Transcript Title V Oil and Gas

Title V Oil and Gas
General Operating Permits
Whitney Hill
Air Permits Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Environmental Trade Fair 2014
Objectives
The difference between a GOP
and a SOP.
Technical review procedures for
an ATO application.
The procedures for a GOP
renewal or revision.
Types of Title V Permits
▼Site Operating Permit (SOP)
▼General Operating Permit (GOP)
• Oil & Gas: 511, 512, 513, 514
• MSW Landfill: 517
• Air Curtain Incinerator: 518
Important
Terminology
GOP:
ATO:
The documents
that contain all
permit
requirements for
the industry type.
Authorization to
operate under a
general operating
permit.
GOPs
• General
requirements
vs.
SOPs
• Site specific
review
• De minimis, • FOPs
• Compliance
standard
• Renewed every plans allowed
permits, &
5 years
PBRs only
• Legislative
• Public notice/
• No public
notification
EPA review for
notice/EPA
each site
review for ATO
Permit Content
•
ATO Letter
•
GOP Tables
•
GOP Cover Letter
•
CAM/PM (if applicable)
•
GOP Terms
•
Statement of Basis
•
Application (federally
enforceable)
Initial ATO Application Procedure
Qualify
Required
Info.
Forms
Applicable
Reqs.
CAM/PM
Initial Application
Qualify
•County
•Criteria
•PCAs
•Compliance
Required Information
Required Information
•Process description
•Process flow
•Area map
•Plot plan
Required Forms
Administrative
Forms
Applicable
Requirement Forms
•Core Data Form
•OP-REQ1
•OP-1
•OP-UA
•OP-CRO1
•OP-MON (optional)
•OP-DEL (optional)
•OP-REQ3 (optional)
•OP-SUM
•OP-ACPS
OP-REQ1
ATO indicator
Applicable Requirements
Example
Major
Source of
HAPS
Webb
County
Site
4 SLB
> 500 HP
RICE
(nonemerg)
Attributes
Post
12/19/2002
REDCO
Example GOP 514 Table
Unit Attributes
> 500 hp
GOP Index No.
Requirements
Example GOP 514 Table (cont.)
Constructed On/
After
12/19/2002
4SLB
Normal Service
Reducing CO
emissions
514-21-013
Requirements
Compliance Assurance Monitoring/
Periodic Monitoring
CAM
PM
Section (d) of GOP
Section (f) of GOP
Applicability
Criteria
Applicability
Criteria
Standard Permits
and PBRs
Indicated in Tables
Example GOP Table With PM
Pollutant
Indicator
Monitored
Example PM Table
Periodic Monitoring
Requirement
Both Options are
Required
PM Option
No.
Averaging
Min. Freq.Period
ATO Technical Review
▼Provisional terms and conditions
▼TCEQ reviews application
▼Deficiencies resolved
▼TCEQ issues ATO letter
Revision to ATO
▼Correction of typographical errors
▼Change, add, or remove applicability
determinations
▼Change in name/ownership (Form)
▼Revision to GOP
Revision to ATO Forms
Required
Potentially Required
▼ OP-2
▼ OP-1
▼ OP-CRO1
▼ OP-REQ1
▼ OP-SUMR
▼ OP-UA
▼ OP-MON
▼ OP-REQ3
▼ OP-CRO2
Revision Review Policies
▼PBR effective dates
▼Scope of revision
▼Expected timeline of review
ATO Renewal
TCEQ sends
renewal notification
ATO
issued
Application due
(6-18 months before expiration)
Five year authorization term
ATO
expiration
ATO Renewal Forms
Required
Potentially Required
▼ OP-1
▼ OP-SUMR
▼ OP-2
▼ OP-UA
▼ OP-CRO1
▼ OP-MON
▼ OP-ACPS
▼ OP-REQ3
▼ OP-REQ1
Void Requests
Lowering
Lowering
PTE PTE
▼ATO Void Request
Letter
ATO Void
▼APD-Cert
or PI-7-Cert
Request
Letter
APD-CERT or
PI-7-CERT
Application Area or Site
Application Area or
Shutdown
Site Shutdown
▼Void Request Letter
▼PCAs Voided
Request to Void
▼OP-CRO1
PCAs
ATO Void
Request Letter
GOP Revisions and Renewals
▼Renewal -- every 5 years
▼Revision -- between renewals
▼Update tables and terms
▼Procedures
• Public notice
• Affected states review
• EPA review
▼ATO responsibility
Oil and Gas
GOP Guidance
▼TexasOilandGasHelp.org
▼GOP Guidance
▼GOP Information
Signing Up for E-mail Updates
Submitting ATO Applications
(Initial, Revisions, and Renewals)
TCEQ
APIRT, MC 161
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Copies must be mailed to the appropriate
TCEQ regional office.
Submitting ATO Application
Updates
[Name of Assigned Permit Reviewer]
TCEQ
APD, MC 163
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Submitting ATO Application
to EPA
Air Permits Section (6PD-R)
EPA, Region 6
1445 Ross Ave., Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
Submit application updates to EPA at
[email protected]. Identify the associated permit
number when submitting information.
Oil and Gas
GOP
Questions?
Air Permits Division
512-239-1250