Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 150 - CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM OUTDOOR WOOD BOILERS › Section 096-150-2 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The following terms, as used in this Chapter, have the
				  following meanings:
A.
Clean
				wood.
"Clean wood" means wood that has no paint, stain, or other types
				of coatings, and wood that has not been treated with, including but not limited
				to, copper chromium arsenate, creosote, or pentachlorophenol.
B.
Commercial outdoor wood boiler.
"Commercial outdoor wood boiler" means any outdoor wood boiler, except
				for those outdoor wood boilers used solely for space heating or domestic hot
				water, used to service a commercial establishment.
C.
Distribute or sell.
"Distribute or sell" means to distribute, sell, advertise for sale,
				offer for sale, lease, ship, deliver for shipment, release for shipment, or
				receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver. This term does
				not include the distribution or sale by a manufacturer of an outdoor wood
				boiler that is installed outside the State of Maine.
D.
Manufacturer.
"Manufacturer"
				means any person who constructs or imports for the distribution or sale into
				the United States an outdoor wood boiler.
E.
New outdoor wood boiler.
"New
				outdoor wood boiler" means an outdoor wood boiler that is not installed and/or
				operational at the intended location of use as of the effective date of this
				Chapter.
F.
Nuisance.
"Nuisance" means emission of air contaminants to the outdoor atmosphere
				of such quantity, characteristic or duration that may be injurious to human,
				plant or animal life or to property, or that unreasonably interferes with the
				comfortable enjoyment of life or property.
G.
Opacity.
"Opacity" means the
				degree to which emissions other than water reduce the transmission of light and
				obscure the view of an object in the background.
H.
Outdoor wood boiler.
"Outdoor
				wood boiler" (also known as outdoor wood-fired hydronic heater, water stove or
				outdoor wood furnace) means a fuel burning device that: (1) is designed to burn
				wood, biomass fuel products or other approved solid fuels; (2) the manufacturer
				specifies for outdoor installation or installation in structures not normally
				occupied by humans (e.g., sheds) or is an indoor-rated device housed in a
				modular or containerized structure; and (3) heats building space or water, or
				both, through the distribution, typically through pipes for a fluid or ducts
				for air, of a fluid or air heated in the device.
I.
Outdoor pellet boiler.
"Outdoor pellet boiler" means an outdoor wood boiler designed and warranted by
				the manufacturer specifically to burn pellet fuel with metered fuel and air
				feed and controlled combustion engineering, which is operated according to the
				manufacturer's specifications and burns only pellet fuel.
J.
Particulate matter or PM.
"Particulate matter or PM" means particulate matter
				PM10 and PM2.5 including the
				condensable fraction.
K.
Sale.
"Sale" means the transfer of ownership or control.