(a) Generally. A person must not cause or allow the discharge of any visible emission from any installation or building, other than water in an uncombined form, into the atmosphere.
(b) Exceptions. Subsection (a) does not apply to any:
(1) Emission during start-up and process modifications or adjustments, or occasional cleaning of control equipment, that is not greater than 40 percent opacity for a period of not more than 6 consecutive minutes in any 60-minute period.
(2) Emission from a food preparation installation, such as a char-broiler or pit barbecue, that operates at one location less than 15 days in any 365-day period, or that is not greater than 10 percent opacity.
(3) Emission caused by wood burning in a residential fireplace or wood stove, or emission for recreational purposes such as a campfire.
(4) Emission from an open fire (except a salamander) that complies with this Chapter. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 17, § 1; 2002 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 1.)
Editor’s note—2002 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 2, states: Transition. Until superseded, an Executive Regulation issued under Chapter 3 before the effective date of this Act [April 11, 2002] remains in effect to the extent the regulation is consistent with this Act. This Act does not apply to a violation of Chapter 3 that occurred before this Act took effect [April 11, 2002].