(: { RULE 230

- ACTION ON 1\PPLICA'C'IONS The Control Officer shall act promptly on an application for an Authority to Construct,**~odify, Pe~lace,**  Operate or Use, and shall notify the il?plicant in •,•riting by mail or in per-son, of the action**ta~~en;** namely approval, conc!itional approv21, or denial. Notice of action taken shall be deemer. to have been given when the written notification has been deposited in the mail, postpaid, addr-essed to the address shown ori tJ1e application, or w!1en personally delivered to the applicant or his representative. In acting upon any application for an Authority to Construct involving indirect sources orjne\·1 or modified stationary sources of air contaminants subject to the r-equirements of Rule 220(b), the Control Officer shall provide for public notice in accordance with the provisions of said rule. (a) General Aooroval The Control Officer shall grant an Authority to only a:fter he has determined that the ne'il or stationary source of air contaminants: Construct modified (1) Will cause the article, machine, equipment .or other contrivance, so constructed or modified, to operate within all applicable rules and regulations pertaining to the emission of air contaminants, and (2) Will not prevent the· attainment, interfere with the maintenance, or cause a violation, of any state or national ambient air quality standard nor interfere with tJw control strategy contained in the State of California Air Quality Implementation Plan, and (2) l<lil-1-no'l; cause- significant cle!:erierati-on e:f**CJtis~' r.~**  air**~uality** in e::eess of the g·tH..£\e-1-i-nes established by the**EF>v-i-=nmenta-1-----P-~ey** 1 Califernia A:.r -Re-sQurces Boar-0-, or !:he District-;-and- (3) Has complied**\~ith** all applicable requirements**~**···

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**prov~s~ons** of e1e California Health and Safety Code do not apply to sources or emissions subject to the requirements ofRules 490 & 492. (b) New source Approval (l) Immediately upon filing L;e public notice for a new or modified stationary source subjC!ct to the provisions of Rule 220, the Control OfficC!r

**s~all** forward to the California Air Resources Board and Environmental Protection Agen:::y an analysis of the effect of the source on air quality and the preliminary decision to grant ordeny the Authority to Construct, (2) An Authority provisions of Rule 220, may not be or denied by the Control Officer until at least after the! date of public notice. (c) Denial of Application granted 30 days

i The Control Officer shall deny an Authority to Construct for any new or modified stationary source of _air contaminants vlhich does not meet the rcquirements specified in Rule· 230. In the event of such denial, the Control Officer !shall notify the. applicant in writing of the reasons therefore. Service of this notification may be made in person or by mail, addressed to the applicant at the address set forth on the application, and such

**serv~ce** may he proved by the written acknowledgement of the persons served or affidavit of the person making the service. The Control Officer shall not accept a further application unless the applicant has satisfied the requirements vlhich were the basiis for denial of tho l>Uthority to Conatruct.-':.

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# A-14- (d) Conditional Approval The Control Officer may issue an

**~uthority** to Construct, sul:-oject to conclitiorrs Hhic!: v1ill assure the operation of any equi;::,:nent or stationo::ry source 

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**:~.:ty** follov:ing con.·li.tions 2rc mqt pollutant: be granted Such eonJit'ona: stationary source tl,at Houlr'.

**rc~uircments** of Rule 230(a) (2)

state or local ambient air 1-e gr<m':"er' oi'\1•· 'f ull the for the upplicahle (violating) (1) The new source is required to employ "!:lest Available Control Technolo<Jy". (2) r:mission reductions from existing sources in the area of the proposec

**ne\~** source are required such that the total actual emissions from tae combined existing and proposed sources will l•e less tl":an the total actual emissions from the existing sources prior to the date of application for the Authority to Construct. 1\ny emission reductions of this type must be enforceable by revise:1 permit cono.litions or written contract agreements. Hmvever, hydrogen sulfide reductions may not l:e requirer1 for geothermal po...:er plant so1;1rces in Northern Sono!:la County; provit.led all such sources o•.vned by the applicant are in coi:lpliance with the hydrogen sulfide emission limitations of Rule 

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(5) The applicant certified that all e>:isting· or controllec! hy t'!->e mmer or operator of source in the State are in compUnee v1ith rules, re<Julations or

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