Oklahoma Chapter 4 (OAC 252:4), Subchapter 7, Environmental Permit Process, Part 3, Air Quality Division Tiers and Time Lines, SIP effective June 14, 2017 (OKd21) to May 10, 2020
Regulatory Text:
Oklahoma Administrative Code, Title 252, Department of Environmental Quality
OK Chapter 4 (OAC 252:4). Rules of Practice and Procedure
OK Chapter 4, Subchapter 7. Environmental Permit Process
PART 3. AIR QUALITY DIVISION TIERS AND TIME LINES
Sections 252:4-7-31 to 252:4-7-34.
As adopted in the Oklahoma Register June 1, 2001 (18 Ok Reg 1922) effective June 11, 2001.
Submitted to EPA February 14, 2002, Regulations.gov document EPA-R06-OAR-2006-0389-0005 [OK005.05] and Regulations.gov document EPA-R06-OAR-2007-0989-0007 [OK007.07].
Sections 252:4-7-33 and 252:4-7-34 approved by EPA November 26, 2010 (75 FR 72695) SIP effective December 27, 2010 (OKd07),
Regulations.gov document EPA-R06-OAR-2007-0314-0020 [OK006.20].
Sections 252:4-7-31 to 252:4-7-32 as approved by EPA May 15, 2017 (82 FR 22281) SIP effective June 14, 2017 (OKd21),
Regulations.gov document EPA-R06-OAR-2007-0989-0020 [OK007.20].
Explanations:
Section 252:4-7-31 -- "Applicable to minor NSR permitting under OAC 252:100-7. Approved for major NSR permitting 11/26/2010, 75 FR 72695."
Section 252:4-7-32 -- "Applicable to minor NSR permitting under OAC 252:100-7. NOT in SIP: Subsections (a), (b), (c)(1), (c)(3) and (c)(5)."
Sections:
PART 3. AIR QUALITY DIVISION TIERS AND TIME LINES
252:4-7-31. Air quality time lines
252:4-7-32. Air quality applications - Tier I
252:4-7-33. Air quality applications - Tier II
252:4-7-34. Air quality applications - Tier III
PART 3. AIR QUALITY DIVISION TIERS AND TIME LINES
252:4-7-31. Air quality time lines
The following air quality permits and authorizations shall be technically reviewed and issued or denied within the time frames specified below.
(1) Construction permits:
(A) PSD and Part 70 Sources - 365 days.
(B) Minor Facilities - 180 days.
(2) Operating permits:
(A) Part 70 Sources - 540 days.
(B) Minor Facilities - 365 days.
(3) Relocation permits - 30 days.
252:4-7-32. Air quality applications - Tier I
Explanation: Applicable to minor NSR permitting under OAC 252:100-7. NOT in SIP: Subsections (a), (b), (c)(1), (c)(3) and (c)(5) (a) Minor facility permits. The following air quality authorizations for minor facilities require Tier I applications. (1) New permits. New construction, operating and relocation permits. (2) Modifications of permits. (A) Modification of a construction permit for a minor facility that will remain minor after the modification. (B) Modification of an operating permit that will not change the facility's classification from minor to major. (C) Extension of expiration date of a construction permit. (3) Renewals. Renewals of operating permits. (b) Part 70 source permits. The following air quality authorizations for Part 70 sources require Tier I applications. (1) New permits. (A) New construction permit for an existing Part 70 source for any change considered minor under 252:100-8-7.2(b)(1). (B) New operating permit that: (i) is based on a construction permit that was processed under Tier II or III, and 252:100-8-8, and (ii) has conditions which do not differ from the construction permit's operating conditions in any way considered significant under 252:100-8-7.2(b)(2). (2) Modifications of permits. (A) Modification of any operating permit condition that: (i) is based on the operating conditions of a construction permit that was processed under Tier II or III, and 252:100-8-8, and (ii) does not differ from those construction permit conditions in any way considered significant under 252:100-8-7.2(b)(2). (B) A construction or operating permit modification that is minor under 252:100-8-7.2(b)(1). (C) Extension of expiration date of a Part 70 source's construction permit with no or minor modifications.
(c) Other authorizations. The following air quality authorizations require Tier I applications. (1) New, modified and renewed individual authorizations under general operating permits for which a schedule of compliance is not required by 252:100-8-5(c)(8)(B)(i).
(2) Burn approvals. (3) Plant-wide emission plan approval under 252:100-37-25(b) or 252:100-39-46(j).
(4) Administrative amendments of all air quality permits and other authorizations. (5) Alternative emissions reduction authorizations. (Also subject to state implementation plan revision procedures in 252:100-11.)
252:4-7-33. Air quality applications - Tier II
(a) Minor facility permit actions. Any minor facility seeking a permit for a modification that when completed would turn it into a Part 70 source is required to apply under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Part 70 source permits. The following air quality authorizations for Part 70 sources require Tier II applications.
(1) New permits.
(A) New construction permit for a new Part 70 source not classified under Tier III.
(B) New construction permit for an existing Part 70 source for any change considered significant under 252:100-8-7.2(b)(2) and which is not classified under Tier III.
(C) New operating permit for a Part 70 source that did not have an underlying construction permit processed under Tier II or III, and 252:100-8-8.
(D) New operating permit with one or more conditions that differ from the underlying Tier II or III construction permit's operating conditions in a way considered significant under 252:100-8-7.2(b)(2).
(E) New acid rain permit that is independent of a Part 70 permit application.
(F) New temporary source permit under 252:100-8-6.2.
(2) Modifications of permits.
(A) Significant modification, as described in 252:100-8-7.2(b)(2), of an operating permit that is not based on an underlying construction permit processed under Tier II or III, and 252:100-8-8.
(B) Modification of an operating permit when the conditions proposed for modification differ from the underlying construction permit's operating conditions in a way considered significant under 252:100-8-7.2(b)(2).
(C) A construction permit modification considered significant under 252:100-8-7.2(b)(2) and which is not classified under Tier III.
(3) Renewals. Renewals of operating permits.
(c) Other authorizations. The following air quality authorizations require Tier II applications.
(1) New, modified and renewed general operating permits.
(2) Individual authorizations under any general operating permit for which a schedule of compliance is required by 252:100-8-5(c)(8)(B)(i).
252:4-7-34. Air quality applications - Tier III
(a) New major stationary sources. A construction permit for any new major stationary source listed in this subsection requires a Tier III application. For purposes of this section, "Major stationary source" means:
(1) Any of the following sources of air pollutants which emits, or has the potential to emit, 100 tons per year or more of any pollutant subject to regulation:
(A) carbon black plants (furnace process),
(B) charcoal production plants,
(C) chemical process plants,
(D) coal cleaning plants (with thermal dryers),
(E) coke oven batteries,
(F) fossil-fuel boilers (or combustion thereof), totaling more than 250 million BTU per hour heat input,
(G) fossil fuel-fired steam electric plants of more than 250 million BTU per hour heat input,
(H) fuel conversion plants,
(I) glass fiber processing plants,
(J) hydrofluoric, sulfuric or nitric acid plants,
(K) iron and steel mill plants,
(L) kraft pulp mills,
(M) lime plants,
(N) incinerators, except where used exclusively as air pollution control devices,
(O) petroleum refineries,
(P) petroleum storage and transfer units with a total storage capacity exceeding 300,000 barrels,
(Q) phosphate rock processing plant,
(R) portland cement plants,
(S) primary aluminum ore reduction plants,
(T) primary copper smelters,
(U) primary lead smelters,
(V) primary zinc smelters,
(W) secondary metal production plants,
(X) sintering plants,
(Y) sulfur recovery plants, or
(Z) taconite ore processing plants, and
(2) Any other source not specified in paragraph (1) of this definition which emits, or has the potential to emit, 250 tons per year or more of any pollutant subject to regulation.
(b) Existing incinerators. An application for any change in emissions or potential to emit, or any change in any permit condition, that would have caused an incinerator to be defined as a major stationary source when originally permitted shall require a Tier III application.
(c) Potential to emit. For purposes of this section, "potential to emit" means emissions resulting from the application of all enforceable permit limitations as defined in OAC 252:100-1-3.
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