19710615 1971-12ORDINANCE NO. 1971-12
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3, 9, 10 AND 14
OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax,
Virginia, that the City of Fairfax Air Pollution Control Ordinance
be, and it hereby is, amended as follows:
1. The definition of Air Pollution in Section 3 of said
ordinance is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"AIR POLLUTION: The presence in the outdoor atmosphere
of one or more substances which are or may be harmful or injurious
to human health, welfare or safety, to animal or plant life, or
to property, or which unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment
by the people of life or property."
2. Section 9 of said ordinance is hereby amended to read
in its entirety as follows:
"SECTION 9
EMISSIONS PROHIBITED:
A.
VISIBLE EMISSIONS:
1. An owner shall not discharge into the
outdoor atmosphere from any single source
of emission whatsoever any air pollutant
which is
(a)
(b)
as dark or darker in shade than smoke
designated as No. i on the Ringelmann
Smoke Chart, or
of such opacity as to obscure an
observer's view to a degree as great
or greater than does smoke designated
as No. I on the Ringelmann Smoke Chart
when used as a measure of opacity;
provided, however, that if an owner
can show to the satisfaction of the
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Officer that an emission of air
pollutants contains less than O.lO
pounds of particulate matter per 1,O00
pounds of dry exhaust gas, adjusted to
12 percent carbon dioxide for fuel
burning equipment or 50 percent excess
air for incinerators, or that the
opacity of the visible emission is due
to the presence of water vapor, or that
these emissions comply with the emission
standards contained elsewhere in this
Chapter, this limitation shall not
apply.
2. The limitations of Section 9-A-1 do not
apply to visible emissions resulting from
starting a new fire in a cold furnace,
cleaning a fire, blowing soot and similar
operational requirements if for a reasonable
length of time.
EMISSION OF PARTICULATE MATTER:
1. No owner shall cause, suffer, or allow to
be emitted into the outdoor atmosphere from
any fuel-burning equipment or premises, or
to pass a convenient measuring point near
the stack outlet, particulate matter in the
flue gases to exceed o.60 pounds per one
million BTU heat input for installations
using less than ten million BTU per hour
total input. For installations using
greater than ten million BTU per hour total
input, Figure I will be used to determine
to allowable particulate emission limitation.
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The burning of refuse in fuel-burning
equipment is prohibited except in equip-
ment from which no visible emissions in
excess of that permitted by Section 9-A-1
(a) and no particulate matter in excess of
that permitted by Section 9-A-1 (b) is
emitted, and no objectionable odors arising
from the installation are detectable beyond
the premises on which the installation is
located.
No person or owner shall cause, suffer, or
allow to be emitted into the outdoor
atmosphere from any incinerator or premises
or to pass a convenient measuring point in
the breeching or on the discharge side of
any control device, particulate matter to
exceed O.BO pounds per 1,O00 of flue gas,
adjusted to 12 percent carbon dioxide (or
50 percent excess air) and calculated as if
no auxiliary fuel had been used. Flue-fed
incinerators (those which use the same flue
for feeding the refuse and discharging the
gases of combustion) are prohibited.
The maximum allowable emission of particu-
late matter from any source whatsoever
except fuel-burning equipment and incinera-i
tors shall be determined from Table 1.
Where the process weight (moisture-free
basis) per hour falls between two values in
the table, the maximum weight discharged
per hour shall be determined by linear
interpolation. When the process weight is
in excess of 60,000 pounds per hour, there
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shall not be discharged in any one hour
from any source whatsoever particulate
matter in excess of 40 pounds per hour.
5. Stack emission tests for particulate matterI
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shall be undertaken by generally recognizedI
methods of measurement. Meth~
standards
or
found in the A.S.M.E. Test Code for Dust l
Separating Dust Concentrations in Gas !
Streams, PTC 27-1957, and the Los Angeles
County Source Testing Manual shall be used,
but these may be modified or adjusted by
the Officer to suit specific sampling
conditions or needs based upon good practic,
judgment and experience.
No owner shall cause or permit a building
or its appurtenances or a road to be con-
structed , altered, repaired or demolished
or any material to be handled, transported
or stored without taking reasonable pre-
cautions to prevent particulate matter from
becoming airborne.
EMISSIONS OF GASES, VAPORS AND ODORS:
1. No owner shall cause, suffer or allow any
emissions of gases, vapors, or odors beyond
the property line from which such emissions
occur, to be in sufficient quantities and
of such characteristics and duration as is
or is likely to be injurious to the public
welfare, to the health of human, plant or
animal life, or to property, or which inter~
fere with the reasonable use of property.
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in its entirety as follows:
"SECTION l0
A.
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R. No owner shall use fuel oils with sulphur
content which exceeds two (R) percent by
weight. Effective August l, 1968, no
owner shall use fuel oils the sulphur con-
tent of which exceeds one and one-half
(1 l/R) percent by weight; provided, how-
ever, effective July 1, 1969, no owner
shall use fuel oils with sulphur content
which exceeds Qne (1) percent by weight.
3. In the absence of appropriate control
measures no owner shall use products
which, either by themselves or due to
additives or impurities, result in air
pollution."
Section l0 of said ordinance is hereby amended to read
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OPEN BURNING: No owner shall cause~suffer,
allow, or permit any open fire in any public
or private place outside any building. During
the existence of an air pollution alert, as
may be declared by appropriate authority, all
exceptions are void.
EXCEPTIONS:
Open burning may be done under permit as
follows:
1. Open fires may be set in performance of
an official duty of any public health or
safety officer if the fire is necessary
for one or more of the following reasons
or purposes:
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(a) for the prevention of fire hazards
which cannot be abated by other means;
(b) for the instruction of public fire
fighters or industrial employees
under the supervision of the Fire
Marshal; or
(c) for the protection of public health.
2. Fires may be used for the cooking of food,
provided no smoke violation or nuisance is
created.
3. Open fires may be set for recreational
purposes, such as camp fires, provided
no smoke violation or nuisance is created.
4. Salamanders or other devices may be used
for heating by construction or other
workers~ provided no smoke violation or
other nuisance is created.
After July l, 1972, no open burning shall be
allowed except under a variance request by the
governing body and granted by the State Air
Pollution Control Board.
4. Section 14-B of said ordinance is hereby amended to read
in its entirety as follows:
B. No exemption or partial exemption shall be
granted pursuant to this section except after
public hearing before the Department on due
notice and until the Department has considered
the relative interests of the applicant, other
owners of property likely to be affected by the
discharges, and the general public.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its
pas sage.
Introduced: June 1, 1971.
Adopted: June 15, 1971.
Att_est: ~ · ~
Cit~ dlerk