North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 02 - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
Section .0500 - EMISSION CONTROL STANDARDS
Section 02D .0510 - PARTICULATES FROM SAND, GRAVEL, OR CRUSHED STONE OPERATIONS

Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 02D .0510

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) The owner or operator of a sand, gravel, or crushed stone operation shall not cause, allow, or permit any material to be produced, handled, transported or stockpiled without taking measures, such as application of a dust or wet suppressant, soil stabilizers, covers, or add-on particulate control devices, to reduce to a minimum any particulate matter from becoming airborne to prevent exceeding the ambient air quality standards beyond the property line for particulate matter, both PM10 and total suspended particulates.

(b) Fugitive non-process dust emissions from sand, gravel, or crushed stone operations shall be controlled by 15A NCAC 02D .0540.

(c) The owner or operator of any sand, gravel, or crushed stone operation shall control process-generated emissions:

(1) from crushers with wet suppression; and

(2) from conveyors, screens, and transfer points,

such that the applicable opacity standards in 15A NCAC 02D .0521 or 02D .0524 are not exceeded.

Authority G.S. 143-215.3(a)(1); 143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1998; January 1, 1985;
Readopted. Eff. November 1, 2020.

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