Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-5-130
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Air curtain incinerators – Limitations on required
Official statutory text
use.
A. 1. The Department of Environmental Quality shall not
require the use of an air curtain incinerator for fires purposely
set for land clearing operations except in counties or areas within
a county that:
a. are or have been designated nonattainment for National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) or where the
Department-certified ambient air quality monitoring
data documents a violation of primary NAAQS prior to
such determination, or
b. have a population of greater than five hundred
thousand (500,000) people according to the latest
Federal Decennial Census.
2. For the purposes of this section, "air curtain incinerator"
means an incineration unit, operating by forcefully projecting a
curtain of air across an open integrated combustion chamber or open
pit or trench, in which combustion occurs.
B. The Department shall not require the use of an air curtain
incinerator for fires purposely set for the burning of clean wood
waste or yard brush except in counties or areas within a county
that:
1. Are or have been designated nonattainment for National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) or where the Department-
certified ambient air quality monitoring data documents a violation
of primary NAAQS prior to such determination; or
2. Have a population of greater than five hundred thousand
(500,000) people according to the latest Federal Decennial Census.
C. The Department may promulgate rules to limit accumulation of
clean wood waste or yard brush.
D. The burning of clean wood waste or yard brush shall not
create a public nuisance.
E. The Department shall promulgate rules to carry out the
provisions of this section.
A. 1. The Department of Environmental Quality shall not
require the use of an air curtain incinerator for fires purposely
set for land clearing operations except in counties or areas within
a county that:
a. are or have been designated nonattainment for National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) or where the
Department-certified ambient air quality monitoring
data documents a violation of primary NAAQS prior to
such determination, or
b. have a population of greater than five hundred
thousand (500,000) people according to the latest
Federal Decennial Census.
2. For the purposes of this section, "air curtain incinerator"
means an incineration unit, operating by forcefully projecting a
curtain of air across an open integrated combustion chamber or open
pit or trench, in which combustion occurs.
B. The Department shall not require the use of an air curtain
incinerator for fires purposely set for the burning of clean wood
waste or yard brush except in counties or areas within a county
that:
1. Are or have been designated nonattainment for National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) or where the Department-
certified ambient air quality monitoring data documents a violation
of primary NAAQS prior to such determination; or
2. Have a population of greater than five hundred thousand
(500,000) people according to the latest Federal Decennial Census.
C. The Department may promulgate rules to limit accumulation of
clean wood waste or yard brush.
D. The burning of clean wood waste or yard brush shall not
create a public nuisance.
E. The Department shall promulgate rules to carry out the
provisions of this section.
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