Hazardous Air Contaminant definition

Hazardous Air Contaminant means an air contaminant which in the judgment of the Secretary, taking into account its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, causes, or contributes to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to result in an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness.
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Hazardous Air Contaminant means any air contaminant listed pursuant to subsection 112(b) of the Federal Clean Air Act.
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Hazardous Air Contaminant means any air contaminant for which no ambient air quality standard is set in ch. NR 404 and which the department determines may cause or significantly con- tribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irrevers- ible or incapacitating reversible illness, or may pose a significant
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Examples of Hazardous Air Contaminant in a sentence

  • Considering the lack of ambient monitoring data for air toxics, the Vermont Legislature mandated in 1993 (Act 92) that an air toxics monitoring program be conducted by the Agency of Natural Resources under the guidance of the Hazardous Air Contaminant Advisory Committee.

  • This bill exempted small waste oil furnaces from regulation under the Control of Hazardous Air Contaminant rule ( §5-261 APCR) if they were installed prior to January 21, 1994.

  • The Vermont General Assembly subsequently passed a bill, S.107, in the spring of 1993 which provided for the curbside collection of used oils and exempted waste oil furnaces from the Control of Hazardous Air Contaminant rule.

  • Cadmium and chromium concentrations were high enough such that projected emission and ambient impacts would not comply with the ambient air standards contained in the Control of Hazardous Air Contaminant rule ( §5-261 of the APCR).

  • In addition, as a result of increasing concerns and a general lack of detailed information regarding the air quality impacts from the combustion of used oils in waste oil furnaces, the APCR were amended in January of 1993 making these units subject to the Control of Hazardous Air Contaminant rule ( §5-261 APCR).

  • The theory is essential in providing the relationships of the variables through relevant coefficients.The study investigated Factors Affecting Effectiveness of Engineering and Telecommunication Procurement Process in the Case of Engineering Corporation of Oromia.

  • Table 3-14 Quantification of Cooling Tower HAC Emissions Hazardous Air Contaminant The estimated HAC emissions from the cooling towers do not exceed their respective Action Levels, and accordingly, cooling tower emissions were not evaluated further under §5-261 of the Regulations.


More Definitions of Hazardous Air Contaminant

Hazardous Air Contaminant means any air contaminant considered by the Agency, Department or Commission to cause or contribute to an identifiable and significant increase in mortality or to an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating irreversible illness and for which no ambient air standard exists.
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Hazardous Air Contaminant means any air contaminant for which no ambient air quality standard is set in ch. NR 404 and which the department determines may cause or significantly con- tribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irre-
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Hazardous Air Contaminant means any air contaminant which may cause or contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating, reversible illness and has been so designated by the Director.
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Related to Hazardous Air Contaminant

  • Air contaminant means dust, fumes, mist, smoke, other particulate matter, vapor, gas, odorous substances, or any combination thereof.

  • Contaminant means any material, substance or waste that is classified, regulated or otherwise characterized under any Environmental Law as hazardous, toxic, a contaminant or a pollutant or by other words of similar meaning or regulatory effect, including any petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls.

  • Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP means any pollutant listed by the EPA as a hazardous air pollutant in conformance with Section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act. A list of these pollutants is available at the Division of Air Quality.

  • Hazardous Substance means any chemical, pollutant, waste or substance that is (a) listed, classified or regulated under any Environmental Law as hazardous substance, toxic substance, pollutant, contaminant or oil or (b) any petroleum product or by product, asbestos containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls or radioactive material.

  • Hazardous Substances means any substances defined or designated as hazardous or toxic waste, hazardous or toxic material, hazardous or toxic substance or similar term, by any environmental statute, rule or regulation of any governmental entity presently in effect and applicable to such real property.

  • Hazardous Material means anything defined as a hazardous waste, hazardous substance, toxic substance, hazardous material, pollutant, or contaminant or similar term under an Environmental Law

  • Pollutant means any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, medical wastes, radioactive substance (except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 2011 et seq.)), thermal waste, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, municipal, agricultural, and construction waste or runoff, or other residue discharged directly or indirectly to the land, ground waters or surface waters of the State, or to a domestic treatment works. “Pollutant” includes both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants.

  • Hazardous Materials Contamination means contamination (whether now existing or hereafter occurring) of the improvements, buildings, facilities, personalty, soil, groundwater, air or other elements on or of the relevant property by Hazardous Materials, or any derivatives thereof, or on or of any other property as a result of Hazardous Materials, or any derivatives thereof, generated on, emanating from or disposed of in connection with the relevant property.

  • Hazardous Materials means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

  • Hazardous Waste means the substances regulated as such pursuant to any Environmental Law.

  • Controlled dangerous substance means a drug, substance, or