New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter III - AIR RESOURCES › Subchapter A - PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIR CONTAMINATION AND AIR POLLUTION › Part 247 - Outdoor Wood Boilers › Section 247.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) To the extent
				  that they are not inconsistent with the specific definitions in subdivision (b)
				  of this section, the general definitions of Part 200 and Subpart 201-2 of this
				  Title shall apply to this Part.
(b)
				  For the purposes of this Part, the following definitions apply:
(1) Agricultural land. The land and on-farm
				  buildings, equipment, manure processing and handling facilities, and practices
				  that contribute to the production, preparation and marketing of crops,
				  livestock and livestock products as a commercial enterprise, including a
				  'commercial horse boarding operation' and 'timber processing.' Such farm
				  operation may consist of one or more parcels of owned or rented land, which
				  parcels may be contiguous or noncontiguous to each other.
(2) Clean wood. Wood that has not been
				  painted, stained, or treated with any other coatings, glues or preservatives,
				  including, but not limited to, chromated copper arsenate, creosote, alkaline
				  copper quaternary, copper azole or pentachlorophenol.
(3) Commence operation. The initial start-up
				  of the combustion chamber of a new outdoor wood boiler after all piping and
				  electrical connections between the new outdoor wood boiler and the structure(s)
				  it serves have been completed.
(4)
				  Commercial-size new outdoor wood boiler. A new outdoor wood boiler with a
				  thermal output rating greater than 250,000 British thermal units per hour
				  (Btu/h).
(5) Distributor. Any
				  person who sells or leases a new outdoor wood boiler to an end user. A
				  distributor may be a manufacturer or agent thereof or an independent
				  contractor.
(6) End user. Any
				  person who purchases or acquires any new outdoor wood boiler for personal,
				  family, household, commercial or institutional use. Persons acquiring a new
				  outdoor wood boiler for resale are not end users for that product.
(7) Manufacturer. Any person who makes or
				  produces a new outdoor wood boiler that is ultimately operated in New
				  York.
(8) Model. All new outdoor
				  wood boilers manufactured by a single manufacturer that are similar in all
				  material and design respects.
(9)
				  New outdoor wood boiler. An outdoor wood boiler that commences operation on or
				  after April 15, 2011.
(10) Outdoor
				  wood boiler. A fuel burning device that:
(i)
				  is designed to burn wood or other fuels;
(ii) is specified by the manufacturer for
				  outdoor installation or installation in structures not normally occupied by
				  humans; and
(iii) is used to heat
				  building space and/or water via the distribution, typically through pipes, of a
				  gas or liquid (e.g., water or water/antifreeze mixture) heated in the
				  device.
(11)
				  Residential-size new outdoor wood boiler. A new outdoor wood boiler that has a
				  thermal output rating of 250,000 Btu/h or less.
(12) Responsible official. A president, vice
				  president, secretary, treasurer, general partner, proprietor, principal
				  executive officer, or any other person who performs policy or decisionmaking
				  functions and is authorized to legally bind a corporation, partnership, or sole
				  proprietorship which is subject to the provisions of this Part.
(13) Test Method 28-OWHH. "EPA Test Method 28
				  OWHH for Measurement of Particulate Emissions and Heating Efficiency of Outdoor
				  Wood-Fired Hydronic Heating Appliances," Attachment 2 of the "EPA Outdoor
				  Wood-Fired Hydronic Heater Program Phase I Partnership Agreement" dated March
				  16, 2007 (see table 1, section
				  200.9  of this
				  Title).
(14) Thermal output rating.
				  The heat value in Btu/h that a manufacturer specifies a particular model of new
				  outdoor wood boiler is capable of supplying at its design capacity.