Douglas W. Domenech Secretary ofNatural Resources 

# COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Street address: 629 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 2321 9

Mailing address: P.O. Box 1105, R ichm ond

, Vir gin ia 23218

TDD (80 4) 698-40 21

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Ms. Diana Esher, Director

Air Protection Division (3APOO)

U.S. Envirorunental Protection Agency, Region III

1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029 David K. Paylor

Director

(804) 698-4020

1-800-592-5482

Reference: Major New

Source Review Permits (Rev. Al3)

Dear Ms. Esher:

Pursuant to the requirements of 

### § 11 0 of the Clean Air Act, we are officiaJly requesting approval of a revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP) approved and submitted under the authority of§ 10.1-1185 of the Code of Virginia and in

accordahce with the requirements of 40 CFR Part 51 (Requirements for Preparation, Adoption,

and Submittal of Implementation Plans).

This revision consists of revising the definition of ''regulated NSR pollutant" to remove the term "particulate matter emissions" from the requirement to include the condensable particulate matter fraction as promulgated by EPA on October 25,2012 (77 FR 65107). EPA has

determined that only PM 10 and PM 2

. 5 may include condensable PM, unless a specific NSPS or applicable implementation plan otherwise requires the condensable portion to be included. A

minor typographical error was also corrected. The regulation amendments were adopted by the

State Air Pollution Control Board on March 13,2013 under the authority of§ 10.1-1308 of the

Code of Virginia.

Enclosed are the following:

1. A 

### 1rue copy of the official regulation (Revision A13) which was published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on April22, 2013 after being duly adopted by the State AirPollution Control Board on March 13, 2013, certified by the Office of the Attorney General as within the Board's statutory authority on March 20,2013 and thus fully enforceable under Virginia law, and submitted to the Virginia Registrar on behalf of the board by the Department

of Environmental Quality as a true and accurate copy of the duly adopted regulation on March
20,2013.

2. Certification of public participation activities and compliance with state administrative procedures.

3. Public participation record.

4. An electronic copy (CD) of the complete submittal. This electronic copy is an exact duplicate of the hard copy

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### If you have any questions or need additional information, please let us know.

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### ENCLOSURE 1

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL AND ABATEMENT OF AIR POLLUTION

PROVISIONS AFFECTED
REVISION A1 3
CONCERNING

MAJOR NEW SOURCE REVIEW PERMITS (9VAC5 CHAPTER 8 0 )

Adoption Date: March 13, 2013

Effective Date: May 22 , 201 3

The following table lists the specific provisions of the attached regulations that will be used to implement the State Implementation Plan (SIP). A copy of the actual regulation s submitted for approval and incorporati on by reference into the Virginia SIP

are included in Enclosure 2.

CHAPTER 80 PERMITS FOR STATIONARY SOURCES

PART II Permit Procedures

ARTICLE 8 PERMITS FOR MAJOR STATIONARY SOURCES AND MAJOR
MODIFICATIONS LOCATING IN PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT
DETERIORATION AREAS

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TEMPLATES \ SIP

- REG \ REG01
SIP \ NONATTN PLANS \ 2013 \ A 1 3

- SIP

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### 9VAC5 CHAPTER 80.
PERMITS FOR STATIONARY SOURCES.

Part II.

Permit Procedures.

ARTICLE 8. Permits for Major Stationary Sources and Major Modifications Locating in Prevention of Significant Deterioration Areas.

(replaces Article 8 [ 9 VAC5

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- 1615. Definitions.

A. As used in this article, all words or terms not defined herein shall have the meaning s given them i n 9VAC5

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, unless otherwise required by

context.

B. For the purpose of this article, 9VAC5

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- 280 9VAC5

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- 280 and applying this article in the context of the Regulations for the Control and Abatement of Air Pollution and related uses, the words or terms shall have the meaning s given them in
subsection C of this section:

C. Terms defined.

"Actual emissions" means the actual rate of emissions of a regulated NSR pollutant from an emissions unit, as determined in accordance with subdivisions a through c of this definition, except that this definition shall not apply for calculating whether a significa nt emissions increase has occurred, or for establishing a PAL under
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- 1865. Instead, the definitions of "projected actual emissions" and "baseline actual emissions" shall apply for those purposes.

a. In general, actual emissions as of a particul ar date shall equal the average rate, in tons per year, at which the unit actually emitted the pollutant during

a consecutive 24

- month period that precedes the particular date and that is representative of normal source operation. The board will allow the use of a different time period upon a determination that it is more representative of normal source operation. Actual emissions shall be calculated using the unit's actual operating hours, production rates, and types of materials processed, stored, or comb usted during the selected time period.

b. The board may presume that source

- specific allowable emissions for the unit are equivalent to the actual emissions of the unit.COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 2 of 28
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### c. For any emissions unit that has not begun normal operations on the particul ar date, actual emissions shall equal the potential to emit of the unit on that

date.

"Actuals PAL for a major stationary source" means a PAL based on the
baseline actual emissions of all emissions units at the source that emit or have the potential to emit the PAL pollutant.

"Administrator" means the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or an authorized representative.

"Adverse impact on visibility" means visibility impairment that interferes with the management, protect ion, preservation or enjoyment of the visitor's visual experience of the federal class I area. This determination shall be made on a

case

- by

- case basis taking into account the geographic extent, intensity, duration, frequency and time of visibility impairm ent, and how these factors correlate with (i) times of visitor use of the federal class I areas, and (ii) the frequency and timing of natural conditions that reduce visibility.

"Allowable emissions" means the emissions rate of a stationary source

calcul ated using the maximum rated capacity of the source (unless the source is subject to federally and state enforceable limits that restrict the operating rate, or hours of operation, or both) and the most stringent of the following:

a. The applicable sta ndards as set forth in 40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63;

b. The applicable implementation plan emissions limitation including those with a future compliance date; or

c. The emissions limit specified as a federally and state enforceable permit condition, including those with a future compliance date.

For the purposes of actuals PALs, "allowable emissions" shall also be calculated considering any emission limitations that are enforceable as a practical matter on the emissions unit's potential to emit.

"Applicable federal requirement" means all of, but not limited to, the following as they apply to emissions units in a source subject to this article (including requirements that have been promulgated or approved by the administrator through rulemaking at the time of permit issuance but have future

- effective compliance dates):COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 3 of 28
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### a. Any standard or other requirement provided for in an implementation plan established pursuant to § 110 or § 111(d) of the federal Clean Air Act, including any source

- specific p rovisions such as consent agreements or orders.

b. Any limit or condition in any construction permit issued under the new source review program or in any operating permit issued pursuant to the state operating permit program.

c. Any emission standa rd, alternative emission standard, alternative emission limitation, equivalent emission limitation or other requirement established pursuant to § 112 or § 129 of the federal Clean Air Act as amended in 1990.

d. Any new source performance standard or ot her requirement established pursuant to § 111 of the federal Clean Air Act, and any emission standard or other requirement established pursuant to § 112 of the federal Clean Air Act before it

was amended in 1990.

e. Any limitations and conditions or ot her requirement in a Virginia regulation or program that has been approved by EPA under subpart E of 40 CFR Part 63 for the purposes of implementing and enforcing § 112 of the federal Clean Air Act.

f. Any requirement concerning accident prevention und er § 112(r)(7) of the federal Clean Air Act.

g. Any compliance monitoring requirements established pursuant to either § 504(b) or § 114(a)(3) of the federal Clean Air Act.

h. Any standard or other requirement for consumer and commercial products un der § 183(e) of the federal Clean Air Act.

i. Any standard or other requirement for tank vessels under § 183(f)
of the federal Clean Air Act.

j. Any standard or other requirement in 40 CFR Part 55 to control air pollution from outer continental she lf sources.

k. Any standard or other requirement of the regulations promulgated to protect stratospheric ozone under Title VI of the federal Clean Air Act unless the administrator has determined that such requirements need not be contained in a permit issued under this article.COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 4 of 28
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### l. With regard to temporary sources subject to 9VAC5

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- 130, (i) any ambient air quality standard, except applicable state requirements, and (ii) requirements regarding increments or visibility as provided in this article.

"Baseline actual emissions" means the rate of emissions, in tons per year, of a regulated NSR pollutant, as determined in accordance with the following:

a. For any existing electric utility steam generating unit, baseline

actual emissions means the av erage rate, in tons per year, at which the unit actually emitted the pollutant during any consecutive 24

- month period selected by the owner
within the five

- year period immediately preceding when the owner begins actual construction of the project. The boar d will allow the use of a different time period upon a determination that it is more representative of normal source operation.

(1) The average rate shall include fugitive emissions to the extent quantifiable, and emissions associated with startups, s hutdowns, and
malfunctions.

(2) The average rate shall be adjusted downward to exclude any noncompliant emissions that occurred while the source was operating above any emission limitation that was legally enforceable during the consecutive 24

- month

p eriod.

(3) For a regulated NSR pollutant, when a project involves multiple emissions units, only one consecutive 24

- month period shall be used to determine the baseline actual emissions for the emissions units being changed. The

same consecutive 24

- mo nth period shall be used for each different regulated NSR pollutant unless the owner can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board that a
different consecutive 24

- month period for a different pollutant or pollutants is more appropriate due to extenuatin g circumstances.

(4) The average rate shall not be based on any consecutive

24

- month period for which there is inadequate information for determining annual emissions, in tons per year, and for adjusting this amount if required by subdivision a (2) of this definition.

b. For an existing emissions unit (other than an electric utility steam generating unit), baseline actual emissions means the average rate, in tons per year, at which the emissions unit actually emitted the pollutant during any consec utive 24

- month period selected by the owner within the five

- year period immediately preceding either the date the owner begins actual construction of the project, or the date a complete permit application is received by the board for a permit required unde r this article,COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 5 of 28
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### whichever is earlier, except that the five

- year period shall not include any period earlier than November 15, 1990. The board will allow the use of a different time period upon a determination that it is more representative of normal source operation.

(1) The average rate shall include fugitive emissions to the extent quantifiable, and emissions associated with startups, shutdowns, and
malfunctions.

(2) The average rate shall be adjusted downward to exclude any noncompliant emissio ns that occurred while the source was operating above any emission limitation that was legally enforceable during the consecutive 24

- month period.

(3) The average rate shall be adjusted downward to exclude any emissions that would have exceeded an emi ssion limitation with which the major stationary source must currently comply, had such major stationary source been required to comply with such limitations during the consecutive 24

- month period. However, if an emission limitation is part of a maximum ac hievable control technology standard that the administrator proposed or promulgated under 40 CFR Part 63, the baseline actual emissions need only be adjusted if the board has taken credit for such

emissions reductions in an attainment demonstration or main tenance plan consis tent with the requirements of 9 VAC5

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(4) For a regulated NSR pollutant, when a project involves multiple emissions units, only one consecutive 24

- month period shall be used to
determine the baseline actual emissions for al l the emissions units being changed. The

same consecutive 24

- month period shall be used for each different regulated NSR pollutant unless the owner can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board that a
different consecutive 24

- month period for a differen t pollutant or pollutants is more appropriate due to extenuating circumstances.

(5) The average rate shall not be based on any consecutive

24

- month period for which there is inadequate information for determining annual emissions, in tons per year, an d for adjusting this amount if required by subdivisions b (2) and (3) of this definition.

c. For a new emissions unit, the baseline actual emissions for purposes of determining the emissions increase that will result from the initial

construction and o peration of such unit shall equal zero; and thereafter, for all other purposes, shall equal the unit's potential to emit.

d. For a PAL for a stationary source, the baseline actual emissionsCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 6 of 28
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### shall be calculated for existing electric utility steam genera ting units in accordance with the procedures contained in subdivision a of this definition, for other existing emissions units in accordance with the procedures contained in subdivision b of this definition, and
for a new emissions unit in accordance with the procedures contained in subdivision c
of this subsection.

"Baseline area"

a. Means any intrastate area (and every part thereof) designated as attainment or unclassifiable under § 107(d)(1)(A)(ii) or (iii) of the federal Clean Air

Act in which t he major source or major modification establishing the minor source baseline date would construct or would have an air quality impact for the pollutant for which the baseline date is established, as follows: (i) for SO 2 

### , NO 2 

### , or PM 10 

### , equal to or greater t han 1 μg/m 3 

### (annual average); or (ii) for PM 2.5 

### , equal to or greater than 0.3 μg/m 3 

### (annual average).

b. Area redesignations under § 107(d)(1)(A)(ii) or (iii) of the federal Clean Air Act cannot intersect or be smaller than the area of impact of any ma jor stationary source or major modification that:

(1) Establishes a minor source baseline date; or

(2) Is subject to this article or 40 CFR 52.21 and would be constructed in the same state as the state proposing the redesignation.

c. Any base line area established originally for the TSP increments shall remain in effect and shall apply for purposes of determining the amount of

available PM 10 

### increments, except that such baseline area shall not remain in effect if the board rescinds the correspo nding minor source baseline date in accordance with
subdivision d of the definition of "baseline date."

"Baseline concentration"

a. Means that ambient concentration level that exists in the baseline area at the time of the applicable minor source ba seline date. A baseline concentration is determined for each pollutant for which a minor source baseline date is

established and shall include:

(1) The actual emissions representative of sources in existence on the applicable minor source baseline dat e, except as provided in subdivision b of this definition; andCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 7 of 28
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### (2) The allowable emissions of major stationary sources that commenced construction before the major source baseline date, but were not in operation by the applicable minor source baseline date.

b. The following will not be included in the baseline concentration and will affect the applicable maximum allowable increase(s):

(1) Actual emissions from any major stationary source on which construction commenced after the major source b aseline date; and

(2) Actual emissions increases and decreases at any stationary source occurring after the minor source baseline date.

"Baseline date"

a. "Major source baseline date" means:

(1) In the case of PM 10 

### and sulfur dioxide, Janu ary 6, 1975,
and

(2) In the case of nitrogen dioxide, February 8, 1988 ; and

(3) In the case of PM 2.5 

### , October 20, 2010

.

b. "Minor source baseline date" means the earliest date after the trigger date on which a major stationary source or a maj or modification subject to this article submits a complete application under this article. The trigger date is:

(1) In the case of PM 10 

### and sulfur dioxide, August 7, 1977,

and

(2) In the case of nitrogen dioxide, February 8, 1988 ; and

(3) In the case of PM 2.5 

### , October 20, 2011

.

c. The baseline date is established for each pollutant for which increments or other equivalent measures have been established if:

(1) The area in which the proposed source or modification

would construct is d esignated as attainment or unclassifiable under § 107(d)(1)(A)(ii) or (iii) of the federal Clean Air Act for the pollutant on the date of its complete application under this article or 40 CFR 52.21; andCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 8 of 28
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### (2) In the case of a major stationary source, t he pollutant would be emitted in significant amounts, or, in the case of a major modification, there would be a significant net emissions increase of the pollutant.

d. Any minor source baseline date established originally for the
TSP increments shall r emain in effect and shall apply for purposes of determining the
amount of available PM 10 

### increments, except that the board may rescind any such minor source baseline date where it can be shown, to the satisfaction of the board, that

the emissions increase from the major stationary source, or the net emissions increase from the major modification, responsible for triggering that date did not result in a significant amount of PM 10 

### emissions.

"Begin actual construction" means, in general, initiation of phys ical on

- site construction activities on an emissions unit that are of a permanent nature. Such activities include, but are not limited to, installation of building supports and foundations, laying of underground pipework, and construction of permanent stor age structures. With respect to a change in method of operation, this term refers to those on

- site activities other than preparatory activities that mark the initiation of the change.

"Best available control technology" means an emissions limitation (in cluding a visible emissions standard) based on the maximum degree of reduction for each regulated NSR pollutant that would be emitted from any proposed major stationary source or major modification that the board, on a case

- by

- case basis, taking

into accou nt energy, environmental, and economic impacts and other costs, determines is achievable for such source or modification through application of production processes or available methods, systems, and techniques, including fuel cleaning or

treatment or inno vative fuel combustion techniques for control of such pollutant. In no event shall application of best available control technology result in emissions of any pollutant that would exceed the emissions allowed by any applicable standard under 40
CFR Parts 6 0, 61, and 63. If the board determines that technological or economic limitations on the application of measurement methodology to a particular emissions unit would make the imposition of an emissions standard infeasible, a design, equipment, work practice , operational standard, or combination thereof, may be prescribed instead to satisfy the requirement for the application of best available control technology. Such standard shall, to the degree possible, set forth the emissions reduction achievable by impl ementation of such design, equipment, work practice or operation, and shall provide for compliance by means that achieve equivalent results.

"Building, structure, facility or installation" means all of the pollutant

- emitting activities that belong to th e same industrial grouping, are located on one or more contiguous or adjacent properties, and are under the control of the sameCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 9 of 28
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### person (or persons under common control) except the activities of any vessel.

Pollutant

- emitting activities shall be considered as part of the same industrial grouping if they belong to the same "Major Group" (i.e., that have the same first two

- digit code) as described in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual (see 9VAC5

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- 21).

"Clean coal technology" means any technolog y, including technologies applied at the pre combustion, combustion, or post

- combustion stage, at a new or existing facility that will achieve significant reductions in air emissions of sulfur dioxide or oxides of nitrogen associated with the utilization of coal in the generation of electricity, or process steam that was not in widespread use as of November 15, 1990.

"Clean coal technology demonstration project" means a project using funds appropriated under the heading "Department of Energy

- Clean Coal Te chnology

, " up to a total amount of $2,500,000,000 for commercial demonstration of clean coal technology, or similar projects funded through appropriations for EPA. The federal contribution for a qualifying project shall be at least 20 % of the total cost of the demonstration project.

"Commence" as applied to construction of a major stationary source or major modification, means that the owner has all necessary preconstruction approvals or permits and either has:

a. Begun, or caused to begin, a continu ous program of actual

on

- site construction of the source, to be completed within a reasonable time; or

b. Entered into binding agreements or contractual obligations, that cannot be canceled or modified without substantial loss to the owner, to undertak e a program of actual construction of the source, to be completed within a reasonable time.

"Complete" means, in reference to an application for a permit, that the application contains all of the information necessary for processing the application and the provisions of § 10.1

- 1321.1 of the Virginia Air Pollution Control Law have been met. Designating an application complete for the purposes of permit processing does not preclude the board from requesting or accepting any additional information.

"Cons truction" means any physical change or change in the method of operation (including fabrication, erection, installation, demolition, or modification of an emissions unit) that would result in a change in emissions.

"Continuous emissions monitoring syste m" or "CEMS" means all of the equipment that may be required to meet the data acquisition and availability requirements of this article, to sample, condition (if applicable), analyze, and provide aCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 10 of 28
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### record of emissions on a continuous basis.

"Continuous emissions rate monitoring system" or "CERMS" means the total equipment required for the determination and recording of the pollutant mass emissions rate (in terms of mass per unit of time).

"Continuous parameter monitoring system" or "CPMS" means all of the equipment necessary to meet the data acquisition and availability requirements of this article, to monitor process and control device operational parameters (for example, control device secondary voltages and electric currents) and other information ( for example, gas flow rate, O 2 

### or CO 2 

### concentrations), and to record average operational parameter value(s) on a continuous basis.

"Electric utility steam generating unit" means any steam electric generating unit that is constructed for the purpose of s upplying more than one

- third of its potential electric output capacity and more than 25 MW electrical output to any utility power distribution system for sale. Any steam supplied to a steam distribution system for the purpose of providing steam to a steam

- electric generator that would produce electrical energy for sale is also considered in determining the electrical energy output capacity of the affected facility.

"Emissions unit" means any part of a stationary source that emits or would have the potent ial to emit any regulated NSR pollutant and includes an electric utility steam generating unit. For purposes of this definition, there are two types of emissions units: (i) a new emissions unit is any emissions unit that is (or will be) newly constructed

a nd that has existed for less than two years from the date such emissions unit first operated; and (ii) an existing emissions unit is any emissions unit that is not a new

emissions unit.

"Enforceable as a practical matter" means that the permit contains emission limitations that are enforceable by the board or the department and meet the following criteria:

a. Are permanent;

b. Contain a legal obligation for the owner to adhere to the terms and conditions;

c. Do not allow a relaxation of a req uirement of the implementation plan;

d. Are technically accurate and quantifiable;COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 11 of 28
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### e. Include averaging times or other provisions that allow at least monthly (or a shorter period if necessary to be consistent with the implementation plan)

checks on compliance. This may include, but not be limited to, the following: compliance with annual limits on a rolling basis, monthly or shorter limits, and other provisions consistent with this article and other regulations of the board; and

f. Require a lev el of recordkeeping, reporting and monitoring sufficient to demonstrate compliance.

"Federal land manager" means, with respect to any lands in the United States, the secretary of the department with authority over such lands.

"Federally enforceable" means all limitations and conditions that are enforceable by the administrator and citizens under the federal Clean Air Act or that are enforceable under other statutes administered by the administrator. Federally
enforceable limitations and conditions inc lude, but are not limited to, the following:

a. Emission standards, alternative emission standards, alternative emission limitations, and equivalent emission limitations established pursuant to § 112
of the federal Clean Air Act as amended in 1990.

b. New source performance standards established pursuant to § 111 of the federal Clean Air Act, and emission standards established pursuant to § 112
of the federal Clean Air Act before it was amended in 1990.

c. All terms and conditions (unless expres sly designated as not federally enforceable) in a federal operating permit, including any provisions that limit a source's potential to emit.

d. Limitations and conditions that are part of an implementation plan established pursuant to § 110, § 111(d) or § 129 of the federal Clean Air Act.

e. Limitations and conditions (unless expressly designated as not federally enforceable) that are part of a federal construction permit issued under 40 CFR 52.21 or a new source review permit issued under regulati ons approved by the EPA into the implementation plan.

f. Limitations and conditions (unless expressly designated as not federally enforceable) that are part of a state operating permit where the permit and the permit program pursuant to which it was is sued meet all of the following criteria:COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 12 of 28
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### (1) The operating permit program has been approved by the EPA into the implementation plan under § 110 of the federal Clean Air Act;

(2) The operating permit program imposes a legal obligation that operati ng permit holders adhere to the terms and limitations of such permits and provides that permits that do not conform to the operating permit program requirements and the requirements of EPA’s underlying regulations may be deemed not “federally
enforceable” by EPA;

(3) The operating permit program requires that all emission limitations, controls, and other requirements imposed by such permits will be at least as stringent as any other applicable limitations and requirements contained in the implementatio n plan or enforceable under the implementation plan, and that the program may not issue permits that waive, or make less stringent, any limitations or requirements contained in or issued pursuant to the implementation plan, or that are otherwise “federally enforceable”;

(4) The limitations, controls, and requirements in the permit in question are permanent, quantifiable, and otherwise enforceable as a practical matter; and

(5) The permit in question was issued only after adequate and timely notice and opportunity for comment by the EPA and the public.

g. Limitations and conditions in a regulation of the board or program that has been approved by the EPA under subpart E of 40 CFR Part 63 for the purposes of implementing and enforcing § 112 of th e federal Clean Air Act.

h. Individual consent agreements that the EPA has legal authority

to create.

"Federal operating permit" means a permit issued under the federal operating permit program.

“Federal operating permit program” means an operati ng permit system (i) for issuing terms and conditions for major stationary sources, (ii) established to implement the requirements of Title V of the federal Clean Air Act and associated regulations, and (iii) codified in Article 1 (9VAC5

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- 50 et seq.), Ar ticle 2 (9VAC5

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- 310 et seq.), Article 3 (9VAC 5

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- 36 0 et seq.), and Article 4 (9VAC 5

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- 710 et seq.) of this part.

"Fugitive emissions" means those emissions that could not reasonablyCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 13 of 28
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### pass through a stack, chimney, vent, or other functionally equivale nt opening.

"High terrain" means any area having an elevation 900 feet or more above
the base of the stack of a source.

"Indian governing body" means the governing body of any tribe, band, or group of Indians subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and recognized by the United States as possessing power of self

- government.

"Indian reservation" means any federally recognized reservation established by treaty, agreement, executive order, or act of Congress.

"Innovative control technology" means any system of air pollution control that has not been adequately demonstrated in practice, but would have substantial likelihood of achieving greater continuous emissions reduction than any control system in current practice or of achieving at least comparable reductions at lower cost in terms of energy, economics, or nonair quality environmental impacts.

"Lowest achievable emission rat e" or "LAER" is as defined in 9VAC 5

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- 2010 C.

"Locality particularly affected" means any locality that bears any identified disproportionate material air quality impact that would not be experienced by other

localities.

"Low terrain" means any area other than high terrain.

"Major emissions unit" means (i) any emissions unit that emits or has the potential t o emit 100 tons per year or more of the PAL pollutant in an attainment area; or (ii) any emissions unit that emits or has the potential to emit the PAL pollutant for nonattainment areas in an amount that is equal to or greater than the major source

thresho ld for the PAL pollutant in subdivision a (1) of the definition of “major stationary
source” in 9VAC5

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- 2010 C.

"Major modification"

a. Means any physical change in or change in the method of operation of a major stationary source that would result in a significant emissions increase of a regulated NSR pollutant, and a significant net emissions increase of that pollutant from the major stationary source.

b. Any significant emissions increase from any emissions units orCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 14 of 28
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### net emissions increase at a major stationary source that is significant for volatile organic compounds or NO X 

### shall be considered significant for ozone.

c. A physical change or change in the method of operation shall not include the following:

(1) Routine maintenance, repa ir and replacement.

(2) Use of an alternative fuel or raw material by reason of an order under § 2 (a) and (b) of the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 (or any superseding legislation) or by reason of a natural gas curtailment p lant pursuant to the Federal Power Act.

(3) Use of an alternative fuel by reason of any order or rule under § 125 of the federal Clean Air Act.

(4) Use of an alternative fuel at a steam generating unit to the extent that the fuel is generated fro m municipal solid waste.

(5) Use of an alternative fuel or raw material by a stationary

source that:

(a) The source was capable of accommodating before January 6, 1975, unless such change would be prohibited under any federally
and state enforce able permit condition that was established after January 6, 1975 pursuant to 40 CFR 52.21 or this chapter; or

(b) The source is approved to use under any permit issued under 40 CFR 52.21 or this chapter.

(6) An increase in the hours of operation or in the production rate, unless such change is prohibited under any federally and state enforceable permit condition that was established after January 6, 1975 pursuant to 40 CFR 52.21 or this chapter.

(7) Any change in ownership at a stationary so urce.

(8) The installation, operation, cessation, or removal of a temporary clean coal technology demonstration project, provided that the project complies with:

(a) The applicable implementation plan, andCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 15 of 28
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### (b) Other requirements necessary to attain and maintain the ambient air quality standards during the project and after it is terminated.

(9) The installation or operation of a permanent clean coal technology demonstration project that constitutes repowering, provided that the project does not result in an increase in the potential to emit of any regulated pollutant emitted by the unit. This exemption shall apply on a pollutant

- by

- pollutant basis.

(10) The reactivation of a very clean coal

- fired electric utility steam generating u nit.

d. This definition shall not apply with respect to a particular regulated NSR pollutant when the major stationary source is complyin g with the requirements under 9VAC 5

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- 1865 for a PAL for that pollutant. Instead, the definition of "PAL major mod ification" shall apply.

“Major new source review (NSR) permit” means a permit issued under the major new source review program.

"Major new source review (major NSR) program" means a preconstruction review and permit program (i) for new major stationa ry sources or major modifications (physical changes or changes in the method of operation), (ii) established to implement the requirements of §§ 112, 165 and 173 of the federal Clean Air Act and associated regulations, and (iii) codified in Article 7 (9VAC 5

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- 1400 et seq.), Article 8 (9VAC5

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- 1605 et seq.) and Article 9 (9VAC5

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- 2000 et seq.) of this part.

"Major stationary source"

a. Means:

(1) Any of the following stationary sources of air pollutants that emits, or has the potential to emit , 100 tons per year or more of a ny regulated NSR pollutant:

(a) Fossil fuel

- fired steam electric plants of more than 250 million British thermal units per hour heat input.

(b) Coal cleaning plants (with thermal dryers).

(c) Kraft pulp mil ls.COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 16 of 28
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### (d) Portland cement plants.

(e) Primary zinc smelters.

(f) Iron and steel mill plants.

(g) Primary aluminum ore reduction plants.

(h) Primary copper smelters.

(i) Municipal incinerators capable of charging more

than 250 tons of refuse per day.

(j) Hydrofluoric acid plants.

(k) Sulfuric acid plants.

(l) Nitric acid plants.

(m) Petroleum refineries.

(n) Lime plants.

(o) Phosphate rock processing plants.

(p) Coke oven batteries.

(q) Sulfur recovery plants.

(r) Carbon black plants (furnace process).

(s) Primary lead smelters.

(t) Fuel conversion plants.

(u) Sintering plants.

(v) Secondary metal production plants.

(w) Chemical process plants (which does not include ethanol production facilities that produce ethanol by natural fermentation included in NAICS codes 325193 or 312140)

.COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 17 of 28
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### (x) Fossil fuel boilers (or combination of them ) totaling more than 250 million British thermal units per h our heat input.

(y) Petroleum storage and transfer units with a total storage capacity exceeding 300,000 barrels.

(z) Taconite ore processing plants.

(aa) Glass fiber processing plants.

(bb) Charcoal production plants.

(2) Notw ithstanding the stationary source size specified in subdivision a (1) of this definition, any stationary source that emits, or has the potential to emit, 250 tons per year or more of a regulated NSR pollutant; or

(3) Any physical change that would occ ur at a stationary source not otherwise qualifying under subdivision a (1) or a (2) of this definition as a major stationary source, if the change would constitute a major stationary source by
itself.

b. A major stationary source that is major for vola tile organic compounds or NO X 

### shall be considered major for ozone.

c. The fugitive emissions of a stationary source shall not be included in determining for any of the purposes of this article whether it is a major stationary source, unless the source belongs to one of the following categories of stationary sources:

(1) Coal cleaning plants (with thermal dryers).

(2) Kraft pulp mills.

(3) Portland cement plants.

(4) Primary zinc smelters.

(5) Iron and steel mills.

(6) Prima ry aluminum ore reduction plants.COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 18 of 28
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### (7) Primary copper smelters.

(8) Municipal incinerators capable of charging more than 250 tons of refuse per day.

(9) Hydrofluoric, sulfuric, or nitric acid plants.

(10) Petroleum refineries.

(11) Lime plants.

(12) Phosphate rock processing plants.

(13) Coke oven batteries.

(14) Sulfur recovery plants.

(15) Carbon black plants (furnace process).

(16) Primary lead smelters.

(17) Fuel conversion plants.

(18) Sinterin g plants.

(19) Secondary metal production plants.

(20) Chemical process plants (which does not include ethanol production facilities that produce ethanol by natural fermentation included in NAICS codes 325193 or 312140)

.

(21) Fossil

- fuel boi lers (or combination of them ) totaling more than 250 million British thermal units per hour heat input.

(22) Petroleum storage and transfer units with a total storage capacity exceeding 300,000 barrels.

(23) Taconite ore processing plants.

( 24) Glass fiber processing plants.

(25) Charcoal production plants.COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 19 of 28
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### (26) Fossil fuel

- fired steam electric plants of more than 250 million British thermal units per hour heat input.

(27) Any other stationary source category that, as of August 7, 1980, is being regulated under 40 CFR Parts 60 and 61.

“Minor new source review (NSR) permit” means a permit issued under the minor new source review program.

"Minor new source review (minor NSR) program" means a preconstruction review and permit program (i) for new stationary sources or modifications (physical changes or changes in the method of operation) that are not subject to review under the major new source review program, (ii) established to implement the requirements of §§ 110 (a)(2)(C) a nd 112 of the federal Clean Air Act and associated regulations, and (iii)

codified in Article 6 (9VAC 5

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- 1100 et seq.) of this part.

"Necessary preconstruction approvals or permits" means those permits required under NSR programs that are part of the a pplicable implementation plan.

"Net emissions increase"

a. Means, with respect to any regulated NSR pollutant emitted by a major stationary source, the amount by which the sum of the following exceeds zero:

(1) The increase in emissions from a particular physical change or change in the method of operation at a stationary source as calculated pursuant to 9VAC5

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- 1605 G; and

(2) Any other increases and decreases in actual emissions at the major stationary source that are contemporaneous wit h the particular change and are otherwise creditable. Baseline actual emissions for calculating increases and decreases under this subdivision shall be determined as provided in the definition of "baseline actual emissions," except that subdivisions a (3) and b (4) of that definition shall not apply.

b. An increase or decrease in actual emissions is contemporaneous with the increase from the particular change only if it occurs

between:

(1) The date five years before construction on the particular

c hange commences; andCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 20 of 28
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### (2) The date that the increase from the particular change

occurs.

c. An increase or decrease in actual emissions is creditable only if (i) it occurs between the date five years before construction on the particular change

comm ences and the date that the increase from the particular change occurs, and (ii) the board has not relied on it in issuing a permit for the source under this article (or the administrator under 40 CFR 52.21), which permit is in effect when the increase in actual emissions from the particular change occurs.

d. An increase or decrease in actual emissions of sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, or nitrogen oxides that occurs before the applicable minor source baseline date is creditable only if it is requir ed to be considered in calculating the amount of maximum allowable increases remaining available.

e. An increase in actual emissions is creditable only to the extent
that the new level of actual emissions exceeds the old level.

f. A decrease in act ual emissions is creditable only to the extent

that:

(1) The old level of actual emissions or the old level of allowable emissions, whichever is lower, exceeds the new level of actual emissions;

(2) It is enforceable as a practical matter at and after the time that actual construction on the particular change begins; and

(3) It has approximately the same qualitative significance for public health and welfare as that attributed to the increase from the particular change.

g. An increase tha t results from a physical change at a source occurs when the emissions unit on which construction occurred becomes operational and begins to emit a particular pollutant. Any replacement unit that requires shakedown becomes operational only after a reasonab le shakedown period, not to exceed 180 days.

h. Subdivision a of the definition of "actual emissions" shall not apply for determining creditable increases and decreases.

“New source review (NSR) permit” means a permit issued under the new

source rev iew program.COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 21 of 28
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### "New source review (NSR) program" means a preconstruction review and permit program (i) for new stationary sources or modifications (physical changes or changes in the method of operation), (ii) established to implement the requirements of §§ 110 (a)(2)(C), 112 (relating to permits for hazardous air pollutants), 165 (relating to permits in prevention of significant deterioration areas), and 173 (relating to permits in nonattainment areas) of the federal Clean Air Act and associated regulatio ns, and (iii) codified in Article 6 (9VAC5

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- 1100 et seq.), Article 7 (9VAC5

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- 1400 et seq.), Article 8 (9VAC5

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- 1605 et seq.) and Article 9 (9VAC5

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- 2000 et seq.) of this part.

"Plantwide applicability limitation (PAL)" means an emission limitation expressed in tons per year, for a pollutant at a major stationary source, that is enforceable as a practical matter and established sourcewide in accordance with
9VAC5

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- 1865.

"PAL effective date" generally means the date of issuance of the PAL permit

. However, the PAL effective date for an increased PAL is the date any emissions unit that is part of the PAL major modification becomes operational and begins to emit the PAL pollutant.

"PAL effective period" means the period beginning with the PAL eff ective date and ending five years later.

"PAL major modification" means, notwithstanding the definitions for major modification and net emissions increase, any physical change in or change in the method of operation of the PAL source that causes it to e mit the PAL pollutant at a level equal to or greater than the PAL.

"PAL permit" means the state operating permit issued by the board that establishes a PAL for a major stationary source.

"PAL pollutant" means the pollutant for which a PAL is establis hed at a major stationary source.

"Potential to emit" means the maximum capacity of a stationary source to emit a pollutant under its physical and operational design. Any physical or operational limitation on the capacity of the source to emit a polluta nt, including air pollution control equipment, and restrictions on hours of operation or on the type or amount of material combusted, stored, or processed, shall be treated as part of its design if the limitation or
the effect it would have on emissions is federally and state enforceable. Secondary emissions do not count in determining the potential to emit of a stationary source. For the purposes of actuals PALs, any physical or operational limitation on the capacity ofCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 22 of 28
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### the source to emit a pollutant, incl uding air pollution control equipment, and restrictions on hours of operation or on the type or amount of material combusted, stored, or processed, shall be treated as part of its design only if the limitation or the effect it
would have on emissions is fe derally enforceable or enforceable as a practical matter by the state.

"Predictive emissions monitoring system" or "PEMS" means all of the equipment necessary to monitor process and control device operational parameters (for example, control device seco ndary voltages and electric currents) and other information (for example, gas flow rate, O 2 

### or CO 2 

### concentrations), and calculate and record the mass emissions rate (for example, pounds per hour) on a continuous basis.

"Project" means a physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, an existing major stationary source.

"Projected actual emissions" means the maximum annual rate, in tons per year, at which an existing emissions unit is projected to emit a regulated NSR pollutant in any one of the five years (12

- month period) following the date the unit resumes regular operation after the project, or in any one of the 10 years following that date, if the project involves increasing the emissions unit's design capacity or its potential to

emi t that regulated NSR pollutant and full utilization of the unit would result in a significant emissions increase or a significant net emissions increase at the major stationary source. In determining the projected actual emissions (before beginning

actual construction), the owner of the major stationary source:

a. Shall consider all relevant information, including but not limited to, historical operational data, the company's own representations, the company's expected business activity and the company' s highest projections of business activity, the company's filings with the state or federal regulatory authorities, and compliance plans under th e approved implementation plan;

b. Shall include fugitive emissions to the extent quantifiable and

emission s associated with startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions; a nd

c. Shall exclude, in calculating any increase in emissions that results from the particular project, that portion of the unit's emissions following the project that an existing unit could hav e emitted during the consecutive 24

- month period

used to establish the baseline actual emissions and that are also unrelated to the particular project, including any increased utilization due to product demand growth, provided such exclusion shall not redu ce any calculated increases in emissions that are caused by, result from, or are related to the particular project; orCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 23 of 28
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### d . In lieu of using the method set o ut in subdivisions a through c of this definition, may elect to use the emissions unit's potentia l to emit, in tons per year.

"Reactivation of a very clean coal

- fired electric utility steam generating unit" means any physical change or change in the method of operation associated with the commencement of commercial operations by a coal

- fired utilit y unit after a period of discontinued operation where the unit:

a. Has not been in operation for the two

- year period prior to the enactment of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and the emissions from

such unit continue to be carried in the department's emissions inventory at the time of
enactment;

b. Was equipped prior to shut

- down with a continuous system of emissions control that achieves a removal efficiency for sulfur dioxide of no less than 85% and a removal efficiency for particula tes of no less than 98%;

c. Is equipped with low

- NO X 

### burners prior to the time of commencement of operations following reactivation; and

d. Is otherwise in compliance with the requirements of the federal
Clean Air Act.

"Reasonably available cont rol technology" or "RACT" means the lowest emission limit that a particular source is capable of meeting by the application of control technology that is reasonably available, considering technological and economic feasibility.

"Regulated NSR pollutant" means:

a. Any pollutant for which an ambient air quality standard has been promulgated and any pollutant identified under this subdivision as a constituent or precursor to such pollutant

. This includes, but is not limited to, the following

.

(1) P M 2.5 

### emissions and PM 10 

### emissions shall include gaseous emissions from a source or activity that condense to form particulate matter at ambient temperatures. On or after January 1, 2011, such condensable particulate matter shall be accounted for in applica bility determinations and in establishing
emissions limitations for PM 2.5 

### and PM 10 

### issued under this article. Compliance with

emissions limitations for PM 2.5 

### and PM 10 

### issued prior to this date shall not be based on condensable particulate matter unless req uired by the terms and conditions of the permit. Applicability determinations made prior to this date without accounting forCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 24 of 28
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### condensable particulate matter shall not be considered in violation of this article

.

(2) Any pollutant identified under this s ubdivision as a constituent or precursor to a pollutant for which an ambient air quality standard has been promulgated. Precursors identified for the purposes of this article shall be the following:

(1) (a) Volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxide s are precursors to ozone in all attainment and unclassifiable areas.

(2) (b) Sulfur dioxide is a precursor to PM 2.5 

### in all attainment
and unclassifiable areas.

(3) (c) Nitrogen oxides are presumed to be precursors to

PM 2.5 

### in all attainment and un classifiable areas, unless the board determines that emissions of nitrogen oxides from sources in a specific area are not a significant

contributor to that area's ambient PM 2.5 

### concentrations.

(4) (d) Volatile organic compounds are presumed not to be precursors to PM 2.5 

### in any attainment or unclassifiable area, unless the board determines that emissions of volatile organic compounds from sources in a specific area are a significant contributor to that area's ambient PM 2.5 

### concentrations.

b. Any pol lutant that is subject to any standard promulgated under § 111 of the federal Clean Air Act

.

c. Any class I or II substance subject to a standard promulgated under or established by Title VI of the federal Clean Air Act

.

d. Particulate matter emis sions, PM 2.5 

### emissions, and PM 10 

### emissions shall include gaseous emissions from a source or activity that condense to form particulate matter at ambient temperatures. On or after January 1, 2011, such condensable particulate matter shall be accounted for i n applicability determinations and in establishing emissions limitations for particulate matter, PM 2.5 

### and PM 10 

### in permits issued under this article. Compliance with emissions limitations for particulate matter, PM 2.5 

### and PM 10 

### issued prior to this date sha ll not be based on condensable particulate matter unless required by the terms and conditions of the permit. Applicability determinations made prior to this date without accounting for condensable particulate matter shall not be considered in violation of this article.

e

. Any pollutant that otherwise is subject to regulation under the federal Clean Air Act; except that any or all hazardous air pollutants either listed in § 112 of the federal Clean Air Act or added to the list pursuant to § 112(b)(2), wh ich haveCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 25 of 28
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### not been delisted pursuant to § 112(b)(3), are not regulated NSR pollutants unless the listed hazardous air pollutant is also regulated as a constituent or precursor of a general pollutant listed under § 108 of the federal Clean Air Act.

"Repow ering" means:

a. Replacement of an existing coal

- fired boiler with one of the following clean coal technologies: atmospheric or pressurized fluidized bed combustion, integrated gasification combined cycle, magnetohydrodynamics, direct and indirect

coa l

- fired turbines, integrated gasification fuel cells, or as determined by the administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, a derivative of one or more of these technologies, and any other technology capable of controlling multiple

combustio n emissions simultaneously with improved boiler or generation efficiency and with significantly greater waste reduction relative to the performance of technology in widespread commercial use as of November 15, 1990.

b. Repowering shall also include any oil and/or gas

- fired unit which has been awarded clean coal technology demonstration funding as of January 1, 1991, by the Department of Energy.

c. The board may give expedited consideration to permit applications for any source that satisfies the req uirements of this definition and is granted an extension under § 409 of the federal Clean Air Act.

"Secondary emissions" means emissions that would occur as a result of the construction or operation of a major stationary source or major modification, bu t do not come from the major stationary source or major modification itself. For the purpose of this article, secondary emissions shall be specific, well defined, quantifiable, and affect the same general area as the stationary source or modification that causes the secondary emissions. Secondary emissions include emissions from any offsite support facility that would not be constructed or increase its emissions except as a result of the construction or operation of the major stationary source or major modi fication. Secondary emissions do not include any emissions that come directly from a mobile source, such as emissions from the tailpipe of a motor vehicle, from a train, or from a

vessel.

"Significant" means:

a. In reference to a net emissions incr ease or the potential of a source to emit any of the following pollutants, a rate of emissions that would equal or exceed any of the following rates:COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 26 of 28
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### Pollutant Emissions Rate

Carbon Monoxide 100 tons per year (tpy)

Nitrogen Oxides 40 tpy

Sulfur Dioxide 40 tpy

Particulate Matter (TSP) 25 tpy

PM 10 

### 15 tpy

PM 2.5 

### 10 tpy of direct PM 2.5 

### emissions; 40 tpy
of SO 2 

### emissions; 40 tpy of NO X 

### emissions unless demonstrated not to

be a PM 2.5 

### precursor under the definition of "regulated NSR pollutant"

Ozone 40 tpy of volatile organic compounds or
NO X 

### Lead 0.6 tpy

Fluorides 3 tpy

Sulfuric Acid Mist 7 tpy

Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) 10 tpy

Total Reduced Sulfur (including H2S) 10 tpy

Reduced Sulfur Compounds (including H2S) 10 tpy

Munici pal waste combustor organics (measured as total tetra

- through octa

chlorinated dibenzo

- p

- dioxins and dibenzofurans) 3.5 x 10

- 6 tpy

Municipal waste combustor metals (measured as particulate matter) 15 tpy

Municipal waste combustor acid gases (measured as the sum of SO2 and HCl) 40 tpy

Municipal solid waste landfills emissions (measured as nonmethane organic compounds) 50 tpyCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 27 of 28
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### b. In reference to a net emissions increase or the potential of a source to emit a regulated NSR pollutant that subdivisi on a of this definition does not list, any emissions rate.

c. Notwithstanding subdivision a of this definition, means any emissions rate or any net emissions increase associated with a major stationary source or major modification, that would construct within 10 kilometers of a class I area, and have an impact on such area equal to or greater than 1 μg/m 3 

### (24

- hour average).

"Significant emissions increase" means, for a regulated NSR pollutant, an increase in emissions that is significant for that pol lutant.

"Significant emissions unit" means an emissions unit that emits or has the potential to emit a PAL pollutant in an amount that is significant for that PAL pollutant, but less than the amount that would qualify the unit as a major emissions unit.

"Small emissions unit" means an emissions unit that emits or has the potential to emit the PAL pollutant in an amount less than the significant level for that PAL pollutant.

"State enforceable" means all limitations and conditions that are

enforceab le as a practical matter, including any regulation of the board, those requirements developed pursuant to 9VAC5

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- 160, requirements within any applicable order or variance, and any permit requirements established pursuant to this chapter.

“State opera ting permit” means a permit issued under the state operating permit program.

"State operating permit program" means an operating permit program (i) for issuing limitations and conditions for stationary sources, (ii) promulgated to meet the

EPA's minimum criteria for federal enforceability, including adequate notice and opportunity for the EPA and public comment prior to issuance of the final permit, and practicable enforceability, and (iii) codified in Article 5 (9VAC 5

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- 800 et seq.) of this part.

"S tationary source" means any building, structure, facility, or installation that emits or may emit a regulated NSR pollutant.

"Temporary clean coal technology demonstration project" means a clean coal technology demonstration project that is operated for a period of five years or less, and that complies with the applicable implementation plan and other requirementsCOMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 28 of 28
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### necessary to attain and maintain the ambient air quality standards during the project
and after it is terminated.

REG \ VAC \ 808

### ENCLOSURE 2

CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES
AND COMPLIANCE WITH
STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

As required by 40 CFR 51.102 and Section 2.1 of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51, the following information regarding public participation activities and compliance with state administrative procedures is provided.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES

As required by 40 CFR 51.102(a), a public comment period to provide the opportunity

to submit written comment s concerning a propos ed revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan was held from June 17 to July 17 , 2013

.

As required by 40 CFR Part 51.102 (a) and (d)(1) and (2), the public was given notice of

the comment period in the Virginia Register of Regulation s , along with the location of the proposal for public inspection, on June 17 , 201 3

. The notice included procedures to afford the public the opportunity to request that a hearing be held pursuant to 40 CFR 51.102(a); no such request was received. The attac hed copy of the notice provides the evidence required by Section 2.1(f) of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51.

The Regional Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was notified
of the public comment period , as was each local air pollution c ontrol agency which will be significantly affected by the revision and is located in the affected Air Quality Control Regions. In addition, the District of Columbia, Maryland and Tennessee, which share affected interstate Air Quality Control Regions with Virginia, were notified of the public

comment period . These notifications follow the requirements of 40 CFR Part 51.102(d)(3), (4) and (5).

COMPLIANCE WITH STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

A true copy of the official regulation (Revision A 1 3 ) which was p ublished in the Virginia Register of Regulations on April 22 , 201 3 after being duly adopted by the State Air
Pollution Control Board on March 1 3, 201 3 , certified by the Office of the Attorney General as within the Board’s statutory authority on March 20 , 2 01 3 and thus fully enforceable under Virginia law, and submitted to the Virginia Registrar on behalf of the Board by the Department of Environmental Quality as a true and accurate copy of the duly adopted regulation on March 20 , 2013

. As required by Secti on 2.1(d) of Appendix V of 40 CFR Part 51, a copy of the actual regulation submitted for approval and incorporation by reference into the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan is attached, along with the effective date of May 22 , 201 3

.

TEMPLATES \ SIP

- REG \ REG02

- P C
SIP \ NONATTN PLNS \ 2013 \ A 1 3

- SIP

- 2.DOC

## General Notices/Errata

Volume 29, Issue 21 Virginia Register of Regulations June 17, 2013

2629 Proposed State Implementation Plan Revision

- Definition of Regulated NSR Poll utant

Notice of action: The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on a proposed revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP). The SIP is a plan developed by

the Commonwealth in order to fulfill its responsibilities under

the federal Clean Air Act to attain and maintain the ambient air quality standards promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Act. The Commonwealth intends to submit the regulation t o EPA as a revision to the SIP in accordance with the requirements of § 110(a) of the

federal Clean Air Act.

Regulations affected: The regulation of the board affected by this action is Permits for Major Stationary Sources and Major Modifications Locating in Prevention of Significant Deterioration Areas, Article 8 (9VAC5

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- 1605 et seq.) of

Part II of 9VAC5

- 80 (Permits for Stationary Sources).

Purpose of notice: DEQ is seeking comment on the issue of whether the regulation amendments should be submitted as a revision to the SIP.

Public comment period: June 17, 2013, to July 17, 2013.

Public hearing: A public hearing may be conducted if a request is made in writing to the contact listed below. In order to be considered, the request must include the full name, address, and telephone number of the person requesting the hearing and be received by DEQ by the last day of the comment period. Notice of the date, time, and location of any requested public hearing will be announced in a separate notice, and another 30

- day comment period will be

conducted.

Public comment stage: The regulation amendments are exempt from the state administrative procedures for adoption of regulations contained in Article 2 (§ 2.2

- 4006 et seq.) of the Administrative Process Act by the provi sions of § 2.2

- 4006 A 3 and 4 c of the Administrative Process Act because they consist of the correction of a technical error and because they are necessary to meet the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act and do not differ materially from the pertine nt EPA regulations. Since the amendments are exempt from administrative procedures for the adoption of regulations, DEQ is accepting comment only on the issue cited above under "purpose of notice" and not on the content of the regulation amendments.

Descri ption of proposal: The proposed revision will consist of amendments to an existing regulation concerning major new source review (NSR) for prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) areas. On October 25, 2012 (77 FR 65107), EPA promulgated final amendme nts revising the NSR permitting program for PSD areas. The amendments revise the definition of "regulated NSR pollutant" to remove the term "particulate matter emissions" from the requirement to include the condensable particulate matter fraction.

"Particu late matter emissions" refers to the non

- criteria indicator for particulate matter (PM) that is regulated under various new source performance standards (NSPSs), using EPA Method 5 for the compliance test. EPA has determined that only PM 10 and PM 2.5 - indica tors of PM used for the national ambient air quality standards may include condensable PM, unless a specific NSPS or applicable implementation plan otherwise requires the condensable portion to be included. In Virginia, where the state is administering the NSR program under an approved SIP, the state may adopt and submit revisions to the SIP to reflect the

rule revisions. The revised SIP should be the same as or equivalent to the revised federal program. Additionally, a regulatory citation is being correcte d.

Federal information: This notice is being given to satisfy the public participation requirements of federal regulations (40 CFR 51.102) and not any provision of state law. The proposal will be submitted as a revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia SIP under § 110(a) of the federal Clean Air Act in accordance with 40 CFR 51.104. DEQ plans to submit all provisions of the proposal as a revision to the

SIP.

How to comment: DEQ accepts written comments by email, fax, and postal mail. In order to be considere d, comments must include the full name, address, and telephone number of the person commenting and be received by DEQ by the last day of the comment period. All materials received are part of the public record.

To review regulation documents: The proposal and any supporting documents are available on the DEQ Air Public

Notices for Plans website: http://www.deq.state.va.us/Programs/Air/PublicNotices/airpla nsandprog rams.aspx . The documents may also be obtained by contacting the DEQ representative named below. The public may review the documents between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. of each business day until the close of the public comment period at the following DEQ locat ions:

1) Main Street Office, 629 East Main Street, 8th Floor, Richmond, VA, telephone (804) 698

- 4070,

2) Southwest Regional Office, 355

- A Deadmore Street, Abingdon, VA, telephone ( 276 ) 676

- 4800,

3) Blue Ridge Regional Office, Roanoke Location,

3019 Pete rs Creek Road, Roanoke, VA, telephone (540)

562

- 6700,

4) Blue Ridge Regional Office, Lynchburg Location,

7705 Timberlake Road, Lynchburg, VA, telephone (804)

582

- 5120,

5) Valley Regional Office, 4411 Early Road, Harrisonburg, VA, telephone (540) 574

- 7800

,

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2630 6) Piedmont Regional Office, 4949

- A Cox Road, Glen Allen, VA, telephone (804) 527

- 5020,

7) Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge, VA, telephone (703) 583

- 3800, and

8) Tidewater Regional Office, 5636 Southern Boulevard, Virginia Beach, VA, telephone (757) 518

- 2000.

Contact Information: Karen G. Sabasteanski, Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 698

- 4426, FAX (804)

698

- 4510, TDD (804) 698

- 4021, or email

karen. sabasteanski@deq.virginia.gov.

STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

AT RICHMOND, MAY 22, 2013

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, ex rel.

STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

CASE NO. PUE

- 2013

- 00045

Concerning the establishment of a renewable energy pilot program for third party po wer purchase agreements

ORDER PROPOSING GUIDELINES

On March 14, 2013, the Virginia General Assembly approved Chapter 382 of the Virginia Acts of Assembly ("Chapter 382"), requiring the State Corporation Commission ("Commission") to conduct a renewable ene rgy pilot program for third party power purchase agreements and to establish certain guidelines regarding its implementation. Chapter 382 specifically provides that the Commission must establish guidelines concerning (i) information to be provided in

writt en notices and (ii) procedures for collecting and posting

information derived from such notices on the Commission's website. In addition, the Commission may establish general guidelines for its administration of the pilot program.

As set forth in Chapter 382, parties who wish to enter into a power purchase agreement under the pilot program must provide written notice to the Commission and to the pilot utility of the parties' intent to enter into such agreement not less than thirty days before the effective date of such agreement. Pursuant to Chapter 382, the Commission must establish guidelines concerning the information to be included in the provision of such written notice. In addition, the Commission must establish guidelines concerning the procedures fo r aggregating and posting the information

included in such written notices on the Commission's website. This information must include the total capacity utilized by pilot projects for which notice has been received and the capacity remaining available for future pilot projects. Finally, the Commission may adopt such rules or establish such guidelines as may be necessary for its general administration of the pilot program. The Commission Staff ("Staff") has prepared proposed guidelines in accordance with Ch apter 382. A draft of these proposed guidelines is attached to this Order for review and comment by interested persons. Each third party power purchase agreement established pursuant to the pilot program should be in accordance with these guidelines, once established by further Commission order, and should be in compliance with the statutory directives set forth by the General Assembly. The Commission will review comments on the proposed guidelines from interested persons before formally establishing Commis sion guidelines pursuant to Chapter 382. Comments on the proposed guidelines may be filed in this proceeding within thirty days from the date of

this Order.

In order to promote broad dissemination of the proposed guidelines, we direct the Commission's Div ision of Energy Regulation to provide copies of this Order and the proposed guidelines by electronic transmission or by mail to individuals, organizations, and companies identified by Staff as potentially having an interest in this proceeding.

Accordingly , IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) This matter is docketed and assigned Case No. PUE

2013

- 00045.

(2) Comments on the proposed guidelines shall be filed on or before thirty (30) days from the date of this Order. Interested persons wishing to comment or propose

modif ications or supplements to the proposed guidelines shall file an original and fifteen (15) copies of such comments or proposals with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218. In terested persons desiring to submit comments or proposals electronically may do so by following the instructions on

the Commission's website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

(3) The Commission's Division of Information Resources

shall make a downloadable version of the proposed guidelines available to the public at the Commission's website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. The Clerk of the Commission shall make a copy of the proposed guidelines available, free of charge, in response to any written reques t
for one.

(4) The Commission's Division of Energy Regulation shall transmit electronically or by mail a copy of this Order and proposed guidelines to individuals, organizations, and companies identified by Staff as potentially having an interest in this p roceeding.

(5) This matter is continued generally for further orders of

the Commission.

AN ATTESTED COPY hereof shall be sent by the Clerk of

the Commission to: Senator John Edwards, P.O. Box 1179,

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2155 9VAC5

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- 15. Reference conditions.

All measurements of air quality that are expressed as mass per unit volume (e.g., micrograms per cubic meter) other than for the particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) standards contained in

9VAC5

- 30

- 65 and

, 9VAC5

- 30

- 66 , and 9VAC5

- 30

- 67, and

lead standards contained in 9VAC5

- 30

- 80 shall be corrected to a reference temperature of 25°C and a reference pressure of 760 millimeters of mercury (1,013.2 millibars).

Measurements of PM 2.5 for purposes of comparison to the

standards contained in 9VAC5

- 30

- 65 and

, 9VAC5

- 30

- 66 , and

9VAC5

- 30

- 67 and of lead for purposes of comparison to the

standards contained in 9VAC5

- 30

- 80 shall be reported based

on actual ambient air volume measured at the actual ambient temperature and pressure at the monitoring site during the measurement period.

9VAC5

- 30

- 67. Parti culate matter (PM 2.5 ).

A. The primary ambient air quality standards for particulate

matter are:
1. 12.0 micrograms per cubic meter, annual arithmetic

mean concentration.

2. 35 micrograms per cubic meter, 24

- hour average

concentration.

B. The secondary ambi ent air quality standards for particulate matter are:

1. 15.0 micrograms per cubic meter annual arithmetic

mean concentration.

2. 35 micrograms per cubic meter 24

- hour average

concentration.

C. Particulate matter shall be measured in the ambient air as

PM 2 .5 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 2.5 micrometers) by the reference method based on Appendix L of 40 CFR Part 50, or other method designated as such, or by equivalent method.

D. The annual primary PM 2.5 standard is met when the annual arithmetic mean concentration, as determined in accordance with Appendix N of 40 CFR Part 50, is less than or equal to 12.0 micrograms per cubic meter.

E. The annual secondary PM 2.5 standard is met when the annual arithmetic mean concentration, as determined in accordance with Appendix N of 40 CFR Part 50, is less than or equal to 15.0 micrograms per cubic meter.

F. The 24

- hour primary and secondary PM 2.5 standards are

met when the 9 8th percentile 24

- hour concentration, as determined in accordance with Appendix N of 40 CFR Part 50, is less than or equal to 35 micrograms per cubic meter.

G. The PM 2.5 standards set forth in this section were established by EPA on January 15, 2013 (78 FR 3086), and became effective in the Commonwealth on March 13, 2013, by adoption by the board. The PM 2.5 standards set forth in this section shall apply for purposes of the following: 1. Control strategy implementation plan revisions, maintenance plans, and associated emissions budgets

relative to the PM 2.5 standards in this section.

2. Designation of nonattainment areas and maintenance

areas relative to the PM 2.5 standards in this section.

3. Implementation of the new source review programs set

forth in Par t II (9VAC5

- 80

- 50 et seq.) of 9VAC5

- 80 (Permits for Stationary Sources).

Nothing in this section shall prevent the redesignation of any nonattainment area to attainment at any time.

VA.R. Doc. No. R13

- 3550; Filed March 20, 2013, 2:42 p.m.

Final Regulation

REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The following regulatory action is exempt from the Administrative Process Act in accordance with § 2.2

- 4006 A 4 c of the Code of Virginia, which excludes regulations that are necessary to meet the requirements of federal law or regulat ions, provided such regulations do not differ materially from those required by federal law or regulation. The State Air Pollution Control Board will receive, consider, and respond to petitions by any interested person at any time with respect to reconside ration

or revision.

Title of Regulation: 9VAC5

- 80. Permits for Stationary

Sources (Rev. A13) (amending 9VAC5

- 80

- 1615).

Statutory Authority: § 10.1

- 1308 of the Code of Virginia; federal Clean Air Act (§§ 110, 112, 165, 173, 182, and Title V); 40 CFR Parts 51, 61, 63, 70, and 72.

Effective Date: May 22, 2013.

Agency Contact: Karen G. Sabasteanski, Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 698

- 4426, FAX (804)

698

- 4510, TTY (804) 698

- 4021, or email karen.sabasteanski@deq.virginia.gov.

Summary:

On October 25, 2012 (77 FR 65107), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated final

amendments revi sing the new source review (NSR) permitting program for prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) areas. The amendments revise the definition of "regulated NSR pollutant" to remove the term "particulate matter (PM) emissions" from the requirement

to in clude the condensable particulate matter fraction. EPA has determined that only PM 10 and PM 2.5 may include condensable PM unless a specific new source performance standard (NSPS) or applicable implementation plan otherwise requires the condensable portion to be included.

The State Air Pollution Control Board administers the NSR program under an approved state implementation plan (SIP); therefore, the board has amended the regulation to reflect the federal rule revisions.

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2156 9VAC5

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- 1615. Definitions.

A. As us ed in this article, all words or terms not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in 9VAC5

- 10 (General Definitions), unless otherwise required by context.

B. For the purpose of this article, 9VAC5

- 80

- 280 9VAC5

- 50

- 280 and applying this article i n the context of the Regulations for the Control and Abatement of Air Pollution and related uses, the words or terms shall have the meanings given them in subsection C of this section:

C. Terms defined.

"Actual emissions" means the actual rate of emissio ns of a regulated NSR pollutant from an emissions unit, as determined in accordance with subdivisions a through c of this definition, except that this definition shall not apply for calculating whether a significant emissions increase has occurred, or for establishing a PAL under 9VAC5

- 80

- 1865. Instead, the definitions of "projected actual emissions" and "baseline actual emissions" shall apply for those purposes.

a. In general, actual emissions as of a particular date shall equal the average rate, in tons per year, at which the unit actually emitted the pollutant during a consecutive 24

- month period that precedes the particular date and that is representative of normal source operation. The board will allow the use of a different time period upon a

determin ation that it is more representative of normal source operation. Actual emissions shall be calculated using the unit's actual operating hours, production rates, and types of materials processed, stored, or combusted during the selected time period.

b. The board may presume that source

- specific allowable emissions for the unit are equivalent to the actual

emissions of the unit.

c. For any emissions unit that has not begun normal operations on the particular date, actual emissions shall equal the potential to emit of the unit on that date.

"Actuals PAL for a major stationary source" means a PAL

based on the baseline actual emissions of all emissions units at the source that emit or have the potential to emit the PAL pollutant.

"Administrator" means the adm inistrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or an authorized representative.

"Adverse impact on visibility" means visibility impairment that interferes with the management, protection, preservation or enjoyment of the visitor's visual exp erience of the federal

class I area. This determination shall be made on a case

- by

case basis taking into account the geographic extent, intensity, duration, frequency and time of visibility impairment, and how these factors correlate with (i) times of

vis itor use of the federal class I areas, and (ii) the frequency and timing of natural conditions that reduce visibility.

"Allowable emissions" means the emissions rate of a stationary source calculated using the maximum rated capacity of the source (unless the source is subject to federally and state enforceable limits that restrict the operating rate, or hours of operation, or both) and the most stringent of the following:

a. The applicable standards as set forth in 40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63;

b. The app licable implementation plan emissions limitation including those with a future compliance date; or

c. The emissions limit specified as a federally and state enforceable permit condition, including those with a future compliance date.

For the purposes of actuals PALs, "allowable emissions" shall also be calculated considering any emission limitations that are enforceable as a practical matter on the emissions unit's potential to emit.

"Applicable federal requirement" means all of, but not limited to, the following as they apply to emissions units in a source subject to this article (including requirements that have been promulgated or approved by the administrator through rulemaking at the time of permit issuance but have future

effective compliance dates) : a. Any standard or other requirement provided for in an implementation plan established pursuant to § 110 or § 111(d) of the federal Clean Air Act, including any

source

- specific provisions such as consent agreements or

orders.

b. Any limit or condition in any construction permit issued under the new source review program or in any operating permit issued pursuant to the state operating permit

program. c. Any emission standard, alternative emission standard, alternative emission limitation, equivalent e mission limitation or other requirement established pursuant to § 112 or § 129 of the federal Clean Air Act as amended in

1990.

d. Any new source performance standard or other requirement established pursuant to § 111 of the federal Clean Air Act, and any emission standard or other requirement established pursuant to § 112 of the federal

Clean Air Act before it was amended in 1990.

e. Any limitations and conditions or other requirement in a Virginia regulation or program that has been approved by

EPA under subpart E of 40 CFR Part 63 for the purposes of implementing and enforcing § 112 of the federal Clean

Air Act.

f. Any requirement concerning accident prevention under § 112(r)(7) of the federal Clean Air Act.

g. Any compliance monitoring requirements established pursuant to either § 504(b) or § 114(a)(3) of the federal

Clean Air Act.

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2157 h. Any standard or other requirement for consumer and commercial products under § 183(e) of the federal Clean

Air Act.

i. Any s tandard or other requirement for tank vessels under § 183(f) of the federal Clean Air Act.

j. Any standard or other requirement in 40 CFR Part 55 to control air pollution from outer continental shelf sources.

k. Any standard or other requirement of the r egulations promulgated to protect stratospheric ozone under Title VI

of the federal Clean Air Act unless the administrator has determined that such requirements need not be contained in a permit issued under this article.

l. With regard to temporary sourc es subject to 9VAC5

- 80

- 130, (i) any ambient air quality standard, except applicable state requirements, and (ii) requirements regarding increments or visibility as provided in this article.

"Baseline actual emissions" means the rate of emissions, in

tons per year, of a regulated NSR pollutant, as determined in accordance with the following:

a. For any existing electric utility steam generating unit, baseline actual emissions means the average rate, in tons per year, at which the unit actually emitted the pollutant during any consecutive 24

- month period selected by the

owner within the five

- year period immediately preceding when the owner begins actual construction of the project. The board will allow the use of a different time period upon a determination that it is more representative of normal source operation.

(1) The average rate shall include fugitive emissions to the extent quantifiable, and emissions associated with startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions.

(2) The average rate shall be adjusted downw ard to exclude any noncompliant emissions that occurred while the source was operating above any emission limitation that was legally enforceable during the consecutive 24

- month period.

(3) For a regulated NSR pollutant, when a project involves multiple e missions units, only one consecutive

24

- month period shall be used to determine the baseline actual emissions for the emissions units being changed.

The same consecutive 24

- month period shall be used for each different regulated NSR pollutant unless the ow ner can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board that a

different consecutive 24

- month period for a different pollutant or pollutants is more appropriate due to extenuating circumstances.

(4) The average rate shall not be based on any

consecutive 24

- m onth period for which there is inadequate information for determining annual emissions, in tons per year, and for adjusting this amount if required by subdivision a (2) of this definition.

b. For an existing emissions unit (other than an electric utility steam generating unit), baseline actual emissions means the average rate, in tons per year, at which the emissions unit actually emitted the pollutant during any

consecutive 24

- month period selected by the owner within

the five

- year period immediately prec eding either the date the owner begins actual construction of the project, or the date a complete permit application is received by the board for a permit required under this article, whichever is earlier, except that the five

- year period shall not include any period earlier than November 15, 1990. The board will allow the use of a different time period upon a determination that it is more representative of normal source operation.

(1) The average rate shall include fugitive emissions to the extent quantif

iable, and emissions associated with startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions.

(2) The average rate shall be adjusted downward to exclude any noncompliant emissions that occurred while the source was operating above any emission limitation that was legally e nforceable during the consecutive 24

- month period.

(3) The average rate shall be adjusted downward to exclude any emissions that would have exceeded an emission limitation with which the major stationary source must currently comply, had such major statio nary source been required to comply with such limitations during the consecutive 24

- month period. However, if an emission limitation is part of a maximum achievable control technology standard that the administrator proposed or promulgated under 40 CFR Par t 63, the baseline actual emissions need only be adjusted if the

board has taken credit for such emissions reductions in an attainment demonstration or maintenance plan consistent with the requirements of 9VAC5

- 80

- 2120 K.

(4) For a regulated NSR pollutant , when a project involves multiple emissions units, only one consecutive

24

- month period shall be used to determine the baseline actual emissions for all the emissions units being changed. The same consecutive 24

- month period shall be

used for each differe nt regulated NSR pollutant unless

the owner can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the

board that a different consecutive 24

- month period for a different pollutant or pollutants is more appropriate due to extenuating circumstances.

(5) The average rate sh all not be based on any

consecutive 24

- month period for which there is inadequate information for determining annual emissions, in tons per year, and for adjusting this amount if required by subdivisions b (2) and (3) of this

definition.

c. For a new emis sions unit, the baseline actual emissions for purposes of determining the emissions increase that will result from the initial construction and operation of such unit shall equal zero; and thereafter, for all other purposes, shall equal the unit's potentia l to emit.

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2158 d. For a PAL for a stationary source, the baseline actual emissions shall be calculated for existing electric utility steam generating units in accordance with the procedures contained in subdivision a of this definition, for other existing emi ssions units in accordance with the procedures contained in subdivision b of this definition, and for a new emissions unit in accordance with the procedures contained

in subdivision c of this subsection.

"Baseline area":

a. Means any intrastate area (and every part thereof) designated as attainment or unclassifiable under § 107(d)(1)(A)(ii) or (iii) of the federal Clean Air Act in which the major source or major modification establishing

the minor source baseline date would construct or would

have an air quality impact for the pollutant for which the baseline date is established, as follows: (i) for SO 2 , NO 2 , or
PM 10 , equal to or greater than 1 μg/m 3 (annual average); or (ii) for PM 2.5 , equal to or greater than 0.3 μg/m 3 (annual average).

b. Area redesign ations under § 107(d)(1)(A)(ii) or (iii) of

the federal Clean Air Act cannot intersect or be smaller than the area of impact of any major stationary source or major modification that:

(1) Establishes a minor source baseline date; or

(2) Is subject to thi s article or 40 CFR 52.21 and would be constructed in the same state as the state proposing the redesignation.

c. Any baseline area established originally for the TSP increments shall remain in effect and shall apply for purposes of determining the amount of available PM 10 increments, except that such baseline area shall not remain in effect if the board rescinds the corresponding minor

source baseline date in accordance with subdivision d of

the definition of "baseline date."

"Baseline concentration"

a. Means that ambient concentration level that exists in the baseline area at the time of the applicable minor source

baseline date. A baseline concentration is determined for each pollutant for which a minor source baseline date is

established and shall i nclude:

(1) The actual emissions representative of sources in existence on the applicable minor source baseline date, except as provided in subdivision b of this definition; and

(2) The allowable emissions of major stationary sources

that commenced const ruction before the major source baseline date, but were not in operation by the applicable

minor source baseline date.

b. The following will not be included in the baseline concentration and will affect the applicable maximum allowable increase(s): (1) A ctual emissions from any major stationary source on which construction commenced after the major source baseline date; and

(2) Actual emissions increases and decreases at any stationary source occurring after the minor source

baseline date.

"Baseline dat e"

a. "Major source baseline date" means:

(1) In the case of PM 10 and sulfur dioxide, January 6, 1975;

(2) In the case of nitrogen dioxide, February 8, 1988; and

(3) In the case of PM 2.5 , October 20, 2010.

b. "Minor source baseline date" means the earl iest date after the trigger date on which a major stationary source or a major modification subject to this article submits a complete application under this article. The trigger date is:

(1) In the case of PM 10 and sulfur dioxide, August 7, 1977;

(2) In the case of nitrogen dioxide, February 8, 1988; and

(3) In the case of PM 2.5 , October 20, 2011.

c. The baseline date is established for each pollutant for which increments or other equivalent measures have been

established if:

(1) The area in which the proposed source or modification would construct is designated as attainment or unclassifiable under § 107(d)(1)(A)(ii) or (iii) of the federal Clean Air Act for the pollutant on the date of its complete application under this article or 40 CFR 52.21;

and

(2) In the case of a major stationary source, the pollutant would be emitted in significant amounts, or, in the case of a major modification, there would be a significant net emissions increase of the pollutant.

d. Any minor source baseline date establish ed originally

for the TSP increments shall remain in effect and shall apply for purposes of determining the amount of available

PM 10 increments, except that the board may rescind any such minor source baseline date where it can be shown, to

the satisfactio n of the board, that the emissions increase from the major stationary source, or the net emissions increase from the major modification, responsible for triggering that date did not result in a significant amount of

PM 10 emissions.

"Begin actual construct ion" means, in general, initiation of physical on

- site construction activities on an emissions unit that are of a permanent nature. Such activities include, but are not limited to, installation of building supports and foundations, laying of underground pi pework, and construction of permanent storage structures. With respect to a change in method of operation, this term refers to those on

site activities other than preparatory activities that mark the initiation of the change.

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2159 "Best available control techn ology" means an emissions limitation (including a visible emissions standard) based on the maximum degree of reduction for each regulated NSR pollutant that would be emitted from any proposed major stationary source or major modification that the board, on a

case

- by

- case basis, taking into account energy, environmental, and economic impacts and other costs,

determines is achievable for such source or modification through application of production processes or available methods, systems, and techniques, incl uding fuel cleaning or treatment or innovative fuel combustion techniques for control of such pollutant. In no event shall application of best available control technology result in emissions of any pollutant that would exceed the emissions allowed by any applicable standard under 40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63. If the board determines that technological or economic limitations on the application of measurement methodology to a particular emissions unit would make the imposition of an

emissions standard infeas ible, a design, equipment, work practice, operational standard, or combination thereof, may be prescribed instead to satisfy the requirement for the application of best available control technology. Such standard shall, to the degree possible, set forth th e emissions reduction achievable by implementation of such design, equipment, work practice or operation, and shall provide for compliance by means that achieve equivalent results.

"Building, structure, facility or installation" means all of the pollutant

- emitting activities that belong to the same industrial grouping, are located on one or more contiguous or adjacent properties, and are under the control of the same person (or persons under common control) except the activities of any

vessel. Pollutant

- em itting activities shall be considered as part of the same industrial grouping if they belong to the same "Major Group" (i.e., that have the same first two

- digit code)

as described in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual (see 9VAC5

- 20

- 21).

"Clean coal technology" means any technology, including technologies applied at the precombustion, combustion, or post combustion stage, at a new or existing facility that will achieve significant reductions in air emissions of sulfur dioxide or oxides of nitroge n associated with the utilization of coal in the generation of electricity, or process steam that was not in widespread use as of November 15, 1990.

"Clean coal technology demonstration project" means a project using funds appropriated under the heading

" Department of Energy

- Clean Coal Technology," up to a total amount of $2,500,000,000 for commercial demonstration of clean coal technology, or similar projects funded through appropriations for EPA. The federal contribution for a qualifying project shall be at least 20% of the total cost of the demonstration project.

"Commence" as applied to construction of a major stationary source or major modification, means that the owner has all necessary preconstruction approvals or permits and

either has:

a. Begun, or caused to begin, a continuous program of

actual on

- site construction of the source, to be completed within a reasonable time; or

b. Entered into binding agreements or contractual obligations, that cannot be canceled or modified without

substantial loss to the owner, to undertake a program of actual construction of the source, to be completed within a

reasonable time.

"Complete" means, in reference to an application for a permit, that the application contains all of the information necessary for processing the application and the provisions of § 10.1

- 1321.1 of the Virginia Air Pollution Control Law have been met. Designating an application complete for the purposes of permit processing does not preclude the board from requesting or accepting any a dditional information.

"Construction" means any physical change or change in the method of operation (including fabrication, erection, installation, demolition, or modification of an emissions unit) that would result in a change in emissions.

"Continuous emissions monitoring system" or "CEMS" means all of the equipment that may be required to meet the data acquisition and availability requirements of this article, to sample, condition (if applicable), analyze, and provide a

record of emissions on a contin uous basis.

"Continuous emissions rate monitoring system" or "CERMS" means the total equipment required for the determination and recording of the pollutant mass emissions rate (in terms of mass per unit of time).

"Continuous parameter monitoring system" or "CPMS" means all of the equipment necessary to meet the data acquisition and availability requirements of this article, to monitor process and control device operational parameters (for example, control device secondary voltages and electric currents) and other information (for example, gas flow rate,

O 2 or CO 2 concentrations), and to record average operational parameter value(s) on a continuous basis.

"Electric utility steam generating unit" means any steam electric generating unit that is constructed for the purpose of supplying more than one

- third of its potential electric output capacity and more than 25 MW electrical output to any utility power distribution system for sale. Any steam supplied to a steam distribution system for the purpose of provid ing steam

to a steam

- electric generator that would produce electrical energy for sale is also considered in determining the electrical energy output capacity of the affected facility.

"Emissions unit" means any part of a stationary source that

emits or wo uld have the potential to emit any regulated NSR pollutant and includes an electric utility steam generating unit. For purposes of this definition, there are two types of emissions units: (i) a new emissions unit is any emissions unit that is (or will be) newly constructed and that has existed for

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unit that is not a new emissions unit.

"Enforceable as a practical matter" means that the permit contains emission limitations that are enforceable by the board or the department and meet the following criteria:

a. Are permanent;

b. Contain a legal obligation for the owner to adhere to the terms and conditions;

c. Do not allow a relaxation of a requirement of the implementation plan;

d. Are technically accurate and quantifiable;

e. Include averaging times or other provisions that allow at least monthly (or a shorter period if necessary to be consistent with the implementation plan) checks on compliance. This may include, but not be limited to, the following: compliance with annual limits on a rolling basis, monthly or shorter limits, and other provisions consistent with this article and other regulations of the board; and

f. Require a leve l of recordkeeping, reporting and monitoring sufficient to demonstrate compliance.

"Federal land manager" means, with respect to any lands in the United States, the secretary of the department with authority over such lands.

"Federally enforceable" means all limitations and conditions that are enforceable by the administrator and citizens under

the federal Clean Air Act or that are enforceable under other statutes administered by the administrator. Federally enforceable limitations and conditions include, but are not limited to, the following:

a. Emission standards, alternative emission standards, alternative emission limitations, and equivalent emission limitations established pursuant to § 112 of the federal

Clean Air Act as amended in 1990.

b. New sou rce performance standards established pursuant to § 111 of the federal Clean Air Act, and emission standards established pursuant to § 112 of the federal

Clean Air Act before it was amended in 1990.

c. All terms and conditions (unless expressly designated as not federally enforceable) in a federal operating permit, including any provisions that limit a source's potential to

emit.

d. Limitations and conditions that are part of an implementation plan established pursuant to § 110, § 111(d) or § 129 of the f ederal Clean Air Act.

e. Limitations and conditions (unless expressly designated as not federally enforceable) that are part of a federal construction permit issued under 40 CFR 52.21 or a new source review permit issued under regulations approved by

the EPA into the implementation plan. f. Limitations and conditions (unless expressly designated as not federally enforceable) that are part of a state operating permit where the permit and the permit program pursuant to which it was issued meet all of the fo llowing

criteria:

(1) The operating permit program has been approved by the EPA into the implementation plan under § 110 of the federal Clean Air Act;

(2) The operating permit program imposes a legal obligation that operating permit holders adhere to the terms and limitations of such permits and provides that permits that do not conform to the operating permit program requirements and the requirements of EPA's underlying regulations may be deemed not "federally enforceable" by EPA;

(3) The operating perm it program requires that all emission limitations, controls, and other requirements imposed by such permits will be at least as stringent as any other applicable limitations and requirements contained in the implementation plan or enforceable under the imp lementation plan, and that the program may not issue permits that waive, or make less stringent, any limitations or requirements contained in or issued pursuant to the implementation plan, or that are otherwise "federally enforceable";

(4) The limitations , controls, and requirements in the permit in question are permanent, quantifiable, and otherwise enforceable as a practical matter; and

(5) The permit in question was issued only after adequate and timely notice and opportunity for comment by the

EPA and the public.

g. Limitations and conditions in a regulation of the board or program that has been approved by the EPA under subpart E of 40 CFR Part 63 for the purposes of implementing and enforcing § 112 of the federal Clean Air

Act.

h. Individual consent agreements that the EPA has legal authority to create.

"Federal operating permit" means a permit issued under the federal operating permit program.

"Federal operating permit program" means an operating permit system (i) for issuing terms and conditions for major stationary sources, (ii) established to implement the requirements of Title V of the federal Clean Air Act and associated regulations, and (iii) codified in Article 1 (9VAC5

- 80

- 50 et seq.), Article 2 (9VAC5

- 80

- 310 et seq.), A rticle 3 (9VAC5

- 80

- 360 et seq.), and Article 4 (9VAC5

- 80

- 710

et seq.) of this part.

"Fugitive emissions" means those emissions that could not reasonably pass through a stack, chimney, vent, or other functionally equivalent opening.

"High terrain" means a ny area having an elevation 900 feet

or more above the base of the stack of a source.

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2161 "Indian governing body" means the governing body of any tribe, band, or group of Indians subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and recognized by the United St ates as possessing power of self

- government.
"Indian reservation" means any federally recognized reservation established by treaty, agreement, executive order, or act of Congress.

"Innovative control technology" means any system of air pollution control that has not been adequately demonstrated in practice, but would have substantial likelihood of achieving greater continuous emissions reduction than any control system in current practice or of achieving at least comparable reductions at lower cost in ter ms of energy, economics, or nonair quality environmental impacts.

"Lowest achievable emission rate" or "LAER" is as defined

in 9VAC5

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- 2010 C.

"Locality particularly affected" means any locality that bears any identified disproportionate material air qu ality impact that would not be experienced by other localities.

"Low terrain" means any area other than high terrain.

"Major emissions unit" means (i) any emissions unit that emits or has the potential to emit 100 tons per year or more of the PAL polluta nt in an attainment area; or (ii) any emissions unit that emits or has the potential to emit the PAL pollutant for nonattainment areas in an amount that is equal to or greater than the major source threshold for the PAL pollutant in subdivision a (1) of th e definition of "major stationary

source " in 9VAC5

- 80

- 2010 C.

"Major modification"

a. Means any physical change in or change in the method of operation of a major stationary source that would result in a significant emissions increase of a regulated NSR pollutant, and a significant net emissions increase of that pollutant from the major stationary source.

b. Any significant emissions increase from any emissions units or net emissions increase at a major stationary source that is significant for volatile organic compounds or NO X shall be considered significant for ozone.

c. A physical change or change in the method of operation shall not include the following:

(1) Routine maintenance, repair and replacement.

(2) Use of an alternative fuel or raw materi al by reason of an order under § 2 (a) and (b) of the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 (or any superseding legislation) or by reason of a natural gas curtailment plant pursuant to the federal Power Act.

(3) Use of an alternative fu el by reason of any order or rule under § 125 of the federal Clean Air Act.

(4) Use of an alternative fuel at a steam generating unit to the extent that the fuel is generated from municipal solid

waste. (5) Use of an alternative fuel or raw material by a stationary source that:

(a) The source was capable of accommodating before January 6, 1975, unless such change would be prohibited under any federally and state enforceable permit condition that was established after January 6, 1975, pursuant to 40 CFR 5 2.21 or this chapter; or

(b) The source is approved to use under any permit issued under 40 CFR 52.21 or this chapter.

(6) An increase in the hours of operation or in the production rate, unless such change is prohibited under any federally and state enfo rceable permit condition that was established after January 6, 1975, pursuant to 40 CFR 52.21 or this chapter.

(7) Any change in ownership at a stationary source.

(8) The installation, operation, cessation, or removal of a temporary clean coal technology demonstration project, provided that the project complies with:

(a) The applicable implementation plan; and

(b) Other requirements necessary to attain and maintain the ambient air quality standards during the project and

after it is terminated.

(9) The installation or operation of a permanent clean coal technology demonstration project that constitutes repowering, provided that the project does not result in an increase in the potential to emit of any regulated pollutant emitted by the unit. This exemption shall apply on a pollutant

- by

- pollutant basis.

(10) The reactivation of a very clean coal

- fired electric utility steam generating unit.

d. This definition shall not apply with respect to a particular regulated NSR pollutant when the major

stat ionary source is complying with the requirements under

9VAC5

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- 1865 for a PAL for that pollutant. Instead, the definition of "PAL major modification" shall apply.

"Major new source review (NSR) permit" means a permit issued under the major new source rev iew program.

"Major new source review (major NSR) program" means a preconstruction review and permit program (i) for new major stationary sources or major modifications (physical changes or changes in the method of operation), (ii) established to implemen t the requirements of §§ 112, 165 and 173 of the federal Clean Air Act and associated regulations, and (iii) codified in Article 7 (9VAC5

- 80

- 1400 et seq.), Article 8 (9VAC5

- 80

- 1605 et seq.) and Article 9 (9VAC5

- 80

- 2000 et seq.) of this part.

"Major statio nary source"

a. Means:

(1) Any of the following stationary sources of air pollutants that emits, or has the potential to emit, 100 tons per year or more of any regulated NSR pollutant:

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2162 (a) Fossil fuel

- fired steam electric plants of more than

250 million British thermal units per hour heat input.

(b) Coal cleaning plants (with thermal dryers).

(c) Kraft pulp mills.

(d) Portland cement plants.

(e) Primary zinc smelters.

(f) Iron and steel mill plants.

(g) Primary aluminum ore reduction plants.

(h) P rimary copper smelters.

(i) Municipal incinerators capable of charging more than 250 tons of refuse per day.

(j) Hydrofluoric acid plants.

(k) Sulfuric acid plants.

(l) Nitric acid plants.

(m) Petroleum refineries.

(n) Lime plants.

(o) Phosphate roc k processing plants.

(p) Coke oven batteries.

(q) Sulfur recovery plants.

(r) Carbon black plants (furnace process).

(s) Primary lead smelters.

(t) Fuel conversion plants.

(u) Sintering plants.

(v) Secondary metal production plants.

(w) Chemical process plants (which does not include ethanol production facilities that produce ethanol by

natural fermentation included in NAICS codes 325193 or 312140).

(x) Fossil fuel boilers (or combination of them) totaling

more than 250 million Briti sh thermal units per hour heat input.

(y) Petroleum storage and transfer units with a total storage capacity exceeding 300,000 barrels.

(z) Taconite ore processing plants.

(aa) Glass fiber processing plants.

(bb) Charcoal production plants.

(2) Notwit hstanding the stationary source size specified in subdivision a (1) of this definition, any stationary source that emits, or has the potential to emit, 250 tons per year or more of a regulated NSR pollutant; or

(3) Any physical change that would occur at a stationary source not otherwise qualifying under subdivision a (1) or a (2) of this definition as a major stationary source, if the change would constitute a major stationary source by

itself.

b. A major stationary source that is major for volatile

orga nic compounds or NO X shall be considered major for

ozone. c. The fugitive emissions of a stationary source shall not be included in determining for any of the purposes of this article whether it is a major stationary source, unless the source belongs to o ne of the following categories of stationary sources:

(1) Coal cleaning plants (with thermal dryers).

(2) Kraft pulp mills.

(3) Portland cement plants.

(4) Primary zinc smelters.

(5) Iron and steel mills.

(6) Primary aluminum ore reduction plants.

( 7) Primary copper smelters.

(8) Municipal incinerators capable of charging more than 250 tons of refuse per day.

(9) Hydrofluoric, sulfuric, or nitric acid plants.

(10) Petroleum refineries.

(11) Lime plants.

(12) Phosphate rock processing plants.

(1 3) Coke oven batteries.

(14) Sulfur recovery plants.

(15) Carbon black plants (furnace process).

(16) Primary lead smelters.

(17) Fuel conversion plants.

(18) Sintering plants.

(19) Secondary metal production plants.

(20) Chemical process plants (which shall not include ethanol production facilities that produce ethanol by

natural fermentation included in NAICS codes 325193 or 312140).

(21) Fossil

- fuel boilers (or combination of them) totaling

more than 250 million Br itish thermal units per hour heat input.

(22) Petroleum storage and transfer units with a total storage capacity exceeding 300,000 barrels.

(23) Taconite ore processing plants.

(24) Glass fiber processing plants.

(25) Charcoal production plants.

(26) Fossil fuel

- fired steam electric plants of more than 250 million British thermal units per hour heat input.

(27) Any other stationary source category that, as of August 7, 1980, is being regulated under 40 CFR Parts

60 and 61.

"Minor new source review (N SR) permit" means a permit issued under the minor new source review program.

"Minor new source review (minor NSR) program" means a preconstruction review and permit program (i) for new stationary sources or modifications (physical changes or changes in th e method of operation) that are not subject to

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and 112 of the federal Clean Air Act and associated regulations, and (iii) codified in Articl e 6 (9VAC5

- 80

- 1100 et seq.) of this part.

"Necessary preconstruction approvals or permits" means those permits required under NSR programs that are part of the applicable implementation plan.

"Net emissions increase"

a. Means, with respect to any regula ted NSR pollutant emitted by a major stationary source, the amount by which the sum of the following exceeds zero:

(1) The increase in emissions from a particular physical change or change in the method of operation at a stationary source as calculated pu rsuant to 9VAC5

- 80

- 1605 G; and

(2) Any other increases and decreases in actual emissions at the major stationary source that are contemporaneous with the particular change and are otherwise creditable. Baseline actual emissions for calculating increases a nd

decreases under this subdivision shall be determined as provided in the definition of "baseline actual emissions," except that subdivisions a (3) and b (4) of that definition shall not apply.

b. An increase or decrease in actual emissions is

contempora neous with the increase from the particular change only if it occurs between:

(1) The date five years before construction on the particular change commences; and

(2) The date that the increase from the particular change

occurs.

c. An increase or decreas e in actual emissions is creditable only if (i) it occurs between the date five years before construction on the particular change commences and the date that the increase from the particular change occurs; and (ii) the board has not relied on it in issuin g a permit for the source under this article (or the administrator under

40 CFR 52.21), which permit is in effect when the increase in actual emissions from the particular change occurs.

d. An increase or decrease in actual emissions of sulfur dioxide, pa rticulate matter, or nitrogen oxides that occurs before the applicable minor source baseline date is creditable only if it is required to be considered in calculating the amount of maximum allowable increases remaining available.

e. An increase in actual emissions is creditable only to the

extent that the new level of actual emissions exceeds the

old level.

f. A decrease in actual emissions is creditable only to the

extent that: (1) The old level of actual emissions or the old level of

allowable emission s, whichever is lower, exceeds the new level of actual emissions;

(2) It is enforceable as a practical matter at and after the time that actual construction on the particular change begins;

(3) It has approximately the same qualitative significance for p ublic health and welfare as that attributed to the increase from the particular change.

g. An increase that results from a physical change at a

source occurs when the emissions unit on which construction occurred becomes operational and begins to emit a particular pollutant. Any replacement unit that requires shakedown becomes operational onl y after a reasonable shakedown period, not to exceed 180 days.

h. Subdivision a of the definition of "actual emissions" shall not apply for determining creditable increases and

decreases.

"New source review (NSR) permit" means a permit issued

under the n ew source review program.

"New source review (NSR) program" means a preconstruction review and permit program (i) for new stationary sources or modifications (physical changes or changes in the method of operation); (ii) established to implement the requi rements of §§ 110(a)(2)(C), 112 (relating to permits for hazardous air pollutants), 165 (relating to permits in prevention of significant deterioration areas), and 173 (relating to permits in nonattainment areas) of the federal

Clean Air Act and associated regulations; and (iii) codified in Article 6 (9VAC5

- 80

- 1100 et seq.), Article 7 (9VAC5

- 80

- 1400 et seq.), Article 8 (9VAC5

- 80

- 1605 et seq.) and Article 9 (9VAC5

- 80

- 2000 et seq.) of this part.

"Plantwide applicability limitation (PAL)" means an

emission li mitation expressed in tons per year, for a pollutant at a major stationary source, that is enforceable as a practical

matter and established sourcewide in accordance with

9VAC5

- 80

- 1865.

"PAL effective date" generally means the date of issuance of

the PAL permit. However, the PAL effective date for an increased PAL is the date any emissions unit that is part of the PAL major modification becomes operational and begins to emit the PAL pollutant.

"PAL effective period" means the period beginning with the

PAL effective date and ending five years later.

"PAL major modification" means, notwithstanding the definitions for major modification and net emissions increase, any physical change in or change in the method of operation

of the PAL source that causes it to emit the PAL pollutant at a level equal to or greater than the PAL.

"PAL permit" means the state operating permit issued by the board that establishes a PAL for a major stationary source.

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2164 "PAL pollutant" means the pollutant for which a PAL is

establishe d at a major stationary source.

"Potential to emit" means the maximum capacity of a stationary source to emit a pollutant under its physical and operational design. Any physical or operational limitation on the capacity of the source to emit a pollutant, including air pollution control equipment, and restrictions on hours of operation or on the type or amount of material combusted, stored, or processed, shall be treated as part of its design if the

limitation or the effect it would have on emissions is fed erally and state enforceable. Secondary emissions do not count in determining the potential to emit of a stationary source. For the purposes of actuals PALs, any physical or operational limitation on the capacity of the source to emit a pollutant,

includin g air pollution control equipment, and restrictions on hours of operation or on the type or amount of material combusted, stored, or processed, shall be treated as part of its design only if the limitation or the effect it would have on

emissions is federa lly enforceable or enforceable as a practical matter by the state.

"Predictive emissions monitoring system" or "PEMS" means all of the equipment necessary to monitor process and control device operational parameters (for example, control device secondary voltages and electric currents) and other information (for example, gas flow rate, O 2 or CO 2 concentrations), and calculate and record the mass emissions rate (for example, pounds per hour) on a continuous basis.

"Project" means a physical change in, or c hange in the method of operation of, an existing major stationary source.

"Projected actual emissions" means the maximum annual rate, in tons per year, at which an existing emissions unit is projected to emit a regulated NSR pollutant in any one of the

fi ve years (12

- month period) following the date the unit resumes regular operation after the project, or in any one of the 10 years following that date, if the project involves increasing the emissions unit's design capacity or its potential to emit that reg ulated NSR pollutant and full utilization of the unit would result in a significant emissions increase or a significant net emissions increase at the major stationary source. In determining the projected actual emissions (before beginning actual constructi on), the owner of the major stationary source:

a. Shall consider all relevant information, including but not limited to, historical operational data, the company's own representations, the company's expected business activity and the company's highest pro jections of business activity, the company's filings with the state or federal regulatory authorities, and compliance plans under the approved implementation plan;

b. Shall include fugitive emissions to the extent quantifiable and emissions associated wit h startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions; and

c. Shall exclude, in calculating any increase in emissions that results from the particular project, that portion of the unit's emissions following the project that an existing unit could have emitted during th e consecutive 24

- month period used to establish the baseline actual emissions and that are also unrelated to the particular project, including any increased utilization due to product demand growth, provided such exclusion shall not reduce any calculated

i ncreases in emissions that are caused by, result from, or are related to the particular project; or

d. In lieu of using the method set out in subdivisions a through c of this definition, may elect to use the emissions unit's potential to emit, in tons per year. "Reactivation of a very clean coal

- fired electric utility steam generating unit" means any physical change or change in the method of operation associated with the commencement of commercial operations by a coal

- fired utility unit after a period of discontinued operation where the unit:

a. Has not been in operation for the two

- year period prior

to the enactment of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and the emissions from such unit continue to be carried in the department's emissions inve ntory at the time of enactment;

b. Was equipped prior to shut

- down with a continuous system of emissions control that achieves a removal efficiency for sulfur dioxide of no less than 85% and a removal efficiency for particulates of no less than 98%;

c. I s equipped with low

- NOX burners prior to the time of commencement of operations following reactivation; and

d. Is otherwise in compliance with the requirements of the

federal Clean Air Act.

"Reasonably available control technology" or "RACT"

means the lo west emission limit that a particular source is capable of meeting by the application of control technology that is reasonably available, considering technological and economic feasibility.

"Regulated NSR pollutant" means:

a. Any pollutant for which an a mbient air quality standard has been promulgated and any pollutant identified under this subdivision as a constituent or precursor to such pollutant

. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) PM 2.5 emissions and PM 10 emissions shall include gaseous emissions from a source or activity that condense to form particulate matter at ambient temperatures. On or after January 1, 2011, such condensable particulate matter shall be accounted for in applicability determinations and in establishing

emissi ons limitations for PM 2.5 and PM 10 issued under this article. Compliance with emissions limitations for

PM 2.5 and PM 10 issued prior to this date shall not be based on condensable particulate matter unless required by the terms and conditions of the permit. Applicability determinations made prior to this date without

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be considered in violation of this article.

(2) Any pollutant identified under this subdivision as a constituent or precursor to a polluta nt for which an ambient air quality standard has been promulgated. Precursors identified for the purposes of this article shall be the following:

(1) (a) Volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides are precursors to ozone in all attainment and

unclassifiable areas.

(2) (b) Sulfur dioxide is a precursor to PM 2.5 in all

attainment and unclassifiable areas.

(3) (c) Nitrogen oxides are presumed to be precur sors to

PM 2.5 in all attainment and unclassifiable areas, unless the board determines that emissions of nitrogen oxides from sources in a specific area are not a significant

contributor to that area's ambient PM 2.5 concentrations.

(4) (d) Volatile organic compounds are presumed not to be precursors to PM 2.5 in any attainment or unclassifiable area, unless the board determines that emissions of volatile organic compounds from sources in a specific area are a significant contributor to that area's ambient

PM 2 .5 concentrations.

b. Any pollutant that is subject to any standard promulgated under § 111 of the federal Clean Air Act.

c. Any class I or II substance subject to a standard promulgated under or established by Title VI of the federal

Clean Air Act.

d. Particulate matter emissions, PM 2.5 emissions, and PM 10 emissions shall include gaseous emissions from a source or activity that condense to form particulate matter at ambient temperatures. On or after January 1, 2011, such condensable particulate matter s hall be accounted for in applicability determinations and in establishing emissions limitations for particulate matter, PM 2.5 and PM 10 in permits issued under this article. Compliance with emissions limitations for particulate matter, PM 2.5 and

PM 10 issued prior to this date shall not be based on condensable particulate matter unless required by the terms and conditions of the permit. Applicability determinations made prior to this date without accounting for condensable particulate matter shall not be cons idered in violation of

this article.

e. d. Any pollutant that otherwise is subject to regulation under the federal Clean Air Act; except that any or all hazardous air pollutants either listed in § 112 of the federal Clean Air Act or added to the list pursu ant to § 112(b)(2), which have not been delisted pursuant to § 112(b)(3), are not regulated NSR pollutants unless the listed hazardous air pollutant is also regulated as a constituent or precursor of a general pollutant listed under § 108 of the federal

Cl ean Air Act. "Repowering" means:

a. Replacement of an existing coal

- fired boiler with one of the following clean coal technologies: atmospheric or pressurized fluidized bed combustion, integrated gasification combined cycle, magnetohydrodynamics,

direct and indirect coal

- fired turbines, integrated gasification fuel cells, or as determined by the administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, a derivative of one or more of these technologies, and any other technology capable of controlling mu ltiple combustion emissions simultaneously with improved boiler or generation efficiency and with significantly greater waste reduction relative to the performance of technology in widespread commercial use as of November 15, 1990.

b. Repowering shall als o include any oil and/or gas

- fired unit which has been awarded clean coal technology demonstration funding as of January 1, 1991, by the Department of Energy.

c. The board may give expedited consideration to permit applications for any source that satisfi es the requirements of this definition and is granted an extension under § 409

of the federal Clean Air Act.

"Secondary emissions" means emissions that would occur as a result of the construction or operation of a major stationary source or major modifica tion, but do not come from the major stationary source or major modification itself. For the purpose of this article, secondary emissions shall be specific, well defined, quantifiable, and affect the same general area as the stationary source or modificati on that causes the secondary emissions. Secondary emissions include emissions from any offsite support facility that would not be constructed or increase its emissions except as a result of the construction or operation of the major stationary source or ma jor modification. Secondary emissions do not include any emissions that come directly from a mobile source, such as emissions from the tailpipe of a motor vehicle, from a train,

or from a vessel.

"Significant" means:

a. In reference to a net emissions in crease or the potential of a source to emit any of the following pollutants, a rate of emissions that would equal or exceed any of the following

rates:

Pollutant Emissions Rate

Carbon Monoxide 100 tons per year (tpy)

Nitrogen Oxides 40 tpy

Sulfur Dioxide 40 tpy

Particulate Matter (TSP) 25 tpy

PM 10 15 tpy

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2166 PM 2.5 10 tpy of direct PM 2.5 emissions; 40 tpy of SO 2 emissions; 40 tpy of NO X emissions unless

demonstrated not to be a

PM 2.5 precursor under the definition of "regulated NSR pollutant"

Ozone 40 tpy of volatile organic compounds or NO X

Lead 0.6 tpy

Fluorides 3 tpy

Sulfuric Acid Mist 7 tpy

Hydrogen Sulfide (H 2 S) 10 tpy

Total Reduced Sulfur (including H 2 S) 10 tpy

Reduced Sulfur Compounds (including

H 2 S) 10 tpy

Municipal waste combustor organics (measured as total

tetra

- through octa

chlorinated dibenzo

- p

dioxins and dibenzofurans) 3.5 x 10 - 6 tpy

Municipal waste combustor metals (measured as particulate matter) 15 tpy

Municipal waste combustor acid gases (measured as the

sum of SO 2 and HCl) 40 tpy

Municipal solid waste

landfills emissions (measured as nonmethane organic compounds) 50 tpy

b. In reference to a net emissions increase or the potential of a source to emit a regulated NSR pollutant that

subdivision a of this definition does not list, any emissions

rate.
c. Notwithstanding subdivision a of this definition, any emissions rate or any net emissions increase associated with a major stationary source or major modification that

would construct within 10 kilometers of a class I area, and have an impact on such area equal to or greater than 1 μg/m 3 (24

- hour average).

"Significant emissions increase" means, for a regulated NSR pollutant, an increase in emissions that is significant for that pollutant. "Significant emissions unit " means an emissions unit that emits or has the potential to emit a PAL pollutant in an amount that is significant for that PAL pollutant, but less than the amount that would qualify the unit as a major emissions

unit.

"Small emissions unit" means an emis sions unit that emits or has the potential to emit the PAL pollutant in an amount less than the significant level for that PAL pollutant.

"State enforceable" means all limitations and conditions that are enforceable as a practical matter, including any re gulation of the board, those requirements developed pursuant to

9VAC5

- 170

- 160, requirements within any applicable order or variance, and any permit requirements established pursuant to this chapter.

"State operating permit" means a permit issued under the state operating permit program.

"State operating permit program" means an operating permit program (i) for issuing limitations and conditions for stationary sources; (ii) promulgated to meet the EPA's minimum criteria for federal enforceability, includin g adequate notice and opportunity for the EPA and public comment prior to issuance of the final permit, and practicable enforceability; and (iii) codified in Article 5 (9VAC5

- 80

- 800 et seq.) of this part.

"Stationary source" means any building, structure, facility, or installation that emits or may emit a regulated NSR pollutant.

"Temporary clean coal technology demonstration project" means a clean coal technology demonstration project that is operated for a period of five years or less, and that complies with the applicable implementation plan and other requirements necessary to attain and maintain the ambient air quality standards during the project and after it is terminated.

VA.R. Doc. No. R13

- 3536; Filed March 20, 2013, 2:38 p.m.

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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION RECORD

T he complete record of public participation activities is located at the Air Division of the Department of Environmental Quality. The d epartment contact to access this information is the Director, Air Division

.

The state did not receive comments on this particular revision.

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