Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 174 - Abatement of Air Pollution › Section 22a-174-33 - Title V sources

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions
. For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Alternative operating scenario" means a
			 condition, including equipment configurations, process parameters, or materials
			 used in a process under which the owner or operator of a Title V source may be
			 allowed to operate.
(2) "Applicable
			 requirements" means:
(A) Any standard or other
			 requirement in the State implementation plan or in a federal implementation
			 plan for the State of Connecticut promulgated by the Administrator pursuant to
			 the Act;
(B) Any term or condition
			 of a permit issued pursuant to former section 22a-174-3 or section 22a-174-3 a
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(C) Any standard or other requirement of the
			 acid rain program pursuant to 40 CFR Parts 72 to 78, inclusive; and
(D) Any standard or other requirement
			 pursuant to  40 CFR 51, 52, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 68, 70, OR 82.
(3) "Code of Federal
			 Regulations" or "CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations as amended from
			 time to time.
(4) "Deviation" means
			 "deviation" as defined in  40 CFR 71.6(a)(3)(iii)(C).
(5) Reserved.
(6) "Implementation date of this section"
			 means April 23, 1997.
(7)
			 "Regulated air pollutant" means any of the following:
(A) Nitrogen oxides or any volatile organic
			 compound;
(B) Any pollutant which
			 is a criteria air pollutant as defined in section 22a-174-1 of the Regulations
			 of Connecticut State Agencies;
(C)
			 Any pollutant emitted by a stationary source which is subject to any standard
			 of performance for new stationary sources pursuant to  40 CFR 60;
(D) Any pollutant from a substance subject to
			 a stratospheric ozone protection requirement pursuant to  40 CFR 82, Subpart A,
			 Appendix A or B;
(E) Any pollutant
			 subject to a national emission standard or other requirement pursuant to  40 CFR 63, and emitted by a source in a category listed in the Federal Register in
			 accordance with section 112(e)(3) of the Act;
(F) Any pollutant from a stationary source
			 which is subject to any standard or other requirement pursuant to  40 CFR 61;
(G) Any pollutant listed in  40 CFR 68; or
(H) Greenhouse gases
			 from a stationary source that is a major stationary source for a regulated air
			 pollutant that is not a greenhouse gas.
(8) "Research and development operation"
			 means any activity which:
(A) Occurs in a
			 laboratory;
(B) Is intended to (i)
			 discover scientific facts, principles or substances, or (ii) establish methods
			 of manufacture or design of saleable substances, devices or other products,
			 based upon previously discovered scientific facts, principles or substances;
			 and
(C) Does not include (i)
			 production for sale of established products through established processes, or
			 (ii) production of a product for distribution through market testing
			 channels.
(9) "Title V
			 permit" means any permit issued, renewed, or modified by the commissioner
			 pursuant to this section.
(10)
			 "Title V source" means any premises at, in, or on which any of the following is
			 located:
(A) Any stationary source subject to
			  40 CFR 60 or  61;
(B) Any stationary
			 source subject to  40 CFR 62, 63 or 68;
(C) Any stationary source subject to  40 CFR 72 to  78, inclusive;
(D) Any
			 stationary source subject to section 129(e) of the Act;
(E) Any one or more stationary sources, which
			 are located on one or more contiguous or adjacent properties under the control
			 of the same person or persons and which in the aggregate emit, or have the
			 potential to emit, including fugitive emissions, ten (10) tons or more per year
			 of any hazardous air pollutant, or twenty-five (25) tons or more per year of
			 any combination of hazardous air pollutants; or
(F) Any one or more stationary sources, which
			 are located on one or more contiguous or adjacent properties under the control
			 of the same person or persons and which belong to the same two-digit Standard
			 Industrial Classification code, as published by the United States Office of
			 Management and Budget in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual of 1987,
			 and which in the aggregate emit, or have the potential to emit any air
			 pollutant, including fugitive emissions, from those categories of sources
			 listed in subdivision (2) in the definition of "major source" in  40 CFR 70.2  as
			 of August 2, 2010, of:
(i) one hundred (100)
			 tons or more per year of any regulated air pollutant that is not a
			 GHG,
(ii) fifty (50) tons or more
			 per year of volatile organic compounds or nitrogen oxides in a serious ozone
			 non-attainment area, or
(iii)
			 twenty-five (25) tons or more per year of volatile organic compounds or
			 nitrogen oxides in a severe ozone non-attainment area; and
(G) Notwithstanding the provisions of
			 subparagraph (F) of this subdivision, any landfill containing only municipal
			 solid waste, as that term is defined in section 22a-207(23) of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes, shall not be considered a Title V source unless such landfill
			 is subject to any applicable requirement identified in subparagraph (B) or (D)
			 of this subdivision.