| (ii) equivalent test method approved by the executive director and EPA. (b) Compliance determination exclusions. Contributions from uncombined water shall not be included in determining compliance with this section. The burden of proof which establishes the applicability of this subsection shall be upon the person seeking to come within its provisions.
(c) Solid fuel heating devices. (1) Operating restrictions. In the City of El Paso, including the Fort Bliss Military Reservation, no person shall operate a solid fuel heating device during a period when National Weather Service data indicates that an atmospheric stagnation condition exists or is predicted to exist. For the purposes of this section, a solid fuel heating device shall be defined as any fireplace, wood heater, wood stove, wood-fired boiler, coal-fired furnace, or similar device burning any solid fuel which is used for aesthetic, cooking (excluding commercial cooking), or heating purposes, and located inside a building. (2) Exemptions. An exemption from the requirements of this section may be granted by the executive director of the Texas Air Control Board if one or more of the following conditions are met: (A) the solid fuel heating device is in a period of burn down; that is, a period of time not to
exceed three hours for the cessation of combustion within the device; (B) the solid fuel heating device is the sole source of heat for the building in which it is situated; or (C) the solid fuel heating device becomes the sole source of heat within the building because of a temporary power loss.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §111.111 adopted to be effective July 18, 1989, 14 TexReg 3290; amended to be effective November 14, 1990, 15 TexReg 6302; amended to be effective February 12, 1992, 17 TexReg 690; amended to be effective October 23, 1992, 17 TexReg 7083; amended to be effective July 23, 1993, 18 TexReg 4508.
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