OAR 340-238-0040
Definitions


The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020 (General Air Quality Definitions) and this rule apply to this division. If the same term is defined in this rule and 340-200-0020 (General Air Quality Definitions), the definition in this rule applies to this division.

(1)

“Administrator” means the Administrator of the EPA or authorized representative.

(2)

“Affected facility” means, with reference to a stationary source, any apparatus to which a standard is applicable.

(3)

“Capital expenditures” means an expenditure for a physical or operational change to an existing facility that exceeds the product of the applicable “annual asset guideline repair allowance percentage” specified in the latest edition of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Publication 534 and the existing facility’s basis, as defined by section 1012 of the Internal Revenue Code. However, the total expenditure for a physical or operational change to an existing facility must not be reduced by any “excluded additions” as defined in IRS Publication 534, as would be done for tax purposes.

(4)

“C.F.R.” means the July 1, 2020 edition Code of Federal Regulations unless otherwise identified.

(5)

“Closed municipal solid waste landfill” (closed landfill) means a landfill in which solid waste is no longer being placed, and in which no additional solid wastes will be placed without first filing a notification of modification as prescribed under 40 C.F.R. 60.7(a)(4). Once a notification of modification has been filed, and additional solid waste is placed in the landfill, the landfill is no longer closed.

(6)

“Commenced”, with respect to the definition of “new source” in section 111(a)(2) of the federal Clean Air Act, means that an owner or operator has undertaken a continuous program of construction or modification or that an owner or operator has entered into a contractual obligation to undertake and complete, within a reasonable time, a continuous program of construction or modification.

(7)

“Existing municipal solid waste landfill” (existing landfill) means a municipal solid waste landfill that began construction, reconstruction or modification before 530/91 and has accepted waste at any time since 1108/87 or has additional design capacity available for future waste deposition.

(8)

“Existing facility”, with reference to a stationary source, means any apparatus of the type for which a standard is promulgated in 40 C.F.R. Part 60, and the construction or modification of which commenced before the date of proposal by EPA of that standard; or any apparatus that could be altered in such a way as to be of that type.

(9)

“Fixed capital cost” means the capital needed to provide all the depreciable components.

(10)

“Large municipal solid waste landfill” (large landfill) means a municipal solid waste landfill with a design capacity greater than or equal to 2.5 million megagrams or 2.5 million cubic meters.

(11)

“Modification:”

(a)

except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, means any physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, an existing facility that increases the amount of any air pollutant (to which a standard applies) emitted into the atmosphere by that facility or that results in the emission of any air pollutant (to which a standard applies) into the atmosphere not previously emitted;

(b)

As used in OAR 340-238-0100 (Municipal Solid Waste Landfills) means an action that results in an increase in the design capacity of a landfill.

(12)

“Municipal solid waste landfill” (landfill) means an entire disposal facility in a contiguous geographical space where household waste is placed in or on land. A municipal solid waste landfill may also receive other types of RCRA Subtitle D wastes such as commercial solid waste, nonhazardous sludge, conditionally exempt small quantity generator waste, and industrial solid waste. Portions of a municipal solid waste landfill may be separated by access roads and may be publicly or privately owned. A municipal solid waste landfill may be a new municipal solid waste landfill, an existing municipal solid waste landfill, or a lateral expansion (modification).

(13)

“New municipal solid waste landfill” (new landfill) means a municipal solid waste landfill that began construction, reconstruction or modification or began accepting waste on or after 530/91.

(14)

“Reconstruction” means the replacement of components of an existing facility to such an extent that:

(a)

The fixed capital cost of the new components exceeds 50 percent of the fixed capital cost that would be required to construct a comparable entirely new facility; and

(b)

It is technologically and economically feasible to meet the applicable standards set forth in 40 C.F.R. Part 60.

(15)

“Reference method” means any method of sampling and analyzing for an air pollutant as specified in 40 C.F.R. Part 60.

(16)

“Small municipal solid waste landfill” (small landfill) means a municipal solid waste landfill with a design capacity less than 2.5 million megagrams or 2.5 million cubic meters.

(17)

“Standard” means a standard of performance proposed or promulgated under 40 C.F.R. Part 60.

(18)

“State Plan” means a plan developed for the control of a designated pollutant provided under 40 C.F.R. Part 60.
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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