Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 245 - ODORS
Section 245.100 - Definitions
"Animal and Marine Matter": Any product or derivative of animal life.
"Food Service Establishment": Any fixed or mobile restaurant; coffee shop; cafeteria; short order cafe, luncheonette, grill; tea room; sandwich shop; soda fountain; tavern; bar; cocktail lounge; nightclub; roadside stand; industrial feeding establishment; private, public, or non-profit organization or institution routinely serving food; catering kitchen; commisary or similar place in which food is placed for sale or served on the premises or elsewhere; and any other eating or drinking establishment or operation where food is served or provided for the public, with or without charge.
"Odor Concentration": The number of cubic feet that one cubic foot of sample will occupy when diluted to the odor threshold. It is a measure of the number of odor units in one cubic foot of the sample. It is expressed in odor units per cubic foot.
"Odor Unit": One cubic foot of air at the odor threshold.
"Person": Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, political subdivision, state agency, or any other legal entity, or their legal representative, agent or assigns.
"Process": Any action, operation, or treatment and the equipment used in connection therewith, and all methods or forms of manufacturing or processing that may emit smoke, particulate matter or gaseous matter.
"Rendering": Any heating process, including cooking, drying, dehydrating, digesting, evaporating and protein concentrating of animal or marine matter.
