Rules And Regulations:

Title 48 - Rules For Fugitive Emissions

Section 48-001 General Policy

In order to restore and maintain Lane County air quality in a condition as free from air pollution as is practicable, consistent with the overall public welfare of the county, it is the policy of the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency to require the application of reasonable measures to minimize fugitive emissions to the greatest extent practicable.

Section 48-005 Definitions

(See Title 12, Definitions)

Section 48-010 General Applicability

1. "Except for agricultural activities which are exempted by state statute, these rules apply to all sources of fugitive emissions within Lane County.
2. "Examples of sources affected by these rules are:
   1. Construction activities including land clearing and topsoil disturbance;
   2. Demolition activities;
   3. Unpaved traffic areas and parking lots where there are nuisance conditions;
   4. Material handling and storage operations;
   5. Mining and yarding activities including access and haul roads;
   6. Storage piles of dusty materials;
   7. Manufacturing operations.

Section 48-015 General Requirements

1. When fugitive emissions escape from a building or equipment in such a manner and amount as to violate any regulation, the Director may, in addition to other means of obtaining compliance, order that the building or equipment in which processing, handling and storage are done be tightly closed and ventilated in such a way that air contaminants are controlled or removed before discharge to the open air. Fugitive emissions creating a nuisance shall be regulated by Title 49 of these rules.
2. No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit any materials to be handled, transported, or stored; or a building, its appurtenances, or a road to be used, constructed, altered, repaired or demolished; or any equipment to be operated, without taking reasonable precautions to prevent particulate matter from becoming airborne. Such reasonable precautions shall include, but not be limited to the following:
   1. Use, where possible, of water or chemicals for control of dust in the demolition of existing buildings or structures, construction operations, the grading of roads or the clearing of land;
   2. Application of asphalt, approved road oil, water, or other suitable chemicals on unpaved roads, material stockpiles, and other surfaces which can create airborne dusts;
   3. Full or partial enclosure of materials stockpiles in cases where application of oil, water or chemicals is not sufficient to prevent particulate matter from becoming airborne;
   4. Installation and use of hoods, fans and fabric filters to enclose and vent the handling of dusty materials;
   5. Adequate containment during sandblasting or other similar operations;
   6. The covering of moving, open-bodied trucks transporting materials likely to become airborne;
   7. The prompt removal from paved streets of earth or other material which does or may become airborne.