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RULE 1.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

ADOPTED October 1, 1971 REVISED December 8, 1993 REVISED August 13, 1997 REVISED December 14, 2005 REVISED May 14, 2008 REVISED May 8 , 2013 REVISED July 8 , 2015

INDEX

100 GENERAL 101 TITLE 102 DEFINITIONS REFERENCED 10 3 ENFORCEMENT 10 4 VALIDITY

200 DEFINITIONS 201 AGRICULTURAL BURNING 202 AIR CONTAMINANT 203 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER (APCO) 204 ASTM 205 ATMOSPHERE 206 BOARD 207 BRUSH TREATED 208 CARB 209 CLERK OF THE HEARING BOARD 210 COMBUSTIBLE REFUSE 211 COMBUSTION CONTAMINANTS 212 CONDENSED FUMES 213 CONTROL OFFICER 214 DESIGNATED AGENCY 215 DISTRICT 216 DISTRICT JURISDICTION 217 DUSTS 21 8 EPA 21 9 EXEMPT COMPOUNDS 2 20 FORMULATION D ATA 221 HEARING BOARD
22 2 IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY 22 3 MULTIPLE

- CHAMBER INCINERATOR 22 4 NO

- BURN DAY 22 5 O PEN BURNING FOR AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS IN THE GROWING OF CROPS OR RAISING OF FOWL OR ANIMALS 22 6 OPEN BURNING FOR RANGE IMPROVEMENT 22 7 OPEN OUTDOOR FIRE 22 8 ORCHARD OR CITRUS GROVE HEATER 22 9 PARTICULATE MATTERYolo

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300 STANDARDS 301 AUTHORITY TO ARREST 302 DISCLOSURE OF DATA

400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS 401 ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURE FOR CIVIL PENALTIESYolo

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

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102 DEFINITIONS REFERENCED: 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 Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code.

10 3 ENFORCEMENT: These Rules and Regulations shall be enforced by the Air Pollution Control Officer under authority of Health and Safety Code Division 26, Part 4, and by all officers empowered by Section 40157.

10 4 VALIDITY: If any regulation, rule, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase of these Rules and Regulations is for any reason held t o be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of these Rules and Regulations. The Air Quality Management Board hereby declares that it would have adopted these Rules and Regulations and every regul ation, rule, subdivision, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more regulations, rules, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.

200 DEFINITIONS

201 AGRICULTURAL BURNI NG: Open outdoor fires used in the growing of crops; or raising of fowl or animals or for range improvement; or used in improvement of land for wildlife and game habitat; or for wildland vegetation management burning. "Agricultural Burning" also means ope n outdoor fires used in the operation or maintenance of a system for the delivery of water for these purposes.

202 AIR CONTAMINANT: Any discharge, release, or other propagation into the atmosphere directly or indirectly, caused by man and includes, but is not limited to

s moke, charred paper, dust, soot, grime, carbon, noxious acids, fumes, gases, odors, or particulate matter or any combination thereof.

203 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER (APCO): The Air Pollution Control Officer of the Yolo

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204 ASTM: American Society of Testing and Materials

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

206 BOARD: The Air Quality Management Board of the Yolo

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207 BRUSH TREATED: The material to be burn ed has been felled, crushed, or uprooted with mechanical equipment, or has been desiccated with herbicides.

208 CARB: California Air Resources Board.

209 CLERK OF THE HEARING BOARD: The Clerk to the Board of Directors, who is ex officio Clerk of the Hearing Board.

210 COMBUSTIBLE REFUSE: Any solid or liquid combustible waste material containing carbon in a free or combined state.

211 COMBUSTION CONTAMINANTS: Particulate matter disc harged into the atmosphere from the burning of any kind of material containing carbon in a free or combined state

.

212 CONDENSED FUMES: Minute, solid particles generated by the condensation of vapors from solid matter after volatilization from the molten state, or may be generated by sublimination, distillation, calcination, or chemical reaction when these processes create air

- borne parti cles.

213 CONTROL OFFICER: The Air Pollution Control Officer of the Yolo

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214 DESIGNATED AGENCY: Any agency designated by the California Air Resources Board as having authority to issue agricultural burning permits. The U. S. Forest Service and the California Division of Forestry are so designated within their areas of jurisdiction.

215 DISTRICT: The Yolo

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21 6 DISTRICT JURISDICTION : The jurisdiction of the Yolo

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21 6 .1 All of Yolo County
21 6 .2 Th at portion of Solano County which lies north and east of a line described as follows : Beginning at the intersection of the westerly boundary of Solano County and the 1/4 section line runn ing east and west through the center of Section 34, T6N, R2W, M.D.B. & M., thence east along said 1/4 section line to the east boundary of Section 36, T6N, R2W, thence south 1/2 mile and east 2.0 miles, more or less, along the west and south boundary of Lo s Putos Rancho to the northwest corner of Section 4, T5N, R1W, thence east along a line common to T5N and T6N to the northeast corner of Section 3, T5N, R1E, thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 10, T3N, R1E, thence east alon g section lines to the south 1/4 corner of Section 8, T3N, R2E, thence east to the boundary between Solano and Sacramento Counties.Yolo

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21 8 EPA: United States E nvironmental Protection Agency.

21 9 EXEMPT COMPOUNDS: The following compounds are exempt from the definition of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in Section 23 8 :

21 9 .1 Acetone; 21 9 .2 Ammonium carbonate;
21 9 .3 Carbon monoxide;
21 9 .4 Carbon dioxide;
21 9 .5 C arbonic acid; 219.6 Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) ; 219.7 Ethane; 219.8 Metallic carbides or carbonates; 219.9 Methane;Yolo

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219.10 Methyl a cetate; 219.11 Methyl formate (HCOOCH 3 ); 219.12 Methylene chloride (dichloromethane);
21 9 .1 3 M ethyl c hloroform ( 1,1,1

- trichloroethane ) ; 219.14 Parachlorobenzotrifluoride (PCBTF) (1

- chloro

- 4

- trifluoromethyl

benzene); 219.15 Perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene); 219.16 Propylene carbonate ; 21 9

. 17 Tertiary

- butyl acetate ( T

- butyl acetate , TBAC, TBAc)* ; 219. 1 8 2

- ( difluoromethoxymethyl)

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

- heptafluoropropane

((CF 3 ) 2 CFCF 2 OCH 3 ); 219. 19 2

- (ethoxydifluoromethyl)

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

- heptafluoropropane

((CF 3 ) 2 CFCF 2 OC 2 H 5 ); 219.2 0 The following chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs);

a

. Trichlorofluoromethane (CFC

- 11); b. Dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC

- 12);

c

. 1,1,2

- trichloro

- 1,2,2

- trifluoroethane (CFC

- 113); d

. 1,2

- dichloro

- 1,1,2,2

- tetrafluoroethane (CFC

- 114);

e. Chloropentafluoroethane (CFC

- 115); 219.2 1 The following hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs);

a. Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC

- 22); b. Chlorofluoromethane (HCFC

- 31);

c

. 1,1,1

- trifluoro

- 2,2

- dichloroethane (HCFC

- 123); d

. 1,2

- dichloro

- 1,1,2

- trifluoroethane (HCFC

- 123a);

e. 2

- chloro

- 1,1,1,2

- tetrafluoroethane (HCFC

- 124); f. 1,1

- dichloro

- 1

- fluoroethane (HCFC

- 141b);

g

. 1

- chloro

- 1,1

- difluoroethane (HCFC

- 142b); h

. 1

- chloro

- 1

- fluoroethane (HCFC

- 151a); i

. 3,3

- dichloro

- 1,1,1,2,2

- pentafluoropropane (HCFC

- 225ca); j

. 1,3

- dichloro

- 1,1,2,2,3

- pentafluoropropane (HCFC

- 225cb); 219.2 2 The following hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs);

a

. Trifluoromethane (HFC

- 23); b

. Difluoromethane (HFC

- 32);

c

. 1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5

- decafluoropentane (HFC 43

- 10mee); d

. Pentafluoroethane (HFC

- 125);

e

. 1,1,2,2

- tetrafluoroethane (HFC

- 134); f

. 1,1,1,2

- tetrafluoroethane (HFC

- 134a);

g

. 1,1,1

- trifluoroethane (HFC

- 143a); h

. 1,1

- difluoroethane (HFC

- 152a); i

. Eth y lfluoride (HFC

- 161); j

. 1,1,1,2,3,3,3

- heptafluoropropane (HFC 227ea); k

. 1,1,1,2,3,3

- hexafluoropropane (HFC

- 236ea); l

. 1,1,1,3,3,3

- hexafluoropropane (HFC

- 236fa);

m

. 1,1,2,2,3

- pentafluoropropane (HFC

- 245ca);

n

. 1,1,2,3,3

- p entafluoropropane (HFC

- 245ea);

o

. 1,1,1,2,3

- pentafluoropropane (HFC

- 245eb);

p

. 1,1,1,3,3

- pentafluoropropane (HFC

- 245fa);

q

. 1,1,1,3,3

- pentafluorobutane (HFC

- 365mfc); 219.2 3 The following hydrofluorethers (HFEs);Yolo

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a. HCF 2 OCF 2 H (HFE 134) ; b

. HCF 2 OCF 2 OCF 2 H (HFE

- 236cal2) ;

c

. HCF 2 OCF 2 CF 2 OCF 2 H (HFE

- 338pcc13) ; d. HCF 2 OCF 2 OCF 2 CF 2 OCF 2 H (H

- Galden 1040X and H

- Galden ZT 130 (or 150 or 180)) ;

e

. 1,1,1,2,2,3,3

- heptafluoro

- 3

- methoxy

- propane (n

- C 3 F 7 OCH 3 , HFE

- 7000); f

. 1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4

- nonafluoro

- 4

- methoxy

- butane (C 4 F 9 OCH 3 or HFE

- 7100);

g

. 1

- ethoxy

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

- nonafluorobutane (C 4 F 9 OC 2 H 5 or HFE

- 7200); h

. (1) 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5

- decafluoro

- 3

- methoxy

- 4

- trifluoromethyl

- pentan e (HFE

- 7300) ; i

. 3

- ethoxy

- 1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6

- dodecafluoro

- 2

- (trifluoromethyl) hexane (HFE 7500); 219.24 The following Hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs):

a. T rans

- 1,3,3,3

- tetrafluoropropene (HFO

- 1234ze); b. 2,3,3,3

- tetrafluoropropene (HFO

- 1234yf);

c. Trans

- 1

- chloro

- 3,3,3

- trifluoroprop

- 1

- ene (HFO

- 1233zd (E) ); 219.25 2

- Amino

- 2

- methyl

- 1

- propanol (AMP) ; 219.2 6 Cyclic, branched, or linear completely methylated siloxanes; 219.2 7 The following four classes of perfluorocarbon compounds:

a. Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated alkanes; b. Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated eth ers with no unsaturations;

c. Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated tertiary amines with no unsaturations; d. Sulfur

- containing perfluorocarbons with no unsaturations and with the sulfur bonds only to carbon and fluorine;

* T

- butyl acetate shall be considered exempt as a VOC only for purposes of VOC emissions limitations or VOC content requirements, but will continue to be a VOC for purposes of all recordkeeping, emissions reporting, photochemical dispersion modeling, and i nventory requirements which apply to VOCs.

220 FORMULATION DATA: The actual product recipe which itemizes all the ingredients contained in a product including VOCs and the quantities thereof used by the manufacturer to create the product. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are not considered formulation data.

2 2 1 HEARING BOARD: The Hearing Board of the Yolo

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22 2 IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY: A vehicle which is used exclusively in the conduct of agricultural operations.

22 3 MULTIPLE

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refuse by burning, consisting of three or more refractory

- lined combustion furnaces in series, physically s eparated by refractory walls, interconnected by gas passage ports or ducts, and employing adequate design parameters necessary for maximum combustion of the material to be burned. The refractories shall have a Pyrometric Cone equivalent of at least 17, te sted according to the method described in the ASTM Method C

- 24.

22 4 NO

- BURN DAY: Any day on which the California Air Resources Board or the Yolo

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22 5 OPEN BURNING FOR AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS IN THE GROWING OF CROPS OR RAISING OF FOWL OR ANIMALS :

22 5 .1 The burning in the open of materials produced wholly from operations in the growing and harvesting of crops or raising of fowls or animals for the primar y purpose of making a profit, of providing a livelihood, or of conducting agricultural research or instruction by an educational institution, and,

22 5 .2 In connection with the operations qualifying under section 225.1 : (a) The burning of grass and weeds i n or adjacent to fields in cultivation or being prepared for cultivation and; (b) The burning of material not produced wholly from such operations, but which are intimately related to the growing or harvesting of crops and which are used in the field, exce pt as prohibited by District regulations. An e xample is empty sacks which contained pesticides, burned in the field where the substances were applied.

22 6 OPEN BURNING FOR RANGE IMPROVEMENT: The use of open fires to remove vegetation for a wildlife, game or livestock habitat or for the initial establishment of an agricultural practice on previously uncultivated land.

22 7 OPEN OUTDOOR FIRE: The combustion of any combustible refuse or other

ma terial of any type outdoors in the open air not in any enclosure, where the products of combustion are not directed through a flue.

22 8 ORCHARD OR CITRUS GROVE HEATER : "Orchard or Citrus Grove Heater" means any article, machine, equipment or other contriv ance, 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.

22 9 PARTICULATE MATTER: Any material, except uncombined water, which exists in a finely divided form as a liquid or solid at standard conditions.

2 30 PERSON:

2 30 .1 Any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, company, contractor, supplier, installer, user or owner or any state or local government ag ency, or public district, or any officer orYolo

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employee thereof, and;

230 .2 The United States or its agencies, to the extent authorized by federal law.

2 3 1 PROCESS WEIGHT PER HOUR: The total weight of all 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 n ot. The "Process Weight Per Hour" will be derived by dividing the total process weight by the number of hours in one complete cycle from the beginning of any given process to the completion thereof, excluding any time during which the equipment is idle.

23 2 PUBLIC RECORDS : The following are public records:

23 2 .1 All information, analyses, plans or specifications that disclose the nature, extent, quantity or degree of air contaminants which any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance will produce , which the Air Quality Management District requires any applicant to provide before such applicant builds, erects, alters, replaces, operates or uses such article, machine, equipment or other contrivance.

23 2 .2 All air monitoring data, including data com piled from stationary sources.

23 2 .3 Except as otherwise provided in Section 23 2 .4 of this rule, trade secrets are not public records under this rule.

23 2 .4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all air pollution emission data, including those emission data which constitute trade secrets as defined in Section 237 of this rule, are public records. Data used to calculate emission data are not emission dat a for the purposes of this rule and data which constitute trade secrets and which are used to calculate emission data are not public records.

23 3 REGULATION: One of the major subdivisions of the rules of the Yolo

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2 3 4 RULE: A rule of the Yolo

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23 5 SECTION: A section of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.

23 6 STANDARD CONDITIONS: As used in these regulation s, a gas temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit and a gas pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute. Result of all analyses and tests shall be calculated or reported at this gas temperature and pressure. Where the use of U.S. EPA Test Methods are req uired in these Rules and Regulations, then Standard Conditions are those specified in that Test Method.

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not limited to any formula, plan, pattern, process, tool, mechanism, co mpound, procedure, production data, or compilation of information which is not patented, which 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

comm ercial value and which gives its user an opportunity to obtain a business advantage over competitors who do not know or use it.

23 8 VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC): Any compound containing carbon except exempt compounds as defined in Section 21 9

. Volatile organic compounds may also be referred to as reactive organic compounds (ROC).

23 9 WILDLAND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT BURNING: The use of prescribed burning conducted by a public agency to burn land predominantly covered with chaparral, trees, grass, or standing brush.

3 00 STANDARDS

301 AUTHORITY TO ARREST: The Air Pollution Control Officer is hereby authorized pursuant to Penal Code Section 836.5 to arrest a person without a warrant whenever he has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor in his presence which i s a violation of these Rules and Regulations.

302 DISCLOSURE OF DATA:

302.1 The Air Pollution Control Officer shall, upon due notice, make public records available for examination and provide copies thereof where appropriate

.

302.2 Trade secrets may be released:

a. To the ARB, which protects trade secrets as provided in Section 6254.7 of the Government Code and Sections 91000 to 91022 of the California Administrative Code, Title 17; or b. To the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, which protects

tra de secrets as provided in Section 114C of the Clean Air Act and in 40 CFR, Chapter 1, Part 2.

302. 3 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 trad e secret, shall be protected from disclosure in accordance with the provisions of Health and Safety Code Section 44346.

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401.1 Civil penalties shall be assessed according to Health and Safety Code, Division 26, Part 4, Chapter 4, Article 3, beginning with Section 42400.

401.2 The Air Pollution Control Officer after consultation with District Counsel shall give notice to a person who is charged with committing a violation of an applicable State law or District Rules and Regulations that an administrative settlement is being sought.

401.3 The Air Pollution Control Officer with advice of District Counsel is authorized as the District's agent to settle any administr ative penalty claim for the District under this rule.