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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="2-101" title_number="2" title_name="Ambient Air Quality Control" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Air pollution” means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of any substance that is present in such quantities and is of such duration that it:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>May be predicted with reasonable certainty to be injurious to property or to human, plant, or animal life; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Unreasonably interferes with the proper enjoyment of the property of others because of the emission of odors, solids, vapors, liquids, or gases.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Council” means the Air Quality Control Advisory Council.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Emergency” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A condition of such public gravity and urgency that it requires immediate response; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A condition that is predicted to a reasonable degree of certainty to require immediate action to carry out the provisions of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Emission standard” means a requirement that limits the quantity, quality, rate, or concentration of emissions from a source.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Emission standard” includes any requirement that relates to the operation or maintenance of a source to assure continuous emission reduction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Person” includes any public or municipal corporation and any agency, bureau, department, or instrumentality of federal, State, or local government.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Political subdivision” means a county or municipal corporation of this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Regulated emissions” means the actual rate of emissions, in tons per year, of any registered pollutant emitted by a source, to be calculated using criteria consistent with 40 C.F.R. Part 70 (Operating Permit Program).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Source” means any person or property that contributes to air pollution.</text>
  </level>
</section>
