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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 •,•ri ting by mail or in 

per-son, of the action ta~~en; namely approval, conc!i tional 

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 Cali fernia A:.r 

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(3) Has complied \~ith all applicable requirements ~ ··· !Q. ~ 

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qual1 ty in excess of the maximum allO'ilable PSD 

incrementS"; and 

(4) Will not result in air contaminant emissions in excess 

of the allm:able standards established by the 

Environmental Protection Agency for new stationary 

sources of the category types listed in Rule 490 and 

492 of the District, or employs best available control 

technology, BACT, for each air contaminant for which 

the signif;i.cance level is exceeded; \~hicheve-r-is the 

more restr~ctivc conditiOn, and 

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(5) Provides <J.de<juatc facilities for sam;:ling, emission 

monitoring, and reporting procedures as specified by· the Control Officer. 

NOTE: The variance 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 rcquiremen ts 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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(d) Conditional Approval 

The Control Officer may issue an ~uthority to Construct, 

sul:-oj ect to concli tiorrs Hhic!: v1ill assure the operation of any 

equi;::,:nent or sta tiono::ry source "'i thin t'Je applicar le 

s tandarcls set forth in t~esc regula t:.ons, in ,,,~ich cusc, the 

conditions shall J:e specified in "'r i ti.ng. Commencing vmrk 

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unuer such an Authority to Construct S~Hlll he decmetl 

acceptance of au tr.c conditions so sr:ecified. O'Af.r'END''RurA2wcJln 

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No conditional approval may 

approval for any proposed 

violate the general approval 

with respect to a federal, 

quality stancard un].ess :~.:ty 

follov:ing con.·li. tions 2rc mqt 

pollutant: 

be granted Such eonJit'ona: 

stationary source tl,a t 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.li tions or written con tract 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 455(b). 

(3) The emission reductions stated above will provide a 

positive net air quality bcne=it in the affected area. 

(4) 

(5) 

The applicant certified that all e>:isting· 

or controllec! hy t'!->e mmer or operator of 

source in the State are in compU nee v1i th 

rules, re<Julations or rippr.ove~. compliance 

sources owned 

the proposed 

all applicable scheclules. · 

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The Control Officer may issue an Authority to Construct with 

reviseJ conditions upon receipt of a nevl application, if the· 

applicant demonstrates that the equipment or stationary 

source can o;:>era te v1i thin the s tandarC.s of these re<Julations 

under the revised conLi~io~s.