Document BR29ZmG64OpgGxVrRNMg57Le4

amended In RSI-S. it 7 111. Reg.. 1244. effective January 21. I9B3: codified at 7 'III. Reg. 13S79, amended In R82-I (Docket A) at 10 111. Reg. 12628. effective July 7. 1986; amended In R67-38 at 13 111. Reg. 2066'. effective February 3. 1989. SUSPART A: DEFINITIONS Section 201.101 Other Definitions a} Except as hereinafter stated and unless a different Meaning of a term Is clear from its context, the definitions of terns used In 35 111; Ads. Cdde: Subtitle 8. Chapter I (Chapter), shall be the same as those used In the Environmental Protection Act (111. Rev. Slat. 1981. ch. Ill 1/2. pars. 1001 et seg.) (Act). b) All terms defined In 3S 111. Ado. Code 211 ' Milch appear In this.Part have the .definitions specified by 35 III. Ada. Code 211 Section 201.102 Definitions "Air Contaminant4: any solid., liquid or gaseous matter, any odor or any form of energy, that Is capable of being released Into the atmosphere from an emission source. "Air Pollution Control Equipment": any equipment or facility of a type Intended to eliminate, prevent, reduce or control the emission of specified air contaminants to the' atmosphere. "Air Pollution": the presence In the atmosphere' of one or more air contaminants In sufficient quantities and of such characteristics and duration as to be Injurious to human, plant, or animal life, to health, or to property, or to unreasonably Interfere with the .enjoyment of life or property. "Ambient Air": -that portion of the atmosphere external to buildings comprising emission sources. "Ambient Air Quality Standard": those standards promulgated from time' to lime by the Pollution ...Control Board (Board) pursuant to authority contained In.the-Act and found at is 111. Ado. Code 241. or -by the United States Environment*! Protection Agency (USEPA) pursuant to'authorlty contained In.42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.. as amended from time to time. "Clean Air. Act": the Clean Air Act or 1970. as amended, including the Clean Air Act Aoentaenls of 1977. as amended (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.). flConiaence*: the act of -entering Into1 a binding agreement or contractual obligation;.to undertake and complete, within a reasonable time, a continuous program of construction or modifications. "Construction": cmhnencemenl of on-site fabrication, erection or installatlon-.of an emission source or of air-pollution control equipment.' 1 , "Emission Source": any equipment or facility o< a type capable of emitting specified air contaminants to the atmosphere. "Existing Air Pollution Control Equipment": any , air pollution.control, equipment, the construction or modification which has coomenced 'prior to April 14; 1972.' ' "Existing Emission Source": any emission source...the construction or modification of., which has commenced prior to April 14. 1972. ' "Modification":, any physical dtaiiige In. or .-, change In the method of operations, of an emission source or of air pollution control - - equipment which increases the amount of any specif led-air contaminant emitted by such source ' or equiCSienL.or. which resullv,ln..tbe.,emlvk.ioa.ot .any specified air contaminant'not. previously >emttted. It shall be presumed th>t an Increase In-the use of raw materials, the. time of 'operation or the rate of production will change .the amount uf any specified air. contaminant emitted,- Notwithstanding--another provisions- of this definition;' for'purposes'of permits Issued pursuant to Subpart 0. the Illinois . Environmental Protection Agency .(Agencyj. may .... _ specify conditions under which an, emission source or air pollution control, equipment may he operated;,without. causing..*.modificationas. herein defined', and normal cyclical variations, before the date operating permits are required, shall not be consldered mbdlfrtiiiins. "New Air Pollution Control Equipment": any air pollution control equipment, the construction or modification of which is commenced .on-or after Ajirll 14. 1972, "New Emission-Source": ' any emission source, the constructIbhormod I f ICatTonorwtfrtlvrs commenced on or.after April M. 1972. Owner or Operator": any person who owns, leases, controls or supervises an emission source or air pollution control equipment. "Person*:.- any -Individual', corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust', estate, public or private Institution, group.' agency, political subdivision of this State, any other State or political subdivision or'agency thereof or-iny legal -successorc -'representatlvb. '8gdhC'or~ agency of the foregoing. "PSD Incrementrv,,the.nAx1um allowable increase over! baseline concentration of any air contaminant as determined by Section 163 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.-7473) and regulations adopted -thereunder. "Specified Air Contaminant": any air contaminant as to which this'' Subtitle contains emission standards or other specific limitations. "Standard Industrial Classification Manual": the Standard Industrial Classification Manual (1972), Superintendent of Documents. ti.S.