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Air Pollution Regulations in
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California, Plumas County
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United States
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August 1978
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2.
4,. TITLE .AND SUBTITLE
Air Pollution Regulations 1n State Implementation i
Plans: California Plumas County
3. RECIPIENT'S ACCESSIO
B. REPORT DATE
August 1978'
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION CODE
. AUTHOR(S)
'8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NO.
9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS
Walden Division of Abcor, Inc.
Wilmington, Mass.
10. PROGRAM ELEMENT NO.
11. CONTRACT7GRANT 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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Air Pollution Regulations
in State Implementation Plans:
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
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readers. Copies are available, for a fee, from the National Technical
Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.
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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
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by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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INTRODUCTION
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 enforceability 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 owned facilities or projects. Therefore, the
Federally promulgated indirect source, regulations appearing in this
document are not enforceable by EPA except as they relate to Federal
facilities.
Since State air quality regulations vary widely in their organization,
content, and language, a standardized subject index is utilized in this
document. Index listings consist of both contaminant and activity oriented
categories to facilitate usage. For example, for regulations which apply
to copper smelters, one might look under sulfur compounds (50.2), particu-
1ate matter process weight (50.1.1), or copper smelters (51.15). Federal
regulations pertaining to a given State immediately follow the approved
State and local regulations.
Additionally, a summary sheet of the information included in each
comprehensive document is presented prior to the'regulatory text to
allow one to quickly assess the contents of the document. Specifically,
the summary sheets contain the date of submittal to EPA of each revision
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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 are 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
OF
EPA-APPROVED REGULATION CHANGES
PLUMAS COUNTY APCD
Submlttal Date Approval Date Description
6/30/72 9/22/72 All Regulations approved
unless otherwise specified.
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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)
4.1 PARTICULATES
4.2 SULFUR DIOXIDE
4.3 NITRIC OXIDES
4.4 HYDROCARBONS
4.5 CARBON MONOXIDE
4.6 OXIDANTS
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) - Participates
(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
Revised Standard
Subject Index
(2.0)
(1.0)
(15.0)
(15.0)
(3.0)
(2.0)
(2.0)
(3.0)
(3.0)
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(9.0)
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PLUMAS COUNTY
Rule Number
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REGULATIONS
Title Page Number
Title
Definitions
Penalties for
Violations
Civil Penalties
Permits Required
Exemptions
Transfer
Time to Obtain
Permit to Operate
Applications
Cancellation of
Applications
Action on
Applications
Provisions of
Sampling and Testing
Facilities
Standards for
Granting Applications
Conditional Approval
Denial of
Applications
Further Information
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Revised Standard
Subject Index Rule Number Title Page Number
(3.0) 24 Applications Deemed 15
Denied
(3.0) (16.0) 25 Appeals 15
(3.0) 40 Permit Fees 16
(16.0) 42 Hearing Board Fees 16
(13.0) 44 Technical Reports, 17
Charges For
(50.1.2) 50 Visual Emission Standard 17
(2.0) 51 Prohibited Emissions 17
(2.0) 51.5 Separation of Emissions 17
(2.0) 51.6 Combination of Emissions 18
(12.0) 51.7 Emission Control For Used 18
Motor Vehicles
(50.1.1) 52 Particulate Matter 18
(51.13) 53 Open Fires 20
(51.9) 54 Incinerator Burning 20
(2.0) 55 Exceptions 20
(50.2) 56 Sulfur Oxide Emissions 21
(50.2) 57 Sulfide Emission Standard 22
(50.4 57.5 Organic Solvents 23
(51.21) 58 Reduction of Animal Matter 26
(7.0) 59 Report of Breakdown 26
(2.0) 60 Circumvention 27
(2.0) 62 Review of Standards 27
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Revised Standard
Subject Index Rule Number Title Page Number
(16.0) 70 Appeals From Hearing 27
Board
(2.0) 75 General 27
(2.0) 76 Filing Petitions 27
(2.0) 77 Contents of Petitions 28
(5.0) 78 Petitions For Variance 29
(2.0) 79 Appeal From Denial 30
(2.0) 80 Failure to Comply With 30
Rules
(2.0) 82 Answers 30
(2.0) 83 Dismissal of Petition 30
(16.0) 84 Place of Hearing 30
(16.0) 85 Notice of Hearing 30
(2.0) 86 Evidence 30
(2.0) 87 Preliminary Matters 31
(2.0) 88 Official Notice 31
(2.0) 89 Continuances 31
(2.0) 90 Decision 31
(2.0) 91 Effective Date of 32
Decision
(3.0) 95 Lack of Permit 32
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RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PLUMAS COUNTY AIR POLLUTION
CONTROL DISTRICT
REGULATION I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
(2.0) RULE 1 - TITLE
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2, Division 20, of the Health and
Safety Code of the State of California, the Air Pollution Control Board
of the Plumas County Air Pollution Control District does hereby enact the
following rules and regulations to be known as the Rules and Regulations
of the Plumas County Air Pollution Control District.
(1.0) RULE 2 - DEFINITIONS
Except as otherwise specifically provided in these Rules and Regulations,
and except where the context indicates otherwise, words used in these
Rules and Regulations are used in exactly the same sense as the same words
are used in Chapter 2, Division 20, of the Health and Safety Code.
(a) AGRICULTURAL OPERATION. "Agricultural operation" means the
growing and harvesting of crops, Including timber, or the rais-
ing of fowls, animals or bees as a gainful occupation.
(b) AIR CONTAMINANT. "Air contaminant" includes smoke, dust, char-
red paper, soot, grime, carbon, noxious acids, fumes, gases,
odors, or parti oil ate matter, or any combination thereof.
(c) AIR POLLUTION. "Air pollution" means the presence in the out-
door atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in quantities,
characteristics, or duration such that they are or tend to be
injurious to human, plant or animal life or to property, or
which unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or
property.
(d) AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT OPERATION. "Air pollution abatement
operation" means any operation which has as its essential pur-
pose a significant reduction in (a) the emission of air con-
taminants or (b) the effect of such emission.
(e) ALTERATION. "Alteration" means any addition to or enlargement
or replacement of, or any major modification or change of the
design, capacity, process or arrangement, or any increase in
the connected loading of, equipment or control apparatus which
will significantly increase or adversely affect the kind or
amount of air contaminant emitted.
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(f) ATMOSPHERE. "Atmosphere" means the air that envelops or
surrounds the earth.
(g) BOARD. "Board" means the A1r Pollution Control Board of the
Air Pollution Control District of Plumas County.
(h) COMBUSTIBLE WASTE. "Combustible waste" is any solid or liquid
combustible waste material containing carbon in a free or com-
bined state.
(i) COMBUSTION CONTAMINANTS. "Combustion contaminants" are par-
ticulate matter discharged into the atmosphere from the burning
of any kind of material containing carbon in a free or combined
state.
(j) CONTROL OFFICER. "Control Officer" means the Air Pollution
Control Officer of the Air Pollution Control District of Plumas
County.
(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) EMISSION. "Emission" means the act of passing into the atmos-
phere an air contaminant or gas stream which contains an air
contaminant, or the air contaminant so passed into the atmos-
phere.
(m) EMISSION POINT. "Emission point" means the place, located in
horizontal plane and vertical elevation, at which an emission
enters the atmosphere.
(n) EXCESS AIR. "Excess air" means the quantity of air required
for complete combustion.
(o) HEARING BOARD. "Hearing Board" means the Hearing Board of the
Air Pollution Control District of Plumas County.
(p) INCINERATION. "Incineration" means an operation in which com-
bustion is carried on for the principal purpose, or with the
principal result, of oxidizing a waste material to reduce its
bulk or facilitate its disposal.
(q) INSTALLATION. "Installation" means the placement, assemblage
or construction of equipment or control apparatus at the prem-
ises where the equipment or control apparatus will be used, and
includes all preparatory work at such premises.
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(r) MULTIPLE CHAMBER INCINERATOR. "Multiple chamber incinerator"
means any incinerator consisting of three or more refractory-
lined combustion chambers 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.
(s) OPEN OUTDOOR FIRE. "Open outdoor fire" means the burning of
materials of any type outdoors in the open where the products
of combustion are not directed through an acceptable duct or
passage for air, gases or the like, such as a stack or chimney.
(t) OPERATION. "Operation" means any physical action resulting in
a change in the location, form or physical properties of a
material, or any chemical action resulting in a change in the
chemical composition or the chemical or physical properties of
a material.
(u) OVERFIRE AIR. "Overfire air" means are introduced into a
tepee burner or other type incineration device after the pri-
mary combustion has occurred.
(v) OWNER. "Owner" includes but is not limited to any person who
leases, supervises or operates equipment.
(w) PARTICULATE MATTER. "Particulate matter" means discrete
particles of liquid, other than water, or a solid, as distin-
guished from a gas or vapor.
(x) PERSON OR PERSONS. "Person or persons" means an individual,
public or private corporation, political subdivision, agency,
board, department or bureau of the state, municipality, part-
nership, firm, association, trust or estate, or any other
legal entity whatsoever which 1s recognized in law as the sub-
ject of rights and duties.
(y) PROCESS WEIGHT PER HOUR. "Process weight" is the total weight
including contained moisture, of all materials introduced in-
to 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 1s idle.
(z) PPM. "PPM" means parts per million by volume (v/v) expressed
on a dry gas basis.
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(aa) REGULATION. "Regulation" means one of the major subdivisions
of the Rules of the Air Pollution Control District of Plumas
County.
(bb) RULE. "Rule" means a rule of the Air Pollution Control Dis-
trict of Plumas County.
(cc) SECTION. "Section" means section of the Health and Safety
Code of the State of California unless some other statute is
specifically mentioned.
(dd) STANDARD CONDITION. "Standard condition" as used in these
regulations, refers to a gas temperature of 60 degrees Fahren-
heit and a gas pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch abso-
lute. Results of all analyses and tests shall be calculated
or reported at this gas temperature and pressure.
(ee) STANDARD CUBIC FOOT OF GAS. "Standard cubic foot of gas"
means that amount of the gas which would occupy a cube having
dimensions of one foot on each side, if the gas were free of
water vapor and at a pressure of 14.7 P.S.I.A. and a tempera-
ture of 60 degrees F.
(ff) TEPEE BURNER. "Tepee burner" means a burner of wood wastes,
consisting of a single burning chamber having the general
features of a truncated cone, and generally used in conjunc-
tion with sawmills, lumber mills and similar activities.
(gg) TOTAL REDUCED SULFUR (TRS). "TRS" means total reduced sulfur
contained in hydrogen sulfide, mercaptans, dimethyl sulfide,
dimethyl disulfide, or other organic sulfide compounds, all
expressed as hydrogen sulfide. Sulfide dioxide, sulfur tri-
oxide, or sulfuric acid mist are not to be Included in the
determination of TRS.
(hh) UNDERFIRE AIR. "Underfire air" means air introduced into a
tepee burner or other type incineration device beneath the
fuel pile or into the primary combustion chamber.
(ii) CONDENSED FUMES. "Condensed fumes" are particulate matter
generated by the condensation of vapors evolved after vola-
tilization from the molten state, or may be generated by sub-
limation, distillation, calcination, or chemical reaction,
when these processes create airborne particles.
(15.0) RULE 3 - PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
Penalty actions for non-compliance with, or violation of, any rule of
these rules and regulations will be instituted pursuant to the follow-
ing provisions and further pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2,
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Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.
(a) Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly makes
any false statement in any application for a permit or in any
information, analyses, plans or specifications submitted either
in conjunction therewith, or at the request of the Air Pol-
lution Control Officer. (Section 24277).
(b) Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who builds, erects,
alters, replaces, uses, or operates any source capable of
emitting air contaminants for which a permit is required by the
regulations of the Air Pollution Control District which his per-
mit so to do has been either suspended or revoked. (Section
24278).
(c) Every person required by the regulations of the Air Pollution
Control Board to obtain a permit so to do who, without first
obtaining such permit builds, erects, alters, replaces, uses,
or operates any source capable of emitting air contaminants,
is guilty of a misdemeanor (Section 24279).
(d) Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who builds, erects,
alters, or replaces, operates or uses any such article, ma-
chine, equipment, or other contrivance contrary to the pro-
visions of any permits issued under these rules and regula-
tions. (Section 24280).
(e) Every person violating any order, rule, or regulation of the
Plumas County A1r Pollution Control District is guilty of a
misdemeanor. Every day during any person of which such a vio-
lation occurs is a separate offense. (Section 24281).
(15.0) RULE 4 - CIVIL PENALTIES
Pursuant to Section 24252 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of
California, any violation of any order, rule or regulation pf the Plumas
County Air Pollution Control Board may be enjoined in a civil action
brought in the name of the people of the State of California.
REGULATION II - PERMITS
(3.0) RULE 10 - PERMITS REQUIRED
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT. Before any person builds, erects,
alters, replaces, operates, sells, rents or uses any article,
machine equipment or other contrivance which may cause the
issuance of air contaminants or the use of which may eliminate
or reduce or control the Issuance of air contaminants, such
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person shall obtain a written authority to construct from the
A1r Pollution Control Officer. A single authority to con-
struct may be issued for all components of an intergrated sys-
tem or process. An authority to construct shall remain in ef-
fect until the permit to operate the equipment for which the
application was filed is granted or denied or the application
is cancelled.
(b) PERMIT TO OPERATE. Before any article, machine, equipment or
other contrivance described in Rule 10(a) (Authority to Con-
struct) may be operated or used, a written permit shall be ob-
tained from the Air Pollution Control Officer. No permit to
operate or use shall be granted either by the A1r Pollution
Control Officer or the Hearing Board for any article, machine,
equipment or contrivance described 1n Rule 10(a) (Authority
to Construct), constructed or Installed without authorization
as required by Rule 10(a) (Authority to Construct) 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 stand-
ards set forth in Rule 20 and elsewhere in these Rules and
Regulations.
(c) REVIEW OF PERMITS. The Air Pollution Control Officer may at
any time require from an applicant for, or holder of, any
authority to construct or permit to operate, such information,
analyses, plans or specifications as will disclose the nature,
extent, quantity or degree of air contaminants which are or
may be discharged into the atmosphere.
(d) POSTING OF PERMIT TO OPERATE. A person who has been granted
under Rule 10(b) 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 identification 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 to operate shall be mounted so as to be
clearly visible in an accessible place within 25 feet of the
article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance or maintained
readily available at all times on the operating premises.
(e) ALTERATION OF PERMIT. A person shall not willfully deface,
alter, forge, counterfeit, or falsify any-permit issued under
these Rules and Regulations.
(f) CONTROL EQUIPMENT. Nothing in this rule shall be construed
to authorize the Control Officer to require the use of
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machinery, devices, or equipment of a particular type or design
if the required emission standard may be met by machinery, de-
vice, equipment, product, or process change otherwise avail-
able.
(2.0) RULE 11 - EXEMPTIONS
An authority to construct or a permit to operate shall not be required or;
(a) Vehicles as defined by the Vehicle Code of the State of Cali-
fornia but not including any article, machine, equipment or
other contrivance mounted on such vehicle that would otherwise
require a permit under the provisions of these Rules and Regu-
lations.
(b) Vehicles used to transport passengers or freight.
(c) Equipment utilized exclusively 1n connection with any struc-
ture which 1s 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 system
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 conjunc-
tion with, air pollution control equipment.
(3) Piston type internal combustion engines.
(4) 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.
(5) Equipment used exclusively for steam cleaning.
(6) Presses used exclusively for extruding metals, minerals,
plastics or wood.
(7) Equipment used exclusively for space heating other than
boilers.
(8) Equipment used for hydraulic or hydrostatic testing.
(9) All sheet-fed printing presses and all other printing
presses using exclusively inks containing less than 10 per
cent organic solvents, diluents or thinners.
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(10) 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.
(11) Equipment used exclusively for the dyeing or stripping
(bleaching) of textiles where no organic solvents, dilu-
ents or thinners are used.
(12) Equipment used exclusively to mill or grind coatings and
molding compound where all materials charged are in a
paste form.
(13) Crucible type or pot type furnaces with a brimful capac-
ity of less than 450 cubic inches of any molten metal.
(14) Equipment used exclusively for the melting or applying of
wax where no organic solvents, diluents or thinners are
used.
(15) Equipment used exclusively for bonding lining to brake
shoes.
(16) Lint traps used exclusively in conjunction with dry clean-
ing tumblers.
(17) Equipment used exclusively to compress or hold dry natural
gas.
(18) Tumblers used for the cleaning or debarring of metal prod-
uct without abrasive blasting.
(19) Shell core and shell mold manufacturing machine.
(20) Molds used for the casting of metals.
(21) Abrasive blast cabinet-dust filter integral combination
units where the total internal volume of the blast sec-
tion is 50 cubic feet or less.
(22) Batch mixers of five cubic feet rated working capacity or
less.
(23) Equipment used exclusively for the packaging of lubricants
or greases.
(24) Equipment used exclusively for the manufacture of water
emulsions of asphalt, greases, oils or waxes.
(25) Ovens used exclusively for the curing of vinyl plastisols
by the closed mold curing process.
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(26) Equipment used exclusively for conveying and storing
plastic pellets.
(27) Equipment used exclusively for the mixing and blending of
materials at ambient temperature to make water-based ad-
hesives.
(28) Platen presses used for laminating.
(e) The following equipment or any exhaust system or collector serv-
ing exclusively such equipment:
(1) Blast cleaning equipment using a suspension of abrasive
in water.
(2) Ovens, mixers and blenders used in bakeries where the prod-
ucts 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
combination thereof.
(4) Laboratory equipment used exclusively for chemical or phy-
sical analyses and bench scale laboratory equipment.
(5) Equipment used for inspection of metal products.
(6) Confection cookers where the products are edible and in-
tended 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 1n connection with metal heat
treating processes.
(10) Photographic process equipment by which an image is re-
produced 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 using aqueous solutions for surface preparation,
cleaning, stripping, etching (does not include chemical
milling) or the electrolytic plating with, electrolytic
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polishing of, or the electrolytic stripping of brass,
bronze, cadmium, copper, iron, lead, nickel, tin, zinc,
and precious metals.
(14) Equipment used for washing or drying products fabricated
from metal, cloth, fabric, or glass, provided that no oil
or solid fuel is burned.
(15) Laundry dryers, extractors or tumblers used for fabrics
cleaned only with water solutions of bleach or detergents.
(16) Foundry sand mold forming equipment to which no heat is
applied.
(17) Ovens used exclusively for curing potting materials or
castings made with epoxy resins.
(18) Equipment used to liquefy or separate oxygen, nitrogen or
the rare gases from the air.
(19) Equipment used for compression molding and injection mold-
ing of plastics.
(20) Mixers for rubber or plastics where no material in powder
form is added and no organic solvents, diluents or
thinners are used.
(21) Equipment used exclusively to grind, blend or package tea,
cocoa, spices or roasted coffee.
(22) Equipment used exclusively to package Pharmaceuticals and
cosmetics or to coat pharmaceutical tablets.
(23) Roll mills or calenders for rubber or plastics where no
organic solvents, diluents or thinners are used.
(24) 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 heat-
ers, and closed heat transfer systems that are fired exclusively
with natural gas or liquified petroleum gas or any combination
thereof.
(g) Natural draft hoods, natural draft stacks or natural draft
ventilators where no organic solvents, diluents, or thinners
are used.
(h) Containers, reservoirs, or tanks used exclusively for:
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(1) Dipping operations for coating objects with oils, waxes,
or greases where no organic solvents, diluents or thinners
are used.
(2) Dipping operations for applying coatings of natural or syn-
thetic resins which contain no organic solvents.
(3) Storage of liquified gases.
(4) Unheated storage or organic materials with an initial
boiling point of 300° F. or greater.
(5) The storage of fuel oils and lubricating oils.
(6) The storage or organic liquids, including gasoline, nor-
mally used as solvents, diluents or thinners, inks, color-
ants, paints, lacquers, enamels, varnishes, liquid resins
of other surface coatings.
(7) The storage of liquid soaps, liquid detergents, waxes,
wax emulsions, or vegetable oils.
(8) The storage of asphalt.
(9) Unheated solvent dispensing containers, unheated non-
conveyorized solvent rinsing containers or unheated non-
conveyorized coating dip tanks of 1,000 gallons capacity
or less.
(10) Transporting materials on streets or highways.
(i) Natural gas-fired or liquefied petroleum gas-fired or electric-
ally heated furnaces for heat treating glass or metals, the use
of which does not Involve molten materials.
(j) Crucible furnaces, pot furnaces or induction furnaces, with a
capacity of 1,000 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 follwing metals are held
in a molten state.
(1) Aluminum or any alloy containing over 50% aluminum.
(2) Magnesium or any alloy containing over 50% magnesium.
(3) Lead or any alloy containing over 50% lead.
(4) Tin or any alloy containing over 50% tin.
(5) Zinc or any alloy containing over 50% zinc.
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(6) Copper.
(7) Precious metals.
(k) Vacuum cleaning systems used exclusively for industrial, com-
mercial 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, ma-
chine, equipment or other contrivance where a permit to operate
had previously been granted for such equipment under Rule 10.
Atomic energy development and radiation protection are controlled by the
State of California to the extent it has jurisdiction thereof, in accord-
ance with the advice and recommendations made to the Governor by the Ad-
visory Council on Atomic Energy Development and Radiation Protection.
Such development and protection are fully regulated by the United States
Atomic Energy Commission to the extent that such authority has not been
delegated to the states.
(2.0) RULE 12 - TRANSFER
Any permit or written authorization issued hereunder shall not be trans-
ferable, by operation of law or otherwise, from one location to another,
from one piece of equipment to another, or from one person to another.
(3.0) RULE 13 - TIME TO OBTAIN PERMIT TO OPERATE
Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 10 requiring a permit to operate,
a person who, prior to June 1, 1971, operated or used any article, ma-
chine, equipment, or other contrivance in compliance with all laws, stat-
utes, and ordinances, for the operation and use of which these Rules and
Regulations require a permit to operate, may continue to operate or use
such article, machine, equipment or contrivance until July 1, 1972, with-
out obtaining a permit to operate.
On and after July 1, 1972, no person shall operate or use any article,
machine, equipment, or other contrivance, for the use of which these Rules
and Regulations require a permit to operate, without having obtained
said permit to operate or having secured a variance from the Hearing
Board pursuant to Regulation V of these Rules and Regulations; provided,
however it is the policy of this Board that all persons should bring
their processes into compliance with these permit requirements within
the time specified by the Hearing Board.
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(3.0) RULE 14 - APPLICATIONS
Every application for an authority to construct or any permit required
under Rule 10 shall be filed in the manner prescribed by the Air Pollution
Control Officer, on a 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
An authority to construct shall expire and the application shall be can-
celled one year from the date of issuance of the authority to construct;
provided, however, that when a period of longer than one year is stated
in the application to be required for the construction, the authority to
construct shall expire and the application shall be cancelled upon the
expiration of such construction period, but in any event not later than
five years from the date of issuance of the authority to construct.
(3.0) RULE 18 - ACTION ON APPLICATIONS
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall act within 60 days on an appli-
cation for authority to construct, or permit to operate or permit to sell
or rent, as stated in Section 24263 of the Health and Safety Code, and
shall notify the applicant in writing by mail or in person of the action
taken; namely, approval, conditional approval, or denial. Notice of the
action taken shall be deemed to have been given when the written notifi-
cation has been deposited in the mail, postpaid, addressed to the address
shown on the application, or when personally delivered to the applicant
or his representative.
(9.0) RULE 19 - PROVISIONS OF SAMPLING AND TESTING FACILITIES
A person operating or using any article, machine, equipment, or other
contrivance for which these rules require a permit shall provide and
maintain such sampling and testing facilities as specified in the authori-
ty to construct or permit to operate.
(3.0) RULE 20 - STANDARDS FOR GRANTING APPLICATIONS
(a) The Air Pollution Control Officer shall deny an authority to
construct, permit to operate or use, 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 issu-
ance of air contaminants, is so designed, controlled, or equip-
ped with such air pollution control equipment that it may be
expected to operate without emitting air contaminants in vio-
lation of Section 24242 or 24243, Health and Safety Code, or of
these Rules and Regulations.
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(b) Before an authority to construct or a permit to operate is
granted, the Air Pollution Control Officer may require the ap-
plicant to provide and maintain such facilities as are neces-
sary for sampling and testing purposes in order to secure in-
formation thit 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 equip-
ment. The platform and access shall be constructed in accord-
ance with the General Industrial Safety Orders of the State of
California.
(c) In acting upon a permit to operate, if the Air Pollution Con-
trol Officer finds that the article, machine, equipment or
other contrivance has not been constructed in accordance with
the authority to construct, he shall deny the permit to oper-
ate. 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 constructed in accordance with the authority to construct.
(3.0) RULE 21 - CONDITIONAL APPROVAL
(a) The Air Pollution Control Officer may issue an authority to
construct or a permit to operate or use, subject to conditions
which will bring the operation of any article, machine, equip-
ment or other contrivance within the standards of Rule 20, in
which case the conditions shall be specified in writing. Com-
mencing 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 permit to op-
erate with revised conditions upon receipt of a new application,
if the applicant demonstrates that the article, machine, equip-
ment 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 condi-
tions so specified. The Air Pollution Control Officer shall
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issue a permit to sell or rent 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 con-
ditions.
(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 noti-
fication may be made in person or by mail, addressed to the applicant at
the address set forth on the application, and such service may be proved
by the written acknowledgement 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.
(3.0) 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.
(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 60 days after filing, or
within 30 days after applicant furnishes the further information, plans
and specifications requested by the Air Pollution Control Office, which-
ever is later.
(3.0) RULE 25 - APPEALS
(16.0)
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 use or permit to sell or rent, or within 10 days after the application
is deemed denied pursuant to Rule 24, the applicant may petition the Hear-
ing 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, reverse or modify the action of the Air Pollution Control
Officer; such order may be made subject to specified conditions.
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REGULATION III - FEES
(3.0) RULE 40 - PERMIT FEES
The term fees used herein means fees as set forth on the schedule adopted
by the Air Pollution Control Board.
Every applicant, except any state or local governmental agency or public
district, who applies for an authority to construct or a permit to oper-
ate any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance for which an
authority to construct or permit to operate is required by the State law
or by the Rules and Regulations of the Air Pollution Control District,
shall pay a filing fee. Where an application is filed for a permit to op-
erate 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 a filing fee.
Where a single permit to operate has been granted under Rule 10, and where
the Air Pollution Control Officer would 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 with-
out fees.
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 shall be charged, ex-
cept to any state or local governmental agency or public district for
issuing a duplicate permit to operate.
(16.0) RULE 42 - HEARING BOARD FEES
(a) Every applicant or petitioner for variance, or for the exten-
sion, revocation or modification of a variance, or for an ap-
peal from a denial or conditional approval of an authority to
construct, permit to operate or permit to sell or rent, ex-
cept any state or local governmental agency or public district,
shall pay to the Clerk of the Hearing Board, on filing, a fee.
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 the fee set by
the fee schedule.
(b) Any person requesting a transcript of the hearing shall pay the
costs of such transcript.
(c) This rule shall not apply to petitions filed by the Air Pol-
lution Control Officer.
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(13.0) RULE 44 - TECHNICAL REPORTS, CHARGES FOR
Information, circulars, reports of technical work, and other reports pre-
pared by the Air Pollution Control District, when supplied to other gov-
ernmental 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 or pre-
paration and distribution of such documents. All such monies collected
shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the County of Plumas.
REGULATION IV - PROHIBITIONS
(50.1.2) RULE 50 - VISUAL EMISSION STANDARD
In accordance with Section 24242, Chapter 2, Division 20, Article 3, of
the California State Health and Safety Code, 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 as Number 2 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.
(c) This rule shall not apply when the presence of uncombined
water is the only reason for the failure of the emission to
meet the requirements of this rule.
(2.0) RULE 51 - PROHIBITED EMISSIONS
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 to to the pub-
lic 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.
(2.0) RULE 51.5 SEPARATION OF EMISSIONS
If air contaminants from a single source operation are emitted through
two or more emission points, the total emitted quantity of any air con-
taminant, limited in this Regulation cannot exceed the quantity which
would be the allowable emission through a single emission point; and the
total emitted quantity of any such air contaminant shall be taken as the
product of the highest concentration measured in any of the emission
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points and the exhaust gas volume through all emission points, unless the
person responsible for the source operation establishes the correct total
emitted quantity. Source operation means the last operation preceding
the emission of an air contaminant, which operation (a) results in the
separation of the air contaminant from the process materials or in the
conversion of the process materials into air contaminants, as in the case
of combustion of fuel; and (b) is not an air pollution abatement opera-
tion.
(2.0) RULE 51.6 COMBINATION OF EMISSIONS
(a) If air contaminants from two or more source operations are com-
bined prior to emissions and there are adequate and reliable
means reasonably susceptible to confirmation and use by the
control officer for establishing a separation of the components
of the combined emission to indicate the nature, extent, quan-
tity and degree of emission arising from each such source
operation, this Regulation shall apply to each such source
operation separately.
(b) If air contaminants from two or more source operations are com-
bined prior to emission, and the combined emissions cannot be
separated according to the requirements of Rule 51.6(a), this
Regulation shall be applied to the combined emission as if it
originated in a single source operation subject to the most
stringent limitations and requirements placed by this Regula-
tion on any of the source operations whose air contaminants
are so combined. Source operation means the last operation
preceding the emission of an air contaminant, which operation
(a) results in the separation of the air contaminant from
the process materials or in the conversion of the process ma-
terials into air contaminants, as in the case of combustion of
fuel; and (b) is not an air pollution abatement operation.
(12.0) RULE 51.7 EMISSION CONTROL FOR USED MOTOR VEHICLES
Each 1955 through 1962 model year used car in the District shall be re-
quired to be equipped with an approved crankcase emission control device
at the time of transfer of ownership.
(50.1.1) RULE 52 - PARTICULATE MATTER
(a) A person shall not discharge combustion contaminants into the
atmosphere from any emission point in excess of .01944 grams
per cubic foot of gas at standard conditions when measured at
the point of discharge.
(b) A person shall not discharge in any one hour from any source
whatsoever dust or condensed fumes in total quantities in ex-
cess of the amount shown in Table I.
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TABLE I
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RATE OF EMISSION
BASED ON PROCESS WEIGHT RATE
Maximum Allowable
Process Weight Particulate Emission
(Lb./Hr.) (Lb./Hr.)~
100 0.6
300 1.2
500 1.8
700 2.2
1,000 2.8
2,000 4.1
3,000 5.4
4,000 6.5
5,000 7.6
6,000 8.6
7,000 9.5
8,000 10.4
9,000 . 11.2
10,000 12.0
15,000 15.8
20,000 19.2
30,000 25.2
40,000 30.5
50,000 36.0
60,000 and over 40.0
Where the process weight per hour is between two listed figures, such
process weight and maximum allowable particulate emission per hour shall
be interpolated accordingly. The total process weight of all similar
process operations located at a single plant or of multiple plants lo-
cated on a single premise shall be used for determining the maximum allow-
able particulate emission from the combustion of such operations.
To use Table I, take the process weight per hour as such is defined in
Rule 2 (y). Then find this figure on the table, opposite which is the
maximum number of pounds of contaminants which may be discharged into the
atmosphere in any one hour. As an example, if A has a process which emits
1,500 pounds of contaminants into the atmosphere and the process takes
three hours to complete, he will divide the weight of all materials in the
specific process (in this example, 1,500 pounds ? by three, giving a proc-
ess weight per hour of 500 pounds. The table shows that A may not dis-
charge more than 1.8 pounds in any one hour during the process, where the
process weight per hour falls between figures in the left-hand columns,
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the exact weight of permitted discharge may be interpolated.
(51.13) RULE 53 - OPEN FIRES
(a) No person shall ignite or cause to be ignited, permit to be
ignited or suffer, allow or maintain any open fire except the
following:
(1) Fires used only for the cooking of food for human beings
or for recreational purposes.
(2) Fires coming within the provisions of Section 24245 of
the Health and Safety Code of the State of California as
it now is or as it may be amended hereafter. Includes
back yard incinerator for one and two family dwelling on
its premises as stated in 39297.2 Health and Safety Code.
(3) Fires used in agricultural operation.
(4) Fires used in connection with any structure designed for
and used exclusively as a dwelling.
(5) Fires for which a permit has been granted by the Air Pol-
lution Control Officer pursuant to Rule 10 of these regu-
lations.
(b) Nothing in this regulation shall be construed as permitting
any fires otherwise prohibited by law, and nothing 1n this
regulation shall be construed as prohibiting any fire other-
wise required by law.
(51.9) RULE 54 - INCINERATOR BURNING
No person shall ignite, or cause to be ignited, permit to be ignited or
suffer, allow or maintain any ignited combustible refuse in any incin-
erator unless such operation meets the requirements specified in these
Rules and Regulations, excluding backyard incinerators for one and two
family dwellings.
(2.0) RULE 55 - EXCEPTIONS
The provisions of Rule 50 and 52 do not apply to:
(a) Smoke from fires set by or permitted by any public officer if
such fire is set or permission given 1n 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
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(2) For the instruction of public employees in the methods of
fighting fire.
(b) Smoke from fires set pursuant to permit on property used for
industrial purposes for the purpose of instruction of employ-
ees in methods of fighting fire.
(c) Smoke from burning for which a permit has been issued by the
Air Pollution Control Officer.
(d) Agricultural operations in the growing of crops or raising of
fowls, animals, or bees.
(e) The use of other equipment in agricultural operations in the
growing of crops, or raising of fowls, animals or bees.
(50.2) RULE 56 - SULFUR OXIDE EMISSIONS
(a) A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any
single source of emissions whatsoever sulfur oxides, calcu-
lated as sulfur dioxide (S02), in excess of 1,000 ppm.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit the
emission of sulfur dioxide from any premises which will result
in concentrations and time durations at ground level that ex-
ceed those shown in the following table:
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TABLE II
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SULFUR DIOXIDE
GROUND-LEVEL CONCENTRATIONS
Concentration Time Duration
0.5 ppm 1 hour
0.04 ppm 24 hours
* Parts per million by volume.
(c) Any person demonstrated by the Control Officer to be emitting.
sulfur oxides resulting in ground-level concentrations and du-
rations in excess of Table II above shall be required to in-
stall and continuously operate recording instruments in at
least three locations surrounding the emission point. Such
locations are to be approved by the Control Officer.
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(d) Such person shall provide to the Control Officer a summary of
the date obtained from such instruments during each calendar
month. The form of presentation of the data will be specified
by the Control Officer.
(50.2) RULE 57 - SULFIDE EMISSION STANDARD
(a) A person shall not discharge total reduced sulfur, (TRS), as
defined in Rule (gg), into the atmosphere from any single emis-
sion point in excess of the total daily weight calculated by
the formula:
TRS (pounds per day) = 0.012 (Hs)2
where Hs is the height in feet of the emission point above
Mean Ground Elevation. Mean Ground Elevation shall be computed
as the arithmetic average of the highest and lowest ground-
level elevations within a 1,000 yard radius of the emission
point. In no case is the lowest ground level elevation to be
less than mean sea level.
Effective January 1, 1972, a person shall not discharge total
reduced sulfur (TRS), as defined in Rule 2 (gg), into the at-
mosphere from any single emission point at a concentration ex-
ceeding 60 parts per million by volume, or in excess of the
total daily weight calculated by the formula:
TRS (pounds per day) = 0.012 (Hs)2
whichever, is the more restrictive condition, where H is the
height in feet of the emission point above Mean Ground Ele-
vation, Mean Ground Elevation shall be computed as the arith-
metic average of the highest and lowest ground-level elevations
within a 1,000-yard radius of the emission point. In no case
is the lowest ground-level elevation to be less than mean sea
level.
(b) In any intergrated manufacturing facility designed for con-
version of wood materials into pulp and/or paper, the total
maximum allowable monthly TRS emissions released to the at-
mosphere must not exceed one pound of TRS per ton of dry wood
charged into the conversion process. Wood materials used ex-
clusively for fuel are not to be considered as charge to the
conversion process.
Effective January 1, 1972, the total maximum allowable monthly
TRS emissions released to the atmosphere must not exceed 0.8
pounds of TRS per ton of dry wood charged into the conversion
process.
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(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit the
emission of air contaminants from any premises which will re-
sult in ground-level concentrations of TRS, expressed as hy-
drogen sulfide, in excess of 0.03 ppm for a period of 60 min-
utes.
(d) A person complying with the requirements of Rule 57 (a) and re-
leasing in excess of 100 pounds per day of TRS from a single
emission point shall be required to provide, install, maintain
and continuously operate a recording instrument at such emis-
sion point which will record the concentrations of TRS emis-
sions.
(e) Where the Control Officer demonstrates by standarized analyt-
ical chemistry procedures that the requirements of Rule 57 (c)
have been violated on at least three separate occasions within
a one-month period, the person causing said violation shall
provide, install, maintain and operate a recording instrument,
located at ground level, which will monitor the TRS concentra-
tion at the property limits. Location of said monitoring in-
strument is to be approved by the Control Officer.
(f) Emissions exceeding the limits established by Rule 57 (c)
shall not constitute a violation provided such emissions, from
the emission point to the point of such concentration, are on
the property controlled by the person responsible for such
emissions.
(g) A summary of the data obtained under the provisions of Rule 57
(b), Rule 57 (d), and Rule 57 (e), if applicable, shall be
submitted to the Control Officer once each calendar month no
later than the fifteenth day of the following calendar month.
This summary shall be presented in the manner and form as
prescribed by the Air Pollution Control Officer.
(50.4) RULE 57.5 ORGANIC SOLVENTS
(a) A person shall not discharge more than 15 pounds of organic
materials into the atmosphere in any one day from any article,
machine, equipment or other contrivance 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 all organic materials dis-
charged from such article, machine, equipment or other con-
trivance have been reduced either by at least 85 per cent
overall or to not more than 15 pounds in any one day.
(b) A person shall not discharge more than 40 pounds of organic
material into the atmosphere 1n any one day from any article,
machine, equipment or other contrivance used under conditions
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other than described in Section (a), fpr employing, applying,
evaporating or drying any photochemically reactive solvent, as
defined in Section (k), or material containing such solvent,
unless all organic materials discharged from such article, ma-
chine, equipment or other contrivance have been reduced either
by at least 85 per cent overall or to not more than 40 pounds
in any one day.
(c) Any series of articles, machines, equipment or other contriv-
ances designed for processing a continuously moving sheet, web,
strip or wire which is subjected to any combination of opera-
tions described in Sections (a) or (b) involving any photo-
chemically reactive solvent, as defined in Section (k), or
material containing such solvent, shall be subject to compli-
ance with Section (b). Where only non-photochemically react-
ive solvents or material containing only non-photochemically
reactive solvents are employed or applied, and where any por-
tion or portions of said series of articles, machines, equip-
ment or other contrivances involves operations described in
Section (a), said portions shall be collectively subject to
compliance with Section (a).
(d) Emissions of organic materials to the atmosphere from the
clean-up with photochemically reactive solvents, as defined in
Section (k), of any article, machine, equipment or other con-
trivance described in Sections (a), (b) or (c), shall be in-
cluded with the other emissions of organic materials from that
article, machine, equipment or other contrivance for determin-
ing compliance with this rule.
(e) Emissions of organic materials to the atmosphere as a result
of spontaneously continuing drying of products for the first
12 hours after their removal from any article, machine, equip-
ment or other contrivance described 1n Sections (a), (b) or
(c), shall be included with other emissions of organic mate-
rials from that article, machine, equipment or other contriv-
ance 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 per cent or more of the
carbon in the organic material being incinerated is oxi-
dized to carbon dioxide, or
(2) Absorption, or
(3) Processing in a manner determined by the Air Pollution
Control Officer to be not less effective than (1) or (2)
above.
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(g) A person incinerating, absorbing, or otherwise processing
organic materials pursuant to this rule shall provide, proper-
ly install and maintain in calibration, in good working order
and in operation, 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, pres-
sures, 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 material containing
organic solvents shall supply the Air Pollution Control Of-
ficer, 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 or-
ganic solvents.
(2) The use of equipment for which other requirements are
specified by the Rules or which are exempt from air pol-
lution control requirements by said rules.
(3) The spraying or other employment of insecticides, pesti-
cides or herbicides.
(4) The employment, application, evaporation or drying of
saturated halogenated hydrocarbons or perchloroethylens.
(j) For the purpose of this rule, a photochemically reactive sol-
vent and thinners are defined as organic materials which are
liquids at standard conditions and which are used as dissolv-
ers, viscosity reducers or cleaning agents.
(k) For the purpose of this rule, a photochemically reactive sol-
vent is any solvent with an aggregate of more than 20 per cent
of its total volume composed of the chemical compounds classi-
fied below or which exceeds any of the following individual
percentage composition limitations, referred to the total vol-
ume of solvent:
(1) A combination of hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, esters,
ethers or ketones having 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 ethyl benzene: 8 per-
cent;
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(3) A combination of ethyl benzene, ketones having branched
hydrocarbon 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, that group having the least allowable percent
of the total volume of solvents.
(1) For the purpose 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 carbonate.
(m) This rule shall be effective on the date of its adoption as to
any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance, not then
completed and put into service. As to all other articles, ma-
chines, equipment or other contrivances, this rule shall be
effective:
(1) On July 1, 1971, for those subject to compliance with Sec-
tion (a), and emitting 15 pounds or more in any one day.
(51.21) RULE 58 - 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 1,200 degrees
Fahrenheit for a period of not less than 0.3 second, or
(b) Processed in 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.
For the purpose of this rule, "reduction" is defined as any heated process,
including rendering, cooking, drying, dehydrating, digesting, evaporating
and protein concentrating.
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RULE 59 - REPORT OF BREAKDOWN
Emissions exceeding any of the limits established by Regulation IV as a
direct result of unavoidable upset conditions or unforeseeable breakdown
of equipment or control apparatus shall not be deemed in violation provid-
ed the following requirements are met:
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(a) The upset or breakdown is immediately reported to the Plumas
County Air Pollution Control District.
(b) The person responsible shall, upon the request of the Control
Officer, submit a full report, including the known causes and
preventive measures to be taken to minimize or eliminate a re-
occurrence.
(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, re-
duces 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.
(2.0) RULE 62 - REVIEW OF STANDARDS
The Air Pollution Control Officer may at any time request the Air Pollu-
tion Control Board to hold a public hearing for review of current air
pollution control technology, to examine the adequacy of the emission
limits stated in these Rules and Regulations, or to adopt any new or re-
vised standards that may be necessary. Such hearing shall be held at
least once each year on or near the anniversary date of the adoption of
these Rules and Regulations through 1972, after which hearings shall be
held upon the request of the Air Pollution Control Officer if in his
opinion advances in technology warrant such a hearing.
(16.0) RULE 70 - APPEALS FROM HEARING BOARD
Appeals from Hearing Board are to be heard by the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Plumas before referral to legal action.
REGULATION V - PROCEDURE BEFORE THE HEARING BOARD
(2.0) RULE 75 - GENERAL
This regulation shall apply to all hearings before the Hearing Board of
the A1r Pollution Control District.
(2.0) RULE 76 - FILING PETITIONS
Requests for hearing shall be initiated as specified in the Health and
Safety Code by the filing of a petition with the Clerk of the Hearing
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Board at the Plumas County A1r Pollution Control District, Quincy, Cali-
fornia, 95971, and the payment of the fee 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 Quincy, California,
95971, and one copy on the holder of the permit or variance, if any, in-
volved. Service may be made in person or by mail and service may be
proved by written acknowledgment of the person served or by the affidavit
of the person making the service.
(2.0) RULE 77 - CONTENTS OF PETITIONS
Every petition shall 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, cor-
poration or other entity, and names and address of the part-
ners if a co-partnership, names and address of the officer, if
a corporation, and the names and addresses 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 contrivance, 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 sus-
pended 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 author-
ity to construct, permit to operate or permit to sell or
rent 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.
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(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, together with a brief statement as to why informa-
tion requested, if any, was not furnished, whether such in-
formation 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 VARIANCE
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 petition-
er from the compliance with such section, rule or order.
(e) The requirements which petitioner can meet and the date when
petitioner can comply with such requirements.
(f) The advantages and disadvantages to the residents of the dis-
trict resulting from requiring compliance or resulting from
granting a variance.
(g) Whether or not operations under such variance, if granted,
would constitute a nuisance.
(h) Whether or not any case involving the same identical equipment
or process is pending in any court, civil or criminal.
(i) Whether or not the subject equipment or process is covered by
a permit to operate issued by the Air Pollution Control Officer.
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(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
Any person may file an answer within 10 days after service. All answers
shall be served in the manner prescribed for service of 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 the County Supervisors' Chambers, Plumas
County Courthouse, Quincy, California, unless some other place is desig-
nated by the Hearing Board.
(16.0) RULE 85 - NOTICE OF HEARING
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.
(2.0) RULE 86 - EVIDENCE
(a) Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation.
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(b) Each party shall have these rights: To call and examine wit-
nesses; to introduce exhibits; to cross-examine opposing
witnesses on any matter relevant to the issues even though
that matter was not covered 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 re-
spondent does not testify on his own behalf, he may be called
and examined as if under cross-examination.
(c) The hearing need not be conducted according to technical rules
relating to evidence or witnesses. Any relevant evidence
shall be admitted 1f it is the sort of evidence on which re-
sponsible persons are accustomed to rely 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 evi-
dence may be used for the purpose of supplementing or explain-
ing any direct evidence but shall not be sufficient in itself
to support a finding unless 1t would be admissable over ob-
jection in civil actions. The rules or 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 evidence shall be excluded.
(2.0) RULE 87 - PRELIMINARY MATTERS
Applications for setting a date for a hearing, granting continuances,
approving petitions for filing, allowing amendments and other preliminary
rulings not determinative of the merits of the case may be granted by the
chairman or any two members of the Hearing Board ex parte. Written no-
tice of any action taken under this rule shall be given to all parties
by the party requesting the action.
(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 the petitioner, the Air Pol-
lution 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. Written notice of any action taken under this
Rule shall be given to all parties by the party requesting the action.
(2.0) RULE 90 - DECISION
The decision shall be in writing, served and filed within 30 days after
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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 pre-
sented 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 or 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 the permit to operate has been granted or denied by the
Air Pollution Control Officer except under the following conditions:
(a) An appeal from a denial of a permit to operate and a petition
for a variance may be filed with the Hearing Board of a single
petition.
(b) The Control Officer may petition the Hearing Board to grant a
variance or extension of initial compliance for any Individual
operation or group of operations.
The variance granted by the Hearing Board after a denial of a permit to
operate by the A1r Pollution Control Officer may include a permit to
operate for the duration of the variance.
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