Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 400-499 - Environmental Protection - Air Pollution Control
Chapter NR 405 - Prevention Of Significant Deterioration
Section NR 405.01 - Applicability; purpose
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) APPLICABILITY. The provisions of this chapter apply to the construction of any new major stationary source or any project at an existing major stationary source located in an area designated as attainment or unclassifiable.
(2) PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to establish, pursuant to s. 285.60, Stats., the requirements and procedures for reviewing and issuing air pollution control construction permits to any new major stationary source and any project at an existing major stationary source located in an area designated as attainment or unclassifiable.
Throughout the proposed rule, changes have been made which result in the provisions of this PSD rule differing from 40 CFR 51.166, the federal regulation on which it is based. In this rule, the term "air contaminant" is substituted for the term "pollutant" in the federal regulation and "department" for "the State", "the Governor" and "reviewing authority". The federal definition for "building, structure, facility or installation" is applied to the phrase "facility, building, structure, equipment, vehicle or action" - a similar term which appears in Wisconsin's statutory provisions on air pollution. In addition, cross references in the federal regulation have been changed in the rule to comparable provisions in Wisconsin's rule (e.g., " 40 CFR Parts 60 and 61 " has been changed to "chs. NR 440 and 447 to 449 and subch. IV of ch. NR 446"). Eliminated from the rule are provisions of the federal regulations which do not apply to the state's PSD program (i.e., provisions governing EPA approval of plan revisions).
