TITLE 3. AIR MANAGEMENT CODE
CHAPTER 3-200. PROHIBITED CONDUCT
§3-201. General Provisions. [9]
(a) No person shall discharge, or allow the escape of air
contaminants to the atmosphere:
(1) which are prohibited by or are in
excess of those permitted by this code or by the regulations of the Air
Pollution Control Board; or
(2) which exceed the density or opacity
limits established by the Board; or
(3) which result in or cause air
pollution or an air pollution nuisance.
(b) No person shall perform any
acts or operations in violation of orders issued by the Department pursuant to
this Title and the regulations adopted hereunder.
(c) (1) No person
shall emit any toxic air contaminant unless, within six months of the adoption
of regulations by the Air Pollution Control Board listing toxic air
contaminants, he provides notice to the Department including a Material Safety
Data Sheet as described in § 3-301(24) in accordance with the requirements
and procedures established in regulations promulgated by the Air Pollution
Control Board pursuant to this subsection.
If a person discharges a
toxic air contaminant on the list established by the Air Pollution Control Board
for the first time, that person shall provide the Department with proper notice
no more than thirty days after its emission into the atmosphere.
The
person responsible for any source of air contaminants affected by any subsequent
additions to the list of toxic substances established in the regulations of the
Air Pollution Control Board shall similarly file notice with the Department
within ninety days of the effective date of any revision to such
list.
(2) The Department shall maintain a file of all notices relating
to toxic air contaminants and shall make the file available for public
inspection and reproduction during normal business hours.
(3) Within
six months of the adoption of this subsection by the City Council, the Air
Pollution Control Board shall promulgate regulations establishing a list of
toxic air contaminants to which the provisions of this subsection shall be
applicable, the form of the notice and request to be provided to the Department
by any affected source of air contaminant emissions, and the reporting
requirements and procedures related thereto.
The following factors may
be considered by the Board in establishing the list of toxic air
contaminants:
(a) risk of immediate acute or subacute harm to human
health, at concentrations likely to be encountered in the
community;
(b) proven carcinogenicity through epidemiological
studies in both human and animal populations;
(c) suspected
carcinogenicity as shown in human epidemiological studies or in laboratory
studies of animals and other experimental media;
(d) mutagenicity and
teratogenicity as proven through human, animal, and experimental
media;
(e) bioaccumulative effects in humans and the
environment;
(f) findings of the Environmental Protection Agency, the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration or other such agencies regarding
toxicity;
(g) extent to which the substance is likely to be found in
Philadelphia industries;
(h) other such factors necessary for the
proper regulation of toxic air contaminants.
The Air Pollution Control
Board shall, as appropriate, update and revise the list of toxic air
contaminants subject to the provisions of this subsection on the basis of the
latest available relevant scientific information.