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40 CFR § 61.181 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s61.181"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 61.181 - Definitions."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "61.181"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIR PROGRAMS"
part_number: "61"
part_name: "NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7401"
regulatory_source: "38 FR 8826, Apr. 6, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "61"
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# 61.181 Definitions.

All terms used in this subpart shall have the meanings given them in the Act, in subpart A of part 61, and in this section as follows:

*Arsenic kitchen* means a baffled brick chamber where inorganic arsenic vapors are cooled, condensed, and removed in a solid form.

*Control device* means the air pollution control equipment used to collect particulate matter emissions.

*Curtail* means to cease operations to the extent technically feasible to reduce emissions.

*Inorganic arsenic* means the oxides and other noncarbon compounds of the element arsenic included in particulate matter, vapors, and aerosols.

*Malfunction* means any sudden failure of air pollution control equipment or process equipment or of a process to operate in a normal or usual manner so that emissions of inorganic arsenic are increased.

*Opacity* means the degree to which emissions reduce the transmission of light.

*Primary emission control system* means the hoods, enclosures, ducts, and control devices used to capture, convey, and remove particulate matter from exhaust gases which are captured directly at the source of generation.

*Process emissions* means inorganic arsenic emissions that are captured and collected in a primary emission control system.

*Roasting* means the use of a furnace to heat arsenic plant feed material for the purpose of eliminating a significant portion of the volatile materials contained in the feed.

*Secondary emissions* means inorganic arsenic emissions that escape capture by a primary emission control system.

*Shutdown* means the cessation of operation of a stationary source for any purpose.

[51 FR 28033, Aug. 4, 1986; 51 FR 35355, Oct. 3, 1986]