New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 11 - ALBUQUERQUE - BERNALILLO COUNTY AIR QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
Part 5 - VISIBLE AIR CONTAMINANTS
Section 20.11.5.14 - MOBILE SOURCES
Universal Citation: 20 NM Admin Code 20.11.5.14
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Motor Vehicles: Except for the mobile sources listed below, motor vehicles are subject to the visible emission limitations required by 20.11.103 NMAC, and not this Part.
B. Railroad:
(1) No person shall cause or allow visible
emissions from any moving railroad train to exceed 20 percent opacity, 6 minute
time-averaged, except the restriction is not applicable in the following
conditions:
(a) for a period of four
consecutive minutes when a locomotive is loaded after a period of
idle.
(b) for a period of one
minute during acceleration under load from a throttle position other than idle
to a higher throttle position.
(2) The owner or operator of any diesel
powered locomotive that has been issued a Notice of Violation of this
regulation, but which is not locally available for a compliance inspection,
shall submit to the Department an affidavit attesting to those abatement
measures which have been completed and shall state in that affidavit that the
locomotive has achieved compliance with this regulation, as determined in
accordance with EPA Method 9, ( 40 CFR 60, Appendix A).
C. Aircraft: No person shall cause or allow visible emissions from the operation of aircraft to exceed an opacity of 40 percent, 6 minute time-averaged. For the purposes of this regulation skywriting is excluded.
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