Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter445B Air Controls |
AIR POLLUTION |
Definitions |
NAC445B.121. “Opacity” defined.
- “Opacity” means the property of a substance tending to obscure vision and measured in terms of percent obscuration. The relationship between opacity and Ringelmann number is approximately equal to the following in shades of white to gray.
Opacity
Ringelmann
(Percent)
Number
20...................................
1
40.................................
2
60.................................
3
80.................................
4
100.................................
5
[Environmental Comm’n, Air Quality Reg. § 1.44, eff. 11-7-75; renumbered as § 1.120, 12-4-76]—(Substituted in revision for NAC 445.557)