Transcript Helpful Hints - MASS

TRANSFORMATION
Air Permit Review & Process
Frank Steitz
Air Quality Permitting Program
ITEMS DISCUSSED
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Permit Format
Streamlining of Compliance Plans
Level of Monitoring
Level of monitoring as it relates to
enforcement History
• Permit application supplemental
information
• Redefining insignificant sources in NJ
Title V program
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ITEMS DISCUSSED
• Hold on-site pre/post application meetings
• Offer Plant-wide Applicability Limits (PAL)
• Develop General Operating Permits
• Shortening Permit Processing Time
• Classify More significant Modifications as
Minor Modifications
• Like-kind Replacement of Equipment
• Minimize the number of appeals
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IMPLEMENTATION
• General Permits (GPs & GOPs)
– Combined Heat & Power (Engines & Turbines)
– Available 9/19/11
– Emergency Generators GOP – in progress
• Pre-application Checklists – in progress
– Administrative & Technical Completeness
• Pre-application Meetings – on-going
– On-site if necessary
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IMPLEMENTATION
• Streamlining of Compliance Plans – in progress
– Templates for Federal Rules
• Policy Guidance – on-going
– NOx RACT Clarification
– Construction, Repair & Maintenance
• Permit Review Procedures – on-going
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PSD Review
Hearing Requests
Sensitive Projects
Common Control
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PERMIT PROCESS - LEAN
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Produced results in manufacturing industry
Identified OP Sig. Mod. Process
Review Process Fairly Efficient Overall
Info Requests Throughout Rev. Process
– Due To Application Incompleteness
– Missing/Incomplete Info Identified Late in Review
Process
• Moving Completeness Review To Front of
Review Process Will Improve Efficiency
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PILOT PROJECT
• Six-month Project (OP Sig. Mods initially)
• Pre-application Meetings
– On-site if necessary
• Completeness Checklists
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Rule Applicability/Compliance Demonstrations
Process Description/Air Flow Diagram
Emission Calculations/Supporting Documentation
Need for Modeling/Risk Assessment
Level of Public Interest & Outreach
• Full Applicant Cooperation
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Other Projects In Development
• Additional Web Based Submittals
– Non-Technical Amendments (PCP)
– RADIUS
• Imaging of Pre-1998 Preconstruction
Permits
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