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NEW ITEMS
Meeting of May 1, 2007
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT continued
ITEM #3 cont’d
Fuel-burning, combustion, or process equipment, process or device shall include, but shall not be
limited to any furnace, incinerator, fuel-burning equipment, refuse-burning equipment, refuse disposal
practices of any type including sanitary landfill and dumping of any type, boiler, apparatus, device,
mechanism, fly ash collector, electrostatic precipitator, smoke arresting or prevention equipment, and all
other types of environmental control equipment, stack, chimney, breeching, structure or process used for
the burning of fuel or other combustible material, or for the emission of products of combustion or any
other type of emission, or used in connection with any process which generates heat or may emit products
of combustion, as well as any other emissions which can be considered pollutants, and shall include but
not be limited to process furnaces such as heat treating furnaces, by-product coke plants, core baking
ovens, mixing kettles, cupolas, blast furnaces, open hearth furnaces, heating and reheating furnaces,
puddling furnaces, sintering plants, Bessemer converters, electric steel furnaces, ferrous foundries,
nonferrous foundries, kilns, stills, dryers of all types, roasters, processes, sanitary landfills, disposal
ponds, dumps and equipment used in connection therewith, and all other methods or forms of
manufacturing, chemical, metallurgical, mechanical processing or any other type of process which may
emit smoke, vapors, odors or particulate, liquid, gaseous, or other matter.
Fuel-burning equipment means and includes any furnace, boiler, apparatus, device, mechanism, stack
or structure used in the process of burning fuel for the primary purpose of producing heat.
Fuel dealer means any person who sells or delivers any fuel directly or indirectly to the ultimate
consumer, without regard to price, quantity, or frequency of delivery.
Fugitive particulate matter means any particulate matter emitted into the atmosphere other than
through a stack, provided that nothing in this definition or in Section 30-381(b) shall exempt any source
from compliance with other provisions of Article II, Division 3 of this chapter otherwise applicable
merely because of the absence of a stack.
Fumes means gases, vapors, particulate matter, or any combination thereof that are of such character
as to cause atmospheric pollution.
Garbage means refuse resulting from the handling, processing, preparation, cooking, and
consumption of food or food products.
Goal means level of air quality which is expected to be obtained.
IEC means International Electro-technical Commission or its successor bodies.
Impulsive noise means noise characterized by brief excursions of sound pressure (acoustic impulses)
which significantly exceed the ambient environmental sound pressure. The duration of a single impulse is
usually less than one second.
Incinerator means a combustion apparatus for which an Installation Permit could be issued by the
Department, excluding fuel-burning equipment, in which solid, semi-solid, liquid, or gaseous combustible
wastes are ignited and burned, from which the gaseous products of combustion are exhausted into the
atmosphere after first passing through a stack.
Industrial sites mean any business or facility with a total BTU capacity of more than 1,000,000 BTU
for all of the listed equipment and processes.
Industrial wastes means solid, liquid, or gaseous wastes resulting from any process or excess energy
of industry, manufacturing, trade, or business or from the development, processing, or recovering, except
for agricultural crop raising, or any natural resource.
Intermittent noise means noise whose sound pressure level equals the ambient environmental level
two or more times during the period of observation. The time during which the level of the noise remains
at an essentially constant value different from that of the ambient is on the order of one second or more.
Internal combustion engine means an engine in which combustion of gaseous, liquid, or pulverized
solid fuel takes place.
IOS means the International Organization for Standardization or its successor bodies.
Landscape wastes means any vegetable or plant refuse, except garbage and agricultural waste. The
term includes trees, tree trimmings, branches, stumps, brush, weeds, leaves, grass, shrubbery, and yard
trimmings.
Maximum level continuous or semi-continuous vibration means the root mean square (rms) value of
the oscillatory particle motion of the structure or land area involved with the transducer oriented to
produce a maximum indication.
Motor vehicle means any passenger vehicle, truck, truck-trailer or semi-trailer that is propelled or
drawn by mechanical power.
New equipment means any fuel-burning, combustion, or process equipment, process, or device, the
construction of which was less than 50 percent complete on the date of enactment of this chapter.
Nonsteady noise means a noise whose level shifts significantly during the period of observation.
Noxious odors means any odors which are unwholesome, offensive, harmful, or injurious to the
public health, its comfort or its welfare.
Odors means that quality of an emission of any kind, whether it be solid, liquid or gaseous that
renders it perceptible to the sense of smell.