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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 10', '§ 110', 'arts 51', '§ 107', '§ 107', '§ 107', '§ 111', '§ 112', '§ 112', '§ 112', '§ 108']

Vol. 29 Iss. 17 (Final Regulation) 9VAC5-80, Permits For Stationary Sources (Rev. A13) April 22, 2013
Title of Regulation: 9VAC5-80. Permits for Stationary Sources (Rev. A13) (amending 9VAC5-80-1615).
Statutory Authority: § 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia; federal Clean Air Act (§§ 110, 112, 165, 173, 182, and Title V); 40 CFR Parts 51, 61, 63, 70, and 72.
On October 25, 2012 (77 FR 65107), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated final amendments revising the new source review (NSR) permitting program for prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) areas. The amendments revise the definition of "regulated NSR pollutant" to remove the term "particulate matter (PM) emissions" from the requirement to include the condensable particulate matter fraction. EPA has determined that only PM10 and PM2.5 may include condensable PM unless a specific new source performance standard (NSPS) or applicable implementation plan otherwise requires the condensable portion to be included. The State Air Pollution Control Board administers the NSR program under an approved state implementation plan (SIP); therefore, the board has amended the regulation to reflect the federal rule revisions.
B. For the purpose of this article, 9VAC5-80-280 9VAC5-50-280 and applying this article in the context of the Regulations for the Control and Abatement of Air Pollution and related uses, the words or terms shall have the meanings given them in subsection C of this section:
a. Means any intrastate area (and every part thereof) designated as attainment or unclassifiable under § 107(d)(1)(A)(ii) or (iii) of the federal Clean Air Act in which the major source or major modification establishing the minor source baseline date would construct or would have an air quality impact for the pollutant for which the baseline date is established, as follows: (i) for SO2, NO2, or PM10, equal to or greater than 1 µg/m3 (annual average); or (ii) for PM2.5, equal to or greater than 0.3 µg/m3 (annual average).
b. Area redesignations under § 107(d)(1)(A)(ii) or (iii) of the federal Clean Air Act cannot intersect or be smaller than the area of impact of any major stationary source or major modification that:
(1) In the case of PM10 and sulfur dioxide, August 7, 1977;
(1) The area in which the proposed source or modification would construct is designated as attainment or unclassifiable under § 107(d)(1)(A)(ii) or (iii) of the federal Clean Air Act for the pollutant on the date of its complete application under this article or 40 CFR 52.21; and
a. Any pollutant for which an ambient air quality standard has been promulgated and any pollutant identified under this subdivision as a constituent or precursor to such pollutant. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) PM2.5 emissions and PM10 emissions shall include gaseous emissions from a source or activity that condense to form particulate matter at ambient temperatures. On or after January 1, 2011, such condensable particulate matter shall be accounted for in applicability determinations and in establishing emissions limitations for PM2.5 and PM10 issued under this article. Compliance with emissions limitations for PM2.5 and PM10 issued prior to this date shall not be based on condensable particulate matter unless required by the terms and conditions of the permit. Applicability determinations made prior to this date without accounting for condensable particulate matter shall not be considered in violation of this article.
(2) Any pollutant identified under this subdivision as a constituent or precursor to a pollutant for which an ambient air quality standard has been promulgated. Precursors identified for the purposes of this article shall be the following:
(1) (a) Volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides are precursors to ozone in all attainment and unclassifiable areas.
(2) (b) Sulfur dioxide is a precursor to PM2.5 in all attainment and unclassifiable areas.
(3) (c) Nitrogen oxides are presumed to be precursors to PM2.5 in all attainment and unclassifiable areas, unless the board determines that emissions of nitrogen oxides from sources in a specific area are not a significant contributor to that area's ambient PM2.5 concentrations.
(4) (d) Volatile organic compounds are presumed not to be precursors to PM2.5 in any attainment or unclassifiable area, unless the board determines that emissions of volatile organic compounds from sources in a specific area are a significant contributor to that area's ambient PM2.5 concentrations.
b. Any pollutant that is subject to any standard promulgated under § 111 of the federal Clean Air Act.
c. Any class I or II substance subject to a standard promulgated under or established by Title VI of the federal Clean Air Act.
e. d. Any pollutant that otherwise is subject to regulation under the federal Clean Air Act; except that any or all hazardous air pollutants either listed in § 112 of the federal Clean Air Act or added to the list pursuant to § 112(b)(2), which have not been delisted pursuant to § 112(b)(3), are not regulated NSR pollutants unless the listed hazardous air pollutant is also regulated as a constituent or precursor of a general pollutant listed under § 108 of the federal Clean Air Act.
VA.R. Doc. No. R13-3536; Filed March 20, 2013, 2:38 p.m.