Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT
Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
Chapter 20 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part I - Administrative
Section 9VAC5-20-70 - Circumvention
Universal Citation: 9 VA Admin Code 5-20-70
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. No owner or other person shall cause or permit the installation or use of any device or any means which, without resulting in reduction in the total amount of air pollutants emitted, conceals or dilutes an emission of air pollutants which would otherwise violate this chapter. Such concealment includes, but is not limited to, either of the following:
1. The
use of gaseous diluents to achieve compliance with a visible emissions standard
or with a standard which is based on the concentration of a pollutant in the
gases discharged to the atmosphere.
2. The piecemeal carrying-out of an operation
to avoid coverage by a standard that applies only to operations larger than a
specified size.
B. This section does not prohibit the construction of a stack.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia.
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