OAR 340-240-0630: Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area Contingency Measures: Contingency Enhanced Curtailment of Use of Solid Fuel Burning Devices and Fireplaces

(1) Beginning on November 1 of each year and continuing through and including February 28 of the following year, no fireplace, as defined by OAR 340-262-0450, may emit more than 5.1 grams per kilogram of particulate emissions. A fireplace shall be deemed in compliance with this emission standard if it has been certified either in accordance with ASTM international standard test method E2558 or by the DEQ pursuant to 340-262-0500. A fireplace that is not certified as described in this rule shall be presumed not to comply with this rule. (2) The DEQ may approve exemptions from compliance with section (1) of this rule on days when the DEQ or the Klamath County Health Department has issued a local Klamath Falls Advisory Call indicating that it is a good ventilation day (a “green day”) that are also state holidays or days that the county has designated as a “special occasion day”. Any person who wishes to receive such an exemption must file an exemption application with the DEQ and the DEQ must have approved the exemption request prior to the green day. [NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040.] [NOTE: Publications referenced are available from the agency.]