U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Technical Information Service
PB-296 687
Air Pollution Regulations in State
Implementation Plans: California,
San Bernardino County
Abcor, Inc, Wilmington, MA Waiden 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 Standard*
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
EPA-450/3-78-054-31
August 1978
Air
Air Pollution Regulations
in State Implementation
Plans:
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TECHNICAL REPORT DATA
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2.
1. REPORT NO.
EPA-450/3-y««054-30 _.
}. TITLE AND SUBTITLE "
Air Pollution Regulations 1n State Implementation
•Plans: California San Bernardino County
B. REPORT DATE
August 1978
6. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION CODE
7. 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. 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
16. 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 1n 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
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.
This 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-450/3-78-054-30
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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 Real
the above categories as of January 1, 1978, have been incorporated. As
indicated in the Federal Register. Regulations which fall into one of
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 ah 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 1n 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-
late 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 revision
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. SimiTarlyi; ttieinclusion ofa.given
regulation (for example, regulations governing••pbllutants':>-"sU(tft'-%s'--:bdors,
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
ERA-APPROVED REGULATION CHANGES
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. APCD
Submittal Date Approval Date Description
6/30/72 9/22/72 All Regs Unless
Otherwise Specified
4/21/76 7/26/77 Rules 461, 462
11/10/76 7/26/77 Rule 461
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DOCUMENTATION OF CURRENT EPA-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,
Rice 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 Fire, 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
VII
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY REGULATIONS
Revised Standard Reg - Rule Number Title Page Number
Subject Index
— Reg I General Provisions 1
(2.0) Rule 1 Title 1
(1.0) 2 Definitions 1
(9.0) 3 Standard Conditions 6
(15.0) 4 Authority To Arrest 6
Reg II Permits 7
(3.0) Rule 10 Permits Required 7
(2.0) 11 Exemptions 8
(2.0) 12 Transfer 14
(3.0) 13 Applications 15
(3.0) 14 Cancellation of
Applications 15
(3.0) 15 Action on Applica-
tions 15
(9.0) 16 Provision of Sampling
and Testing Facilities 15
(3.0) 17 Standards For Granting
Applications 15
(2.0) 18 Conditional Approval 16
(3.0) 19 Denial of Applications 17
(2.0) 20 Further Information 17
(3.0) 21 Applications Deemed
Denied 17
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Revised Standard Reg - Rule Number Title Page Number
Subject Index
(2.0) 22 Appeals 17
__ Reg III Fees 18
(3.0) Rule 40 Permit Fees 18
(16.0) 42 Hearing Board Fees 24
(9.0) 43 Analysis Fees 24
(13.0) 44 Technical Reports -
Charges For 24
_ Reg IV Prohibitions 25
(2.0) Rule 50 Prohibitions Under
. State Law 25
(50.1.2) 50-A Visible Emissions 25
(15.0) 51 Enforcement of These
Rules and Regulations 26
(50.1) 52 Partlculate Matter 26
(50.1) 52-A Partlculate Matter
Concentration 26
(50.0) 53 Specific Contaminants 29
(50.0) 53-A Specific Contaminants 29
(51.21) 53.1 Scavenger Plants 31
(51.19) 53.2 Sulfur Recovery Units 31
(51.18) ' 53.3 Sulfurlc Acid Units 31
(50.1) (50.6) 54 Dust and Fumes 32
(50.1.1) 54-A Solid Partlculate Matter-
Weight-South Coast Basin 34
(7.0) 55a Upset Conditions or Break-
down 35
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Revised Standard Reg - Rule Number Title Page Number
Subject Index
(51.16) 56 Storage of Petroleum
Products 36
(51.13) 57 Open Fires 36
(51.9) 58 Incinerator Burning 39
(51.9) 58-A Disposal of Solid and
Liquid Wastes - South
Coast A1r Basin 39
(51.16) 59 011-Effluent Water
Separator 40
(2.0) 60 Circumvention 41
(51.16) 462 Organic Liquid Loading 41
(50.2) 62 Sulfur Contents of Fuels 44
(50.2) 62.1 Sulfur Contents of Natural
Gas - South Coast A1r Basin 45
(12.0) 63 Gasoline Specifications 45
(51.21) 64 Reduction of Animal Matter 45
(51.16) 461 Gasoline Transfer and
Dispensing 46
(50.4) 66 Organic Solvents 52
(50.4) 66.1 Architectural Coatings 54
(50.4) 66.2 Disposal and Evaporation
of Solvents 55
(51.5)(51.6)(51.7) 67 Fuel Burning Equipment 55
(51.7) 68 Fuel Burning Equipment-
Oxides of Nitrogen 56
(51.21) 69 Vacuum Producing Devices
or Systems-South Coast Air
Basin 56
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Revised Standard Reg - Rule Number title Page Number
Subject Index
(51.8)
(50.5)
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(2.0)
(2.0)
(2.0)
(5.0)
(2.0)
(2.0)
(2.0)
(2.0)
(16.0)
(16.0)
(2.0)
(2?0)
(2.0)
(2.0)
(2.0)
(2.0)
(2.0)
(2.0)
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Reg V
Rule 75
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80
82
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84
85
86
87
88
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90
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Asphalt A1r Blowing-
South Coast Air Basin
Carbon Monoxide-South
Coast Air Basin
Procedure Before the
Hearing Board
General ;
Filing Petitions
Contents of Petitions
Petitions for Variances
Appeal From Denial
Failure To Comply with
Rules
Answers
D1 sml ssajyof ?Pe t1 11 on
Place of Hearing
Notice of Hearing
Evidence
Preliminary Matters
Official Notice
Continuances
Decision
Preliminary Matters
Official Notice
Continuances
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Revised Standard Reg - Rule Number Title Page Number
Subject Index
(2.0) 90 Decision 61
(2.0) 91 Effective Date of
Decision 61
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(3.0) 92 Lack of Permit 61
Reg VI Orchard or Citrus Grove
Heaters 63
(1.0) Rule 100 Definition 64
(2.0) 101 Exceptions , 64
(3.0) 102 Permits Required ^ 64
(2.0) 103 Transfer 64
(3.0) 104 Standards For Granting
Permits 64
(3.0) 109 Denial of Applications 64
(2.0) 110 Appeals 65
(2.0) 120 Fees 65
(51.1) 130 Classification of Orchard
Heaters 65
(51.1) 131 Class 1 Heaters Designa-
ted 65
(51.1) 132 Class 11 Heaters Designa-
ted 66
(51.1) 133 Identification of Heaters 66
(51.1) 134 Use of Incomplete Heaters
Prohibited 66
(51.1) 135 Cleaning, Repairs 67
(51.1) 136 Authority to Classify
Orchard Heaters 67
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Revised Standard Reg - Rule Number Title Page Number
Subject Index
(15.0) 137 Enforcement 67
Reg. VII Emergencies 67
(2.0) Rule 150 General 67
(9.0) 151 Sampling Stations 67
(9.0) 152 A1r Sampling 67
(8.0) 153 Declaration of Alerts 68
(8.0) 154 Notification of Alerts 68
(8.0) 155 Radio Communication System 69
(8.0) 156 First Alert Action 70
(8.0) 157 Second Alert Action 71
(8.0) 158 Third Alert 72
(8.0) 159 End of Alert 72
(15.0) 160 Enforcement 73
(2.0) 161 Scientific Committee 73
(8.0) 162 Emergency Action Committee 74
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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
Pollution Control District.
(1.0) Rule 2. Definitions.
Except as otherwise specifically provided 1n 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 1n Chapter
2, Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code.
ACID means any compound of hydrogen and one or more other elements
that dissociate or break down to produce hydrogen Ions when dis-
solved in water.
AIR CONTAMINANT means smoke, charred paper, dust, soot, grime,
carbon, noxious adds, fumes, gases, odors, or particulate matter,
or any combination thereof.
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT Includes any article, machine,
equipment or contrivance, the operation or use of which 1s
primarily intended to ELIMINATE or REDUCE or CONTROL THE ISSUANCE
OF AIR CONTAMINANTS.
AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL means any radioactive material dis-
persed in the air in the form of dust, fumes, smoke, mists,
vapors or gases.
ANIMAL MATTER means an Article of Chapter 2 of Division 20 of the
Health and Safety Code of the State of California.
ATMOSPHERE means that portion of the air which envelopes the
earth that is not contained in any building structure or en-
closure.
BASIC EQUIPMENT includes any article, machine, equipment or
contrivance, the operation or use of which may CAUSE the Issuance
of air contaminants.
BOARD means the Air Pollution Control Board of the Air Pollution
Control District of San Bernardino County.
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CHARRED PAPER means the solid product of an Incomplete combustion
of paper.
COMBUSTIBLE REFUSE 1s any solid or liquid combustible waste material
containing carbon in a free or combined state.
COMBUSTION CONTAMINANTS are participate matter discharged Into
the atmosphere from the burning of any kind of material contain-
ing carbon 1n a free or combined state.
CONDENSED FUMES are minute solid particles generated by the con-
densation of vapors from solid matter after volatilization from
the molten state, or may be generated by sublimation, distillation,
calcination, or chemical reaction, when these processes create
air-borne particles.
CONTROL OFFICER means the Air Pollution Control Officer of the
San Bernardino County Air Pollution Control District.
COUNTY means the County of San Bernardino, a political subdivision
of the State of Calfornia.
DISTILLING TYPE HEATER means those commonly used heaters consisting
of a square or round bowl oil reservoir with a cover upon which
is centrally located a stack of the combustion chamber or lazy
flame type and equipped with an air Intake regulator. In such
heaters gases are generated in the reservoir for burning in the
stack above.
DISTRICT means the Air Pollution Control District of San Bernardino
County.
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.
EQUIPMENT includes any article, machine, equipment or contrivance.
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FARM is a place of less than ten (10) acres if estimated sales of
agricultural products for the year amounted to at least two
hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00), and places of ten (10) or
more acres if such sales amounted to at least fifty dollars ($50.00)
FROST PROTECTION means the protection of citrus or other fruits,
trees, growing or vegetation against damage from frost or cold
weather.
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FUEL BLOCK means any solid fuel block composed of petroleum
coke and Intended or designed to be burned by an open flame,
which Is shown by competent test not to discharge unconsumed
solid carbonaceous matter at a rate 1n excess of one (1) gram
per minute.
FUMES means small particles resulting from chemical reaction or
from the condensation of vapors produced In combustion, distillation,
or sublimation.
GASES mean matter which has neither Independent shape nor volume
and tends to expand Indefinitely. ...X
GRIME means an air contaminant or combination of air contaminants
which has been mechanical soiling effect.
HEARING BOARD means the Hearing Board of the San Bernardino County
A1r Pollution Control District.
HEATER - See ORCHARD HEATER.
INCINERATOR - See SINGLE-CHAMBER INCINERATOR.
LEGAL CONTROL:
A person has Legal Control when
(a) Such person 1s the owner of the proper^^y^^d 1n the
action or condition, and such person has;: knw<|lT6dge of the
action or condition, or
(b) Such person caused the action or condition, or
(c) Such person has a legal right to abate the action or con-
dition, and such person has knowledge of the actiprfror
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MASS MEDIAL PARTICLE SIZE 1s that particle size above and below
which fifty percent (50%) of the mass of the sample occurs.
MULTIPLE-CHAMBER INCINERATOR 1s 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 combustion furnaces 1n series, physically
separated by refractory walls, Interconnected by gas passage ports
or ducts and employing adequate design parameters necessary for
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maximum combustion of the material to be burned. The refractories
shall have a Pyrometrlc Cone Equivalent of at least 17 tested
according to the method described in the American Society for
Testing Materials, Method C-24.
NON-COMPLYING ORCHARD HEATER means an orchard heater which 1s
ineligible for a permit under Rules 100 to 130.
ODORS means those qualities of matter which make it perceptible
to the olfactory senses of man.
OIL-EFFLUENT WATER SEPARATOR 1s any tank, box, sump or other
container in which petroleum or product thereof, floating on or
entrained or contained 1n 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.
OPEN FIRE means any fire not contained or enclosed, and any
fire used for orchard heating which 1s not produced by systems or
heaters.
ORCHARD HEATER means any equipment, article, machine or contri-
vance adaptable to burning any kind of fuel, which 1s designed,
used, maintained, or capable of being used for frost protection.
Liquid fuel burners and solid fuel blocks are Included. Contri-
vances commonly known as Wind Machines are NOT Included.
PARTICULATE MATTER is any material, except uncombined water,
which exists 1n a finely divided form as a liquid or solid at
standard conditions.
PERSON means any person, firm, association, organization, partner-
ship, 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 thereof.
PIPE LINE SYSTEM means any of the currently developed generating
types of heaters where fuel is fed under pressure from central
storage tanks through a pipe line distributing system to the
individual heaters.
PROCESS WEIGHT PER HOUR. "Process Weight" 1s the total weight of
all materials introduced into any specific process which process
may 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
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process to the completion thereof, excluding any time during which
the equipment Is Idle.
PROCESS WEIGHT RATE means a rate established as follows:
(a) For CONTINUOUS OR LONG-RUN STEADY-STATE SOURCE OPERATIONS,
the total process weight for the entire period of contin-
uous operation or for a typical portion thereof, divided
by the number of hours of such period or portion thereof.
(b) For CYCLICAL OR BATCH SOURCE OPERATIONS, the total process
weight for a period which covers a complete operation or an
integral number of cycles, divided by the hours of actual
process operation during such period.
Where the nature of any process or operation or the design of any
equipment is such as to permit more than one interpretation of this
definition, that interpretation which results in the minimum value
for allowable emission shall apply.
RADIOACTIVE - AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL.
REGULATION means one of the major subdivision of the Rules of the
Air Pollution Control District of San Bernardino County.
REDUCTION means any heated process, including rendering, cooking,
drying, dehydrating, digesting, evaporating and protein concentrating.
RETURN STACK HEATER means the heater referred to 1n University of
California College of Agriculture Bulletin 643 as "return-stack-gas
heater," Figure 3B, page 6 of such bulletin and described on page 4
of such bulletin as a combustion-chamber type (of heater) with a
return pipe for recirculating part of the stack gases.
RULE means a rule of the Air Pollution Control District of San
Bernardino County.
SAN BERNARDINO BASIN means that portion of San Bernardino County lying
southerly of the township line common to T3N and T2N and westerly of
range line common to R3E and R2E, San Bernardino Base and Meridian.
SECTION means section of the Health and Safety code of the State of
California unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.
SHALL is mandatory.
SINGLE CHAMFER INCINERATOR shall be constructed of brick, cement, hol-
low tile, or other file resistive material other than metal, with a
completely enclosed combustion chamber and shall be equipped with a
permanently attached spart arrester constructed of iron, heavy wide
mesh, or other non-combustible material, with openings not larger
than one-half inch.
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SMOG CONDITION in the San Bernardino Basin 1s defined by the follow-
ing factors:
(a) The inversion base at 4:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time will
be lower than one thousand five hundred (1500 feet above
mean sea level, and
(b) The maximum mixing height will not be above three thousand
five hundred (3500) 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 (5)
miles per hour.
SMOKE means the product of incomplete combustion, consisting
chiefly of particles of unburned carbon.
SOOT means agglomerated smoke particles.
SOURCE GAS VOLUME means the volume, 1n standard cubic feet, of all
gases leaving a source operation; for the purposes of this
definition, the boundary of a source operation is that point
or surface at which the separation of the air contaminants from
the process materials into air contaminants, 1s essentially
complete.
(9.0) 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 San Bernardino County Air Pollution Control District designated
by him is authorized, during reasonable hours, to arrest a person
without a warrant whenever he has a reasonable cause to believe
that the person 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 thereto. Authority to arrest 1s 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 re-
duce or control the Issuance of air contaminants, shall first
obtain authorization for such construction from the A1r
Pollution Control Officer. An Authority to Construct shall
remain 1n 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 1n Rule 10(a) may be operated
or used, a written permit shall .be obtained from the A1r
Pollution Control Officer. No permit to operate 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 A1r
Pollution Control Officer and such article, machine, equipment
or contrivance is altered, If necessary, and made to con-
form 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, equip-
ment, 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 operation 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;ayaliable 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, equip-
ment, or other contrivance.
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(e) 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 San Bernardino
Basin and which Incinerator 1s to be used exclusively In
connection with any structure, which structure 1s 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.
(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, equip-
ment or other contrivance 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 1n 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 gener-
ated by or released from specific units or equipment.
(2) Refrigeration units except those used as, or in con-
junction with, air pollution control equipment.
(3) Piston type internal combustion engines.
(4) Water cooling towers and water cooling ponds not used
for evaporative cooling towers and water cooling of
process water and 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.
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(7) Porecelaln enameling furnaces, porcelain enameling
drying ovens, vitreous enameling furnaces or vitreous
enameling drying ovens.
(8) Presses used for the curing of rubber products and
plastic products.
(9) Equipment used exclusively for space heating, other than
boilers.
(10) Equipment used for hydraillic or hydrostatic testing.
(11) All sheet-fed printing presses; and all other printing
presses without driers.
(12) 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.
(13) Oven used exclusively for the curing of plastics which
are concurrently being vacuum held to a mold or for
the softening or annealing of plastics.
(14) Equipment used exclusively for the dyeing or stripping
(bleaching) of textiles where no organic solvents,
diluents or thinners are used.
(15) Equipment used exclusively to mill or grind coatings
and molding compounds where all materials charged are
in a paste form.
(16) Crucible type or pot type furnaces with a brimful
capacity of less than 450 cubic inches of any molten
: metal.
(17) Equipment used exclusively for the melting or applying
• of wax where no organic solvents, diluents or thinners
are used.
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(18) Equipment used exclusively for bonding lining to brake
shoes.
(19) Lint traps used exclusively In conjunction with dry
cleaning tumblers.
(20) Equipment used In eating establishments for the purpose
of preparing food for human consumption.
(21) Equipment used exclusively to compress or hold dry
natural gas.
(22) Tumblers used for the cleaning or deburrlng of metal
products without abrasive blasting.
(23) Shell core and shell-mold manufacturing machines.
(24) Molds used for the casting of metals.
(25) Abrasive blast cabinet-dust filter Integral combination
units where the total Internal volume of the blast
section 1s 50 cubic feet or le;ss.
(26) Batch mixers of 5 cubic feet rated working capacity
or less.
(27) Equipment used exclusively for the packaging of
lubricants or greases.
(28) Equipment used exclusively for the manufacture of
water emulsions of asphalt, greases, oils or waxes.
(29) Ovens used exclusively for the curing of vinyl
plastisols by the closed mold curing process.
(30) Equipment used exclusively for conveying and storing
platic pellets.
(31) Equipment used exclusively for the mixing and blending
of materials at ambient temperature to make water
based adhesives.
(32) Smokehouses in which the maximum horizontal inside
cross-sectional area does not exceed 20 square feet.
(33) Platen presses used for laminating.
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(e) The following equipment or any exhaust system or collector
serving exclusively such equipment:
(1) Blast cleaning equipment using a suspension of abrasive
1n water.
(2) Ovens, mixers and blenders used 1n 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 combination thereof.
(4) Laboratory equipment used exclusively for chemical or
physical 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, or
drawing of metals or for heating metals Immediately
prior to forging, pressing, 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.
(13) Equipment used for buffing (except automatic or
semi-automatic tire buffers) or polishing, carving,
cutting, drilling, machining, routing, sanding, sawing,
surface grinding or turning of ceramic artwork, ceramic
precision parts, leather, metals, plastics, 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 saw-
dust, wood chips or wood shavings.
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(15) Equipment using aqueous solutions for surface preparation,
cleaning, stripping, etching (does not include chemical
milling) or the electrolytic plating with electrolytic
polishing 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 1s burned.
(17) Laundry dryers, extractors or tumblers used for fabrics
cleaned only with water solutions of bleach or detergents.
(18) Foundry sand mold forming equipment to which no heat is
applied.
(19) Ovens used exclusively for curing potting materials or
castings made with epoxy resins.
(20) Equipment used for compression molding and injection
molding of plastics.
(21) Mixers for rubber or plastics where no material in
powder form is added and no organic solvents, diluents
or thinners are used.
(22) Equipment used exclusively to package Pharmaceuticals
and cosmetics or to coat pharmaceutical tablets.
(23) Equipment used exclusively to grind, blend or package
tea, cocoa, spices or roasted coffee.
(24) Roll mills or calendars for rubber or plastics where no
organic solvents, diluents or thinners are used.
(25) Vacuum producing devices used in laborator operations
or in connection with other equipment which is exempt
by Rule 11.
(f) Steam generators, steam supheaters, 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:
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(1) Natural gas.
(2) Liquefied petroleum gas.
, (3) A combination of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas.
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(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
thlnners are used.
(2) Dipping operations for applying coatings of natural or
synthetic resins which contain no organic solvents.
(3) Storage of liquefied gases.
(4) Unheated storage or organic materials with an initial
boiling point of 300 degrees F. or greater.
(5) The storage of fuel oils with a gravity of 25 degrees
API or lower.
(6) The storage of lubricating oils.
(7) The storage of fuels oils with a gravity of 40 degrees
API or lower and having a capacity of 10,000 gallons
or less.
(8) The storage of organic liquids, except gasoline, normally
used as solvents, diluents or thlnners, Inks, colorants,
paints, lacquers, enamels, varnishes, liquid resins or
other surface coatings, and having a capacity of ,6,000
gallons or less.
(9) The storage of liquid soaps, liquid detergents, vegetable
oils, waxes or wax emulsions.
(10) The storage of asphalt.
(11) Unheated solvent dispensing containers, unheated non-
con veyori zed solvent rinsing containers or unheated non-
conveyorized coating dip tanks of 100 gallons capacity
or less.
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(12) The storage of gasoline having a capacity of less than
250 gallons.
(13) Transporting materials on streets or highways.
(i) Equipment used exclusively for heat treating glass or metals,
or used exclusively for case hardening, carburizing, nitriding,
carbonitriding, siliconlzing or diffusion treating of metal
objects.
(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 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 50 percent
magnesium.
(3) Lead or any alloy containing over 50 percent lead.
(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 previously 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
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otherwise, either from one location to another, from one piece of equip-
ment to another, or from one person to another.
(3.0) Rule 13. Applications.
Every application for an authority to construct, permit to operate or
permit to sell or rent required under Rule 10 shall be filed 1n the
manner and form presclrbed by the Air Pollution Control Officer, and
shall give all the information necessary to enable the A1r Pollution
Control Officer to make the determination required by Rule 17 hereof.
(3.0) Rule 14. Cancellation of Applications. •
(a) An authority to construct shall expire and the application
shall be canceled two years from the date of issuance to
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 15. 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 sell or rent, and shall notify the applicant in writing
of his approval, conditional .approval,or deniali
(9.0) Rule 16. Provision 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
authority to construct or permit to operate. ••^f-'^'w'r""':""
(3.0) Rule 17. Standard for Granting Applications.;,
(a) The Air Pollution control Officer shall deny an authority
to construct, permit to operate or permit to sell or rent,
except as provided in Rule 18, if the applicant does not
show that every article, machine, equipment or other con-
trivance, 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
emitting or without causing to be emitted air contaminants
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in violation of Sections 24242 or 24243, Health and Safety
Code, or of these Rules and Regulations.
(b) Before an authority to construct or a 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 accordance with the
General Industry Safety Orders of the State of California.
(c) In acting upon a Permit to Operate, if the Air Pollution
Control Officer finds that the article, machine, equipment
or other contrivance 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 con-
structed until he finds that the article, machine, equipment
or other contrivance has been reconstructed in accordance
with the Authority to Construct.
(2.0) Rule 18. 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 17, 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 con-
struct 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 17 under the revised
conditions.
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(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-17, 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 A1r Pollution Control Officer
shall 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 17 under the revised
conditions.
(3.0) Rule 19. Denial of Applications.
In the event 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
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 Con-
trol Officer shall not accept a further application unless the applicant
has complied with the objections specified by the Air Pollution Con-
trol 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 20. Further Information.
Before acting on an application for authority to construct, permit to
operate or permit to sell or rent, the A1r Pollution Control Officer
may require the applicant to furnish further Information or further
plans or specifications.
(3.0) Rule 21. 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 Con-
trol 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, whichever 1s later.
(2.0) Rule 22. 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 Con-
trol Officer; such order may be made subject to specified conditions.
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Ill 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 construct or permit to operate 1s required by the State
law or the Rules and Regulations of the A1r Pollution Control District,
shall pay a filing fee of $10.00. Where an application is filed for
a permit to operate any article, machine, equipment or other contri-
vance 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 and 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 becomes final, the filing fee required herein shall
not be refunded nor applied to any subsequent application.
When an application is filed for a permit to operate any article,
machine, equipment or other contrivance by reason of transfer of
location or transfer 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 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 consumption
expressed in thousands of British Thermal Units (BTU) per hour,
the increase in total electrical 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.
Wheter the application is for transfer of location and no alteration
or addition has been made, the applicant shall pay only a filing
fee of $10.00.
Where an application if filed for an authority to construct or a
permit to operate exclusively involving revisions to the conditions
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of an existing permit to operate or Involving alterations or additions
resulting 1n a change to any existing article, machine, equipment or
other contrivance holding a permit under the provisions of Rule 10
of these Rules and Regulations, the applicant shall be assessed a
fee based upon the Increase 1n total horsepower rating, the Increase
in total fuel consumption expressed 1n thousands of British Thermal
Units (BTU) per hour, the Increase 1n total electrical energy rating,
the Increase 1n maximum horizontal Inside cross sectional area or the
Increase 1n total stationary container capacity resulting from such
alterations or additions, as described 1n the fee schedules contained
herein. Where there Is no change or 1s a decrease 1n such ratings,
the applicant shall pay only the amount of the filing fee required
herein.
After the provisions for granting permits as set forth 1ri Chapter 2,
Divisions 20, of the Health and Safety Code and the Rules and
Reguations have been complied with, the applicant shall be notified
by the A1r Pollution Control Officer, 1n 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, 1n the United
States mall and shall serve as a temporary 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 1n the automatic
cancellation of the application.
In the event that more than one fee schedule 1s applicable to a
permit to operate, the governing schedule shall be that which results
in the higher fee.
In the event that a permit to operate 1s granted by the Hearing Board
after denial by the A1r Pollution Control Officer or after the
applicant deems his application denied, the applicant shall pay the
fine prescribed 1n 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 A1r 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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The annual renewal fee for a permit to operate under Rule 40 shall
be the same as an Initial permit fee under current fee schedules.
If the renewal fee is not paid within 30 days after it becomes due,
the fee shall be increased by one-half the amount thereof, and the
Air Pollution Control Officer shall thereupon promptly notify the
permitteed by mail of the increased fee. If the increased fee is
not paid within 30 days after such notice, the permit shall be
automatically revoked and the Air Pollution Control Officer shall
notify the permittee by mail.
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Schedule 1
Electric Motor Horsepower Schedule
Any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance where an
electric motor 1s 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
0 - 25 $ 15.00
25 - 50 25.00
50 - 100 50.00
100 - 200 75.00
200 - 400 100.00
400 - 800 150.00
800 - 1600 200.00
1600 - or greater 250.00
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:
BTU per He
0 -
150,000 -
400,000 -
650,000 -
1,500,000 -
2,500,000 -
5,000,000 -
3ur
150,000
400,000
650,000
1,500,000
2,500,000
5,000,000
15,000,000
Fee
$ 15.00
. 25.00
50.00
75.00
100.00
150.00
200.00
15,000,000 - and over 250.00
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Schedule 3
Electrical Energy Schedule
Any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance which does uses
electrical energy, with the exception of electric motors covered in
Schedule 1, shall be assessed a permit fee based on the total kilovolt
ampere (KVA) ratings, in accordance with the following schedule:
Kilovolt Amperes Fee
Up to and including 45 $ 15.00
Greater than 45 but less than 145 30.00
145 or greater but less than 450 45.00
450 or greater but less than 1,450 60.00
1,450 or greater but less than 4,500 90.00
4,500 or greater but less than 14,500 150.00
14,500 or greater 250.00
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 following 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 $ 7.50
b) Greater than 3 but less than 6 11.50
c) 6 or greater but less than 9 , 18.75
d) 9 or greater but less than 16 30.00
e) 16 or greater but less than 27 37.50
f) 27 or greater but less than 47 56.25
g) 47 or greater but less than 90 75.00
h) 90 or greater 112.50
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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, 1n accordance with the following schedule:
Gallons Fee
a) Up to and including 5,000 $ 15.00
' 5,001 - 20,000 20.00
20.001 - 50,000 25.00
50,001 - 100,000 . 35.00
100,001 - 500,000 50.00
500,001 - 1,000,000 65.00
1,000,001 - up 80.00
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.
Schedule 7
Orchard Heater Schedule
Under 10 acres $ 3.50
10 to 20 acres 7.00
Over 20 acres 10.00
Original or supplemental orchard heater
fees, per heater:
Class I Heaters 0.02
Class II Heaters . .03
Solid fuel blocks, per acre .50
Maximum for acreage and heater
fees combined 35.00
Under the provisions of Section 24293 it is hereby determined that the
cost of administration of Article 5, or Regulation VII exceeds the
fees prescribed in the following schedules and the fees shall be as set
forth herein.
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(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 to sell or rent, except any state or local
governmental agency or public district, shall pay the Clerk of
the Hearing Board, on filing, a fee in the sum of $25.00. It
is hereby determined that the cost of administration of
Article 5, Chapter 2, Division 20, Health and Safety Code, or
Rule 22 of these Rules and Regulations, exceeds $25.00 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 determined by visual observation, 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
analsis 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.
(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 indivisuals or groups requesting copies of
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
collected shall be turned into the general funds of the said District.
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IV Prohibitions
(2.0) Rule 50. Prohibitions Under State Law.
The provisions of Article 3, Chapter 2, Health and Safety Code of the
State of California shall be enforced by the A1r Pollution Control
Officer, and all officers indicated by Section 24221, Article 2.
(a) This rule is not Intended to preclude the enactment or
enforcement of any rule stricter than the provisions of
Article 3 mentioned above, as provided by Section 24247
and 24250 of that Article and Article 4.
In observing emissions to determine compliance with Rule 50,
(1) Observations shall be made from any position such that
the line of observation is at approximately a right
angle to the line of travel of the emitted material.
(2) The plume: shall be observed against a suitable back-
ground .
(3) Observations during daylight hours should be made with
the observer facing generally away from the sun.
(4) Observation during hours of darkness should be made
with the aid of a light source.
(5) Readings shall be noted at approximately 15 second
intervals during observation, except that Intervals up
to 1 minute shall be permitted where the appearance
of the emission does not vary during such interval.
(6) The general color of the emission during the period of
observation shall be noted as part of the record of
observation.
(b) Where the presence of uncombined water is the only reason
for failure of an emission to meet the limitations of Rule
50, that section shall not apply. The burden of proof
which establishes the application of this Rule 50(b) shall
be upon the person seeking to come within its provisions.
(50.1.2.) Rule 50-A Visible Emissions.
A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any single source
of emission whatsoever, any air contaminant for a period or periods
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aggregating more than three minutes 1n any one hour which Is:
(a) As dark or darker 1n shade as that designated as 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 Section (a)
of this Rule.
This rule 1s to become effective 1n the South Coast Air Basin on
June 1, 1972, for all sources which are not either 1n operation or
under construction prior to that date, and Rule 50 shall not be applicable
to such sources in the South Coast Air Basin on or after that date.
This Rule 1s to become effective for all other sources in the South
Coast Air Basin on January 1, 1975, and Rule 50 shall not be applicable
in the South Coast Air Basin on or after that date.
This Rule is to become effective 1n the Southeast Desert Air Basin on
June 1, 1972 for all sources which are not either in operation or
under construction prior to that date, and Rule 50 shall not be
applicable to such sources in the Southeast Desert Air Basin on or
after that date. This Rule is to become effective for all other
sources in the Southeast Desert Air Basin on January 1, 1975, and
Rule 50 is to be repealed on that date.
(15.0) Rule 51. Enforcement of These Rules and Regulations.
These Rules and Regulations shall be enforced by the Control Officer
under authority of Section 24224(b), Article 2, and Section 24260 and
24262, Article 4; and by all officers empowered by Section 24221,
Article 2.
(50.1) Rule 52. Particulate Matter.
Except as otherwise provided in Rules 52 and 54, a person shall not
discharge into the atmosphere from any source parti oilate matter in
excess of 0.3 grain per cubic foot of gas at standard conditions.
(50.1) Rule 52-A. Particulate Matter Concentration.
(a) A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any
source, in the South Coast Air Basin, partlculate matter
in excess of the concentration shown in the following
table: (See Rule 52-A Table).
Where the volume discharged falls between figures listed in the table,
the exact concentration permitted to be discharged shall be determined
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by linear Interpolation. The provisions of this Rule shall not apply
to emission resulting from the combustion of liquid or gaseous fuels
in steam generator or gas turbines.
For the purpose of this Rule "particulate matter" Includes any material
which would become particulate matter 1f cooled to standard conditions.
Rule 52-A(a) Is to become effective on June 1, 1972, for all sources
in the South Coast A1r Basin which are neither in operation or under
construction prior to that date, and Rule 52 shall not be applicable
to such sources in the South Coast A1r Basin on or after that date.
Rule 52-A(a) 1s to become effective for all other sources 1n the South
Coast Air Basin on January 1, 1975, and Rule 52 1s not applicable In
the South Coast Air Basin.
(b) A person shall not discharge Into that atmosphere from any
source, in the Southeast Desert Air Basin, particulate matter
in excess of 0.2 grain per cubic foot of gas at standard
conditions.
Rule 52-A(b) 1s to become effective on June 1, 1972, for all sources
in the Southeast Desert Air Basin which are not either in operation
or under construction prior to that date, and Rule 52 shall not be
applicable to such sources in the Southeast Desert A1r Basin on or
after that date. Rule 52-A(b) 1s to become effective for all other
sources in the Southeast Desert Air Basin on January 1, 1975, and
Rule 52 is to be repealed on that date.
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TABLE FOR RULE 52-A - SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN
VOLUME DIS-
CHARGED-
CUBIC FEET PER
MINUTE CALCULATED
AS DRY GAS AT
STANDARD CONDI-
TIONS
1000 or less
1200 ,
1400
1600
1800
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
10000
15000
MAXIMUM CONCENTRA-
TION OF PARTICU-
LATE MATTER ALLOW-
ED IN DISCHARGED
GAS-GRAINS PER
CUBIC FOOT OF DRY
GAS AT STANDARD
CONDITIONS
0.200
.187
.176
.167
.160
.153
.141
.131
.124
.118
.108
.101
.0949
.0902 .':
.0828
.0709
VOLUME DIS-
CHARGED-
CUBIC FEET
PER MINUTE
CALCULATED
AS DRY GAS
AT STANDARD
CONDITIONS
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
100000
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000 or
more
MAXIMUM CONCEN-
TRATION OF
PARTICULATE
MATTER ALLOWED
IN DISCHARGED
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
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(50.0) Rule 53. Specific Contaminants.
A person shall not discharge Into the atmosphere from any single source
emission whatsoever any one or more of the following contaminants,
In any state or combination thereof, exceeding 1n concentration at the
point of discharge:
(a) Sulphur Compounds calculated as sulphur dioxide (S02); 0.1
percent, by volume.
(b) Combustion Contaminants: 0.3 grain per cubic foot of gas
calculated to 12 percent of carbon dioxide (C02) at standard
conditions. In measuring the combustion contaminants from
incinerators used to dispose of combustible refuse by burn-
ing, the carbon dioxide (CO?) produced by combustion of any
liquid or gaseous fuels shall be excluded from the calculation
of 12 percent of carbon dioxide
(c) That amount of fluorine compounds which causes injury to
the property of others. Any person emitting fluorine com-
pounds in harmful amounts shall control such emission to
thy maximum degree technically feasible with respect to the
process or operation causing such emission.
(50.0) Rule 53-A Specific Contaminants
A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any single
source of emission whatsoever, any one or more of the following
contaminants, in any state or combination thereof, exceeding in
concentration:
(a) Sulphur compounds, which would exist as a liquid or gas at
standard conditions, calculated as sulfur dioxide (SO*):
500 ppm by volume.
Rule 53-A(a) is to become effective in the Southeast Desert Air Basin
on June 1, 1972, for all sources which are not either in operation
or under construction prior to that date, and Rule 53(a) shall not
be applicable to such sources in the Southeast Desert Air Basin on
or after that date. Rule 53-A(a) 1s to become effective for all
other sources in the Southeast Desert A1r Basin on January 1, 1975,
and Rule 53(a) shall not be applicable in the Southeast Desert Air
Basin after that date.
Rule 53-A (a) is to become effective 1n the South Coast A1r Basin on
January 1, 1973, for all sources which are not either 1n operation
or under construction prior to that date, and Rule 53(a) shall not be
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applicable to such sources in the South Coast Air Basin on or after
that date. This Rule 53-A(a) is to become effective for all other
sources in the South Coast Air Basin on January 1, 1975, and Rule
53(a) is to be repealed on that date.
(b) Combustion contaminants in the South Coast Air Basin, 0.1
grain per cubic foot of gas caculated to 12 percent of
carbon dioxide (C02) at standard conditions, except as
provided in Rule 58-A.
Rule 53-A(b) is to become effective in the South Coast Air Basin
on June 1, 1972, for all sources which are not either in operation
or under construction prior to that date, and Rule 53(b) shall not
be applicable to such sources in the South Coast Air Basin on or
after that date. Rule 53-A(b) is to become.effect!ve for all other
sources in the South Coast Air Basin on January 1, 1975, and Rule
53(b) shall not be applicable in the South Coast Air Basin on or
after that date.
(c) Combustion contaminants in the Southeast Desert Air Basin,
0.2 grain per cubic foot of gas caculated to 12 percent
of carbon dioxide (C02) at standard conditions.
This Rule 53-A(c) is to become effective in the Southeast Desert
Air Basin on June 1, 1972, for all sources which are not either in
operation or under construction prior to that date, and Rule 53(b)
shall not be applicable to such sources in the Southeast Desert
Air Basin on or after that date. Rule 53-A(c) is to become effective
for all other sources in the Southeast Desert Air Basin on January
1, 1975, and Rule 53(b) is to be repealed on that date.
(d) That amount of fluorine compounds which causes injury to the
property of others. Any person emitting fluorine compounds
in harmful amounts shall control such emission to the maximum
degree technically feasible with respect to the process or
operation causing such emission.
Rule 53-A(d) is to become effective in the South Coast Air Basin
on June 1, 1972, for all sources which are not either in operation
or under construction prior to that date, and Rule 53(c) shall not
be applicable to such sources in the South Coast Air Basin on
or after that date. Rule 53-A(d) is to become effective for all
other sources in the Southeast Desert Air Basin on January 1, 1975,
and Rule 53(c) is to be repealed on that date.
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(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 1s substantially
less with the plant in operation than when closed, even though the
concentration exceeds that permitted by Rule 53(a) or 53-A(a).
The A1r Pollution Control Officer shall report Immediately 1n writing
to the Air Pollution Control Board the granting of any such permit
together with the facts and reasons therefore.
Effective January 1, 1975, this Rule 1s repealed for sulfur recovery
units and for sulfuric acid units.
(51.19) Rule 53.2 Sulfur Recovery Units
A person shall not, after January 1, 1975, discharge into the atmophere
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 gas process discharge
containing 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 January 1, 1975, discharge Into the atmosphere
from any sulfuric add 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 calcualted as sulfur
dioxide.
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(50.1) Rule 54. Oust and Fumes.
(50.6)
(a) A person shall not discharge 1n any one hour from any source
whatsoever dust or fumes in total quantities in excess of
that amount shown in the following table: (see Table 1)
To use the following table, take the process weight per hour as such
is defined in Rule 2. 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 contaminants into the atmosphere and
which process takes 3 hours to complete, he will divide the weight
of all materials in the specific process, in this example 1,500 Ibs.,
by 3 giving a process weight per hour of 500 Ibs. in any one hour
during the process. Where the process weight per hour falls between
the figures in the left hand column, the exact weight of permitted
discharge may be interpolated.
(b) The limiations established by 54(a) shall not require the
reduction of particulate matter concentration, based on the
source gas volume , below the concentration specified in
Table II for such volume; provide that, for the purposes
of this section (b), the person determined according to the
provisions of 54(c); and provide further that the burden
of showing the source gas volume or other volume sub-
stituted therefor, including all of the factors which
determine such volume and the methods of determining and
computing such volume, shall be on the person seeking
to come within the provisions of this section 54(b).
(c) Any volume of gases passing through and leaving an air
pollution abatement operation may be substituted for the
source gas volume of source operation served by such
air pollution abatement operation, for the purposes of
54(b), provided such air pollution abatement operation
emits no more than 40% of the weight of particulate
matter entering thereto; and provided further that such
substituted volume shall be corrected to standard con-
ditions and to a moisture content no greater than that of
any gas stream entering such air pollution abatement
operation.
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Table 1
•Process
Wt/hr (Ibs)
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
___ 500 _____
550
600
650
700
750
800
850
900
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
Max. Weight
D1»ch/hr fibs)
.24
.46
.66
.85
1.03
1.20
1.35
1.50
1.63
JiZZ.
TST
2.01
2.12
2.24
2.32
2.43
2.53
2.62
Ji§2.
T5T
3.12
3.26
3.40
3.54
3.66
3.79
3.91
4.03
4.14
•Process
Wt/hr (Ibs)
2100
2200
2300
2400
2500
2600
2700
2800
2900
.3299.....
"3100
3200
3300
3400
3500
3600
3700
3800
3900
»••«•••
4000
4100
4200
4300
4400
4500
4600
4800
4900
.§900.
Max. Height
D1sch/hr (Ibs)
4.14
4.34
4.44
4.55
4.64
4.74
4.84
4.92
5.02
5.10
umJHmmai
5.18
5.27
5.36
5.44
5.52
5.61
5.69
5.77
5.85
»»m*tmm
5.93
6.01
6.08
6.15
6.22
6.30
6.45
6.52
6.60
6.67
»See Definition In Rule 2
•Process
Wt/hr (Ibs)
5500
6000
6500
7000
7500
8000
8500
9000
9500
.ipogg.
"now
12000
13000
14000
15000
16000
17000
18000
J§999.
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
or
more
Max. Weight
01sch/hr(lbs)
7.03
7.37
7.71
8.05
8.39
8.71
9.03
9.36
9.67
. ISiO^..
10.63
11.28
11.89
12.50
13.13
13.74
14.36
14.97
.1L58.
"l6~19~
22.22
28.3
34.3
40.0
Table II
MINIMUM CONCENTRATION TO BE REQUIRED
Source Gas
Volume. SCFM
7,000
or less
8.000
9.000
10.000
20.000
30.000
40.000
50.000
60.000
80.000
100.000
120.000
Concentration
6R/SCF
0.100
0.096
0.092
0.089
0.071
0.062
0.057
0.053
0.050
0.045
0.042
0.040
Source Gas
Volume. SCFM
140.000
160.000
180.000
200.000
300.000
400.000
500.000
600.000
800.000
1.000.000
or more
Concentration
GR/SCF
0.038
0.036
0.035
0.034
0.030
0.027
0.025
0.024
0.021
0.020
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(50.1.1) Rule 54-A Solid Particulate Matter - Weight - South Coast Air Basin
A person shall not discharge into the atmosphere from any source,
solid participate matter in excess of the rate shown in the following
table.
For the purpose of this Rule solid particulate matter includes any
material which would become solid particulate matter if cooled to
standard conditions.
This Rule is to become effective in the South Coast Air Basin on
June 1, 1972, for all sources which are not either in operation or
under construction prior to that date, and Rule 54 shall not be applicable
to such sources in the South Coast Air Basin on or after that date.
This Rule is to become effective for all other sources in the South
Coast Air Basin on January 1, 1975, and Rule 54 shall not be applicable
in the South Coast Air Basin after that date.
PROCESS HEIGHT
PER HOUR-
POUNDS PER
HOUR
250 or Itss
300
350
400
450
300
600
700
800
900
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
5500
6000
6500
7000
7500
8000
8500
9000
9500
10000
MAXIMUM DISCHARGE
RATE ALLOWED FOR
SOLID PARTICULATE
MATTER (AGGREGATE
DISCHARGED FROM
ALL POINTS OF
PROCESS - POUNDS
PER HOUR
.00
.12
.23
.34
.44
.54
.73
.90
2.07
2.22
2.38
2.65
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
T AIR USlN
PROCESS HEIGHT
PER HOUR-
POUNDS PER
HOUR
12000
14000
16000
18000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
45000
50000
60000
70000
80000
90000
100000
120000
140000
•160000
180000
200000
250000
300000
350000
400000
450000
500000
600000
700000
800000
900000
1000000 or m
MAXIMUM DIS-
CHARGE RATE
ALLOWED FOR
SOLID PARTICULATE
MATTER (AGGREGATE
DISCHARGED FROM
ALL POINTS OF
PROCESS) -
POUNDS PER
HOUR
10.4
10.8
11.2
11.5
11.8
12.4
13.0
13.5
13.9
14.3
14.7
15.3
15.9
16.4
16.9
17.3
18.1
18.8
19.4
19.9
20.4
21.6
22.5
23.4
24.1
24.8
25.4
26.6
27.6
23.4
29.3
or« 30.0
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(7.0) Rule 55a. Upset Conditions or Breakdown.
Emission exceeding any of the limits established in this regulation
as a direct result of upset conditions in or breakdown of any air
pollution control equipment or related processing equipment shall not
be deemed to be in violation of the rules establishing such limits,
provided all the requirements of this section 55a to wit, 55.la
through 55.2d are met unless negligence is determined to be the
casual factor.
Rule 55.la.
Such occurrences shall be reported to the officer of the District
within one hour.
Rule 55.2a.
The person responsible for such emission shall, with all practicable
speed, initiate and complete appropirate reasonable action to
correct the conditions causing such emissions to exceed said limits;
to reduce the frequency of occurrence of such conditions; to minimize
the amount by which said limits are exceeded; and shall, upon request
of the control officer, submit to the control officer a full report
of such occurrence, including a statement of all known causes and of
the scheduling and nature of the actions to be taken pursuant to this
section 55.2a.
Rule 55.2b.
If the condition is determined to have been caused by negligence, the
control officer or his representative shall immediately issue a
citation for said violation. If the condition 1s determined to be
the result of electrical or mechanical failure, and not due to
negligence, the process operation may continue providing the required
repairs can be completed within a matter of minutes.
Rule 55.2c.
If the electrical or mechanical failure is of such nature that it
cannot be corrected in less than one hour but may be corrected
within a four hour period, the process operation may only continue
at a reduced rate approved by the Air Pollution Control District,
which would minimize emission during the repair period.
Rule 55.2d.
If the electrical or mechanical failure will require more than four
hours to correct, the control officer shall require the violator to
proceed at one with the variance procedure. In this Instance both
the violator and the control officer shall waive the ten-day waiting
period;
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Rule 55.2e.
These rules (55a through 55.2d) shall not apply if upset conditions
or breakdowns exceed five percent of total operating time per month
of said equipment.
(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 to the atmosphere or 1s designed and equipped with
one of the following vapor loss control devices, property 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 place.
(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.
(c) Other equipment of equal efficiency, provided such equip-
ment is submitted to and approved by the Air Pollution
Control Officer.
(51.13) Rule 57. Open Fires.
(a) A person shall not burn or maintain or permit the maintenance
of the burning of any combustible refuse in any open outdoor
• fire except pursuant to the provisions set forth under (a)(l)
below and after obtaining a permit from the control officer
as provided under (a) and (2) below:
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(1) When such fire 1s set or permission for such fire 1s
given 1n the performance of the official duty of public
fire, aglrcultural or health officials, and such fire
1n the opinion of such officer 1s necessary:
a. For the purpose of the prevention of a fire hazard
which cannot be abated by any other practical means, or
b. The Instruction of public or Industrial employees in
the methods of fire fighting, or
c. The elimination of a health hazard, or
d. Conducting agircultural operations in the growing of
crops, or raising of fowl , animals or bees on a
farm.
(2) Pursuant to an additional permit by the Control Officer,
the Control Officer shall not so permit any open outdoor
fire, as defined under (l)(a) and (d), during a smog
condition. He may permit open outdoor buring under
(l)(b) and (c) above, during a smog condition. (Upon
denial of any application for a permit, the applicant
may appeal the Control Officer's denial to the Hearing
Board. Upon such appeal, the Hearing Board shall con-
sider (i) the length of time a Smog Condition has existed,
(11) the length of time (if any) that a Smog Condition
1s likely to continue to exist, (111) the existence
(if any) of any public nuisance* and the extent or magni-
tude of such nuisance which would be abated by such an
open outdoor fire. If the Hearing Board finds that any
further delay in the abatement of a public nuisance by
burning is more detrimental to the public health, safety
and welfare, than the probable contribution likely to
be made to Air Pollution, the Hearing Board shall direct
the Control Officer to grant such a permit.)
(b) The open outdoor burning of any orchards or of any tree from
an orchard shall not be permitted, and shall constitue a
violation of this rule, unless it is conducted in an operation
certified by the County Agricultural Commissioner as an
agricultural operation. Also, open outdoor burning of
orchards or trees from an orchard may be permitted if required
under the abatement provisions of the San Bernardino County
Code, Section 27.051 et seq.
(c) Adopted March 2, 1970. Excluded form the open burning
restrictions until June 30, 1971, are the following Judicial
Districts: Amboy-Ludlow, Baker, Calzona, Kelso, Trona,
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Needles (except the City), Barstow and Yermo-Belleville.
More particularly described as:
Area north of the Second-Standard Line north of San Bernardino
Base Line and east of a line common to Range 5E and Range
6E, south to line common to T4N'and T5N, east to a line common
to R9E and R10E, south to a line common to T3N and T4N, east
to a line common to RUE and R12E; south to a line common to
TIN and T2N; east to a line common R12E and R13E; and to San
Bernardino -Riverside County L1n4. ''
Shadtd Area
Excluded
Ntedles
Awboy-Ludlow
Bator
Bars tow
Calzona
felso
NMdlts
Trent
Y«r»o-
B«1ltv111e
San Bernardino Basin
and Mountain
NOT REPRODUCIBLE
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(51.9) Rule 58. Incinerator Burning.
(a) A person shall not burn any combustible refuse In any Incinerator
within the San Bernardino Basin except In a multiple chamber
Incinerator as described 1n Rule 2 or 1n equipment found by
the A1r Pollution Control Officer 1n advance of such use to
be equally effective for the purpose of air pollution control
as an approved multiple chamber Incinerator.
(b) Outside of the San Bernardino Basin, a single chamber Incinerator
as described In Rule 2 may be used exclusively In connection
with structure which 1s designed for and used exclusively as
a single family dwelling but only for disposal of paper and
paper products. Disposal of other materials 1n a single
chamber Incinerator 1s expressly prohibited.
(51.9) Rule 58 -A Disposal of Solid and Liquid Wastes - South Coast Air Basin
(a) A person shall not burn any combustllbe refuse 1n any Incinerator,
except in a multiple-chamber Incinerator as described In Rule 2,
or 1n the equipment found by the A1r Pollution Control Officer
in advance of such use to be equally effective for the purpose
of air pollution control as an approved multiple-chamber
Incinerator.
(b) 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 greater than
,100 pounds per hour, except as provided in subsection (d) of
this Rule, particulate matter 1n excess of 0.1 grain per cubic
foot of gas calculated to 12 percent of carbon dioxide (C02)
at standard conditions. Any carbon dioxide (CO?) produced by
combustion of any liquid or gaseous fuels shall be excluded
from the calculation to 12 percent of carbon dioxide (002).
(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 (CO?) at standard conditions.
Any carbon dioxide (C0£) produced by combustion of any liquid
or gaseous fuels shall be excluded from the calculation to
12 percent of carbon dioxide
(ci) A person shall not discharge Into the atmosphere from any
Incinerator or other equipment used to dispose of combustible
refuse by burning, having a design burning rates of 100 pounds
per hour or less, particulate matter in excess of 0.3 grain
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per cubic foot of gas calculated to 12 percent of carbon dioxide
(003) at standard conditions and shall not discharge particles
which are Individually large enough to be visible while sus-
pended in the atmosphere. Any carbon dioxide (CO?) produced
by combustion of any liquid or gaseous fuels shall be excluded
from the calculation to 12 percent of carbon dioxide (€03)•
This Rule is to become effective in the South Coast Air Basin
on June 1, 1972, for all sources which are not either in operation
or under construction prior to that date, and Rule 58 shall not
be applicable to such sources in the South Coast Air Basin on
or after that date. This Rule is to become effective for all
other sources in the South Coast Air Basin on January 1, 1975,
and Rule 58 shall not be applicable in the South Coast Air Basin
on or after that date.
(51.16) Rule 59. Oil-Effluent Water Separator.
A person shall not use any compartment of any single or multiple com-
partment oil-effluent water separator which compartment receives
effluent water containing 200 gallons a day or more of any petroleum
product or mixture of petroleum products from any equipment processing,
refining, treating, storing or handling keroslne or other petroleum
product of equal or greater volatility than keroslne, unless such
compartment is equipped with one of the following vapor loss control
devices, properly installed, in good working order and in operation:
(a) A solid cover with all openings sealed and totally enclosing
the liquid contents. All gauging and sampling devices shall
be gas-tight except when gauging or sampling is taking place.
(b) 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 container wall. All gauging and
sampling devices shall be gas-tight except when gauging or
sampling is taking place.
(c) A vapor recovery system, consisting of a vapor gathering system
capable of collecting the hydrocarbon vapors and gases dis-
charged 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.
(d) Other equipment of equal efficiency, provided such equipment
is submitted to and approved by the Air Pollution Control
Officer.
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This rule shall not apply to any oil-effluent water separator
used exclusively in conjunction with the production of crude
oil.
For the purpose of this rule, "kerosine" is defined as any
petroleum product which, when distilled by ASTM standard test
method D 86-56, will give a temperature of 401 degrees F. or
less at the 10 percent point recovered.
(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
violation 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.
(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 dis-
posal system or Its equivalent approved by the Air
Pollution Control Officer.
(2) Loading shall be accomplished In such a manner that the
displaced vapor and air will be vented only to the vapor
collection system. Measures shall be taken to prevent
liquid drainage from the loading device when it 1s not
in use or to accomplish complete drainage before the
loading device 1s disconnected.
(3) The vapor disposal portion of the vapor collection and
disposal system shall consist of one of the following:
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(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 ah efficiency equal to or greater
than (A) or (B) 1f 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
distributes 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:
(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 sub-
merged 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).
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(c) Effective Dates
(1) The owner or operator of any organic liquid loading facility
subject to this rule which 1s 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 1s operating or 1n 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:
(A) 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.
(B) By May 1, 1976, negotiate and sign all necessary con-
tracts for emission control systems, or Issue orders
for the purchase of component parts to accomplish
emission control.
(C) By June 1, 1976, Initiate on-site construction or
installation of emission control equipment.
(D) By July 1, 1976, complete on-site construction or
Installation of emission control equipment.
(E) By August 1, 1976, assure final compliance with the
provisions of this rule.
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(50.2) Rule 62. Sulfur Contents of Fuels.
i
A person shall not burn any gaseous fuel containing sulfur compounds
In excess of 50 grains per 100 cubic feet of gaseous fuel, calculated
as hydrogen sulflde 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 sulflde, add sludge or other
sulfur compounds 1n the manufacturing of sulfur or sulfur
compounds.
(b) The Incinerating of waste gases provided that the gross heating
value of such gases 1s less than 300 British Thermal Units per
cubic foot at standard conditons 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,
aircraft, missile, locomotive, boat or ship.
(f) The use of fuel with higher sulfur content where process
conditions or control equipment remove sulfur compounds from
the stack gases to the extent that the emission of sulfur
compounds to the atmosphere 1s no greater than that which
would be emitted by using a fuel which complies with the
provisions of this"Rule.
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.
It shall not be a violation of this Rule to burn fuel not
permitted by this Rule for a period of not to exceed threee
calendar days (and in addition to render a decision, provided
that an application ofr a variance 1s promply filed) when
other fuel which complies with this Rule cannot be used
due to accident, strike, sabotage, act of God, or failure of
the supplier.
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(50.2) Rule 62.1 Sulfur Contents of Natural Gas- South Coast Air Basin
A person shall not burn natural gas containing sulfur compounds In excess
of 15 grains per 100 cubic feet, calculated as hydrogen sulflde at
standard conditions.
The provisions of this Rule shall not apply to the use of fuels where
the gaseous products of combustion are used as raw materials for other
processes.
This Rule shall become effective 1n the South Coast Air Basin on
January 1, 1975, for all sources which are either 1n operation, or
under construction under a valid authority to construction June 1, 1972.
This Rule shall be effective 1n the South Coast Air Basin for all
other sources on June 1, 1972.
(12.0) Rule 63. Gasoline Specifications.
(a) A person shall not, after August 18, 1970, 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 halvng a degree of unsaturatlon greater than that
Indicated by a Bromine Number of 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 second, or
(b) Processed in such a manner determined by the A1r 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 1n calibration, in good working order and In operation
devices, as specified in the Authority to Construct or Permit to
Operate or as specified by the A1r Pollution Control Officer, for
indicating temperature, pressure or other operating conditions.
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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,
equipment 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.
(11) A vapor-tight return line to the delivery
vessel of at least 7.6 centimeters (3 inches)
nominal diameter.
(i1i) A device approved by the Air Pollution Control
Officer which will ensure that the vapor return
line is connected before gasoline can be
transferred 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 re-
filled 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 equivalent to that of the system described
above; or
(C) Transfer 1s made to a storage container equipped
as described 1n 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 gasoline 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 and operated to prevent fuel tank over-
fills 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
gasoline:
(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, 1f such container is
equipped with a permanent submerged fill pipe by
March 1, 1977, or Into or from any underground storage
container Installed prior to March 5, 1975, where the
fill line between the fill connection and container is
offset.
(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
36,000 etseq.) of the California Vehicle Code, if
such container 1s equipped with a submerged fill pipe
by March 1, 1977.
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(3) Into of from any stationary container located 1n the
Southeast Desert Air Basin portion of San Bernardino
County, the Joshua Tree area, or the Palo Verde area,
if such container is equipped with a permanent sub-
merged 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 less,
or from any mobile container used exclusively for refuel-
ing of vehicles or aircraft.
(5) Into motor vehicles form any gasoline dispensing facility
in existence prior to March 5, 1975, which is located
in a structure 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
construction prior to January 9, 1976, and located in
Riverside or San Bernardino County which 1s 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, 1977.
(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-vacuum relief vents and any vacuum-assisted
vapor recovery system must by of a type approved for
the purpose by a fire and safety testing organization
by the fire department having jurisdiction.
(e) Definitions
For the purpose 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.
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(f) Effective Dates
(1) The owner or operator of any stationary storage container
or gasoline dispensing facility subject to this rule and
which 1s 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 stationary storage or
gasoline dispensing facility subject to this rule which
1s 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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I
en
o
SECTION A (TRANSFER INTO STORAGE CONTAINERS)
Located In
County of
Los Angeles
Range
Riverside
San Bernardino
Located In
Comity of
Los Angeles
Range
Riverside
San Bernardino
Tank Cap.
(gal.)
6,000 or larger
less than 6,000
All
All
6,000 or larger
less than 6,000
Tank Cap.
(wl.)
6,000 or larger
less than 6,000
All
All
6,000 or larger
less than 6,000
SutMlt(l)
9-15-74
1-6-75
9-1-75
9-1-75
1-1-75
8-1-75
SECTION B
Suterft(l)
1-6-75
6-1-75
9-1-75
9-1-75
1-1-75
8-1-75
Negotiate^)
11-15-74
4-1-75
11-1-75
11-1-75
2-15-75
11-1-75
In1t1ate(3)
12-1-74
6-1-75
12-1-75
3-1-76
4-1-75
12-31-75
Coiplete(4)
4-1-75
2-1-76
6-1-76
5-1-76
7-1-75
2-1-76
Assure(5)
5-1-75
5-1-76
7-1-76
6-1-76
8-1-75
5-1-76
(DISPENSING INTO VEHICLES)
Negotiate^)
3-1-75
11-1-75
11-1-75
11-1-75
2-15-75
11-1-75
Initiated)
5-1-75
120 Days from
C Date (6)
2-1-76
3-1-76
4-1-75
1-2-76
CoMp1ete(4)
120 Days fro»
C Date (6)
ISO Days fro»
C Date (6)
120 Days froa
C Date (6)
120 Days fro*
C Date (6)
120 Days fro*
C Date (6)
120 Days from
C Date (6)
Assure(5)
180 Days
froji C Date
(6)
180 Days
froaC Date
(6)
180 Days
fro* C Date
(6)
150 Days fro*
C Date (6)
150 Days fro*
C Date (6)
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(1) Submit to the A1r 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-s1te construction or Installation of emission control
equipment.
(4) Complete on-s1te construction or Installation of emission control
equipment.
(5) Assure final compliance with the provisions of this Rule.
(6) "C Date" 1s defined as the date on which The A1r Resources Board
certifies a gasoline vapor control system 1n accordance with
Section 39068.6 of the Health and Safety Code.
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(50.4) Rule 66. Organic Solvents.
(a) A person shall not discharge more than 15 pounds of organic
materials Into the atmosphere 1n any one day from any article,
machine, equipment or other contrivance 1n which any organic
solvent or any material containing organic solvent comes Into
contact with flame or 1s baked, heat-cured or heat-polymerized,
In the presence of oxygen, unless alll organic materials dis-
charged from such article, machine, equipment or other contri-
vance have been reduced either at least 85 percent over-all or
to not more than 15 pounds 1n 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
other than described 1n section (a), for employing, applying,
evaporating or drying any photochemlcally reactive solvent,
as defined 1n section (k), or material containing such solvent,
unless all organic materials discharged from such article,
machine, equipment or other contrivance have been reduced
either by at least 85 percent over-all or to not more than
40 pounds 1n any one day.
(c) Any series of articles, machines, equipment or other contri-
vances designed for processing a continuously moving sheet, web,
strip or wire which is subjected to any combination of operations
described in section (a) or (b) 1nvolv1nq any photochemlcally
reactive solvent, as defined 1n section (k), or material
containing such solvent, shall be subject to compliance with
section (b). Where only non-photochemically reactive solvents
or material containing only non-photochemically reactive
solvents are employed or applied, and where any portion or
portions of said series or articles, machines, equipment or
other contrivances involves operation described 1n 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 photochemlcally reactive solvents, 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.
(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,
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equipment or other contrivance described 1n sections (a), (b)
or (c), shall be Included with other emissions of organic
materials from that article* machine, equipment or other
contrivance for determining compliance with this Rule.
(f) Emission of organic materials Into the atmosphere required
to be controlled by sections (a), (b) or (c), shall be re-
duced by:
(1) Incineration, provided that 90 percent or more of the
carbon 1n the organic material being Incinerated 1s
oxidized to carbon dioxide, or
(2) Adsorption, or
(3) Processing In a manner determined by the A1r 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 1n calibration, 1n good
working order and In operation, devices as specified 1n
the authority to construct or the permit to operate, or
as specified by the A1r 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 solvent or any materials containing
organic solvents shall supply the A1r Pollution Control
Officer, upon request and 1n 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.
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(3) The spraying or other employment of Insecticides,
pesticides or herbicides.
(4) The employment, application, evaporation or drying
of saturated halogenated hydrocarbons or perchloroethylene.
(j) For the purpose 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.
(k) For the purpose of this Rule, a photochemlcally reactive solvent
is any solvent with an aggregate of more than 20 percent of
its 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 having an olefinlc or
cyclo-oleflnic type of unsaturatlon: 5 percent;
(2) A combination of aromatic compounds with eight or more
carbon atoms to the molecule except ethyl benzene: 8 per-
cent;
(3) A combination of ethylbenzene, ketones having branched
hydrocarbon structures, 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.
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.
(50.4) Rule 66.1. Architectural Coatings.
(a) After August 18, 1970, a person shall not sell or offer for sale
for use in San Bernardino County in containers of one quart
capacity or larger, any architectural coating containing photo-
chemical ly reactive solvent, as defined in Rule 66(k).
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(b) After August 18, 1970, a person shall not employ, apply
evaporate or dry In San Bernardino County any architectural
coating, purchased 1n containers of one quart capacity or
larger, containing photochemlcally reactive solvent, as
defined in Rule 66(k).
(c) After August 18, 1970, a person shall not thin or dilute any
architectural coating with a photochemical ly reactive solvent,
as defined 1n Rule 66(k).
(d) For the purpose of this rule, an architectural coating is de-
fined 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 photochemlcally reactive solvent, as defined in
Rule 66(k), or of any material containing more than 1-1/2 gallons of
any such photochemlcally reactive solvent by 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 within the San Bernardino Basin unless
the discharge Into the atmosphere of contaminants will not and does
not exceed any one or more of the following rates:
(a) 200 pounds per hour of sulfur compounds, calculated as nitrogen
sulfur dioxide
(b) 140 pounds per hour of nitrogen oxides, calculated as nitrogen
dioxide (N02);
(c) 10 pounds per hour of combustion contaminants as defined in
Rule 2 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 control equip-
ment by using a combustion process to destroy air contaminants shall
HP pxp.mnt 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.
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This Rule shall not apply to any processing operation 1n which a flame
directly contacts the material being processed, until such time as
Federal standards (Health, Education and Welfare) are completed.
(51.7) Rule 68 Fuel Burning Equipment—Oxides of Nitrogen
A person shall not discharge Into the atmosphere from any mon-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 (N09) at 3 percent
oxygen, in excess of 125 ppm when fired by a gaseous foe! and 225
ppm when fired by a liquid or solid fuel.
This Rule shall become effective on January 1, 1975, for all sources.
(51.21) Rule 69 Vacuum Producing Devices or Systems - South Coast A1r Basin
A person shall not discharge Into the atmosphere more than 3 pounds of
organic materials in any one hour form 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 become effective in the South Coast A1r Basin on
January 1, 1975, for all sources which are either in operation, or
under construction under a valid authority to construct on June 1, 1972.
This Rule shall be effective for all other sources in the South Coas.t:Air
Basin on June 1, 1972.
(51.8) Rule 70 Asphalt Air Blowing - South Coast Air Basin
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 1440 degrees
Fahrenheit for a period of not less than 0.3 second, 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 become effective in the South Coast Air Basin on
January 1, 1975, for all sources which are either in operation, or under
construction under a valid authority to construct on June 1, 1972. This
Rule shall be effective for all other sources in the South Coast Air
Basin on June 1, 1972.
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(50.5) Rule 71. Carbon Monoxide - South Coast A1r Basin.
A person shall not discharge Into the atmosphere carbon monoxide (CO) In
concentrations exceeding 2000 ppm by volume measured on a dry basis.
The provisions of this Rule shall not apply to emissions from! Internal
combustion engines.
This rule shall become effective In the South Coast Air Basin on January
1, 1975, for all sources which are either 1n operation, or under construction
under a valid authority to construct on June 1, 1972. This Rule shall be
effective for all other sources 1n the South Coast A1r Basin on June 1,
1972.
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 by the filing of a petition In
triplicate withe the clerk of the Hearing Board, 175 West Fifth Street,
San Bernadlno, California and the payment of the fee of $25.00 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 6th
Floor, 172 West Third Street, San Bernadlno, California 92401, 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 provided by written
acknowledgement 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, corp-
oration or other entity, and names and address of the partners
1f a co-partnership, names and addresses of the officers, 1f a
corporation, and the names and address of the person in control,
1f other entity.
(c) The type of business or activity involved 1n the application
and the street address at which it 1s conducted.
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(d) A brief description of the article, machine, equipment, or
other contrivance, if any, Involved 1n the application.
(e) The section or Rule under which the petition is filed; that
is, whether the 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 under Rule 22 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 be set forth his authority to sign.
(g) Petitions for revocation of permits shall allege 1n addition
the Rule under which permit was granted, the Rule or section
which 1s 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 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 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:
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(a) The section, rule or order complained of.
(b) The facts showing why compliance with the section, rule, or
order 1s unreasonable.
(c) For what period of time the variance 1s sought and why.
(d) The damage or harm resulting or which would result to
petitioner from compliance with such section, rule or order.
(e) The requirements which petitioner can meet and the date
when petitioner can comply with such requ1remen.ts'f-;-:';/;.;"•• ^'"
(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, 1f granted,
would constitute a nuisance.
(h) Whether or not any case Involving the same Identical equip-
ment or process 1s pending 1n any court, civil or criminal.
(1) Whether or not the subject equipment or process 1s covered
by a permit to operate Issued by the A1r Pollution Control
Officer.
(2.0) Rule 79. Appeal From Denial. '•f,^$^''*~-"
A petition to review a denial or conditional approval of an authority
to construct, permit to operate or permit to sell or rent shall, 1n
addition to the matter 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
Hearing Board direct otherwise and confirm such direction in writing.
Such direction need not be made at a meeting of the Hearing Board.
The chairman or any two members, without a meeting, may require the
petitioner to state further facts or reframe a petition so as to
Jisclose the issues involved.
(2.0) Rule 82. Answers.
Any person may file an answer within 10 days after service. All answers
shall be served the same as petitions under Rule 76.
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(2.0) Rule 83. Dismissal of Petition.
The petitioner may dismiss his petition at any time before submission
of the case of the Hearing Board, without a hearing or meeting of the
Hearing 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 a place designated 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 entitle 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.
(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 in 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 evidence and witnesses. Any relevant
evidence shall be admitted if 1t 1s the sort of evidence
on which responsible 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 im-
proper the admission of such evidence over objection in
civil actions. Hearsay evidence may be used for the pur-
pose of supplementing or explaining any direct evidence
but shall not be sufficient 1n Itself to support a find-
ing unless it would be admissible over objection in civil
actions. The rules of privilege shall be effective 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 evidence shall be excluded.
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(2.0) Rule 87. Preliminary Matters.
Preliminary matters such as setting a date for hearing, granting
continuances, approving petitions for filing, allowing amendments
and other preliminary ruling not determinative of the merits of
the case may be made by the chairman or any two member 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 continuance of 15 days or less, concurred 1n by petitioner,
the Air Pollution 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.
(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 the 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 anwer or who has appeared as a party 1n person or by counsel at
the hearing.
(2.0) Rule 91. Effective Date of Decision.
The decision shall become effective 15 days after delivering of
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 92. 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
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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
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(1.0) Rule 100. Definition. - See Rule 2.
(2.0) Rule 101. Exceptions.
Rules 10, 14, 20, 21, 24, and 40 do not apply to orchard or citrus
grove heaters.
(3.0) Rule 102. Permits Required.
After the effective date of these Rules and Regulations, no person
shall construct, place, maintain, keep, store, or alter any orchard
heater under, among or between the trees 1n any grove or orchard or
in any place where it may be used or operated for frost protection
of use or operate any orchard heater without first obtaining a per-
mit to do so from the Air Pollution Control Officer of the County
of San Bernardino. Application for such permits shall be made to
the said Air Pollution Control Officer on forms obtained from him
and shall contain all information called for by such forms. The
Air Pollution Control Officer may require the applicant to furnish
such additional information as he may deem necessary before passing
on any application. Permits shall not be transferable.
(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 104. 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 1s 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.
(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
•j^ess the applicant has complied with the objections specified
by the Air Pollution Control Officer as his reasons for denial.
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(2.0) Rule 110. Appeals.
W1ht1n 10 days after notice of denial or conditional approval of
a permit by the A1r Pollution Control Officer, the applicant may
petition the Hearing Board, 1n writing, for 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 sub-
ject 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 deface-
ment of a permit. The fee for issuing a duplicate permit
shall be $2.00.
(51.1) Rule 130. Classification of Orchard Heaters.
For the purpose of these Rules and Regulations, orchard heaters are
divided into the following groups:
(a) Class 1. Any type of heater which Is so designed or equipped
that it will not discharge unconsumed solid carbonaceous
matter at a rate in excess of one-half (1/2) gram per minute.
Heaters of this type are mentioned in Rule 131.
(b) Class 11. Any type of orchard heater other than a Class 1
heater which can be operated or regulated so that it will
not discharge unconsumed solid carbonaceous matter at a
rate in excess of one (1) gram per minute. Heaters included
in this class are mentioned in Rule 132.
(51.1) Rule 131. Class 1 Heaters Designated.
The Air Pollution Control Board finds and determines that those types
of heaters commonly known or designated as:
(a) Pipe Line Systems,
(b) Return Stack Heaters,
(c) Coke Heaters,
fall within Class 1 as defined in Rule 130(a). Permits will be issued
for Class 1 heaters upon application therefor and payment of the
required fees. This class also Includes any heater which is shown by
competent test to come within the definition of a Class 1 heater.
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(51.1) Rule 132. Class 11 Heaters Designated.
The Air Pollution Control Board finds and determines that all orchard
heaters commonly known by any of the following names or designations:
Maximum Burning Rate of
Name Fuel in Pounds per Hour
Hy-Lo 148 Original 8 IDS.
Hy-Lo 148 Special 8 Ibs.
Hy-Lo Drum 8 Ibs.
Lemora 8 Ibs.
Jumbo Cone 7 Ibs.
Kittle 7 Ibs.
Exchange Model 7-inch diameter stack 7 Ibs.
Lazy Flame 24-inch stack 6 Ibs.
Hy-Lo 230-A 6 Ibs.
Lazy Flame 18-inch stack 6 Ibs.
National Junior Louver with 18-inch stack 6 Ibs.
fall within Class 11 as defined in Rule 130(b). This class also in-
cludes any type of heater (other than Class 1 heaters) not herein
specifically named which is shown to meet the requirements of Rule
130(b).
The operation of any Class 11 heater at a burning rate in excess of
the maximum specified in the foregoing schedule for such heater is
prohibited except for the first five (5) minutes after the heater
is lighted. Said maximum burning rates are predicated upon the
heaters being reasonably clean. Permits for Class 11 heaters shall
be issued upon proper application and payment of the required fees
and shall set forth the maximum burning rate permitted for each
type of heater covered by such permit.
(51.1) Rule 133. Identification of Heaters.
When in these Rules and Regulations a distilling type heater is
designated by name such name refers to the stack or stack assembly
with which the heater is equipped it being understood that many
heaters are equipped with a stack of one make and with a cover or
bowl of another make.
(51.1) Rule 134. Use of Incomplete Heaters Prohibited.
All permits are for complete orchard heaters. The use or operation
of any incomplete or partial assembly of any type of orchard heater
for frost protection is hereby prohibited.
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(51.1) Rule 135. Cleaning, Repairs.
All heaters for which a permit 1s Issued shall be maintained 1n reasonably
clean condition and In good repair and working order.
(51.1) Rule 136. Authority to Classify Orchard Heaters.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall have authority to determine the
proper classification of any orchard heater not specifically named herein.
(15.0) Rule 137. Enforcement.
It shall be the duty of the Air Pollution Control Officer and of the law
enforcement officers of the County otherwise charged with the enforcement
of the law to enforce these Rules and Regulations.
This emergency regulation is designed to prevent the excessive buildup of
air contaminants and to avoid any possibility of a catastrophy caused by
toxic concentrations of air contaminants.
The A1r Pollution Control Board deems 1t desirable to have ready an adequate
plant to prevent such an occurrence, and to provide for adequate actions to
protect the health of the citizens of the A1r Pollution Control District.
VII. EMERGENCIES
(2.0) Rule 150. General.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Rules and Regulations, the
provisions of this Regulation shall apply within the San Bernadino Basin
to the control of emission of air contaminants during any "alert" stage as
provided herein.
(9.0) Rule 151. Sampling Stations.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall maintain permenently located atmos-
pheric sampling stations adequately equipped. These sampling stations shall
be continuously maintained at locations designated by the Air Pollution Con-
trol Officer after consultation with the Scientific Committee. 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 adequate
continuous automated samplings and analyses of air contaminants will be taken
at each of the stations established under Rule 151.
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Rule 152.1
A telemetered system shall be installed permitting continuous sampling
and analysis at the central Air Pollution Control headquarters, to
provide for immediate determination of air pollution conditions on
a total basis. Additionally, telementry shall include stations in
adjoining counties to the west and southwest which will provide in-
formation on possible intrusions.
(8.0) Rule 153. Declaration of Alerts.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall declare the appropriate "alert"
whenever the concentration of any air pollution contaminant has been
verified to have reached the standards set forth in the following
table.
TOXIC AIR POLLUTANT LEVELS
IN PARTS PER MILLION (PPM)
Community
Alert 1st Alert 2nd Alert 3rd Alert
Carbon Monoxide - 100 200 300
Nitrogen Oxides - 3 5 10
Sulphur Oxides - 3 5 10
Ozone .35 0.5 1.0 1.5
ALERT TO THE COMMUNITY - Pollutants potentially hazardous for children,
elderly and chronically ill persons.
FIRST ALERT - Close approach to maximum allowable concentration for
the population at large. Still safe, but approaching a point where
preventive action is required.
SECOND ALERT - Air contamination level at which a health menance exists
in a preliminary state.
THIRD ALERT - Air contamination level at which a dangerous health
menace exists.
(8.0) Rule 154. Notification of Alerts.
(a) ALERT TO THE COMMUNITY: Following the issuance of an Alert to
the Community, the Air Pollution Control district (APCD)
shall communicate notification of the condition to:
(1) San Bernardino County Schools office, who shall notify
school district offices.
(2) The San Bernardino County Public Health Department, who
shall notify County General Hospital and nursing homes.
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(3) The General public through the local news media.
(b) ALERTS: Upon the declaration of the 1st, 2nd or 3rd Alert,
the A1r Pollution Control District (APCD) shall communicate
notification of the condition to all above and shall Include
the following additional Industries and agencies:
(1) Air Polluting Industrial plants and processes which
require "alert" data 1n order to effect prearranged
plants designed to reduce the output of air contamin-
ants.
(2) The California Highway Patrol, Zone 5Hq., Supervising
Inspector.
(3) The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, who
will notify in the most expeditious manner available:
a. All Sheriff sub-stations.
b. All City Police Departments.
(4) The State Division of Forestry, who will notify in
the most expeditious manner available:
a. All City Fire Departments.
b. All F1re Protection Districts and Special Districts
with fire suppression capability.
(5) City F1re and Police Departments shall notify their
respective City Officials.
(c) CESSATION OF ALERTS: Recall or cessation of "SMOG ALERTS" are
to be disseminated in the same manner as they are initiated.
(8.0) RULE 155 Radio Communication System.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall install and maintain in contin-
uous operation, a radio transmitter with selective calling facilities
for the purpose of broadcasting the declaration of alerts and informa-
tion and instruction which may be appropriate to carry out the pro-
visions of these Regulations.
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 thereto shall be procured, installed
and properly maintained and operated during all hours of plant operation
by any person who operates or uses any:
(a) Petroleum refinery.
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(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
paragrapn, "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 loading equipment can be encompassed within
any circle of 300 feet in diameter.
(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 in
which 10,000 gallons or more per month of organic solvents,
diluents or thinners or any combination thereof are com-
bined or manufactured into paint, enamel, lacquer or
varnish.
(h) Rubber tire manufacturing or rubber reclaiming plant.
(i) Automobile assembly or automobile body plant.
(j) Metal melting, refining or smelting plants.
(k) Rock wool manufacturing plant.
(1) Glass or frit manufacturing plant.
(8.0) Rule 156. First Alert Action.
•
The following action shall be taken upon the calling of the First Alert:
(a) A person shall not burn any combustible refuse at any lo-
cation within the basin in an open fire.
Any person operating or maintaining any industrial commercial
or business establishment other than power plants or heating
plants essential to health or safety which establishments
emit hydrocarbons or any of the contaminants named in Rule 155
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and any person operating any private noncommercial vehicle
shall during the First Alert period take the necessary steps
to the action required should a Second Alert be declared.
(c) The A1r Pollution Control Officer shall, by the use of all
appropriate mass media of communication, request the public
to stop all unessential use of vehicles in the basin and to'
operate 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
the A1r Pollution Control Officer that the concentration of
any contaminants in all or any portion of the basin is in-
creasing in such a manner that a Second Alert is likely
to be called, he shall take the following actions:
.(1) Notify the Emergency Action Committee and request
advice on actions to be taken.
(2) Give all possible notice to the public by all mass
media of communication that a Second Alert may be
called.
(8.0) Rule .157. Second Alert Action.
The following action shall be taken upon the calling of the Second
Alert.
(a) The action set forth in Rule 156, and
(b) The Emergency Action Committee and the Air Pollution Control
Board, 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 pertinent 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) Pursuant to this alert, the A1r Pollution Control Officer
may impose limitations as to the general operation of
vehicles as provided 1n Rule 154(6) permitting limited
operation essential to accommodate Industry, business,
public utility and other services as may be necessary
1n the public welfare.
(d) The A1r 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 all vehicular traffic, except authorized emergency
vehciles as defined in the California Vehicle code,
vehicles used in public transportation and vehicles the
operation of which is necessary for the protection of
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the health and welfare of the public, 1f, in the opinion of
the Air Pollution Control Officer, the continued operation of
such establishment or vehicle contributes to the further con-
centration of any air contaminant, the concentration of which
cause the declaration of the alert, 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.
The Air Pollution Control Officer, during a Second Alert, shall
keep the public suitably informed of all significant changes
in the concentration of toxic air contaminants.
(e) In the event that the Air Pollution Control Officer
determines that the public health and safety are in danger,
the Emergency Action Committee and the Air Pollution Con-
trol 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 158. Third Alert.
The following action shall be taken upon the calling of the Third Alert:
(a) The actions set forth in Rules 156 and 157, 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 Pollution control Board shall request the
Governor to declare that a state of emergency exists and to
and to take appropriate actions as set forth in the
California Diaster Act.
(8.0) Rule 159. End of Alert.
The Air Pollution Control Officer shall declare the termination
of the appropriate alert whenever the concentration of an air contam-
inant which cause the declaration of such alert has been verified to
have fallen below the standards set forth in Rule 153 for the
calling of such alert and the available scientific and meteorological
data indicates that the concentration of such air contaminant will
not immediately increase again so as to reach the standards set
forth for such alert in Rule 153. The Air Pollution Control Officer
shall immediately communicate the declaration of the termination of
the alter in the manner provided in Rule 154, paragraph (c), for the
cessation of alerts.
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(15.0) Rule 160. Enforcement.
When an "alert" has been called, the Air Pollution Control Officer, the
Sheriff, Fire Chiefs, their deputies, and all other peace officers
within the 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 161. Scientific Committee.
A Scientific Committee shall be appointed by the Air Pollution Control
Board. Members shall be licensed physicians, medical scientists,
biologists, chemists, engineers, or meteorologists, each of whom has
had experience 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 suitable methods for measurement of air con-
taminants and on any changes recommended for the concen-
trations set forth in Rule 153. The Air Pollution Control
Board may adopt such recommended changes for the concen-
trations of toxic air contaminants for each alert stage
by amendment to Rule 153.
(b) Consult. The Scientific Committee shall serve in a consultant
advisory capacity to the Air Pollution Control Officer con-
cerning any air pollution health problem which may arise. The
Scientific Committee shall also advise the Air Pollution Con-
trol Board on any recommended changes in this emergency reg-
ulation which will provide greater protection of the health
and welfare of all persons within the Air Pollution Control
District.
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(8.0) Rule 162. 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 expert with scientific train-
Ing or knowledge 1n 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-off1c1o members of the Committee. In the absence of an ex-
offlcio 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 Control Officer as to the
appropriate action to be taken when the concentration of any of the
contaminants s,et forth 1n Rule 153 has been verified to be
approaching the standards set forth in Rule 153 for a Second Alert.
The Committee shall meet when called Into session and not less than
every three months.
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