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SECTION 16 - OPERATING PERMITS

16.1 The Control Officer shall issue an Operating Permit

to any existing fng+e—,oeree— emission unit within

a stationary source which is operated in compliance

with these and all applicable State and Federal

Regulations.

16.2 No person shall cause, suffer, or allow the operation

of any source of air contaminant requiring a Registra

tion Certificate unless an Operating Permit (s) have

been issued by the Control Officer, and such permit

is current and valid.

16.3 The Operating Permit for aiis4nge—goerce— emission

unit may be issued only after application is made on

forms provided by the Control Officer and will require

an annual fee a listed in Section 18 of these Regula

tions.

16.4 The Control Officer may issue an Operating Permit on a

conditional basis, to any new s+rg+e—etree— emission

unit requiring some reasonable time for initial testing,

or to any existing source which is not in compliance with

applicable emission limitations, but which has had a

compliance schedule or variance approved by the Hearing

Board.

16.5 The Control Officer may issue an Operating Permit with

conditions, agreed upon in writing by the applicant, that

specify emission limits, production rates, control methods,

etc. These conditions may also limit the hours or periods of

operations.

16.5.1 Violation of the conditions of the permit shall constitute

a violation of this section.

16.5.2 The operating permit conditions for new or modified

stationary sources comencing construction after

May 1, 1981 shall include a description of additional

control measures the operator will undertake as

necessary if a nearby monitoring station indicates

that an applicable ambient air quality standard or

increment has been exceeded.

16.5.3 The control measures shall be taken within 24 hours

of notification to the operator by the Control

Officer.

16.5.4 The Control Officer shall consider the possible effects

of emissions from other nearby or Influential sources

prior to notifying the operator.

16.6 No person shall willfully deface, alter, forge, counter

feit, or falsify a permit to operate any article, machine,

equipment, process, or other contrivance.
16.7 A—Regtretferrêert+€4cete-end—An Operating Permit for an

emission unit a—nge-onrce—shall not be transferable by

operation of law or otherwise, from one location to another,

nor fr’om one piece of equipment or process to another, but

it may be transferred from one person to another upon payment

of the required fee, and approval by the Control Officer.

16.8 Operating permits for rg4e—orces- an emission unit are

subject to revocation or suspension for violation of these

Regulations. Upon a determination by the Control Officer

that a permittee is In violation of these Regulations, the

Control Officer may serve upon the permittee at the address

given on the Registration Certificate, through personal

service or by certified mail, a Notice of Suspension or

Revocation of Operating Permit, setting forth in detail

the violations charged. Such suspension or revocation shall

become final and effective ten (10) days after service of

the written notice, and the Operating Permit thereupon

surrendered to the Control Officer, unless the permittee

files with the Hearing Board, In writing, within ten (10)

days after service of the Notice of Suspension or Revoca

tion, an appeal from such action of the Control Officer.

The filing of such appeal shall stay the suspension or re—

vocation of the permit pending a decision thereon by the

Hearing Board. The Hearing Board shall meet to decide the

appeal no later than thirty (30) days after the filing of

the permittee’s appeal, and after public hearing on said appeal,

affording the permittee and the Control Officer full oppor

tunity to present evidence and testimony may affirm, modify

or set aside the action taken by the Control Officer. For

this purpose, public notice of less than thirty (30.) days

may be given of such appeal hearing.

169 If the Operating Permit is cancelled, suspended, or revoked,

any fee paid shall be forfeit.

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