Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Title 105 CMR 675.000 - Requirements To Maintain Airqualityin Indoorskating Rinks (state Sanitary Code, Chapter Xi) › Section 675.005 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Air Contaminants
shall mean carbon
				monoxide and nitrogen dioxide, unless the context clearly indicates a broader
				measuring.
Air Monitoring Device
shall mean
				colorimetric tubes or computer chip sampling devices for the sampling and
				measurement of nitrogen dioxide, and colorimetric tubes, in-place monitors with
				a digital read-out, hand held monitors or computer chip sampling devices for
				the sampling and measurement of carbon monoxide.
Air Sample
shall mean the result of
				any single measurement of the level of carbon monoxide or nitrogen dioxide in
				an indoor skating rink taken in accordance with the requirements of
				105 CMR 675.000.
Board
shall mean the local health
				department or local board of health in the city or town in which one or more
				indoor skating rinks are located.
Bureau
shall mean the Bureau of
				Environmental Health Assessment within the Department of Public Health.
Catalytic Converter
shall mean any
				pollution control device that is affixed to the exhaust system of ice
				resurfacing equipment that reduces exhaust emission of carbon monoxide or
				nitrogen dioxide.
Combustible Fuels
shall mean any fuel
				or power source used to power combustion resurfacing equipment, the use of
				which results in the emission of carbon monoxide or nitrogen dioxide into the
				interior of an indoor ice skating rink.
Combustion Resurfacing Equipment
shall
				mean any device or machinery powered by combustible fuels used to repair or
				improve the surface of ice in an indoor skating rink.
Commissioner
shall mean the
				commissioner of the Department of Public Health.
Correction Air Levels
shall mean air
				concentrations of carbon monoxide or nitrogen dioxide that, if equaled or
				exceeded, require the operator to take remedial measures specified in
				105 CMR 675.000 to reduce
				such air concentrations.
Department
shall mean the Department
				of Public Health.
Director
shall mean the director of
				the Bureau of Environmental Health Assessment within the Department of Public
				Health.
Evacuation Air Levels
shall mean air
				concentrations of carbon monoxide or nitrogen dioxide that, if equaled or
				exceeded, require the operator to immediately evacuate the indoor skating rink
				in accordance with
				105 CMR 675.000.
Exhaust
shall mean the emissions of
				gases and vapors containing carbon monoxide or nitrogen dioxide produced as a
				result of the use of combustible fuels in connection with the operation of
				combustion resurfacing equipment.
Indoor Skating Rink
shall mean any
				enclosed building that contains an ice surface which is created and/or
				maintained in part through the use of ice resurfacing equipment.
Notification Air Levels
shall mean air
				concentrations of carbon monoxide or nitrogen dioxide that, if equaled or
				exceeded, require the operator to notify state and local officials, as
				specified in
				105 CMR 675.000.
Operator
shall mean any person that
				manages or operates an indoor skating rink that is open to the general
				public.
Person
shall mean any individual or
				any partnership, corporation, the Commonwealth, or any of its agencies,
				authorities or departments and any political subdivision of the Commonwealth,
				including municip a lities , or other legalentity.
Record Keeping Log
shall mean a
				hardcover or soft cover log book or notebook suitable for recording the
				information required in
				105 CMR 675.000 and which
				is used solely for the purpose of keeping and recording the information
				required by
				105 CMR 675.000.
Resurfacing
shall mean the operation
				of resurfacing equipment to repair or improve the surface of ice in an indoor
				skating rink.
Ventilation Controls
shall mean any
				fan, mechanical air handling system or other equipment or system used to
				maintain air quality or climate control within an indoor skating rink.
Ventilation Rate
shall mean the volume
				of air per minute exchanged between the air outside and inside an indoor
				skating rink.