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United State Environmental Protection Agency Air Division Technical Support Document For The • Antelope Valley

Air Quality Management

District Rule 107, Certification

of Submissions

and Emission Statements Prepared

by: Cynthia Allen Reviewed

by: Andrew Steckel October
2012•g-‘ 

# AGENCY:

Antelope Valley

Air Quality Management

District (AVAQMD) SIP Approved

Rule:

Not ApplicableV 

# Superseded Submittals:

None Subject

of this TSD:

Rule 107, Certification

of Submissions

and Emission Statements Submitted.— 

# September

21, 2012V 

# Adopted— 

# May

15, 2012 BACKGROUND Federal Clean

Air Act (CAA) Section

1 82(a)(3)(B)(i)
requires ozone nonattainment areas (regardless

of classification)

to require certified emission statement

data from sources

of volatile organic compounds
(VOCs)

and oxides

of nitrogen (NOx). Emission statements
should

be submitted

by November

15, 1993 and annually thereafter.

CAA Section

1 82(a)(3)(B)(ii)

allows states

to waive

the requirement

for emission statements for classes

or categories

of sources

with less than

25 tons per year (tpy)

of actualplantwide NOx

or VOC emissions

if the State provides

an inventory

of emissions

from
the class

or category based

on the use
.of emission factors established

by EPA

or other methods acceptable

to EPA. Emission Statements

are intended

to help the state report and analyze ambient

air emissions.

The CAA also requires states

to periodically compile

and report

a comprehensive,

accurate

and current inventory

of all air contaminant sources. RULE SUMMARY Rule
107 requires

the owner

or operator

of

a stationary sources emitting
VOC

or NOX to provide AVAQMD

with

an annual statement

of actual emissions.

The emission statement

must contain

the information described

in the California

Air Resources

Board (CARB) Emission Inventory Guidelines.

The statement

must also contain

a certification signed

and dated

by

a responsible

official

of the company,
which attests

that the information contained

in the submitted documents

are accurate

to the best knowledge of the individual certifying

the submission.

The APCO
may waive

the emission statement requirement

for sources which emit less than

25 tpy

if AVAQMD provides GARB
with

an emission inventory

of sources emitting greater

than

10 tpy
of VOC

or NOx using emission factors acceptable

to CARB

and U.S. EPA.. Rule
107

is an administrative

rule, and will have

no effect

on emission

or emission

limits and will merely specify certification

of documents

and submission requirements

of emission statements. EPA EVALUATION The following criteria were used

to evaluate

the submitted

rule: 1. CM Requirements:

Section

1 82(a)(3)(B)

and EPA’s draft “Guidance

on the Implementation

of an Emission Statement Program,”

July 1992.2.Enforceability:TheBluebook(IssuesRelatingtoVOCRegulationCutpoints,Deficiencies,andDeviations,EPA,May25,1988)andtheLittleBluebook(GuidanceDocumentforCorrectingCommonVOC&OtherRuleDeficiencies,EPARegion9,August21,2001)wereusedtohelpevaluatecompliancewiththeCAASection110(a)(2)(A)requirementforenforceability.ThesubmittedrulecomplieswithCAASection182(a)(3)(B).TherulewillhavenodirecteffectonairpollutionemissionsalthoughitmayhelpimprovecomplianceandenforceabilityofemissioncontrolrequirementsinotherICAPCDrules.TherulerequiresthattheemissionstatementscontainalloftheinformationfoundinthetheCARBEmissionInventoryGuidelines,whicharecurrentlyupdatedannuallytomeetStateandFederalreportingrequirements.TheCAAdoesnotprovideformattingrequirementsorspecifytimingbeyondthatreportsmustbesubmittedannually,anddeferenceisgiventotheStatetoassurethatallinformationneededtomeetFederal’reportingrequirementsisrequested.Toensureconsistencyandaccuracyofreporting,however,werecommendfurtherdetailsbeincludedwithintheruleasdescribedin“AdditionalRecommendationsfortheNextRuleRevision”below.TherulerequirementsareclearandenforceableconsistentwithCAASectionI10(a)(2)(A).EPAACTIONEPAstaffrecommendsapprovalofAVAQMDRule107undersection110(k)asmeetingtherequirementsofsection110(a)andPartDoftheCleanAirAct,asamendedin1990.ADDITIONALRECOMMENDATIONSFORTHENEXTRULEREVISIONThefollowingrevisionsarenotcurrentlythebasisforruledisapproval,butarerecommendedasimprovementsthenexttimetheruleisrevised.•Toensureclarityandconsistencyinhowemissionestimatesaregenerated,werecommendthatfuturerevisionstotheruleincludealistofminimumdataelementsrequiredinemissionstatementsasdescribedinsection2.2.6,2.27,and2.28oftheguidancedocument“GuidanceontheImplementationofanEmissionStatementProgram,”July1992orotherdetailsasrequiredbyfederalreportingrequirements.REFERENCES1.IssuesRelatingtoVOCRegulation,Cutpoints,Deficiencies,andDeviations(the“BlueBook”),U.S.EPA,OAQPS,May25,1988.2.RequirementsforPreparation,Adoption,andSubmittalofImplementationPlans,U.S.EPA,40CFRPart51.a—,3.StateImplementationPlansforNationalPrimaryandSecondaryAmbientAirQualityStandards,Section110oftheCleanAirAct,andPlanRequirementsforNonattainmentAreas,TitleI,PartDoftheCleanAirAct.4.EPA’sdraft“GuidanceontheImplementationofanEmissionStatementProgram,”DatedJuly1992.