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Establishes provisions for the establishment of maximum levels of emissions of air pollutants caused by external combustion processes by fixed pollution sources.
Art. 1 Establish national maximum limits for the emission of pollutants into the air (emission standards) by new fixed external combustion sources with nominal power of up to 70 MW (seventy megawatts) and above.
§ 1 The definition of maximum pollution emissions is that provided by CONAMA Resolution 5 of June 15, 1989 which created PRONAR.
§ 2 For all purposes of this Resolution new pollution sources are those belonging to enterprises that will apply for licenses from the competent environmental organs after the date of publication of this Resolution.
§ 3 A external combustion process in point sources comprehends all burning of combustible substances through the following machines: boilers, vapor generators, plants for the generation of electric energy, ovens, furnaces, greenhouses and dryers for the generation and use of thermic energy, incinerators and gasifiers.
Art 2 The following maximum emission limits for total amounts of particles and sulfur dioxide(SO2) are established for all purposes of this Resolution, expressed in pollutant weight by highest colorific combustible power and colorimetric density, according to the classification related to pretended uses defined by PRONAR.
2.1.1.1 Areas whose atmosphere must be preserved (Conservation Units, except APAs). All air polluting activities are banned within these areas.
a) Total of Particles – 120 (one hundred and twenty) grams per million of kilocalories.
b) Colorimetric Density – Maximum of 20% (twenty percent) of the equivalent of the Ringlemann 1 scale, except in relation chimney cleaning operations and during the start of the hardware.
c) Sulfur Dioxide (SO 2 ) – 2.000 (two thousand) grams per million kilocalories.
d) The combustible oil consumption limit by a point source, (corresponding to the nominal capacity of all tools) is 3.000 tons per year. Consumption of oils that surpasses this limit must be previously approved by the state environmental organ and through the issuing of environmental licenses.
– 350 (three hundred and fifty) grams per million kilocalories (for combustion oils).
– 1.500 (one thousand five hundred) grams per million kilocalories (for mineral coal).
– Maximum of 20% (twenty percent) of the equivalent of the Ringlemann 1 scale, except in relation chimney cleaning operations and during the start of the hardware.
– 5.0 00 (five thousand) grams per million kilocalories (for combustion oils and mineral coal).
The installation of new polluting point sources in these areas is banned.
– 120 (one hundred and twenty) grams per million kilocalories (for combustion oils.
– 800 (eight hundred) grams per million kilocalories (for mineral coal).
– 2.000 (two thousand) grams per million kilocalories for both combustion oils and mineral coal).
Art 3 It is the duty of state organs to establish maximum total emission limits for other particles, apart from combustion oil and mineral coal, sulfur dioxide and, when applicable, other polluting agents, at the time when environmental licenses are processed for different enterprises.
Art 4 It is the duty of environmental state organs to present proposals to their respective governments regarding the framework of their Class I and III areas, as foreseen by CONAMA Resolution 5/89 and CONAMA Resolution 3/90.
Art. 5 Compliance with the established maximum emission limits does not exempt enterprises from compliance with other possible complementing control requirements, according to current legislation.
Art 6 The verification of compliance with the maximum emission limits established by this Resolution, after the granting of the Operational License, may be performed by the licensing environmental organ or by the licensed enterprise, provided that it monitored by the licensing environmental organ.
Art 7 The hereby fixed maximum emission limits will be subjected to a first revision within two years and thereafter every 5 (five) years and other pollutants generated by external combustion processes from point sources may be added to those established by this Resolution.
Art 8 This Resolution shall enter into effect on the date of its publication.
This text does not substitute the text published in the Official Gazette on Dec. 28, 1990.

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