BUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

Rule 101 Proposed for Adoption April 24, 2014 101-1 Rule 101 Definitions
(Adopted February 23, 1971; Amended September 14, 1 971, January 4, 1972, December 12, 1972, July 15, 1980, August 8, 1982; Recodified August 6 , 1985; Amended December 13, 1988, June 6, 1989, September 18, 1990, July 7, 1992, January 12, 1993, April 18, 1996, August 20, 1998, April 25, 2002; Recodified August 22, 2002; Amended January 22, 200 4, June 24, 2010, March 28, 2013

, Proposed Amendments April 24, 2014 )

RULE 101 CONTENTS

1 PURPOSE

2 APPLICABILITY

3 ACRONYMS

4 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

5 SEVERABILITY

6 REFERENCESBUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

Rule 101 Proposed for Adoption April 24, 2014 101-2 RULE 101

1 PURPOSE: The purpose of this Rule is to provide standard ter minology to be used throughout this Rulebook.

2 APPLICABILITY: The definitions in this Rule shall apply to all ter ms used within this Rulebook. Definitions specific to a given Rul e are defined in that Rule or in the first Rule in the relevant regulation. Except as specifically provided in these Rules where the context otherwise indicates, words used i n these Rules are used in exactly the same sense as the same words are used in Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code.

3 ACRONYMS: The following acronyms are common to these defini tions and

Rulebook:

APCO: Air Pollution Control Officer

CARB: California Air Resources Board

CCR: California Code of Regulations

CFR: Code of Federal Regulations

DISTRICT: Butte County Air Quality Management District

EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency

HSC: California Health and Safety Code

PPMv : Parts per million by volume expressed on a dry g as basis.

4 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS:

4.1 Above Ground Storage Tank: Any storage container, reservoir, or tank with less than 10% of the tank and associated pipin g volume located below the ground surface or covered by earthern material.

4.2 Aeration: The exposure of excavated contaminated soil to th e atmosphere without the use of air pollution control equipment or vapor extraction equipment.

4.3 Affected Pollutant: All pollutants (and the precursors to such pollut ants) for which an ambient air quality standard has been esta blished by EPA or CARB, all pollutants regulated by EPA under the Clean Air Act or by CARB under the Health and Safety Code, including reactive orga nic compounds, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, PM10 , PM2.5, carbon monoxide, total suspended particulates, ethylene, lead, asbestos, beryllium, mercury, vinyl chloride, fluorides, sulfuric acid mist, hydrogen sulfide, to tal reduced sulfur, and reduced sulfur compounds. Also, all of the pollutan ts which EPA, CARB, or the DISTRICT, after notice and opportunity for publ ic comment and/or public hearing, determine may have a significant adverse e ffect on the environment, public health, or the public welfare.BUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

Rule 101 Proposed for Adoption April 24, 2014 101-3 4.4 Agricultural Burning: Burning for the disposal of agricultural vegetati ve waste pursuant to DISTRICT Rule 300.

4.5 Agricultural Operation: The growing and harvesting of crops, raising of fowl or animals for the primary purpose of making a profit, or providing a livelihood, or the conducting of agricultural resea rch or instruction by an educational institution. Agricultural operations do not include activities involving the processing or distribution of crops o r fowl or pumping of water

for distribution outside the district.

4.6 Agricultural Waste: The unwanted or unsalable materials produced wholly from agricultural operations and materials not prod uced from agricultural operations, but which are intimately related to the growing or harvesting of

crops.

4.7 Air Contaminant or Pollutant: Any discharge, release, or other propagation into the atmosphere directly, and includes, but is not limited to, smoke, dust, charred paper, soot, grime, carbon, noxious acids, greenhouse gases, fumes, gases, odors, or particulate matter, or any combina tion thereof.

4.8 Air Pollution Control Officer: The person appointed by the DISTRICT Board pursuant to HSC Section 40750 to serve as the Air Pollution Control Officer (APCO) of the Butte County Air Quality Mana gement District and execute the duties specified in HSC Section 40752.

4.9 Ambient Air Quality Standards: Health and welfare-based standards set by CARB and/or EPA for outdoor air which identify the maximum acceptable aveage concentrations of air pollutants during a sp ecific period of time.

4.10 Atmosphere : The air that envelopes or surrounds the earth. Where air pollutants are emitted into a building not designed specifically as a piece of air pollution control equipment, such emission into the building shall be considered an emission into the atmosphere.

4.11 Backfire: A fire started in the path of an oncoming fire in o rder to deprive it of fuel and therefore control or extinguish it.

4.12 Board: The Governing Board of the Butte County Air Quali ty Management

District.

4.13 Burn Day or Permissive Burn Day: Any day, or portion thereof, on which allowable burning is not prohibited pursuant to DIS TRICT Rule 300.

4.14 Burn Permit or Air Quality Burn Permit: A permit issued by the APCO of the DISTRICT that identifies the type(s) and quanti ty of materials to be burned at each location where burning is authorized and specifies conditionsBUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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to be followed for the purpose of improving the com bustibility of such waste

in order to reduce its smoke level.

4.15 California Air Resources Board (CARB): An organization which is part of the California Environmental Protection Agency and reports directly to the

Governor's Office in the Executive Branch of Califo rnia State Government whose duties include overseeing the activities of t he 35 local and regional air pollution control and air quality management distri cts.

4.16 California Clean Air Act (CCAA): California statute signed into law in 1988 setting California's air quality goals, planni ng mechanisms, regulatory strategies, and standards of progress.

4.15 4.17 Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Equivalent (CO2e): The amount of greenhouse gases emitted relative to the global warming potent ial of each pollutant. CO2e shall be computed by multiplying the mass amount of emissions (tons per year) for each greenhouse gas by the gas’s associat ed global warming potential found in Table 4.17 4.16 (Global Warming Potentials) and summing

the resultant values.

Table 4.17 4.16 —Global Warming Potentials

[100-Year Time Horizon]

Name CAS No. Chemical formula Global warming potential (100 yr.)

Carbon dioxide 124–38–9 CO 2 1

Methane 74–82–8 CH 4 25 21

Nitrous oxide 10024–97–2 N 2 O 298 310

HFC–23 75–46–7 CHF 3 14,800 11,700

HFC–32 75–10–5 CH 2 F 2 675 650

HFC–41 593–53–3 CH 3 F 92 150

HFC–125 354–33–6 C 2 HF 5 3,500 2,800

HFC–134 359–35–3 C 2 H 2 F 4 1,100 1,000

HFC–134a 811–97–2 CH 2 FCF 3 1,430 1,300

HFC–143 430–66–0 C 2 H 3 F 3 353 300

HFC–143a 420–46–2 C 2 H 3 F 3 4,470 3,800

HFC–152 624–72–6 CH 2 FCH 2 F 53BUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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Table 4.17 4.16 —Global Warming Potentials

[100-Year Time Horizon]

Name CAS No. Chemical formula Global warming potential (100 yr.)

HFC–152a 75–37–6 CH 3 CHF 2 124 140

HFC–161 353–36–6 CH 3 CH 2 F 12

HFC–227ea 431–89–0 C 3 HF 7 3,200 2,900

HFC–236cb 677–56–5 CH 2 FCF 2 CF 3 1,340

HFC–236ea 431–63–0 CHF 2 CHFCF 3 1,370

HFC–236fa 690–39–1 C 3 H 2 F 6 9,810 6,300

HFC–245ca 679–86–7 C 3 H 3 F 5 693 560

HFC–245fa 460–73–1 CHF 2 CH 2 CF 3 1,030

HFC–365mfc 406–58–6 CH 3 CF 2 CH 2 CF 3 794

HFC–43–10mee 138495–42–8 CF 3 CFHCFHCF 2 CF 3 1, 640 300

Sulfur hexafluoride 2551–62–4 SF 6 22,800 23,900

Trifluoromethyl sulphur pentafluoride 373–80–8 SF 5 CF 3 17,700

Nitrogen trifluoride 7783–54–2 NF 3 17,200

PFC–14 (Perfluoromethane) 75–73–0 CF 4 7,390 6,500

PFC–116 (Perfluoroethane) 76–16–4 C 2 F 6 12,200 9,200

PFC–218 (Perfluoropropane) 76–19–7 C 3 F 8 8,830 7,000

Perfluorocyclopropane 931–91–9 C-C 3 F 6 17,340

PFC–3–1–10 (Perfluorobutane) 355–25–9 C 4 F 10 8,860 7,000

Perfluorocyclobutane 115–25–3 C-C 4 F 8 10,300 8,700

PFC–4–1–12 (Perfluoropentane) 678–26–2 C 5 F 12 9,160 7,500

PFC–5–1–14 (Perfluorohexane) 355–42–0 C 6 F 14 9,300 7,400

PFC–9–1–18 306–94–5 C 10 F 18 7,500

HCFE–235da2 (Isoflurane) 26675–46–7 CHF 2 OCHClCF 3 350

HFE–43–10pccc (H–Galden 1040x) E1730133 CHF 2 OCF 2 OC 2 F 4 OCHF 2 1,870BUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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Table 4.17 4.16 —Global Warming Potentials

[100-Year Time Horizon]

Name CAS No. Chemical formula Global warming potential (100 yr.)

HFE–125 3822–68–2 CHF 2 OCF 3 14,900

HFE–134 1691–17–4 CHF 2 OCHF 2 6,320

HFE–143a 421–14–7 CH 3 OCF 3 756

HFE–227ea 2356–62–9 CF 3 CHFOCF 3 1,540

HFE–236ca12 (HG–10) 78522–47–1 CHF 2 OCF 2 OCHF 2 2,800

HFE–236ea2 (Desflurane) 57041–67–5 CHF 2 OCHFCF 3 989

HFE–236fa 20193–67–3 CF 3 CH 2 OCF 3 487

HFE–245cb2 22410–44–2 CH 3 OCF 2 CF 3 708

HFE–245fa1 84011–15–4 CHF 2 CH 2 OCF 3 286

HFE–245fa2 1885–48–9 CHF 2 OCH 2 CF 3 659

HFE–254cb2 425–88–7 CH 3 OCF 2 CHF 2 359

HFE–263fb2 460–43–5 CF 3 CH 2 OCH 3 11

HFE–329mcc2 67490–36–2 CF 3 CF 2 OCF 2 CHF 2 919

HFE–338mcf2 156053–88–2 CF 3 CF 2 OCH 2 CF 3 552

HFE–338pcc13 (HG–01) 188690–78–0 CHF 2 OCF 2 CF 2 OCHF 2 1,500

HFE–347mcc3 28523–86–6 CH 3 OCF 2 CF 2 CF 3 575

HFE–347mcf2 E1730135 CF 3 CF 2 OCH 2 CHF 2 374

HFE–347pcf2 406–78–0 CHF 2 CF 2 OCH 2 CF 3 580

HFE–356mec3 382–34–3 CH 3 OCF 2 CHFCF 3 101

HFE–356pcc3 160620–20–2 CH 3 OCF 2 CF 2 CHF 2 110

HFE–356pcf2 E1730137 CHF 2 CH 2 OCF 2 CHF 2 265

HFE–356pcf3 35042–99–0 CHF 2 OCH 2 CF 2 CHF 2 502

HFE–365mcf3 378–16–5 CF 3 CF 2 CH 2 OCH 3 11

HFE–374pc2 512–51–6 CH 3 CH 2 OCF 2 CHF 2 557

HFE–449sl (HFE–7100)

Chemical blend 163702–07–6

163702–08–7 C 4 F 9 OCH 3

(CF 3 ) 2 CFCF 2 OCH 3 297BUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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Table 4.17 4.16 —Global Warming Potentials

[100-Year Time Horizon]

Name CAS No. Chemical formula Global warming potential (100 yr.)

HFE–569sf2 (HFE–7200)

Chemical blend 163702–05–4

163702–06–5 C 4 F 9 OC 2 H 5

(CF 3 ) 2 CFCF 2 OC 2 H 5 59

Sevoflurane 28523–86–6 CH 2 FOCH(CF 3 ) 2 345

HFE–356mm1 13171–18–1 (CF 3 ) 2 CHOCH 3 27

HFE–338mmz1 26103–08–2 CHF 2 OCH(CF 3 ) 2 380

(Octafluorotetramethylene)hydroxymethyl group NA X-(CF 2 ) 4 CH(OH)-X 73

HFE–347mmy1 22052–84–2 CH 3 OCF(CF 3 ) 2 343

Bis(trifluoromethyl)-methanol 920–66–1 (CF 3 ) 2 CHOH 195

2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropanol 422–05–9 CF 3 CF 2 CH 2 OH 42

PFPMIE NA CF 3 OCF(CF 3 )CF 2 OCF 2 O

CF 3 10,300

Source: Table 1-A, 40 CFR Part 98, Subpart A NA = not available.

4.16 4.18 Change of Location: Any transfer of an existing, permitted source fro m one location to another location not on the same pr operty or or at the same facility.

4.17 4.19 Class I Area: A mandatory visibility protection area designated p ursuant
to Section 169A of the federal Clean Air Act.

4.18 4.20 Clean Air Act (CAA): Unless otherwise indicated, the federal Clean Air Act as amended, 42 United States Code 7401, et seq.

4.19 California Clean Air Act (CCAA): California statu t e s igned into law in 1988 setting California's air quality goals, planning mechanisms , regulatory strategies, and standards of progress.

4.20 4.21 Combustion Contaminant: Any particulate matter discharged into the atmosphere from the burning of any material which c ontains carbon in either

the free or the combined state.

4.21 4.22 Common Operations: Operations which are related through dependent processes, storage or transportation of the same or similar products or rawBUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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material.

4.23 Compliance Schedule: The date or dates by which a source or category of sources is required to comply with specific emis sion limitations contained in any air pollution rule, regulation, or statute and with any increment of progress toward such compliance.

4.22 4.24 Condensed Fumes: Minute, solid particles generated by the condensa tion of vapors from solid matter after volatilization fr om the molten state or by the sublimation, distillation, calcination, or chemical reaction of processes that create airborne particles.

4.23 4.25 Construction: Any physical change or change in the method of oper ation (including fabrication, erection, installation, or modification of an emission unit) which would result in a change in actual emis sions or the source's potential to emit.

4.24 4.26 Control Equipment: Equipment which is used for the primary purpose of eliminating, reducing or controlling the issuance of air

contaminants.

Condensed Fumes : M inute

, solid particles generated by the condensation of vapors from solid matter after volatilization from the molt en state or by the sublimation, distillation, calcination, or chemical reaction of processes that create airborne particles.

4.25 4.27 Daily Acreage Allocation: The maximum number of acres of agricultural waste, in rice equivalent acres, that may be burned per day in the Butte County air quality management district as determine d by the Central Computer Operator (CCO) by using the daily basinwid e acreage allocation equation contained in the approved Agricultural Bur ning Plan per Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations. Agricultural b urning conducted above 2,000 feet is not included in the Daily Acreage All ocation.

4.26 Dwelling: A place of residence.

4.27 4.28 Disposal: Destruction or transformation of garbage or rubbish

.

4.28 4.29 DISTRICT: The Butte County Air Quality Management District; the air quality management district having jurisdiction ove r air quality in Butte County.

4.30 Dust: The minute, solid particles released into the air by natural forces or by mechanical processes such as crushing, grinding, mi lling, drilling, demolishing, shoveling, conveying, covering, baggin g, sweeping, or other similar processes.BUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

Rule 101 Proposed for Adoption April 24, 2014 101-9 4.31 Dwelling: A place of residence.

4.29 4.32 Emission: The act of releasing or discharging air contamina nts into the atmosphere from any source.

4.30 4.33 Emission Point: The place, located in a horizontal plane and vert ical elevation, at which an air contaminant or pollutant enters the atmosphere.

4.31 4.34 Emission Unit: An identifiable operation or piece of process equip ment such as an article, machine, or other contrivance w hich emits, may emit, or results in the emission of any affected pollutant d irectly or as fugitive

emissions.

4.32 4.35 Enhanced Vapor Recovery: A system designed to recover the gasoline vapors generated while fueling vehicles in a servic e station.

4.33 4.36 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): The Environmental Protection Agency of the United States; an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the

environment.

4.34 4.37 Excavation: Removal of surface covering, soil, pavement, etc. to expose the underlying soils.

4.35 4.38 Executive Officer: The Executive Officer of CARB.

4.36 4.39 Exempt Compound: Volatile organic compounds that have low or insignificant contribution to ozone formation. Thes e compounds remain affected pollutants and subject to the applicable r egulatory requirements, including but not limited to, health risk assessmen t. The chemicals in Table

4.39 4.38 are exempt compounds as noted. CAS stands for che mical abstract.

Table 4.39 4.38 : Exempt Compounds Compound Name: CAS No.

Acetone 67-64-1

Ethane 74-84-0

Methane 74-82-8 methyl acetate 79-20-9 t-butyl acetate* 540-88-5 Inorganic carbon compounds:

carbon monoxide 630-08-0

carbon dioxide 124-38-9

carbonic acid 463-79-6

metallic carbides or carbonates VariousBUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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ammonium carbonate 506-87-6 methyl formate 107-31-3 propylene carbonate 108-32-7 dimethyl carbonate 616-38-6 Chlorinated compounds:
1,1

, 1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) 71-55-6 methylene chloride (dichloromethane) 75-09-2 perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene) 127-18-4

Chlorofluorocarbons: trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11) 75-69-4 dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) 75-71-8 chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 75-45-6 trifluoromethane (HFC-23) 75-46-7
1,1

, 2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-113) 76-13-1 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (CFC-114) 76 -14-2 chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115) 76-15-3 Hydrofluorocarbons: difluoromethane (HFC-32) 75-10-5 1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5-decafluoropropane (HFC 43-10mee ) 138495-42-8 pentafluoroethane (HFC-125) 354-33-6

1

, 1

, 2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134) 359-35-3

1 ,1, 1

, 2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) 811-97-2

1 ,1,1 -trifluoroethane (HFC-143a) 420-46-2

1 ,1 -difluoroethane (HFC-152a) 75-37-6 ethylfluoride (HFC-161) 353-36-6 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane (HFC 227ea) 431-89 -0 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa) 690-39-1 1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ca) 679-86-7 1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ea) 24270-66-4 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245eb) 431-31-2 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa) 460-73-1 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236ea) 431-63-0 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (HFC-365mfc) 406-58-6 Hydrochlorofluorocarbons: chlorofluoromethane (HCFC-31) 593-70-4 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123) 306-8 3-2 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123a) 354- 23-4 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HCFC-124) 2837- 89-0 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b) 1717-00-6 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b) 75-68-3 1 chloro-1fluoroethane (HCFC-151a) 1615-75-4 3,3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (HCFC-225 ca) 422-56-0 1,3-dichloro-1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HCFC-225 cb) 507-55-1BUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

Rule 101 Proposed for Adoption April 24, 2014 101-11 Table 4.39 4.38 : Exempt Compounds Compound Name: CAS No. Hydrofluoroethanes: 1,1,1,2,2,3,3-heptafluoro-3-methoxypropane (HFE-700 0) 375-03-1 1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4-nonafluoro-4-methoxy-butane (HFE- 7100) 163702-07-6 1-ethoxy-1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluorobutane (HFE-72 00) 163702-05-4 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoro-3-methoxy-4-trifluor omethylpentane (HFE-7300) 132182-92-4

3-ethoxy-1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6-dodecafluoro-2(tri fluoromethyl) hexane (HFE-7500) 297730-93-9

Parachlorobenzotrifluoride (PCBTF) 98-56-6 2-(difluoromethoxymethyl)-1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoro propane ((CF 3 ) 2 CFCF 2 OCH 3 )) 163702-08-7

2-(ethoxydifluoromethyl)-1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluorop ropane ((CF 3 ) 2 CFCF 2 OC 2 H 5 ) 163702-06-5

Cyclic, branched, or linear completely methylated s iloxanes (VMS) Various Perfluorocarbon compounds which fall into these cla sses: cyclic, branched, or linear completely fluorinated alkanes; Various cyclic, branched, or linear completely fluorinated ethers with no unsaturations; Various

cyclic, branched, or linear completely fluorinated tertiary amines with no unsaturations; and Various

sulfur containing perfluorocarbons with no unsatura tions and with sulfur bonds only to carbon and fluorine. Various

* VOC for purposes of recordkeeping, emissions r eporting, and photochemical modeling and inventory requirements which apply to VOC; but not VOC for pu rposes of determining VOC emission limitations or meeting content requirements.

Exempt compounds content of a coating shall be dete rmined by South Coast Air Quality Management District Method 303-91 (Revi sed August 1996)

4.37 4.40 Existing Retail Service Station: Any retail service station operating, constructed, or under construction as of January 13 , 1989.

4.38 4.41 Facility: Same as a “stationary source”.

4.39 4.42 Flue: Any duct or passage for air, gases or the like, s uch as a stack or chimney.

4.40 4.43 Fossil Fuel: Natural gas, petroleum, coal and any form of soli d, liquid, or gaseous fuel derived from such materials.

4.41 4.44 Fossil Fuel-Fired Steam Generator: A furnace or boiler used in the process of burning fossil fuel for the primary purp ose of producing steam by

heat transfer.

4.42 4.45 Fugitive Dust: Any solid particulate matter that becomes airborne, otherBUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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than that emitted from an exhaust stack, directly o r indirectly as a result of the activities of any person.

4.43 4.46 Garbage: Discarded or useless material except vegetative was tes and agricultural wastes.

4.44 4.47 Gasoline: Any organic liquid (including petroleum distillat es and methanol) having a Reid vapor pressure of four (4) pounds or greater and used as a motor vehicle fuel or any fuel which is c ommonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline, including methanol 85 (M 85).

4.45 4.48 Gasoline Vapors: Any and all organic compound vapors displaced from gasoline storage tanks or gasoline delivery vehicle s during the transfer of gasoline. Any liquid gasoline entrained in the dis placed vapors shall be included when measuring the total mass of organic v apors emitted during gasoline transfer operations.

4.46 4.49 Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) : The aggregate group of six greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, hydrofluoro carbons (by category), perfluorocarbons (by category), and sulfur hexafluo ride.

4.50 Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP): Any substance listed in or pursuant to Section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act.

4.47 4.51 Health and Safety Code (HSC): The Health and Safety Code of the State

of California.

4.48 4.52 Hearing Board : The Hearing Board of the Butte County Air Qualit y Management District.

Health and Safety Code ( HSC ) : T he Health and Safety Code of the State of

California.

Incinerator : Any device const ructed of nonflammable materials, including containers commonly known as burn barrels, for the purpose of burning therein trash, debris, and other flammable materials for volume

reduction or destruction.

4.49 4.53 Incineration: An operation in which combustion is carried on fo r the principal purpose, or with the principal result of oxidizing a waste material to reduce its bulk or facilitate its disposal.

4.54 Installation: The placement, assemblage, or construction of equ ipment or control apparatus at the premises where the equipme nt or control apparatus will be used, including all preparatory work at suc h premises.BUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

Rule 101 Proposed for Adoption April 24, 2014 101-13 4.50 4.55 Incinerator: Any device constructed of nonflammable materials, i ncluding containers commonly known as burn barrels, for the purpose of burning therein trash, debris, and other flammable material s for volume reduction or

destruction.

4.51 4.56 Leak Free: A liquid leak of less than three (3) drops per mi nute excluding losses which occur upon disconnecting transfer fitt ings, provided such disconnect losses do not exceed 10 milliliters (0.3 4 fluid ounces) per disconnect, averaged over three disconnects.

4.52 4.57 Major Source: A stationary source which has the potential to emit a regulated air pollutant or HAP in quantities equal to or exceeding the lesser of any of the following thresholds:

4.52.1 4.57.1 100 tons per year (tpy) of any regulated air pollut ant;
4.52.2 4.57.2 50 tpy of volatile organic compounds or oxides of n itrogen

for a federal nonattainment area classified as seri ous, 25 tpy for an area classified as severe, or, 10 tpy for an area c lassified as extreme;

4.52.3 4.57.3 70 tpy of PM10 (particulate matter of 10 microns or less) for

a federal PM10 nonattainment area classified as ser ious;

4.52.4 4.57.4 10 tpy of one HAP or 25 tpy of two or more HAPs;

4.52.5 4.57.5 Any lesser quantity threshold promulgated by EPA; o r, 4.52.6 4.57.6 100 tpy of total GHGs emissions and 100,000 tpy of Carbon Dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions.

4.53 4.58 Modification: Any physical change or operational change to an ex isting emissions unit, including changing hours of operati on or production rate, which would necessitate a change in permit conditio ns. A modification to a stationary source shall include any modification of its permitted emissions units or addition of any new emissions units. A m odification also occurs

when there is an increase of emissions from an emis sions unit which is not subject to a daily emissions limitation. Unless pre viously limited by a federally enforceable permit condition, the followi ng shall not be considered

a modification:

4.53.1 4.58.1 Routine maintenance or repair.

4.53.2 4.58.2 A change in ownership.

4.53.3 4.58.3 Replacement of an existing emissions unit, part of an emissions unit, or emissions control device with an identical (the same in all respects except for the serial number) piece of equ ipment resulting in emissions less than or equal to those from the o riginal equipment or device and not requiring a change in permit cond itions.

4.53.4 4.58.4 An increase in the production rate or hours of oper ation if such increase does not exceed the operating design capac ity or the actual demonstrated capacity of the stationary source as a pproved by the

APCO.

4.53.5 4.58.5 Use of an alternate fuel or raw material, provided that such use is expressly authorized by the APCO

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A reconstructed stationary source shall be treated as a new stationary source

and not as a modification.

4.59 Motor Vehicle: A vehicle that is self-propelled as defined in S ection 415 of

the California Vehicle Code.

4.54 4.60 Multiple-Chamber Incinerator: Any article, machine, equipment, contrivance, structure or part of a structure, used to dispose of combustible refuse by burning, consisting of three or more refr actory lined combustion furnaces in series, physically separated by refract ory walls, inter-connected by gas passage ports or ducts employing adequate desig n parameters necessary
for maximum combustion of the materials to be burne d.

4.55 4.61 Multi-Unit Dwelling: Apartments, condominiums, four-plexes and other types of dwellings consisting of more than two livi ng units.

4.56 Multiple

- Chamber Incinerator : A ny 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 in series, physically separated by refract ory walls, inter

- connected by gas passage ports or ducts employing adequate desig n parameters necessary
for maximum combustion of the ma terials to be burned.

4.57

4.58 4.62 National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Poll utants (NESHAPs) : The emissions standards set by the federal gover nmetn for a Hazardous Air Pollutant that may cause an increase in fatalities or in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating illness. Each NESHA P is published as an individual Subpart to Title 40 Code of Federal Regu lations (CFR) Part 60 or

63.

4.59 4.63 No-Burn Day: Any day, or portion thereof, designated by the APCO

, CARB, or a local, State or federal Fire Protection Agency having jurisdiction over the burn location, during which no fires may b e ignited and no material may be added to an approved existing fire, except a s authorized in DISTRICT

Rule 300.

4.64 Non-Agricultural Burning: Open burning for the disposal of nonagricultural waste pursuant to DISTRICT Rule 300.

4.60 4.65 Open Burning: Combustion of any material of any type, outdoors in the open air, where the products of combustion are not directed through a flue, stack or chimney.

4.61 4.66 Orchard or Citrus Heaters: Any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance that burns any type of fuel or material capable of emitting airBUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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contaminants and is used or capable of being used f or the purpose of giving protection from frost damage.

4.62 4.67 Owner or Operator: Any person who owns, operates, controls, or supervises an affected facility, or a stationary so urce of which an affected facility is a part.

4.63 4.68 Particulate Matter (PM): Any material except uncombined water, which can exist in a finely divided form in the atmospher e as a liquid or solid at

standard conditions.

4.64 4.69 Pathological Waste: Human or animal tissue intended for disposal.

4.65 4.70 Person: Any individual, firm, association, organization, pa rtnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability comp any, or company; State or local government agency, public district, or any of ficer or employee thereof; or the United States or its agencies, to the extent authorized by federal law.

4.66 4.71 Phase I Vapor Recovery System: A CARB-certified gasoline vapor recovery system which recovers vapors during the tr ansfer of gasoline from delivery vessels into stationary storage tanks.

4.72 Phase II Vapor Recovery System: A CARB-certified gasoline vapor recovery system which recovers vapors during the fu eling of motor vehicles from stationary storage tanks.

4.73 PM2.5 Nonattainment Area: The portion of Butte County which lies west of the line described as follows: (Mount Diablo Base a nd Meridian) Beginning at the intersection of the Butte-Yuba county line a nd the township line common to T18N R6E and T19N R6E, west to the townsh ip line common to T18N R6E and T19N R6E, then north along the range l ine common to R5E and R6E, then west along the township line common t o T21N and T20N, then north along the range line common to R4E and R5E, t hen west along the township line common to T24N and T23N to the Butte- Tehama County boundary.

4.74 PM2.5: Particulate Matter with aerodynamic diameter of les s than 2.5

microns. Gaseous emissions which condense to form particulat e matter at ambient temperatures shall be included.

4.67

4.68 4.75 PM10: Particulate Matter with aerodynamic diameter of les s than 10

microns. Gaseous emissions which condense to form particula te matter at ambient temperatures shall be included.

4.69 4.76 Populated Area: The urban areas of Chico, Oroville, Paradise, Gri dley,BUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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Biggs, or any other urban area designated by the AP CO.

4.70 4.77 Portable Emissions Unit: Any emissions unit that, by itself or in or on a piece of equipment, is portable, meaning designed t o be and capable of being

carried or moved from one location to another. Ind ications of portability include, but are not limited to, wheels, skids, car rying handles, dolly, trailer, platform or mounting. The period during which the emissions unit is maintained at a storage facility shall be excluded from determining the residency requirements below. An emission unit is not portable if : 4.70.1 4.77.1 the emissions unit is attached to a foundation, or remains or

will remain at a fixed location for more than twelv e (12) consecutive months. (Any emissions unit, such as a backup or s tandby unit, that replaces an emissions unit at a location and is int ended to perform the same function as the unit being replaced will b e included in calculating the consecutive time period. In that c ase, the cumulative time of both emissions units, including the time be tween the removal of the original unit and installation of th e replacement unit, would be counted towards the consecutive time perio d.); or,

4.70.2 4.77.2 the emissions unit remains or will remain at a fixe d location for less than twelve (12) consecutive months where such a period represents the length of normal annual source opera tions at the stationary source that resides at a fixed location for more than twelve (12) consecutive months such as a seasonal s ource; or, 4.77.3 the emissions unit is removed from one location for a period and then returned to the same location in an attempt to circumvent the portable equipment residence time requirement.

4.71 4.78 Potential to Emit: The maximum capacity of an emissions unit to emit a pollutant under its physical and operational design . Any physical or operational limitation on the capacity of the unit to emit a pollutant, including pollution control equipment and restrictions in hou rs of operation or on the type or amount of material combusted, stored, or pr ocessed, shall be treated as part of its design only if the limitation or the effect it would have on emissions is incorporated into the applicable permi t as a practically enforceable permit condition. The potential to emit shall include emissions emitted directly or as fugitives.

4.72 P M2.5 : Particulate Matter with aerodynamic diameter of les s than 2.5

microns.

4.73

4.74 P M10 : Particulate Matter with aerodynamic diameter of les s than 10
microns.

4.75
PPMv: Parts per million by volume expressed on a dry gas basis.

4.76 Prohibite d Materials : A ny waste or manufactured material, including but not limited to: petroleum products and petroleum wastes; construction andBUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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demolition wastes; tar paper; roofing material; wir ing; flooring material; insulation; plywood; coated wire; disposable diaper s and putrescible wastes; tires; tar; non

- natural wood waste; processed, painted or treated wood products; metals; motor vehicle bodies or parts; ru bber; synthetics; plastics, including plastic film, twine and pipe; fiberglass; styrofoam; garbage; trash; refuse; rubbish; swill; ashes; glass; industrial wa stes; equipment; appliances; furniture; i nstruments; utensils; mattresses; shoes; cloth; rag s; paper and paper products; cardboard; boxes; crates; excelsior and other packaging materials; offal, including the carcass of any dead animal; human or animal parts or wastes, including blood and fecal m atter; food contaminated material; or any other non

- vegetative material that when burned may discharge air contaminants that may cause a health risk to any pe rson. 4.77

4.78 4.79 Pressure Tank: A t ank which maintains working pressure sufficient at all times to prevent hydrocarbon vapor or gas loss to t he atmosphere.

4.80 Process Weight Per Hour: The total weight, including contained moisture, of all materials introduced into any specific proce ss, which process may cause any discharge into the atmosphere. Solid fuels cha rged 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 der ived by dividing the total process weight by the number of hours in one comple te operation from the beginning of any given process to the completion th ereof, excluding any time during which the equipment is idle).

4.81 Prohibited Materials : Any waste or manufactured material, including bu t not limited to: petroleum products and petroleum wa stes; construction and demolition wastes; tar paper; roofing material; wir ing; flooring material; insulation; plywood; coated wire; disposable diaper s and putrescible wastes; tires; tar; non-natural w o od waste; processed, painted or treated wood products; metals; motor vehicle bodies or parts; ru bber; synthetics; plastics, including plastic film, twine and pipe; fiberglass; styrofoam; garbage; trash; refuse; rubbish; swill; ashes; glass; industrial wa stes; equipment; appliances; furniture; instruments; utensils; mattresses; shoes ; cloth; rags; paper and paper products; cardboard; boxes; crates; excelsior and other packaging materials; offal, including the carcass of any dead animal; human or animal parts or wastes, including blood and fecal matter; food contaminated material; or any other non-vegetative material that when burn ed may discharge air contaminants that may cause a health risk to any pe rson.

4.79 4.82 Public Record: Any record made available to the public by law co ntaining information relating to the conduct of the public's business that is prepared, owned, used or retained by the DISTRICT, except tho se records that are not subject to disclosure pursuant to applicable law.

4.80 4.83 Reactive Organic Compound (ROC): Any volatile compound containing at least one atom of carbon, excluding any Exempt C ompound as defined inBUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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this Rule (same as Volative Organic Compound in thi s Rule).

4.81 4.84 Record: Handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, and every other means of recording upon any form of communication or representation including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or any combination thereof, and all papers, maps, magnetic or paper tapes, photographed films and prints, magnetic or punched cards, drums, and other

documents.

4.82 4.85 Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP): The absolute vapor pressure of volatile crude oil and volatile non-viscous petroleum liquid s, except liquefied petroleum gases, as determined by ASTM-323-58 (Amer ican Society for Testing and Materials).

4.83 4.86 Residence or Residential: Areas where people reside or lodge, including but not limited to, single or multiple family dwell ings, condominiums, mobile or manufactured homes, apartment complexes, motels and hotels.

4.84 4.87 Residential Burning: Open burning for the disposal of vegetative waste from the property of a single- or two-family dwelli ng located on lots of less

than one acre.

4.85 4.88 Rice Equivalent Acre: The quantity of particulate matter generated from the open burning of one (1) acre of rice straw afte r harvest standardized as 6.3 pounds of PM10 per ton of rice straw burned at a fu el load of three (3) tons per acre (18.9 pounds PM10 per acre).

4.86 4.89 Rubbish: Useless waste or rejected matter; usually commbusti ble and

noncombustible solid wastes of commercial and indus trial establishments, institutions, etc.; garbage.

4.87 4.90 Sacramento Valley Air Basin: The geographical area which includes the following counties: Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Placer, Sacramento, Shasta, Tehama,Yolo, Solano,Yuba and Sutter.

4.88 4.91 School: Any public or private establishment used for the purpose of educating more than twelve (12) children in kinderg arten or any of the grades 1 through 12, inclusive, but does not include any p rivate establishment in which education is primarily conducted in private h omes.

4.89 4.92 Shutdown: Ceasing of operation of a stationary source for a ny purpose.

4.90 4.93 Single and Two Family Dwellings: Residential structures including duplexes, mobile homes, and such dwellings that are collectively designed or planned to house not more than two families.

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performing source testing as set forth in Title 17 CCR Section 91200 et seq

.

4.92 Stationary Source : A ny building, structure, or emissions unit which emi ts or may emit any affected pollutant directly or as a fugitive emission

, which:

4.92.1 is loca ted on one or mor e contiguous or adjacent proper ties, and which may be separated by a public right

- of

- way; and.

4.92.2 is under the same or common ownership, ope ration, or control, or which is owned or operated by entities which are under
common control and belong to the same industrial grouping, either by virtue of falling within the same two

- digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code or by virtue o f being part of a common industrial process, manufacturing proce ss, or connected process involving a c ommon raw material.

4.92.3

4.93 4.95 Standard Conditions : A gas temperature of 20 oC (68 o F) and a gas

pressure of 760 mm Hg (14.7 pounds per square inch) absolute.

4.94 4.96 Standard Cubic Meter of Gas (Standard Cubic Foot of Gas): The amount of gas, free of combined water, that would o ccupy the specified cubic

measurement at standard conditions.

4.95 4.97 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code: The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code that classifies establish ments by the type of business activity in which they are engaged as defi ned by the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987, published b y the Executive Officer of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 198 7, which is incorporated by reference herein.

4.98 Start-up: Commencing operation of a stationary source for any purpose.

4.96 4.99 Stationary Source: Any building, structure, or emissions unit which em its or may emit any affected pollutant directly or as a fugitive emission, which:

4.96.1 4.99.1 is located on one or more contiguous or adjacent pr operties, and which may be separated by a public right-of-way ; and.

4.96.2 4.99.2 is under the same or common ownership, operation, o r control, or which is owned or operated by entities which are under common control and belong to the same industrial gr ouping, either by virtue of falling within the same two-digit Stan dard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code or by virtue of being par t of a common industrial process, manufacturing process, or conne cted process involving a common raw material.

4.97 4.100 Total Reduced Sulfur (TRS): Total reduced sulfur contained in hydrogen sulfide, mercaptans, dimethyl sulfide, dim ethyl disulfide or other organic sulfide compounds, all expressed as hydroge n sulfide. Sulfur dioxide, sulfur trioxide, or sulfuric acid mist are not to b e included in theBUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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determination of TRS.

4.98 4.101 Toxic Air Contaminants: All substances identified as toxic air contaminants pursuant to Title 17, CCR, Sections 93 000 and 93001.

4.99 4.102 Underground Storage Tank (UST): Any one or combination of tanks and the volume of any connected piping that has at least 10% of the underground tank system volume below the ground sur face or enclosed below

earthen materials.

4.100 4.103 Upset or Breakdown Condition: An unforeseeable failure or malfunction of either: 1) any air pollution control equipment or related operating equipment which causes a violation of any emission limitation or restriction prescribed by these Rules and Regulatio ns, or by State Law; or 2) any in-stack continuous monitoring equipment, which : 4.100.1 4.103.1 Is not the result of neglect or disregard of any ai r pollution control law or rule or regulation;

4.100.2 4.103.2 Is not intentional or the result of negligence;

4.100.3 4.103.3 Is not the result of improper maintenance;

4.100.4 4.103.4 Does not constitute a nuisance; and

4.100.5 4.103.5 Is not a recurrent breakdown of the same equipment.

4.101 4.104 Vapor Extraction System or Soil Vapor Extraction (S VE): An underground or aboveground system that draws out or removes contaminants from soil or ground water using air injection and/o r vacuum suction to route the vapors to an emission control device or directl y to the atmosphere. This definition does not include equipment designed or u sed to expose soil openly to the atmosphere to facilitate evaporation of vola tile organic compounds.

4.102 4.105 Vapor Tight: The detection of less than 10,000 ppmv, as methan e, using an appropriate hydrocarbon analyzer when samp ling is performed according to the procedures specified in EPA Method 21 or no visible evidence of air entrainment in the sight glasses of liquid delivery hoses.

4.103 4.106 Variance: Temporary exemption from DISTRICT Rules and Regulations or State law granted to sources followi ng ruling by the DISTRICT Hearing Board.

4.104 4.107 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): Any organic chemical compound containing at least one atom of carbon having a high enough va por pressure under normal conditions to signifcantly va porize into the earth’s atmosphere, excluding any Exempt Compound as define d in this Rule.

4.105 4.108 Volatile Organic Compound Vapor Analyzer: A hydrocarbon vapor instrument detector, which satisfies the spec ification requirements of EPA Method 21, 40 CFR Part 60. Analyzer types that may meet this requirement include, but are not limited to, cataly tic oxidation, flameBUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

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ionization, infrared absorption, and photoionizatio n.

5 SEVERABILITY: If any regulation, rule, section, subsection, sente nce, clause, phrase, or portion of these Rules and Regulations i s, for any reason, held invalid, unconstitutional, or unenforceable by any court of compentent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed as a separate, distinct, an d independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remain ing portions of the Rules and Regulations of the Butte County Air Quality Managem ent District.

6 REFERENCES: The authority for this Rule arises from the provisi ons of California Health and Safety Code Section 40001 and 40702.