Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 17 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 17.8 - AIR QUALITY › Subchapter 17.8.12 - Operating Permit Program › Rule 17.8.1206 - INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR AIR QUALITY OPERATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) For each emissions unit at a source
				required to obtain an air quality operating permit the applicant shall include
				in its application for a permit, permit renewal, or permit revision the
				information described in this rule.
(2) The required information shall be
				submitted to the department and the administrator on a standard air quality
				permit application form or in a standard permit application format to be
				approved by the department. To the extent possible all required information
				shall also be submitted to the department in electronic form, in a word
				processing format convertible to or compatible with department
				software.
(3) Insignificant
				emissions units need not be addressed in an application for an air quality
				operating permit, except that the application must include a list of such
				insignificant emissions units and emissions from insignificant emissions units
				must be included in emission inventories and are subject to assessment of
				permit fees. Emission inventories are to be calculated or estimated using
				accepted engineering methods which may include, but are not limited to, use of
				appropriate emission factors, material balance calculations, or best
				engineering judgement or process knowledge. Insignificant emissions units may
				be listed by category.
(4) An
				application for an air quality operating permit or permit revision may not omit
				information that is necessary to determine the applicability of any applicable
				requirement, to impose any applicable requirement, or to evaluate the fee
				amount required under subchapter 5 of this chapter.
(5) The applicant shall, at a minimum,
				provide the information specified below:
(a)
				identifying information, including company name and address (or plant name and
				address if different from the company name), owner's name and agent, and
				telephone number and names of plant site manager/contact;
(b) a description of the source's processes
				and products (by standard industrial classification code) including any
				associated with each reasonably anticipated operating scenario identified by
				the source pursuant to ARM
				17.8.1215(1);
(c) an emission inventory of all emissions of
				pollutants for which the source is major, and an emission inventory of all
				emissions of regulated air pollutants. An air quality operating permit
				application shall describe all emissions of regulated air pollutants emitted
				from any emissions unit. The applicant shall provide additional information
				related to such emissions of air pollutants as necessary to verify which
				requirements are applicable to the source, and other information that may be
				necessary to determine any permit fees owed under subchapter 5 of this
				chapter;
(d) identification and
				description of all points of emissions described in (5)(c), in sufficient
				detail to establish both the basis for fees and the applicability of any
				applicable requirement;
(e)
				emissions rates in tons per year, and in such terms as are necessary to
				establish compliance consistent with the applicable standard reference test
				method;
(f) information regarding
				fuels, fuel use, raw materials, production rates, and operating schedules, to
				the extent such information is needed to determine or regulate
				emissions;
(g) identification and
				description of air pollution control equipment and compliance monitoring
				devices or activities;
(h)
				limitations on source operation affecting emissions or any work practice
				standards, where applicable, for all regulated pollutants at the
				source;
(i) other information
				related to emissions as required by any applicable requirement (including
				information related to stack height limitations developed pursuant to section
				123 of the FCAA) or this chapter (including the location of emission units,
				flow rate, building dimensions, and stack parameters such as height, diameter,
				and temperature);
(j) results of
				all dispersion modeling required by the department, except that this subsection
				may not be construed as a basis for requiring additional dispersion modeling to
				be done by the source;
(k) all
				calculations on which the information in (5)(a) through (j) is based;
(l) citation and description of all
				applicable requirements;
(m)
				description of or reference to any applicable test method for determining
				compliance with each applicable requirement;
(n) other specific information that may be
				necessary to implement and enforce other applicable requirements of the FCAA or
				of this chapter or to determine the applicability of such
				requirements;
(o) an explanation of
				any proposed exemptions from otherwise applicable requirements;
(p) additional information as determined to
				be necessary by the department to define reasonably anticipated alternative
				operating scenarios identified by the source pursuant to ARM
				17.8.1215(1) or
				to define permit terms and conditions implementing ARM
				17.8.1215(3) or
				17.8.1224(3) and
				(4);
(q) a certification of compliance with all
				applicable requirements by a responsible official consistent with ARM
				17.8.1207 and section 114(a)(3) of
				the FCAA;
(r) a statement of the
				methods used for determining compliance, including a description of monitoring,
				recordkeeping, and reporting requirements and test methods;
(s) a schedule for submission of compliance
				certifications during the permit term, to be submitted no less frequently than
				annually, or more frequently if specified by the underlying applicable
				requirement or by the department; and
(t) a statement indicating the source's
				compliance status with any applicable enhanced monitoring and compliance
				certification requirements of the FCAA.