Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 401 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET - DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 65 - Mobile Source-Related Emissions › Section 401 KAR 65:001 - Definitions for 401 KAR Chapter 65

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				224.1-010,
				224.10-100,
				224.20-100,
				224.20-110,
				224.20-120,
				40 C.F.R. Part 50 , Appendix J, Part 51,
				42
				U.S.C. 7410
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				224.10-100(5) requires the
				Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to promulgate administrative
				regulations for the prevention, abatement, and control of air pollution. This
				administrative regulation defines the terms used in 401 KAR Chapter 65. The
				definitions contained in this administrative regulation, which have
				corresponding federal definitions, are not more stringent nor otherwise
				different than the corresponding federal definitions.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Air contaminant" is defined in
			 KRS
			 224.1-010(1).
(2) "Air pollutant" means air
			 contaminant.
(3) "Air pollution" is
			 defined in
			 KRS
			 224.1-010(3)
(4) "Alternative method" means a method of
			 sampling and analyzing for an air pollutant that is not a reference method or
			 equivalent method, and has been demonstrated to the cabinet's and the U.S.
			 EPA's satisfaction to produce adequate results for its determination of
			 compliance.
(5) "Ambient air" means
			 that portion of the atmosphere, external to buildings, to which the general
			 public has access.
(6) "Ambient air
			 quality standard" means a numerical expression of a specified concentration
			 level for a particular air contaminant and the time averaging interval over
			 which that concentration level is measured and is a goal to be achieved in a
			 stated time through the application of appropriate preventive or control
			 measures.
(7) "AOAC" means
			 Association of Official Analytical Chemists.
(8) "ANSI" means American National Standards
			 Institute.
(9) "ASTM" means
			 American Society for Testing and Materials.
(10) "BOD" means biochemical oxidant
			 demand.
(11) "BTU" means British
			 Thermal Unit.
(12) "°C" means
			 degree Celsius (centigrade).
(13)
			 "Cabinet" is defined in
			 KRS
			 224.1-010(9).
(14) "Cal" means calorie.
(15) "cfm" means cubic feet per
			 minute.
(16)
			 "CH4" means methane.
(17) "CO" means carbon monoxide.
(18) "CO2" means
			 carbon dioxide.
(19) "COD" means
			 chemical oxidant demand.
(20)
			 "Director" means Director of the Division for Air Quality of the Environmental
			 and Public Protection Cabinet.
(21)
			 "District" is defined in KRS 224.1 -010(11).
(22) "dscf" means dry cubic feet at standard
			 conditions.
(23) "dscm" means dry
			 cubic meter at standard conditions.
(24) "Equivalent method" means a method of
			 sampling and analyzing for an air pollutant that has been demonstrated to the
			 cabinet's and the U.S. EPA's satisfaction to have a consistent and
			 quantitatively known relationship to the reference method, under specified
			 conditions.
(25) "Exempt compound"
			 or "exempt solvent" means an organic compound listed in the definition of
			 volatile organic compound as not participating in atmospheric photochemical
			 reactions.
(26) "Extreme
			 nonattainment county" or "extreme nonattainment area" means a county or portion
			 of a county designated extreme nonattainment for the one (1) hour national
			 ambient air quality standard for ozone in
			 401 KAR
			 51:010.
(27) "°F" means degree
			 Fahrenheit.
(28) "ft" means feet or
			 foot.
(29) "g" means
			 gram.
(30) "gal" means gallon.
(31) "gr" means grain.
(32) "HCI" means hydrochloric acid.
(33) "Hg" means mercury.
(34) "HF" means hydrogen fluoride.
(35) "hr" means hour.
(36) "Hydrocarbon" means an organic compound
			 consisting predominantly of carbon and hydrogen.
(37) "H2O" means
			 water.
(38)
			 "H2S" means hydrogen sulfide.
(39)
			 "H2SO4" means sulfuric
			 acid.
(40) "in" means
			 inch.
(41) "J" means
			 joule.
(42) "Kg" means
			 kilogram.
(43) "l" means
			 liter.
(44) "lb" means
			 pound.
(45) "m" means
			 meter.
(46)
			 "m3" means cubic meter.
(47) "Marginal nonattainment county" or
			 "marginal nonattainment area" means a county or portion of a county designated
			 marginal nonattainment for the one (1) hour national ambient air quality
			 standard for ozone in
			 401 KAR
			 51:010.
(48) "ng" means microgram.
(49) "mg" means milligram.
(50) "min" means minute.
(51) "MJ" means megajoules.
(52) "mm" means millimeter.
(53) "MM" means million.
(54) "mo" means month.
(55) "Moderate nonattainment county" or
			 "moderate nonattainment area" means a county or portion of a county designated
			 moderate nonattainment for the one (1) hour national ambient air quality
			 standard for ozone in
			 401 KAR
			 51:010.
(56) "Nitrogen oxides" means all oxides of
			 nitrogen except nitrous oxide, as measured by test methods specified by the
			 cabinet.
(57) "NO" means nitric
			 oxide.
(58)
			 "NO2" means nitrogen dioxide.
(59) "NOx" means
			 nitrogen oxides.
(60)
			 "O2" means oxygen.
(61) "O3" means
			 ozone.
(62) "Opacity" means the
			 degree to which emissions reduce the transmission of light and obscure the view
			 of an object in the background.
(63) "Opacity standard" means the maximum
			 allowable opacity for a diesel vehicle during emission standard
			 testing.
(64) "oz" means
			 ounce.
(65) "Particulate matter"
			 means a material, except uncombined water, that exists in a finely divided form
			 as a liquid or a solid as measured by the appropriate approved test
			 method.
(66) "Particulate matter
			 emissions" means, except as used in 40 C.F.R. Part 60 , all finely divided
			 solid or liquid material, other than uncombined water, emitted to the ambient
			 air as measured by applicable reference methods, or an equivalent or
			 alternative method specified in 40 C.F.R. Chapter 1, or by a test method
			 specified in the approved state implementation plan.
(67) "Person" is defined in
			 KRS
			 224.1-010(17).
(68) "PM2.5" means
			 particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal
			 two-and-a-half (2.5) micrometers as measured by a reference method in 40 C.F.R.
			 Part 50 , Appendix L, and designated in accordance with 40 C.F.R. Part 53 , or
			 by an equivalent method designated in accordance with 40 C.F.R. Part
			 53.
(69)
			 "PM10" means particulate matter with an aerodynamic
			 diameter less than or equal to a nominal ten (10) micrometers as measured by a
			 reference method in 40 C.F.R. Part 50, Appendix J and designated in accordance
			 with 40 C.F.R. Part 53, or by an equivalent method designated in accordance
			 with 40 C.F.R. Part 53.
(70)
			 "PM10 emissions" means finely divided solid or liquid
			 material with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal ten (10)
			 micrometers emitted to the ambient air as measured by an applicable reference
			 method, or an equivalent or alternative method, specified in 40 C.F.R. Chapter
			 I, or by a test method specified in the approved state implementation
			 plan.
(71) "ppb" means parts per
			 billion.
(72) "ppm" means parts per
			 million.
(73) "ppm(w/w)" means
			 parts per million (weight by weight).
(74) "psia" means pounds per square inch
			 absolute.
(75) "psig" means pounds
			 per square inch gage.
(76) "S"
			 means at standard conditions.
(77)
			 "sec" means second.
(78) "Serious
			 nonattainment county" or "serious nonattainment area" means a county or portion
			 of a county designated serious nonattainment for the one (1) hour national
			 ambient air quality standard for ozone in
			 401 KAR
			 51:010.
(79) "Severe nonattainment county" or "severe
			 nonattainment area" means a county or portion of a county designated severe
			 nonattainment for the one (1) hour national ambient air quality standard for
			 ozone in
			 401 KAR
			 51:010.
(80) "SO2" means
			 sulfur dioxide.
(81) "sq" means
			 square.
(82) "Standard" means an
			 emission standard, a standard of performance, or an ambient air quality
			 standard promulgated in the administrative regulations of the Division for Air
			 Quality or the emission control requirements necessary to comply with 401 KAR
			 Chapter 51.
(83) "Standard
			 conditions" means:
(a) For source
			 measurements, twenty (20) degrees Celsius (sixty- eight (68) degrees
			 Fahrenheit) and a pressure of 760 mm Hg (29.92 in. of Hg);
(b) For air quality determinations,
			 twenty-five (25) degrees Celsius (seventy-seven (77) degrees Fahrenheit) and a
			 reference pressure of 760 mm Hg (29.92 in. of Hg).
(84) "State implementation plan" or "SIP"
			 means the most recently prepared plan or revision required by
			 42
			 U.S.C. 7410 which has been approved by the
			 U.S. EPA.
(85) "TAPPI" means
			 Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry.
(86) "Total suspended particulates" or "TSP"
			 means particulate matter as measured by the method described in 40 C.F.R. Part
			 50 , Appendix B.
(87) "tpy" means
			 ton per year.
(88) "TSS" means
			 total suspended solids.
(89)
			 "Uncombined water" means water which can be separated from a compound by
			 ordinary physical means and which is not bound to a compound by internal
			 molecular forces.
(90) "Urban
			 county" means a county which is a part of an urbanized area with a population
			 greater than 200,000 based upon the 1980 census. If a portion of a county is a
			 part of an urbanized area, then the entire county shall be classified as urban
			 with respect to the administrative regulations of the Division for Air
			 Quality.
(91) "Urbanized area"
			 means an area defined as such by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
			 Census.
(92) "U.S. EPA" means
			 United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(93) "UTM" means Universal Transverse
			 Mercator.
(94) "Volatile organic
			 compound" or "VOC" is defined in
			 40
			 C.F.R. 51.100(s).
(95) "yd" means yard.