
(1) No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart or its equivalent opacity; or
(2) A suspended particulate matter value of 500 micrograms per cubic meter at or beyond the property line measured at normally occupied levels for a sampling period of one hour or more.
(d) Nuisances.
(1) No person or his agent or employee shall cause or permit the emission of air contaminants into the atmosphere so as to cause a nuisance, as determined by the Commissioner or his duly authorized representative.
(2) An emission shall also be deemed a nuisance if not less than thirty percent of a sample of twenty or more persons, or not less than seventy-five percent of a sample of less than twenty persons, exposed to it believe it to be objectionable in usual places of occupancy.
(3) After an emission is deemed a nuisance, as provided herein, the Commissioner shall issue an order for abatement as provided in Section 1462.09.
(e) Other Emissions. Air contaminants not specifically covered by the provisions of this Air Pollution Code may be the subject of tests, studies and orders for abatement by the Commissioner.
(Ord. 53-70. Passed 5-25-70.)
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