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Air Quality Bureau 

The AQB Permitting Section processes permit applications for industries that emit pollutants to the air. The 

Permitting Section consists of three units, the Minor Source Unit, the Major Source Unit and the 

Technical Services Unit. 

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Permitting Section

The Minor Source Unit 

NSR Minor Source Permits & Modifications, Streamline Permits, Notice of Intent (NOI), & No 

Permit Required (NPR) Determinations 

Minor Source Unit Manager: Trais Kliphuis Sommer, 505-476-4348 

Industries that wish to build or modify facilities that emit air pollutants (emissions) into the air must 

obtain an air quality permit prior to constructing. Thus, these permits are called construction 

permits. These facilities are subject to and the associated construction permits are issued persuant to 

the New Mexico Adminstrative Code (NMAC) regulation 20.2.72 NMAC and 20.2.74 NMAC. 

NSR Minor Source Construction Permits 

Construction Permits are required for all sources with the potential emission rate greater than 10 pounds 

per hour, or 25 tons per year, of criteria pollutants (such as nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide). Air 

quality construction permits must be obtained for new or modified sources prior beginning construction. 

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Construction Permits for for new Title V (TV) major and new Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

(PSD) major sources including modifications to existing TV and PSD sources should cordinate with and 

submit your permit application to the Major Source Unit manager, Ned Jerabek. 

Modifications to Minor Source NSR Construction Permits 

The Minor Source Unit is responsible for issuing construction permits (sometimes referred to as NSR 

permits) and modifications to construction permits for minor sources only. It also issues minor revisions to 

construction permits called technical revisions. 

Streamline Permits

The Minor Source Unit also issues several industry specific permits such as Streamline Permits (oil & gas 

compressor stations). 

Notice of Intent (NOI) 

Facilities that emit less pollutants than cited above still need to report their emissions to the Department if 

the facility emits more than 10 tons per year of any criteria pollutant. These facilities must be issued a 

Notice of Intent (NOI) prior to construction. 

No Permit Required (NPR) 

Facilities that emit less than 10 tons per year of any criteria pollutant do not need an air quality permit nor 

do they need a Notice of Intent. No permitting action is required of these facilities. If for their own 

purposes, these facilities would like a letter from the Department confirming their determination they may 

request a No Permit Required (NPR) determinations from the Department. 

The Major Source Unit 

Title V (TV) Permits & Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Permits 

Major Source Unit Manager: Ned Jerabek , 505-476-4335 

Title V Operating Permits 

Title V Operating Permits (under the Title V program) are required for major sources that have a 

potential to emit more than 100 tons per year for criteria pollutants, or for landfills greater than 2.5 million 

cubic meters (2.5 million-mg). In addition, TV major sources also include facilities that have the potential 

to emit greater than ten tons per year of a single Hazardous Air Pollutant, or 25 tons per year of any 

combination of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP). These facilities are subject to and the associated 

operating permits are issued persuant to the New Mexico Administrative Code (NMAC) regulation 20.2.70

NMAC.

Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Permits

Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Permits (subject to 20.2.74 NMAC) are required prior to 

construction or modification of sources subject to 20.2.74 NMAC. 

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Refer to "Do I Need a Permit?" for a more complete discussion on permitting requirements, types of permits, 

and general permitting guidance. 

 

The following links link to typical permitting information requests: 

 Air Quality Regulations for New Mexico 

 Air Quality Permitting procedures, both draft and final 

 Downloadable Application forms and Instructions for permits 

 Permit Fee Information

 Frequently Asked Permitting Questions (FAQs)

 Public Notices for recent air quality permits applications

 Applications and Draft Permits for interested parties 

 Power Generation Projects in New Mexico

 

 

Title V Operating Permit Monitoring Protocols

Operating Permit (Title V) Monitoring Protocols 

 

The Technical Services Unit 

General Construction Permits (GCP), Relocation Approvals, Equipment Substitutions, 

Administrative Revisions, Permit Fees, Permit Assignments 

Technical Services Unit Manager: Ted Schooley, 505-476-4334 

General Construction Permits 

Instead of a regular construction permit or a streamline permit, compressor stations may optionally apply 

for a GCP-1 or a GCP-4 permit. In lieu of obtaining a regular NSR permit (above), the construction 

materials industry may elect to obtain a GCP-2 permit (screens & rock crushers), a GCP-3 permit (asphalt 

plants), or a GCP-5 (concrete batch plants). 

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Permitting Issuance Statistics 

 

 

 

page last updated 12/16/2010 

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