Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 201 - PERMITS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subpart C - PROHIBITIONS › Section 201.146 - Exemptions from State Permit Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Construction or operating permits, pursuant to Sections
				  201.142,
				  201.143
				  and
				  201.144
				  of this Part, are not required for the classes of equipment and activities
				  listed below in this Section. The permitting exemptions in this Section do not
				  relieve the owner or operator of any source from any obligation to comply with
				  any other applicable requirements, including the obligation to obtain a permit
				  pursuant to Sections 9.1(d) and 39.5 of the Act, sections 165, 173 and 502 of
				  the Clean Air Act or any other applicable permit or registration
				  requirements.
a) Air contaminant
				detectors or recorders, combustion controllers or combustion
				shutoffs;
b) Air conditioning or
				ventilating equipment not designed to remove air contaminants generated by or
				released from associated equipment;
c) Each fuel burning emission unit for
				indirect systems and for heating and reheating furnace systems used exclusively
				for residential, or commercial establishments using gas and/or fuel oil
				exclusively with a design heat input capacity of less than 14.6 MW (50
				MMBtu/hr), except that a permit shall be required for any such emission unit
				with a design heat input capacity of at least 10 MMBtu/hr that was constructed,
				reconstructed or modified after June 9, 1989 and that is subject to 40 CFR 60,
				subpart D;
d) Each fuel burning
				emission unit other than those listed in subsection (c) of this Section for
				direct systems used for comfort heating purposes and indirect heating systems
				with a design heat input capacity of less than 2930 kW (10 MMBtu/hr);
e) Internal combustion engines or boilers
				(including the fuel system) of motor vehicles, locomotives, air craft,
				watercraft, lifttrucks and other vehicles powered by nonroad engines;
f) Bench scale laboratory equipment and
				laboratory equipment used exclusively for chemical and physical analysis,
				including associated laboratory fume hoods, vacuum producing devices and
				control devices installed primarily to address potential accidental
				releases;
g) Coating operations
				located at a source using not in excess of 18,925 1 (5,000 gal) of coating
				(including thinner) per year;
h)
				Any emission unit acquired exclusively for domestic use, except that a permit
				shall be required for any incinerator and for any fuel combustion emission unit
				using solid fuel with a design heat input capacity of 14.6 MW (50 MMBtu/hr) or
				more;
i) Any stationary internal
				combustion engine with a rated power output of less than 1118 kW (1500 bhp) or
				stationary turbine, except that a permit shall be required for the following:
1) Any internal combustion engine with a
				rating at equal to or greater than 500 bhp output that is subject to the
				control requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				217.388(a) or
				(b); or
2) Any stationary gas turbine engine with a
				rated heat input at peak load of 10.7 gigajoules/hr (10 MMBtu/hr) or more that
				is constructed, reconstructed or modified after October 3, 1977 and that is
				subject to requirements of 40 CFR 60, subpart GG;