(a) No person shall cause or allow to be emitted into the atmosphere from any fuel-burning equipment or premises or to pass a convenient measuring point near the stack outlet, particulate matter in the gases to exceed four-hundredths (0.04) lb. per one hundred thousand (100,000) BTU heat input for installations using less than ten million (10,000,000) BTU per hour total input. Figure I and Table II of Appendix B of this Title shall be used to determine the allowable particulate emission limitation for sources with a rated heat input equal to or greater than ten million (10,000,000) BTU per hour.
(b) The “heat input” shall be the aggregate heat content of all fuels whose products of combustion emanate from a single fuel-burning unit. The heat input-value used shall be the equipment manufacturer’s or designer’s guaranteed maximum input, whichever is greater. The total heat input of all fuel-burning units on a plant or premises which are united either physically or operationally, shall be used for determining the maximum allowable amount of particulate matter which may be emitted from any single fuel-burning unit. The total of the capacities of all operable fuel- burning units within one (1) system shall be considered as the capacity of the system.
(c) No person shall cause or allow the burning of refuse, garbage or other debris in any boiler or any other device which has not been specifically designed to burn such refuse, garbage or other debris and for which an effective permit to operate has not been issued by the Commissioner.
(Ord. No. 857-A-76. Passed 6-27-77, eff. 6-30-77)