Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R307 - Air Quality
Rule R307-403 - Permits: New and Modified Sources in Nonattainment Areas and Maintenance Areas
Section R307-403-3 - Review of Major Sources of Air Quality Impact
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
Every major new source or major modification must be reviewed by the director to determine if a source will cause or contribute to a violation of the NAAQS.
(1) If the owner or operator of a source proposes to locate the source outside an area of nonattainment where the source will not cause an increase greater than the following increments in actual areas of nonattainment or in the Salt Lake City and Ogden maintenance areas for carbon monoxide and the source otherwise meets the requirements of these regulations, such source shall be approved.
TABLE
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE MICROGRAM/CUBIC METER IMPACT BY AVERAGING TIME
Pollutant | Annual | 24-Hr | 8-Hr | 3-Hr | 1-Hr |
SULFUR DIOXIDE | 1.0 | 5 | 25 | ||
PM2.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | |||
NO2 | 1.0 | ||||
PM10 | 1.0 | 3 | |||
CO | 500 | 2000 |
(2) If the director finds that the emissions from a proposed source would cause a new violation of the NAAQS but would not contribute to an existing violation, the director shall approve the proposed source if and only if:
(3) For a proposed new major stationary source or major modification that is major for a pollutant, or any individual precursor to that pollutant, for which an area is designated nonattainment, approval shall be granted if and only if:
(4) A source which is locating outside a nonattainment area or the Salt Lake City and Ogden maintenance areas for carbon monoxide and which causes the significant increments in R307-403-3(1) to be exceeded in the nonattainment or maintenance area is subject to the requirements of R307-403-3(3).