201-1 RULE 201 Permits Required - Adopted 4/18/72, Amended 3/19/74, 6/29/81, 4/25/83,

5/2/96

I. Authority to Construct - Any person building, altering or replacing any equipment, the use of which may cause the issuance of air contamin ants or the use of which may eliminate or

reduce or control the issuance of air contaminan ts, shall first obtain authorization for such

construction from the Control Officer. An Author ity to Construct shall remain in effect until the Permit to Operate the equipment for which the application was filed is granted, denied,

or canceled.

II. Permit to Operate - Before any new or modified equipm ent described in Subsection I. or any existing equipment so described may be operated, a written permit shall be obtained from the Control Officer. No Permit to Oper ate shall be granted either by the Control Officer or the Hearing Board for any equipmen t described in Subsecti on I., constructed or installed without authorization as required by Subsection I., until the information required is presented to the Control Officer and such equipment is altere d, if necessary, and made to

conform to standards set forth in Rule 208 (Standards for Granti ng Application) and elsewhere in these Rules and Regulations.

A. New Equipment - A person shall notify the Control Officer before operating or using equipment granted an Authority to Construc t. Upon such notification, the Authority to Construct shall serve as a temporary Perm it to Operate for the equipment until the Permit to Operate is granted or denied. The equipment shall not be operated contrary to conditions specified in the Au thority to Construct and testing requirements shall be

satisfied.

B. Modified Equipment - An Authority to Construct gran ted to modify equipment having a valid Permit to Operate shall serve as a temporary Permit to Operate for the equipment until a new Permit to Operate is granted or denied. The modified equipment shall not be operated contrary to the conditi ons specified in the Authorit y to Construct and a person shall notify the Control Officer when c onstruction of the modification has been completed.

C. Existing Equipment - When an application for Permit to Operate is filed for existing equipment, the application shall serve as a temporary Permit to Operate for the equipment. If the equipment was previously operated under a Permit to Operate and has not been altered, it shall not be operated under a temporary Permit to Operate contrary to the conditions specified in the previous Permit to Operate.

III. Posting of Permit to Operate - A person who has been granted under Subsection II. a Permit to Operate any equipment described in Subsection II., shall firmly affix such Permit to Operate, an approved facsimile, or othe r approved identificati on bearing the permit number upon the article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance, in such a manner as to be clearly visible and accessible. In the event the equipment is so constructed or operated that the Permit to Operate cannot be so placed, the Permit to Operate shall be mounted so as to be clearly visible in an accessible place with in 25 feet of the equipment or maintained readily available at all times on the operating premises.

VI. Altering of Permit - A person shall not willfully deface, al ter, forge, counterfeit, or falsify a Permit to Operate any equipment.