Section 41701.5 Of Article 1. General Limitations From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. (a) Neither the state board nor any district shall impose
a discharge requirement on emissions of visible smoke from diesel
pile-driving hammers which is more stringent than the requirements of
this section, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c).
(b) A district shall issue a permit to the operator of a diesel
pile-driving hammer if the operator submits a completed application
for a permit to the district and the district determines, on the
basis of information provided in the application, that the proposed
use will comply with one of the following requirements:
(1) Meets the Ringelmann 1 limit, as published by the United
States Bureau of Mines, and does not exceed that limit for more than
four minutes during the driving of a single pile.
(2) Meets the Ringelmann 2 limit, as published by the United
States Bureau of Mines, does not exceed that limit for more than four
minutes during the driving of a single pile, and uses kerosene fuel,
smoke suppressing fuel additives, and synthetic lubricating oil. A
district may establish other requirements for compliance with this
paragraph if the requirements are technologically and economically
feasible. A district may consider the type of soil in which the pile
driving is to occur and the number of blows required to drive a pile
in determining the technological and economic feasibility of other
conditions to be imposed by the district.
(c) A permit issued by a district shall be valid until the
pile-driving work has been approved or accepted by the person or
entity for which the work is being performed. Upon request of an
operator or of a person or entity for which the pile-driving work is
performed, a district may extend the time period for which the permit
is valid if the operator continues to comply with this section.