WAC 173-24-030   Definitions.  Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words as used in this chapter have the following meanings:

     (1) "Commercial or industrial operation" means the industrial, manufacturing, waste disposal, utility or other commercial establishment operated by an applicant for a certificate under chapter 82.34 RCW.

     (2) "Department" means the Washington state department of ecology.

     (3) "Dual purpose pollution control facility" or "dual purpose facility" means a facility in which the portion for the purpose of pollution control is so integrated into the total facility with portions for other purposes that separation into identifiable component parts is not possible.

     (4) "Facility" means any treatment works, control device, disposal system, machinery, equipment, structure or property for which a certificate is applied for under chapter 82.34 RCW or any physically or conceptually identifiable part or accessory thereof.

     (5) "Necessary to the manufacture of products" means that without which manufacture of products at the present or proposed level could not be undertaken.

     If the manufacture of products could be undertaken at present levels without a facility, even though the manufacture would be uneconomical or impractical, such a facility is not necessary to the manufacture of products. However, if a commercial or industrial operation is recovering or producing chemicals or heat for use in the manufacturing process at the time it submits an application, then any facilities necessary for production or for recovery of chemicals at present percentage rates will be considered necessary to the manufacture of products.

     (6) "Pollution" means "air contaminant" and "air pollution" as defined in RCW 70.94.030, and "pollution" as defined in RCW 90.48.020.

     (7) "Products" as used in the phrase, "manufacture of products," includes the item or items which an industrial operation is designed primarily to manufacture or produce.

     (8) "Regional or local air pollution control authority" means any local or regional entity or control program considered as an "authority" for the purpose of chapter 70.94 RCW.

     (9) "Single purpose facility" means a facility other than a dual purpose facility.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 82.34 RCW. 00-20-009 (Order 00-20), § 173-24-030, filed 9/22/00, effective 10/23/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.080 and 43.21A.090 and chapter 82.34 RCW. 78-04-015 (Order DE 78-2), § 173-24-030, filed 3/14/78; Order DE 70-7, § 173-24-030, filed 8/4/71.]