Not Requiring Written Permit Pursuant to Regulation II, to allow daily or monthly demonstration of usage or mass emission exemption thresholds for facilities using low-VOC materials. The AQMD staff began rule development in April 2000, and anticipates presenting the rules to the AQMD Governing Board at a public hearing in October 2000. Amending Rule 301 Permit Fees, and Rule 306 Plan Fees, to provide discounts from processing fees for plans and permit applications that are not subject to BACT analysis. This recommendation has been implemented in Rules 301 and 306 as amended on May 19, 2000. The Task Force recommendations for dry cleaning operations require no rule amendments, and, are in the process of being implemented by the AQMD staff currently.
AQMD staff anticipates to start the rulemaking process in the near future.
These discussions produced five recommendations, listed below, which were reviewed and unanimously approved by the Task Force at their June 2000 meeting. Monitoring, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Title V Facilities Title V is a federal operating permit program that consolidates all applicable air pollution requirements into a single, comprehensive document covering all of a facility s air pollution activities. This program does not create any new MRR requirements except in cases where an existing applicable rule lacks inadequate monitoring and recordkeeping to substantiate a facility s compliance or exemption status. The Task Force is aware that it would be more efficient to review the MRR requirements after Title V permits have been issued and some experience has been obtained with implementation activities. However, the following Title V issues were of immediate concern and were reviewed at this time, with recommendations for further review at an appropriate time in the future.