 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Air Pollution: |
Dirty air that could injure human health or property, or animal life, and/or prevent normal use and enjoyment of property. |
|
|
Air Quality Standard: |
The allowable amount of an air contaminant in outside air |
|
|
Air Toxics: |
Chemicals that are know to or suspected of causing cancer or other serious health effects, including damage to the respiratory or nervous systems, birth defects and reproductive problems. |
|
|
Ambient Air: |
Outdoor air. |
|
|
Attainment Area: |
a geographic site that meets clean air quality standards. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bact: |
Best Available Control Technology to reduce specific air pollutants. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cfr: |
Code of Federal Regulations. Publication containing federal regulations. EPA regulations are in Title 40 (40 CFR). These can be found at law libraries and some public libraries. |
|
|
Compliance: |
Observing and accepting all the DPNR and federal environmental rules and regulations. |
|
|
Containment: |
An element that soils the air. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Emission Inventory: |
A list of air pollutant sources and the amounts emitted into a community’s air. |
|
|
Emission Standard: |
The greatest amount of a pollutant that can be discharged from a single source. |
|
|
Emission: |
A routine discharge or release of pollutants into the air. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Facility: |
A specific structure, device, item, equipment, or enclosure that is and/or contains a stationary source. |
|
|
For A Non-Attainment Area |
Ozone emission tons are less in those countries designated as non-attainment by EPA’s classification schedule. |
|
|
For An Attainment Area |
Any facility or stationary source which emits, or can emit, 100 tons per year or more of any air contaminant. |
|
|
Fugitive Dust: |
Particulate matter suspended in the air by wind action and human activities. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gact: |
Generally Available Control Technology to reduce specific air pollutants. |
|
|
Ground Level Ozone: |
Produced by the combination of pollutants from many sources, including smokestacks, cars, paints, and solvents, in the presence of heat and sunlight. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mact: |
Maximum Achievable Control Technology to reduce specific air pollutants. |
|
|
Major Source: |
For all areas - Ten ton of any hazardous air pollutants |
|
|
Monitoring: |
Air samples taken by local, state, and regional agencies to measure air pollutants. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-Attainment Area: |
A geographic area where the air pollutants exceeds air quality standards. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Small Business: |
Is a business that is independently owned and operated concern that is not dominant in its field. The business must be owned by a person who employs 100 or fewer employees, and cannot be a major stationary source. |