Alabama Administrative Code › Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT › GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 335-1-7 - AIR DIVISION OPERATING PERMIT FEES › Section 335-1-7-.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The words or phrases used in this Chapter shall have the
				  meanings provided in the rules and regulations applicable to the particular
				  application involved unless the word or phrase is defined in this Rule For the
				  purposes of this Chapter, the following words or phrases shall have the
				  following meanings:
(a) "actual
				emissions" means the actual rate of emissions in tons per year of any regulated
				air pollutant emitted by a stationary source. Actual emissions shall be
				calculated using the stationary source's actual operating hours, production
				rates, and in-place control equipment, types of materials processed, stored, or
				combusted during the calendar year which precedes the year the fees are due by
				one year.
(b) "affected pollutant"
				means any of the following pollutants: nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides measured
				as sulfur dioxide, volatile organic compounds, or particulate matter.
(c) "consumer price index or CPI" means the
				average of the Consumer Price Index for all-urban consumers published by the
				Department of Labor, as of the close of the 12-month period ending on August 31
				of each year.
(d) "fugitive
				emissions" are the emissions which could not reasonably pass through a stack,
				chimney, vent, or other functionally-equivalent opening.
(e) "major source" means any stationary
				source (or any group of stationary sources that are located on one or more
				contiguous or adjacent properties, and are under common control of the same
				person or persons under common control belonging to a single major industrial
				grouping) that is characterized by one of the following categories:
1. emits or has the potential to emit 10 tons
				per year or more of any hazardous air pollutant which has been listed in
				section 112(b) in the Clean Air Act (except radionuclides) or 25 tons per year
				or more of any combination of such hazardous air pollutants. Emissions from any
				oil or gas exploration or production well (with its associated equipment) and
				emissions from any pipeline compressor or pump station shall not be aggregated
				with other similar units, whether or not such units are in a contiguous area or
				under common control, to determine whether such units or stations are major
				sources for hazardous air pollutants.
2. emits or has the potential to emit 100
				tons per year or more of any regulated pollutant. The fugitive emissions of a
				stationary source shall not be considered in determining whether it is a major
				stationary source unless the source belongs to one of the following categories
				of stationary source:
(i) Coal cleaning
				plants (with thermal dryers)
(ii)
				Kraft pulp mills
(iii) Portland
				cement plants
(iv) Primary zinc
				smelters
(v) Iron and steel
				mills
(vi) Primary aluminum ore
				reduction plants
(vii) Primary
				copper smelters
(viii) Municipal
				incinerators capable of charging more than 250 tons of refuse per
				day.
(ix) Hydrofluoric, sulfuric,
				or nitric acid plants
(x) Petroleum
				refineries
(xi) Lime
				plants
(xii) Phosphate rock
				processing plants
(xiii) Coke oven
				batteries
(xiv) Sulfur recovery
				plants
(xv) Carbon black
				plants
(xvi) Primary lead
				smelters
(xvii) Fuel conversion
				plants
(xviii) Sintering
				plants
(xix) Secondary metal
				production plants
(xx) Chemical
				process plants
(xxi) Fossil-fuel
				boilers (or combination thereof) totaling more than 250 million British thermal
				units per hour heat input
(xxii)
				Petroleum storage and transfer units with a total storage capacity exceeding
				300,000 barrels.
(xxiii) Taconite
				ore processing plants.
(xxiv) Glass
				fiber processing plants.
(xxv)
				Charcoal production plants
(xxvi)
				Fossil-fuel fired steam electric plants of more than 250 million British
				thermal units per hour of heat input
(xxvii) All other stationary source
				categories regulated under sections 111 or 112 in the Clean Air Act.