§ 19-2-102. Definitions. (Effective 5/13/2014)  


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  •      As used in this chapter:
    (1) "Air contaminant" means any particulate matter or any gas, vapor, suspended solid, or any combination of them, excluding steam and water vapors.
    (2) "Air contaminant source" means all sources of emission of air contaminants whether privately or publicly owned or operated.
    (3) "Air pollution" means the presence in the ambient air of one or more air contaminants in the quantities and duration and under conditions and circumstances as is or tends to be injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or use of property, as determined by the rules adopted by the board.
    (4) "Ambient air" means the surrounding or outside air.
    (5) "Asbestos" means the asbestiform varieties of serpentine (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonite-grunerite, anthophyllite, and actinolite-tremolite.
    (6) "Asbestos-containing material" means any material containing more than 1% asbestos, as determined using the method adopted in 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M, National Emission Standard for Asbestos.
    (7) "Asbestos inspection" means an activity undertaken to determine the presence or location, or to assess the condition of, asbestos-containing material or suspected asbestos-containing material, whether by visual or physical examination, or by taking samples of the material.
    (8) "Board" means the Air Quality Board.
    (9) "Clean school bus" has the same meaning as defined in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 16091.
    (10) "Director" means the director of the Division of Air Quality.
    (11) "Division" means the Division of Air Quality created in Section 19-1-105.
    (12) "Friable asbestos-containing material" means any material containing more than 1% asbestos, as determined using the method adopted in 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M, National Emission Standard for Asbestos, that hand pressure can crumble, pulverize, or reduce to powder when dry.
    (13) "Indirect source" means a facility, building, structure, or installation which attracts or may attract mobile source activity that results in emissions of a pollutant for which there is a national standard.
Amended by Chapter 24, 2014 General Session