Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. The
department shall furnish application forms to applicants. Completion of these
forms serves as initial registration of stationary sources and emissions units
subject to this article.
B. Each
application for a minor NSR permit shall include such information as may be
required by the department to determine the effect of the new stationary source
or emissions unit on the ambient air quality and to determine compliance with
any emission standards which are applicable. The information required shall
include, but is not limited to, the following:
1. Company name and address (or plant name
and address if different from the company name), owner's name and agent, and
telephone number and names of plant site manager or contact or both.
2. A description of the source's processes
and products (by Standard Industrial Classification Code).
3. All emissions of regulated air pollutants.
a. A minor NSR permit application shall
describe all emissions of regulated air pollutants emitted from any emissions
unit or group of emissions units in the new stationary source or project or
affected by the stack outlet elevation reduction. The permit application shall
include a description of all changes in uncontrolled emissions from the
project.
b. Emissions shall be
calculated as required in the minor NSR permit application form or instructions
or in a manner acceptable to the department.
c. Fugitive emissions shall be included in
the minor NSR permit application to the extent
quantifiable.
4.
Emissions rates in tons per year and in such terms as are necessary to
establish compliance consistent with the applicable standard reference test
method.
5. Information needed to
determine or regulate emissions as follows: fuels, fuel use, raw materials,
production rates, loading rates, and operating schedules.
6. Identification and description of air
pollution control equipment and compliance monitoring devices or
activities.
7. Limitations on
source operation affecting emissions or any work practice standards, where
applicable, for all regulated air pollutants at the source.
8. Calculations on which the information in
subdivisions 3 through 7 of this subsection is based. Any calculations shall
include sufficient detail to permit assessment of the validity of such
calculations.
9. Any additional
information or documentation that the department deems necessary to review and
analyze the air pollution aspects of the new stationary source or the project,
or the stack outlet elevation reduction, including the submission of measured
air quality data at the proposed site prior to construction. Such measurements
shall be accomplished using procedures acceptable to the department.
C. The above information and
analysis shall be determined and presented according to procedures and using
methods acceptable to the department.
Statutory Authority: § 10.1-1308 of the Code of
Virginia.