Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 252 - Department of Environmental Quality › Chapter 100 - Water Quality Standards Implementation › Subchapter 13 - Open Burning › Section 252:100-13-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Subchapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Air curtain incinerator," "air curtain
				  destructor,"
or
"open pit incinerator"
means an
				  incineration unit operating by forcefully projecting a curtain of air across an
				  open, integrated combustion chamber (fire box) or open pit or trench (trench
				  burner) in which combustion occurs.
"Clean lumber"
means wood or wood products that
				  have been cut or shaped and include wet, air-dried, and kiln-dried wood
				  products. Clean lumber does not include wood products that have been painted,
				  pigment-stained, or pressure-treated by compounds such as chromate copper
				  arsenate, pentachlorophenol, and creosote, or manufactured wood products that
				  contain adhesives or resins (e.g., plywood, particle board, flake board, and
				  oriented strand board).
"Clean wood waste"
or
"wood waste"
means untreated wood and untreated wood products, including tree stumps (whole
				  or chipped), trees, tree limbs (whole or chipped), bark, sawdust, chips,
				  scraps, slabs, millings, and shavings. Wood waste does not include:
(A) Grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs and clippings from
				  bushes and shrubs from residential, commercial/retail, institutional, or
				  industrial sources as part of maintaining yards or other private or public
				  lands.
(B) Construction, renovation, or demolition wastes.
(C) Clean lumber.
(D) Treated wood and treated wood products, including wood
				  products that have been painted, pigment-stained, or pressure treated by
				  compounds such as chromate copper arsenate, pentachlorophenol, and creosote, or
				  manufactured wood products that contain adhesives or resins (e.g., plywood,
				  particle board, flake board, and oriented strand board).
"Combustible materials"
means any substance
				  which will readily burn and shall include those substances which, although
				  generally considered incombustible, are or may be included in the mass of the
				  material burned or to be burned.
"Domestic refuse"
means combustible materials or
				  refuse that normally result from the function of life at a residence, such as
				  kitchen garbage, untreated lumber, cardboard boxes, packaging, clothing, grass,
				  leaves, and branch trimmings. It does not include such things as tires,
				  non-wood construction debris, furniture, carpet, electrical wire, and
				  appliances.
"Fire training"
means a fire purposely set as
				  part of an organized program of drills for the training of firefighting
				  personnel or for testing firefighting materials or equipment, which is part of
				  a recognized training program.
"Human-made structure"
means any structure
				  constructed with the intent of providing shelter to persons or property. It
				  does not include structures constructed specifically for live-burn fire
				  training purposes.
"Land clearing operation"
means the uprooting,
				  cutting, or clearing of vegetation in preparation for the construction of
				  buildings, the development of residential, commercial, agricultural, or
				  industrial properties, and for the construction and maintenance of
				  right-of-ways. It does not include the clearing of vegetation such as
				  trimmings, fallen limbs, branches, or leaves, or other wastes from routine
				  property maintenance activities, or the removal or destruction of human-made
				  structures.
"Metropolitan Statistical Area"
or
"MSA"
means a core area containing a substantial population
				  nucleus, together with adjacent communities having a high degree of economic
				  and social integration with that core, as defined by the federal Office of
				  Management and Budget.
"Open burning"
means the burning of combustible
				  materials in such a manner that the products of combustion are emitted directly
				  to the outside atmosphere.
"Ozone Alert "
means an announcement by the DEQ
				  that the ozone concentrations in the alert area are forecasted to exceed the
				  National Ambient Air Quality Standard. The Ozone Alert applies to the day
				  following the announcement.
"Particulate Matter Alert,"
or
"PM
Alert"
means an announcement by the DEQ that the particulate
				  matter concentrations in the alert area are forecasted to exceed the National
				  Ambient Air Quality Standard. The PM Alert applies to the day following the
				  announcement.
"Products of combustion"
means all particulate
				  and gaseous air contaminants emitted as a result of the burning of refuse and
				  combustible materials.
"Refuse"
means garbage, rubbish, domestic refuse
				  and all other wastes generated by a trade, business, industry, building
				  operation, or household.
"Yard brush"
means cut or broken branches,
				  leaves, limbs, shrubbery, or tree trimmings. It does not include refuse, grass
				  clippings, in-ground tree stumps, or any non-vegetative material.
Added at 11 Ok Reg 977, eff 1-14-94 (emergency) ; Added at
					 11 Ok Reg 2031, eff 5-26-94 ; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 1889, eff 6-12-00 ; Amended
					 at 21 Ok Reg 1518, eff 6-11-04 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1076, eff
					 7-1-13