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Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 4 - PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW MAJOR SOURCES AND MAJOR MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING MAJOR SOURCES › Section R18-2-410 - Visibility and Air Quality Related Value Protection

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A.
				Applicability.
1. All of the requirements of
				this Section apply to a new major source or major modification that would be
				constructed in an area that is designated attainment or
				unclassifiable.
2. Subsections (B)
				to (D) apply to the following:
a. A new major
				source or major modification that may have an impact on any integral vista of a
				mandatory federal Class I area, if it is identified in accordance with
				40 CFR
				51.304 by the Federal Land Manager at least
				twelve months before submission of a complete permit application for the source
				or modification, except where the Federal Land Manager has provided notice and
				opportunity for public comment on the integral vista, in which case the review
				must include impacts on any integral vista identified at least six months
				before submission of a complete permit application. This subsection shall not
				apply if the Director determines under
				40 CFR
				51.304(d) that the
				identification was not in accordance with the identification
				criteria.
b. A new major source or
				major modification that proposes to locate in an area designated as
				nonattainment and that may have an impact on visibility in any mandatory
				federal Class I area.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 4 - PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW MAJOR SOURCES AND MAJOR MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING MAJOR SOURCES › Section R18-2-411 - Permit Requirements for Sources that Locate in Attainment or Unclassifiable Areas and Cause or Contribute to a Violation of Any National Ambient Air Quality Standard

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A. Except
				as provided in subsection (C) or (D), the Director shall deny a permit or
				permit revision to any major source or major modification that would locate in
				any attainment or unclassified area, if the source or modification would cause
				or contribute to a violation of any national ambient air quality
				standard.
B. A major source or
				major modification will be considered to cause or contribute to a violation of
				a national ambient air quality standard when the source or modification would,
				at a minimum, cause an increase in the concentrations of a regulated NSR
				pollutant that exceeds the significance level at any locality that does not, or
				as a result of the increase would not, meet the standard.
C. A proposed major source or major
				modification subject to subsection (A) may reduce the impact of its emissions
				upon air quality by obtaining sufficient emission reductions to, at a minimum,
				compensate for its adverse ambient impact where the major source or major
				modification would otherwise cause or contribute to a violation of any national
				ambient air quality standard.
D.
				Subsection (A) shall not apply to a major stationary source or major
				modification with respect to a particular pollutant if the owner or operator
				demonstrates that, as to that pollutant, the source or modification is located
				in an area designated as nonattainment pursuant to section 107 of the
				Act.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 4 - PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW MAJOR SOURCES AND MAJOR MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING MAJOR SOURCES › Section R18-2-412 - PALs

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A. Applicability.
1. The Director may approve the use of a PAL
				for any existing major source if the PAL meets the requirements of this
				Section.
2. Any physical change in
				or change in the method of operation of a major stationary source that
				maintains its total source-wide emissions below the PAL level, meets the
				requirements of this Section, and complies with the PAL permit:
a. Is not a major modification for the PAL
				pollutant,
b. Does not have to be
				approved under
				R18-2-403
				or
				R18-2-406,
				and
c. Is not subject to the
				provisions in
				R18-2-403(C)
				or R18-2-406(M).
3.
				Except as provided under subsection (A)(2)(c), a major stationary source shall
				continue to comply with all applicable federal or state requirements, emission
				limitations, and work practice requirements that were established prior to the
				effective date of the PAL.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-501 - Applicability

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A. The Director may
				issue general permits for a facility class that contains 10 or more facilities
				that are similar in nature, have substantially similar emissions, and would be
				subject to the same or substantially similar requirements governing operations,
				emissions, monitoring, reporting, or recordkeeping. "Similar in nature" refers
				to facility size, processes, and operating conditions.
B. The Director may issue general permits, in
				accordance with subsection (A), with emission limitations, controls, or other
				requirements that meet the requirements of
				R18-2-306.01.
				A source that seeks to vary from such a general permit, and obtain an emission
				limitation, control, or other requirement not contained in that general permit,
				shall apply for a permit pursuant to Article 3 of this Chapter.
C. General permits shall not be issued for
				affected sources except as provided in regulations promulgated by the
				Administrator under Title IV of the Act.
D. Unless otherwise stated, the provisions of
				Article 3 shall apply to general permits.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-502 - General Permit Development

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A. The
				Director may issue a general permit on the Director's own initiative or in
				response to a petition.
B. Any
				person may submit a petition to the Director requesting the issuance of a
				general permit for a defined class of facilities. The petition shall propose a
				particular class of facilities, and list the approximate number of facilities
				in the proposed class along with their size, processes, and operating
				conditions, and demonstrate how the class meets the criteria for a general
				permit as specified in
				R18-2-501 and
				A.R.S. §
									49-426(H).
				The Director shall provide a written response to the petition within 120 days
				of receipt.
C. General permits
				shall be issued for classes of facilities using the same engineering principles
				that applies to permits for individual sources and following the public notice
				requirements of
				R18-2-504.
D. General permits shall include all of the
				following:
1. All elements required by
				R18-2-306(A)
				 except
				R18-2-306(A)(2)(b) and
				(6).
2. The process for individual sources to
				apply for coverage under the general permit.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-503 - Application for Coverage under General Permit

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A. Once the Director has issued a general
				permit, any source which is a member of the class of facilities covered by the
				general permit may apply to the Director for authority to operate under the
				general permit. At the time the Director issues a general permit, the Director
				may also establish a specific application form with filing instructions for
				sources in the category covered by the general permit. Applicants shall
				complete the specific application form or, if a specific form has not been
				adopted, the standard application form provided under
				R18-2-304(B).
				The specific application form shall, at a minimum, require the applicant to
				submit the following information:
1.
				Information identifying and describing the source, its processes, and operating
				conditions in sufficient detail to allow the Director to determine
				qualification for, and to assure compliance with, the general permit.
2. A compliance plan that meets the
				requirements of
				R18-2-514.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-504 - Public Notice

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A. This Section
				applies to issuance, revision, or renewal of a general permit.
B. The Director shall provide public notice
				for any proposed new general permit, for any revision of an existing general
				permit, and for renewal of an existing general permit.
C. The Director shall publish notice of the
				proposed general permit once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper
				of general circulation in each county and shall provide at least 30 days from
				the date of the first notice for public comment. The notice shall describe the
				following:
1. The proposed permit;
2. The category of sources that would be
				affected;
3. The air contaminants
				which the Director expects to be emitted by a typical facility in the class and
				the class as a whole;
4. The
				Director's proposed actions and effective date for the actions;
5. Locations where documents relevant to the
				proposed permit will be available during normal business hours;
6. The name, address, and telephone number of
				a person within the Department who may be contacted for further
				information;
7. The address where
				any person may submit comments or request a public hearing and the date and
				time by which comments or a public hearing request are required to be
				received;
8. The process by which
				sources may obtain authorization to operate under the general permit.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-505 - General Permit Renewal

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A. The
				Director shall review and may renew general permits every five years. A
				source's authorization to operate under a general permit shall coincide with
				the term of the general permit regardless of when the authorization began
				during the five-year period, except as provided in
				R18-2-510(C).
				In addition to the public notice required to issue a proposed permit under
				R18-2-504, the
				Director shall notify in writing all sources who have been granted, or who have
				applications pending for, authorization to operate under the permit. The
				written notice shall describe the source's duty to reapply and may include
				requests for information required under the proposed permit.
B. At the time a general permit is renewed,
				the Director shall notify in writing all sources who were granted coverage
				under the previous permit and shall require them to submit a timely renewal
				application. For purposes of general permits, a timely application is one that
				is submitted within the time-frame specified by the Director in the written
				notification. Until such time that a timely application is submitted, the
				source shall continue to comply with the previously issued general permit
				coverage. Upon submittal of a timely application, the source shall comply with
				the renewed permit. Failure to submit a timely application terminates the
				source's right to operate.12
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-506 - Relationship to Individual Permits

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Any source covered under a general permit may request to be
				  excluded from coverage by applying for an individual source permit. Coverage
				  under the general permit shall terminate on the date the individual permit is
				  issued.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-509 - General Permit Appeals

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Any person who filed a comment on a proposed general permit
				  as provided in
				  R18-2-504 may
				  appeal the terms and conditions of the general permit, as they apply to the
				  facility class covered under a general permit, by filing an appeal with the
				  Office of Administrative Hearings within 30 days after receipt of notice that
				  the general permit has been issued.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-510 - Terminations of General Permits and Revocations of Authority to Operate under a General Permit

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A. The Director
				may terminate a general permit at any time if:
1. The Director has determined that the
				emissions from the sources in the facility class cause or contribute to ambient
				air quality standard violations which are not adequately addressed by the
				requirements in the general permit, or
2. The Director has determined that the terms
				and conditions of the general permit no longer meet the requirements of A.R.S.
				§§
										49-426
				and
				49-427.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-511 - Fees Related to General Permits

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A.
				Permit Processing Fee. The owner or operator of a source that applies for
				authority to operate under a general permit shall pay to the Director $500 with
				the submittal of each application. This fee applies to the owner or operator of
				any source who intends to continue operating under the authority of a general
				permit that has been proposed for renewal. This fee also applies to requests
				for new Authorizations to Operate (ATOs) for new equipment.
B. Administrative or Inspection Fee. The
				owner or operator of a source required to have a general permit, that has
				undergone initial startup by January 1, shall pay, for each calendar year, the
				applicable administrative or inspection fee from the table below, by February 1
				or 60 days after the Director mails the invoice, whichever is later.
General Permit Source Category
Administrative Fee
Class I Title V General Permits
Administrative fee for category from
							 R18-2-326(C)
Class II Title V Small Source
$750
Other Class II Title V General Permits
$4,520
Inspection Fee
Class II Non-Title V Crematories
$1,500
Other Class II Non-Title V General Permits
$3,020
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-512 - Changes to Facilities Granted Coverage under General Permits

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A. This Section
				applies to changes made at a facility that has been granted coverage under a
				general permit.
B. Facility Changes
				that Require New Authorization to Operate. The following changes at a source
				that has been granted coverage under a general permit shall be made only after
				the source requests new authorization to operate from the Director:
1. Adding new emissions units that require
				new authorization to operate,
2.
				Installing replacement emissions units that require authorization to
				operate.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-513 - Portable Sources Covered under a General Permit

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A. This Section applies to sources that have
				been granted coverage under a general permit that allows for the operation of a
				source at more than one location.
B. General permits developed by the Director
				for portable sources shall contain conditions that assure compliance with all
				applicable requirements at all authorized locations.
C. Owners and operators that hold multiple
				coverages under the same general permit:
1.
				Shall have separate coverage under the general permit for each location at
				which each portable source operates.
2. Until the Director notifies permittees of
				the availability of a web portal under
				R18-2-503(E),
				may move equipment between portable sources without obtaining a new
				authorization to operate. At no time shall an owner or operator move equipment
				to a portable source if the move would cause emissions from the portable source
				to exceed emission limitations in the general permit. Equipment from a portable
				source covered by one general permit shall not be moved to a portable source
				covered by a different general permit, unless the owner or operator obtains a
				new authorization to operate under the general permit covering the new
				location.
3. After the Director
				notifies permittees of the availability of a web portal under
				R18-2-503(E),
				must use the portal to obtain authorizations to operate for each location at
				which the equipment will operate.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-514 - General Permit Compliance Certification

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A. A compliance certification submitted by
				the owner or operator of a stationary source covered by a general permit shall
				be on a form provided by the Director and shall include the following
				information:
1. The source's name, mailing
				address, contact person and contact person phone number, permit number,
				compliance reporting period, and physical address and location, if different
				than the mailing address.
2. A
				certification of truth, accuracy, and completeness signed by the facility's
				responsible officer.
3. Process
				information for the source, including design capacity, operations schedule,
				hours of operation, and total production.
4. Method of documenting compliance and the
				status of compliance with all recordkeeping, reporting, monitoring, and testing
				requirements and all emission limitations and standards imposed in the
				permit.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 5 - GENERAL PERMITS › Section R18-2-515 - Minor NSR in General Permits

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A. A
				general permit may include emission standards designed to assure that a
				stationary source covered by the permit will comply with minor new source
				review under
				R18-2-334(C).
				The emission standards may consist of any combination of the following:
1. Limits designed to assure that emissions
				from a stationary source that is a member of the class of facilities covered by
				the permit will not interfere with attainment or maintenance of a
				NAAQS.
2. Limits imposing
				reasonably available control technology.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-601 - General

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For purposes of this Article, any source of air contaminants
				  which due to lack of an identifiable emission point or plume cannot be
				  considered a point source, shall be classified as a nonpoint source. In
				  applying this criteria, such items as air-curtain destructors, heater-planners,
				  and conveyor transfer points shall be considered to have identifiable plumes.
				  Any affected facility subject to regulation under Article 7 of this Chapter or
				  Title 18, Chapter 2, Article 9, shall not be subject to regulation under this
				  Article.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-604 - Open Areas, Dry Washes, or Riverbeds

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A. No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or
				permit a building or its appurtenances, or a building or subdivision site, or a
				driveway, or a parking area, or a vacant lot or sales lot, or an urban or
				suburban open area to be constructed, used, altered, repaired, demolished,
				cleared, or leveled, or the earth to be moved or excavated, without taking
				reasonable precautions to limit excessive amounts of particulate matter from
				becoming airborne. Dust and other types of air contaminants shall be kept to a
				minimum by good modern practices such as using an approved dust suppressant or
				adhesive soil stabilizer, paving, covering, landscaping, continuous wetting,
				detouring, barring access, or other acceptable means.
B. No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or
				permit a vacant lot, or an urban or suburban open area, to be driven over or
				used by motor vehicles, trucks, cars, cycles, bikes, or buggies, or by animals
				such as horses, without taking reasonable precautions to limit excessive
				amounts of particulates from becoming airborne. Dust shall be kept to a minimum
				by using an approved dust suppressant, or adhesive soil stabilizer, or by
				paving, or by barring access to the property, or by other acceptable
				means.
C. No person shall operate a
				motor vehicle for recreational purposes in a dry wash, riverbed or open area in
				such a way as to cause or contribute to visible dust emissions which then cross
				property lines into a residential, recreational, institutional, educational,
				retail sales, hotel or business premises. For purposes of this subsection
				"motor vehicles" shall include, but not be limited to trucks, cars, cycles,
				bikes, buggies and 3-wheelers. Any person who violates the provisions of this
				subsection shall be subject to prosecution under A.R.S. §
				49-463.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-605 - Roadways and Streets

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. No person
				shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the use, repair, construction or
				reconstruction of a roadway or alley without taking reasonable precautions to
				prevent excessive amounts of particulate matter from becoming airborne. Dust
				and other particulates shall be kept to a minimum by employing temporary
				paving, dust suppressants, wetting down, detouring or by other reasonable
				means.
B. No person shall cause,
				suffer, allow or permit transportation of materials likely to give rise to
				airborne dust without taking reasonable precautions, such as wetting, applying
				dust suppressants, or covering the load, to prevent particulate matter from
				becoming airborne. Earth or other material that is deposited by trucking or
				earth moving equipment shall be removed from paved streets by the person
				responsible for such deposits.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-606 - Material Handling

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No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit crushing,
				  screening, handling, transporting or conveying of materials or other operations
				  likely to result in significant amounts of airborne dust without taking
				  reasonable precautions, such as the use of spray bars, wetting agents, dust
				  suppressants, covering the load, and hoods to prevent excessive amounts of
				  particulate matter from becoming airborne.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-607 - Storage Piles

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. No person
				shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit organic or inorganic dust producing
				material to be stacked, piled, or otherwise stored without taking reasonable
				precautions such as chemical stabilization, wetting, or covering to prevent
				excessive amounts of particulate matter from becoming airborne.
B. Stacking and reclaiming machinery utilized
				at storage piles shall be operated at all times with a minimum fall of material
				and in such manner, or with the use of spray bars and wetting agents, as to
				prevent excessive amounts of particulate matter from becoming
				airborne.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-608 - Mineral Tailings

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
No person shall cause, suffer, allow, permit construction of,
				  or otherwise own or operate, mineral tailing piles without taking reasonable
				  precautions to prevent excessive amounts of particulate matter from becoming
				  airborne. Reasonable precautions shall mean wetting, chemical stabilization,
				  revegetation or such other measures as are approved by the
				  Director.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-609 - Agricultural Practices

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A person shall not cause, suffer, allow, or permit the
				  performance of agricultural practices outside the Phoenix and Yuma planning
				  areas, as defined in
				  40 CFR
				  81.303, which is incorporated by reference in
				  R18-2-210,
				  including tilling of land and application of fertilizers without taking
				  reasonable precautions to prevent excessive amounts of particulate matter from
				  becoming airborne.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-610.02 - Agricultural Pm General Permit for Crop Operations; Moderate Pm Nonattainment Areas, Designated after June 1, 2009

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A. A commercial farmer within a PM Moderate
				Nonattainment Area, designated after June 1, 2009, shall implement at least one
				best management practice from each category to reduce PM emissions.
B. A commercial farmer shall implement from
				the following best management practices, as described in subsection (A), to
				reduce PM emissions during tillage, harvest and ground operation activities:
1. Chemical irrigation,
2. Combining tractor operations,
3. Equipment modification,
4. Green Chop,
5. Integrated Pest Management,
6. Limited harvest activity,
7. Limited tillage activity,
8. Multi-year crop,
9. Cessation of Night Tilling,
10. Planting based on soil
				moisture,
11. Precision
				Farming,
12. Reduced harvest
				activity,
13. Reduced tillage
				system,
14. Tillage based on soil
				moisture,
15. Timing of a tillage
				operation,
16. Transgenic
				Crops,
17. Transplanting,
				or
18. Shuttle System/Larger
				Carrier, or
19. Conservation
				Tillage.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-610.03 - Agricultural PM General Permit for Crop Operations; Pinal County PM Nonattainment Area

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A. On the day
				before and during the day that is forecast to be high risk for dust generation
				by the Pinal County Dust Control Forecast, a commercial farmer shall ensure
				implementation of best management practices as described in sections (B)(1)(b),
				(B)(2)(b), (B)(3)(b), (B)(4)(b), and (B)(5)(b).
B. On all days, a commercial farmer shall
				implement at least two best management practices from each category to reduce
				PM emissions, as described below in subsections (1)(a), (2)(a), (3)(a), (4)(a),
				(5)(a), and (6). If a commercial farmer implements the Conservation tillage or
				Reduced tillage system best management practice for the tillage category, they
				do not have to implement a best management practice from the subsections
				(2)(a), (2)(b), (5)(a) and (5)(b).
1. Tillage:
a. A commercial farmer shall implement at
				least two of the following:
i. Combining
				tractor operations,
ii. Equipment
				modification,
iii. Multi-year
				crop,
iv. Cessation of night
				tilling,
v. Planting based on soil
				moisture,
vi. Precision farming,
vii. Tillage based on soil
				moisture,
viii. Timing of a tillage
				operation,
ix. Transgenic
				crops,
x. Transplanting,
xi. Reduced tillage system, or
xii. Conservation tillage.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-611.01 - Agricultural Pm General Permit for Animal Operations; Maricopa County Serious Pm Nonattainment Areas

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A.
				A commercial animal operator within a Serious PM Nonattainment Area shall
				implement at least two best management practices from each category to reduce
				PM emissions.
B. A commercial dairy
				operation shall implement the following best management practices, as described
				in subsection (A), from each of the following categories:
1. Arenas, Corrals, and Pens:
a. Use free stall housing,
b. Provide shade in corral,
c. Provide cooling in corral,
d. Cement cattle walkways to milk
				barn,
e. Groom manure
				surface,
f. Water misting
				systems,
g. Use drag equipment to
				maintain pens,
h. Pile manure
				between cleanings,
i. Feed green
				chop,
j. Keep calves in barns or
				hutches,
k. Do not run
				cattle,
l. Apply a fibrous layer,
				or
m. Wind barrier.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-611.02 - Agricultural Pm General Permit for Animal Operations; Moderate Pm Nonattainment Areas Designated after June 1, 2009, except Pinal County Pm Nonattainment Area

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A. A commercial
				animal operator within a Moderate PM Nonattainment Area, designated after June
				1, 2009, shall implement at least one best management practice from each
				category to reduce PM emissions.
B.
				A commercial dairy operation shall implement the following best management
				practices, as described in subsection (A), from each of the following
				categories:
1. Arenas, Corrals, and Pens:
a. Use free stall housing,
b. Provide shade in corral,
c. Provide cooling in corral,
d. Cement cattle walkways to milk
				barn,
e. Groom manure
				surface,
f. Water misting
				systems,
g. Use drag equipment to
				maintain pens,
h. Pile manure
				between cleanings,
i. Feed green
				chop,
j. Keep calves in barns or
				hutches,
k. Do not run
				cattle,
l. Apply a fibrous layer,
				or
m. Wind barrier.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-611.03 - Agricultural PM General Permit for Animal Operations; Pinal County PM Nonattainment Area

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A. A commercial
				animal operator within the Pinal County PM Nonattainment Area shall implement
				at least one best management practice from each of the categories identified in
				subsection (D)(5) and (E)(5) and two best management practices from each of the
				other categories to reduce PM emissions.
B. In addition to subsection (A), on the day
				that is forecast to be high risk for dust generation by the Pinal County Dust
				Control Forecast, commercial dairy operations within the Pinal County PM
				Nonattainment Area shall apply and maintain one of the four following BMPs on
				unpaved roads that experience more than 20 VDT from 2 or more axle vehicles:
1. Apply and maintain pavement in high
				traffic areas,
2. Apply and
				maintain aggregate cover,
3. Apply
				and maintain synthetic particulate suppressant, or
4. Apply and maintain water as a dust
				suppressant.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-612.01 - Agricultural Pm General Permit for Irrigation Districts; Pm Nonattainment Areas Designated after June 1, 2009

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A.
				An irrigation district within a PM Nonattainment Area, designated after June 1,
				2009, shall implement at least one best management practice from each of the
				following categories to reduce PM emissions:
1. Unpaved operation and maintenance roads:
a. Access restriction,
b. Apply and maintain aggregate
				cover,
c. Install supervisory
				control system to limit vehicle travel,
d. Limit activity,
e. Install signage to limit vehicle speed to
				25 mph,
f. Post warning signs for
				unauthorized use at point of entry to roads,
g. Reduce vehicle speed,
h. Install and maintain a track-out control
				system,
i. Apply and maintain
				synthetic or natural particulate suppressant,
j. Apply and maintain water before, during,
				and after major and minor earth moving activities,
k. Apply and maintain water when grading
				roadways,
l. Use paved non-district
				or paved public roads to access structures, or
m. Install wind barriers.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-613 - Definitions for R18-2-613.01

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1. "Access restriction" means restricting or
				eliminating public access to noncropland with signs or physical
				obstruction.
2. "Aggregate cover"
				means gravel, concrete, recycled road base, caliche, or other similar material
				applied to non-cropland.
3.
				"Artificial wind barrier" means a physical barrier to the wind.
4. "Bed row spacing" means increasing or
				decreasing the size of a planting bed area to reduce the number of passes and
				soil disturbance by increasing plant density.
5. "Best management practice" means a
				technique verified by scientific research, that on a case-by-case basis is
				practical, economically feasible, and effective in reducing
				PM10 emissions from a regulated agricultural
				activity.
6. "Chemical irrigation"
				means applying a fertilizer, pesticide, or other agricultural chemical to
				cropland through an irrigation system.
7. "Combining tractor operations" means
				performing two or more tillage, cultivation, planting, or harvesting operations
				with a single tractor or harvester pass.
8. "Commercial farm" means 10 or more
				contiguous acres of land used for agricultural purposes within the boundary of
				the Yuma PM10 nonattainment area.
9. "Commercial farmer" means an individual,
				entity, or joint operation in general control of a commercial farm.
10. "Conservation irrigation" means the use
				of drips, sprinklers, or underground lines to conserve water, and to reduce the
				weed population, the need for tillage, and soil compaction.
11. "Conservation tillage" means types of
				tillage that reduce the number of passes and the amount of soil
				disturbance.
12. "Cover crop" means
				plants or a green manure crop grown for seasonal soil protection or soil
				improvement.
13. "Critical area
				planting" means using trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, or other vegetative cover
				on noncropland.
14. "Cropland"
				means land on a commercial farm that:
a. Is
				within the time-frame of final harvest to plant emergence;
b. Has been tilled in a prior year and is
				suitable for crop production, but is currently fallow; or
c. Is a turn-row.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-613.01 - Yuma Pm[10] Nonattainment Area; Agricultural Best Management Practices

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A. A commercial
				farmer shall comply with this Section by August 1, 2005.
B. A commercial farmer who begins a regulated
				agricultural activity after August 1, 2005, shall comply with this Section
				within 60 days after beginning the regulated agricultural activity.
C. A commercial farmer shall implement at
				least one of the best management practices from each of the following
				categories at each commercial farm:
1. Tillage
				and harvest, subsection (E);
2.
				Noncropland, subsection (F); and
3.
				Cropland, subsection (G).
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 6 - EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING AND NEW POINT SOURCES › Section R18-2-614 - Evaluation of Nonpoint Source Emissions

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Opacity of an emission from any nonpoint source shall not be
				  greater than 40% measured according to the 40 CFR 60, Appendix A, Reference
				  Method 9. An open fire permitted under
				  R18-2-602
				  or regulated under Article 15 is exempt from this
				  requirement.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 7 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS › Section R18-2-701 - Definitions

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For purposes of this Article:
1. "Acid mist" means sulfuric acid mist as
				measured in the Arizona Testing Manual and 40 CFR 60, Appendix A.
2. "Architectural coating" means a coating
				used commercially or industrially for residential, commercial or industrial
				buildings and their appurtenances, structural steel, and other fabrications
				such as storage tanks, bridges, beams and girders.
3. "Asphalt concrete plant" means any
				facility used to manufacture asphalt concrete by heating and drying aggregate
				and mixing with asphalt cements. This is limited to facilities, including drum
				dryer plants that introduce asphalt into the dryer, which employ two or more of
				the following processes:
a. A dryer.
b. Systems for screening, handling, storing,
				and weighing hot aggregate.
c.
				Systems for loading, transferring, and storing mineral filler.
d. Systems for mixing asphalt
				concrete.
e. The loading,
				transferring, and storage systems associated with emission control
				systems.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 7 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS › Section R18-2-702 - General Provisions

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A. The
				provisions of this Article shall only apply to a source that is all of the
				following:
1. An existing source, as defined
				in
				R18-2-101;
2. A point source. For the purposes of this
				Section, "point source" means a source of air contaminants that has an
				identifiable plume or emissions point; and
3. A stationary source, as defined in
				R18-2-101.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 7 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS › Section R18-2-703 - Standards of Performance for Existing Fossil-fuel Fired Steam Generators and General Fuel-burning Equipment

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A. This Section applies to the following:
1. Installations in which fuel is burned for
				the primary purpose of producing power, steam, hot water, hot air or other
				liquids, gases or solids and in the course of doing so the products of
				combustion do not come into direct contact with process materials. When any
				products or by-products of a manufacturing process are burned for the same
				purpose or in conjunction with any fuel, the same maximum emission limitation
				shall apply, except for wood waste burners as regulated under
				R18-2-704.
2. All fossil-fuel fired
				steam generating units or general fuel burning equipment which are greater than
				or equal to 73 megawatts capacity.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 7 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS › Section R18-2-704 - Standards of Performance for Incinerators

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A. No person shall cause, allow or permit to
				be emitted into the atmosphere, from any type of incinerator, smoke, fumes,
				gases, particulate matter or other gas-borne material which exceeds 20% opacity
				except during the times specified in subsection (D).
B. No person shall cause, allow or permit the
				discharge of particulate matter into the atmosphere in any one hour from any
				incinerator, in excess of the following limits:
1. For multiple chamber incinerators,
				controlled atmosphere incinerators, fume incinerators, afterburners or other
				unspecified types of incinerators, emissions shall not exceed 0.1 grain per
				cubic foot, based on dry flue gas at standard conditions, corrected to 12%
				carbon dioxide.
2. For wood waste
				burners other than air curtain destructors, emissions discharged from the stack
				or burner top opening shall not exceed 0.2 grain per cubic foot, based on dry
				flue gas at standard conditions, corrected to 12% carbon dioxide.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 7 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS › Section R18-2-705 - Standards of Performance for Existing Portland Cement Plants

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A. The provisions
				of this Section are applicable to the following affected facilities in portland
				cement plants: kiln, clinker cooler, raw mill system, finish mill system, raw
				mill dryer, raw material storage, clinker storage, finished product storage,
				conveyor transfer points, bagging and bulk loading and unloading
				systems.
B. No person shall cause,
				allow or permit the discharge of particulate matter from any identifiable
				process source within any existing cement plant subject to the provisions of
				this Section which exceeds the amounts calculated by one of the following
				equations:
1. For process sources having a
				process weight rate of 60,000 pounds per hour (30 tons per hour) or less, the
				maximum allowable emissions shall be determined by the following equation:
E = 4.10P0.67
where:
E = the maximum allowable particulate emissions rate in
				  pounds-mass per hour.
P = the process weight rate in tons-mass per
				  hour.
2. For process sources
				having a process weight rate greater than 60,000 pounds per hour (30 tons per
				hour), the maximum allowable emissions shall be determined by the following
				equation:
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 7 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS › Section R18-2-706 - Standards of Performance for Existing Nitric Acid Plants

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A. No person shall cause, allow or permit
				discharge from any nitric acid plant producing weak nitric acid, which is
				either:
1. 30 to 70% in strength by either the
				increased pressure or atmospheric pressure process, or
2. More than 1.5 kg of total oxides of
				nitrogen per metric ton (3.0 lbs/ton) of acid produced expressed as nitrogen
				dioxide.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL - QUALITY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Article 7 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS › Section R18-2-707 - Standards of Performance for Existing Sulfuric Acid Plants

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A. Facilities that produce sulfuric acid by
				the contact process by burning elemental sulfur, alkylation acid, hydrogen
				sulfide, organic sulfide and mercaptans or acid sludge shall not discharge into
				the atmosphere:
1. Greater than 2 kg of sulfur
				dioxide per metric ton (4 lbs/ton) of sulfuric acid produced (calculated as
				100% H2 SO4 ), or
2. Greater than 0.075 kg of sulfuric acid
				mist per metric ton (0.15 lbs/ton) or sulfuric acid produced (calculated as
				100% H2 SO4 ).
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A. Fixed asphalt
				concrete plants and portable asphalt concrete plants shall meet the standards
				set forth in this Section.
B. No
				person shall cause, allow or permit the discharge of particulate matter into
				the atmosphere in any one hour from any existing asphalt concrete plant in
				total quantities in excess of the amounts calculated by one of the following
				equations:
1. For process sources having a
				process weight rate of 60,000 pounds per hour (30 tons per hour) or less, the
				maximum allowable emissions shall be determined by the following equation:
E = 4.10P0.67
where:
E = the maximum allowable particulate emission rate in
				  pounds-mass per hour.
P = the process weight rate in tons-mass per
				  hour.
2. For process sources
				having a process weight rate greater than 60,000 pounds per hour (30 tons per
				hour), the maximum allowable emissions shall be determined by the following
				equation: