United States Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality Permit by Rule for New or Modified True Minor Sources of 

Air Pollution in Indian Country

http://www.epa.gov/air/tribal/tribalnsr.html

Questionnaire for Notification of Coverage under the Air Quality Permit by Rule for 

New or Modified True Minor Source Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facilities in Indian 

Country

Last Modified: March 23, 2015

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Does the Permit by Rule apply to my facility?

The following questionnaire is intended to help you, the facility owner or operator, determine whether or not you are 

eligible for the Air Quality Permit by Rule for True Minor Source Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facilities in Indian Country. You 

are not required to complete this questionnaire and it is not necessary to gain coverage under the Permit by Rule for

New or Modified True Minor Source Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facilities. This questionnaire does not cover all of the 

Permit by Rule requirements and does not guarantee coverage of a true minor source preconstruction permit under this 

program.

Description of Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facilities

A petroleum dry cleaning facility may consist of dry cleaning dryers, washers, filters, stills, settling tanks, and boilers. This 

Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facilities Questionnaire is for petroleum dry cleaning facilities that are not major sources of air 

pollution and that are located, or planning to locate, within Indian country.

 

About this Questionnaire

The questions focus on general information pertaining to your existing or future petroleum dry cleaning facility. The 

questionnaire is not meant to be exhaustive and only requires knowledge of basic facility information, including the 

annual solvent usage and the capacities of the boilers. 

You should continue with this Questionnaire if you meet all of the following criteria:

 You plan to construct a true minor source petroleum dry cleaning facility OR you plan to modify an existing, 

true minor source petroleum dry cleaning facility;

 Your new or modified true minor source petroleum dry cleaning facility is located within Indian country;

 You do not know whether your facility needs a permit, or if you do not know the attainment status of your area 

and you want to find out whether you should seek the Permit by Rule for a petroleum dry cleaning facility; and

 You intend to satisfy the processes that the EPA has made available in the document entitled “Procedures to 

Address Threatened and Endangered Species and Historic Properties for New or Modified True Minor Sources in 

Indian Country Seeking Air Quality Permits by Rule” to address threatened and endangered species and historic 

properites.

 

More Information

The definition of a “modification” and “Potential to Emit” (or “PTE”) can be found at 40 CFR 49.152(d) and in the 

“Instructions” document. Additional information on the applicability of the Federal Indian Country Minor New Source 

Review (NSR) Rule can be found at 40 CFR 49.153.

Information on the ozone attainment status of the area where your facility is located can be found at: 

http://www.epa.gov/airquality/greenbook/. You may also contact your reviewing authority for information on your 

attainment status. 

Please contact your reviewing authority if you have questions or need assistance. A list of reviewing authorities, their 

area of coverage, and contact information can be found in Attachment D to the Permit by Rule for True Minor Source 

Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facilities or visit: http://www.epa.gov/air/tribal/tribalnsr.html.
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Sources eligible for the Permit by Rule for New or Modified True Minor Source Auto Body Repair and Miscellaneous 

Surface Coating Operations may also be subject to federal standards under 40 CFR 60 Subpart JJ, Standards of 

Performance for Petroleum Dry Cleaners (Subpart JJ). The conditions applicable to sources seeking coverage under this 

Permit by Rule are intended to be generally consistent with the requirements in Subpart JJ. However, compliance with 

the applicable requirements in Subpart JJ is required independent of the conditions in the Permit by Rule, and not all 

requirements applicable under Subpart JJ are necessarily included in the Permit by Rule. The Background Document for 

the Permit by Rule identifies the specific requirements in Subpart JJ that are intended to be included in the Permit by 

Rule.

Questionnaire for Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facilities

Part 1: Does my Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facility Need or Qualify for a True Minor Source Permit?

The following questions are meant to determine whether or not your petroleum dry cleaning facility qualifies for a 

permit by rule.

1. Will the PTE of your facility be less than 250 tons per year (tpy) for particulate matter (PM, PM10, or PM2.5), 

volatile organic compounds (VOC), nitrogen oxides (NOX), carbon monoxide (CO), and sulfur dioxide (SO2), each 

individually? Be sure to include all existing, new, and modified emission units at your facility.

Yes No

If you answered ‘No,’ your source does not qualify for the Permit by Rule. Please contact your reviewing 

authority to apply for a site-specific permit. If you answered ‘Yes,’ continue on to the next question.

2. Will the PTE of your new facility or the increase in potential emissions from your modified existing facility be 

equal to or above the applicable minor NSR thresholds listed below for ANY pollutant? The emissions from your 

facility may be calculated using the PTE calculator available online at:

http://www.epa.gov/air/tribal/tribalnsr.html. Be sure to include all new and modified emission units at your 

facility.

Pollutant Attainment Area Nonattainment Area

CO 10 tpy 5 tpy

PM 10 tpy 5 tpy

PM10 5 tpy 1 tpy

PM2.5 3 tpy 0.6 tpy

SO2 10 tpy 5 tpy

NOX 10 tpy 5 tpy

VOC 5 tpy 2 tpy

Yes No

If you answered ‘No,’ your source is exempt from the minor NSR program. Please contact your reviewing 

authority to confirm that your facility will not need a permit. If you answered ‘Yes,’ continue on to the next 

question.
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3. If located in a nonattainment area for any pollutant, will the PTE of your facility for the particular 

nonattainment pollutant be less than the NSR major source thresholds specified in the table below (based 

on nonattainment classification)? Be sure to include all existing, new, and modified emission units at your 

facility.

Pollutant Nonattainment Classification NSR Major Source Threshold

Ozone Marginal 100 tpy of VOC or NOX

Moderate 100 tpy of VOC or NOX

Serious 50 tpy of VOC or NOX

Severe 25 tpy of VOC or NOX

Extreme 10 tpy of VOC or NOX

PM10 Moderate 100 tpy

Serious 70 tpy

CO Moderate 100 tpy

Serious 50 tpy

SO2, NO2, PM2.5 No nonattainment classification 100 tpy

Yes No Not Applicable

If you answered ‘No,’ your source does not qualify for the Permit by Rule. Please contact your reviewing 

authority to apply for a site-specific permit. If you answered ‘Yes,’ continue on to Part 2 of the Questionnaire. 

Information on the ozone attainment status of the area where your facility is located can be found at: 

http://www.epa.gov/airquality/greenbook/.

Part 2: Does My Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facility Qualify for the Permit by Rule?

The following questions are meant to determine whether or not your petroleum dry cleaning facility would qualify 

for the Permit by Rule for petroleum dry cleaning facilities. 

1. If located in an ozone attainment, unclassifiable or attainment/unclassifiable area, after the proposed 

construction or modification project, will the maximum solvent usage at your new or modified petroleum dry 

cleaning facility less than or equal to 5,600 gallons per year on a rolling 12-month total?

Yes No Not Applicable

2. If located in an ozone nonattainment area, after the proposed construction or modification project, will the 

maximum solvent usage at your new or modified petroleum dry cleaning facility less than or equal to 1,300 

gallons per year on a rolling 12-month total?

Yes No Not Applicable

3. If there are fuel combustion units, will your facility only use natural gas, propane, or butane as fuels for these 

combustion units?
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Yes No Not Applicable

4. If there are fuel combustion units, is the maximum heat input capacity of each combustion unit of less than 10 

MMBtu/hour?

Yes No Not Applicable

5. If there are fuel combustion units, is the total maximum heat input capacity of all the combustion units equal to 

or less than 30 MMBtu/hour?

Yes No Not Applicable

6. Is the capacity of each volatile liquid storage tank less than 19,812 gallons?

Yes No Not Applicable

7. Do you intend to satisfy the procedures for threatened or endangered species and historic properties according 

to the processes provided by the EPA for the permits by rule?

 Yes No

Conclusion

If you answered ‘Yes’ or ‘Not Applicable’ to each of the questions in Part 2, your facility may qualify for coverage 

under the Permit by Rule for Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facilities. If you believe based upon your answers in this 

questionnaire that your new or modified petroleum dry cleaning facility qualifies for the Permit by Rule for 

Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facilities, please contact your reviewing authority to obtain a notification of coverage.

If you answered ‘No’ to any of these questions, your facility may not qualify for coverage under the Permit by Rule 

for Petroleum Dry Cleaning Facilities. Please contact your reviewing authority to confirm that your facility will not 

qualify for this Permit by Rule.