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HSC § 41701

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Health and Safety Code - HSC
  2. DIVISION 26. AIR RESOURCES [39000. - 44475.3.]
  3. PART 4. NONVEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL [41500. - 42710.]
  4. CHAPTER 3. Emission Limitations [41700. - 41999.]
  5. ARTICLE 1. General Limitations [41700. - 41712.]

Except as otherwise provided in Section 41704, or Article 2 (commencing with Section 41800) of this chapter other than Section 41812, or Article 2 (commencing with Section 42350) of Chapter 4, no person shall discharge into the atmosphere from any source whatsoever any air contaminant, other than uncombined water vapor, for a period or periods aggregating more than three minutes in any one hour which is:

(a) As dark or darker in shade as that designated as No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart, as published by the United States Bureau of Mines, or

(b) Of such opacity as to obscure an observer’s view to a degree equal to or greater than does smoke described in subdivision (a).

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