Section 326IAC4-3-5. Operating standards

   (a) No person shall operate an outdoor hydronic heater from May 1 through September 30 if the unit is located less than three hundred (300) feet away from an occupied building not located on the same property on which the heater is installed, unless the outdoor hydronic heater has been qualified to meet the Phase 2 emission limit in section 3 of this rule.

  (b) A person shall burn only clean wood or other approved renewable solid fuel in an outdoor hydronic heater.

  (c) No person shall burn any of the following items in an outdoor hydronic heater:

(1) Any wood that does not meet the definition of clean wood.

(2) Garbage.

(3) Tires.

(4) Lawn clippings or yard waste.

(5) Materials containing plastic.

(6) Materials containing rubber.

(7) Waste petroleum products.

(8) Paints and paint thinners.

(9) Chemicals.

(10) Coal.

(11) Glossy or colored papers.

(12) Construction and demolition debris.

(13) Plywood.

(14) Particleboard.

(15) Manure.

(16) Animal remains.

(17) Asphalt products.

  (d) Home heating oil, natural gas, or other fuels recommended by the manufacturer may be used as a starter or supplemental fuel for dual-fired outdoor hydronic heaters.

  (e) No person shall cause or allow the emission of a smoke plume from an outdoor hydronic heater to exceed an average of twenty percent (20%) opacity, a measure of the amount of light obscured by particulate pollution, for six (6) consecutive minutes in any one (1) hour period. Upon initial firing of the unit where no wood coal bed exists, visible emissions may not exceed forty percent (40%) opacity for twenty (20) consecutive minutes during the start-up period. Measurements of opacity shall be conducted in accordance with 40 CFR 60, Appendix A, Method 9* by a representative of the commissioner.

  (f) Outdoor hydronic heaters must comply with all applicable:

(1) state and federal laws; and

(2) local ordinances.

  *This document is incorporated by reference and is available from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or is available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. (Air Pollution Control Division; 326 IAC 4-3-5; filed Apr 18, 2011, 11:27 a.m.: 20110518-IR-326050332FRA)