Bill Text: IL SB3506 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Deletes a provision that requires a Clean Air Act Permit Program (CAAPP) permit to contain a provision which creates an emergency-related affirmative defense if certain requirements are met.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1008 [SB3506 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3506-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Deletes a provision that requires a Clean Air Act Permit Program (CAAPP) permit to contain a provision which creates an emergency-related affirmative defense if certain requirements are met.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1008 [SB3506 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3506-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 39.5 as follows:
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6 | (415 ILCS 5/39.5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1039.5) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 39.5. Clean Air Act Permit Program. | ||||||
8 | 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Section: | ||||||
9 | "Administrative permit amendment" means a permit revision | ||||||
10 | subject to subsection 13 of this Section. | ||||||
11 | "Affected source for acid deposition" means a source that | ||||||
12 | includes one or more affected units under Title IV of the Clean | ||||||
13 | Air Act. | ||||||
14 | "Affected States" for purposes of formal distribution of a | ||||||
15 | draft CAAPP permit to other States for comments prior to | ||||||
16 | issuance, means all States: | ||||||
17 | (1) Whose air quality may be affected by the source | ||||||
18 | covered by the draft permit and that are contiguous to | ||||||
19 | Illinois; or | ||||||
20 | (2) That are within 50 miles of the source. | ||||||
21 | "Affected unit for acid deposition" shall have the meaning | ||||||
22 | given to the term "affected unit" in the regulations | ||||||
23 | promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act. |
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1 | "Applicable Clean Air Act requirement" means all of the | ||||||
2 | following as they apply to emissions units in a source | ||||||
3 | (including regulations that have been promulgated or approved | ||||||
4 | by USEPA pursuant to the Clean Air Act which directly impose | ||||||
5 | requirements upon a source and other such federal requirements | ||||||
6 | which have been adopted by the Board. These may include | ||||||
7 | requirements and regulations which have future effective | ||||||
8 | compliance dates. Requirements and regulations will be exempt | ||||||
9 | if USEPA determines that such requirements need not be | ||||||
10 | contained in a Title V permit): | ||||||
11 | (1) Any standard or other requirement provided for in | ||||||
12 | the applicable state implementation plan approved or | ||||||
13 | promulgated by USEPA under Title I of the Clean Air Act | ||||||
14 | that implements the relevant requirements of the Clean Air | ||||||
15 | Act, including any revisions to the state Implementation | ||||||
16 | Plan promulgated in 40 CFR Part 52, Subparts A and O and | ||||||
17 | other subparts applicable to Illinois. For purposes of | ||||||
18 | this paragraph (1) of this definition, "any standard or | ||||||
19 | other requirement" means only such standards or | ||||||
20 | requirements directly enforceable against an individual | ||||||
21 | source under the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
22 | (2)(i) Any term or condition of any preconstruction | ||||||
23 | permits issued pursuant to regulations approved or | ||||||
24 | promulgated by USEPA under Title I of the Clean Air | ||||||
25 | Act, including Part C or D of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
26 | (ii) Any term or condition as required pursuant to |
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1 | Section 39.5 of any federally enforceable State | ||||||
2 | operating permit issued pursuant to regulations | ||||||
3 | approved or promulgated by USEPA under Title I of the | ||||||
4 | Clean Air Act, including Part C or D of the Clean Air | ||||||
5 | Act. | ||||||
6 | (3) Any standard or other requirement under Section | ||||||
7 | 111 of the Clean Air Act, including Section 111(d). | ||||||
8 | (4) Any standard or other requirement under Section | ||||||
9 | 112 of the Clean Air Act, including any requirement | ||||||
10 | concerning accident prevention under Section 112(r)(7) of | ||||||
11 | the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
12 | (5) Any standard or other requirement of the acid rain | ||||||
13 | program under Title IV of the Clean Air Act or the | ||||||
14 | regulations promulgated thereunder. | ||||||
15 | (6) Any requirements established pursuant to Section | ||||||
16 | 504(b) or Section 114(a)(3) of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
17 | (7) Any standard or other requirement governing solid | ||||||
18 | waste incineration, under Section 129 of the Clean Air | ||||||
19 | Act. | ||||||
20 | (8) Any standard or other requirement for consumer and | ||||||
21 | commercial products, under Section 183(e) of the Clean Air | ||||||
22 | Act. | ||||||
23 | (9) Any standard or other requirement for tank | ||||||
24 | vessels, under Section 183(f) of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
25 | (10) Any standard or other requirement of the program | ||||||
26 | to control air pollution from Outer Continental Shelf |
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1 | sources, under Section 328 of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
2 | (11) Any standard or other requirement of the | ||||||
3 | regulations promulgated to protect stratospheric ozone | ||||||
4 | under Title VI of the Clean Air Act, unless USEPA has | ||||||
5 | determined that such requirements need not be contained in | ||||||
6 | a Title V permit. | ||||||
7 | (12) Any national ambient air quality standard or | ||||||
8 | increment or visibility requirement under Part C of Title | ||||||
9 | I of the Clean Air Act, but only as it would apply to | ||||||
10 | temporary sources permitted pursuant to Section 504(e) of | ||||||
11 | the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
12 | "Applicable requirement" means all applicable Clean Air | ||||||
13 | Act requirements and any other standard, limitation, or other | ||||||
14 | requirement contained in this Act or regulations promulgated | ||||||
15 | under this Act as applicable to sources of air contaminants | ||||||
16 | (including requirements that have future effective compliance | ||||||
17 | dates). | ||||||
18 | "CAAPP" means the Clean Air Act Permit Program, developed | ||||||
19 | pursuant to Title V of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
20 | "CAAPP application" means an application for a CAAPP | ||||||
21 | permit. | ||||||
22 | "CAAPP Permit" or "permit" (unless the context suggests | ||||||
23 | otherwise) means any permit issued, renewed, amended, modified | ||||||
24 | or revised pursuant to Title V of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
25 | "CAAPP source" means any source for which the owner or | ||||||
26 | operator is required to obtain a CAAPP permit pursuant to |
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1 | subsection 2 of this Section. | ||||||
2 | "Clean Air Act" means the Clean Air Act, as now and | ||||||
3 | hereafter amended, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq. | ||||||
4 | "Designated representative" has the meaning given to it in | ||||||
5 | Section 402(26) of the Clean Air Act and the regulations | ||||||
6 | promulgated thereunder, which state that the term "designated | ||||||
7 | representative" means a responsible person or official | ||||||
8 | authorized by the owner or operator of a unit to represent the | ||||||
9 | owner or operator in all matters pertaining to the holding, | ||||||
10 | transfer, or disposition of allowances allocated to a unit, | ||||||
11 | and the submission of and compliance with permits, permit | ||||||
12 | applications, and compliance plans for the unit. | ||||||
13 | "Draft CAAPP permit" means the version of a CAAPP permit | ||||||
14 | for which public notice and an opportunity for public comment | ||||||
15 | and hearing is offered by the Agency. | ||||||
16 | "Effective date of the CAAPP" means the date that USEPA | ||||||
17 | approves Illinois' CAAPP. | ||||||
18 | "Emission unit" means any part or activity of a stationary | ||||||
19 | source that emits or has the potential to emit any air | ||||||
20 | pollutant. This term is not meant to alter or affect the | ||||||
21 | definition of the term "unit" for purposes of Title IV of the | ||||||
22 | Clean Air Act. | ||||||
23 | "Federally enforceable" means enforceable by USEPA. | ||||||
24 | "Final permit action" means the Agency's granting with | ||||||
25 | conditions, refusal to grant, renewal of, or revision of a | ||||||
26 | CAAPP permit, the Agency's determination of incompleteness of |
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1 | a submitted CAAPP application, or the Agency's failure to act | ||||||
2 | on an application for a permit, permit renewal, or permit | ||||||
3 | revision within the time specified in subsection 13, | ||||||
4 | subsection 14, or paragraph (j) of subsection 5 of this | ||||||
5 | Section. | ||||||
6 | "General permit" means a permit issued to cover numerous | ||||||
7 | similar sources in accordance with subsection 11 of this | ||||||
8 | Section. | ||||||
9 | "Major source" means a source for which emissions of one | ||||||
10 | or more air pollutants meet the criteria for major status | ||||||
11 | pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of this Section. | ||||||
12 | "Maximum achievable control technology" or "MACT" means | ||||||
13 | the maximum degree of reductions in emissions deemed | ||||||
14 | achievable under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
15 | "Owner or operator" means any person who owns, leases, | ||||||
16 | operates, controls, or supervises a stationary source. | ||||||
17 | "Permit modification" means a revision to a CAAPP permit | ||||||
18 | that cannot be accomplished under the provisions for | ||||||
19 | administrative permit amendments under subsection 13 of this | ||||||
20 | Section. | ||||||
21 | "Permit revision" means a permit modification or | ||||||
22 | administrative permit amendment. | ||||||
23 | "Phase II" means the period of the national acid rain | ||||||
24 | program, established under Title IV of the Clean Air Act, | ||||||
25 | beginning January 1, 2000, and continuing thereafter. | ||||||
26 | "Phase II acid rain permit" means the portion of a CAAPP |
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1 | permit issued, renewed, modified, or revised by the Agency | ||||||
2 | during Phase II for an affected source for acid deposition. | ||||||
3 | "Potential to emit" means the maximum capacity of a | ||||||
4 | stationary source to emit any air pollutant under its physical | ||||||
5 | and operational design. Any physical or operational limitation | ||||||
6 | on the capacity of a source to emit an air pollutant, including | ||||||
7 | air pollution control equipment and restrictions on hours of | ||||||
8 | operation or on the type or amount of material combusted, | ||||||
9 | stored, or processed, shall be treated as part of its design if | ||||||
10 | the limitation is enforceable by USEPA. This definition does | ||||||
11 | not alter or affect the use of this term for any other purposes | ||||||
12 | under the Clean Air Act, or the term "capacity factor" as used | ||||||
13 | in Title IV of the Clean Air Act or the regulations promulgated | ||||||
14 | thereunder. | ||||||
15 | "Preconstruction Permit" or "Construction Permit" means a | ||||||
16 | permit which is to be obtained prior to commencing or | ||||||
17 | beginning actual construction or modification of a source or | ||||||
18 | emissions unit. | ||||||
19 | "Proposed CAAPP permit" means the version of a CAAPP | ||||||
20 | permit that the Agency proposes to issue and forwards to USEPA | ||||||
21 | for review in compliance with applicable requirements of the | ||||||
22 | Act and regulations promulgated thereunder. | ||||||
23 | "Regulated air pollutant" means the following: | ||||||
24 | (1) Nitrogen oxides (NOx) or any volatile organic | ||||||
25 | compound. | ||||||
26 | (2) Any pollutant for which a national ambient air |
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1 | quality standard has been promulgated. | ||||||
2 | (3) Any pollutant that is subject to any standard | ||||||
3 | promulgated under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
4 | (4) Any Class I or II substance subject to a standard | ||||||
5 | promulgated under or established by Title VI of the Clean | ||||||
6 | Air Act. | ||||||
7 | (5) Any pollutant subject to a standard promulgated | ||||||
8 | under Section 112 or other requirements established under | ||||||
9 | Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, including Sections | ||||||
10 | 112(g), (j) and (r). | ||||||
11 | (i) Any pollutant subject to requirements under | ||||||
12 | Section 112(j) of the Clean Air Act. Any pollutant | ||||||
13 | listed under Section 112(b) for which the subject | ||||||
14 | source would be major shall be considered to be | ||||||
15 | regulated 18 months after the date on which USEPA was | ||||||
16 | required to promulgate an applicable standard pursuant | ||||||
17 | to Section 112(e) of the Clean Air Act, if USEPA fails | ||||||
18 | to promulgate such standard. | ||||||
19 | (ii) Any pollutant for which the requirements of | ||||||
20 | Section 112(g)(2) of the Clean Air Act have been met, | ||||||
21 | but only with respect to the individual source subject | ||||||
22 | to Section 112(g)(2) requirement. | ||||||
23 | (6) Greenhouse gases. | ||||||
24 | "Renewal" means the process by which a permit is reissued | ||||||
25 | at the end of its term. | ||||||
26 | "Responsible official" means one of the following: |
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1 | (1) For a corporation: a president, secretary, | ||||||
2 | treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge | ||||||
3 | of a principal business function, or any other person who | ||||||
4 | performs similar policy or decision-making functions for | ||||||
5 | the corporation, or a duly authorized representative of | ||||||
6 | such person if the representative is responsible for the | ||||||
7 | overall operation of one or more manufacturing, | ||||||
8 | production, or operating facilities applying for or | ||||||
9 | subject to a permit and either (i) the facilities employ | ||||||
10 | more than 250 persons or have gross annual sales or | ||||||
11 | expenditures exceeding $25 million (in second quarter 1980 | ||||||
12 | dollars), or (ii) the delegation of authority to such | ||||||
13 | representative is approved in advance by the Agency. | ||||||
14 | (2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship: a | ||||||
15 | general partner or the proprietor, respectively, or in the | ||||||
16 | case of a partnership in which all of the partners are | ||||||
17 | corporations, a duly authorized representative of the | ||||||
18 | partnership if the representative is responsible for the | ||||||
19 | overall operation of one or more manufacturing, | ||||||
20 | production, or operating facilities applying for or | ||||||
21 | subject to a permit and either (i) the facilities employ | ||||||
22 | more than 250 persons or have gross annual sales or | ||||||
23 | expenditures exceeding $25 million (in second quarter 1980 | ||||||
24 | dollars), or (ii) the delegation of authority to such | ||||||
25 | representative is approved in advance by the Agency. | ||||||
26 | (3) For a municipality, State, Federal, or other |
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1 | public agency: either a principal executive officer or | ||||||
2 | ranking elected official. For the purposes of this part, a | ||||||
3 | principal executive officer of a Federal agency includes | ||||||
4 | the chief executive officer having responsibility for the | ||||||
5 | overall operations of a principal geographic unit of the | ||||||
6 | agency (e.g., a Regional Administrator of USEPA). | ||||||
7 | (4) For affected sources for acid deposition: | ||||||
8 | (i) The designated representative shall be the | ||||||
9 | "responsible official" in so far as actions, | ||||||
10 | standards, requirements, or prohibitions under Title | ||||||
11 | IV of the Clean Air Act or the regulations promulgated | ||||||
12 | thereunder are concerned. | ||||||
13 | (ii) The designated representative may also be the | ||||||
14 | "responsible official" for any other purposes with | ||||||
15 | respect to air pollution control. | ||||||
16 | "Section 502(b)(10) changes" means changes that contravene | ||||||
17 | express permit terms. "Section 502(b)(10) changes" do not | ||||||
18 | include changes that would violate applicable requirements or | ||||||
19 | contravene federally enforceable permit terms or conditions | ||||||
20 | that are monitoring (including test methods), recordkeeping, | ||||||
21 | reporting, or compliance certification requirements. | ||||||
22 | "Solid waste incineration unit" means a distinct operating | ||||||
23 | unit of any facility which combusts any solid waste material | ||||||
24 | from commercial or industrial establishments or the general | ||||||
25 | public (including single and multiple residences, hotels, and | ||||||
26 | motels). The term does not include incinerators or other units |
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1 | required to have a permit under Section 3005 of the Solid Waste | ||||||
2 | Disposal Act. The term also does not include (A) materials | ||||||
3 | recovery facilities (including primary or secondary smelters) | ||||||
4 | which combust waste for the primary purpose of recovering | ||||||
5 | metals, (B) qualifying small power production facilities, as | ||||||
6 | defined in Section 3(17)(C) of the Federal Power Act (16 | ||||||
7 | U.S.C. 769(17)(C)), or qualifying cogeneration facilities, as | ||||||
8 | defined in Section 3(18)(B) of the Federal Power Act (16 | ||||||
9 | U.S.C. 796(18)(B)), which burn homogeneous waste (such as | ||||||
10 | units which burn tires or used oil, but not including | ||||||
11 | refuse-derived fuel) for the production of electric energy or | ||||||
12 | in the case of qualifying cogeneration facilities which burn | ||||||
13 | homogeneous waste for the production of electric energy and | ||||||
14 | steam or forms of useful energy (such as heat) which are used | ||||||
15 | for industrial, commercial, heating or cooling purposes, or | ||||||
16 | (C) air curtain incinerators provided that such incinerators | ||||||
17 | only burn wood wastes, yard waste and clean lumber and that | ||||||
18 | such air curtain incinerators comply with opacity limitations | ||||||
19 | to be established by the USEPA by rule. | ||||||
20 | "Source" means any stationary source (or any group of | ||||||
21 | stationary sources) that is located on one or more contiguous | ||||||
22 | or adjacent properties that are under common control of the | ||||||
23 | same person (or persons under common control) and that belongs | ||||||
24 | to a single major industrial grouping. For the purposes of | ||||||
25 | defining "source," a stationary source or group of stationary | ||||||
26 | sources shall be considered part of a single major industrial |
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1 | grouping if all of the pollutant emitting activities at such | ||||||
2 | source or group of sources located on contiguous or adjacent | ||||||
3 | properties and under common control belong to the same Major | ||||||
4 | Group (i.e., all have the same two-digit code) as described in | ||||||
5 | the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987, or such | ||||||
6 | pollutant emitting activities at a stationary source (or group | ||||||
7 | of stationary sources) located on contiguous or adjacent | ||||||
8 | properties and under common control constitute a support | ||||||
9 | facility. The determination as to whether any group of | ||||||
10 | stationary sources is located on contiguous or adjacent | ||||||
11 | properties, and/or is under common control, and/or whether the | ||||||
12 | pollutant emitting activities at such group of stationary | ||||||
13 | sources constitute a support facility shall be made on a case | ||||||
14 | by case basis. | ||||||
15 | "Stationary source" means any building, structure, | ||||||
16 | facility, or installation that emits or may emit any regulated | ||||||
17 | air pollutant or any pollutant listed under Section 112(b) of | ||||||
18 | the Clean Air Act, except those emissions resulting directly | ||||||
19 | from an internal combustion engine for transportation purposes | ||||||
20 | or from a nonroad engine or nonroad vehicle as defined in | ||||||
21 | Section 216 of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
22 | "Subject to regulation" has the meaning given to it in 40 | ||||||
23 | CFR 70.2, as now or hereafter amended. | ||||||
24 | "Support facility" means any stationary source (or group | ||||||
25 | of stationary sources) that conveys, stores, or otherwise | ||||||
26 | assists to a significant extent in the production of a |
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1 | principal product at another stationary source (or group of | ||||||
2 | stationary sources). A support facility shall be considered to | ||||||
3 | be part of the same source as the stationary source (or group | ||||||
4 | of stationary sources) that it supports regardless of the | ||||||
5 | 2-digit Standard Industrial Classification code for the | ||||||
6 | support facility. | ||||||
7 | "USEPA" means the Administrator of the United States | ||||||
8 | Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) or a person designated | ||||||
9 | by the Administrator.
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10 | 1.1. Exclusion From the CAAPP. | ||||||
11 | a. An owner or operator of a source which determines | ||||||
12 | that the source could be excluded from the CAAPP may seek | ||||||
13 | such exclusion prior to the date that the CAAPP | ||||||
14 | application for the source is due but in no case later than | ||||||
15 | 9 months after the effective date of the CAAPP through the | ||||||
16 | imposition of federally enforceable conditions limiting | ||||||
17 | the "potential to emit" of the source to a level below the | ||||||
18 | major source threshold for that source as described in | ||||||
19 | paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of this Section, within a | ||||||
20 | State operating permit issued pursuant to subsection (a) | ||||||
21 | of Section 39 of this Act. After such date, an exclusion | ||||||
22 | from the CAAPP may be sought under paragraph (c) of | ||||||
23 | subsection 3 of this Section. | ||||||
24 | b. An owner or operator of a source seeking exclusion | ||||||
25 | from the CAAPP pursuant to paragraph (a) of this |
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1 | subsection must submit a permit application consistent | ||||||
2 | with the existing State permit program which specifically | ||||||
3 | requests such exclusion through the imposition of such | ||||||
4 | federally enforceable conditions. | ||||||
5 | c. Upon such request, if the Agency determines that | ||||||
6 | the owner or operator of a source has met the requirements | ||||||
7 | for exclusion pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection | ||||||
8 | and other applicable requirements for permit issuance | ||||||
9 | under subsection (a) of Section 39 of this Act, the Agency | ||||||
10 | shall issue a State operating permit for such source under | ||||||
11 | subsection (a) of Section 39 of this Act, as amended, and | ||||||
12 | regulations promulgated thereunder with federally | ||||||
13 | enforceable conditions limiting the "potential to emit" of | ||||||
14 | the source to a level below the major source threshold for | ||||||
15 | that source as described in paragraph (c) of subsection 2 | ||||||
16 | of this Section. | ||||||
17 | d. The Agency shall provide an owner or operator of a | ||||||
18 | source which may be excluded from the CAAPP pursuant to | ||||||
19 | this subsection with reasonable notice that the owner or | ||||||
20 | operator may seek such exclusion. | ||||||
21 | e. The Agency shall provide such sources with the | ||||||
22 | necessary permit application forms.
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23 | 2. Applicability. | ||||||
24 | a. Sources subject to this Section shall include: | ||||||
25 | i. Any major source as defined in paragraph (c) of |
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1 | this subsection. | ||||||
2 | ii. Any source subject to a standard or other | ||||||
3 | requirements promulgated under Section 111 (New Source | ||||||
4 | Performance Standards) or Section 112 (Hazardous Air | ||||||
5 | Pollutants) of the Clean Air Act, except that a source | ||||||
6 | is not required to obtain a permit solely because it is | ||||||
7 | subject to regulations or requirements under Section | ||||||
8 | 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
9 | iii. Any affected source for acid deposition, as | ||||||
10 | defined in subsection 1 of this Section. | ||||||
11 | iv. Any other source subject to this Section under | ||||||
12 | the Clean Air Act or regulations promulgated | ||||||
13 | thereunder, or applicable Board regulations. | ||||||
14 | b. Sources exempted from this Section shall include: | ||||||
15 | i. All sources listed in paragraph (a) of this | ||||||
16 | subsection that are not major sources, affected | ||||||
17 | sources for acid deposition or solid waste | ||||||
18 | incineration units required to obtain a permit | ||||||
19 | pursuant to Section 129(e) of the Clean Air Act, until | ||||||
20 | the source is required to obtain a CAAPP permit | ||||||
21 | pursuant to the Clean Air Act or regulations | ||||||
22 | promulgated thereunder. | ||||||
23 | ii. Nonmajor sources subject to a standard or | ||||||
24 | other requirements subsequently promulgated by USEPA | ||||||
25 | under Section 111 or 112 of the Clean Air Act that are | ||||||
26 | determined by USEPA to be exempt at the time a new |
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1 | standard is promulgated. | ||||||
2 | iii. All sources and source categories that would | ||||||
3 | be required to obtain a permit solely because they are | ||||||
4 | subject to Part 60, Subpart AAA - Standards of | ||||||
5 | Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters (40 CFR | ||||||
6 | Part 60). | ||||||
7 | iv. All sources and source categories that would | ||||||
8 | be required to obtain a permit solely because they are | ||||||
9 | subject to Part 61, Subpart M - National Emission | ||||||
10 | Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Asbestos, | ||||||
11 | Section 61.145 (40 CFR Part 61). | ||||||
12 | v. Any other source categories exempted by USEPA | ||||||
13 | regulations pursuant to Section 502(a) of the Clean | ||||||
14 | Air Act. | ||||||
15 | vi. Major sources of greenhouse gas emissions | ||||||
16 | required to obtain a CAAPP permit under this Section | ||||||
17 | if any of the following occurs: | ||||||
18 | (A) enactment of federal legislation depriving | ||||||
19 | the Administrator of the USEPA of authority to | ||||||
20 | regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act; | ||||||
21 | (B) the issuance of any opinion, ruling, | ||||||
22 | judgment, order, or decree by a federal court | ||||||
23 | depriving the Administrator of the USEPA of | ||||||
24 | authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the | ||||||
25 | Clean Air Act; or | ||||||
26 | (C) action by the President of the United |
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1 | States or the President's authorized agent, | ||||||
2 | including the Administrator of the USEPA, to | ||||||
3 | repeal or withdraw the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring | ||||||
4 | Rule (75 Fed. Reg. 31514, June 3, 2010). | ||||||
5 | If any event listed in this subparagraph (vi) | ||||||
6 | occurs, CAAPP permits issued after such event shall | ||||||
7 | not impose permit terms or conditions addressing | ||||||
8 | greenhouse gases during the effectiveness of any event | ||||||
9 | listed in subparagraph (vi). If any event listed in | ||||||
10 | this subparagraph (vi) occurs, any owner or operator | ||||||
11 | with a CAAPP permit that includes terms or conditions | ||||||
12 | addressing greenhouse gases may elect to submit an | ||||||
13 | application to the Agency to address a revision or | ||||||
14 | repeal of such terms or conditions. If any owner or | ||||||
15 | operator submits such an application, the Agency shall | ||||||
16 | expeditiously process the permit application in | ||||||
17 | accordance with applicable laws and regulations. | ||||||
18 | Nothing in this subparagraph (vi) shall relieve an | ||||||
19 | owner or operator of a source from the requirement to | ||||||
20 | obtain a CAAPP permit for its emissions of regulated | ||||||
21 | air pollutants other than greenhouse gases, as | ||||||
22 | required by this Section. | ||||||
23 | c. For purposes of this Section the term "major | ||||||
24 | source" means any source that is: | ||||||
25 | i. A major source under Section 112 of the Clean | ||||||
26 | Air Act, which is defined as: |
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1 | A. For pollutants other than radionuclides, | ||||||
2 | any stationary source or group of stationary | ||||||
3 | sources located within a contiguous area and under | ||||||
4 | common control that emits or has the potential to | ||||||
5 | emit, in the aggregate, 10 tons per year (tpy) or | ||||||
6 | more of any hazardous air pollutant which has been | ||||||
7 | listed pursuant to Section 112(b) of the Clean Air | ||||||
8 | Act, 25 tpy or more of any combination of such | ||||||
9 | hazardous air pollutants, or such lesser quantity | ||||||
10 | as USEPA may establish by rule. Notwithstanding | ||||||
11 | the preceding sentence, emissions from any oil or | ||||||
12 | gas exploration or production well (with its | ||||||
13 | associated equipment) and emissions from any | ||||||
14 | pipeline compressor or pump station shall not be | ||||||
15 | aggregated with emissions from other similar | ||||||
16 | units, whether or not such units are in a | ||||||
17 | contiguous area or under common control, to | ||||||
18 | determine whether such stations are major sources. | ||||||
19 | B. For radionuclides, "major source" shall | ||||||
20 | have the meaning specified by the USEPA by rule. | ||||||
21 | ii. A major stationary source of air pollutants, | ||||||
22 | as defined in Section 302 of the Clean Air Act, that | ||||||
23 | directly emits or has the potential to emit, 100 tpy or | ||||||
24 | more of any air pollutant subject to regulation | ||||||
25 | (including any major source of fugitive emissions of | ||||||
26 | any such pollutant, as determined by rule by USEPA). |
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1 | For purposes of this subsection, "fugitive emissions" | ||||||
2 | means those emissions which could not reasonably pass | ||||||
3 | through a stack, chimney, vent, or other | ||||||
4 | functionally-equivalent opening. The fugitive | ||||||
5 | emissions of a stationary source shall not be | ||||||
6 | considered in determining whether it is a major | ||||||
7 | stationary source for the purposes of Section 302(j) | ||||||
8 | of the Clean Air Act, unless the source belongs to one | ||||||
9 | of the following categories of stationary source: | ||||||
10 | A. Coal cleaning plants (with thermal dryers). | ||||||
11 | B. Kraft pulp mills. | ||||||
12 | C. Portland cement plants. | ||||||
13 | D. Primary zinc smelters. | ||||||
14 | E. Iron and steel mills. | ||||||
15 | F. Primary aluminum ore reduction plants. | ||||||
16 | G. Primary copper smelters. | ||||||
17 | H. Municipal incinerators capable of charging | ||||||
18 | more than 250 tons of refuse per day. | ||||||
19 | I. Hydrofluoric, sulfuric, or nitric acid | ||||||
20 | plants. | ||||||
21 | J. Petroleum refineries. | ||||||
22 | K. Lime plants. | ||||||
23 | L. Phosphate rock processing plants. | ||||||
24 | M. Coke oven batteries. | ||||||
25 | N. Sulfur recovery plants. | ||||||
26 | O. Carbon black plants (furnace process). |
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1 | P. Primary lead smelters. | ||||||
2 | Q. Fuel conversion plants. | ||||||
3 | R. Sintering plants. | ||||||
4 | S. Secondary metal production plants. | ||||||
5 | T. Chemical process plants. | ||||||
6 | U. Fossil-fuel boilers (or combination | ||||||
7 | thereof) totaling more than 250 million British | ||||||
8 | thermal units per hour heat input. | ||||||
9 | V. Petroleum storage and transfer units with a | ||||||
10 | total storage capacity exceeding 300,000 barrels. | ||||||
11 | W. Taconite ore processing plants. | ||||||
12 | X. Glass fiber processing plants. | ||||||
13 | Y. Charcoal production plants. | ||||||
14 | Z. Fossil fuel-fired steam electric plants of | ||||||
15 | more than 250 million British thermal units per | ||||||
16 | hour heat input. | ||||||
17 | AA. All other stationary source categories, | ||||||
18 | which as of August 7, 1980 are being regulated by a | ||||||
19 | standard promulgated under Section 111 or 112 of | ||||||
20 | the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
21 | BB. Any other stationary source category | ||||||
22 | designated by USEPA by rule. | ||||||
23 | iii. A major stationary source as defined in part | ||||||
24 | D of Title I of the Clean Air Act including: | ||||||
25 | A. For ozone nonattainment areas, sources with | ||||||
26 | the potential to emit 100 tons or more per year of |
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1 | volatile organic compounds or oxides of nitrogen | ||||||
2 | in areas classified as "marginal" or "moderate", | ||||||
3 | 50 tons or more per year in areas classified as | ||||||
4 | "serious", 25 tons or more per year in areas | ||||||
5 | classified as "severe", and 10 tons or more per | ||||||
6 | year in areas classified as "extreme"; except that | ||||||
7 | the references in this clause to 100, 50, 25, and | ||||||
8 | 10 tons per year of nitrogen oxides shall not | ||||||
9 | apply with respect to any source for which USEPA | ||||||
10 | has made a finding, under Section 182(f)(1) or (2) | ||||||
11 | of the Clean Air Act, that requirements otherwise | ||||||
12 | applicable to such source under Section 182(f) of | ||||||
13 | the Clean Air Act do not apply. Such sources shall | ||||||
14 | remain subject to the major source criteria of | ||||||
15 | subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of this | ||||||
16 | subsection. | ||||||
17 | B. For ozone transport regions established | ||||||
18 | pursuant to Section 184 of the Clean Air Act, | ||||||
19 | sources with the potential to emit 50 tons or more | ||||||
20 | per year of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). | ||||||
21 | C. For carbon monoxide nonattainment areas (1) | ||||||
22 | that are classified as "serious", and (2) in which | ||||||
23 | stationary sources contribute significantly to | ||||||
24 | carbon monoxide levels as determined under rules | ||||||
25 | issued by USEPA, sources with the potential to | ||||||
26 | emit 50 tons or more per year of carbon monoxide. |
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1 | D. For particulate matter (PM-10) | ||||||
2 | nonattainment areas classified as "serious", | ||||||
3 | sources with the potential to emit 70 tons or more | ||||||
4 | per year of PM-10.
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5 | 3. Agency Authority To Issue CAAPP Permits and Federally | ||||||
6 | Enforceable State Operating Permits. | ||||||
7 | a. The Agency shall issue CAAPP permits under this | ||||||
8 | Section consistent with the Clean Air Act and regulations | ||||||
9 | promulgated thereunder and this Act and regulations | ||||||
10 | promulgated thereunder. | ||||||
11 | b. The Agency shall issue CAAPP permits for fixed | ||||||
12 | terms of 5 years, except CAAPP permits issued for solid | ||||||
13 | waste incineration units combusting municipal waste which | ||||||
14 | shall be issued for fixed terms of 12 years and except | ||||||
15 | CAAPP permits for affected sources for acid deposition | ||||||
16 | which shall be issued for initial terms to expire on | ||||||
17 | December 31, 1999, and for fixed terms of 5 years | ||||||
18 | thereafter. | ||||||
19 | c. The Agency shall have the authority to issue a | ||||||
20 | State operating permit for a source under subsection (a) | ||||||
21 | of Section 39 of this Act, as amended, and regulations | ||||||
22 | promulgated thereunder, which includes federally | ||||||
23 | enforceable conditions limiting the "potential to emit" of | ||||||
24 | the source to a level below the major source threshold for | ||||||
25 | that source as described in paragraph (c) of subsection 2 |
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1 | of this Section, thereby excluding the source from the | ||||||
2 | CAAPP, when requested by the applicant pursuant to | ||||||
3 | paragraph (u) of subsection 5 of this Section. The public | ||||||
4 | notice requirements of this Section applicable to CAAPP | ||||||
5 | permits shall also apply to the initial issuance of | ||||||
6 | permits under this paragraph. | ||||||
7 | d. For purposes of this Act, a permit issued by USEPA | ||||||
8 | under Section 505 of the Clean Air Act, as now and | ||||||
9 | hereafter amended, shall be deemed to be a permit issued | ||||||
10 | by the Agency pursuant to Section 39.5 of this Act.
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11 | 4. Transition. | ||||||
12 | a. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall not be | ||||||
13 | required to renew an existing State operating permit for | ||||||
14 | any emission unit at such CAAPP source once a CAAPP | ||||||
15 | application timely submitted prior to expiration of the | ||||||
16 | State operating permit has been deemed complete. For | ||||||
17 | purposes other than permit renewal, the obligation upon | ||||||
18 | the owner or operator of a CAAPP source to obtain a State | ||||||
19 | operating permit is not removed upon submittal of the | ||||||
20 | complete CAAPP permit application. An owner or operator of | ||||||
21 | a CAAPP source seeking to make a modification to a source | ||||||
22 | prior to the issuance of its CAAPP permit shall be | ||||||
23 | required to obtain a construction permit, operating | ||||||
24 | permit, or both as required for such modification in | ||||||
25 | accordance with the State permit program under subsection |
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1 | (a) of Section 39 of this Act, as amended, and regulations | ||||||
2 | promulgated thereunder. The application for such | ||||||
3 | construction permit, operating permit, or both shall be | ||||||
4 | considered an amendment to the CAAPP application submitted | ||||||
5 | for such source. | ||||||
6 | b. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall | ||||||
7 | continue to operate in accordance with the terms and | ||||||
8 | conditions of its applicable State operating permit | ||||||
9 | notwithstanding the expiration of the State operating | ||||||
10 | permit until the source's CAAPP permit has been issued. | ||||||
11 | c. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall submit | ||||||
12 | its initial CAAPP application to the Agency no later than | ||||||
13 | 12 months after the effective date of the CAAPP. The | ||||||
14 | Agency may request submittal of initial CAAPP applications | ||||||
15 | during this 12-month period according to a schedule set | ||||||
16 | forth within Agency procedures, however, in no event shall | ||||||
17 | the Agency require such submittal earlier than 3 months | ||||||
18 | after such effective date of the CAAPP. An owner or | ||||||
19 | operator may voluntarily submit its initial CAAPP | ||||||
20 | application prior to the date required within this | ||||||
21 | paragraph or applicable procedures, if any, subsequent to | ||||||
22 | the date the Agency submits the CAAPP to USEPA for | ||||||
23 | approval. | ||||||
24 | d. The Agency shall act on initial CAAPP applications | ||||||
25 | in accordance with paragraph (j) of subsection 5 of this | ||||||
26 | Section. |
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1 | e. For purposes of this Section, the term "initial | ||||||
2 | CAAPP application" shall mean the first CAAPP application | ||||||
3 | submitted for a source existing as of the effective date | ||||||
4 | of the CAAPP. | ||||||
5 | f. The Agency shall provide owners or operators of | ||||||
6 | CAAPP sources with at least 3 months advance notice of the | ||||||
7 | date on which their applications are required to be | ||||||
8 | submitted. In determining which sources shall be subject | ||||||
9 | to early submittal, the Agency shall include among its | ||||||
10 | considerations the complexity of the permit application, | ||||||
11 | and the burden that such early submittal will have on the | ||||||
12 | source. | ||||||
13 | g. The CAAPP permit shall upon becoming effective | ||||||
14 | supersede the State operating permit. | ||||||
15 | h. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
16 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
18 | necessary, to implement this subsection.
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19 | 5. Applications and Completeness. | ||||||
20 | a. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall submit | ||||||
21 | its complete CAAPP application consistent with the Act and | ||||||
22 | applicable regulations. | ||||||
23 | b. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall submit | ||||||
24 | a single complete CAAPP application covering all emission | ||||||
25 | units at that source. |
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1 | c. To be deemed complete, a CAAPP application must | ||||||
2 | provide all information, as requested in Agency | ||||||
3 | application forms, sufficient to evaluate the subject | ||||||
4 | source and its application and to determine all applicable | ||||||
5 | requirements, pursuant to the Clean Air Act, and | ||||||
6 | regulations thereunder, this Act and regulations | ||||||
7 | thereunder. Such Agency application forms shall be | ||||||
8 | finalized and made available prior to the date on which | ||||||
9 | any CAAPP application is required. | ||||||
10 | d. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall | ||||||
11 | submit, as part of its complete CAAPP application, a | ||||||
12 | compliance plan, including a schedule of compliance, | ||||||
13 | describing how each emission unit will comply with all | ||||||
14 | applicable requirements. Any such schedule of compliance | ||||||
15 | shall be supplemental to, and shall not sanction | ||||||
16 | noncompliance with, the applicable requirements on which | ||||||
17 | it is based. | ||||||
18 | e. Each submitted CAAPP application shall be certified | ||||||
19 | for truth, accuracy, and completeness by a responsible | ||||||
20 | official in accordance with applicable regulations. | ||||||
21 | f. The Agency shall provide notice to a CAAPP | ||||||
22 | applicant as to whether a submitted CAAPP application is | ||||||
23 | complete. Unless the Agency notifies the applicant of | ||||||
24 | incompleteness, within 60 days after receipt of the CAAPP | ||||||
25 | application, the application shall be deemed complete. The | ||||||
26 | Agency may request additional information as needed to |
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1 | make the completeness determination. The Agency may to the | ||||||
2 | extent practicable provide the applicant with a reasonable | ||||||
3 | opportunity to correct deficiencies prior to a final | ||||||
4 | determination of completeness. | ||||||
5 | g. If after the determination of completeness the | ||||||
6 | Agency finds that additional information is necessary to | ||||||
7 | evaluate or take final action on the CAAPP application, | ||||||
8 | the Agency may request in writing such information from | ||||||
9 | the source with a reasonable deadline for response. | ||||||
10 | h. If the owner or operator of a CAAPP source submits a | ||||||
11 | timely and complete CAAPP application, the source's | ||||||
12 | failure to have a CAAPP permit shall not be a violation of | ||||||
13 | this Section until the Agency takes final action on the | ||||||
14 | submitted CAAPP application, provided, however, where the | ||||||
15 | applicant fails to submit the requested information under | ||||||
16 | paragraph (g) of this subsection 5 within the time frame | ||||||
17 | specified by the Agency, this protection shall cease to | ||||||
18 | apply. | ||||||
19 | i. Any applicant who fails to submit any relevant | ||||||
20 | facts necessary to evaluate the subject source and its | ||||||
21 | CAAPP application or who has submitted incorrect | ||||||
22 | information in a CAAPP application shall, upon becoming | ||||||
23 | aware of such failure or incorrect submittal, submit | ||||||
24 | supplementary facts or correct information to the Agency. | ||||||
25 | In addition, an applicant shall provide to the Agency | ||||||
26 | additional information as necessary to address any |
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1 | requirements which become applicable to the source | ||||||
2 | subsequent to the date the applicant submitted its | ||||||
3 | complete CAAPP application but prior to release of the | ||||||
4 | draft CAAPP permit. | ||||||
5 | j. The Agency shall issue or deny the CAAPP permit | ||||||
6 | within 18 months after the date of receipt of the complete | ||||||
7 | CAAPP application, with the following exceptions: (i) | ||||||
8 | permits for affected sources for acid deposition shall be | ||||||
9 | issued or denied within 6 months after receipt of a | ||||||
10 | complete application in accordance with subsection 17 of | ||||||
11 | this Section; (ii) the Agency shall act on initial CAAPP | ||||||
12 | applications within 24 months after the date of receipt of | ||||||
13 | the complete CAAPP application; (iii) the Agency shall act | ||||||
14 | on complete applications containing early reduction | ||||||
15 | demonstrations under Section 112(i)(5) of the Clean Air | ||||||
16 | Act within 9 months of receipt of the complete CAAPP | ||||||
17 | application. | ||||||
18 | Where the Agency does not take final action on the | ||||||
19 | permit within the required time period, the permit shall | ||||||
20 | not be deemed issued; rather, the failure to act shall be | ||||||
21 | treated as a final permit action for purposes of judicial | ||||||
22 | review pursuant to Sections 40.2 and 41 of this Act. | ||||||
23 | k. The submittal of a complete CAAPP application shall | ||||||
24 | not affect the requirement that any source have a | ||||||
25 | preconstruction permit under Title I of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
26 | l. Unless a timely and complete renewal application |
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1 | has been submitted consistent with this subsection, a | ||||||
2 | CAAPP source operating upon the expiration of its CAAPP | ||||||
3 | permit shall be deemed to be operating without a CAAPP | ||||||
4 | permit. Such operation is prohibited under this Act. | ||||||
5 | m. Permits being renewed shall be subject to the same | ||||||
6 | procedural requirements, including those for public | ||||||
7 | participation and federal review and objection, that apply | ||||||
8 | to original permit issuance. | ||||||
9 | n. For purposes of permit renewal, a timely | ||||||
10 | application is one that is submitted no less than 9 months | ||||||
11 | prior to the date of permit expiration. | ||||||
12 | o. The terms and conditions of a CAAPP permit shall | ||||||
13 | remain in effect until the issuance of a CAAPP renewal | ||||||
14 | permit provided a timely and complete CAAPP application | ||||||
15 | has been submitted. | ||||||
16 | p. The owner or operator of a CAAPP source seeking a | ||||||
17 | permit shield pursuant to paragraph (j) of subsection 7 of | ||||||
18 | this Section shall request such permit shield in the CAAPP | ||||||
19 | application regarding that source. | ||||||
20 | q. The Agency shall make available to the public all | ||||||
21 | documents submitted by the applicant to the Agency, | ||||||
22 | including each CAAPP application, compliance plan | ||||||
23 | (including the schedule of compliance), and emissions or | ||||||
24 | compliance monitoring report, with the exception of | ||||||
25 | information entitled to confidential treatment pursuant to | ||||||
26 | Section 7 of this Act. |
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1 | r. The Agency shall use the standardized forms | ||||||
2 | required under Title IV of the Clean Air Act and | ||||||
3 | regulations promulgated thereunder for affected sources | ||||||
4 | for acid deposition. | ||||||
5 | s. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source may include | ||||||
6 | within its CAAPP application a request for permission to | ||||||
7 | operate during a startup, malfunction, or breakdown | ||||||
8 | consistent with applicable Board regulations. | ||||||
9 | t. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source, in order to | ||||||
10 | utilize the operational flexibility provided under | ||||||
11 | paragraph (l) of subsection 7 of this Section, must | ||||||
12 | request such use and provide the necessary information | ||||||
13 | within its CAAPP application. | ||||||
14 | u. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source which seeks | ||||||
15 | exclusion from the CAAPP through the imposition of | ||||||
16 | federally enforceable conditions, pursuant to paragraph | ||||||
17 | (c) of subsection 3 of this Section, must request such | ||||||
18 | exclusion within a CAAPP application submitted consistent | ||||||
19 | with this subsection on or after the date that the CAAPP | ||||||
20 | application for the source is due. Prior to such date, but | ||||||
21 | in no case later than 9 months after the effective date of | ||||||
22 | the CAAPP, such owner or operator may request the | ||||||
23 | imposition of federally enforceable conditions pursuant to | ||||||
24 | paragraph (b) of subsection 1.1 of this Section. | ||||||
25 | v. CAAPP applications shall contain accurate | ||||||
26 | information on allowable emissions to implement the fee |
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1 | provisions of subsection 18 of this Section. | ||||||
2 | w. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall submit | ||||||
3 | within its CAAPP application emissions information | ||||||
4 | regarding all regulated air pollutants emitted at that | ||||||
5 | source consistent with applicable Agency procedures. | ||||||
6 | Emissions information regarding insignificant activities | ||||||
7 | or emission levels, as determined by the Agency pursuant | ||||||
8 | to Board regulations, may be submitted as a list within | ||||||
9 | the CAAPP application. The Agency shall propose | ||||||
10 | regulations to the Board defining insignificant activities | ||||||
11 | or emission levels, consistent with federal regulations, | ||||||
12 | if any, no later than 18 months after the effective date of | ||||||
13 | this amendatory Act of 1992, consistent with Section | ||||||
14 | 112(n)(1) of the Clean Air Act. The Board shall adopt | ||||||
15 | final regulations defining insignificant activities or | ||||||
16 | emission levels no later than 9 months after the date of | ||||||
17 | the Agency's proposal. | ||||||
18 | x. The owner or operator of a new CAAPP source shall | ||||||
19 | submit its complete CAAPP application consistent with this | ||||||
20 | subsection within 12 months after commencing operation of | ||||||
21 | such source. The owner or operator of an existing source | ||||||
22 | that has been excluded from the provisions of this Section | ||||||
23 | under subsection 1.1 or paragraph (c) of subsection 3 of | ||||||
24 | this Section and that becomes subject to the CAAPP solely | ||||||
25 | due to a change in operation at the source shall submit its | ||||||
26 | complete CAAPP application consistent with this subsection |
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1 | at least 180 days before commencing operation in | ||||||
2 | accordance with the change in operation. | ||||||
3 | y. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
4 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
5 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
6 | necessary to implement this subsection.
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7 | 6. Prohibitions. | ||||||
8 | a. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any | ||||||
9 | terms or conditions of a permit issued under this Section, | ||||||
10 | to operate any CAAPP source except in compliance with a | ||||||
11 | permit issued by the Agency under this Section or to | ||||||
12 | violate any other applicable requirements. All terms and | ||||||
13 | conditions of a permit issued under this Section are | ||||||
14 | enforceable by USEPA and citizens under the Clean Air Act, | ||||||
15 | except those, if any, that are specifically designated as | ||||||
16 | not being federally enforceable in the permit pursuant to | ||||||
17 | paragraph (m) of subsection 7 of this Section. | ||||||
18 | b. After the applicable CAAPP permit or renewal | ||||||
19 | application submittal date, as specified in subsection 5 | ||||||
20 | of this Section, no person shall operate a CAAPP source | ||||||
21 | without a CAAPP permit unless the complete CAAPP permit or | ||||||
22 | renewal application for such source has been timely | ||||||
23 | submitted to the Agency. | ||||||
24 | c. No owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall cause | ||||||
25 | or threaten or allow the continued operation of an |
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1 | emission source during malfunction or breakdown of the | ||||||
2 | emission source or related air pollution control equipment | ||||||
3 | if such operation would cause a violation of the standards | ||||||
4 | or limitations applicable to the source, unless the CAAPP | ||||||
5 | permit granted to the source provides for such operation | ||||||
6 | consistent with this Act and applicable Board regulations.
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7 | 7. Permit Content. | ||||||
8 | a. All CAAPP permits shall contain emission | ||||||
9 | limitations and standards and other enforceable terms and | ||||||
10 | conditions, including but not limited to operational | ||||||
11 | requirements, and schedules for achieving compliance at | ||||||
12 | the earliest reasonable date, which are or will be | ||||||
13 | required to accomplish the purposes and provisions of this | ||||||
14 | Act and to assure compliance with all applicable | ||||||
15 | requirements. | ||||||
16 | b. The Agency shall include among such conditions | ||||||
17 | applicable monitoring, reporting, record keeping and | ||||||
18 | compliance certification requirements, as authorized by | ||||||
19 | paragraphs (d), (e), and (f) of this subsection, that the | ||||||
20 | Agency deems necessary to assure compliance with the Clean | ||||||
21 | Air Act, the regulations promulgated thereunder, this Act, | ||||||
22 | and applicable Board regulations. When monitoring, | ||||||
23 | reporting, record keeping, and compliance certification | ||||||
24 | requirements are specified within the Clean Air Act, | ||||||
25 | regulations promulgated thereunder, this Act, or |
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1 | applicable regulations, such requirements shall be | ||||||
2 | included within the CAAPP permit. The Board shall have | ||||||
3 | authority to promulgate additional regulations where | ||||||
4 | necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Clean Air Act, | ||||||
5 | this Act, and regulations promulgated thereunder. | ||||||
6 | c. The Agency shall assure, within such conditions, | ||||||
7 | the use of terms, test methods, units, averaging periods, | ||||||
8 | and other statistical conventions consistent with the | ||||||
9 | applicable emission limitations, standards, and other | ||||||
10 | requirements contained in the permit. | ||||||
11 | d. To meet the requirements of this subsection with | ||||||
12 | respect to monitoring, the permit shall: | ||||||
13 | i. Incorporate and identify all applicable | ||||||
14 | emissions monitoring and analysis procedures or test | ||||||
15 | methods required under the Clean Air Act, regulations | ||||||
16 | promulgated thereunder, this Act, and applicable Board | ||||||
17 | regulations, including any procedures and methods | ||||||
18 | promulgated by USEPA pursuant to Section 504(b) or | ||||||
19 | Section 114 (a)(3) of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
20 | ii. Where the applicable requirement does not | ||||||
21 | require periodic testing or instrumental or | ||||||
22 | noninstrumental monitoring (which may consist of | ||||||
23 | recordkeeping designed to serve as monitoring), | ||||||
24 | require periodic monitoring sufficient to yield | ||||||
25 | reliable data from the relevant time period that is | ||||||
26 | representative of the source's compliance with the |
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1 | permit, as reported pursuant to paragraph (f) of this | ||||||
2 | subsection. The Agency may determine that | ||||||
3 | recordkeeping requirements are sufficient to meet the | ||||||
4 | requirements of this subparagraph. | ||||||
5 | iii. As necessary, specify requirements concerning | ||||||
6 | the use, maintenance, and when appropriate, | ||||||
7 | installation of monitoring equipment or methods. | ||||||
8 | e. To meet the requirements of this subsection with | ||||||
9 | respect to record keeping, the permit shall incorporate | ||||||
10 | and identify all applicable recordkeeping requirements and | ||||||
11 | require, where applicable, the following: | ||||||
12 | i. Records of required monitoring information that | ||||||
13 | include the following: | ||||||
14 | A. The date, place and time of sampling or | ||||||
15 | measurements. | ||||||
16 | B. The date(s) analyses were performed. | ||||||
17 | C. The company or entity that performed the | ||||||
18 | analyses. | ||||||
19 | D. The analytical techniques or methods used. | ||||||
20 | E. The results of such analyses. | ||||||
21 | F. The operating conditions as existing at the | ||||||
22 | time of sampling or measurement. | ||||||
23 | ii. Retention of records of all monitoring data | ||||||
24 | and support information for a period of at least 5 | ||||||
25 | years from the date of the monitoring sample, | ||||||
26 | measurement, report, or application. Support |
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1 | information includes all calibration and maintenance | ||||||
2 | records, original strip-chart recordings for | ||||||
3 | continuous monitoring instrumentation, and copies of | ||||||
4 | all reports required by the permit. | ||||||
5 | f. To meet the requirements of this subsection with | ||||||
6 | respect to reporting, the permit shall incorporate and | ||||||
7 | identify all applicable reporting requirements and require | ||||||
8 | the following: | ||||||
9 | i. Submittal of reports of any required monitoring | ||||||
10 | every 6 months. More frequent submittals may be | ||||||
11 | requested by the Agency if such submittals are | ||||||
12 | necessary to assure compliance with this Act or | ||||||
13 | regulations promulgated by the Board thereunder. All | ||||||
14 | instances of deviations from permit requirements must | ||||||
15 | be clearly identified in such reports. All required | ||||||
16 | reports must be certified by a responsible official | ||||||
17 | consistent with subsection 5 of this Section. | ||||||
18 | ii. Prompt reporting of deviations from permit | ||||||
19 | requirements, including those attributable to upset | ||||||
20 | conditions as defined in the permit, the probable | ||||||
21 | cause of such deviations, and any corrective actions | ||||||
22 | or preventive measures taken. | ||||||
23 | g. Each CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of | ||||||
24 | this Section shall include a condition prohibiting | ||||||
25 | emissions exceeding any allowances that the source | ||||||
26 | lawfully holds under Title IV of the Clean Air Act or the |
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1 | regulations promulgated thereunder, consistent with | ||||||
2 | subsection 17 of this Section and applicable regulations, | ||||||
3 | if any. | ||||||
4 | h. All CAAPP permits shall state that, where another | ||||||
5 | applicable requirement of the Clean Air Act is more | ||||||
6 | stringent than any applicable requirement of regulations | ||||||
7 | promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act, both | ||||||
8 | provisions shall be incorporated into the permit and shall | ||||||
9 | be State and federally enforceable. | ||||||
10 | i. Each CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of | ||||||
11 | this Section shall include a severability clause to ensure | ||||||
12 | the continued validity of the various permit requirements | ||||||
13 | in the event of a challenge to any portions of the permit. | ||||||
14 | j. The following shall apply with respect to owners or | ||||||
15 | operators requesting a permit shield: | ||||||
16 | i. The Agency shall include in a CAAPP permit, | ||||||
17 | when requested by an applicant pursuant to paragraph | ||||||
18 | (p) of subsection 5 of this Section, a provision | ||||||
19 | stating that compliance with the conditions of the | ||||||
20 | permit shall be deemed compliance with applicable | ||||||
21 | requirements which are applicable as of the date of | ||||||
22 | release of the proposed permit, provided that: | ||||||
23 | A. The applicable requirement is specifically | ||||||
24 | identified within the permit; or | ||||||
25 | B. The Agency in acting on the CAAPP | ||||||
26 | application or revision determines in writing that |
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1 | other requirements specifically identified are not | ||||||
2 | applicable to the source, and the permit includes | ||||||
3 | that determination or a concise summary thereof. | ||||||
4 | ii. The permit shall identify the requirements for | ||||||
5 | which the source is shielded. The shield shall not | ||||||
6 | extend to applicable requirements which are | ||||||
7 | promulgated after the date of release of the proposed | ||||||
8 | permit unless the permit has been modified to reflect | ||||||
9 | such new requirements. | ||||||
10 | iii. A CAAPP permit which does not expressly | ||||||
11 | indicate the existence of a permit shield shall not | ||||||
12 | provide such a shield. | ||||||
13 | iv. Nothing in this paragraph or in a CAAPP permit | ||||||
14 | shall alter or affect the following: | ||||||
15 | A. The provisions of Section 303 (emergency | ||||||
16 | powers) of the Clean Air Act, including USEPA's | ||||||
17 | authority under that section. | ||||||
18 | B. The liability of an owner or operator of a | ||||||
19 | source for any violation of applicable | ||||||
20 | requirements prior to or at the time of permit | ||||||
21 | issuance. | ||||||
22 | C. The applicable requirements of the acid | ||||||
23 | rain program consistent with Section 408(a) of the | ||||||
24 | Clean Air Act. | ||||||
25 | D. The ability of USEPA to obtain information | ||||||
26 | from a source pursuant to Section 114 |
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1 | (inspections, monitoring, and entry) of the Clean | ||||||
2 | Air Act. | ||||||
3 | k. (Blank). Each CAAPP permit shall include an | ||||||
4 | emergency provision providing an affirmative defense of | ||||||
5 | emergency to an action brought for noncompliance with | ||||||
6 | technology-based emission limitations under a CAAPP permit | ||||||
7 | if the following conditions are met through properly | ||||||
8 | signed, contemporaneous operating logs, or other relevant | ||||||
9 | evidence: | ||||||
10 | i. An emergency occurred and the permittee can | ||||||
11 | identify the cause(s) of the emergency. | ||||||
12 | ii. The permitted facility was at the time being | ||||||
13 | properly operated. | ||||||
14 | iii. The permittee submitted notice of the | ||||||
15 | emergency to the Agency within 2 working days after | ||||||
16 | the time when emission limitations were exceeded due | ||||||
17 | to the emergency. This notice must contain a detailed | ||||||
18 | description of the emergency, any steps taken to | ||||||
19 | mitigate emissions, and corrective actions taken. | ||||||
20 | iv. During the period of the emergency the | ||||||
21 | permittee took all reasonable steps to minimize levels | ||||||
22 | of emissions that exceeded the emission limitations, | ||||||
23 | standards, or requirements in the permit. | ||||||
24 | For purposes of this subsection, "emergency" means any | ||||||
25 | situation arising from sudden and reasonably unforeseeable | ||||||
26 | events beyond the control of the source, such as an act of |
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1 | God, that requires immediate corrective action to restore | ||||||
2 | normal operation, and that causes the source to exceed a | ||||||
3 | technology-based emission limitation under the permit, due | ||||||
4 | to unavoidable increases in emissions attributable to the | ||||||
5 | emergency. An emergency shall not include noncompliance to | ||||||
6 | the extent caused by improperly designed equipment, lack | ||||||
7 | of preventative maintenance, careless or improper | ||||||
8 | operation, or operation error. | ||||||
9 | In any enforcement proceeding, the permittee seeking | ||||||
10 | to establish the occurrence of an emergency has the burden | ||||||
11 | of proof. This provision is in addition to any emergency | ||||||
12 | or upset provision contained in any applicable | ||||||
13 | requirement. This provision does not relieve a permittee | ||||||
14 | of any reporting obligations under existing federal or | ||||||
15 | state laws or regulations. | ||||||
16 | l. The Agency shall include in each permit issued | ||||||
17 | under subsection 10 of this Section: | ||||||
18 | i. Terms and conditions for reasonably anticipated | ||||||
19 | operating scenarios identified by the source in its | ||||||
20 | application. The permit terms and conditions for each | ||||||
21 | such operating scenario shall meet all applicable | ||||||
22 | requirements and the requirements of this Section. | ||||||
23 | A. Under this subparagraph, the source must | ||||||
24 | record in a log at the permitted facility a record | ||||||
25 | of the scenario under which it is operating | ||||||
26 | contemporaneously with making a change from one |
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1 | operating scenario to another. | ||||||
2 | B. The permit shield described in paragraph | ||||||
3 | (j) of subsection 7 of this Section shall extend | ||||||
4 | to all terms and conditions under each such | ||||||
5 | operating scenario. | ||||||
6 | ii. Where requested by an applicant, all terms and | ||||||
7 | conditions allowing for trading of emissions increases | ||||||
8 | and decreases between different emission units at the | ||||||
9 | CAAPP source, to the extent that the applicable | ||||||
10 | requirements provide for trading of such emissions | ||||||
11 | increases and decreases without a case-by-case | ||||||
12 | approval of each emissions trade. Such terms and | ||||||
13 | conditions: | ||||||
14 | A. Shall include all terms required under this | ||||||
15 | subsection to determine compliance; | ||||||
16 | B. Must meet all applicable requirements; | ||||||
17 | C. Shall extend the permit shield described in | ||||||
18 | paragraph (j) of subsection 7 of this Section to | ||||||
19 | all terms and conditions that allow such increases | ||||||
20 | and decreases in emissions. | ||||||
21 | m. The Agency shall specifically designate as not | ||||||
22 | being federally enforceable under the Clean Air Act any | ||||||
23 | terms and conditions included in the permit that are not | ||||||
24 | specifically required under the Clean Air Act or federal | ||||||
25 | regulations promulgated thereunder. Terms or conditions so | ||||||
26 | designated shall be subject to all applicable State |
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1 | requirements, except the requirements of subsection 7 | ||||||
2 | (other than this paragraph, paragraph q of subsection 7, | ||||||
3 | subsections 8 through 11, and subsections 13 through 16 of | ||||||
4 | this Section. The Agency shall, however, include such | ||||||
5 | terms and conditions in the CAAPP permit issued to the | ||||||
6 | source. | ||||||
7 | n. Each CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of | ||||||
8 | this Section shall specify and reference the origin of and | ||||||
9 | authority for each term or condition, and identify any | ||||||
10 | difference in form as compared to the applicable | ||||||
11 | requirement upon which the term or condition is based. | ||||||
12 | o. Each CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of | ||||||
13 | this Section shall include provisions stating the | ||||||
14 | following: | ||||||
15 | i. Duty to comply. The permittee must comply with | ||||||
16 | all terms and conditions of the CAAPP permit. Any | ||||||
17 | permit noncompliance constitutes a violation of the | ||||||
18 | Clean Air Act and the Act, and is grounds for any or | ||||||
19 | all of the following: enforcement action; permit | ||||||
20 | termination, revocation and reissuance, or | ||||||
21 | modification; or denial of a permit renewal | ||||||
22 | application. | ||||||
23 | ii. Need to halt or reduce activity not a defense. | ||||||
24 | It shall not be a defense for a permittee in an | ||||||
25 | enforcement action that it would have been necessary | ||||||
26 | to halt or reduce the permitted activity in order to |
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1 | maintain compliance with the conditions of this | ||||||
2 | permit. | ||||||
3 | iii. Permit actions. The permit may be modified, | ||||||
4 | revoked, reopened, and reissued, or terminated for | ||||||
5 | cause in accordance with the applicable subsections of | ||||||
6 | Section 39.5 of this Act. The filing of a request by | ||||||
7 | the permittee for a permit modification, revocation | ||||||
8 | and reissuance, or termination, or of a notification | ||||||
9 | of planned changes or anticipated noncompliance does | ||||||
10 | not stay any permit condition. | ||||||
11 | iv. Property rights. The permit does not convey | ||||||
12 | any property rights of any sort, or any exclusive | ||||||
13 | privilege. | ||||||
14 | v. Duty to provide information. The permittee | ||||||
15 | shall furnish to the Agency within a reasonable time | ||||||
16 | specified by the Agency any information that the | ||||||
17 | Agency may request in writing to determine whether | ||||||
18 | cause exists for modifying, revoking and reissuing, or | ||||||
19 | terminating the permit or to determine compliance with | ||||||
20 | the permit. Upon request, the permittee shall also | ||||||
21 | furnish to the Agency copies of records required to be | ||||||
22 | kept by the permit or, for information claimed to be | ||||||
23 | confidential, the permittee may furnish such records | ||||||
24 | directly to USEPA along with a claim of | ||||||
25 | confidentiality. | ||||||
26 | vi. Duty to pay fees. The permittee must pay fees |
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1 | to the Agency consistent with the fee schedule | ||||||
2 | approved pursuant to subsection 18 of this Section, | ||||||
3 | and submit any information relevant thereto. | ||||||
4 | vii. Emissions trading. No permit revision shall | ||||||
5 | be required for increases in emissions allowed under | ||||||
6 | any approved economic incentives, marketable permits, | ||||||
7 | emissions trading, and other similar programs or | ||||||
8 | processes for changes that are provided for in the | ||||||
9 | permit and that are authorized by the applicable | ||||||
10 | requirement. | ||||||
11 | p. Each CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of | ||||||
12 | this Section shall contain the following elements with | ||||||
13 | respect to compliance: | ||||||
14 | i. Compliance certification, testing, monitoring, | ||||||
15 | reporting, and record keeping requirements sufficient | ||||||
16 | to assure compliance with the terms and conditions of | ||||||
17 | the permit. Any document (including reports) required | ||||||
18 | by a CAAPP permit shall contain a certification by a | ||||||
19 | responsible official that meets the requirements of | ||||||
20 | subsection 5 of this Section and applicable | ||||||
21 | regulations. | ||||||
22 | ii. Inspection and entry requirements that | ||||||
23 | necessitate that, upon presentation of credentials and | ||||||
24 | other documents as may be required by law and in | ||||||
25 | accordance with constitutional limitations, the | ||||||
26 | permittee shall allow the Agency, or an authorized |
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1 | representative to perform the following: | ||||||
2 | A. Enter upon the permittee's premises where a | ||||||
3 | CAAPP source is located or emissions-related | ||||||
4 | activity is conducted, or where records must be | ||||||
5 | kept under the conditions of the permit. | ||||||
6 | B. Have access to and copy, at reasonable | ||||||
7 | times, any records that must be kept under the | ||||||
8 | conditions of the permit. | ||||||
9 | C. Inspect at reasonable times any facilities, | ||||||
10 | equipment (including monitoring and air pollution | ||||||
11 | control equipment), practices, or operations | ||||||
12 | regulated or required under the permit. | ||||||
13 | D. Sample or monitor any substances or | ||||||
14 | parameters at any location: | ||||||
15 | 1. As authorized by the Clean Air Act, at | ||||||
16 | reasonable times, for the purposes of assuring | ||||||
17 | compliance with the CAAPP permit or applicable | ||||||
18 | requirements; or | ||||||
19 | 2. As otherwise authorized by this Act. | ||||||
20 | iii. A schedule of compliance consistent with | ||||||
21 | subsection 5 of this Section and applicable | ||||||
22 | regulations. | ||||||
23 | iv. Progress reports consistent with an applicable | ||||||
24 | schedule of compliance pursuant to paragraph (d) of | ||||||
25 | subsection 5 of this Section and applicable | ||||||
26 | regulations to be submitted semiannually, or more |
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1 | frequently if the Agency determines that such more | ||||||
2 | frequent submittals are necessary for compliance with | ||||||
3 | the Act or regulations promulgated by the Board | ||||||
4 | thereunder. Such progress reports shall contain the | ||||||
5 | following: | ||||||
6 | A. Required dates for achieving the | ||||||
7 | activities, milestones, or compliance required by | ||||||
8 | the schedule of compliance and dates when such | ||||||
9 | activities, milestones or compliance were | ||||||
10 | achieved. | ||||||
11 | B. An explanation of why any dates in the | ||||||
12 | schedule of compliance were not or will not be | ||||||
13 | met, and any preventive or corrective measures | ||||||
14 | adopted. | ||||||
15 | v. Requirements for compliance certification with | ||||||
16 | terms and conditions contained in the permit, | ||||||
17 | including emission limitations, standards, or work | ||||||
18 | practices. Permits shall include each of the | ||||||
19 | following: | ||||||
20 | A. The frequency (annually or more frequently | ||||||
21 | as specified in any applicable requirement or by | ||||||
22 | the Agency pursuant to written procedures) of | ||||||
23 | submissions of compliance certifications. | ||||||
24 | B. A means for assessing or monitoring the | ||||||
25 | compliance of the source with its emissions | ||||||
26 | limitations, standards, and work practices. |
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1 | C. A requirement that the compliance | ||||||
2 | certification include the following: | ||||||
3 | 1. The identification of each term or | ||||||
4 | condition contained in the permit that is the | ||||||
5 | basis of the certification. | ||||||
6 | 2. The compliance status. | ||||||
7 | 3. Whether compliance was continuous or | ||||||
8 | intermittent. | ||||||
9 | 4. The method(s) used for determining the | ||||||
10 | compliance status of the source, both | ||||||
11 | currently and over the reporting period | ||||||
12 | consistent with subsection 7 of this Section. | ||||||
13 | D. A requirement that all compliance | ||||||
14 | certifications be submitted to the Agency. | ||||||
15 | E. Additional requirements as may be specified | ||||||
16 | pursuant to Sections 114(a)(3) and 504(b) of the | ||||||
17 | Clean Air Act. | ||||||
18 | F. Other provisions as the Agency may require. | ||||||
19 | q. If the owner or operator of CAAPP source can | ||||||
20 | demonstrate in its CAAPP application, including an | ||||||
21 | application for a significant modification, that an | ||||||
22 | alternative emission limit would be equivalent to that | ||||||
23 | contained in the applicable Board regulations, the Agency | ||||||
24 | shall include the alternative emission limit in the CAAPP | ||||||
25 | permit, which shall supersede the emission limit set forth | ||||||
26 | in the applicable Board regulations, and shall include |
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1 | conditions that insure that the resulting emission limit | ||||||
2 | is quantifiable, accountable, enforceable, and based on | ||||||
3 | replicable procedures.
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4 | 8. Public Notice; Affected State Review. | ||||||
5 | a. The Agency shall provide notice to the public, | ||||||
6 | including an opportunity for public comment and a hearing, | ||||||
7 | on each draft CAAPP permit for issuance, renewal or | ||||||
8 | significant modification, subject to Section 7.1 and | ||||||
9 | subsection (a) of Section 7 of this Act. | ||||||
10 | b. The Agency shall prepare a draft CAAPP permit and a | ||||||
11 | statement that sets forth the legal and factual basis for | ||||||
12 | the draft CAAPP permit conditions, including references to | ||||||
13 | the applicable statutory or regulatory provisions. The | ||||||
14 | Agency shall provide this statement to any person who | ||||||
15 | requests it. | ||||||
16 | c. The Agency shall give notice of each draft CAAPP | ||||||
17 | permit to the applicant and to any affected State on or | ||||||
18 | before the time that the Agency has provided notice to the | ||||||
19 | public, except as otherwise provided in this Act. | ||||||
20 | d. The Agency, as part of its submittal of a proposed | ||||||
21 | permit to USEPA (or as soon as possible after the | ||||||
22 | submittal for minor permit modification procedures allowed | ||||||
23 | under subsection 14 of this Section), shall notify USEPA | ||||||
24 | and any affected State in writing of any refusal of the | ||||||
25 | Agency to accept all of the recommendations for the |
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1 | proposed permit that an affected State submitted during | ||||||
2 | the public or affected State review period. The notice | ||||||
3 | shall include the Agency's reasons for not accepting the | ||||||
4 | recommendations. The Agency is not required to accept | ||||||
5 | recommendations that are not based on applicable | ||||||
6 | requirements or the requirements of this Section. | ||||||
7 | e. The Agency shall make available to the public any | ||||||
8 | CAAPP permit application, compliance plan (including the | ||||||
9 | schedule of compliance), CAAPP permit, and emissions or | ||||||
10 | compliance monitoring report. If an owner or operator of a | ||||||
11 | CAAPP source is required to submit information entitled to | ||||||
12 | protection from disclosure under Section 7.1 and | ||||||
13 | subsection (a) of Section 7 of this Act, the owner or | ||||||
14 | operator shall submit such information separately. The | ||||||
15 | requirements of Section 7.1 and subsection (a) of Section | ||||||
16 | 7 of this Act shall apply to such information, which shall | ||||||
17 | not be included in a CAAPP permit unless required by law. | ||||||
18 | The contents of a CAAPP permit shall not be entitled to | ||||||
19 | protection under Section 7.1 and subsection (a) of Section | ||||||
20 | 7 of this Act. | ||||||
21 | f. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
22 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
24 | necessary, to implement this subsection. | ||||||
25 | g. If requested by the permit applicant, the Agency | ||||||
26 | shall provide the permit applicant with a copy of the |
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1 | draft CAAPP permit prior to any public review period. If | ||||||
2 | requested by the permit applicant, the Agency shall | ||||||
3 | provide the permit applicant with a copy of the final | ||||||
4 | CAAPP permit prior to issuance of the CAAPP permit.
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5 | 9. USEPA Notice and Objection. | ||||||
6 | a. The Agency shall provide to USEPA for its review a | ||||||
7 | copy of each CAAPP application (including any application | ||||||
8 | for permit modification), statement of basis as provided | ||||||
9 | in paragraph (b) of subsection 8 of this Section, proposed | ||||||
10 | CAAPP permit, CAAPP permit, and, if the Agency does not | ||||||
11 | incorporate any affected State's recommendations on a | ||||||
12 | proposed CAAPP permit, a written statement of this | ||||||
13 | decision and its reasons for not accepting the | ||||||
14 | recommendations, except as otherwise provided in this Act | ||||||
15 | or by agreement with USEPA. To the extent practicable, the | ||||||
16 | preceding information shall be provided in computer | ||||||
17 | readable format compatible with USEPA's national database | ||||||
18 | management system. | ||||||
19 | b. The Agency shall not issue the proposed CAAPP | ||||||
20 | permit if USEPA objects in writing within 45 days after | ||||||
21 | receipt of the proposed CAAPP permit and all necessary | ||||||
22 | supporting information. | ||||||
23 | c. If USEPA objects in writing to the issuance of the | ||||||
24 | proposed CAAPP permit within the 45-day period, the Agency | ||||||
25 | shall respond in writing and may revise and resubmit the |
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1 | proposed CAAPP permit in response to the stated objection, | ||||||
2 | to the extent supported by the record, within 90 days | ||||||
3 | after the date of the objection. Prior to submitting a | ||||||
4 | revised permit to USEPA, the Agency shall provide the | ||||||
5 | applicant and any person who participated in the public | ||||||
6 | comment process, pursuant to subsection 8 of this Section, | ||||||
7 | with a 10-day period to comment on any revision which the | ||||||
8 | Agency is proposing to make to the permit in response to | ||||||
9 | USEPA's objection in accordance with Agency procedures. | ||||||
10 | d. Any USEPA objection under this subsection, | ||||||
11 | according to the Clean Air Act, will include a statement | ||||||
12 | of reasons for the objection and a description of the | ||||||
13 | terms and conditions that must be in the permit, in order | ||||||
14 | to adequately respond to the objections. Grounds for a | ||||||
15 | USEPA objection include the failure of the Agency to: (1) | ||||||
16 | submit the items and notices required under this | ||||||
17 | subsection; (2) submit any other information necessary to | ||||||
18 | adequately review the proposed CAAPP permit; or (3) | ||||||
19 | process the permit under subsection 8 of this Section | ||||||
20 | except for minor permit modifications. | ||||||
21 | e. If USEPA does not object in writing to issuance of a | ||||||
22 | permit under this subsection, any person may petition | ||||||
23 | USEPA within 60 days after expiration of the 45-day review | ||||||
24 | period to make such objection. | ||||||
25 | f. If the permit has not yet been issued and USEPA | ||||||
26 | objects to the permit as a result of a petition, the Agency |
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1 | shall not issue the permit until USEPA's objection has | ||||||
2 | been resolved. The Agency shall provide a 10-day comment | ||||||
3 | period in accordance with paragraph c of this subsection. | ||||||
4 | A petition does not, however, stay the effectiveness of a | ||||||
5 | permit or its requirements if the permit was issued after | ||||||
6 | expiration of the 45-day review period and prior to a | ||||||
7 | USEPA objection. | ||||||
8 | g. If the Agency has issued a permit after expiration | ||||||
9 | of the 45-day review period and prior to receipt of a USEPA | ||||||
10 | objection under this subsection in response to a petition | ||||||
11 | submitted pursuant to paragraph e of this subsection, the | ||||||
12 | Agency may, upon receipt of an objection from USEPA, | ||||||
13 | revise and resubmit the permit to USEPA pursuant to this | ||||||
14 | subsection after providing a 10-day comment period in | ||||||
15 | accordance with paragraph c of this subsection. If the | ||||||
16 | Agency fails to submit a revised permit in response to the | ||||||
17 | objection, USEPA shall modify, terminate or revoke the | ||||||
18 | permit. In any case, the source will not be in violation of | ||||||
19 | the requirement to have submitted a timely and complete | ||||||
20 | application. | ||||||
21 | h. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
22 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
24 | necessary, to implement this subsection.
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25 | 10. Final Agency Action. |
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1 | a. The Agency shall issue a CAAPP permit, permit | ||||||
2 | modification, or permit renewal if all of the following | ||||||
3 | conditions are met: | ||||||
4 | i. The applicant has submitted a complete and | ||||||
5 | certified application for a permit, permit | ||||||
6 | modification, or permit renewal consistent with | ||||||
7 | subsections 5 and 14 of this Section, as applicable, | ||||||
8 | and applicable regulations. | ||||||
9 | ii. The applicant has submitted with its complete | ||||||
10 | application an approvable compliance plan, including a | ||||||
11 | schedule for achieving compliance, consistent with | ||||||
12 | subsection 5 of this Section and applicable | ||||||
13 | regulations. | ||||||
14 | iii. The applicant has timely paid the fees | ||||||
15 | required pursuant to subsection 18 of this Section and | ||||||
16 | applicable regulations. | ||||||
17 | iv. The Agency has received a complete CAAPP | ||||||
18 | application and, if necessary, has requested and | ||||||
19 | received additional information from the applicant | ||||||
20 | consistent with subsection 5 of this Section and | ||||||
21 | applicable regulations. | ||||||
22 | v. The Agency has complied with all applicable | ||||||
23 | provisions regarding public notice and affected State | ||||||
24 | review consistent with subsection 8 of this Section | ||||||
25 | and applicable regulations. | ||||||
26 | vi. The Agency has provided a copy of each CAAPP |
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1 | application, or summary thereof, pursuant to agreement | ||||||
2 | with USEPA and proposed CAAPP permit required under | ||||||
3 | subsection 9 of this Section to USEPA, and USEPA has | ||||||
4 | not objected to the issuance of the permit in | ||||||
5 | accordance with the Clean Air Act and 40 CFR Part 70. | ||||||
6 | b. The Agency shall have the authority to deny a CAAPP | ||||||
7 | permit, permit modification, or permit renewal if the | ||||||
8 | applicant has not complied with the requirements of | ||||||
9 | subparagraphs (i) through (iv) of paragraph (a) of this | ||||||
10 | subsection or if USEPA objects to its issuance. | ||||||
11 | c. i. Prior to denial of a CAAPP permit, permit | ||||||
12 | modification, or permit renewal under this Section, | ||||||
13 | the Agency shall notify the applicant of the possible | ||||||
14 | denial and the reasons for the denial. | ||||||
15 | ii. Within such notice, the Agency shall specify | ||||||
16 | an appropriate date by which the applicant shall | ||||||
17 | adequately respond to the Agency's notice. Such date | ||||||
18 | shall not exceed 15 days from the date the | ||||||
19 | notification is received by the applicant. The Agency | ||||||
20 | may grant a reasonable extension for good cause shown. | ||||||
21 | iii. Failure by the applicant to adequately | ||||||
22 | respond by the date specified in the notification or | ||||||
23 | by any granted extension date shall be grounds for | ||||||
24 | denial of the permit. | ||||||
25 | For purposes of obtaining judicial review under | ||||||
26 | Sections 40.2 and 41 of this Act, the Agency shall |
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1 | provide to USEPA and each applicant, and, upon | ||||||
2 | request, to affected States, any person who | ||||||
3 | participated in the public comment process, and any | ||||||
4 | other person who could obtain judicial review under | ||||||
5 | Sections 40.2 and 41 of this Act, a copy of each CAAPP | ||||||
6 | permit or notification of denial pertaining to that | ||||||
7 | party. | ||||||
8 | d. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
9 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
10 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
11 | necessary, to implement this subsection.
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12 | 11. General Permits. | ||||||
13 | a. The Agency may issue a general permit covering | ||||||
14 | numerous similar sources, except for affected sources for | ||||||
15 | acid deposition unless otherwise provided in regulations | ||||||
16 | promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
17 | b. The Agency shall identify, in any general permit, | ||||||
18 | criteria by which sources may qualify for the general | ||||||
19 | permit. | ||||||
20 | c. CAAPP sources that would qualify for a general | ||||||
21 | permit must apply for coverage under the terms of the | ||||||
22 | general permit or must apply for a CAAPP permit consistent | ||||||
23 | with subsection 5 of this Section and applicable | ||||||
24 | regulations. | ||||||
25 | d. The Agency shall comply with the public comment and |
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1 | hearing provisions of this Section as well as the USEPA | ||||||
2 | and affected State review procedures prior to issuance of | ||||||
3 | a general permit. | ||||||
4 | e. When granting a subsequent request by a qualifying | ||||||
5 | CAAPP source for coverage under the terms of a general | ||||||
6 | permit, the Agency shall not be required to repeat the | ||||||
7 | public notice and comment procedures. The granting of such | ||||||
8 | request shall not be considered a final permit action for | ||||||
9 | purposes of judicial review. | ||||||
10 | f. The Agency may not issue a general permit to cover | ||||||
11 | any discrete emission unit at a CAAPP source if another | ||||||
12 | CAAPP permit covers emission units at the source. | ||||||
13 | g. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
14 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
16 | necessary, to implement this subsection.
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17 | 12. Operational Flexibility. | ||||||
18 | a. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source may make | ||||||
19 | changes at the CAAPP source without requiring a prior | ||||||
20 | permit revision, consistent with subparagraphs (i) through | ||||||
21 | (iii) of paragraph (a) of this subsection, so long as the | ||||||
22 | changes are not modifications under any provision of Title | ||||||
23 | I of the Clean Air Act and they do not exceed the emissions | ||||||
24 | allowable under the permit (whether expressed therein as a | ||||||
25 | rate of emissions or in terms of total emissions), |
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1 | provided that the owner or operator of the CAAPP source | ||||||
2 | provides USEPA and the Agency with written notification as | ||||||
3 | required below in advance of the proposed changes, which | ||||||
4 | shall be a minimum of 7 days, unless otherwise provided by | ||||||
5 | the Agency in applicable regulations regarding | ||||||
6 | emergencies. The owner or operator of a CAAPP source and | ||||||
7 | the Agency shall each attach such notice to their copy of | ||||||
8 | the relevant permit. | ||||||
9 | i. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source may make | ||||||
10 | Section 502 (b) (10) changes without a permit | ||||||
11 | revision, if the changes are not modifications under | ||||||
12 | any provision of Title I of the Clean Air Act and the | ||||||
13 | changes do not exceed the emissions allowable under | ||||||
14 | the permit (whether expressed therein as a rate of | ||||||
15 | emissions or in terms of total emissions). | ||||||
16 | A. For each such change, the written | ||||||
17 | notification required above shall include a brief | ||||||
18 | description of the change within the source, the | ||||||
19 | date on which the change will occur, any change in | ||||||
20 | emissions, and any permit term or condition that | ||||||
21 | is no longer applicable as a result of the change. | ||||||
22 | B. The permit shield described in paragraph | ||||||
23 | (j) of subsection 7 of this Section shall not | ||||||
24 | apply to any change made pursuant to this | ||||||
25 | subparagraph. | ||||||
26 | ii. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source may |
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1 | trade increases and decreases in emissions in the | ||||||
2 | CAAPP source, where the applicable implementation plan | ||||||
3 | provides for such emission trades without requiring a | ||||||
4 | permit revision. This provision is available in those | ||||||
5 | cases where the permit does not already provide for | ||||||
6 | such emissions trading. | ||||||
7 | A. Under this subparagraph (ii) of paragraph | ||||||
8 | (a) of this subsection, the written notification | ||||||
9 | required above shall include such information as | ||||||
10 | may be required by the provision in the applicable | ||||||
11 | implementation plan authorizing the emissions | ||||||
12 | trade, including at a minimum, when the proposed | ||||||
13 | changes will occur, a description of each such | ||||||
14 | change, any change in emissions, the permit | ||||||
15 | requirements with which the source will comply | ||||||
16 | using the emissions trading provisions of the | ||||||
17 | applicable implementation plan, and the pollutants | ||||||
18 | emitted subject to the emissions trade. The notice | ||||||
19 | shall also refer to the provisions in the | ||||||
20 | applicable implementation plan with which the | ||||||
21 | source will comply and provide for the emissions | ||||||
22 | trade. | ||||||
23 | B. The permit shield described in paragraph | ||||||
24 | (j) of subsection 7 of this Section shall not | ||||||
25 | apply to any change made pursuant to subparagraph | ||||||
26 | (ii) of paragraph (a) of this subsection. |
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1 | Compliance with the permit requirements that the | ||||||
2 | source will meet using the emissions trade shall | ||||||
3 | be determined according to the requirements of the | ||||||
4 | applicable implementation plan authorizing the | ||||||
5 | emissions trade. | ||||||
6 | iii. If requested within a CAAPP application, the | ||||||
7 | Agency shall issue a CAAPP permit which contains terms | ||||||
8 | and conditions, including all terms required under | ||||||
9 | subsection 7 of this Section to determine compliance, | ||||||
10 | allowing for the trading of emissions increases and | ||||||
11 | decreases at the CAAPP source solely for the purpose | ||||||
12 | of complying with a federally-enforceable emissions | ||||||
13 | cap that is established in the permit independent of | ||||||
14 | otherwise applicable requirements. The owner or | ||||||
15 | operator of a CAAPP source shall include in its CAAPP | ||||||
16 | application proposed replicable procedures and permit | ||||||
17 | terms that ensure the emissions trades are | ||||||
18 | quantifiable and enforceable. The permit shall also | ||||||
19 | require compliance with all applicable requirements. | ||||||
20 | A. Under this subparagraph (iii) of paragraph | ||||||
21 | (a), the written notification required above shall | ||||||
22 | state when the change will occur and shall | ||||||
23 | describe the changes in emissions that will result | ||||||
24 | and how these increases and decreases in emissions | ||||||
25 | will comply with the terms and conditions of the | ||||||
26 | permit. |
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1 | B. The permit shield described in paragraph | ||||||
2 | (j) of subsection 7 of this Section shall extend | ||||||
3 | to terms and conditions that allow such increases | ||||||
4 | and decreases in emissions. | ||||||
5 | b. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source may make | ||||||
6 | changes that are not addressed or prohibited by the | ||||||
7 | permit, other than those which are subject to any | ||||||
8 | requirements under Title IV of the Clean Air Act or are | ||||||
9 | modifications under any provisions of Title I of the Clean | ||||||
10 | Air Act, without a permit revision, in accordance with the | ||||||
11 | following requirements: | ||||||
12 | (i) Each such change shall meet all applicable | ||||||
13 | requirements and shall not violate any existing permit | ||||||
14 | term or condition; | ||||||
15 | (ii) Sources must provide contemporaneous written | ||||||
16 | notice to the Agency and USEPA of each such change, | ||||||
17 | except for changes that qualify as insignificant under | ||||||
18 | provisions adopted by the Agency or the Board. Such | ||||||
19 | written notice shall describe each such change, | ||||||
20 | including the date, any change in emissions, | ||||||
21 | pollutants emitted, and any applicable requirement | ||||||
22 | that would apply as a result of the change; | ||||||
23 | (iii) The change shall not qualify for the shield | ||||||
24 | described in paragraph (j) of subsection 7 of this | ||||||
25 | Section; and | ||||||
26 | (iv) The permittee shall keep a record describing |
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1 | changes made at the source that result in emissions of | ||||||
2 | a regulated air pollutant subject to an applicable | ||||||
3 | Clean Air Act requirement, but not otherwise regulated | ||||||
4 | under the permit, and the emissions resulting from | ||||||
5 | those changes. | ||||||
6 | c. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
7 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
8 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
9 | necessary to implement this subsection.
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10 | 13. Administrative Permit Amendments. | ||||||
11 | a. The Agency shall take final action on a request for | ||||||
12 | an administrative permit amendment within 60 days after | ||||||
13 | receipt of the request. Neither notice nor an opportunity | ||||||
14 | for public and affected State comment shall be required | ||||||
15 | for the Agency to incorporate such revisions, provided it | ||||||
16 | designates the permit revisions as having been made | ||||||
17 | pursuant to this subsection. | ||||||
18 | b. The Agency shall submit a copy of the revised | ||||||
19 | permit to USEPA. | ||||||
20 | c. For purposes of this Section the term | ||||||
21 | "administrative permit amendment" shall be defined as a | ||||||
22 | permit revision that can accomplish one or more of the | ||||||
23 | changes described below: | ||||||
24 | i. Corrects typographical errors; | ||||||
25 | ii. Identifies a change in the name, address, or |
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1 | phone number of any person identified in the permit, | ||||||
2 | or provides a similar minor administrative change at | ||||||
3 | the source; | ||||||
4 | iii. Requires more frequent monitoring or | ||||||
5 | reporting by the permittee; | ||||||
6 | iv. Allows for a change in ownership or | ||||||
7 | operational control of a source where the Agency | ||||||
8 | determines that no other change in the permit is | ||||||
9 | necessary, provided that a written agreement | ||||||
10 | containing a specific date for transfer of permit | ||||||
11 | responsibility, coverage, and liability between the | ||||||
12 | current and new permittees has been submitted to the | ||||||
13 | Agency; | ||||||
14 | v. Incorporates into the CAAPP permit the | ||||||
15 | requirements from preconstruction review permits | ||||||
16 | authorized under a USEPA-approved program, provided | ||||||
17 | the program meets procedural and compliance | ||||||
18 | requirements substantially equivalent to those | ||||||
19 | contained in this Section; | ||||||
20 | vi. (Blank); or | ||||||
21 | vii. Any other type of change which USEPA has | ||||||
22 | determined as part of the approved CAAPP permit | ||||||
23 | program to be similar to those included in this | ||||||
24 | subsection. | ||||||
25 | d. The Agency shall, upon taking final action granting | ||||||
26 | a request for an administrative permit amendment, allow |
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1 | coverage by the permit shield in paragraph (j) of | ||||||
2 | subsection 7 of this Section for administrative permit | ||||||
3 | amendments made pursuant to subparagraph (v) of paragraph | ||||||
4 | (c) of this subsection which meet the relevant | ||||||
5 | requirements for significant permit modifications. | ||||||
6 | e. Permit revisions and modifications, including | ||||||
7 | administrative amendments and automatic amendments | ||||||
8 | (pursuant to Sections 408(b) and 403(d) of the Clean Air | ||||||
9 | Act or regulations promulgated thereunder), for purposes | ||||||
10 | of the acid rain portion of the permit shall be governed by | ||||||
11 | the regulations promulgated under Title IV of the Clean | ||||||
12 | Air Act. Owners or operators of affected sources for acid | ||||||
13 | deposition shall have the flexibility to amend their | ||||||
14 | compliance plans as provided in the regulations | ||||||
15 | promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
16 | f. The CAAPP source may implement the changes | ||||||
17 | addressed in the request for an administrative permit | ||||||
18 | amendment immediately upon submittal of the request. | ||||||
19 | g. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
20 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
22 | necessary, to implement this subsection.
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23 | 14. Permit Modifications. | ||||||
24 | a. Minor permit modification procedures. | ||||||
25 | i. The Agency shall review a permit modification |
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1 | using the "minor permit" modification procedures only | ||||||
2 | for those permit modifications that: | ||||||
3 | A. Do not violate any applicable requirement; | ||||||
4 | B. Do not involve significant changes to | ||||||
5 | existing monitoring, reporting, or recordkeeping | ||||||
6 | requirements in the permit; | ||||||
7 | C. Do not require a case-by-case determination | ||||||
8 | of an emission limitation or other standard, or a | ||||||
9 | source-specific determination of ambient impacts, | ||||||
10 | or a visibility or increment analysis; | ||||||
11 | D. Do not seek to establish or change a permit | ||||||
12 | term or condition for which there is no | ||||||
13 | corresponding underlying requirement and which | ||||||
14 | avoids an applicable requirement to which the | ||||||
15 | source would otherwise be subject. Such terms and | ||||||
16 | conditions include: | ||||||
17 | 1. A federally enforceable emissions cap | ||||||
18 | assumed to avoid classification as a | ||||||
19 | modification under any provision of Title I of | ||||||
20 | the Clean Air Act; and | ||||||
21 | 2. An alternative emissions limit approved | ||||||
22 | pursuant to regulations promulgated under | ||||||
23 | Section 112(i)(5) of the Clean Air Act; | ||||||
24 | E. Are not modifications under any provision | ||||||
25 | of Title I of the Clean Air Act; and | ||||||
26 | F. Are not required to be processed as a |
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1 | significant modification. | ||||||
2 | ii. Notwithstanding subparagraph (i) of paragraph | ||||||
3 | (a) and subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of this | ||||||
4 | subsection, minor permit modification procedures may | ||||||
5 | be used for permit modifications involving the use of | ||||||
6 | economic incentives, marketable permits, emissions | ||||||
7 | trading, and other similar approaches, to the extent | ||||||
8 | that such minor permit modification procedures are | ||||||
9 | explicitly provided for in an applicable | ||||||
10 | implementation plan or in applicable requirements | ||||||
11 | promulgated by USEPA. | ||||||
12 | iii. An applicant requesting the use of minor | ||||||
13 | permit modification procedures shall meet the | ||||||
14 | requirements of subsection 5 of this Section and shall | ||||||
15 | include the following in its application: | ||||||
16 | A. A description of the change, the emissions | ||||||
17 | resulting from the change, and any new applicable | ||||||
18 | requirements that will apply if the change occurs; | ||||||
19 | B. The source's suggested draft permit; | ||||||
20 | C. Certification by a responsible official, | ||||||
21 | consistent with paragraph (e) of subsection 5 of | ||||||
22 | this Section and applicable regulations, that the | ||||||
23 | proposed modification meets the criteria for use | ||||||
24 | of minor permit modification procedures and a | ||||||
25 | request that such procedures be used; and | ||||||
26 | D. Completed forms for the Agency to use to |
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1 | notify USEPA and affected States as required under | ||||||
2 | subsections 8 and 9 of this Section. | ||||||
3 | iv. Within 5 working days after receipt of a | ||||||
4 | complete permit modification application, the Agency | ||||||
5 | shall notify USEPA and affected States of the | ||||||
6 | requested permit modification in accordance with | ||||||
7 | subsections 8 and 9 of this Section. The Agency | ||||||
8 | promptly shall send any notice required under | ||||||
9 | paragraph (d) of subsection 8 of this Section to | ||||||
10 | USEPA. | ||||||
11 | v. The Agency may not issue a final permit | ||||||
12 | modification until after the 45-day review period for | ||||||
13 | USEPA or until USEPA has notified the Agency that | ||||||
14 | USEPA will not object to the issuance of the permit | ||||||
15 | modification, whichever comes first, although the | ||||||
16 | Agency can approve the permit modification prior to | ||||||
17 | that time. Within 90 days after the Agency's receipt | ||||||
18 | of an application under the minor permit modification | ||||||
19 | procedures or 15 days after the end of USEPA's 45-day | ||||||
20 | review period under subsection 9 of this Section, | ||||||
21 | whichever is later, the Agency shall: | ||||||
22 | A. Issue the permit modification as proposed; | ||||||
23 | B. Deny the permit modification application; | ||||||
24 | C. Determine that the requested modification | ||||||
25 | does not meet the minor permit modification | ||||||
26 | criteria and should be reviewed under the |
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1 | significant modification procedures; or | ||||||
2 | D. Revise the draft permit modification and | ||||||
3 | transmit to USEPA the new proposed permit | ||||||
4 | modification as required by subsection 9 of this | ||||||
5 | Section. | ||||||
6 | vi. Any CAAPP source may make the change proposed | ||||||
7 | in its minor permit modification application | ||||||
8 | immediately after it files such application. After the | ||||||
9 | CAAPP source makes the change allowed by the preceding | ||||||
10 | sentence, and until the Agency takes any of the | ||||||
11 | actions specified in items (A) through (C) of | ||||||
12 | subparagraph (v) of paragraph (a) of this subsection, | ||||||
13 | the source must comply with both the applicable | ||||||
14 | requirements governing the change and the proposed | ||||||
15 | permit terms and conditions. During this time period, | ||||||
16 | the source need not comply with the existing permit | ||||||
17 | terms and conditions it seeks to modify. If the source | ||||||
18 | fails to comply with its proposed permit terms and | ||||||
19 | conditions during this time period, the existing | ||||||
20 | permit terms and conditions which it seeks to modify | ||||||
21 | may be enforced against it. | ||||||
22 | vii. The permit shield under paragraph (j) of | ||||||
23 | subsection 7 of this Section may not extend to minor | ||||||
24 | permit modifications. | ||||||
25 | viii. If a construction permit is required, | ||||||
26 | pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 39 of this Act |
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1 | and regulations thereunder, for a change for which the | ||||||
2 | minor permit modification procedures are applicable, | ||||||
3 | the source may request that the processing of the | ||||||
4 | construction permit application be consolidated with | ||||||
5 | the processing of the application for the minor permit | ||||||
6 | modification. In such cases, the provisions of this | ||||||
7 | Section, including those within subsections 5, 8, and | ||||||
8 | 9, shall apply and the Agency shall act on such | ||||||
9 | applications pursuant to subparagraph (v) of paragraph | ||||||
10 | (a) of subsection 14 of this Section. The source may | ||||||
11 | make the proposed change immediately after filing its | ||||||
12 | application for the minor permit modification. Nothing | ||||||
13 | in this subparagraph shall otherwise affect the | ||||||
14 | requirements and procedures applicable to construction | ||||||
15 | permits. | ||||||
16 | b. Group Processing of Minor Permit Modifications. | ||||||
17 | i. Where requested by an applicant within its | ||||||
18 | application, the Agency shall process groups of a | ||||||
19 | source's applications for certain modifications | ||||||
20 | eligible for minor permit modification processing in | ||||||
21 | accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (b). | ||||||
22 | ii. Permit modifications may be processed in | ||||||
23 | accordance with the procedures for group processing, | ||||||
24 | for those modifications: | ||||||
25 | A. Which meet the criteria for minor permit | ||||||
26 | modification procedures under subparagraph (i) of |
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1 | paragraph (a) of subsection 14 of this Section; | ||||||
2 | and | ||||||
3 | B. That collectively are below 10 percent of | ||||||
4 | the emissions allowed by the permit for the | ||||||
5 | emissions unit for which change is requested, 20 | ||||||
6 | percent of the applicable definition of major | ||||||
7 | source set forth in subsection 2 of this Section, | ||||||
8 | or 5 tons per year, whichever is least. | ||||||
9 | iii. An applicant requesting the use of group | ||||||
10 | processing procedures shall meet the requirements of | ||||||
11 | subsection 5 of this Section and shall include the | ||||||
12 | following in its application: | ||||||
13 | A. A description of the change, the emissions | ||||||
14 | resulting from the change, and any new applicable | ||||||
15 | requirements that will apply if the change occurs. | ||||||
16 | B. The source's suggested draft permit. | ||||||
17 | C. Certification by a responsible official | ||||||
18 | consistent with paragraph (e) of subsection 5 of | ||||||
19 | this Section, that the proposed modification meets | ||||||
20 | the criteria for use of group processing | ||||||
21 | procedures and a request that such procedures be | ||||||
22 | used. | ||||||
23 | D. A list of the source's other pending | ||||||
24 | applications awaiting group processing, and a | ||||||
25 | determination of whether the requested | ||||||
26 | modification, aggregated with these other |
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1 | applications, equals or exceeds the threshold set | ||||||
2 | under item (B) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph | ||||||
3 | (b) of this subsection. | ||||||
4 | E. Certification, consistent with paragraph | ||||||
5 | (e) of subsection 5 of this Section, that the | ||||||
6 | source has notified USEPA of the proposed | ||||||
7 | modification. Such notification need only contain | ||||||
8 | a brief description of the requested modification. | ||||||
9 | F. Completed forms for the Agency to use to | ||||||
10 | notify USEPA and affected states as required under | ||||||
11 | subsections 8 and 9 of this Section. | ||||||
12 | iv. On a quarterly basis or within 5 business days | ||||||
13 | after receipt of an application demonstrating that the | ||||||
14 | aggregate of a source's pending applications equals or | ||||||
15 | exceeds the threshold level set forth within item (B) | ||||||
16 | of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of this | ||||||
17 | subsection, whichever is earlier, the Agency shall | ||||||
18 | promptly notify USEPA and affected States of the | ||||||
19 | requested permit modifications in accordance with | ||||||
20 | subsections 8 and 9 of this Section. The Agency shall | ||||||
21 | send any notice required under paragraph (d) of | ||||||
22 | subsection 8 of this Section to USEPA. | ||||||
23 | v. The provisions of subparagraph (v) of paragraph | ||||||
24 | (a) of this subsection shall apply to modifications | ||||||
25 | eligible for group processing, except that the Agency | ||||||
26 | shall take one of the actions specified in items (A) |
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1 | through (D) of subparagraph (v) of paragraph (a) of | ||||||
2 | this subsection within 180 days after receipt of the | ||||||
3 | application or 15 days after the end of USEPA's 45-day | ||||||
4 | review period under subsection 9 of this Section, | ||||||
5 | whichever is later. | ||||||
6 | vi. The provisions of subparagraph (vi) of | ||||||
7 | paragraph (a) of this subsection shall apply to | ||||||
8 | modifications for group processing. | ||||||
9 | vii. The provisions of paragraph (j) of subsection | ||||||
10 | 7 of this Section shall not apply to modifications | ||||||
11 | eligible for group processing. | ||||||
12 | c. Significant Permit Modifications. | ||||||
13 | i. Significant modification procedures shall be | ||||||
14 | used for applications requesting significant permit | ||||||
15 | modifications and for those applications that do not | ||||||
16 | qualify as either minor permit modifications or as | ||||||
17 | administrative permit amendments. | ||||||
18 | ii. Every significant change in existing | ||||||
19 | monitoring permit terms or conditions and every | ||||||
20 | relaxation of reporting or recordkeeping requirements | ||||||
21 | shall be considered significant. A modification shall | ||||||
22 | also be considered significant if in the judgment of | ||||||
23 | the Agency action on an application for modification | ||||||
24 | would require decisions to be made on technically | ||||||
25 | complex issues. Nothing herein shall be construed to | ||||||
26 | preclude the permittee from making changes consistent |
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1 | with this Section that would render existing permit | ||||||
2 | compliance terms and conditions irrelevant. | ||||||
3 | iii. Significant permit modifications must meet | ||||||
4 | all the requirements of this Section, including those | ||||||
5 | for applications (including completeness review), | ||||||
6 | public participation, review by affected States, and | ||||||
7 | review by USEPA applicable to initial permit issuance | ||||||
8 | and permit renewal. The Agency shall take final action | ||||||
9 | on significant permit modifications within 9 months | ||||||
10 | after receipt of a complete application. | ||||||
11 | d. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
12 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
14 | necessary, to implement this subsection.
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15 | 15. Reopenings for Cause by the Agency. | ||||||
16 | a. Each issued CAAPP permit shall include provisions | ||||||
17 | specifying the conditions under which the permit will be | ||||||
18 | reopened prior to the expiration of the permit. Such | ||||||
19 | revisions shall be made as expeditiously as practicable. A | ||||||
20 | CAAPP permit shall be reopened and revised under any of | ||||||
21 | the following circumstances, in accordance with procedures | ||||||
22 | adopted by the Agency: | ||||||
23 | i. Additional requirements under the Clean Air Act | ||||||
24 | become applicable to a major CAAPP source for which 3 | ||||||
25 | or more years remain on the original term of the |
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1 | permit. Such a reopening shall be completed not later | ||||||
2 | than 18 months after the promulgation of the | ||||||
3 | applicable requirement. No such revision is required | ||||||
4 | if the effective date of the requirement is later than | ||||||
5 | the date on which the permit is due to expire. | ||||||
6 | ii. Additional requirements (including excess | ||||||
7 | emissions requirements) become applicable to an | ||||||
8 | affected source for acid deposition under the acid | ||||||
9 | rain program. Excess emissions offset plans shall be | ||||||
10 | deemed to be incorporated into the permit upon | ||||||
11 | approval by USEPA. | ||||||
12 | iii. The Agency or USEPA determines that the | ||||||
13 | permit contains a material mistake or that inaccurate | ||||||
14 | statements were made in establishing the emissions | ||||||
15 | standards, limitations, or other terms or conditions | ||||||
16 | of the permit. | ||||||
17 | iv. The Agency or USEPA determines that the permit | ||||||
18 | must be revised or revoked to assure compliance with | ||||||
19 | the applicable requirements. | ||||||
20 | b. In the event that the Agency determines that there | ||||||
21 | are grounds for revoking a CAAPP permit, for cause, | ||||||
22 | consistent with paragraph a of this subsection, it shall | ||||||
23 | file a petition before the Board setting forth the basis | ||||||
24 | for such revocation. In any such proceeding, the Agency | ||||||
25 | shall have the burden of establishing that the permit | ||||||
26 | should be revoked under the standards set forth in this |
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1 | Act and the Clean Air Act. Any such proceeding shall be | ||||||
2 | conducted pursuant to the Board's procedures for | ||||||
3 | adjudicatory hearings and the Board shall render its | ||||||
4 | decision within 120 days of the filing of the petition. | ||||||
5 | The Agency shall take final action to revoke and reissue a | ||||||
6 | CAAPP permit consistent with the Board's order. | ||||||
7 | c. Proceedings regarding a reopened CAAPP permit shall | ||||||
8 | follow the same procedures as apply to initial permit | ||||||
9 | issuance and shall affect only those parts of the permit | ||||||
10 | for which cause to reopen exists. | ||||||
11 | d. Reopenings under paragraph (a) of this subsection | ||||||
12 | shall not be initiated before a notice of such intent is | ||||||
13 | provided to the CAAPP source by the Agency at least 30 days | ||||||
14 | in advance of the date that the permit is to be reopened, | ||||||
15 | except that the Agency may provide a shorter time period | ||||||
16 | in the case of an emergency. | ||||||
17 | e. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
18 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
20 | necessary, to implement this subsection.
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21 | 16. Reopenings for Cause by USEPA. | ||||||
22 | a. When USEPA finds that cause exists to terminate, | ||||||
23 | modify, or revoke and reissue a CAAPP permit pursuant to | ||||||
24 | subsection 15 of this Section, and thereafter notifies the | ||||||
25 | Agency and the permittee of such finding in writing, the |
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1 | Agency shall forward to USEPA and the permittee a proposed | ||||||
2 | determination of termination, modification, or revocation | ||||||
3 | and reissuance as appropriate, in accordance with | ||||||
4 | paragraph (b) of this subsection. The Agency's proposed | ||||||
5 | determination shall be in accordance with the record, the | ||||||
6 | Clean Air Act, regulations promulgated thereunder, this | ||||||
7 | Act and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such proposed | ||||||
8 | determination shall not affect the permit or constitute a | ||||||
9 | final permit action for purposes of this Act or the | ||||||
10 | Administrative Review Law. The Agency shall forward to | ||||||
11 | USEPA such proposed determination within 90 days after | ||||||
12 | receipt of the notification from USEPA. If additional time | ||||||
13 | is necessary to submit the proposed determination, the | ||||||
14 | Agency shall request a 90-day extension from USEPA and | ||||||
15 | shall submit the proposed determination within 180 days | ||||||
16 | after receipt of notification from USEPA. | ||||||
17 | b. i. Prior to the Agency's submittal to USEPA of a | ||||||
18 | proposed determination to terminate or revoke and | ||||||
19 | reissue the permit, the Agency shall file a petition | ||||||
20 | before the Board setting forth USEPA's objection, the | ||||||
21 | permit record, the Agency's proposed determination, | ||||||
22 | and the justification for its proposed determination. | ||||||
23 | The Board shall conduct a hearing pursuant to the | ||||||
24 | rules prescribed by Section 32 of this Act, and the | ||||||
25 | burden of proof shall be on the Agency. | ||||||
26 | ii. After due consideration of the written and |
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1 | oral statements, the testimony and arguments that | ||||||
2 | shall be submitted at hearing, the Board shall issue | ||||||
3 | and enter an interim order for the proposed | ||||||
4 | determination, which shall set forth all changes, if | ||||||
5 | any, required in the Agency's proposed determination. | ||||||
6 | The interim order shall comply with the requirements | ||||||
7 | for final orders as set forth in Section 33 of this | ||||||
8 | Act. Issuance of an interim order by the Board under | ||||||
9 | this paragraph, however, shall not affect the permit | ||||||
10 | status and does not constitute a final action for | ||||||
11 | purposes of this Act or the Administrative Review Law. | ||||||
12 | iii. The Board shall cause a copy of its interim | ||||||
13 | order to be served upon all parties to the proceeding | ||||||
14 | as well as upon USEPA. The Agency shall submit the | ||||||
15 | proposed determination to USEPA in accordance with the | ||||||
16 | Board's Interim Order within 180 days after receipt of | ||||||
17 | the notification from USEPA. | ||||||
18 | c. USEPA shall review the proposed determination to | ||||||
19 | terminate, modify, or revoke and reissue the permit within | ||||||
20 | 90 days after receipt. | ||||||
21 | i. When USEPA reviews the proposed determination | ||||||
22 | to terminate or revoke and reissue and does not | ||||||
23 | object, the Board shall, within 7 days after receipt | ||||||
24 | of USEPA's final approval, enter the interim order as | ||||||
25 | a final order. The final order may be appealed as | ||||||
26 | provided by Title XI of this Act. The Agency shall take |
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1 | final action in accordance with the Board's final | ||||||
2 | order. | ||||||
3 | ii. When USEPA reviews such proposed determination | ||||||
4 | to terminate or revoke and reissue and objects, the | ||||||
5 | Agency shall submit USEPA's objection and the Agency's | ||||||
6 | comments and recommendation on the objection to the | ||||||
7 | Board and permittee. The Board shall review its | ||||||
8 | interim order in response to USEPA's objection and the | ||||||
9 | Agency's comments and recommendation and issue a final | ||||||
10 | order in accordance with Sections 32 and 33 of this | ||||||
11 | Act. The Agency shall, within 90 days after receipt of | ||||||
12 | such objection, respond to USEPA's objection in | ||||||
13 | accordance with the Board's final order. | ||||||
14 | iii. When USEPA reviews such proposed | ||||||
15 | determination to modify and objects, the Agency shall, | ||||||
16 | within 90 days after receipt of the objection, resolve | ||||||
17 | the objection and modify the permit in accordance with | ||||||
18 | USEPA's objection, based upon the record, the Clean | ||||||
19 | Air Act, regulations promulgated thereunder, this Act, | ||||||
20 | and regulations promulgated thereunder. | ||||||
21 | d. If the Agency fails to submit the proposed | ||||||
22 | determination pursuant to paragraph a of this subsection | ||||||
23 | or fails to resolve any USEPA objection pursuant to | ||||||
24 | paragraph c of this subsection, USEPA will terminate, | ||||||
25 | modify, or revoke and reissue the permit. | ||||||
26 | e. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt |
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1 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
2 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
3 | necessary, to implement this subsection.
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4 | 17. Title IV; Acid Rain Provisions. | ||||||
5 | a. The Agency shall act on initial CAAPP applications | ||||||
6 | for affected sources for acid deposition in accordance | ||||||
7 | with this Section and Title V of the Clean Air Act and | ||||||
8 | regulations promulgated thereunder, except as modified by | ||||||
9 | Title IV of the Clean Air Act and regulations promulgated | ||||||
10 | thereunder. The Agency shall issue initial CAAPP permits | ||||||
11 | to the affected sources for acid deposition which shall | ||||||
12 | become effective no earlier than January 1, 1995, and | ||||||
13 | which shall terminate on December 31, 1999, in accordance | ||||||
14 | with this Section. Subsequent CAAPP permits issued to | ||||||
15 | affected sources for acid deposition shall be issued for a | ||||||
16 | fixed term of 5 years. Title IV of the Clean Air Act and | ||||||
17 | regulations promulgated thereunder, including but not | ||||||
18 | limited to 40 C.F.R. Part 72, as now or hereafter amended, | ||||||
19 | are applicable to and enforceable under this Act. | ||||||
20 | b. A designated representative of an affected source | ||||||
21 | for acid deposition shall submit a timely and complete | ||||||
22 | Phase II acid rain permit application and compliance plan | ||||||
23 | to the Agency, not later than January 1, 1996, that meets | ||||||
24 | the requirements of Titles IV and V of the Clean Air Act | ||||||
25 | and regulations. The Agency shall act on the Phase II acid |
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1 | rain permit application and compliance plan in accordance | ||||||
2 | with this Section and Title V of the Clean Air Act and | ||||||
3 | regulations promulgated thereunder, except as modified by | ||||||
4 | Title IV of the Clean Air Act and regulations promulgated | ||||||
5 | thereunder. The Agency shall issue the Phase II acid rain | ||||||
6 | permit to an affected source for acid deposition no later | ||||||
7 | than December 31, 1997, which shall become effective on | ||||||
8 | January 1, 2000, in accordance with this Section, except | ||||||
9 | as modified by Title IV and regulations promulgated | ||||||
10 | thereunder; provided that the designated representative of | ||||||
11 | the source submitted a timely and complete Phase II permit | ||||||
12 | application and compliance plan to the Agency that meets | ||||||
13 | the requirements of Title IV and V of the Clean Air Act and | ||||||
14 | regulations. | ||||||
15 | c. Each Phase II acid rain permit issued in accordance | ||||||
16 | with this subsection shall have a fixed term of 5 years. | ||||||
17 | Except as provided in paragraph b above, the Agency shall | ||||||
18 | issue or deny a Phase II acid rain permit within 18 months | ||||||
19 | of receiving a complete Phase II permit application and | ||||||
20 | compliance plan. | ||||||
21 | d. A designated representative of a new unit, as | ||||||
22 | defined in Section 402 of the Clean Air Act, shall submit a | ||||||
23 | timely and complete Phase II acid rain permit application | ||||||
24 | and compliance plan that meets the requirements of Titles | ||||||
25 | IV and V of the Clean Air Act and its regulations. The | ||||||
26 | Agency shall act on the new unit's Phase II acid rain |
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1 | permit application and compliance plan in accordance with | ||||||
2 | this Section and Title V of the Clean Air Act and its | ||||||
3 | regulations, except as modified by Title IV of the Clean | ||||||
4 | Air Act and its regulations. The Agency shall reopen the | ||||||
5 | new unit's CAAPP permit for cause to incorporate the | ||||||
6 | approved Phase II acid rain permit in accordance with this | ||||||
7 | Section. The Phase II acid rain permit for the new unit | ||||||
8 | shall become effective no later than the date required | ||||||
9 | under Title IV of the Clean Air Act and its regulations. | ||||||
10 | e. A designated representative of an affected source | ||||||
11 | for acid deposition shall submit a timely and complete | ||||||
12 | Title IV NOx permit application to the Agency, not later | ||||||
13 | than January 1, 1998, that meets the requirements of | ||||||
14 | Titles IV and V of the Clean Air Act and its regulations. | ||||||
15 | The Agency shall reopen the Phase II acid rain permit for | ||||||
16 | cause and incorporate the approved NOx provisions into the | ||||||
17 | Phase II acid rain permit not later than January 1, 1999, | ||||||
18 | in accordance with this Section, except as modified by | ||||||
19 | Title IV of the Clean Air Act and regulations promulgated | ||||||
20 | thereunder. Such reopening shall not affect the term of | ||||||
21 | the Phase II acid rain permit. | ||||||
22 | f. The designated representative of the affected | ||||||
23 | source for acid deposition shall renew the initial CAAPP | ||||||
24 | permit and Phase II acid rain permit in accordance with | ||||||
25 | this Section and Title V of the Clean Air Act and | ||||||
26 | regulations promulgated thereunder, except as modified by |
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1 | Title IV of the Clean Air Act and regulations promulgated | ||||||
2 | thereunder. | ||||||
3 | g. In the case of an affected source for acid | ||||||
4 | deposition for which a complete Phase II acid rain permit | ||||||
5 | application and compliance plan are timely received under | ||||||
6 | this subsection, the complete permit application and | ||||||
7 | compliance plan, including amendments thereto, shall be | ||||||
8 | binding on the owner, operator and designated | ||||||
9 | representative, all affected units for acid deposition at | ||||||
10 | the affected source, and any other unit, as defined in | ||||||
11 | Section 402 of the Clean Air Act, governed by the Phase II | ||||||
12 | acid rain permit application and shall be enforceable as | ||||||
13 | an acid rain permit for purposes of Titles IV and V of the | ||||||
14 | Clean Air Act, from the date of submission of the acid rain | ||||||
15 | permit application until a Phase II acid rain permit is | ||||||
16 | issued or denied by the Agency. | ||||||
17 | h. The Agency shall not include or implement any | ||||||
18 | measure which would interfere with or modify the | ||||||
19 | requirements of Title IV of the Clean Air Act or | ||||||
20 | regulations promulgated thereunder. | ||||||
21 | i. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as | ||||||
22 | affecting allowances or USEPA's decision regarding an | ||||||
23 | excess emissions offset plan, as set forth in Title IV of | ||||||
24 | the Clean Air Act or regulations promulgated thereunder. | ||||||
25 | i. No permit revision shall be required for | ||||||
26 | increases in emissions that are authorized by |
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1 | allowances acquired pursuant to the acid rain program, | ||||||
2 | provided that such increases do not require a permit | ||||||
3 | revision under any other applicable requirement. | ||||||
4 | ii. No limit shall be placed on the number of | ||||||
5 | allowances held by the source. The source may not, | ||||||
6 | however, use allowances as a defense to noncompliance | ||||||
7 | with any other applicable requirement. | ||||||
8 | iii. Any such allowance shall be accounted for | ||||||
9 | according to the procedures established in regulations | ||||||
10 | promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
11 | j. To the extent that the federal regulations | ||||||
12 | promulgated under Title IV, including but not limited to | ||||||
13 | 40 C.F.R. Part 72, as now or hereafter amended, are | ||||||
14 | inconsistent with the federal regulations promulgated | ||||||
15 | under Title V, the federal regulations promulgated under | ||||||
16 | Title IV shall take precedence. | ||||||
17 | k. The USEPA may intervene as a matter of right in any | ||||||
18 | permit appeal involving a Phase II acid rain permit | ||||||
19 | provision or denial of a Phase II acid rain permit. | ||||||
20 | l. It is unlawful for any owner or operator to violate | ||||||
21 | any terms or conditions of a Phase II acid rain permit | ||||||
22 | issued under this subsection, to operate any affected | ||||||
23 | source for acid deposition except in compliance with a | ||||||
24 | Phase II acid rain permit issued by the Agency under this | ||||||
25 | subsection, or to violate any other applicable | ||||||
26 | requirements. |
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1 | m. The designated representative of an affected source | ||||||
2 | for acid deposition shall submit to the Agency the data | ||||||
3 | and information submitted quarterly to USEPA, pursuant to | ||||||
4 | 40 CFR 75.64, concurrently with the submission to USEPA. | ||||||
5 | The submission shall be in the same electronic format as | ||||||
6 | specified by USEPA. | ||||||
7 | n. The Agency shall act on any petition for exemption | ||||||
8 | of a new unit or retired unit, as those terms are defined | ||||||
9 | in Section 402 of the Clean Air Act, from the requirements | ||||||
10 | of the acid rain program in accordance with Title IV of the | ||||||
11 | Clean Air Act and its regulations. | ||||||
12 | o. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
13 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
15 | necessary to implement this subsection.
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16 | 18. Fee Provisions. | ||||||
17 | a. A source subject to this Section or excluded under | ||||||
18 | subsection 1.1 or paragraph (c) of subsection 3 of this | ||||||
19 | Section, shall pay a fee as provided in this paragraph (a) | ||||||
20 | of subsection 18. However, a source that has been excluded | ||||||
21 | from the provisions of this Section under subsection 1.1 | ||||||
22 | or under paragraph (c) of subsection 3 of this Section | ||||||
23 | because the source emits less than 25 tons per year of any | ||||||
24 | combination of regulated air pollutants, except greenhouse | ||||||
25 | gases, shall pay fees in accordance with paragraph (1) of |
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1 | subsection (b) of Section 9.6. | ||||||
2 | i. The fee for a source allowed to emit less than | ||||||
3 | 100 tons per year of any combination of regulated air | ||||||
4 | pollutants, except greenhouse gases, shall be $1,800 | ||||||
5 | per year, and that fee shall increase, beginning | ||||||
6 | January 1, 2012, to $2,150 per year. | ||||||
7 | ii. The fee for a source allowed to emit 100 tons | ||||||
8 | or more per year of any combination of regulated air | ||||||
9 | pollutants, except greenhouse gases and those | ||||||
10 | regulated air pollutants excluded in paragraph (f) of | ||||||
11 | this subsection 18, shall be as follows: | ||||||
12 | A. The Agency shall assess a fee of $18 per | ||||||
13 | ton, per year for the allowable emissions of | ||||||
14 | regulated air pollutants subject to this | ||||||
15 | subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subsection | ||||||
16 | 18, and that fee shall increase, beginning January | ||||||
17 | 1, 2012, to $21.50 per ton, per year. These fees | ||||||
18 | shall be used by the Agency and the Board to fund | ||||||
19 | the activities required by Title V of the Clean | ||||||
20 | Air Act including such activities as may be | ||||||
21 | carried out by other State or local agencies | ||||||
22 | pursuant to paragraph (d) of this subsection. The | ||||||
23 | amount of such fee shall be based on the | ||||||
24 | information supplied by the applicant in its | ||||||
25 | complete CAAPP permit application or in the CAAPP | ||||||
26 | permit if the permit has been granted and shall be |
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1 | determined by the amount of emissions that the | ||||||
2 | source is allowed to emit annually, provided | ||||||
3 | however, that the maximum fee for a CAAPP permit | ||||||
4 | under this subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of | ||||||
5 | subsection 18 is $250,000, and increases, | ||||||
6 | beginning January 1, 2012, to $294,000. Beginning | ||||||
7 | January 1, 2012, the maximum fee under this | ||||||
8 | subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subsection | ||||||
9 | 18 for a source that has been excluded under | ||||||
10 | subsection 1.1 of this Section or under paragraph | ||||||
11 | (c) of subsection 3 of this Section is $4,112. The | ||||||
12 | Agency shall provide as part of the permit | ||||||
13 | application form required under subsection 5 of | ||||||
14 | this Section a separate fee calculation form which | ||||||
15 | will allow the applicant to identify the allowable | ||||||
16 | emissions and calculate the fee. In no event shall | ||||||
17 | the Agency raise the amount of allowable emissions | ||||||
18 | requested by the applicant unless such increases | ||||||
19 | are required to demonstrate compliance with terms | ||||||
20 | of a CAAPP permit. | ||||||
21 | Notwithstanding the above, any applicant may | ||||||
22 | seek a change in its permit which would result in | ||||||
23 | increases in allowable emissions due to an | ||||||
24 | increase in the hours of operation or production | ||||||
25 | rates of an emission unit or units and such a | ||||||
26 | change shall be consistent with the construction |
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1 | permit requirements of the existing State permit | ||||||
2 | program, under subsection (a) of Section 39 of | ||||||
3 | this Act and applicable provisions of this | ||||||
4 | Section. Where a construction permit is required, | ||||||
5 | the Agency shall expeditiously grant such | ||||||
6 | construction permit and shall, if necessary, | ||||||
7 | modify the CAAPP permit based on the same | ||||||
8 | application. | ||||||
9 | B. The applicant or permittee may pay the fee | ||||||
10 | annually or semiannually for those fees greater | ||||||
11 | than $5,000. However, any applicant paying a fee | ||||||
12 | equal to or greater than $100,000 shall pay the | ||||||
13 | full amount on July 1, for the subsequent fiscal | ||||||
14 | year, or pay 50% of the fee on July 1 and the | ||||||
15 | remaining 50% by the next January 1. The Agency | ||||||
16 | may change any annual billing date upon reasonable | ||||||
17 | notice, but shall prorate the new bill so that the | ||||||
18 | permittee or applicant does not pay more than its | ||||||
19 | required fees for the fee period for which payment | ||||||
20 | is made. | ||||||
21 | b. (Blank). | ||||||
22 | c. (Blank). | ||||||
23 | d. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a | ||||||
24 | special fund to be known as the Clean Air Act Permit Fund | ||||||
25 | (formerly known as the CAA Permit Fund). All Funds | ||||||
26 | collected by the Agency pursuant to this subsection shall |
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1 | be deposited into the Fund. The General Assembly shall | ||||||
2 | appropriate monies from this Fund to the Agency and to the | ||||||
3 | Board to carry out their obligations under this Section. | ||||||
4 | The General Assembly may also authorize monies to be | ||||||
5 | granted by the Agency from this Fund to other State and | ||||||
6 | local agencies which perform duties related to the CAAPP. | ||||||
7 | Interest generated on the monies deposited in this Fund | ||||||
8 | shall be returned to the Fund. | ||||||
9 | e. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
10 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
12 | necessary to implement this subsection. | ||||||
13 | f. For purposes of this subsection, the term | ||||||
14 | "regulated air pollutant" shall have the meaning given to | ||||||
15 | it under subsection 1 of this Section but shall exclude | ||||||
16 | the following: | ||||||
17 | i. carbon monoxide; | ||||||
18 | ii. any Class I or II substance which is a | ||||||
19 | regulated air pollutant solely because it is listed | ||||||
20 | pursuant to Section 602 of the Clean Air Act; and | ||||||
21 | iii. any pollutant that is a regulated air | ||||||
22 | pollutant solely because it is subject to a standard | ||||||
23 | or regulation under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air | ||||||
24 | Act based on the emissions allowed in the permit | ||||||
25 | effective in that calendar year, at the time the | ||||||
26 | applicable bill is generated.
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1 | 19. Air Toxics Provisions. | ||||||
2 | a. In the event that the USEPA fails to promulgate in a | ||||||
3 | timely manner a standard pursuant to Section 112(d) of the | ||||||
4 | Clean Air Act, the Agency shall have the authority to | ||||||
5 | issue permits, pursuant to Section 112(j) of the Clean Air | ||||||
6 | Act and regulations promulgated thereunder, which contain | ||||||
7 | emission limitations which are equivalent to the emission | ||||||
8 | limitations that would apply to a source if an emission | ||||||
9 | standard had been promulgated in a timely manner by USEPA | ||||||
10 | pursuant to Section 112(d). Provided, however, that the | ||||||
11 | owner or operator of a source shall have the opportunity | ||||||
12 | to submit to the Agency a proposed emission limitation | ||||||
13 | which it determines to be equivalent to the emission | ||||||
14 | limitations that would apply to such source if an emission | ||||||
15 | standard had been promulgated in a timely manner by USEPA. | ||||||
16 | If the Agency refuses to include the emission limitation | ||||||
17 | proposed by the owner or operator in a CAAPP permit, the | ||||||
18 | owner or operator may petition the Board to establish | ||||||
19 | whether the emission limitation proposal submitted by the | ||||||
20 | owner or operator provides for emission limitations which | ||||||
21 | are equivalent to the emission limitations that would | ||||||
22 | apply to the source if the emission standard had been | ||||||
23 | promulgated by USEPA in a timely manner. The Board shall | ||||||
24 | determine whether the emission limitation proposed by the | ||||||
25 | owner or operator or an alternative emission limitation |
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1 | proposed by the Agency provides for the level of control | ||||||
2 | required under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, or shall | ||||||
3 | otherwise establish an appropriate emission limitation, | ||||||
4 | pursuant to Section 112 of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
5 | b. Any Board proceeding brought under paragraph (a) or | ||||||
6 | (e) of this subsection shall be conducted according to the | ||||||
7 | Board's procedures for adjudicatory hearings and the Board | ||||||
8 | shall render its decision within 120 days of the filing of | ||||||
9 | the petition. Any such decision shall be subject to review | ||||||
10 | pursuant to Section 41 of this Act. Where USEPA | ||||||
11 | promulgates an applicable emission standard prior to the | ||||||
12 | issuance of the CAAPP permit, the Agency shall include in | ||||||
13 | the permit the promulgated standard, provided that the | ||||||
14 | source shall have the compliance period provided under | ||||||
15 | Section 112(i) of the Clean Air Act. Where USEPA | ||||||
16 | promulgates an applicable standard subsequent to the | ||||||
17 | issuance of the CAAPP permit, the Agency shall revise such | ||||||
18 | permit upon the next renewal to reflect the promulgated | ||||||
19 | standard, providing a reasonable time for the applicable | ||||||
20 | source to comply with the standard, but no longer than 8 | ||||||
21 | years after the date on which the source is first required | ||||||
22 | to comply with the emissions limitation established under | ||||||
23 | this subsection. | ||||||
24 | c. The Agency shall have the authority to implement | ||||||
25 | and enforce complete or partial emission standards | ||||||
26 | promulgated by USEPA pursuant to Section 112(d), and |
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1 | standards promulgated by USEPA pursuant to Sections | ||||||
2 | 112(f), 112(h), 112(m), and 112(n), and may accept | ||||||
3 | delegation of authority from USEPA to implement and | ||||||
4 | enforce Section 112(l) and requirements for the prevention | ||||||
5 | and detection of accidental releases pursuant to Section | ||||||
6 | 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
7 | d. The Agency shall have the authority to issue | ||||||
8 | permits pursuant to Section 112(i)(5) of the Clean Air | ||||||
9 | Act. | ||||||
10 | e. The Agency has the authority to implement Section | ||||||
11 | 112(g) of the Clean Air Act consistent with the Clean Air | ||||||
12 | Act and federal regulations promulgated thereunder. If the | ||||||
13 | Agency refuses to include the emission limitations | ||||||
14 | proposed in an application submitted by an owner or | ||||||
15 | operator for a case-by-case maximum achievable control | ||||||
16 | technology (MACT) determination, the owner or operator may | ||||||
17 | petition the Board to determine whether the emission | ||||||
18 | limitation proposed by the owner or operator or an | ||||||
19 | alternative emission limitation proposed by the Agency | ||||||
20 | provides for a level of control required by Section 112 of | ||||||
21 | the Clean Air Act, or to otherwise establish an | ||||||
22 | appropriate emission limitation under Section 112 of the | ||||||
23 | Clean Air Act.
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24 | 20. Small Business. | ||||||
25 | a. For purposes of this subsection: |
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1 | "Program" is the Small Business Stationary Source | ||||||
2 | Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program | ||||||
3 | created within this State pursuant to Section 507 of the | ||||||
4 | Clean Air Act and guidance promulgated thereunder, to | ||||||
5 | provide technical assistance and compliance information to | ||||||
6 | small business stationary sources; | ||||||
7 | "Small Business Assistance Program" is a component of | ||||||
8 | the Program responsible for providing sufficient | ||||||
9 | communications with small businesses through the | ||||||
10 | collection and dissemination of information to small | ||||||
11 | business stationary sources; and | ||||||
12 | "Small Business Stationary Source" means a stationary | ||||||
13 | source that: | ||||||
14 | 1. is owned or operated by a person that employs | ||||||
15 | 100 or fewer individuals; | ||||||
16 | 2. is a small business concern as defined in the | ||||||
17 | "Small Business Act"; | ||||||
18 | 3. is not a major source as that term is defined in | ||||||
19 | subsection 2 of this Section; | ||||||
20 | 4. does not emit 50 tons or more per year of any | ||||||
21 | regulated air pollutant, except greenhouse gases; and | ||||||
22 | 5. emits less than 75 tons per year of all | ||||||
23 | regulated pollutants, except greenhouse gases. | ||||||
24 | b. The Agency shall adopt and submit to USEPA, after | ||||||
25 | reasonable notice and opportunity for public comment, as a | ||||||
26 | revision to the Illinois state implementation plan, plans |
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1 | for establishing the Program. | ||||||
2 | c. The Agency shall have the authority to enter into | ||||||
3 | such contracts and agreements as the Agency deems | ||||||
4 | necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection. | ||||||
5 | d. The Agency may establish such procedures as it may | ||||||
6 | deem necessary for the purposes of implementing and | ||||||
7 | executing its responsibilities under this subsection. | ||||||
8 | e. There shall be appointed a Small Business Ombudsman | ||||||
9 | (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as | ||||||
10 | "Ombudsman") to monitor the Small Business Assistance | ||||||
11 | Program. The Ombudsman shall be a nonpartisan designated | ||||||
12 | official, with the ability to independently assess whether | ||||||
13 | the goals of the Program are being met. | ||||||
14 | f. The State Ombudsman Office shall be located in an | ||||||
15 | existing Ombudsman office within the State or in any State | ||||||
16 | Department. | ||||||
17 | g. There is hereby created a State Compliance Advisory | ||||||
18 | Panel (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as | ||||||
19 | "Panel") for determining the overall effectiveness of the | ||||||
20 | Small Business Assistance Program within this State. | ||||||
21 | h. The selection of Panel members shall be by the | ||||||
22 | following method: | ||||||
23 | 1. The Governor shall select two members who are | ||||||
24 | not owners or representatives of owners of small | ||||||
25 | business stationary sources to represent the general | ||||||
26 | public; |
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1 | 2. The Director of the Agency shall select one | ||||||
2 | member to represent the Agency; and | ||||||
3 | 3. The State Legislature shall select four members | ||||||
4 | who are owners or representatives of owners of small | ||||||
5 | business stationary sources. Both the majority and | ||||||
6 | minority leadership in both Houses of the Legislature | ||||||
7 | shall appoint one member of the panel. | ||||||
8 | i. Panel members should serve without compensation but | ||||||
9 | will receive full reimbursement for expenses including | ||||||
10 | travel and per diem as authorized within this State. | ||||||
11 | j. The Panel shall select its own Chair by a majority | ||||||
12 | vote. The Chair may meet and consult with the Ombudsman | ||||||
13 | and the head of the Small Business Assistance Program in | ||||||
14 | planning the activities for the Panel.
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15 | 21. Temporary Sources. | ||||||
16 | a. The Agency may issue a single permit authorizing | ||||||
17 | emissions from similar operations by the same source owner | ||||||
18 | or operator at multiple temporary locations, except for | ||||||
19 | sources which are affected sources for acid deposition | ||||||
20 | under Title IV of the Clean Air Act. | ||||||
21 | b. The applicant must demonstrate that the operation | ||||||
22 | is temporary and will involve at least one change of | ||||||
23 | location during the term of the permit. | ||||||
24 | c. Any such permit shall meet all applicable | ||||||
25 | requirements of this Section and applicable regulations, |
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1 | and include conditions assuring compliance with all | ||||||
2 | applicable requirements at all authorized locations and | ||||||
3 | requirements that the owner or operator notify the Agency | ||||||
4 | at least 10 days in advance of each change in location.
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5 | 22. Solid Waste Incineration Units. | ||||||
6 | a. A CAAPP permit for a solid waste incineration unit | ||||||
7 | combusting municipal waste subject to standards | ||||||
8 | promulgated under Section 129(e) of the Clean Air Act | ||||||
9 | shall be issued for a period of 12 years and shall be | ||||||
10 | reviewed every 5 years, unless the Agency requires more | ||||||
11 | frequent review through Agency procedures. | ||||||
12 | b. During the review in paragraph (a) of this | ||||||
13 | subsection, the Agency shall fully review the previously | ||||||
14 | submitted CAAPP permit application and corresponding | ||||||
15 | reports subsequently submitted to determine whether the | ||||||
16 | source is in compliance with all applicable requirements. | ||||||
17 | c. If the Agency determines that the source is not in | ||||||
18 | compliance with all applicable requirements it shall | ||||||
19 | revise the CAAPP permit as appropriate. | ||||||
20 | d. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt | ||||||
21 | procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems | ||||||
23 | necessary, to implement this subsection. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 99-380, eff. 8-17-15; 99-933, eff. 1-27-17; | ||||||
25 | 100-103, eff. 8-11-17.)
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