U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Technical Information Service
PB-296 673
Air Pollution Regulations in State
Implementation Plans: California,
Los Angeles County
Abcor, Inc, Wilmington, MA Walden Div
Prepared for
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC Control
Programs Development Div
Aug 78
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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
PB 296673
EPA-450/3-78-654-T6
August 1978
Air
Air Pollution Regulations
in State Implementation
Plans:
California
Los Angeles County
REPRODUCED BY
NATIONAL TECHNICAL I
INFORMATION SERVICE i
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ':
SPRINGFIELD. VA. 22161
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TECHNICAL REPORT DATA
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1. REPORT NO.,
EPA-450/3-78-054-16
2.
3. RECIPIENT'S ACCESSION-NO.
673
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
Air Pollution Regulations in State Implementation i
Plans: California Los Angeles County
6. REPORT DATE
August 1978
6. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION CODE
7. AUTHOH(S)
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NO.
9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS
Waiden Division of Abcor, Inc.
Wilmington, Mass.
10. PROGRAM ELEMENT NO.
11. CONTRACT/GRANT NO.
68-02-2890
12. SPONSORING AGENCY NAME AND ADDRESS
13. TYPE OF REPORT AND PERIOD COVERED
Control Programs Development Division
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Office of Air, Noise, and Radiation
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
14. SPONSORING AGENCY CODE
15. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
EPA Project Officer: Bob Schell, Control Programs Development Division
16. ABSTRACT
This document has been produced in compliance with Section 110(h)(l) of the Clean Air
Act amendments of 1977. The Federally enforceable regulations contained in the State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) have been compiled for all 56 States and territories
(with the exception of the Northern Mariana Islands). They consist of both the
Federally approved State and/or local air quality regulations as indicated 'in the
Federal Register and the Federally promulgated regulations for the State, as
indicated in the Federal Register. Regulations which fall into one of the above
categories as of January 1, 1978, have been incorporated. As mandated by Congress,
this document will be updated annually. State and/or local air quality regulations
which have not been Federally approved as of January 1, 1978, are'not included here;
omission of these regulations from this document in no way affects the ability of
the respective Federal, State, or local agencies to enforce such regulations.
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EPA-450/3-78-054-16
Air Pollution Regulations
in State Implementation Plans:
0
,.Caiifornia_-_
Lbs Angeles County
by
Walden Division of Abcor, Inc.
Wilmington, Massachusetts
Contract No. 68-02-2890
EPA Project Officer: Bob Schell
Prepared for
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Office of Air, Noise, and Radiation
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711
August 1978
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This report is issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to
report air pollution regulations of interest to a limited number of
readers. Copies are available, for a fee, from the National Technical
Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.
Jhis report was furnished to the Environmental Protection Agency by
Walden Division of Abcor, Inc., Wilmington, Mass. 01887, in fulfillment
of Contract No. 68-02-2890. The contents of this report are reproduced
herein as received from Walden Division of Abcor, Inc. The opinions,
findings, and conclusions expressed are those of the author and not
necessarily those of the Environmental Protection Agency. Mention of
company or product names is not to be considered as an endorsement
by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Publication No. EPA-450/3-78-054-16
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INTRODUCTION
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This document has been produced in compliance with Section 110(h)(l)
of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977. The Federally enforceable
regulations contained in the State Implementation Plans (SIPs) have been
compiled for all 56 States and territories (with the exception of the
Northern Mariana Islands). They consist of both the Federally approved
State and/or local air quality regulations as indicated in the Federal
Register and the Federally promulgated regulations for the State, as
indicated in the Federal 'Register. Regulations which fall into one of
the above categories as of January 1, 1978, have been incorporated. As
mandated by Congress, this document will be updated annually. State
and/or local air quality regulations which have not been Federally
approved as of January 1, 1978, are not included here; omission of these
regulations from this document in no way affects the ability of the
respective Federal, State, or local agencies to enforce such regulations.
There have been recent changes in the Federal enforceabi1ity of
parking management regulations and indirect source regulations. The
October, 1977, appropriation bill for EPA prohibited Federal enforcement
of parking management regulations in the absence of specific Federal
authorizing legislation. Federally promulgated parking management
regulations have, therefore, been suspended indefinitely. Pursuant to
the 1977 Clean Air Act.Amendments, indirect source regulations may not
be required for the approval of a given SIP. Consequently, any State
adopted indirect source regulations may be suspended or revoked; State
adopted indirect source regulations contained in an applicable SIP
are Federally enforceable. More importantly, EPA may only promulgate
indirect source review regulations which are specific to Federally
funded,-operated,_.or owne
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to the SIP and the date of the Federal Register in which the reyision
was either approved or disapproved by EPA. Finally, a brief description
or reference of the regulation which was submitted is also included.
This document is not intended to provide a tool for determining
the enforceability of any given regulation. As stated above, it is
intended to provide a comprehensive compilation of those regulations
which ara incorporated directly or by reference into Title 40, Part 52,
of the Code Of Federal Regulations. Consequently, the exclusion of a
Federally approved regulation from this document does not diminish the
enforceability of the regulation. Similarly, the inclusion of a given
regulation (for example, regulations governing pollutants, such as odors,
for which there is no national ambient air quality standards) in this
document does not, in itself, render the regulation enforceable.
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SUMMARY SHEET
Pf.
EPA-APPROVED REGULATION CHANGES
LOS ANGELES COUNTY (APCD)
SUBMITTAL DATE APPROVAL DATE DESCRIPTION
6/30/72 9/22/72 All Regs Unless
Otherwise
Specified
4/21/76 7/26/77 Rule 461, 462
11/10/76 7/26/77 Rule 461
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DOCUMENTATION OF CURRENT ERA-APPROVED
STATE AIR POLLUTION REGULATIONS
REVISED STANDARD SUBJECT INDEX
1.0 DEFINITIONS
2.0 GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
3.0 REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES, OPERATING PERMITS AND APPLICATIONS
4.0 AIR QUALITY STANDARDS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY)
4.f PARTICULATES
4.2 SULFUR DIOXIDE.
4.3 NITRIC OXIDES
4.4 HYDROCARBONS
4.5 CARBON MONOXIDE
4.6 OXIOANTS
4.7 OTHERS
5.0 VARIANCES
6.0 COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES
7.0 EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION AND MAINTENANCE
8.0 EMERGENCY EPISODES
9.0 AIR QUALITY SURVEILLANCE AND SOURCE TESTING
10.0 NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
11.0 NATIONAL EMISSIONS STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
12.0 MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS AND CONTROLS
13.0 RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING
14.0 PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DATA
15.0 LEGAL AUTHORITY AND ENFORCEMENT
16.0 HEARINGS, COMPLAINTS, AND INVESTIGATIONS
17.0 PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION
18.0 AIR QUALITY MAINTENANCE AREA
19.0 - 49.0
RESERVED FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF COMMON INDEX
50.0 POLLUTANT - SPECIFIC REGULATIONS
50.1 PARTICULATES
50.1.1 PROCESS WEIGHT
50.1.2 VISIBLE EMISSIONS
50.1.3 GENERAL
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50.2 SULFUR COMPOUNDS
50.3 NITRIC OXIDES
50.4 HYDROCARBONS
50.5 CARBON MONOXIDE
50.6 ODOROUS POLLUTANTS
50.7 OTHERS (Pb, Hg, etc.)
51.0 SOURCE CATEGORY SPECIFIC REGULATIONS
51.1 AGRICULTURAL PROCESSES (Includes Grain Handling, Orchard Heaters,
R1ce and Soybean Facilities, Related Topics)
51.2 COAL OPERATIONS (Includes Cleaning, Preparation, Coal Refuse
Disposal Areas, Coke Ovens, Charcoal Kilns, Related Topics)
51.3 CONSTRUCTION (Includes Cement Plants, Materials Handling, Topics
Related to Construction Industry)
51.4 FERROUS FOUNDRIES (Includes Blast Furnaces, Related Topics)
51.5 FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT (coal, natural gas, oil) - Partlculates
(Includes Fuel Content and Other Related Topics)
51.6 FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT (coal, natural gas, oil) - S02 (Includes
Fuel Content and Other Related Topics)
51.7 FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT (oil, natural gas, coal) - N02 (Includes
Fuel Content and Other Related Topics)
51.8 HOT MIX ASPHALT PLANTS
51.9 INCINERATION
51.10 NITRIC ACID PLANTS
.51.11 NON-FERROUS SMELTERS (Zn, Cu, etc.) - Sulfur Dioxide
51.12 NUCLEAR ENERGY FACILITIES (Includes Related Topic)
51.13 OPEN BURNING (Includes Forest Management, Forest F1re, F1re
Fighting Practice, Agricultural Burning and Related Topics)
51.14 PAPER PULP; WOOD PULP AND KRAFT MILLS (Includes Related Topics)
51.15 PETROLEUM REFINERIES
51.16 PETROLEUM STORAGE (Includes Loading, Unloading, Handling and
Related Topics)
51.17 SECONDARY METAL OPERATIONS (Includes Aluminum, Steel and Related
Topics)
51.18 SULFURIC ACID PLANTS
51.19 SULFURIC RECOVERY OPERATIONS
51.20 WOOD WASTE BURNERS
51.21 MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Authority to Arrest
Permits Required
Exemptions
Transfer
Applications
Cancellation of Applications
Action on Applications
Provision of Sampling and
Testing Facilities
Standards for Granting
Applications
Conditional Approval
Denial of Applications
Further Information
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(9.0) 43 Analysis Fees 20
(13.0) 44 Technical Reports - Charges for 21
(51.13) 45 Permit Fees - Open Burning 21
(50.1.2) 50 Ringelmann Chart 22
(50.1.2) 50 Ringelmann Chart 22
(50.7) 51 Nuisance 22
(50.1) 52 Particulate Matter 23
(50.1) 52 Particulate Matter-Concentration 23
(50.2) 53 Sulfur Compounds - Concentration 24
(51.21) 53.1 Scavenger Plants 24
(51.19) ' 53.2 Sulfur Recovery Units 25
(51.18) 53.3 — Sulfuric Acid Units -25
(50.1.1) 54 Solid Particulate Matter-Weight 25
(2.0) 55 Exceptions 27
(51.16) 56 .. Storage of Petroleum Products 27
(51.13) 57 Open Fires 28
(51.13) 57.1 Open Burning-Upper Santa Clara
River Valley Basin 29
(51.13) 57.2 Open Burning-Antelope Valley
Basin , 30
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(51.13) 57.3 Open Burning-Mountain Area0' ' 30
(51.13) 57.4 Open Burning-Island Area 31
(9.0) 58 Disposal of Solid and Liquid
Wastes 32
(51.16) 59 Effluent Oil Water Separators 33
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(2.0) 60 Circumvention 33 '<&
(51.16) 462 Organic Liquid Loading 34
(50.2) 62 Sulfur Contents of Fuels 36
(50.2) ' S2.1 Sulfur Contents of Fuels 36
:(50.2) 62.2 Sulfur Contents of Fuels 37
(12.2) 63 Gasoline Specifications 37
(51.21) 64 Deduction of Animal Matter 37
(51.16) 461 Gasoline Transfer and Dispensing 38
(50.4) 66 Organic Solvents 43
(50.4) 66.1 Architectural Coatings 46
(50.4) 66.2 Disposal and Evaporation of
Solvents 46
(51.5)(51.6) 67 Fuel Burning Equipment 47
(51.7)
(51.7) 68 Fuel Burning Equipment-Oxides
of Nitrogen 47
(51.21) 69 Vacuum Producing Devices or
Systems 48
(51.21) 70 Asphalt Air Blowing 48
(50.5) 71 Carbon Monoxide 48
(2.0) 75 General 49
(2.0) 76 Filing Petitions 49
(2.0) 77 Contents of Petitions 49
(5.0) 78 Petitions for Variances 50
(2.0) 79 Appeal from Denial 51
(2.0) 80 Failure to Comply with Rules 51
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Decision
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Lack of Permit
Definition
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Permits Required
Transfer
Application for Permits
Action on Applications
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Denial of Applications
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(9.0) 151 Sampling Stations 58
(9.0) 152 Air Sampling 58
(13.0) ' 153 Reports 58
(2.0) 154 Continuing Program of
Voluntary Cooperation 59
(2.0) 154.1 Plans 59
(8.0) 155 Declaration of Alerts 60
(8.0) 155.1 Notification of Alerts 61
(8.0) 155.2 Radio Communication System 61
(8.0) 156 Alert Stages for Toxic Air
Pollutants 63
(8.0) 157 First Alert Action 63
(8.0) 158 Second Alert Action 64
(8.0) 159 Third Alert 65
(8.0) 160 End of Alert . 66
(15.0) 161 Enforcement 66
(2.0) 163 Scientific Committee 66
(8.0) 164 Emergency Action Committee 67
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I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(2.0) RULE 1. TITLE.
These rules and regulations shall be known as the rules of the Air Pollu-
tion Control District.
(1.0) RULE 2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in these rules and except
where the context otherwise indicates, words used in these rules
are used in exactly the same sense as the same words are used in
Chapter 2, Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Person. "Person" means any person, firm, association, organization,
partnership, business trust, corporation, company, contractor,
supplier, installer, user or owner, or any state or local governmental
agency or public district or any officer or employee therof.
(c) Board. "Board" means the Air Pollution Control Board of the Air
Pollution Control District of Los Angeles County.
(e) Section. "Section" means section of the Health and Safety Code of
the State of California unless some other statute is specifically
mentioned.
(f) Rule. "Rule" means a rule of the Air Pollution Control District of
Los Angeles County. *
(g) Air Basins and Geographical Areas. Three major "air basins" and
two "geographical areas" within Los Angeles County are defined as
being within the following described boundaries: ^
(1) Los Angeles Basin. Beginning at thejintersection of the south-
erly boundary of the Angeles National Forest with the easterly
boundary of the County of Los Angeles; thence along said
easterly boundary in a general southwesterly direction to the
contiguous jurisdictional limit of Lbs Angeles County in the
Pacific Ocean; thence continuing along the boundary of the
County of Los Angeles (in the Pacific Ocean) in a general
northwesterly and westerly direction.'to its most westerly
intersection with the westerly boundary of the County of Los
Angeles (in the Pacific Ocean); thence in a general northerly
direction along the generally westerly boundary of the County
of Los Angeles to the most northerly intersection of said west-
erly County line with the southern boundary of Hydrographic
Unit 2 of the South Coastal area as defined by the California
Water Resources Board; thence easterly along said southern
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boundary to its intersection with the westerly boundary of
the Angeles National Forest; thence southerly along the said
boundary of the Angeles National Forest to its intersection
with the Los Angeles City limits; thence in a general easterly
direction along the northerly boundary of said City of Los
Angeles to the southwesterly corner of Section 16, Township 2
North, Range 13 West, S.B.B. & M; thence in a general easterly
direction along said southerly boundary of the Angeles National
Forest to said easterly boundary of the County of Los Angeles.
(2) Upper Santa Clara River Valley Basin. Beginning at the inter-
section of the northern boundary of Los Angeles Basin, with
the western boundary of Los Angeles County; thence generally
northerly along the western boundary of the County of Los
Angeles to its intersection with the southern boundary of the
Angeles National Forest; thence generally easterly along the
southern boundary of the Angeles National Forest to its inter-
section with a line defining the drainage separation between
the Santa Clara River Valley drainage area and the Antelope
Valley drainage area; thence generally easterly along said
drainage separation line to its intersection with the northerly
boundary of the Angeles National Forest; thence generally
southwesterly along the northern boundary of the Angeles
National Forest to its intersection with the northern boundary
of the Los Angeles Basin; thence westward along said northern
boundary of the Los Angeles Basin to the said westerly boundary
of the County of Los Angeles.
(3) Antelope Valley Basin. That portion of Los Angeles County
northerly of the Angeles National Forest and the Upper Santa
Clara River Valley Basin.
(4) Mountain Area of Los Angeles County. This area is composed
of the two segments of the Angeles National Forest and adjoin-
ing areas not included in an air basin.
(5) Island Area of Los Angeles County. This area is composed of
Santa Catalina Island and San Clemente Island.
(h) Regulation. "Regulation" means one of the major subdivisions of the
Rules of the Air Pollution Control District of Los Angeles County.
(i) Particulate Matter. "Particulate Matter" is any material, except
uncombined water, which exists in a finely divided form as a liquid
or solid at standard conditions.
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(j) Process Weight Per Hour. "Process Weight" is the total weight of all
materials introduced into any specific process which process may
cause any discharge into the atmosphere. Solid fuels charged will
be considered as part of the process weight, but liquid and gaseous
fuels and combustion air will not. "The Process Weight Per Hour"
will be derived by dividing the total process weight by the number
of hours in one complete operation from the beginning of any given
process to the completion thereof, excluding any time during which
the equipment is idle.
(k) Dusts. "Dusts" are minute solid particles released into the air by
natural forces or by mechanical processes such as crushing, grinding,
milling, drilling, demolishing, shoveling, conveying, covering,
bagging, sweeping, etc.
(1) Condensed Fumes. "Condensed Fumes" are minute solid particles gen-
erated by the condensation of vapors from solid matter after volatil-
ization from the molten state, or may be generated by sublimation,
distillation, calcination, or chemical reaction, when these processes
create air-borne particles.
(m) . Combustion Contaminants. "Combustion Contaminants" are particulate
matter discharged into the atmosphere from the burning of any kind
of material containing carbon in a free or combined state.
(n) Atmosphere. "Atmosphere" means the air that envelops or surrounds
the earth. Where air pollutants are emitted into a building not
designed specifically as a piece of air pollution control equipment,
such emission into the building shall be considered an emission into
the atmosphere.
(o) Combustible Refuse. "Combustible Refuse" is any solid or liquid
combustible waste material containing carbon in a free or combined
state.
(p) Multiple-Chamber Incinerator. "Multiple-Chamber Incinerator" is any
article, machine, equipment, contrivance, structure or part of a
structure, used to dispose of combustible refuse by burning,
consisting of three or more refractory lined combusion furnaces in
series, physically separated by refractory walls, interconnected by
gas passage ports or ducts and employing adequate design parameters
necessary for maximum combustion of the material to be burned. The
refractories shall have a Pyrometric Cone Equivalent of at least 17,
tested according to the method described in the American Society
for Testing Materials, Method C-24.
(q) Oil-Effluent Water Separator. "Oil-Effluent Water Separator" is
any tank, box, sump or other container in which any petroleum or
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product thereof, floating on or entrained or contained in water
entering such tank, box, sump or other container, is physically
separated and removed from such water prior to outfall, drainage,
or recovery of such water.
(2.0) RULE 3. STANDARD CONDITIONS.
Standard conditions are a gas temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and
a gas pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute. Results of all
analyses and tests shall be calculated or reported at this gas temperature
and pressure.
(15.0) RULE 4. AUTHORITY TO ARREST.
The Air Pollution Control Officer and every officer and employee of the
Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District designated by him is
authorized, during reasonable hours, to arrest a person without a warrant
whenever he has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested
has committed a misdemeanor in his presence which is a violation of
Chapter 2, Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, or any provision of
the Vehicle Code relating to the emission or control of air contaminants,
or any order, regulation, or rule adopted pursuant thereto. Such authority
to arrest is granted in accordance with Penal Code Section 836.5.
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II. PERMITS
(3.0) RULE 10. PERMITS REQUIRED.
(a) Authority to Construct. Any person building, erecting, altering or
replacing any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance, the
use of which may cause the issuance of air contaminants or the use
of which may eliminate or reduce or control the issuance of air
contaminants, shall first obtain authorization for such construction
from the Air Pollution Control Officer. An authority to construct
shall remain in effect until the permit to operate the equipment
for which the application was filed is granted or denied or the
application is canceled.
(b) Permit to Operate. Before any article, machine, equipment or other
contrivance described in Rule 10 (a) may be operated or used, a
written permit shall be obtained from the Air Pollution Control
Officer. No permit to oeprate or use shall be granted either by
the Air Pollution Control Officer or the Hearing Board for
any article, machine, equipment or contrivance described in
Rule 10 (a), constructed or installed without authorization as
required by Rule 10 (a), until the information required is presented
to the Air Pollution Control Officer and such article, machine,
equipment or contrivance is altered, if necessary, and made to
conform to the standards set forth in Rule 20 and elsewhere in
these Rules and Regulations.
(c_) Posting of Permit to Operate. A person who has been granted under
Rule 10 a permit to operate any article, machine, equipment, or
other contrivance described in Rule 10 (b), shall firmly affix such
permit to operate, an approved facsimile, or other approved identi-
fication bearing the permit number upon the article, machine,
equipment, or other contrivance in such a manner as to be clearly
visible and accessible. In the event that the article, machine,
equipment, or other contrivance is so constructed or operated that
the permit to operate cannot be so placed, the permit tq operate
shall be mounted so as to be clearly visible in an accessible place
within 25 feet of the article, machine, equipment, or other con-
trivance, or maintained readily available at all times on the
operating premises.
(d) A person shall not willfully deface, alter, forge, counterfeit, or
falsify a permit to operate any article, machine, equipment, or
other contrivance.
(f) Permit to Sell or Rent. Any person who sells or rents to another
person an incinerator which may be used to dispose of combustible
refuse by burning within the Los Angeles Basin and which incinerator
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is to be used exclusively in connection with any structure, which
structure is designed for and used exclusively as a dwelling for
not more than four families, shall first obtain a permit from the
Air Pollution Control Officer to sell or rent such incinerator.
(g) Permit for Open Burning. A person shall not set or permit any open
outdoor fire without first having applied for and been issued a
permit for such fire by the Air Pollution Control Officer, except
that an application for burning permit shall not be required for
recreational fires, ceremonial fires, or cooking fires.
(2.0) RULE 11. EXEMPTIONS.
An authority to construct or a permit to operate shall not be required for:
(a) Vehicles as defined by the Vehicle Code of the State of California
but not including any article, machine, equipment or other contri-
vance mounted on such vehicle that would otherwise require a permit
under the provisions of these Rules and Regulations.
(b) Vehicles used to transport passengers or freight.
(c) Equipment utilized exclusively in connection with any structure,
which structure is designed for and used exclusively as a dwelling
for not more than four families.
(d) The following equipment:
(1) Comfort air conditioning or comfort ventilating systems which
are not designed to remove air contaminants generated by or
released from specific units or equipment.
(2) Refrigeration units except those used as, or in conjunction
with, air pollution control equipment.
(3) Piston type internal combustion engines.
(5) Water cooling towers and water cooling ponds not used for
evaporative cooling of process water or not used for evaporative
cooling of water from barometric jets or from barometric
condensers.
(6) Equipment used exclusively for steam cleaning.
(7) Presses used exclusively for extruding metals, minerals,
plastics or wood.
(8) Porcelain enameling furnaces, porcelain enameling drying ovens,
vitreous enameling furnaces or vitreous enameling drying ovens.
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(9) Presses used for the curing of rubber products and plastic
products.
(10) Equipment used exclusively for space heating, other than
boilers.
(13) Equipment used for hydraulic or hydrostatic testing.
(14) All sheet-fed printing presses; and all other printing presses
without driers.
(17) Tanks, vessels and pumping equipment used exclusively for the
storage or dispensing of fresh commercial or purer grades of:
(a) Sulfuric acid with an acid strength of 99 percent or
less by weight.
(b) Phosphoric acid with an acid strength of 99 percent or
less by weight.
(c) Nitric acid with an acid strength of 70 percent or less
by weight.
(18) Ovens used exclusively for the curing of plastics which are
concurrently being vacuum held to a mold or for the softening
or annealing of plastics.
(19) Equipment used exclusively for the dyeing or stripping (bleach-
ing) of textiles where no organic solvents, diluents, or thin-
ers are used.
(20) Equipment used exclusively to mill or grind coatings and mold-
ing compounds where all materials charged are in a paste form.
(21) Crucible type or pot type furnaces with a brimful capacity of
less than 450 cubic inches or any molten metal.
(22) Equipment used exclusively for the melting or applying of wax
where no organic solvents, diluents, or thinners are used.
(23) Equipment used exclusively for bonding lining to brake shoes.
(24) Lint traps used exclusively in conjunction with dry cleaning
tumblers.
(25) Equipment used in eating establishments for the purpose of
preparing food for human consumption.
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(26) Equipment used exclusively to compress or hold dry natural
gas.
(27) Tumblers used for the cleaning or deburring of metal products
without abrasive blasting.
(28) Shell core and shell-mold manufacturing machines.
(29) Molds used for the casting of metals.
(30) Abrasive blast cabinet-dust filter integral combination units
where the total internal volume of the blast section is 50
cubic feet or less.
(31) Batch mixers of 5 cubic feet rated working capacity of less.
(32) Equipment used exclusively for the packaging of lubricants or
greases.
(33) Equipment used exclusively for the manufacture of water emul-
sions of asphalt, greases, oils or waxes.
(34) Ovens used exclusively for the curing of vinyl plastisols by
the closed mold curing process.
(35) Equipment used exclusively for conveying and storing plastic
pellets.
(36) Equipment used exclusively for the mixing and blending of
materials at ambient temperature to make water based adhesives.
(37) Smokehouses in which the maximum horizontal inside cross-
sectional area does not exceed 20 square feet.
(38) Platen presses used for laminating.
(e) The following equipment or any exhaust system or collector serving
exclusively such equipment:
(1) Blast cleaning equipment using a suspension of abrasive in
water.
(2) Ovens, mixers and blenders used in bakeries where the products
are edible and intended for human consumption.
(3) Kilns used for firing ceramic ware, heated exclusively by
natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, electricity or any
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combination thereof.
(4) Laboratory equipment used exclusively for chemical or physi-
cal analyses and bench scale laboratory equipment.
(5) Equipment used for inspection of metal products.
(6) Confection cookers where the products are edible and intended
for human consumption.
(7) Equipment used exclusively for forging, pressing, rolling or
drawing of metals or for heating metals immediately prior to
forging, pressing, rolling or drawing.
(8) Die casting machines.
(9) Atmosphere generators used in connection with metal heat
treating processes.
(10) Photographic process equipment by which an image is reproduced
upon material sensitized to radiant energy.
(11) Brazing, soldering or welding equipment.
(12) Equipment used exclusively for the sintering of glass or metals.
(13) Equipment used for buffing (except automatic or semi-automatic
tire buffers) or polishing, carving, cutting, drilling, machin-
ing, routing, sanding, sawing, surface grinding or turning of
ceramic artwork, ceramic precision parts, leather, metals,
platics, rubber, fiberboard, masonry, asbestos, carbon or
graphite.
(14) Equipment used for carving, cutting, drilling, surface grinding,
planing, routing, sanding, sawing, shredding or turning of wood,
or the pressing or storing of sawdust, wood chips or wood
shavings. .*..
(15) Equipment using aqueous solutions for surface preparation,
cleaning, stripping, etching, (does not include chemical
milling) or the electrolytic plating with electrolytic polish^--
ing of, or the electrolytic stripping of brass, bronze,
cadmium, copper, iron, lead, nickel, -tin, zinc, and precious
metals.
(16) Equipment used for washing or drying 'products fabricated from
metal or glass, provided that no volatile organic materials
are used in the process and that no oil or solid fuel is burned.
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(17) Laundry dryers, extractors or tumblers used for fabrics
cleaned only with water solutions of bleach or detergents.
(19) Foundry sand mold forming equipment to which no heat is applied.
(20) Ovens used exclusively for curing potting materials or castings
made with epoxy resins.
(21) Equipment used to liquefy or separate oxygen, nitrogen or the
rare "gases from the air.
(22) Equipment used for compression molding and injection molding
of plastics.
(23) Mixers for rubber or plastics where no material in powder form
is added and no organic solvents, diluents or thinners are
used.
(24) Equipment used exclusively to package Pharmaceuticals and
cosmetics or to coat pharmaceutical tablets.
(25) Equipment used exclusively to grind, blend or package tea,
cocoa, spices or roasted coffee.
(26) Roll mills or calenders for rubber or plastics where no organic
solvents, diluents or thinners are used.
(27) Vacuum producing devices used in laboratory, operations or in
connection with other equipment which is exempt by Rule 11.
(f) Steam generators, steam superheaters, water boilers, water heaters,
and closed heat transfer systems that "have a maximum heat input
rate of less than 250,000,000 British Thermal Units (BTU) per hour
(gross), and are fired exclusively with one of the following:
(1) Natural gas.
(2) Liquefied petroleum gas.
(3) A combination of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas.
(g) Natural draft hoods, natural draft stacks or natural draft ventilators.
(h) Containers, reservoirs, or tanks used exclusively for:
(1) Dipping operations for coating objects with oils, waxes or
greases where no organic solvents, diluents or thinners are
used.
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(2) Dipping operations for applying coatings of natural or
synthetic resins which contain no organic solvents.
(3) Storage of liquefied gases.
(5) Unheated storage of organic materials with an initial boiling
point of 300° F. or greater.
(6) The storage of fuel oils with a gravity of 25° A.P.I, or lower.
(7) The storage of lubricating oils.
(8) The storage of fuel oils with a gravity of 40° A.P.I, or lower
and having a capacity of 10,000 gallons or less.
(9) The storage of organic liquids, except gasoline, normally used
as solvents, diluents or thinners, inks, colorants, paints,
lacquers, enamels, varnishes, liquid resins or other surface
coatings, and having a capacity of 6,000 gallons or less.
(10) The storage of liquid soaps, liquid detergents, vegetable oils,
waxes or wax emulsions.
(11) The storage of asphalt.
(12) Unheated solvent dispensing containers, unheated non-conveyor-
ized solvent rinsing containers or unheated non-conveyorized
coating dip tanks of 100 gallons capacity or less.
(14) The storage of gasoline having a capacity of less than 250
gallons.
(15) Transporting materials on streets or highways.
(i) Equipment used exclusively for heat treating glass or metals, or
used exclusively for case hardening, carburizing, cyaniding, nitrid-
ing, carbonitriding, siliconizing or diffusion treating of metal
objects.
(j) Crucible furnaces, pot furnaces or induction furnaces, with a capa-
city of 1000 pounds or less each, in which no sweating or distilling
is conducted and from which only the following metals are poured or
in which only the following metals are held in a molten state:
(1) Aluminum or any alloy containing over 50 percent aluminum
(2) Magnesium or any alloy containing over"30 percent magnesium
(3) Lead or any alloy containing over 50 oercent lead
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(4) Tin or any alloy containing over 50 percent tin.
(5) Zinc or any alloy containing over 50 percent zinc.
(6) Copper.
(7) Precious metals.
(k) Vacuum cleaning systems used exclusively for industrial, commercial
or residential housekeeping purposes.
(1) Structural changes which cannot change the quality, nature or quantity
of air contaminant emissions.
(m) Repairs or maintenance not involving structural changes to any
equipment for which a permit has been granted.
(n) Identical replacements in whole or in part of any article, machine,
equipment or other contrivance where a permit to operate had previous-
ly been granted for such equipment under Rule 10.
(2.0) RULE 12. TRANSFER.
An authority to construct, permit to operate or permit to sell or rent shall
not be transferable, whether by operation of law or otherwise, either from
one location to another, from one piece of equipment to another, or from
one person to another.
(3.0) RULE 14. APPLICATIONS.
Every application for an authority to constuct, permit to operate or permit
to sell or rent required under Rule 10 shall be filed in the manner and
form prescribed by the Air Pollution Control Officer, and shall give all
the information necessary to enable the Air Pollution Control Officer to
make the determination required by Rule 20 hereof.
(3.0) RULE 17. CANCELLATION OF APPLICATIONS.
(a) An authority to construct shall expire and the application shall be
canceled two years from the date of issuance of the authority to
construct.
(b) An application for permit to operate existing equipment shall be
canceled two years from the date of filing of the application.
(3.0) RULE 18. ACTION ON APPLICATIONS.
The Air Pollution Control Officer.shall act, within a reasonable time, on
an application for authority to construct, permit to operate or permit to
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sell or rent, and shall notify the applicant in writing of his approval,
conditional approval or denial.
0) RULE 19. PROVISION OF SAMPLING AND TESTING FACILITIES.
A person operating or using any article, machine, equipment or other con-
trivance for which these rules require a permit shall provide and maintain
such sampling and testing facilities as specified in the authority to
construct or permit to operate.
0) RULE 20. STANDARDS FOR GRANTING APPLICATIONS.
(a) The Air Pollution Control Officer shall deny an authority to con-
struct, permit to operate or permit to sell or rent, except as
provided in Rule 21, if the applicant does not show that every
article, machine, equipment or other contrivance, the use of which
may cause the issuance of air contaminants, or the use of which may
eliminate or reduce or control the issuance of air contaminants,
is so designed, controlled, or equipped with such air pollution
control equipment, that it may be expected to operate without emit-
ting or without causing to be emitted air contaminants in violation
of Sections 24242 or 24243, Health and Safety Code, or of these
Rules and Regulations.
... (b)—Before an authority to construct or permit to operate is granted,
the Air Pollution Control Officer may require the applicant to
provide and maintain such facilities as are necessary for sampling
and testing purposes in order to secure information that will
disclose the nature, extent, quantity or degree of air contaminants
discharged into the atmosphere from the article, machine, equipment
or other contrivance described in the authority to construct or
permit to operate. In the event of such a requirement, the Air
Pollution Control Officer shall notify the applicant in writing
of the required size, number and location of sampling holes; the size
and location of the sampling platform; the access to the sampling
platform; and the utilities for operating the sampling and testing
equipment. The platform and access shall be constructed in accord-
ance with the General Industry Safety Orders of the State of Cali-
fornia.
(c) In acting upon a Permit to Operate, if the Air Pollution Control
Officer finds that the article, machine, equipment or other contri-
vance has been constructed not in accordance with the Authority to
Construct, he shall deny the Permit to Operate. The Air Pollution
Control Officer shall not accept any further application for Permit
to Operate the article, machine, equipment or other contrivance so
constructed until he finds that the article, machine, equipment or
other contrivance has been reconstructed in accordance with the
Authority to Construct.
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(3.0) RULE 21. CONDITIONAL APPROVAL.
(a) The Air Pollution Control Officer may issue an authority to construct
or a permit to operate, subject to conditions which will bring the
operation of any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance
within the standards of Rule 20, in which case the conditions shall
be specified in writing. Commencing work under such an authority
to construct or operation under such a permit to operate shall be
deemed acceptance of all the conditions so specified. The Air
Pollution Control Officer shall issue an authority to construct
or a permit to operate with revised conditions .upon receipt of a
new application, if the applicant demonstrates that the article,
machine, equipment or other contrivance can operate within the
standards of Rule 20 under the revised conditions.
(b) The Air Pollution Control Officer may issue a permit to sell or rent,
subject to conditions which will bring the operation of any article,
machine, equipment or other contrivance within the standards of
Rule 20, in which case the conditions shall be specified in writing.
Selling or renting under such a permit to sell or rent shall be
deemed acceptance of all the conditions so specified. The Air
Pollution Control Officer shall issue a permit to sell or rent with
revised conditions upon receipt of a new application, if the appli-
cant demonstrates that the article, machine, equipment or other
contrivance can operate within the standards of Rule 20 under the
revised conditions.
(3.0) RULE 22. DENIAL OF APPLICATIONS.
In the event of denial of an authority to construct, permit to operate or
permit to sell or rent, the Air Pollution Control Officer shall notify
the applicant in writing of the reasons therefor. Service of this notifi-
cation may be made in person or by mail, and such service may be proved
by the written acknowledgment of the persons served or affidavit of the
person making the service. The Air Pollution Control Officer shall not
accept a further application unless the applicant has complied with the
objections Specified by the Air Pollution Control Officer as his reasons
for denial of the authority to construct, the permit to operate or the
permit to sell or rent.
(2.0) RULE 23. FURTHER INFORMATION.
Before acting on an application for authority to construct, permit to
operate or permit to sell or rent, the Air Pollution Control Officer may
require the applicant to furnish further information or further plans or
specifications.
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(3.0) RULE 24. APPLICATIONS DEEMED DENIED.
The applicant may at his option deem the authority to construct, permit to
operate or permit to sell or rent denied if the Air Pollution Control
Officer fails to act on the application within 30 days after filing, or
within 30 days after applicant furnishes the further information, plans
and specifications requested by the Air Pollution Control Officer, which-
ever is later.
(2.0) RULE 25. APPEALS.
Within 10 days after notice, by the Air Pollution Control Officer, of
denial or conditional approval of an authority to construct, permit to
operate or permit to sell or rent, the applicant may petition the Hearing
Board, in writing, for a public hearing. The Hearing Board, after notice
and a public hearing held within 30 days after filing the petition, may
sustain or reverse the action of the Air Pollution Control Officer; such
order may be made subject to specified conditions.
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III. FEES
(3.0) RULE 40. PERMIT FEES.
Every applicant, except any state or local governmental agency or public
district, for an authority to construct or a permit to operate any article,
machine, equipment or other contrivance, for which an authority to con-
struct or permit to operate is required by the State law or the Rules
and'Regulations of the Air Pollution Control District, shall pay a filing
fee of $40.00. Where an application is filed for a permit-to operate any
article, machine, equipment or other contrivance by reason of transfer
from one person to another, and where a permit to operate had previously
been granted under Rule 10 and no alteration, addition or transfer of
location has been made, the applicant shall pay only a $10.00 filing fee.
Every applicant, except any state or local governmental agency or public
district, for a permit to operate, who files an application with the Air
Pollution Control Officer, shall, in addition to the filing fee prescribed
herein, pay the fee for the issuance of a permit to operate in the amount
prescribed in the following schedules, provided, however, that the filing
fee shall be applied to the fee prescribed for the issuance of the permit
to operate.
If an application for an authority to construct or a' permit to operate is
canceled, or if an authority to construct or a permit to operate is denied
and such denial becomes final, the filing fee required herein shall not
be refunded nor applied to any subsequent application.
Where an application is filed for a permit to operate any article, machine,
equipment or other contrivance by reason of transfer of location or trans-
fer from one person to another, or both, and where a permit to operate had
previously been granted for such equipment under Rule 10 and an alteration
or addition has been made, the applicant shall be assessed a fee based upon
the increase in total horsepower rating, the increase in total fuel con-
sumption expressed in thousands of British Thermal Units (BTU).per hour,
the increase in total electrical energy rating, the increase in maximum
horizontal inside cross sectional area or the increase in total stationary
container capacity resulting from such alterations or additions, as
described in the fee schedules contained herein. Where the application is
for transfer of location and no alteration or addition has been made, the
applicant shall pay only a filing fee of $40.
Where an application is filed for an authority to construct or a permit to
operate exclusively involving revisions to the conditions of an existing
permit to operate or involving alterations or additions resulting in a
change to any existing article, machine, equipment or other contrivance
holding a permit under the provisions of Rule 10 of these Rules and
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Regulations, the applicant shall be assessed a fee based upon the Increase
1n total horsepower rating, the increase in total fuel consumption
expressed in thousands of British Thermal Units (BTU) per hour, the in-
crease in total electrical energy rating, the increase in maximum
horizontal inside cross sectional area or the increase in total stationary
container capacity resulting from such alterations or additions, as
described in the fee schedules contained herein. Where there is no change
or is a decrease in such ratings, the applicant shall pay only the amount
of the filing fee required herein.
After the provisions for granting permits as set forth in Chapter 2, Divi-
sion 20, of the Health and Safety Code and the Rules and Regulations have
been complied with, the applicant shall be notified by the Air Pollution
Control Officer, in writing, of the fee to be paid for issuance of the
permit to operate. Such notice may be given by personal service or by
deposit, postpaid, in the United States mail and shall serve as a tempo-
rary permit to operate for 30 days from the date of personal service or
mailing. Nonpayment of the fee within this period of time shall result in
the automatic cancellation of the application.
In the event that more than one fee schedule is applicable to a permit to
operate, the governing schedule shall be that which results in the higher
fee.
Where a single permit to operate has been granted under Rule 10 prior to
July 1, 1957, and where the Air Pollution Control Officer would, since that
date, have issued separate or revised permits for each permit unit included
in the original application, the Air Pollution Control Officer may issue
such separate or revised permits without fees.
In the event that a permit to operate is granted by the Hearing Board after
denial by the Air Pollution Control Officer or after the applicant deems
his application denied, the applicant shall pay the fee prescribed in the
following schedules within 30 days after the date of the decision of the
Hearing Board. Nonpayment of the fee within this period of time shall
result in automatic cancellation of the permit and the application. Such
a fee shall not be charged for a permit to operate granted by the Hearing
Board for the duration of a variance.
A request for a duplicate permit to operate shall be made in writing to
the Air Pollution Control Officer within 10 days after the destruction,
loss or defacement of a permit to operate. A fee of $2.00 shall be
charged, except to any state or local governmental agency or public
district, for issuing a duplicate permit to operate.
It is hereby determined that the cost of issuing permits and of inspections
pertaining to such issuance exceeds the fees prescribed.
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Schedule 1
Electric Motor Horsepower Schedule
Any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance where an electric
motor is used as the power supply shall be assessed a permit fee based
on the total rated motor horsepower of all electric motors included in
any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance, in accordance with
the following schedule:
HORSEPOWER FEE
(a) up to and including 2% $ 40.00
(b) greater than 2^ but less than 5... 100.00
(c) 5 or greater but less than 15 200.00
(d) 15 or greater but less than .45 300.00
(e) 45 or greater but less than 65 400.00
(f) 65 or greater but less than 125... 500.00
(g) 125 or greater but less than 200.. 600.00
(h) 200 or greater 800.00
Schedule 2
Fuel Burning Equipment Schedule
Any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance in which fuel is
burned, with the exception of incinerators which are covered in Schedule
4, shall be assessed a permit fee based upon the design fuel consumption
of the article, machine, equipment or other contrivance expressed in
thousands of British Thermal Units (BTU) per hour, using gross heating
values of the fuel, in accordance with the following schedule:
1000 BRITISH THERMAL UNITS PER HOUR FEE
(a) up to and including 150 $ 40.00
(b) greater than 150 but less than 400. 100.00
(c) 400 or greater but less than 650... 200.00
(d) 650 or greater but less than 1500.. 300.00
(e) 1500 or greater but less than 2500. 400.00
(f) 2500 or greater but less than 5000. 500.00
(g) 5000 or greater but less than 15000 600.00
(h) 1500 or greater 800.00
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Schedule 3
Electrical Energy Schedule
Any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance which uses electrical
energy, with the exception of electric motors covered in Schedule 1, shall
be assessed a permit fee based in the total kilovolt ampere (KVA) ratings,
in accordance with the following shcedule:
KILOVOLT AMPERE FEE
(a) up to and including 20 $ 40.00
(b) greater than 20 but less than 40 100.00
(c) 40 or greater but less than 145 200.00
(d) 145 or greater but less than 450 300.00
(e) 450 or greater but less than 4500 400.00
(f 4500 or greater but! less than 14500. 500.00
(g 14500 or greater but less than 45000. 600.00
(h 45000 or greater.. 800.00
Schedule 4
Incinerator Schedule
Any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance designed and used
primarily to dispose of combustible refuse by wholly consuming the material
charged leaving only the ashes or. residue shall be assessed a permit fee
based on- the folliwng schedule of the maximum horizontal inside cross
sectional area, in square feet, of the primary combustion chamber:
AREA, IN SQUARE FEET FEE
(a) up to and including 3 $ 40.00
(b greater than 3 but less than 4 100.00
(c 4 or greater but less than 7 200.00
(d 7 or greater but less than 10 300.00 '••>•
(e 10 or greater but less than 15 400.00
(f) 15 or greater but less than 23 ". 500.00
(g) 23 or greater but less than 40 ; 600.00
(h) 40 or greater 800.00 °
Schedule 5
Stationary Container Schedule
Any stationary tank, reservoir, or other container shall be assessed a
permit fee based on the following schedule of capacities in gallons or
cubic equivalent:
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GALLONS
(a) up to and including 4000 $ 40.00
(b) greater than 4000 but less than 10000..-. 60.00
(c) 10000 or greater but less than 40000 100.00
d) 40000 or greater but less than 100000... 200.00
e 100000 or greater but less than 400000.. 300.00
' (f 400000 or greater but less than 1000000. 400.00
(g 1000000 or greater but less than 4000000 500.00
. (h) 4000000 or greater 600.00
Schedule 6
Miscellaneous Schedule
Any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance which is not included
in the preceding schedules shall be assessed a permit fee of $40.00.
(16.0) RULE 42. HEARING BOARD FEES.
(a) Every applicant or petitioner for variance, or for the extension,
revocation or modification of a variance, or for an appeal from a
denial or conditional approval of an authority to construct, permit
to operate or permit to sell or rent, except any state or local
governmental agency or public district, shall pay to the Clerk of
the Hearing Board, on filing, a fee in the sum of $16.50. It is
hereby determined that the cost of administration of Article 5,
Chapter 2, Division 20, Health and Safety Code, or Rule 25 of these
Rules and Regulations, exceeds $16.50 per petition.
(b) Any person requesting a transcript of the hearing shall pay the cost
of such transcript.
(c) This rule shall not apply to petitions filed by the Air Pollution
Control Officer.
(9.0) RULE 43. ANALYSIS FEES.
Whenever the Air Pollution Control Officer finds that an analysis of the
emission from any source is necessary to determine the extent and amount
of pollutants being discharged into the atmosphere which cannot be deter-
mined by visual observations, he may order the collection of samples and
the analysis made by qualified personnel of the Air Pollution Control
District. The time required for collecting samples, making the analysis
and preparing the necessary reports, but excluding time required in going
to and from such premises, shall be charged against the owner or operator
of said premises in a reasonable sum to be determined by the Air Pollution
Control Officer, which said sum is not to exceed the actual cost of such
work.
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(13.0) RULE 44. TECHNICAL REPORTS - CHARGES FOR.
Information, circulars, reports of technical work, and other reports
prepared by the Air Pollution Control District when supplied to other
governmental agencies or individuals or groups requesting copies of the
same may be charged for by the District in a sum not to exceed the cost
of preparation and distribution of such documents. All such monies col-
lected shall be turned into the general funds of the said District.
(51.13) RULE 45. PERMIT FEES - OPEN BURNING.
Every applicant for a permit to conduct an open fire, who files an
application with the Air Pollution Control Officer, except any state or
local government agency or public district, shall pay a filing fee of
$20.00. Where an application is canceled or denied, the filing fee shall
not be refunded nor applied to any subsequent application.
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IV. PROHIBITIONS
(50.1.2)RULE 50. RINGELMANN CHART.
(Effective until January 1, 1973 for all sources completed and put into
service before January 6, 1972. See amended Rule below.)
A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any single source
of emission whatsoever any air contaminants for a period or periods
aggregating more than three minutes in any one.hour which is:
(a) As dark or darker in shade as that designated as No. 2 on the Ringel-
mann Chart, as published by the United States Bureau of Mines, or
(b) Of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree equal to
or greater than does smoke described in subsection (a) of this Rule.
(50.1.2)RULE 50. RINGELMANN CHART.
(Effective January 6, 1972 for any source not completed and put into
service. Effective for all sources on January 1, 1973.)
A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any single source of
emission whatsoever any air contaminant for a period or periods aggregating
more than three minutes in any one hour which is:
(a) As dark or darker in shade as that designated No. 1 on the Ringelmann
Chart, as published by the United States Bureau-of Mines, or
(b) Of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree equal to
or greater than does smoke described in subsection (a) of this Rule.
This amendment shall be effective on the date of its adoption for any source
of emission not then completed and put into service. As to all other
sources of emission this amendment shall be effective on January 1, 1973.
(50.7) RULE 51. NUISANCE.
A person shall not discharge from any source whatsoever such quantities
of air contaminants or other material which cause injury, detriment,
nuisance or annoyance to any considerable number of persons or to the
public or which endanger the comfort, repose, health or safety of any such
persons or the public or which cause or have a natural tendency to cause
injury or damage to business or property.
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(50.1) RULE 52. PARTICULATE MATTER.
(Effective until January 1, 1973 for all equipment completed and put
into service before January 6, 1972. See amended Rule below.)
Except as otherwise provided in Rules 53 and 54, a person shall not
discharge into the atmosphere from any source particulate matter in
excess of 0.3 grain per cubic foot-of gas at standard conditions.
(50.1) RULE 52. PARTICULATE MATTER -CONCENTRATION.
(Effective January 6, 1972 for any equipment not completed and put into
service. Effective for all equipment of January 1, 1973.)
A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any source
particulate matter in excess of the concentration shown in the following
table: (See Rule 52 Table)
Where the volume discharged falls between figures listed in the table, the
exact concentration permitted to be discharged shall be determined by
linear interpolation.
The provisions of .this rule shall not apply to emissions resulting from
the combustion of liquid or gaseous fuels in steam generators or gas
turbines. „
For the purposes of this rule "particulate matter" includes any material
which would become particulate matter if cooled to standard conditions.
This amendment shall be effective on the date of its adoptipjpfor any ' " .
equipment not then completed and put into service. As to all other equip-
ment this amendment shall be effective on January 1, 1973.
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Table For Rule 52
Volume Discharged- Maximum Concentra-
Cubic Feet Per Min- tion of Particulate
ute
Volume Discharged- Maximum Concen-
Calculated as
Dry Gas at Stand-
ard Conditions
Matter Allowed in
Discharged Gas-
Grains Per Cubic
Foot of Dry Gas at
Standard Conditions
Cubic Feet Per
Minute Calculated
as Dry Gas at
Standard Condi-
tions
tration of Par-
ticulate Matter
Allowed in Dis-
charged Gas-
Grains Per Cubic
Foot of Dry Gas
at Standard
Conditions
0.0635
.0544
.0487
.0447
.0417
.0393
.0374
.0343
.0263
.0202
.0173
.0155
.0142
.0122
.0109
.0100
(50.2)
A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere sulfur compounds, which
would exist as a liquid or gas at standard conditions, exceeding in con-
centration at the point of discharge, 0.2 percent by volume calculated
as sulfur dioxide (S02).
(51.21) RULE 53.1. SCAVENGER PLANTS.
Where a separate source of air pollution is a scavenger or recovery plant,
recovering pollutants which would otherwise be emitted to the atmosphere,
the Air Pollution Control Officer may grant a permit to operate where the
total emission of pollutants is substantially less with the plant in
operation than when closed, even though the concentration exceeds that
1000 or less
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
10000
15000
ULE 53. SULFUR
0.200
.187
.176
.167
.160 .'•
.153
.141
.131
. 1 24
.118
.108
.101
.0949
.0902
.0828
.0709
COMPOUNDS - CONCENTRATION
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
100000
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000 or more
•
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permitted by Rule 53(a). The Air Pollution Control Officer shall report
immediately in writing to the Air Pollution Control Board the granting
of any such permit, together with the facts and reasons therefor.
Effective July 1, 1973, this Rule is repealed for sulfur recovery units.
Effective January 1, 1974, this Rule is repealed for sulfuric acid units.
(51.19) RULE 53.2. SULFUR RECOVERY UNITS.
A person shall not, after June 30, 1973, discharge into the atmosphere
from any sulfur recovery unit producing elemental sulfur, effluent process
gas containing more than:
(1) 500 parts per million by volume of sulfur compounds calculated as
sulfur dioxide.
(2) 10 parts per million by volume of hydrogen sulfide.
(3) 200 pounds per hour of sulfur compounds calculated as sulfur dioxide.
Any sulfur recovery unit having an effluent process gas discharge contain-
ing less than 10 pounds per hour of sulfur compounds calculated as sulfur
dioxide may dilute to meet the provision of number (1) above.
(51.18) RULE 53.3. SULFURIC ACID UNITS.
A person shall not, after December 31, 1973, discharge into the atmosphere
from any sulfuric acid unit, effluent process gas containing more than:
(1) 500 parts per million by volume of sulfur compounds calculated as
sulfur dioxide.
(2) 200 pounds per hour of sulfur compounds calculated as sulfur dioxide.
(SO.l.l)RULE 54. SOLID PARTICULATE MATTER - WEIGHT.
(Effective January 6, 1972 for any equipment not completed and put into
service. Effective for all equipment on January 1, 1973.)
A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any source solid
particulate matter, including lead and lead compounds, in excess of the
rate shown in the following table: (See Rule 54 Table on following page)
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TABLE FOR RULE 54
(Amended January 6, 1972)
Process Weight Maximum Discharge
Process Weight
Per Hour- Rate Allowed for Solid Per Hour-
Pounds Per Particulate Matter Pounds Per Hour
Hour (Aggregate Discharged
From All Points of
Process)-Pounds Per
Hour
Maximum Discharge
Rate Allowed for
Solid Particulate
Matter (Aggregate
Discharged From All
Points of Process)-
Pounds Per Hour
250 or less
300
350
400
450
500
600
. 700
800
900
1000
1200
1400
T600
1800
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
5500
6000
6500
7000
7500
8000
8500
9000
9500
10000
1.00
1.12
1.23
1.34
1.44
1.54
1.73
1.90
2.07
2.22
2.38
2.66
2.93
3.19
3.43
3.66
4.21
4.72
5.19
5.64
6.07
6.49
6.89
7.27
7.64
8.00
8.36
8.70
9.04
9.36
9.68
10.00
12000 10.4
14000 10.8
16000 11.2
18000 11.5
20000 11.8
25000 12.4
30000 13.0
35000 13.5
40000 13.9
45000 14.3
50000 14.7
60000 15.3
70000 15.9
80000 16.4
90000 16.9
100000 17.3
120000 18.1
140000 18.8
160000 19.4
180000 19.9
200000 20.4
250000 21.6
300000 22.5
350000 23.4
400000 24.1
450000 24.8
500000 25.4
600000 26.6
700000 27.6
800000 28.4
900000 29.3
1000000 or more 30.0
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Where the process weight per hour falls between figures listed in the
table, the exact weight of permitted discharge shall be determined by
linear interpolation.
For the purposes of this rule "solid particulate matter1 includes any
material which would become solid particulate matter if cooled to stand-
ard conditions.
This amendment shall be effective on the date of its adoption for any
equipment not then completed and put into service. As to all other equip-
ment this amendment shall be effective on January 1, 1973.
(2.0) RULE 55. EXCEPTIONS.
The provisions of Rule 50 do not apply to:
(a) Smoke from fires set by or permitted by any public officer if such
fire is set or permission given in the performance of the official
duty of such officer, and such fire in the opinion of such officer
is necessary:
(1) For the purpose of the prevention of a fire hazard which cannot
be abated by'any. other means, or
(2) The instruction of public employees in the methods of fighting
fire., •"'.''.
(b) Smoke from fires set pursuant to permit on property used for indus-
trial purposes for the purpose of instruction of employees in methods
of fighting fire.
(c) Agricultural operations in the growing of crops, or raising of fowls
or animals. °
(d) The use of an orchard or citrus grove heater which does not produce
unconsumed solid carbonaceous matter at a rate in excess of one (1)
gram per minute.
(e) The use of other equipment in agricultural operations in the growing
or crops, or raising of fowls or animals.
(51.16) RULE 56. STORAGE OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.
A person shall not place, store or hold in any stationary tank, reservoir
or other container of more than 40,000 gallons capacity any gasoline or
any petroleum distillate having a vapor pressure of 1.5 pounds per square
inch absolute or greater under actual storage conditions, unless such tank,
reservoir or other container is a pressure tank maintaining working
pressures sufficient at all times to prevent hydrocarbon vapor or gas loss
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to the atmosphere, or is designed and equipped with one of the following
vapor loss control devices, properly installed, in good working order and
in operation:
(a) A floating roof, consisting of a pontoon type or double-deck type
roof, resting on the surface of the liquid contents and equipped
with a closure seal, or seals, to close the space between the roof
edge and tank wall. The control equipment provided for in this
paragraph shall not be used if the gasoline or petroleum distillate
has a vapor pressure of 11.0 pounds per square inch absolute or
greater under actual storage conditions. All tank gauging and
sampling devices shall be gas-tight except when gauging or sampling
is taking £lace.
(b) A vapor recovery system, consisting of a vapor gathering system
.• capable of collecting the hydrocarbon vapors and gases discharged
. and a vapor disposal system capable of processing such hydrocarbon
vapors and gases so as to prevent their emission to the atmosphere
and with all tank gauging and sampling devices gas-tight except
.when gauging or sampling is taking place.
•?r5 *
(cj Other equipment of equal efficiency, provided such equipment is
submitted to and approved by the Air Pollution Control Officer.
":;
(51.13) RULE 57. OPEN FIRES.
A person shall not burn any combustible refuse in any open outdoor fire
within the Los Angeles Basin, except:
(a) When such fire is set or permission for such fire is given in the
performance of the official duty of any public officer, and such
fire in the opinion of such officer is necessary:
(1) For the purpose of the prevention of a fire hazard which
cannot be abated by any other means, or
(2) The instruction of public employees in the methods of fighting
fire.
(b) When such fire is set pursuant to permit on property used for
industrial purposes for the purpose of instruction of employees in
methods of fighting fire.
(c) When such fire is set in the course of any agricultural operation
in the growing of crops, or raising of fowls or animals.
These exceptions shall not be effective on any calendar day on which the
Air Pollution Control Officer determines that:
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(1) The inversion base at 4:00 A.M., Pacific Standard Time, will be
lower than one thousand five hundred feet above mean sea level, and
(2) The maximum mixing height will not be above three thousand five
hundred feet, and
(3) The average surface wind speed between 6:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon,
Pacific Standard Time, will not exceed five miles per hour.
(51.13) RULE 57.1. OPEN BURNING - UPPER SANTA CLARA RIVER VALLEY BASIN.
A person shall not burn any combustible refuse in any open outdoor fire
within the Upper Santa Clara River Valley Basin as defined in Rule 2.g.
except that he may do so when a written permit for such fire is issued
by both the Air Pollution Control Officer and a fire protection agency
official, for any of the following reasons:
(1) Where a fire hazard to life or property is declared by a fire pro-
tection agency official and such fire hazard cannot be abated by
any other means, or
(2) For the purpose of instructing fire fighting personnel of any state,
county, or city fire department, or
(3) For the purpose of instructing personnel in private industry in
fire fighting methods, or
(4) In emergency situations where the public health is endangered, or
(5) For the burning of agricultural wastes.
These exceptions shall not apply in the Upper Santa Clara River Valley
Basin on any calendar day on which the Air Pollution Control Officer
determines that:
(a) The inversion base at 6:00 A.M., Pacific Standard Time, will be lower
than two thousand seven hundred feet above mean sea level, and
(b) The maximum mixing height will be below four thousand seven hundred
feet above mean sea level, and
(c) The average surface wind speed between 6:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon,
Pacific Standard Time, will not exceed five miles per hour.
This Rule shall become effective on December 31, 1971.
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(51J3) RULE 57-2- OPEN BURNING - ANTELOPE VALLEY BASIN.
A person shall not burn any combustible refuse in any open outdoor fire
within the Antelope Valley Basin as defined in Rule 2.g. except that he
may do so when a written permit for such fire is issued by both the Air
Pollution Control Officer and a fire protection agency official, for any
of the following reasons:
(1) Where a fire hazard to life or property is declared by a fire pro-
tection agency official and such fire hazard cannot be abated by
any other means, or
(2) For the purpose of instructing fire fighting personnel of any
state, county, or city fire department, or
(3) For the purpose of instructing personnel in private industry in fire
fighting methods, or
(4) In emergency situations where the public health is endangered, or
(5) For the burning of agricultural wastes.
These exceptions shall not apply in the Antelope Valley Basin on any cal-
endar day on which the Air Pollution Control Officer determines that:
(a) The inversion base at 6:00 A.M., Pacific Standard Time, will be
lower than four thousand feet above mean sea level, and
(b) The maximum mixing height will be below six thousand feet above
mean sea level, and
(c) The average surface wind speed between 6:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon,
Pacific Standard Time, will not exceed five miles per hour.
This Rule shall become effective on December 31, 1972.
(51.13) RULE 57.3. OPEN BURNING - MOUNTAIN AREA.
A person shall not burn any combustible refuse in any open outdoor fire
in the Mountain Area of Los Angeles County as defined in Rule 2.g. except
that he may do so when a written permit for such fire is issued by both
the Air Pollution Control Officer and a fire protection agency official,
for any of the following reasons:
(1) Where a fire hazard to life, property or watershed is declared by a
fire protection agency official and such fire hazard cannot be
abated by any other means, or
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(2) For the purpose of instructing fire fighting personnel of any
governmental fire protection agency, or
(3) In emergency situations where the public health is endangered, or
(4) For the burning of agricultural wastes:
These exceptions shall not apply in the Mountain Area of Los Angeles
County on any calendar/day on which the Air Pollution Control Officer
determines that:
(a) The inversion base at 6:00 A.M., Pacific Standard Time, will be
between 2500 feet and 5000 feet above mean sea level, and
(b) The maximum mixing height will be between 2500 feet and 6000 feet
above mean sea level, and
(c) The average surface wind speed between 6:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon,
Pacific Standard Time, will not exceed five miles per hour.
This Rule shall become effective on December 31, 1971.
(51.13) RULE 57.4. OPEN BURNING '-' ISLAND AREA.
A person shall not burn any combustible refuse in any open outdoor fire
in the Island Area of Los Angeles County as defined in Rule 2.g. except
that he may do so when a written permit for such fire is issued by both
the Air Pollution Control Officer and a fire protection agency official,
for any of the following reasons:
(1) Where a fire hazard to life, property or watershed is declared by a
fire protection agency official and such fire hazard cannot be
abated by any other means, or
(2) For the purpose of instructing fire fighting personnel of any
governmental fire protection agency, or „ •
(3) In emergency situations where the public health is endangered, or
(4) For the burning of agricultural wastes.
These exceptions shall not apply in the Island Area of Los Angeles County
on any calendar day on which the Air Pollution Control Officer determines
that:
(a) ' The inversion base at 6:00 A.M., Pacific Standard Time, will be
lower than one thousand five hundred feet .above mean sea level, and
(b) The maximum mixing height will be below three thousand five hundred
feet above mean sea level, and
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(c) The average surface wind speed between 6:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon,
Pacific Standard Time, will not exceed five miles per hour.
This Rule shall become effective on December 31, 1971.
(9.0) RULE 58. DISPOSAL OF SOLID AND LIQUID WASTES.
(a) A person shall not burn any combustible refuse in any incinerator
except in a multiple-chamber incinerator as described in Rule 2 (p),
or 1n equipment found by the Air Pollution Control Officer in
advance of such use to be equally effective for the purpose of air
< pollution control as an approved multiple-chamber Incincerator.
Rule 58 (a) shall be effective in the Los Angeles Basin on the date
of its adoption, and in the Upper Santa Clara River Valley Basin
on January 1, 1972. In all other areas of Los Angeles County,
this Rule shall be effective on January 1, 1973.
c ,
(b) A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any incinerator
i or other equipment used to dispose of combustible refuse by burning,
having design burning rates greater than 100 pounds per hour, except
, as provided in subsection (d) of this rule, particulate matter in
excess of 0.1 grain per cubic foot of gas calculated to 12 percent
of carbon dioxide (C02) at standard conditions. Any carbon dioxide
$ (C02) produced by combustion of any liquid or gaseous fuels shall
be excluded from the calculation to 12 percent of carbon dioxide
(C02).
(c) A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any equipment
whatsoever, used to process combustible refuse, except as provided
in subsection (d) of this rule, particulate matter in excess of 0.1
grain per cubic foot of gas calculated to 12 percent of carbon
dioxide (C02) at standard conditions. Any carbon dioxide (C02)
produced by combustion of any liquid or gaseous fuels shall be
excluded from the calculation to 12 percent of carbon dioxide (C02)
(d) A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any incinerator
or other equipment used to dispose of combustible refuse by burning,
having design burning rates of 100 pounds per hour or less, or for
which an application for permit is filed before January 1, 1972,
particulate matter in excess of 0.3 grain per cubic foot of gas
calculated'to 12 percent of carbon dioxide (C02) at standard condi-
tions and shall not discharge particles which are individually large
enough to be visible while suspended in the atmosphere. Any carbon
dioxide (C02) produced by combustion of any liquid or gaseous fuels
shall be excluded from the calculation to 12 percent of carbon
dioxide (C02).
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(51.16) RULE 59. EFFLUENT OIL WATER SEPARATORS.
(Effective June 29, 1971 for any equipment not completed and put into
service. Effective for all equipment after July 1, 1972)
A person shall not use any compartment of any vessel or device operated for
the recovery of oil from effluent water which recovers 200 gallons a day
or more of any petroleum products from any equipment which processes,
refines, stores or handles hydrocarbons with a Reid vapor pressure of 0.5
pound or greater, unless such compartment is equipped with one of the
following vapor loss control devices, except when gauging or sampling is
taking place:
(a) A solid cover with all openings sealed and totally enclosing the
liquid contents of that compartment.
(b) A floating pontoon or double-deck type cover, equipped with closure
seals to enclose any space between the cover's edge and compartment
wal 1.
(c) A vapor recovery system, which reduces the emission of all hydro-
carbon vapors and gases into the atmosphere by at least 90 percent
weight.
(d) Other equipment of an efficiency equal to or greater than a,b, or c,
if approved by the Air Pollution Control Officer.
This rule shall not apply to any oil-effluent water separator used exclu-
sively in conjunction with the production of crude oil, if the water
fraction of the oil-water effluent entering the separator contains less
than 5 parts per million hydrogen sulfide, organic sulfides, or a combina-
tion thereof.
This amendment shall be effective at the date of its adoption for any equip-
ment not then completed and put into service. As to all other equipment
this amendment shall be effective on July 1, 1972.
(2.0) RULE 60. CIRCUMVENTION.
A person shall not build, erect, install, or use any article, machine,
equipment or other contrivance, the use of which, without resulting in a
reduction in the total release of air contaminants to the atmosphere,
reduces or conceals an emission which would otherwise constitute a viola-
tion of Division 20, Chapter 2 of the Health and Safety Code of the State
of California or of these Rules and Regulations. This Rule shall not apply
to cases in which the only violation involved is of Section 24243 of the
Health and Safety Code of the State of California, or of Rule 51 of these
Rules and Regulations.
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(51.16) RULE 462. ORGANIC LIQUID LOADING.
(a) Facilities Handling 75,700 liters (20,000 gallons) Per Day or More
(1) A person shall not load organic liquids having a vapor
pressure of 77.5 millimeters of mercury (1.5 psia) or greater
under actual loading conditions into any tank truck, trailer
or railroad tank car from any loading facility having a
throughput of 75,700 liters (20,000 gallons) or more in any
one day, unless the loading facility is equipped with a vapor
collection and disposal system or its equivalent approved by
the Air Pollution Control Officer.
(2) Loading shall be accomplished in such a manner that the dis-
placed vapor and air will be vented only to the vapor collec-
tion system. Measures shall be taken to prevent liquid drain-
age from the loading device when it is not in use or to
accomplish complete drainage before the loading device is
disconnected.
(3) The vapor disposal portion of the vapor collection and disposal
system shall consist of one of the following:
(a) An absorber system or condensation system which processes
the displaced vapor and recovers at least 90 percent by
weight of the organic vapors and gases from the equipment
being controlled.
(b) A vapor handling system which directs the displaced vapors
to a fuel gas system.
(c) Other equipment of an efficiency equal to or greater than
(a) or (b) if approved by the Air Pollution Control
Officer.
(b) Facilities Handling Less Than 75,700 liters (20,000 gallons) Per Day
(1) Any facility that was in operation prior to January 9, 1976,
that distributes 1,892,500 liters (500,000 gallons) or more of
gasoline annually to storage vessels not exempted under Sections
(c)(l), (c)(2), and (c)(3) of Rule 461, but less than a total
of 75,700 liters (20,000 gallons) of gasoline in any one day
shall return the vapors displaced from the delivery vessel back
to the stationary storage container.
(2) Any facility in operation prior to January 9, 1976, that dis-
tributes less than 75,700 liters (20,000 gallons) of gasoline
in any one day shall be exempt from the provisions of this rule
provided that:
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(a) Less than 1,892,500 liters (500,000 gallons) per year
are distributed to storage vessels, not exempted under
Sections (c)(l), (c)(2), and (c)(3) of Rule 461;
(b) All gasoline is loaded into transport vessels through a
fill pipe, the discharge opening of which is submerged
when the liquid level is 8 centimeters (3.15 inches) '
above the bottom of the vessel;
(c) The owner or operator of the facility petitions the Air
Pollution Control Officer annually for this exemption.
(3) Any such facility constructed or installed on or after January
9, 1976, irrespective of throughput, shall comply with the
provisions of Section (b)(l) and shall not be eligible for
the exemption in Section (b)(2).
(c) Effective Dates.
(1) The owner or operator of any organic liquid loading facility
subject to this rule which is installed or constructed on or
after January 9, 1976, shall comply with the provisions of
this rule at the time of installation. • .
(2) The owner or operator of any organic liquid loading facility ,
subject to this rule which is operating or in the process of
being installed or constructed before January 9, 1976, shall
comply with the provisions of this rule by August 1, 1976,
and shall comply with the following increments of progress:
(1) -.By April 1, 1976, submit to the Air Pollution Control
Officer a final control plan which describes, as a
minimum, the steps that will be taken to achieve com-
pliance with the provisions of this rule.
(2) By May 1, 1976, negotiate and sign all necessary contracts
for emission control systems, or issue orders for the
purchase of component parts to accomplish emission
control.
(3) By June 1, 1976, initiate bn-site construction or instal-
lation of emission control equipment.
(4) By July 1, 1976, complete on-site construction or instal-
lation of emission control equipment.
(5) By August 1, 1976, assure final compliance with the pro-
visions of this rule.
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(50.2) RULE 62. SULFUR CONTENTS OF FUELS.
A^person shall not burn within the Los Angeles Basin at any time between
May 1 and September 30, both dates inclusive, during the calendar year
1959, and each year thereafter between April 15 and November 15, both
inclusive, of the same calendar year, any gaseous fuel containing sulfur
compounds in.excess of 50 grains per 100 cubic feet of gaseous fuel, calcu-
lated as hydrogen sulfide at standard conditions, or any liquid fuel or
solid fuel having a sulfur content in excess of 0.5 percent by weight '
The provisions of this rule shall not apply to:
(a) The burning of sulfur, hydrogen sulfide, acid sludge or other sulfur
compounds in the manufacturing of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
(b) The incinerating of waste gases provided that the gross heating
value of such gases is less than 300 British Thermal Units per cubic
foot at standard conditions and the fuel used to incinerate such
waste gases does not contain sulfur or sulfur compounds in excess of
the amount specified in this rule. •
(c) The use of solid fuels in any metallurgical process.
(d) The use of fuels where the gaseous products of combustion are used
as raw materials for other processes.
(e) The use of liquid or solid fuel to propel or test any vehicle, air-
craft, missile, locomotive, boat or ship.
(f) The use of liquid fuel whenever the supply of gaseous fuel, the
burning of which is permitted by this rule, is not physically
available to the user due to accident, act of God, act of war, act of
the public enemy, or failure of the supplier.
(50.2) RULE 62.1. SULFUR CONTENTS OF FUELS.
(a) A person shall not burn within the Los Angeles Basin at any time
between the days of November 16 of any year and April 14 of the next
succeeding calendar year, both dates inclusive, any fuel described
in the first paragraph of Rule 62 of these Rules and Regulations.
(b) The provisions of this Rule do not apply to:
(1) Any use of fuel described in Subsections a,b,c,d,e, and f, of
said Rule 62 under the conditions and for the uses set forth
in said Subsections.
(2) The use of liquid fuel during a period for which the supplier
of gaseous fuel, the burning of which is not prohibited by
this Rule, interrupts the delivery of gaseous fuel to the user.
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(c) Every holder of, and every applicant for a permit to operate fuel-
burning equipment under these Rules and Regulations shall notify
the Air Pollution Control Officer in the manner and form prescribed
by him, of each interruption in and resumption of delivery of gaseous
fuel to his equipment.
(50.2) RULE 62.2. SULFUR CONTENTS OF FUELS.
*
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section (f) of Rule 62 or any provision
of said section as incorporated into Rule 62.1 or any provision of Sub-
section (2) of Section b or Rule 62.1, a person shall not burn within the
Los Angeles Basin any liquid fuel or solid fuel having a sulfur content in
excess of 0.5 percent by weight.
It shall not be a violation of this rule to burn such fuel for a period of
not to exceed three calendar days (and in addition for that period of time
necessary for the Hearing Board to render a decision, provided that an
application for a variance is promptly filed) when other fuel which complies
with this Rule is not used due to accident, strike, sabotage, or act of
God.
(12.0) RULE 63. GASOLINE SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) . A person shall not, after June 30, 1960, sell or supply for use
within the District as a fuel for motor vehicles as defined by the
Vehicle Code of the State of California, gasoline having a degree of
unsaturation greater than that indicated by a Bromine Number or 30
as determined by ASTM Method D1159-57T modified by omission of the
mercuric chloride catalyst.
(b) For the purpose of this rule, the term "gasoline" means any petroleum
distillate having a Reid vapor pressure of more than four pounds.
(51.21) RULE 64. REDUCTION OF ANIMAL MATTER.
A person shall not operate or use any article, machine, equipment or other
contrivance for the reduction of animal matter unless all gases, vapors
and gas-entrained effluents from such an article, machine, equipment or
other contrivance are:
(a) Incinerated at temperatures of not less than 1200 degrees Fahrenheit
for a period of not less than 0.3 seconds, or
(b) Processed in such a manner determined by the Air Pollution Control
Officer to be equally, or more, effective*for the purpose of air
pollution control than (a) above.
A person incinerating or processing gases, vapors or gas-entrained effluents
pursuant to this rule shall provide, properly install and maintain in cali-
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bration, in good working order and in operation devices, as specified in
the Authority to Construct or Permit to Operate or as specified by the Air
Pollution Control Officer, for indicating temperature, pressure or other
operating conditions.
For the purpose of this rule, "reduction" is defined as any heated process,
including rendering, cooking, drying, dehydrating, digesting, evaporating
and protein concentrating.
The provisions of this rule shall not apply to any article, machine, equip-
ment or other contrivance used exclusively for the processing of food for
human consumption.
(51.16) RULE 461. GASOLINE TRANSFER AND DISPENSING.
(a) Gasoline Transfer Into Stationary Storage Containers
(1) A person shall not transfer or permit the transfer of gasoline
from any tank truck, trailer or railroad tank car into any
stationary storage container with a capacity of more than 950
liters (251 gallons) unless such container is equipped with a
permanent submerged fill pipe and unless 90 percent by weight
of the gasoline vapors displaced during the filling of the
stationary storage container are prevented from being released
to the atmosphere.
(2) The provisions of Section (a)(l) shall be met by either:
(a) The displaced gasoline vapors being processed by a
system that includes:
(i) A vapor-tight gasoline fill connector.
(ii) A vapor-tight vapor return line to the delivery
vessel of at least 7.6 centimeters (3 inches)
nominal diameter.
(iii) A device approved by the Air Pollution Control
Officer which will ensure that the vapor return
line is connected before gasoline can be trans-
ferred into the container.
(iv) The vapor-laden delivery vessel shall be designed
and maintained to be in a vapor-tight condition.
(v) The vapor-laden delivery vessel shall be refilled
only at facilities equipped with vapor collection
and disposal systems as required by Rule 462.
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(b) The displaced gasoline vapors and gases are processed
by a system approved by the Air Pollution Control Officer
and with a minimum recovery efficiency at least equiv-
. alent to that of the system described above; or
(c) Transfer is made to a storage container equipped as
described in Rule 463.
(b) Gasoline Transfer into Vehicle Fuel Tanks
(1) A person shall not transfer or permit the transfer of gasoline
from a stationary container subject to the provisions of
Section (a) into any motor vehicle fuel tank of greater than
19 liters (5 gallons) capacity unless 90% by weight of gas-
oline vapors displaced during the transfer are prevented from
entering the atmosphere. The transfer shall be made through a
fill nozzle which:
(a) Is designed and operated to prevent the discharge of
gasoline vapors to the atmosphere from the vehicle filler ••
neck and the fill nozzle, and
(b) Is designed arid operated to prevent fuel'tank overfills
and spillage on fill nozzle disconnect, and
(c) Limits the fill rate to a maximum of 30 liters (7.9
gallons) per minute.
(c) Exemptions
The provisions of this rule shall not apply to the transfer of gas-
oline.
(1) Into or from any stationary container having a capacity of
7,570 liters (2,000 gallons) or less which was installed prior
to March 5, 1975, if such container is equipped with a permanent
submerged fill pipe by March 1, 1977, or into or fr.om any under-
ground storage container installed prior to March 5, 1975, where
the fill line between the fill connection and container is
offset.
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(2) Into or from any stationary container which is used.primarily .
for the fueling of implements of husbandry, as such vehicles
are defined in Division 16 (Section 36000, et seq.) of the
California Vehicle Code, if such container is equipped with a
submerged fill pipe by March 1, 1977.
(3) Into or from any stationary container located in thl Southeast
Desert Air Basin portion of San Bernardino County, the Joshua
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Tree area, or the Palo Verde area, if such container is equip-
ped with a permanent submerged fill pipe by March 1, 1977,
or at the time of container installation if after that date. >•
(4) Into a motor vehicle from any stationary storage container
having a capacity of 950 liters (251 gallons) or l.ess, or from
any mobile container used exclusively for refuel ing'of vehicles
or aircraft.
(5) Into motor vehicles from any gasoline dispensing facility in
existence prior to March 5, 1975, which is located in a struc- :
ture where the dispensers are at a lower elevation than the
bottom of the gasoline storage containers. *
(6) Into or from any stationary container installed or under con- •
struction prior to January 9, 1976, and located in Riverside or (
San Bernardino County-which is exclusively receiving'gasoline
from any loading facility which is exempted under the provisions,
of Section (b)(2) of Rule 462, if such container is "equipped
with a permanent submerged fill pipe, by March 1, 197'7.
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(d) Other Provisions . . , .
(1) A person shall not install any gasoline storage container with
a capacity of more than 950 liters (251 gallons) unless such
container meets the provisions of this rule.
(2) Vapor return or vapor recovery systems used to comply with the
provisions of this rule shall comply with all safety, fire,
weights and measures, and other applicable codes or regulations.
All fill nozzles, pressure-vaccum relief vents and any vacuum-
assisted vapor recovery system must be of a type approved for
the purpose by a fire and safety testing organization recognized
by the fire department having jurisdiction.
(e) Definitions
For the purposes of this rule, the following definitions are included:
(1) "Gasoline vapors" means the organic compounds in the displaced
vapors including any entrained liquid gasoline.
(2) A "motor vehicle" is any self-propelled vehicle registered for
use on the highways.
(f) Effective Dates
(1) The owner or operator of any stationary storage container or
gasoline dispensing facility subject to this rule and which is
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installed or constructed on or after January 9, 1976, shall
comply with the provisions of this rule at the time of instaV
lation.
(2) The owner or operator of any stationary storage or gasoline
dispensing facility subject to this rule which is operating
or in the process of being installed or constructed before
January 9, 1976, shall comply with the following schedule
of increments of progress:
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SECTION A (TRANSFER INTO STORAGE CONTAINERS)
Located In
County of
Los Angeles
Grange
Riverside
San Bernardino
Tank Cap.
(gal.)
6,000 or larger
less than 6,000
All
All
6,000 or larger
less than 6,000
Submit*1) Negotiate^2) Initiate*3) Complete*4) Assure*5^
9-15-74
1-6-75
9-1-75
9-1-75
1-1-75
8-1-75
SECTION B
Located in
County of
Los Angeles
Tank Cap.
(gal.)
6,000 or larger
less than 6,000
11-15-74
4-1-75
11-1-75
11-1-75
2-15-75
11-1-75
(DISPENSING
12-1-74
6-1-75
12-1-75
3-1-76
4-1-75
12-31-75
INTO VEHICLES)
Submit*1) Negotiate*2) Initiate*3)
1-6-75
6-1-75
3-1-75
11-1-75
5-1-76
120 Days from
4-1-75
2-1-76
6-1-76
5-1-76
7-1-75
2-1-76
Complete
120 days
C Date
5-1-75
5-1-76
7-1-76
6-1-76
8-1-75
5-1-76
*4) Assure(5)
from 180 days from
(6) C Date (6)
C Date(6) 150 days from 180 days from
C Date (6) C Date (6)
Grange
Riverside
All
All
g_l_75 H-l-75 2-1-76
9-1.75 1T-1-75 3-1-76
San Bernardino 6,000 or larger 1-1-75 2-15-75 4-1-75
less than 6,000 8-1-75 11-1-75 1-2-76
120 days from 180 days from
C Date (6) C Date (6)
120 days from 150 days from
C Date (6) C Date (6)
120 days from 150 days from
C Date (6) C Date (6)
120 days from 150 days from
C Date (6) C Date (6)
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(1) Submit to the Air Pollution Control Officer a final control
plan which describes at a minimum the steps that will be
taken by the source to achieve compliance with the provisions
of this Rule.
(2) Negotiate and sign all necessary contracts for emission control
systems, or issue orders for the purchase of component parts
to accomplish emission control.
(3) Initiate on-site construction or installation of emission
control equipment.
(4) Complete on-site construction or installation of emission
control equipment.
(5) Assure final compliance with the provisions of this Rule.
(6) "C Date" is defined as the date on which the Air Resources
Board certifies a gasoline vapor control system in accordance
with Section 39068.6 of the Health and Safety Code.
(50.4) RULE 66. ORGANIC SOLVENTS.
(a) A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere more than 15 pounds
of organic materials in any one day, nor more than 3.pounds in
any one hour, from any article, machine, equipment or other contri-
vance, in which any organic solvent or any material containing
organic solvent comes into contact with flame or is baked, heat-cured
or heat-polymerized, in the presence of oxygen, unless said discharge
has been reduced by at least 85 percent. Those portions of any
series of articles, machines, equipment or other contrivances
designed for processing a continuous web, strip or wire which emit
organic materials and using operations described in this section
shall be collectively subject to compliance with this section.
(b) A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere more than 40 pounds
of organic materials in any one day, nor more than 8 pounds in any
one hour, from any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance
used under conditions other than described in section (a), for
employing or applying, any photochemically reactive solvent, as
defined in section (k), or material containing such photochemically
reactive solvent, unless said discharge has been reduced by at least
85 percent. Emissions of organic material into the atmosnhere
resulting from air or heated drying of products for the first 12 hours
after their removal from any article, machine, equipment, or other
contrivance described in this section shall be included in determin-
ing compliance with this section. Emissions resulting from baking,
heat-curing, or heat-polymerizing as described in section (a) shall
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£, be excluded from determination of compliance with this section.
Those portions of any series of articles, machines, equipment or
other contrivances designed for processing a continuous.web,
strip or wire which emit organic materials and using operations
described in this section shall be collectively subject to com-
pliance with this section.
(c). A person shall not, after August 31, 1974, discharge into the atmos-
phere more than 3,000 pounds of organic materials in any one day, nor
more than 450 pounds in any one hour, from any article, machine,
equipment or other contrivance in which any non-photochemically
reactive organic solvent or any material containing such solvent is
employed or applied, unless said discharge has been reduced by at
least 85 percent.Emissions of organic material into the atmos-
phere resulting from air or heated drying of products for the first
12 hours after their removal from any article, machine,-equipment, '
or other contrivance described in this section shall be included
in determining compliance with this section. Emissions resulting
from baking, heat-curing, or heat-polymerizing as described in
section (a) shall be excluded from determination of compliance with
this section. Those portions or any series of articles, machines,
equipment or other contrivances designed for processing a continuous
web, strip or wire which emit organic materials and using operations
described in this section shall be collectively subject to com-
pliance with this section.
(d) Emissions of organic materials to the atmosphere from the clean-up
with photochemically reactive solvent, as defined in section (k),
of any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance described
in sections (a), (b) or (c), shall be included with the other
emissions of organic materials from that article, machine, equipment
or other contrivance for determining compliance with this rule.
(f) Emissions of organic materials into the atmosphere required to be
controlled by sections (a), (b) or (c), shall be reduced by:
(1) Incineration, provided that 90 percent or more of the carbon
in the organic material being incinerated is oxidized to
carbon dioxide, or
(2) Adsorption, or
(3) Processing in a manner determined by the Air Pollution Control
Officer to be not less effective than (1) or (2) above.
(g) A person incinerating, adsorbing, or otherwise processing organic
materials pursuant to this rule shall provide, properly install
and maintain in calibration, in good working order and in operation,
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devices as specified in the authority to construct or the permit
to operate, or as specified by the Air Pollution Control Officer,
for indicating temperatures, pressures, rates of flow or other
operating conditions necessary to determine the degree and
effectiveness of air pollution control.
(h) Any person using organic solvents or any materials containing
organic solvents shall supply the Air Pollution Control Officer,
upon request and in the manner and form prescribed by him, written
evidence of the chemical composition, physical properties and
amount consumed for each organic solvent used.
(i) The provisions of this rule shall not apply to:
(1) The manufacture of organic solvents, or the transport or
storage of organic solvents or materials containing organic
solvents.
(2) The use of equipment for which other requirements are
specified by Rules 56, 59, 61 or 65 or which are exempt from
air pollution control requirements by said rules.
(3) The spraying or other employment of insecticides, pesticides
or herbicides.
(4) The employment, application, evaporation or drying of saturated
halogenated hydrocarbons or perch!oroethylene.
(5) The use of any material, in any article, machine, equipment
or other contrivance described in sections (a), (b), (c) or (d),
if:
(i) the volatile content of such material consists only of
water and organic solvents, and
(ii) the organic solvents comprise not more than 20 percent
of said volatile content, and
(iii) the volatile content is not photochemically reactive as
defined in section (k).
(j) For the purposes of this rule, organic solvents include diluents and
thinners and are defined as organic materials which are liquids at
standard conditions and which are used as dissolvers, viscosity
reducers or cleaning agents, except that such materials which exhibit
: a boiling point higher than 220°F at 0.5 millimeter mercury absolute
pressure or having an equivalent vapor pressure shall not be con-
sidered to be solvents unless exposed to temperatures exceeding
220°F.
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(k) For the purposes of this rule, a photochemically reactive solvent
is any solvent with an aggregate of more than 20 percent of the
total volume composed of the chemical compounds classified below
or which exceeds any of the following individual percentage
composition limitations, referred to the total volume of solvent:
(1) A combination of hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, esters,
ethers or ketones havinq an olefinic or cyclo-olefinic type
of unsaturation: 5 percent;,
(2) A combination of aromatic compounds with eight or more carbon
atoms to the molecule except ethylbenzene: 8 percent;
(3) A combination of ethylbenzene, ketones having branched hydro-
carbon structures, trichloroethylene or toluene: 20 percent;
Whenever any organic solvent or any constituent of an organic solvent
may be classified from its chemical structure into more than one of
the above groups of organic compounds, it shall be considered as a
member of the most reactive chemical group, that is, the group
having the least allowable percent of the total volume of solvents.
(1) For the purposes of this rule, organic materials are defined as
chemical compounds of carbon excluding carbon monoxide, carbon
dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides, metallic carbonates,
and ammonium carbonates.
(50.4) RULE 66.1 ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS.
(a) A person shall not sell or offer for sale for use in Los Angeles
County, in containers of one quart capacity or larger, any
architectural coating containing photochemical ly reactive solvent,
as defined in Rule 66(k).
(b) A person shall not employ, apply, evaporate or dry in Los Angeles
County any architectural coating, purchased in containers of one
quart capacity or larger, containing photochemically reactive
solvent, as defined in Rule 66(k).
(c) A person shall not thin or dilute any architectural coating with a
photochemically reactive solvent, as defined in Rule 66(k).
(d) For the purposes of this rule, an architectural coating is defined
as a coating used for residential or commercial buildings and their
appurtenances; or industrial buildings.
(50.4) RULE 66.2 DISPOSAL AND EVAPORATION OF SOLVENTS.
A person shall not during any one day dispose of a total of more than
1 1/2 gallons of any photochemically reactive solvent, as defined in
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Rule 66(k), or of any material containing more than 1 1/2 gallons of
any such photochemically reactive solvent by any means which will permit
the evaporation of such solvent into the atmosphere.
(51.5) RULE 67. FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT.
(51.6)
(51.7) A person shall not build, erect, install or expand any non-mobile fuel
burning equipment unit unless the discharge into the atmosphere of
contaminants will not and does not exceed any one or more of the follow-
ing rates:
(1) 200 pounds per hour of sulfur compounds, calculated as sulfur
dioxide (S02);
(2) 140 pounds per hour of nitrogen oxides, calculated as nitrogen
dioxide (N02);
(3) 10 pounds per hour of combustion contaminants as defined in Rule 2m
and derived from the fuel.
For.the purpose of this rule, a.fuel burning equipment unit shall be
comprised of the minimum number of boilers, furnaces, jet engines or
other fuel burning equipment, the simultaneous operations of which are
required for the production of useful heat or power.
Fuel burning equipment serving primarily as air pollution contrbl equip-
ment by using a combustion process to destroy air contaminants shall
be exempt from the provisions of this. rule. '
Nothing in this rule shall be construed as preventing the maintenance or
preventing the alteration or modification of an existing fuel burning
equipment unit which will reduce its mass rate of air contaminant
emissions.
(51.7) RULE 68. FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT - OXIDES OF NITROGEN.
A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any non-mobile
fuel burning article, machine, equipment or other contrivance, Having a
maximum heat input rate of more than 1775 million British Thermal Units
(BTU) per hour (gross), flue gas having a concentration of nitrogen
oxides, calculated as nitrogen dioxide (W^) at 3 percent oxygen* in
excess of that shown in the following table:.
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NITROGEN OXIDES - PARTS PER MILLION PARTS OF FLUE GAS
g J . •
FUEL EFFECTIVE DATE
•
GAS
LIQUID OR SOLID
DECEMBER 31, 1971
#/10°BTU
225 .409
325 .590
DECEMBER
125
: 225
31, 1974
#/10bBTU
.227
.409
(51.21) RULE 69. VACUUM PRODUCING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS.
A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere more than 3 pounds of
organic materials in any one hour from any vacuum producing devices or
systems including hot wells and accumulators, unless said discharge has
been reduced by at least 90 percent.
This rule shall be effective at the date of its adoption for any equip-
ment not then completed and put into service. As to all other equipment
this rule shall be effective on July 1, 1972.
(51.21) RULE 70. ASPHALT AIR BLOWING.
A person shall not operate or use any article, machine, equipment or
other contrivance for the air blowing of asphalt unless all gases, vapors
and gas-entrained effluents from such an article, machine, equipment or
other contrivance are:
(a) Incinerated at temperatures of not less than 1400 degrees Fahrenheit
for a period of not less than 0.3 seconds or,
(b) Processed in such a manner determined by the Air Pollution Control
Officer to be equally, or more, effective for the purpose of air
pollution control than (a) above.
This rule shall be effective at the date of its adoption for any equipment
not then completed and put into service. As to all other equipment
this rule shall be effective on July 1, 1972.
(50.5) RULE 71. CARBON MONOXIDE.
A person shall not, after December 31, 1971, discharge into the atmosphere
carbon monoxide .(CO) in concentrations exceeding 0.2 percent by volume,
measured on a dry basis.
The provisions of this rule shall not apply to emissions from internal
combustion engines.
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V. PROCEDURE BEFORE THE HEARING BOARD
(2.o) RULE 75. GENERAL:
This regulation shall apply to all hearings before the Hearing Board of
the Air Pollution Control District.
(2.0) RULE 76. .FILING PETITIONS
Requests for hearing shall be initiated by the filing of a petition in
triplicate with the Clerk of the Hearing Board at Room 433P, 313 N. Fig-
ueroa St., Los Angeles, California, 90012, and the payment of the fee of
$16.50 provided for in Rule 42 of these Rules and Regulations, after
service of a copy of the petition has been made on the Air Pollution
Control Officer at 434 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, California,
90013, and one copy on the holder of the permit or variance, if-any,
involved. Service may be made in person or by.mail, and service may be
proved by written acknowledgment of the person served or by the affi-
davit of the person making the service.
(2.0). RULE 77. CONTENTS OF PETITIONS.
Every petition sha'll state:
(a) The name, address and telephone number of the petitioner, or other
person authorized to receive service of notices.
(b) Whether the petitioner is an individual, co-partnership, corporation
or other entity, and names and address of the partners if a co-part-
nership, names and address1 of the officers, if a corporation, and the
names and address of the persons in control, if other entity.
(c) The type of business or activity involved in the application and the
street address at which it is conducted.
(d) A brief description of the article, machine, equipment or other con-
trivance, if any, involved in the application.
(e) The section or rule under which the petition is filed; that is,
whether petitioner desires a hearing:
1. To determine whether a permit shall be revoked or suspended
permit reinstated under Section 24274, Health and Safety Code
of the State of California;
2. For a variance under Section 24292, Health and Safety Code;
3. To revoke or modify a variance under Section 24298, Health
and Safety Code;
4. To review the denial or conditional granting of an authority
to construct, permit to operate or permit to sell or rent
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under Rule 25 of these Rules and Regulations.
(f) Each petition shall be signed by the petitioner, or by some person
on his behalf, and where the person signing is not the petitioner it
shall set forth his authority to sign,
(g) Petitions for revocation of permits shall allege in addition the rule
under which permit was granted, the rule or section which is alleged
to have been violated, together with a brief statement of the facts
constituting such alleged violation.
(h) Petitions for reinstatement of suspended permits shall allege in
addition the rule under which the permit was granted, the request
and alleged refusal which formed the basis for such suspension, to-
gether with a brief statement as to why information requested, if
any, was not furnished, whether such information is believed by
petitioner to be pertinent, and, if so, when it will be furnished.
(i) All petitions shall be typewritten, double spaced, on legal or
letter size paper, on one side of the paper only, leaving a margin of
at least one inch at the top and left side of each sheet.
(5.0) RULE 78. PETITIONS FOR VARIANCES.
In addition to the matters required by Rule 77, petitions for variances
shall state briefly:
(a) The section, rule or order complained of.
(b) The facts showing why compliance with the section, rule, or order is
unreasonable.
(c) For what period of time the variance is sought and why.
(d) The damage or harm resulting or which would result to petitioner from
a compliance with such section, rule or order.
(e) The requirements which petitioner can meet and the date when petition-
er can comply with such requirements.
(f) The advantages and disadvantages to the residents of the district
resulting from requiring compliance or resulting from granting a
variance.
(g) Whether or not operations under such variance, if granted, would con-
stitute a nuisance.
(h) Whether or not any case involving the same identical equipment or
process is pending in any court, civil or criminal.
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(i) Whether or not the subject equipment or process is covered by a per-
mit to operate issued by the Air Pollution Control Officer.
(2.0) RULE 79. APPEAL FROM DENIAL.
A petition to review a denial or conditional approval of an authority to
construct, permit to operate or permit to sell or rent shall, in addition
to the matters required by Rule 77, set forth a summary of the application
or a copy thereof and the alleged reasons for the denial or conditional
approval and the reasons for appeal.
(2.0) RULE 80. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RULES.
The Clerk of the Hearing Board shall not accept for filing any petition
which does not comply with these Rules relating to the form, filing and
service of petitions unless the chairman or any two members of the Hear-
ing Board direct otherwise and confirm such direction in writing. Such
direction need not be made at a meeting of the Hearing Board. The chair-
man or any two members, without a meeting, may require the petitioner to
state further facts or reframe a petition so as to disclose clearly the
issues involved.
(2.0) RULE 82. ANSWERS. ,
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Any person may file an answer within 10 days after service. All answers
shall be served the same as petitions under Rule 76.
(2.0) RULE 83. DISMISSAL OF PETITION
The petitioner may dismiss his petition at any time before submission of
the case to the Hearing Board, without a hearing or meeting of the Hear-
ing Board. The Clerk of the Hearing Board shall notify all interested
persons of such dismissal.
(16.0) RULE 84. PLACE OF HEARING
All hearings shall be held at Room 903, 313 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles,
California, 90012, unless some other place is designated by tH£ Hearing
Board.
(16.0) RULE 85. NOTICE OF HEARING.
o
The Clerk of the Hearing Board shall mail or deliver a notice of hearing
to the petitioner, the Air Pollution Control Officer, the holder of the
permit or variance involved, if any, and to any person entitled to notice
under Sections 24275, 24295 or 24299, Health and Safety Code.
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(2.0) RULE 86. EVIDENCE.
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(a) Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation.
(b) Each party shall have these rights: to call and examine witnesses;
to introduce exhibits; to cross-examine opposing witnesses on any
matter relevant to the issues even though that matter was not cover-
ed in the direct examination; to impeach any witness regardless of
which party first called him to testify; and to rebut the evidence
against him. If respondent does not testify in His own behalf he
may be called and examined as if under cross-examination.
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(c) The hearing need not be conducted according to technical rules
relating to evidence and witnesses. Any relevant evidence shall
be admitted if it is the sort of evidence on which responsible
persons are accustomed to rely on in the conduct of serious affairs,
regardless of the existence of any common law or statutory rule
which might make improper the admission of such evidence over
objection in civil actions. Hearsay evidence may be used for the
purpose of supplementing or explaining any direct evidence but shall
t not be sufficient in itself to support a finding unless it would be
admissible over objection in civil actions. The rules of privilege
shall be effective to the same extent that they are now or hereafter
may be recognized in civil actions, and irrelevant and unduly
repetitious evidences shall be excluded.
(2.0) RULE 87. PRELIMINARY MATTERS.
Preliminary matters such as setting a date for hearing, granting continu-
ances, approving petitions for filing, allowing amendments and other pre-
liminary rulings not determinative of the merits of the case may be made
by the chairman of an two members of the Hearing Board without a hearing
or meeting of the Hearing Board and without notice.
(2.0) RULE 88. OFFICIAL NOTICE.
The Hearing Board may take official notice of any matter which may be
judicially noticed by the courts of this State.
(2.0) RULE 89. CONTINUANCES.
The chairman or any two members of the Hearing Board shall grant any con-
tinuance of 15 days or less, concurred in by petitioner, the Air Pollu-
tion Control Officer and by every person who has filed an answer in the
action and may grant any reasonable continuance, in either case such
action may be ex parte, without a meeting of the Hearing Board and
without prior notice.
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(2.0) RULE 90. DECISION.
The decision'shall be in writing, served and filed within 15 days after
submission of the cause by the parties thereto and shall contain a brief
statement of facts found to be true, the determination of the issues
presented and the order of the Hearing Board. A copy shall be mailed
or delivered to the Air Pollution Control Officer, the petitioner and to
every person who has filed an answer or who has appeared as a party in
person or by counsel at the hearing.
(2.0) RULE 91. EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECISION.
The decision shall become effective 15 days after delivering cr mailing
a copy of the decision, as provided in Rule 90, or the Hearing Board may
order that the decision shall become effective sooner.
(3.0) RULE 95. LACK OF PERMIT.
The Hearing Board shall not receive or accept a petition for a variance
for the operation or use of any article, machine, equipment or other
contrivance until a permit to operate has been granted or denied by the
Air Pollution Control Officer; except that an appeal from a denial of a
permit to operate and a petition for a variance may be filed with the
Hearing Board in a'single petition. A variance granted by the Hearing
Board after a denial of a permit to operate by the Air Pollution Control
Officer may include a permit to operate for the duration of the variance.
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VI ORCHARD OR CITRUS GROVE HEATERS
(1.0) RULE 100. DEFINITION.
"Orchard or citrus grove heater" means any article, machine, equipment or
other contrivance, burning any type of fuel, capable of emitting air
contaminants, used or capable of being used for the purpose of giving
protection from frost damage.
(2.0) RULE 101. EXCEPTIONS.
Rules 10, 14, 20, 21, 24, 40, 62 and 62.1 do not apply to orchard or citrus
grove heaters.
(3.0) RULE 102. PERMITS REQUIRED.
Any person erecting, altering, replacing, operating or using any orchard
or citrus grove heater shall first obtain a permit from the Air Pollution
Control Officer to do so.
(2.0) RULE 103. TRANSFER.
A permit to operate shall not be transferable, whether by operation of law
or otherwise, either from one location to another, from one piece of
equipment to another, or from one person to another.
(3.0) RULE 105. APPLICATION FOR PERMITS.
Every application for a permit required under Rule 102 shall be filed in
the manner and form required by the Air Pollution Control Officer. Incom-
plete applications will not be accepted.
(3.0) RULE 106. ACTION ON APPLICATIONS.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall act on all applications within a
reasonable time and shall notify the applicant in writing of the approval,
conditional approval or denial of the application.
(3.0) RULE 107. STANDARDS FOR GRANTING PERMITS.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall deny a permit if the applicant
does not show that equipment described in Rules 100 and 102 is so designed
or controlled that it will not produce unconsumed solid carbonaceous matter
at the rate in excess of one (1) gram per minute except as prescribed under
Rule 108.
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(2.0) RULE 108. CONDITIONAL APPROVAL.
(a) The Air Pollution Control Officer may issue a permit subject to con-
ditions which will bring the orchard or citrus grove heater within
the standards of Rule 107 in which case the conditions shall be
specified in writing.
(b) Erecting, alterating, operating,or using under conditional permit shall
be deemed acceptance of all conditions so specified.
(3.0) RULE 109. DENIAL OF APPLICATIONS.
In the event of denial of a permit, the Air Pollution Control Officer
shall notify the applicant in writing of the reasons therefor. Service
of this notification may be made in person or by mail, and such service
may be proved by the written acknowledgment of the person served or
affidavit of the person making the service. The Air Pollution Control
Officer shall not accept a further application unless the applicant has
complied with the objections specified by the Air Pollution Control Officer
as his reasons for denial.
(2.0) RULE 110. APPEALS.
Within 10 days after notice of denial or conditional approval of a permit ,
by the Air Pollution Control Officer, the applicant may petition the
Hearing Board, in writing, for a public.hearing. The Hearing Board, after
notice and a public hearing held within 30 days after filing .the petition,
may sustain or reverse the action of the Air Pollution Control Officer;
such order may be made subject to specified conditions. --;'
(2.0) RULE 120. FEES.
A request for a duplicate permit for orchard or citrus grove heaters shall. ,,
be made in writing to the Air Pollution Control Officer within 10 days
after the destruction, loss or defacement of a permit. The fee for issu- ,,
ing a duplicate permit shall be $1.00. ' ; "
(2.0) RULE 130. PROHIBITIONS.
(a) These rules prohibit the erecting, altering, replacing, operating or
using any orchard or citrus grove heater which produces unconsumed
solid carbonaceous matter at the rate of more than (1) -gram per minute,
except under the conditions as set forth in Rule 108. c
(b) Open fires for orchard or citrus grove heating are prohibited.
(c) The use of rubber tires or any rubber products in any combustion
process in connection with any orchard or citrus grove heating is
hereby prohibited.
(I)
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All types of orchard or citrus grove heating equipment commonly
known or designated as follows:
1. Garbage pail
2. Smith Evans
3. Citrus with 01sen Stack
4. Canco 5 Gallon
5. Dunn
6. Hamilton Bread Pan
7. Wheeling
8. Canco 3 Gallon
9. Chinn
10. Baby Cone
11. Citrus Regular
12. Stub Stack
13. Citrus 15-inch stack
14. Exchange Model 5 1/2-inch
diameter stack
15. Exchange Model 6-inch
diameter stack
16. Hy-Lo Drum
17. Hy-Lo Hot Blast
18. Phyesey Beacon
may not be used or operated for the purpose of giving protection from
frost damage..
(e) All types of orchard or citrus grove heating equipment commonly known
„ or designated as follows:
NAME:
MAXIMUM PRIMARY AIR ORIFICE IN SQUARE INCHES:
1. Hy-Lo 1929
2. Hy-Lo 148
3. Hy-Lo Double Stack
4. Jumbo Cone
5. Lemora
6. National Double
Stack
7. Surplus Chemical
Warfare Service
Smoke Generator
0.606(equivalent to
0.606(equivalent to
0.606(equivalent to
0.196(equivalent to
0.608(equivalent to
0.802(equivalent to
and
0.802(equivalent to
and
one
one
one
one
one
one
one
one
one
hole
hole
hole
hole
hole
hole
hole
hole
hole
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
7/8in.
7/8in.
7/8in.
l/2in.
7/8in.
7/8in.
l/2in.
7/8in.
l/2in.
diameter)
diameter)
diameter)
diameter)
diameter)
diameter
diameter)
diameter
diameter)
may not be used or operated for the purpose of giving protection from
frost damage unless the primary air orifice(s) contain(s) not more
than the maximum area designated above.
(f) All types of orchard or citrus grove heating equipment commonly known
or designated as follows:
NAME:
1. Exchange Model
7-in.dia.stack
2. Hy-Lo 148 Special
3. Hy-Lo 230
4. Lazy Flame 24-in.
stack
MAXIMUM PRIMARY AIR ORIFICE IN SQUARE INCHES:
0.606(equivalent to one hole of 7/8in.diameter)
0.606(equivalent to one hole of 7/8in.diameter)
0.606(equivalent to one hole of 7/8in.diameter)
0.606(equivalent to one hole of 7/8in.diameter)
(cont.)
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(cont.)
NAME: MAXIMUM PRIMARY AIR ORIFICE IN SQUARE INCHES:
5. Lazy Flame 18-in. 1.212(equivalent to two holes of 7/8in.diameter)
stack
6. National Junior 1.212(equivalent to two holes of 7/8in.diameter)
may not be used or operated for the purpose of giving protection from
frost damage unless the primary air orifice(s) is (are) so adjusted
or regulated to a maximum opening of not greater than the area
designated above..
(g) Any new complete orchard or citrus grove heating equipment of the
distilling type not listed in subsection "e" and "i" of this rule
must contain a primary air orifice of such design that not more than
one (1) gram per minute of unconsumed solid carbonaceous matter is
emitted.
(h) No heater may be placed, be permitted to be placed or be permitted
to remain in any orchard or citrus grove or in any other place where
heaters may be fired to furnish protection from frost damage unless
a permit or conditional permit has been issued.
(i) The use or operation of any partial assembly of any type heater for
the purpose of giving protection from frost damage is hereby prohibi-
ted. A permit or conditional permit issued for the use or operation
of any type orchard or citrus grove heater is for the use or operation
of a complete heater assembly.
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VII. EMERGENCIES
This emergency regulation is designed to prevent the excessive buildup of
air contaminants and to avoid any possiblity of a catastrophe caused by
toxic concentrations of air contaminants. Past history indicates that the
possibility of such a catastrophe is extremely remote.
The Air Pollution Control Board deems it desirable to have ready an ade-
quate plan to prevent such an occurrence, and in case of the happening of
this unforeseen event, to provide for adequate actions to protect the
health of the citizens in the Air Pollution Control District.
(2.0) RULE 150. GENERAL.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of these rules and regulations, the
provisions of this regualtion shall apply to each air basin separately for
the control of emissions of air contaminants during any "alert" stage as
provided herein.
(9.0) RULE 151. SAMPLING STATIONS.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall maintain at least twelve (12)
permanently located atmospheric sampling stations adequately equipped.
These sampling stations shall be continuously maintained at locations
designated by the Air Pollution Control Officer after consultation with
the Scientific Committee. At least ten (10) of these stations shall be
located in the Los Angeles Basin, at least one (1) station shall be
located in the Upper Santa Clara River Valley Basin and at least one (1)
station shall be located in the Antelope Valley'Basin. The Air Pollution
Control Officer may maintain such additional sampling stations as may be
necessary. These additional stations may be permanent, temporary, fixed,
or mobile , and may be activated upon orders of the Air Pollution Control
Officer.
(9.0) RULE 152. AIR SAMPLING.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall establish procedures whereby ade-
quate samplings and analyses of air contaminants will be taken at each of
the stations established under Rule 151.
(13.0) RULE 153. REPORTS.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall make daily summaries of the read-
ings required by Rule 152. The summaries shall be in such form as to be
understandable by the public. These summaries shall be public records
and immediately after preparation shall be filed at the main office of
the Air Pollution Control District and be available to the public, press,
radio, television, and other mass media of communication.
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(2.0) RULE 154. CONTINUING PROGRAM OF VOLUNTARY COOPERATION.
Upon the adoption of this regulation the Air Pollution Control Officer
shall inform the public of ways in which air pollution can be reduced and
shall request voluntary cooperation from all persons in all activities
which contribute to air pollution. Civic groups shall be encouraged to
undertake campaigns of education and voluntary air pollution reduction in
their respective communities. Public officials shall be urged to take
promptly such steps as may be helpful to reduce air contamination to a
minimum within the areas of their authority. Employers shall be request-
ed to establish car pools. Users of automotive vehicles shall be urged
to keep motors in good condition and to plan routes and schedules which
will contribute minimum contamination to critical areas of pollution. All
industrial, commercial and business establishments which emit hydrocar-
bons or the air contaminants named in Rule 156 should critically study
their operations from the standpoint of air contamination and should
take appropriate action voluntarily to reduce air pollution.
(2.0) RULE 154.1 PLANS.
(a) If the Air Pollution Control Officer finds that any industrial, busi-
ness or commercial establishment or activity emits hydrocarbons or any of
the contaminants named in Rule 156, he may give written notice to the
owner or operator of such industrial, business or commercial establish-
ment or activity to submit to the Air Pollution Control Officer plans for
immediate shutdown or curtailment, in the event of an air pollution
emergency, all of the sources of hydrocarbons or any of the contaminants
named in Rule 156, including vehicles owned or operated by such person,
his agents or employees in the scope of the business or operation of
such establishment or activity. Such plans shall include, in addition to
the other matters set forth in this rule, a list of all such sources of
hydrocarbons and any of the contaminants named in Rule 156, and a state-
ment of the minimum time and the recommended time to effect a complete
shutdown of each source in the event of an air pollution emergency. -Such
notice may be served in the manner prescribed by law for the service of
summons, or by registered or certified mail. Each such person shall, with-
in sixty (60) days after the receipt of such notice, or within such addi-
tional time as the Air Pollution Control Officer may specify in writing,
submit to the Air Pollution Control Officer the plans and information
described in-the notice.
(b) The Air Pollution Control Officer shall prepare appropriate plans to
be made effective and action to be taken in respect to a First or Second
Alert as follows:
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In respect to a First Alert, the Air Pollution Control Officer shall de-
velope plans calling for the operation of all privately ov/ned vehicles
on a pool basis as may be arranged by persons and employers of persons
operating vehicles from home to work and in the business of such employer.
In respect to a Second Alert, the Control Officer shall prepare a pro-
gram of action and steps to be taken under the provisions of Rule 158,
paragraph c. The general nature of the plans to be made effective upon a
Second Alert shall be reported to and subject to review and approval by
the Air Pollution Control Board.
It shall be the objective of such program to result in bringing about a
diminution of air contaminants which occasioned the Second Alert and to
prevent any increase thereof in order to protect the health of all persons
within the air basin affected by the alert. It shall also be the objective
of such plans that they may be effective to curtail the operations of
industrial, business, commercial and other activities within the basin,
but without undue interference wtih the operations of public utilities or
other productive, industrial, business and other activities, which are
essential to the health and welfare of the community. It is further
intended that any said plan of action shall not jeopardize the. welfare
of the public or result in irreparable injury to any means of production
or distribution.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall further, by cooperative agree-
ments or in addition to cooperative agreements, prepare plans for action
in respect to industry, business, tranportation, hospitals, schools and
other appropriate public and private institutions, and the public
generally, to accomplish the purposes of the Second Alert action as set
forth in Rule 158 d. The general nature of the plans to be made effective
upon a Second Alert shall be reported to and subject to review and approval
by the Air Pollution Control Board.
All plans and programs of action to make effective the procedures prescri-
bed in Rule 158, paragraphs c., and d., shall be consistent with and
designed to accomplish the purposes, and shall be subject to the conditions
and limitations, set forth in said paragraphs c., and d.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall give, Or'cause to be given, wide
publicity in regard to plans for action to be applicable under Rule 158,
paragraphs c., and d., in order that all persons within the district shall
be able to understand and be prepared to rendec compliance therewith in the
event of the sounding of a Second Alert.
(8.0) RULE 155. DECLARATION OF ALERTS.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall declare the appropriate "alert"
in an air basin whenever the concentration of any air contaminant in that
air basin has been verified to have reached the concentration set forth in
Rule 156. For the purposes of this regulation "verified" means that the
pertinent measuring instrument has been checked over the ensuing five minute
period and found to be operating correctly.
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(8.0) RULE 155.1. NOTIFICATION OF ALERTS.
Following the declaration of the appropriate "alert," the Air Pollution
Control Officer shall communicate notification of the declaration of the
alert to:
(a) The Los Angeles County Sheriff and the Sheriff shall broadcast the
declaration of the "alert" by the Sheriff's teletype and radio system
to:
1. All Sheriff's substations.
2. All city police departments.
3. California Highway Patrol.
(b) Local public safety personnel, who have responsibilities or interests
in air pollution alerts.
(c) Air polluting industrial plants and processes which require "alert"
data in order to effect pre-arranged plans designed to reduce the
output of air contaminants.
(d) The general public.
(e) Air Pollution Control District personnel.
(8.0) RULE 155.2 RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall install and maintain, in continuous
operation, a radio transmitter with selective calling facilities for the
purpose of broadcasting the declaration of alerts and information and
instructions which may be appropriate to carry out the provisions of this
regulation.
Radio receiving equipment with decoding device capable of receiving broad-
casts from the Air Pollution Control Officer of the declaration of alerts
and information and instructions theretoshall be installed and properly
maintained and operated during all hours of plant operation by any person
who operates or uses any:
(a) Petroleum refinery.
(b) Bulk gasoline loading facility for tank vehicles, tank cars, or marine
vessels, from which facility 20,000 gallons or more of gasoline are
loaded per day. For purposes of this paragraph, "gasoline" means any
petroleum distillate having a Reid vapor pressure of four pounds or
greater, and "facility" means all gasoline loading equipment which is
both: (1) possessed by one person, and (2) located so that all the
.gasoline loading outlets for such aggregation or combination of load-
ing equipment can be encompassed within any circle of 300 feet in
diameter.
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(c) Asphalt saturator.
(d) Asphalt paving manufacturing plant. .
(e) Asphalt manufacturing plant.
(f) Chemical plant which:
1. Reacts or produces any organic liquids or gases.
2. Produces sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, or sulfur.
(g) Paint, enamel, lacquer, or varnish manufacturing plant 1n which
10,000 gallons or more per month of organic solvents, diluents or
thinners, or any combination thereof are combined or maufactured
into paint, enamel, lacquer, or varnish.
(h) Rubber tire manufacturing or rubber reclaiming plant.
(j) Metal melting plant requiring molten metal temperatures in excess of
1000°F,_or metal refining plant or. metal smelting plant..
This subparagraph applies only to a plant in which a total of 2,500
pounds or more of metal are in a molten state at any one time or are
poured in any one hour.
(k) Rock wool manufacturing plant.
(1) Glass or frit manufacturing plant in which a total of 4,000 pounds or
more of glass or frit or both are in a molten state at any one time
or are poured in any one hour.
(m) Fossil fuel fired steam electric generating plant having a total
rated capacity of 50 megawatts or more.
(n) Container manufacturing or decorating plant in which 1,000 gallons
. or more per month of organic solvents, diluents or thinners, or any
combination thereof are consumed.
(o) Fabric dry cleaning plant in which 1,000 gallons or more per month
of organic solvents are consumed.
(p) Printing plant with heated oven enclosure(s) and consuming more
than 1,000 pounds per day of ink containing organic solvents.
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(8.0) RULE 156. ALERT STAGES FOR TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS*
(In parts per million parts of air)
Carbon Monoxide
Nitrogen Oxides3
Sulfur Dioxide .
Ozone
First Alert
50
3
3
0.5
Second Alert
100
5
5
1.0
Third Alert
150
10
10
1.5
a. Sum of nitrogen dioxide and nitric oxide.
First Alert: Close approach to maximum allowable concentration for the
population at large, a point where preventive action is required.
Second Alert: Air contamination level at which a serious health menace
exists in a preliminary state.
Third Alert: Air contamination level at which a dangerous health menace
exist.
* How measured: The concentrations of air contaminants shall be measured
in accordance with the procedures and,recommendations established by the
Scientific Committee.
(8.0) RULE 157. FIRST ALERT ACTION. '
This is a warning alert requiring preventive action and shall be declared
in an air basin whenever the concentration of an air contaminant has been
verified to have reached the standards for the "first alert" set forth in
Rule 156. The following actions shall be taken in the affected air basin
upon the calling of the First Alert:
*
(a) A person shall not burn any combustible refuse at any location within
the affected air basin. ';„.'•
(b) Any person operating or maintaining any industrial, commercial or
business establishment, which establishments emit hydrp'carbons or
any of the contaminants named in Rule 156, and any person operating
any private noncommercial vehicle, shall, during the First Alert
period in the affected air basin, take th\e necessary preliminary
steps to the action required should a Second Alert be declared.
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(c) The Air Pollution Control Officer shall, by the use of,all appro-
priate mass media of communication, request the public, to stop all
unessential use of vehicles In the affected air basin, and to oper-
ate all privately owned vehicles on a pool basis, and shall request
all employers to activate employee car pools.
(d) When, after the declaration of the First Alert It appears to the Air
Pollution Control Officer that the concentration of any contaminants
In all or any portion of the affected air basin 1s Increasing in
such a manner that a Second Alert 1s likely to be called, he shall
take the following actions:
1. Call Into session the Emergency Action Committee and request
advice on actions to be taken.
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2. Give all possible notice to the public by all mass media of
communication that a Second Alert may be called.
(8.0) RULE 158. SECOND ALERT ACTION.
This 1s a serious health hazard alert and shall be declared in an air
'basin when the concentration of an air contaminant has been verified to
have reached the standards set forth for the "Second Alert" in Rule 156.
The following action shall be taken upon the calling of the Second Alert:
,(a) The action set forth in Rule 157.
(b) The Emergency Action Committee, the Air Pollution Control Board and
the County Counsel, if not already activated, shall be called into
session and shall remain in session or reconvene from time to time
as directed by the Air Pollution Control Officer to study all pertin-
ent information relating to the emergency and to recommend to the Air
Pollution Control Officer actions to be taken from time to time as
conditions change.
(c) The Air Pollution Control Officer shall make effective, upon notice
as provided in Rule 155.1, the program of action to be taken as pre-
viously developed pursuant to Rule 154.1, paragraph b., and to carry
out the policy stated therein.
Pursuant to this alert, the Air Pollution Control Officer may impose
limitations as to the general operation of vehicles as provided in
Rule 154.1, permitting limited operation essential to accommodate
industry, business, public utility and other services as may be
necessary in the public welfare.
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(d) In the event the control measures made effective under paragraph c.
above prove to be inadequate to control the increase in the concen-
tration of air contaminants, the Air Pollution Control Officer, with
the advice of the Emergency Action Committee and with the concurrence
of the Air Pollution Control Board shall take such steps as he may
deem necessary to assure adequate control of existing air contamin-
ants and to protect the health and safety of the public, but, if
possible, without employing such drastic remedial measures as to
completely disrupt the economic life of the community or to result
in irreparable injury to (any form of production, manufacture or
business.
i
The Air Pollution Control Officer may, with the concurrence of the
Air Pollution Control Board, order the closing of any industrial,
commercial or business establishment and stop vehicular traffic where
deemed necessary by the Emergency Action Committee, except authorized
emergency vehicles used in public transportation and vehicles the
operation of which is necessary for the protection of the health and
welfare of the public, if, in the opinion of the Air Pollution Control
Officer, the continued operation of such establishment or vehicle
contributes to the further concentration of any air contaminant,
the concentration of which caused the declaration of the "alert".
The Air Pollution Control Officer, during a Second Alert, shall keep
the public suitably informed of all significant changes in the concen-
trations of toxic air contaminants.
(e) In the event that the Air Pollution Control Officer determines that
the public health and safety is in danger, the Emergency Action
Committee and the Air Pollution Control Board may take any action
authorized by this rule with less than a quorum present. A majority
vote of the members present is required for any such action.
(8.0) RULE 159. THIRD ALERT.
This is a dangerous health hazard alert and shall be declared in an air
basin when the concentration of an air contaminant has been verified to
have reached in that air basin the standards set forth for the "Third
Alert" in Rule 156.
The following action shall be taken upon the calling of the Third Alert:
(a) The actions set forth in Rules 157 and 158, and
(b) If it appears that the steps taken by the Air Pollution Control
Officer will be inadequate to cope with the emergency, the Air Pollu-
tion Control Board shall request the Governor to declare that a state
of emergency exists and to take appropriate actions as set forth in
the California Emergency Services Act.
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(8.0) RULE 160. END OF ALERT.
The'Air Pollution Control Officer shall declare the termination of the
appropriate alert whenever the concentration of an air contaminant which
caused the declaration of such alert has been verified to have fallen
.below the standards set forth 1n Rule 156 for the calling of such alert
and the available scientific and. meteorological data indicate that the
concentration of such air contaminant will riot immediately increase
again so as to reach the standards set forth for such alert in Rule 156.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall immediately communicate the
declaration of the termination of the alert in the manner provided in
Rule 155.1 for the declaration of alerts. The Sheriff shall broadcast
the termination of the alert in the same manner as provided in Rule 155.1
for the declaration of alerts.
(15.0) RULE 161. ENFORCEMENT.
When an "alert" has been declared in an air basin, the Air Pollution Con-
trol Officer, the Sheriff, their deputies, and all other peace officers
within that air basin shall enforce the appropriate provisions of this
regulation and all orders of the Air Pollution Control Board or the Air
Pollution Control Officer made pursuant to this regulation against any.
person who, having knowledge of the declaration of an alert, refuses to
comply with the rules set forth in this regulation or any order of the
Air Pollution Control Board or the Air Pollution Control Officer made
pursuant to this regulation.
(2.0) RULE 163. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.
A Scientific Committee shall be appointed by the Air Pollution Control
Board. Members shall be licensed physicians, medical scientists, biolo-
gists, chemists, engineers, or meteorologists, each of whom has had exper-
ience in air pollution control work, or other experts with scientific
training.
The Air Pollution Control Officer and the County Counsel shall be ex-officio
members of the Scientific Committee.
The term of appointment of all members except the ex-officio members shall
be two (2) years. The Scientific Committee shall act through a majority.
There shall be at least fifteen (15) members on the Committee.
The Scientific Committee shall have the following duties:
(a) Study and recommend. The Scientific Committee shall study and make
recommendations.to the Air Pollution Control Board of the most suit-
able methods for measurement of air contaminants and on any changes
recommended for the concentrations set forth in Rule 156. The Air
Pollution Control Board may adopt such recommended changes for the
concentrations of toxic air contaminants for each alert stage by
amendment to Rule 156.
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(b) Consult, The Scientific Committee shall serve in a consultant ad-
„ visory capacity to the Air Pollution Control Officer concerning any
air pollution health problem which may arise. The Scientific
Committee shall also advise the Air Pollution Control Board on any
recommended changes in this emergency regulation which will provide
greater protection of the health and welfare of all persons within
the Air Pollution Control District.
(8.0) RULE 164. EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE.
An Emergency Action Committee shall be appointed by the Air Pollution
Control Board. The Committee shall be composed of ten (10) appointed
members and of these members two shall be experts with scientific training
or knowledge in air pollution matters, two shall be licensed physicians,
two shall be representatives of industry, two shall be representatives of
law enforcement, and two shall be members of the public at large.
The County Health Officer, the Sheriff, and the County Counsel shall be
ex-officio members of the Committee. In the absence of an ex-officio
member, his deputy may act for him.
The term of appointment of appointed members shall be two years.
The duties of the Emergency Action Committee shall be to meet with the
Air Pollution Control Officer when called into session, to evaluate
data, and to advise the Air Pollution ControVOffleer as to $he appropriate
action to be taken when the concentration of any of the contaminants set
forth in Rule 156 has been verified to be approaching the standards set
v forth in Rule 156 for a Second Alert.
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the Committee shall meet when called into session and not less than
every three months.
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