SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS 

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RULE 101 GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

Adopted 8-1-62 

(Amended 12-6-78, 6-5-79, 11-29-83, 9-5-96, 6-5-97, 9-3-98, 10-27-11) 

INDEX

100 GENERAL

101 TITLE 

102 APPLICABILITY 

103 SEVERABILITY 

200 DEFINITIONS

201 ATMOSPHERE 

202 BOARD 

203 EMISSIONS UNIT 

204 EXEMPT COMPOUND 

205 ON-SITE 

206 PERSON 

207 REGULATION 

208 RULE 

209 SECTION 

210 STANDARD CONDITIONS 

211 TRADE SECRET 

212 VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) 

300 STANDARDS

301 AUTHORITY TO ARREST 

302 DISCLOSURE OF DATA 

400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS (NOT INCLUDED) 

500 MONITORING AND RECORDS (NOT INCLUDED) 
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100 GENERAL

101 TITLE: These rules and regulations shall be known as the Rules and Regulations of the 

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. 

102 APPLICABILITY: Except as otherwise specifically provided in these rules and regulations 

or where the context otherwise indicates, the provisions of this rule shall apply to all rules and 

regulations of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. 

103 SEVERABILITY: If any regulation, rule, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or 

portion of these rules and regulations is, for any reason, held invalid, unconstitutional, or 

unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed as a 

separate, distinct, and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of 

the remaining portions of the Rules and Regulations of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air 

Quality Management District. 

200 DEFINITIONS

201 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. 

202 BOARD: The Board of Directors of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management 

District. 

203 EMISSIONS UNIT: An identifiable operation or piece of process equipment such as an 

article, machine, or other contrivance which controls, emits, may emit, or results in the 

emissions of any affected pollutant or hazardous air pollutant (HAP), directly or as fugitive 

emissions. Emissions unit shall not include the open burning of agricultural biomass. 

204 EXEMPT COMPOUND: A chemical identified in the following list: 

204.1 carbon monoxide 

204.2 carbon dioxide 

204.3 carbonic acid 

204.4 metallic carbides or carbonates 

204.5 ammonium carbonate 

204.6 methane 

204.7 ethane 

204.8 methylene chloride (dichloromethane) 

204.9 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) 

204.10 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-113) 

204.11 trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11) 

204.12 dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) 

204.13 chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 

204.14 trifluoromethane (HFC-23) 

204.15 1,2-dichloro 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (CFC-114) 

204.16 chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115) 

204.17 1,1,1-trifluoro 2,2-dichloroethane (HCFC-123) 

204.18 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) 

204.19 1,1-dichloro 1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b) 

204.20 1-chloro 1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b) 

204.21 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HCFC-124) 

204.22 pentafluoroethane (HFC-125) 

204.23 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134) 

204.24 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a) 
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204.25 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a) 

204.26 parachlorobenzotrifluoride (PCBTF) 

204.27 cyclic, branched, or linear completely methylated siloxanes 

204.28 acetone 

204.29 perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene) 

204.30 3,3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (HCFC-225ca) 

204.31 1,3-dichloro-1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HCFC-225cb) 

204.32 1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane (HFC 43-10mee) 

204.33 difluoromethane (HFC-32) 

204.34 ethylfluoride (HFC-161) 

204.35 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa) 

204.36 1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ca) 

204.37 1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ea) 

204.38 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245eb) 

204.39 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa) 

204.40 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236ea) 

204.41 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (HFC-365mfc) 

204.42 chlorofluoromethane (HCFC-31) 

204.43 1 chloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-151a) 

204.44 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123a) 

204.45 1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4-nonafluoro-4-methoxy-butane (C4F9OCH3 or HFE-7100) 

204.46 2-(difluoromethoxymethyl)-1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane ((CF3)2CFCF2OCH3)) 

204.47 1-ethoxy-1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluorobutane (C4F9OC2H5 or HFE-7200) 

204.48 2-(ethoxydifluoromethyl)-1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane ((CF3)2CFCF2OC2H5) 

204.49 methyl acetate 

204.50 1,1,1,2,2,3,3-heptafluoro-3-methoxy-propane (n-C3F7OCH3 or HFE-7000)

204.51 3-ethoxy-1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6-dodecafluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl) hexane (HFE-7500) 

204.52 methyl formate (HCOOCH3) 

204.53 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoro-3-methoxy-4-trifluoromethyl-pentane (HFE-7300) 

204.54 propylene carbonate 

204.55 dimethyl carbonate 

204.506 perfluorocarbon compounds which fall into these classes: 

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

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

unsaturations; 

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

unsaturations; and 

d. sulfur containing perfluorocarbons with no unsaturations and with sulfur 

bonds only to carbon and fluorine. 

205 ON-SITE: The parcel(s) of land or other real property(ies) on which an emissions unit is 

located. 

206 PERSON: Any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, 

corporation, company, contractor, supplier, installer, user or owner, or any state or local 

government agency or public district or any officer or employee thereof. “Person” also means 

the United States or its agencies to the extent authorized by Federal law. 

207 REGULATION: One of the major subdivisions of the Rules and Regulations of the 

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. 

208 RULE: A rule of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. 

209 SECTION: A section of the Rules and Regulations of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air 

Quality Management District unless some other rule, statute, or regulation is specifically 

mentioned. 
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210 STANDARD CONDITIONS: "Standard Conditions" are a gas temperature of 68 degrees 

Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius) and a gas pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch (760 

millimeters of mercury) absolute. Results of all analyses and tests shall be calculated or 

reported at this gas temperature and pressure.

211 TRADE SECRET: A trade secret includes, but is not limited to, any formula, plan, pattern, 

process, tool, mechanism, compound, procedure, production data, or compilation of 

information which: 

211.1 Is not patented; and 

211.2 Is known only to certain individuals within a commercial concern who are using it to 

fabricate, produce, or compound an article of trade or a service having commercial 

value; and 

211.3 Gives its user an opportunity to obtain a business advantage over competitors who 

do not know or use it. 

212 VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC): Any compound containing at least one atom of 

carbon, excluding any exempt compound. 

300 STANDARDS

301 AUTHORITY TO ARREST: In the performance of his or her duties, the Air Pollution Control 

Officer and his or her duly authorized agents shall have the authority and immunity of public 

officers and employees as set forth in the California Penal Code Section 836.5 to make 

arrests without a warrant whenever he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the 

person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor in his presence which is in violation of 

any of the rules and regulations of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management 

District wherein he or she has the authority to enforce or of any statute which he or she has 

the authority to enforce. 

302 DISCLOSURE OF DATA: The Air Pollution Control Officer shall, upon due notice, make the 

following data and information available to the public and other government agencies for 

examination and provide copies thereof where appropriate: 

302.1 Air pollution data, including trade secrets, shall be disclosed in accordance with the 

provisions of Government Code Section 6254.7. 

302.2 Data required to be submitted to the District under the Air Toxics “Hot Spots” 

Information and Assessment Act, and which the operator believes to be a trade 

secret, shall be protected from disclosure in accordance with the provisions of Health 

and Safety Code Section 44346.