(Adopted February 4, 1977)(AmendedApril 1, 1977) (Amended September2, 1977)(Amended November4, 1988) (Amended July 9, l993XAmended November 17, 1995) (Amended March 13, 1998)(Amended June 12, 1998)

RULE 102. DEW~ITION 

### OF TERMS Except as otherwise specifically provided in these rules and except where the context otherwise indicates, words used in these rules are used in exactly the same, sense asthe samewords are used in Division 26 ofthe Health and Safety Code. AGRICULTURAL BURNTNG means open outdoor fires used in agricultural operations in the growing of crops or raising offowls or animals, or open outdoor fires used in forest management, range improvement, or the improvement of land for wildlife and game habitat or disease and pest prevention. Agricultural burning also includes open outdoor fires used in the operation or maintenance ofa system for the delivery ofwater forthe purposes specified above. AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS means any operation occurring on a ranch or farm directly related to the growing ofcrops, or raising offowls oranimalsforthe primary purpose ofmaking a profit orfor a livelihood. AGRICULTURAL WASTES means unwanted or unsalable materials produced wholly from agricultural operations, other than forest or range management operations, directly related to the growing of crops or animals for the primary purpose of making a profit or for a livelihood. The term does not include wastes created by land use conversion to non-agricultural purposes unless the destruction of such waste by open outdoor fire is ordered by the County or State Agricultural Commissioner upon his determination that the waste is infested with infections transmittable or contagious plant disease which is an immediate hazard to agricultural operations conducted on adjoining or nearby property. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER means the Executive Officer, or designee ofthe South CoastAir Quality Management District. AIR CONTAMINANT or air pollutant means any discharge, release, or other propagation into the atmosphere directly or indirectly caused by man and includes, but is

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not limited to, smoke, charred paper, dust, soot, grime, carbon, fumes, gases, odors, particulate matters, acids orany combination thereof ATMOSPHERE (This definition was adopted on November 16, 1954 for the Metropolitan Zone and on November 23, 1973 for the Southern Zone. It is currently applicable only to the Metropolitan and Southern Zones.) “Atmosphere” means the air that envelopes or surrounds the earth. Where air pollutants are emitted into a building not designed specifically as a piece ofair pollution control equipment, such emission into the building shall be considered an emission into the atmosphere. BASIC EQUIPMENT means any article, machine, equipment or contrivance which causesthe issuance ofair contaminants. BREAKDOWN means a condition caused by an accidental fire or non-preventable mechanical or electrical failure. CLEAN AIR SOLVENT is a VOC-containing material.used to perform solvent cleaning, solvent finishing, or surface preparation operations or activitieswhich: (A) Contains no more than fifty (50) grams of

### VOC per liter of material, as applied: (B) Has a VOC composite partial vapor pressure less than 5 mm Hg at 20°C (68°F); (C) Reacts to form ozone at a rate not exceedingthat oftoluene; (D) Contains no compounds classified as Hazardous Air Pollutaiits (HAPs) by the Federal Clean Air Act, or Ozone Depleting Compounds (ODCs) and Global Warming Compounds (GWCs) as defined bythe District, and (E) Has been certified by the District to meetthe criteria stated in (A) through (D) according to test methods and procedures approved bythe District. COMBUSTIBLE REFUSE means any solid or liquid combustible waste material containing carbon in a free or combined state. COMBUSTION CONTAMINANTS are particulate matter discharged into the atmosphere from the burning of any kind of material containing carbon in a free or combined state. COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE means the date or dates by which a source or category ofsources is required to comply with specific emission limitations contained in



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any air pollution rule, regulation, or statute and with any increment of progress toward such compliance. CONTROL 

### EQUIPMENT means air pollution control equipment which eliminates, reduces orcontrols the issuance ofair contaminants. DISTRICT meansthe South CoastAirQuality Management District. DUSTS are minute solid particles released into the air by natural forces or by mechanical processes including, but not limited to, crushing, grinding, milling, drilling, demolishing, shoveling, conveying, covering, bagging, and sweeping. EXECUTIVE OFFICER means the Executive Officer or designee of the South CoastAir QualityManagement District. EQUIPMENT means any article, machine, orothercontrivance. EXEMPT Compounds are any ofthe following compounds (A) Group I1,1, 1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane (HFC-43-lOmee)

1 ,3-dichloro-l, 1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (}ICFC 225cb) 3,3-dichloro-1,1,1 ,2,2-pentafluoropropane (HCFC 225ca) acetone ethane chiorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) trffluoromethane (HFC-23) 2,2-dichioro-1,1,1 -trifluoroethane (HCFC-123) 2-chloro-1,1,1 ,2-tetrafluoroethane çHCFC-124) pentafluoroethane (HFC-125) 1, 1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134) 1, 1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) 1, 1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b) 1-chloro-1,1 -difluoroethane (HCFC-142b) 1,1, 1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a) 1,1 -difluoroethane (HFC-l52a)

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### with no unsaturations cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated tertiary amines 

### with no unsaturations sulfur-containing perfluorocarbons with no unsaturations and with sulfurbonds onlyto carbon

### andfluorine. difluorometh~ne (HFC-32) 1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4-nonafluoro-4-methoxy-butane (C4F9OCH3) 2-(d±fluoromethoxymethyl)-1,1, 1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane [(CF3)2CFCF2OCH3] 1-ethoxy-1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluorobutane (C4F90C2H5) 2-(ethoxydifluoromethyl)-1,1, 1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane [(CF3)2CFCF2OC2H5J parachlorobenzotrifluoride (PCBTF) (B) Groupil

methylene chloride (dichioromethane) 1,1, 1-trichioroethane (methyl chloroform) trichiorofluoromethane (CFC-1 1) dichiorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) 1,1 ,2-trichloro-I,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-113) 1,2-dichloro-1, 1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (CFC-1 14) chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-l 15) cyclic, branched, or linear, completely methylated sioxanes (VMS) tetrachioroethylene (perchloroethylene)* ethyffluoride (HFC-161) 1, 1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa) 1, 1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ca) 1, 1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropafle (HFC-245ea) 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245eb) 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa)

102-4Rule 102 (Cont.) (Amended June 12, 1998) 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236ea) 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (HFC-365mfc) chiorofluoromethane (HCFC-3 1) 1,2-dichioro-1,1 ,2-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123a) 1 chloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-151a) *The listing oftetrachioroethylene (perchloroethylene) as a Group II Exempt Compound shall become effective December2, 1997. The use ofGroup II compounds and/or carbon tetrachioride may be restricted in the fhture because they are eithertoxic, potentiallytoxic, upper-atmosphere ozone depleters, or cause other environmental impacts. By January 1, 1996, chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), 1,1,1-trichioroethane (methyl chloroform), and carbon tetrachloiide were phased out in accordance with the Code ofFederal Regulation Title 40, Part 82 (December 10, 1993). Whenever there is a conflict between the definition of exempt compounds of VOCs in this rule and the definition of exempt compounds ofVOCs in another Districtrule, the definition in Rule 102 shall apply. FLEET VEHICLES means gasoline-powered motor vehicles as defined by Section 415 oftheVehicle Code and which are operated from one business address. FUGITIVE DUST means any solid particulate matterthat becomes airborne, other than that emitted from an exhaust stack, directly or indirectly as a result ofthe activities of man. GASOLINE means any petroleum distillate having a Reid vapor pressure, of 200 mm Hg (3.9 pounds per square inch), or greater. HEARING BOARD means the Hearing Board of the South Coast Air Quality Management District. INCREMENTS OF PROGRESS means steps to betaken by an owner or operator to bring a source of air contaminants into compliance. (See definition of “Schedule of Increments ofProgress.”)

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LOADING FACILITY means any aggregation or combination of organic liquid loading equipment which is both possessed by one person, and located so that all the organic liquid loading outlets, for such aggregation or combination ofloading equipment can be encompassed within any circle of90 meters (295 feet) in diameter. MOTORVEHICLE is avehiclewhich is self-propelled. MULTIPLE-CHAMBER INCll~iERATORmeans any equipment, structure or part of a structure, used to dispose of combustible refuse by burning, consisting ofthree or more refractory lined combustion chambers, physically separated by refractory walls, interconnected bygas passage ports orducts. OIL-EFFLUENT WATER SEPARATOR means any tank, box, sump or other containerinwhich anypetroleum orproductthereof; floating on or entrained or contained in water entering such tank, box, sump, or other container, is physically separated and removed from suchwaterpriorto outfall, drainage, or recovery ofsuchwater. ORCHARD HEATER or citrus grove heater means any equipment burning any type offuel or material capable ofbeing used, for the purpose ofgiving protection from frost damage. Equipment commonly known asWmd Machines are notincluded. ORGANIC MATERIAL means a chemical compound ofcarbon excluding carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides, metallic carbonates and ammonium carbonate. ORGANIC SOLVENTS include diluents and thinners and are defined as organic materials which are liquids at standard conditions and which are used as dissolvers, viscosity reducers or cleaning agents, except that such material exhibiting a boiling point higherthan 104°C (219°F) at 0.5 mm Hg absolute pressure orhaving an equivalentvapor pressure shall not be considered to be solvents unless exposed to temperatures exceeding 104°C (219°F). OZONE-DEPLETING COMPOUNDS (ODCs) are Class I substances identified in 40 CFR, Part 82, Appendix A, Subpart A, including, but not limited to the following compounds: 1,1,1 -trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)

trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-1 1)

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dichiorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) 1,1 ,2-trichloro-1,2,2,-trifluoroethane (CFC-113) 1,2-dichloro-1, 1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (CFC-114) chioropentafluoroethane (CFC-1 15) PARTICULATE 

### MATTER means any material, except uncombined water, which exists in afinely divided form as aliquid orsolid at standard conditions. PPM means parts permillion byvolume. PERSON means any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, company, contractor, supplier, installer, user or owner, or any state or local governmental agency or public district or any other officer or employee thereof PERSON also means the United States orits agencies to the extent authorized by Federal law. PHOTOCHEMICALLY REACTIVE SOLVENT means 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 ofthe following individual percentage composition limitations, referred tothetotalvolume ofsolvent: (a) A combination of hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ethers, esters or ketones having an olefinic or cycloolefinic type of unsaturation except perchioroethylene: 5 percent; (b) A combination ofaromatic compounds with eight ormore carbon atoms to •the molecule except ethylbenzene, methyl benzoate and phenyl acetate: 8 percent; (c) A combination of ethylbenzene, ketones having branched hydrocarbon structures, trichloroethylene ortoluene: 20 percent. Whenever any organic solvent or any constituent of an organic solvent may be classified from its chemical structure into more than one ofthe above groups oforganic compounds, it shall be.considered as a member ofthe most reactive chemical group, that is, that group having the least allowable percent ofthetotal volume ofsolvents. PM-10 means the particulate matterwith an aerodynamic diameter smallerthan or equal to 10 microns as measured by applicable State and Federal reference test methods.

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PROCESS WEIGHT means the total weight ofall materials introduced into any specific process which may discharge contaminants into the atmosphere. Solid fuels charged will be considered as part ofthe process weight, but liquid gaseous fuels and air will not. PROCESS WEIGHT PER HOUR means the total process weight divided by the number ofhours in one complete operationfromthe beginning ofany given process to the completionthereof; excluding anytime duringwhichthe equipment is idle. RECEPTOR AREA means that specified geographic area in which the air contaminants emitted from a source area arepresent ortowhichtheymaybetransported. REDUCTION OF AN[MAL MATTER means any heated process, used for rendering, cooking, drying, dehydrating, digesting, evaporating and protein concentrating ofanimal matter. REGULATION means one ofthe major subdivisions ofthe Rules ofthe South CoastAir Quality Management District. RULE means a rule ofthe South CoastAirQuality Management District. SCHEDULE OF INCREMENTS OF PROGRESS means a statement of dates when various steps are to be taken to bring a source ofair contaminants into compliance with emission standards and shall include, to the extentfeasible, thefollowing: (a) The dates ofsubmittal ofthe final plan for the control of emissions of air contaminants fromthat sourceto the District. (b) The date by which contracts for emission control systems or process modifications will be awarded, or the date by which orders will be issued for the purchase of component parts to accomplish emission control or process modification. (c) The date of initiation of on-site construction or installation of emission control equipment orprocess change. (d) The date by which on-site construction or installation of emission control equipment orprocess modification isto be completed. (e) The date bywhich final compliance isto be achieved.

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### steps shall be taken to permit close and effective supervision ofprogress toward timely compliance. SMALL BUSINESS means abusinesswhich is independently owned and operated and meets the following criteria, or if affiliated with another concern, the combined activities ofboth concerns 

### shall meetthese criteria: (a) the number ofemployees is 10 orless; and (b) thetotal gross annual receipts are $500,000 orless; or (c) not-for-profittraining center. Forthe purpose ofqualifying for assistance offered bythe District’s Small Business Assistance Office only, a small business means a business with total gross annual receipts of$5,000,000 or less, orabusinesswith atotal number ofemployees of 100 or less. SOLID PARTICULATE MATTER means particulate matter which exists as a solid at standard conditions. SOURCE AREA means that specified geographic area in which air contaminants are emitted. STANDARD CONDITIONS are a gas temperature of60°F and a gas pressure of 760 mm Hg (14.7 pounds per square inch) absolute. SUBMERGED FILL PIPE means any fill pipe the discharge opening ofwhich is completely submerged when the liquid level is 15 centimeters (6 inches) above the bottom ofthe container; or when applied to a container which is loaded from the side, it means any fill pipe the opening of which is entirely submerged when the liquid level is 45 centimeters (18 inches) abovethe bottom ofthe container. VEHICLE is a device bywhich any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails ortracks. VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) is any volatile compound of carbon, excluding methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides or carbonates, ammonium carbonate, and exempt compounds.

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