New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE)
Part 72 - CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
Section 20.2.72.203 - CONTENTS OF APPLICATIONS

Universal Citation: 20 NM Admin Code 20.2.72.203

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024

A. Any person seeking a permit under Subsection A of 20.2.72.200 NMAC shall do so by filing a written application with the Department. The applicant shall submit the number of copies of the permit application specified in the applicable application form. The items of this section, if requested on the applicable application form, are required before the Department may deem an application administratively complete. The items may be modified by the Department, as appropriate, for emergency permits processed under 20.2.72.215 NMAC. All applications shall, as required by the Department:

(1) Be filled out on the form(s) furnished by the Department;

(2) State the applicant's name and address, together with the names and addresses of all owners or operators of the source, and the applicant's state of incorporation or principal registration to do business;

(3) Provide all information, including all calculations and computations, to describe the specific chemical and physical nature and to estimate the maximum quantities of any regulated air contaminants the source will emit through routine operations after construction, modification or installation is completed, and estimate maximum potential emissions during malfunction, startup, shutdown. With respect to a toxic air pollutant as defined by Subsection H of 20.2.72.401 NMAC this requirement only applies when the toxic air pollutant is emitted in such a manner that a permit is required under the provisions of 20.2.72.400 NMAC - 20.2.72.499 NMAC;

(4) Contain a regulatory compliance discussion demonstrating compliance with each applicable air quality regulation, ambient air quality standard, prevention of significant deterioration increment, and provision of 20.2.72.400 NMAC - 20.2.72.499 NMAC. The discussion must include an analysis, which may require use of US EPA-approved air dispersion model(s), to (1) demonstrate that emissions from routine operations will not violate any New Mexico or National Ambient Air Quality Standard or prevention of significant deterioration increment, and (2) if required by 20.2.72.400 NMAC - 20.2.72.499 NMAC, estimate ambient concentrations of toxic air pollutants.

(5) Provide a preliminary operational plan defining the measures to be taken to mitigate source emissions during malfunction, startup or shutdown;

(6) Include a topographical map, at least as detailed as the 7.5 minute Topographic Quadrangle map published by the United States Geological Survey, showing the exact location and geographical coordinates of the proposed construction, modification or installation of the source;

(7) Include a process flow sheet, including a material balance, and a site diagram of all components and locations of emissions to the atmosphere of the facility which would be involved in routine operations and emissions;

(8) Include a full description, including all calculations of controlled and uncontrolled emissions and the basis for all control efficiencies presented, of the equipment to be used for air pollution control, including a process flow sheet, or, if the Department so requires, layout and assembly drawings;

(9) Include a description of the equipment or methods proposed by the applicant to be used for emission measurement;

(10) State the maximum and standard operating schedules of the source after completion of construction, modification or installation or after permit revision in terms of which and how many hours per day, days per week, days per month and days per year;

(11) Contain such other specifically identified relevant information as the Department may reasonably require;

(12) Be notarized and signed under oath or affirmation by the operator, the owner or an authorized representative, certifying, to the best of his or her knowledge, the truth of all information in the application and addenda, if any;

(13) Contain payment of any fees which are specified in 20.2.75 NMAC (Construction Permit Fees) as payable at the time the application is submitted;

(14) Contain documentary proof of applicant's public notice, if applicable, as specified in Subsection B of 20.2.72.203 NMAC; and

(15) At the sole discretion of the applicant, contain a request for accelerated review of the application.

B. The applicant's public notice for technical permit revisions shall be as specified in Paragraph 6 of Subsection B of 20.2.72.219 NMAC. The applicant's public notice for a permit or significant permit revision shall be:

(1) Provided by certified mail, to the owners of record, as shown in the most recent property tax schedule, of all properties:
(a) Within one hundred (100) feet of the property on which the facility is located or proposed to be located, if the facility is or is proposed to be located in a Class A or Class H county or a municipality with a population of more than two thousand five hundred (2500) persons; or

(b) Within one-half (1/2) mile of the property on which the facility is located or is proposed to be located if the facility is or will be in a county or municipality other than those specified in Sub-paragraph (a) of Paragraph 1 of Subsection B of 20.2.72.203 NMAC;

(2) Provided by certified mail to all municipalities and counties in which the facility is or will be located and to all municipalities, Indian tribes, and counties within a ten (10) mile radius of the property on which the facility is proposed to be constructed or operated;

(3) Published once in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the property on which the facility is proposed to be constructed or operated is located. This notice shall appear in either the classified or legal advertisements section of the newspaper and at one other place in the newspaper calculated to give the general public the most effective notice and, when appropriate, shall be printed in both English and Spanish;

(4) Posted in at least four (4) publicly accessible and conspicuous places, including:
(a) The proposed or existing facility entrance on the property on which the facility is, or is proposed to be, located, until the permit or significant permit revision is issued or denied; and

(b) Three (3) locations commonly frequented by the general public, such as a nearby post office, public library, or city hall; and

(5) Submitted as a public service announcement to at least one radio or television station which serves the municipality or county in which the source is or is proposed to be located.

C. The notice specified in Paragraphs 1 through 4 of Subsection B of 20.2.72.203 NMAC shall contain the following:

(1) The applicant's name and address, together with the names and addresses of all owners or operators of the facility or proposed facility;

(2) The actual or estimated date that the application was or will be submitted to the Department;

(3) The exact location of the facility or proposed facility;

(4) A description of the process or change for which a permit is sought, including an estimate of the maximum quantities of any regulated air contaminant the source will emit after proposed construction is complete or permit is issued;

(5) The maximum and standard operating schedules of the facility after completion of proposed construction or permit issuance; and

(6) The current address of the Department to which comments and inquiries may be directed.

D. The public service announcement request specified in Paragraph 5 of Subsection B of 20.2.72.203 NMAC shall contain the following information about the facility or proposed facility:

(1) The name, location, and type of business;

(2) The name of the principal owner or operator;

(3) The type of process or change for which a permit is sought;

(4) Locations where the notices required under Paragraph 4 of Subsection B of 20.2.72.203 NMAC have been posted; and

(5) The address or telephone number at which comments and inquires may be directed to the Department.

E. Changing, Supplementing or Correcting Applications:

(1) Prior to a final decision on an application, the applicant shall have a duty to promptly supplement and correct information submitted in the application. The duty to supplement shall include relevant information thereafter acquired or otherwise determined to be relevant.

(2) If, while processing an application, regardless of whether it has been determined to be administratively complete, the Department determines that additional information is necessary to evaluate or take final action on that application, it may request such information. The request shall be in writing, identify the additional information requested and the need for the additional information, and set a reasonable deadline for a response. The applicant shall submit the requested information in writing on or before the deadline set by the Department.

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