February 9, 2012 Placer County APCD 102

- 1 Rules and Regulations 

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CONTENTS

100 GENERAL

101 PURPOSE

200 DEFINITIONS

201 AGRICULTURAL BURNING

202 AGRICULTURAL OPERATION

203 AGRICULTURAL WASTES

204 AIR CONTAMINANT

205 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER (APCO)

206 AIR QUALITY

207 ALLOWABLE COMBUSTIBLES

20 8 ALTERATION

20 9 APPROVED IGNITION DEVICES

2 1 0 ARB

2 11 BOARD

21 2 BRUSH TREAT MENT

21 3 BULK PLANT

214 BURN BARREL

21 5 CITRUS HEATER

216 COMBUSTIBLE

21 7 COMBUSTIBLE WASTE OR SUBSTANCES

21 8 COMBUSTION CONTAMINANT

21 9 CONDENSED FUMES

2 20 CONSTRUCTION

- DEMOLITION DEBRIS

2 21 D AILY

2 22 DESIGNATED AGENCY

223 DISALLOWED COMBUSTIBLES

2 24 DISTRICT

22 5 DUST

22 6 EMISSION

22 7 EMISSION POINT

22 8 EXEMPT COMPOUNDS

229 FIRE PROTECTION AGENCY

2 30 FLAMMABLE WASTE

2 31 FLUE

2 32 FOREST MANAGEMENT BURNING

2 33 FOSSIL FUEL

2 34 FOSSIL FUEL

- FIRED STEAM GENERATOR

2 35 HEARING BOARD

23 6 HYDROCARBON

237 IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC LOSS

23 8 INCINERATION

23 9 INCINERATOR

2 40 INSTALLATION

24 1 LAKE TAHOE AIR BASIN

242 MOUNTAIN COUNTIES AIR BASIN

2 4 3 NO

- BURN DAYFebruary 9, 2012 Placer County APCD 102

- 2 Rules and Regulations 2 4 4 OPEN BURNING OR OPEN OUTDOOR FIRE

2 4 5 OPERATOR

2 4 6 ORCHARD HEATER

2 4 7 OWNER

24 8 PARTICULATE MATTER

24 9 PERMISSIVE BURN DAY OR BURN DAY

2 50 PERSON

2 5 1 POLLUTANT

2 5 2 PROCESS WEIGHT PER HOUR

25 3 PUBLIC RECORD

2 5 4 QUARTERLY

2 5 5 RANGE IMPROVEMENT BURNING

2 5 6 RECORD

25 7 RESIDENCE

2 5 8 RESIDENTIAL ALLOWABLE BURN MATERIALS

259 SACRA MENTO VALLEY AIR BASIN

2 60 SECTION

2 61 SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES

2 6 2 SOLID PARTICULATE MATTER

2 6 3 STANDARD CONDITIONS

2 6 4 STANDARD CUBIC FOOT OF GAS

2 6 5 TIMBER OPERATIONS

2 6 6 VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC)

2 6 7 WOOD

- FIRED BOILER

2 6 8 YEARLY

300 STANDARDS

(NOT INCLUDED)

400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS

(NOT INCLUDED)

500 MONITORING AND RECORDS

(NOT INCLUDED)February 9, 2012 Placer County APCD 102

- 3 Rules and Regulations 100 GENERAL

101 PURPOSE: To provide definitions of specific terms used in the Placer County Air Pollution Control District Rules and Regulations

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200 DEFINITIONS

PROVISO: 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 as the same words are used in the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.

201 AGRICULTURAL BURNING: Open outdoor fires used in agricultural operations in the growing of crops or raising of fowl or animals or open outdoor fires used in forest management, range improvement, or the improvement of land for wildlife and game

habitat or disease or pest prevention or the use of open outdoor fires used in the operation or the maintenance of a system for the delivery of water and wildland vegetation management burning

.

202 AGRICULTURAL OPERATION: The growing and harvesting of crops, or raising of fowl or animals for the primary purpose of making a profit or providing a livelihood or the conducting of agricultural research or instruction by an educational institution. Agricultural operations do not include activities involving the process ing or distribution of crops or

fowl.

203 AGRICULTURAL WASTES: The following materials:

203.1 The unwanted or unsalable materials produced wholly from agricultural operations and materials not produced from agricultural operations, but which are

intimat ely related to the growing or harvesting of crops.

203.2 Materials not produced wholly from agricultural operations, but which are intimately related to the growing or harvesting of crops and which are used in the

fields. This includes materials such as fertili zer and pesticide paper sacks or paper containers, where the sacks or containers are emptied in the fields. This

does not include, such items as shop wastes, demolition materials, garbage, oil filters, tires, plastic pesticide containers (except for paper pesticide containers), broken boxes, pallets, or other similar material, or orchard or vineyard wastes

removed for land use conversion to non

- agricultural purposes.

204 AIR CONTAMINANT: Any discharge, release or other propagation directly into the atmosph ere

. It includes, but is not limited to, smoke, dust, charred paper, soot, grime, carbon, noxious acids, fumes, gases, odors, particulate matter, or any combination

thereof.

205 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER (APCO) : The Air Pollution Control Officer of the Placer County Air Pollution Control District, or designee.

206 AIR QUALITY: The characteristics of the ambient air as indicated by state ambient air quality standards which have been adopted by the ARB pursuant to Section 39606 of the Health and Safety Code and by National Ambient Air Quality Standards which have been

establishe d pursuant to Sections 108 and 109 of the federal Clean Air Act pertaining to criteria pollutants and Section 169A of the federal Clean Air Act pertaining to visibility.

207 ALLOWABLE COMBUSTIBLES: V egetation originating on the premises and reasonably fr ee of dirt, soil

, and visible surface moisture.February 9, 2012 Placer County APCD 102

- 4 Rules and Regulations 20 8 ALTERATION: Any addition to, enlargement of, replacement of, or any major modification or change of the design, capacity, process, or arrangement, or any increase in the connected loading of equipment or control apparatus, which will increase or affect

the kind and/or amount of air contaminants emitted.

20 9 APPROVED IGNITION DEVICES: Those instruments or materials that will ignite open

outdoor fires without the production of black smoke by the ignition d evice

. This would include such items as liquid petroleum gas, butane, propane, or diesel oil burners, flares, or other similar material as approved by the Air Pollution Control Officer

. This does not include tires, tar, tar paper, oil and other similar mat erials.

2 1 0 ARB: The California State Air Resources Board or any person authorized to act on its

behalf.

2 11 BOARD: The Board of Directors of the Placer County Air Pollution Control District.

21 2 BRUSH TREAT MENT : Vegetation which has been felled crushed or up

- rooted with

mechanical equipment or which has been desiccated with herbicides.

21 3 BULK PLANT: A distribution plant which receives organic liquids; stores them in stationary tanks; and loads them into tank trucks for delivery to other bulk plants, service stations or storage tanks.

214 BURN BARREL: A metal container used outdoors for the purpose of disposal

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215 CITRUS HEATER: Any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance, burning any type of fuel or material capable of emitting air contaminants, used or capable of being used for the purpose of giving protection from frost damage.

216 COMBUSTIBLE: Any substance capable of burning or any substance that will readily

burn.

21 7 COMBUSTIBLE WASTE OR SUBSTANCES : Any garbage, rubbish, trash, rags, paper, boxes, crates, excelsior, ashes, offal, carcass of a dead animal, petroleum product waste or any other combustible or flammable refuse material.

21 8 COMBUSTION CONTAMINANT: Any particulate matter discharged into the atmosphere from the burning of any material which contains carbon in either the free or the combined

state.

21 9 CONDENSED FUMES: Minute solid particles generated by the condensation of vapors from solid matter after volatilization from the molten state, or may be g enerated by sublimation, distillation, calcination, or chemical reaction, when these processes create airborne particles.

2 20 CONSTRUCTION

- DEMOLITION DEBRIS: Any material associated with the construction or demolition of any building, dwelling, or other m an

- made structure, including but not limited to lumber, tar paper, roofing material, wiring, flooring material, insulation, and plywood.

2 2 1 DAILY: A 24

- hour period beginning at 12:00 AM local time.

2 22 DESIGNATED AGENCY: Any agency designated by the ARB and Placer County Air Pollution Control District as having authority to issue Agricultural Burn Permits.February 9, 2012 Placer County APCD 102

- 5 Rules and Regulations 223 DISALLOWED COMBUSTIBLES: A ny waste or manufactured material, including but not limited to petroleum products and petroleum wastes; construction and demolition debris; coated wire; putrescible (rotten wastes) and non

- putrescible solid, semisolid and liquid materials or wastes; tires ; tar; tarpaper; non

- natural wood waste; processed or treated wood and wood products; metals; motor vehicle bodies and parts; rubber; synthetics; plastics, including plastic film, twine and pipe; fiberglass; styrofoam; garbage; trash; refuse; rubbish; disp osable diapers; ashes; glass; industrial wastes; manufactured products; equipment; instruments; utensils; appliances; furniture; cloth; rags; paper or paper products; cardboard; boxes; crates; excelsior; offal; swill; carcass of a dead animal;
manure; huma n or animal parts or wastes, including blood; and fecal

- and food

contaminated material.

2 24 DISTRICT: The Placer County Air Pollution Control District.

2 2 5 DUST: The 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, or other similar process.

22 6 EMISSION: The act of releasing or discharging air contaminants into the atmosphere from any source.

22 7 EMISSION POINT: The place, located in a horizontal plane and vertical elevation, at which an emission enters the atmosphere.

22 8 EXEMPT COMPOUNDS: Organic compounds which are exempt from the definition of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)

. Notwithstanding definitions of Exempt Compounds that may be included in specific rules in Regulation II, the following compounds are
exempt:

228.1 carbon monoxide

228.2 carbon dioxide

228.3 carbonic acid

228.4 metallic carbides or carbonates

228.5 ammonium carbonate

228.6 methane

228.7 methylene chloride (dichloromethane)

228.8 perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene)

228.9 1,1,1

- trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)

228.10 trichlorofluoromethane (CFC

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228. 11 dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC

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228.12 1,1,2

- trichloro

- 1,2 ,2

- trifluoroethane (CFC

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228.13 1,2

- dichloro

- 1,1,2,2

- tetrafluoroethane (CFC

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228.14 chloropentafluoroethane (CFC

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228.15 chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC

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228.16 1,1,1

- trifluloro

- 2,2

- dichloroethane (HCFC

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228.17 1,1

- dichloro

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- fluoroethane (H CFC

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228.18 1

- chloro

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- difluoroethane (HCFC

- 142b)

228.19 2

- chloro

- 1,1,1,2

- tetrafluoroethane (HCFC

- 124)

228.20 trifluoromethane (HFC

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228.21 1,1,2,2

- tetrafluoroethane (HFC

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228.22 1,1,1,2

- tetrafluoroethane (HFC

- 134a)

228.23 pentafluoroethane (HFC

- 125)

228.24 1,1,1

- trifluoroethane (HFC

- 143a)

228.25 1,1

- difluoroethane (HFC

- 152a)

228.26 ethoxy

- nonafluorobutane (HFE

- 7200), which consists of 2 compounds:

a. ethoxy

- 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4

- nonafluorobutane; and

b. (ethoxydifluoromethyl)

- 1,1,1,2,3,3,3

- heptafluoro propane
228.27 cyclic, branched, or linear, completely methylated siloxanesFebruary 9, 2012 Placer County APCD 102

- 6 Rules and Regulations 228.28 The following classes of perfluorocarbons:

a. cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated alkanes.

b. cyclic, branched or linear, completely fluorinated ethers with no

uns aturations.

c. cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated tertiary amines with no

unsaturations.

d. sulfur

- containing perfluorocarbons with no unsaturations and with the

sulfur bonds to carbon and fluorine.

228.29 The following low

- reactive organic comp ounds w hich have been exempted by the

U. S. EPA:

a. acetone

b. ethane

c. parachlorobenzotrifluoride

d. methyl acetate

e. propylene carbonate

f. dimethyl carbonate

228.30 The following compound(s) for purposes of all recordkeeping, emissions reporting, photochemical dispersion modeling and inventory requirements which apply to VOC and shall be uniquely identified in emission reports, but are not VOC for purposes of VOC emissions limitations or VOC content requirements:

a. tertiary butyl acetate

229 FIRE PROTECTION AGENCY: Any agency with the responsibility and authority to protect people, property, and the environment from fire, and having jurisdiction within the

District.

2 30 FLAMMABLE WASTE: Any garbage, rubbish, trash, rags, paper, boxes, crates,
excelsior, ash es, offal, carcass of a dead animal, petroleum product waste or any other

combustible or flammable refuse material.

2 31 FLUE: Any duct or passage for air or other gases, including but not limited to a stack or a chimney.

2 3 2 FOREST MANAGEMENT BURNING: Th e use of open outdoor fires, as part of a forest management practice, to remove forest debris

. Forest management practices include timber operations, silvicultur al practices and forest production practices.

2 33 FOSSIL FUEL: Natural gas, petroleum, coal an d any form of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel

derived from such materials.

2 34 FOSSIL FUEL

- FIRED STEAM GENERATOR: A furnace or boiler used in the process of burning fossil fuel for the primary purpose of producing steam by heat transfer.

2 35 HEARING BOARD: The Hearing Board of the Air Pollution Control District of Placer County.

23 6 HYDROCARBON: Any compound of carbon containing hydrogen.

237 IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC LOS S: The loss of a planting season or irreparable harm to a crop.

23 8 INCINERATION: An operation in which combustion is carried on for the principal

purpose , or with the principal result of oxidizing a waste material to reduce its bulk or facilitate its disposal.February 9, 2012 Placer County APCD 102

- 7 Rules and Regulations 23 9 INCINERATOR: Any furnace or other closed fire chamber use d to dispose of combustible waste by burning, and from which the products of combustion are directed through a flue or chimney.

2 40 INSTALLATION: The placement, assemblage, or construction of equipment or control apparatus at the premises where the equipment or control apparatus will be used, including all preparatory work at such premises.

24 1 LAKE TAHOE AIR BASIN: That area as defined by Sectio n 60113, Title 17, California

Administrative Code.

242 MOUNTAIN COUNTIES AIR BASIN: Established pursuant to Section 39606 of the Health & Safety Code of the State of California and as described in Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Section 60111 ( I), the Mountain Counties Air Basin includes all of Placer County except that portion included in the Lake Tahoe Air Basin, defined by 17 CCR 60113(b), and that portion included in the Sacramento Valley Air Basin, defined by 17 CCR 60106(k).

2 4 3 NO BURN DAY: Any day on which agricultural burning including prescribed burning, is prohibited by the ARB or the APCO

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2 4 4 OPEN BURNING OR OPEN OUTDOOR FIRE: Burning of any combustible s of any type, outdoors in the open air, where the products of combustion are not directed through a

flue.

2 4 5 OPERATOR: Person, who owns, operates, controls or supervises an affected facility, or a stationary source of which an affected facility is a part

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2 4 6 ORCHARD HEATER: Any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance, burning any type of fuel or material capable of emitting air contaminants, used or capable of being used for the purpose of giving protection from frost damage.

2 4 7 OWNER: Perso n who owns, operates, controls or supervises an affected facility, or a stationary source of which an affected facility is a part.

24 8 PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) : Any material except uncombined water, which can exist in a finely divided form as a liquid or s olid at standard conditions.

24 9 PERMISSIVE BURN DAY OR BURN DAY : Any day in which agricultural burning including prescribed burning, is not prohibited by the ARB and /or the APCO

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2 50 PERSON: Any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, company, contractor, supplier, installer, operator, user, owner, any government agency, public district or any officer or employee thereof.

2 5 1 POLLUTANT: Any discharge, release or other propagation directly into the atmosphe re.
It includes, but is not limited to, smoke, dust, charred paper, soot, grime, carbon, noxious acids, fumes, gases, odors, particulate matter, or any combination thereof.

2 5 2 PROCESS WEIGHT PER HOUR: The total weight, including contained moisture, of al l materials introduced into any specific process, which process may cause any discharge into the atmosphere

. Solid fuels charged will be considered as part of the process weight, but liquid and gaseous fuels and combustion air will not

. (The process weight per hour will be derived by dividing the total process weight introduced, by the number of hours in one complete operation, from the beginning of any given process to the completion thereof, excluding any time during which the equipment is idle.)February 9, 2012 Placer County APCD 102

- 8 Rules and Regulations 25 3 PUB LIC RECORD: Any record made available to the public by law, containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business that is prepared, owned, used or retained by the District, except trade secrets as provided for in Section 6254.7 of the

Cal ifornia Government Code and relevant sections of the California Administrative Code

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2 5 4 QUARTERLY: Calendar quarter beginning January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1.

2 5 5 RANGE IMPROVEMENT BURNING: The use of open outdoor fires to remove vegetation for a wildlife, game or livestock habitat, or for the initial establishment of an agricultural practice on previously uncultivated land.

2 5 6 RECORD: Handwriting, typewriting, printing, photocopying , 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, magnetic disks, drums, and other documents.

25 7 RESIDENCE: A single or two

- family dwelling unit and the land and ancillary (non

residential) structures

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25 8 SACRAMENTO VALLEY AIR BASIN: Established pursuant to Sec tion 39606 of the

Health & Safety Code of the State of California and as described in Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Section 60106(k), the basin includes that portion of Placer County which lies west of Range 9 east, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian (M.D.B. & M.).

25 9 SEC TION: A Section of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California, unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.

2 60 SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES: The establishment, development, care and reproduction

of stands of timber.

2 6 1 SOLID PARTICULATE M ATTER: Any material except uncombined water, which can exist in a finely divided form as a solid at standard conditions.

2 6 2 STANDARD CONDITIONS: A gas temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a gas pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute

. Result s of all analyses and tests shall be calculated and reported at this gas temperature and pressure.

2 6 3 STANDARD CUBIC FOOT OF GAS: The amount of gas that would occupy a volume of one (1) cubic foot, if free of water vapor, at standard conditions.

2 6 4 TIMBER OPERATIONS: Cutting or removal of timber or other forest vegetation.

2 6 5 VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC): Any chemical compound containing at least one atom of carbon except for those listed as "Exempt Compounds"

2 6 6 WOOD

- FIRED BOILER: Any boiler used for steam generation, from which the products of combustion are directed through a flue or chimney and which derives at least 80 percent of its fuel input heat content from wood, or APCO approved wood

- associated

waste.

2 6 7 YEARLY: A calen dar year beginning on January 1 at 12:00 AM.