N.M. Code R. § 20.11.2.7 Definitions

• Library: New Mexico Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 34, No. 24, December 19, 2023
• Citation: N.M. Code R. § 20.11.2.7
• Year: 2023

In addition to the definitions in 20.11.2.7 NMAC, the definitions in 20.11.1 NMAC apply unless there is a conflict between definitions, in which case the definition in 20.11.2.7 NMAC shall govern.

A. "Administrative revision" means a revision to either:

(1) a source registration issued pursuant to 20.11.40 NMAC, to incorporate a change in the stationary source information that does not result in the source being subject to 20.11.41 NMAC; or

(2) a permit that has been issued pursuant 20.11.41 NMAC in order to (a) correct a typographical error not made by the department; (b) identify a change in ownership, name, address or contact information of any person identified in the permit; or (c) incorporate a change in the permit to include a source or activity at the facility if the facility is exempted pursuant 20.11.41 NMAC.

B. "Allowable emission rate" means the fee-pollutant emission rate that has been established by a permit issued by the department.

C. "Asbestos Unit" or "AU" is the number derived by dividing the amount of asbestos removed, at or above the levels specified in 40 CFR 40Standard for demolition and renovation61.145, by the corresponding conversion factor and unit of measure in square feet, linear feet, or cubic feet respectively.

D. "Consumer price index all urban consumers" or "CPI-U" means a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

E. "Division" means the department's air quality division or successor organizational unit.

F. "Efficiency control factor" means a factor used in conjunction with a fugitive dust source classification to determine the annual fee per acre to be paid for a programmatic permit issued pursuant to 20.11.20 NMAC. The four fugitive dust source classifications pertaining to programmatic permits are "no impact source", "low impact source", "moderate impact source" and "high impact source", which are defined in 20.11.2.7 NMAC.

G. "Emissions unit" means any part or activity of a stationary or portable source that emits or has the potential to emit a fee pollutant.

H. "Fee pollutant" means any regulated air pollutant as defined in 20.11.2.7 NMAC, not including any Class I or II substance subject to a standard established in Title VI of the federal Clean Air Act.

I. "Fugitive emissions" means emissions that cannot reasonably pass through a stack, chimney, vent or other functionally equivalent opening.

J. "High impact source" means a fugitive dust source to which a control strategy or combination of strategies has been applied, which strategies, when applied to an entire source or a portion of a source, can reasonably be expected to reduce fugitive dust leaving the source by approximately 10 percent compared to the level of fugitive dust leaving the source that would be expected if no control...