Automobile Emmissions Regulations

METROPOLITAN HEALTH DEPARTMENT
BUREAU OF POLLUTION CONTROL
Regulation No. 8

REGULATION OF EMISSIONS FROM LIGHT-DUTY MOTOR VEHICLES
THROUGH MANDATORY VEHICLE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
SECTION 8-1:
DEFINITIONS

All terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given in Chapter 10.56, "Air Pollution Control," Section 10.56.010, "Definitions," of the Metropolitan Code of Law.

(a)"Air Pollutant" - means any particulate matter or any gas or vapor other than water orany combination thereof including any physical, chemical, biological, radioactivesubstance or matter which is emitted into or otherwise enters the ambient air.
(b)"Antique Motor Vehicle" - means any motor vehicle over twenty-five (25) years oldwhich is owned solely as a collectors' item and is used for participation in club activities,exhibits, tours, parades and similar uses, but in no event for general transportation.
(c)"Carbon Dioxide" - means a compound consisting of the chemical formula (CO2).
(d)"Carbon Monoxide" - means a compound consisting of the chemical formula (CO).
(e)"Catalytic Converter" - means a pollution control device containing a catalyst forconverting automobile exhaust into mostly harmless products.
(f)"Certificate of Compliance" - means a certification issued by a Department vehicleinspector or a fleet vehicle inspector that the motor vehicle identified on the certificatecomplies with the emission performance and anti-tampering criteria appropriate to thevehicle as specified in this Regulation.

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