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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