Section 24-109. Registrations generally  


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  • (a) In addition to the registrations
      required  by  subdivision (b) of this section the commissioner may order
      the written registration of emission sources other than those located in
      one or two family dwellings and motor vehicles. A period of  sixty  days
      from publication in the City Record of the commissioner's order shall be
      allowed  for  the filing of such registration. In cases of an emergency,
      the commissioner may designate a shorter period of time.
        (b) No person shall cause or permit the following unless he or she has
      first registered with the department:
        (1) the spraying of any insulating material in or upon any building or
      other structure during its construction, alteration or repair;
        (2) the demolition of any building  or  other  structure,  unless  the
      building  or  structure  is  being demolished pursuant to chapter one of
      title seventeen or article eight of subchapter two  of  chapter  one  of
      title twenty-six of the code.
        (3) The installation, alteration, use or operation of any fuel burning
      equipment  which in the aggregate, feeding into a common emission point,
      has a Btu input or gross output equal to or greater than  three  hundred
      fifty thousand Btu per hour but less than one million Btu per hour.
        (4) The installation, alteration, use or operation of any fuel burning
      equipment  which in the aggregate, feeding into a common emission point,
      has a Btu input or gross output equal to or greater than  three  hundred
      fifty  thousand  Btu per hour but less than 2.8 million Btu per hour and
      which uses a fuel gas, gasoline, or fuel oil  grades  Nos.  1  or  2  as
      classified by the American society for testing and materials.
        (c) Registration shall be made on forms furnished by the department.
        (1) Forms for registration pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section
      may  require information concerning the unit of equipment covered by the
      registration, the kind and amount of  air  contaminant  emitted  by  the
      equipment,  medical  and  other  scientific  information  concerning the
      effects of the air contaminant on persons, animals, and plants, and  any
      additional  information  required by the commissioner for the purpose of
      enforcing this code.
        (2) Forms for registration pursuant to paragraph  one  of  subdivision
      (b)  of  this  section shall require information concerning the kind and
      amount of insulating material that will be sprayed, the  composition  of
      the  insulating  material,  medical  and  other  scientific  information
      concerning the effects of the insulating material on  persons,  animals,
      and  property,  the  precautions  that  will  be  taken  to  prevent the
      insulating material from being  emitted  into  the  open  air,  and  any
      additional  information  required by the commissioner for the purpose of
      enforcing this code. Registration for spraying  of  insulating  material
      shall be filed at least five days prior to commencement of such spraying
      work.
        (3)  Forms  for  registration pursuant to paragraph two of subdivision
      (b) of this section shall require information concerning  the  kind  and
      amount  of  particulate  matter that it is reasonably anticipated may be
      released as a result of the demolition, the  precautions  that  will  be
      taken  to  prevent  particulate  matter from becoming air-borne, and any
      additional information required by the commissioner for the  purpose  of
      enforcing this code.
        (4)  The  registrant shall maintain the registration in current status
      by notifying the commissioner of any change in any item  of  information
      furnished  in  compliance  with  this  section,  other  than a change in
      ownership, within a reasonable time not to exceed fifteen days.
        (d) Registration shall be made by the following persons:
    
        (1) If  the  registrant  is  a  partnership  or  group  other  than  a
      corporation,  the  registration  shall be made by an individual who is a
      member of the group.
        (2) If the registrant is a corporation, the registration shall be made
      by an officer of the corporation.
        (3)  In  the  case of registration pursuant to subdivision (a) of this
      section by the owner of the equipment.
        (4)  In  the  case  of  registration  pursuant  to  paragraph  one  of
      subdivision  (b)  of  this  section,  by  the person responsible for the
      construction, alteration or repair of the building or other structure in
      or upon which spraying will occur.
        (5)  In  the  case  of  registration  pursuant  to  paragraph  two  of
      subdivision  (b)  of  this  section,  by  the person responsible for the
      demolition of the building or structure.
        (e) Registration shall be made in duplicate. Upon approval thereof,  a
      stamped  copy  of  the registration shall be returned to the registrant,
      and shall be  displayed  in  accordance  with  section  24-113  of  this
      subchapter.
        * (f)  Registration  of  equipment  or  apparatus shall be valid for a
      period of up to three years from the date of  approval  of  the  initial
      registration  or  renewal,  unless  sooner  revoked  or cancelled by the
      commissioner. Where a registration is renewed after its expiration,  the
      registration  fee charged in accordance with the provisions of this part
      shall be increased on a monthly pro-rated basis for the period  of  time
      between  such  expiration  and  renewal,  unless  it  is  shown  to  the
      satisfaction of the commissioner  that  registration  was  not  required
      under the provisions of this chapter.
        * NB Amended L.L. 49/85 § 2, language juxtaposed per Ch. 907/85 § 14