Md. Code Regs. 26.11.03.03 - Information Required as Part of Application for a Part 70 Permit
A. The applicant
for a Part 70 permit shall provide all information relating to applicable
requirements of the Clean Air Act, including information claimed to be
confidential, that is necessary for the Department to decide whether to issue
or deny a Part 70 permit. The information shall be submitted on permit
application forms provided by the Department.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this
chapter, the information shall be full and complete for each emission unit at
the Part 70 source and include:
(1)
Information that fully identifies the source, including:
(a) Company and source name and
address,
(b) All owner and operator
names and addresses,
(c) Plant
telephone number and emergency 24-hour telephone number of the facility at
which the source is located, and
(d) Names of all of the facility managers and
other contacts;
(2) A
description of the processes and products related to the source, including SIC
codes, and any alternate operating scenarios;
(3) All emissions of pollutants for which the
source is major and type and quantity of all emissions of regulated air
pollutants, calculated as required by the Department, including:
(a) Sufficient information to verify which
requirements are applicable to each emission unit and to collect any permit
fees owed, and
(b) Fugitive
emissions in the same manner as stack and other confined emissions;
(4) A description and location of
all emissions units within the source, including a plot plan of the entire
source;
(5) Emissions rate in tons
per year and in such terms as are necessary to establish compliance consistent
with the applicable standard reference test method;
(6) A description of all fuels, including the
quantities used of each type of fuel, raw materials, production rates, and
operating schedules;
(7) A
description and location of all air pollution control equipment, continuous
emission monitoring (CEM) devices, compliance monitoring devices or activities,
and all other equipment or devices at the source used to monitor, capture,
control, contain, or prevent emissions;
(8) A description of all maintenance
schedules, preventative measures, work practices, and any other actions, that
are applicable requirements of the Clean Air Act, taken to assure proper
operation and prevent malfunctions of process and control equipment;
(9) All limitations on source operation
affecting emissions and any work practice standards, that are applicable
requirements of the Clean Air Act, for all regulated pollutants;
(10) All other emissions information required
to demonstrate compliance with all applicable requirements of the Clean Air
Act, including:
(a) Stack or vent discharge
parameters, including stack height, stack diameter, and plume
temperature,
(b) Fugitive emission
discharge parameters,
(c) Flow
rates, and
(d) Building
dimensions;
(11)
Calculations on which the information required in §B(1)-----(10) of this
regulation is based;
(12) A
citation to and description of all applicable requirements of the Clean Air
Act;
(13) A listing for each
emissions unit within the source required to be covered by a Part 70 permit, or
for which a source is opting to seek coverage under Regulation .01E of this
chapter, and of any applicable test methods for determining compliance with
each applicable requirement of the Clean Air Act;
(14) Any other information that may be
necessary to implement and enforce any standard or other applicable requirement
of the Clean Air Act or to determine the applicability of these
requirements;
(15) An explanation
of proposed exemptions from otherwise applicable requirements of the Clean Air
Act;
(16) All information that the
Department determines is necessary regarding alternative operating scenarios
that the applicant requests to include in the Part 70 permit pursuant to
Regulation .06A(9) of this chapter or to define permit terms and conditions
implementing the provisions of Regulations .06A(8) and (10), .06B(3), .06F, and
.18 of this chapter;
(17) A
compliance plan description and schedule for the Part 70 sources that contain
the following:
(a) A description of the
compliance status of the source with respect to all applicable requirements of
the Clean Air Act,
(b) For
applicable requirements of the Clean Air Act for which the source will be in
compliance when the permit is issued, a statement that the source will continue
to comply with these requirements,
(c) For applicable requirements of the Clean
Air Act that will become effective during the permit term, a statement that the
source will meet the requirements on the effective dates, unless a more
detailed schedule is expressly required by the applicable
requirement,
(d) For applicable
requirements of the Clean Air Act for which the source will not be in
compliance at the time of permit issuance, a description of how the applicant
will achieve compliance with the requirements and a schedule of compliance as
described in §C of this regulation,
(e) A schedule for submission of certified
progress reports, at least quarterly, to the Department for sources required to
have a schedule of compliance to remedy a violation;
(18) A certification of compliance with all
applicable requirements of the Clean Air Act by a responsible official, as
provided in Regulation .02F of this chapter and § 114(a)(3) of the Clean Air
Act;
(19) A schedule for submission
of compliance certifications during the permit term, to be submitted annually
or more frequently if specified by an applicable requirement of the Clean Air
Act or a permit condition determined by the Department;
(20) The applicant's compliance status with
any applicable enhanced monitoring and compliance certification requirements of
the Clean Air Act;
(21) The use of
nationally standardized forms for acid rain portions of permit applications and
compliance plans, as required by 40 CFR Parts 72, 73, 75, and 76 as applicable
to 40 CFR Part 70 ;
(22) A proposed
monitoring, testing, record keeping, and reporting protocol for each emission
unit;
(23) A statement certifying
that a risk management plan has or will be submitted, if a plan is required
under § 112(r) of the Clean Air Act;
(24) Additional information that the
Department determines is required to determine whether a Part 70 permit should
provide for emissions trading among the emissions units within a source, as
provided in Regulation .06A(8) and (10) of this chapter.
C. Under §B(17)(d) of this regulation, the
schedule of compliance shall include a schedule of remedial measures, including
an enforceable sequence of actions with milestones, leading to compliance with
each applicable requirement for which the source will be in noncompliance at
the time of permit issuance. This compliance schedule shall resemble and be at
least as stringent as that contained in any judicial consent decree or
administrative order to which the source is subject. The schedule of compliance
shall be supplemental to, and may not sanction noncompliance with, the
applicable requirements on which it is based. The schedule of compliance shall
begin at the time that the application is submitted, but the applicant may
project the compliance status of the source to the time that the permit should
be issued.
D. The compliance plan
required by §B(17) of this regulation applies to and shall include the acid
rain portion of a compliance plan for an affected source, except as otherwise
provided by 40 CFR Parts 72, 73, 75, and 76 as applicable to 40 CFR Part 70
regarding how the source will comply with acid rain emission
limitations.
E. Additional
Information.
(1) Notwithstanding the other
provisions of this chapter, the applicant for a Part 70 permit shall include in
the application all information needed:
(a)
To determine if the source is subject to all applicable requirements of the
Clean Air Act;
(b) To ensure that
all applicable requirements of the Clean Air Act are included in the permit;
and
(c) To determine the annual
permit fee required by COMAR
26.11.02.16 a -----.19.
(2) The applicant may include in
the application only an aggregate estimate of emissions from all collective
emission units and activities exempt as provided in Regulation .04 of this
chapter together with the assumptions used to estimate those
emissions.
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