N.M. Code R. § 20.2.60.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 11, June 11, 2024
Section 20.2.60.7 - DEFINITIONS

In addition to the terms defined in 20.2.2 NMAC (Definitions), as used in this part:

A. "air pollution episode" means an air pollution alert, warning, or emergency issued by the department pursuant to the air pollution episode contingency plan for New Mexico, as included in New Mexico's state implementation plan as adopted by the environmental improvement board, and Section 74-2-10 NMSA 1978;
B. "household waste" means any waste including garbage and trash, derived from households including single and multiple residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds and day use recreation areas;
C. "nonattainment area" means an area which has been designated under Section 107 of the federal Clean Air Act as nonattainment for one or more of the national ambient air quality standards by the federal environmental protection agency;
D. "open burning" means any manner of burning, whether caused, suffered or allowed, not in a device or chamber designed to achieve combustion, where the products of combustion are emitted, directly or indirectly, into the open air; open burning does not include detonation of manufactured explosives;
E. "part" means an air quality control regulation under Title 20, Chapter 2, of the New Mexico administrative code, unless otherwise noted, as adopted or amended by the board;
F. "pile volume" means the gross volume of a pile, including the air space between solid constituents, as calculated from the overall dimensions and shape of the pile;
G. "salvage operation" means any operation to salvage or reclaim any material for use or sale, such as reprocessing of used motor oils, metals, wire, chemicals, shipping containers, or drums, and specifically including automobile graveyards and junkyards; and
H. "vegetative material" means plant material, including:
(1) grass, grass clippings, leaves, conifer needles, bushes, shrubs, trees, and clippings from bushes, shrubs and trees, resulting from maintenance of yards or other private or public lands; and
(2) wood waste, clean lumber, wood and wood products, including tree stumps (whole or chipped), trees, tree limbs (whole or chipped), bark, sawdust, chips, scraps, slabs, millings, and shavings, which have not been painted, pigment-stained, or treated with compounds containing chromium, copper, arsenic, pentachlorophenol, or creosote.

N.M. Code R. § 20.2.60.7

20.2.60.7 NMAC - Rp 20.2.60.7 NMAC, 12/31/03