## MONTEREY BAY UNIFIED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT REGULATION II PERMITS

RULE 200. PERMITS REQUIRED (Adopted 1-19-70; Revised 1-29-73, 7-16-76, 7-18-79; Affirmed unmodified 2-23-83; Revised 12-21-83, 12-17-86.)
1. Authority to Construct . Before any person builds, erects, alters, or replaces any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance which may cause the issuance of air contaminants or the use of which may eliminate or reduce or control the issuance of air contaminants, such person shall obtain a separate written authority to construct for each permit unit from the Air Pollution Control Officer. An authority to construct shall remain in effect until the permit to operate the equipment for which the application was filed is granted or denied or the application is cancelled.
2. Permit to Operate . Before any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance described in Rule 200.1. may be operated or used, a separate written permit shall be obtained from the Air Pollution Control Officer for each permit unit. No permit to operate or use shall be granted either by the Air Pollution Control Officer, or the Hearing Board for any article, machine, equipment or contrivance described in Rule 200.1. until the information required is presented to the Air Pollution Control Officer and such article, machine, equipment or contrivance is altered, if necessary, and made to conform to the standards set forth in Rule 208 and elsewhere in these rules and regulations.
3. Review of Permits . The Air Pollution Control Officer may at any time require from an applicant for, or holder of, any Authority to Construct or Permit to Operate, such information, analyses, plans or specifications as will disclose the nature, extent, quantity or degree of air contaminants which are or may be discharged into the atmosphere.
4. Post of Permit to Operate . A person who has been granted under Rule 200.2. a permit to operate any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance described in Rule 200.2., shall firmly affix such Permit to Operate, an approved facsimile, or other approved identification bearing the permit number upon the article, machine, equipment or other contrivance in such manner as to be clearly visible and accessible. In the event that the article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance is so constructed or operated that the Permit to Operate cannot be

## MONTEREY BAY UNIFIED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT REGULATION II PERMITS so placed, the Permit to Operate shall be mounted so as to be clearly visible in an accessible place within 25 feet of the article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance, or maintained readily available at all times on the operating premises.
5. Alteration of Permit. A person shall not willfully deface, alter, forge, counterfeit, or falsify any permit issued under these rules and regulations.
6. Control Equipment . Nothing in this rule shall be construed to authorize the Air Pollution Control Officer to require the use of machinery, devices, equipment of a particular type or design if the required emission standard may be consistently met by machinery, devices, equipment, product, or process change otherwise available.
7. Violations Prohibited . No person shall violate, or fail to comply with, any term or condition of any Authority to Construct or Permit to Operate issued by the District. Any such noncompliance shall be a violation of these Rules and Regulations.
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