Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 445B - Air Controls › AIR POLLUTION › Nevada Mercury Air Emissions Control Program › Section 445B.3677 - Review of and action on application for tier-1 or tier-2 thermal unit that emits mercury

Current through June 11,
				2024
For each tier-1 thermal unit that emits mercury and tier-2
				  thermal unit that emits mercury:
1.
				For a phase-1 application, phase-2 application or an application for the
				revision of a mercury operating permit to construct for a tier-1 thermal unit
				that emits mercury or a tier-2 thermal unit that emits mercury, within 30 days
				after the date of receipt of the application, the Director shall determine
				whether the application is complete. If substantial additional information is
				required, the Director shall determine that the application is incomplete and
				return the application to the applicant. If an incomplete application is
				returned to the applicant, the applicant must resubmit a complete application
				within 15 days after the applicant receives the returned incomplete
				application. If substantial additional information is not required, the
				Director shall determine the application to be complete. The official date of
				submittal of the application shall be deemed to be the date on which the
				Director determines that the application is complete or the 31st day after the
				date of receipt of the most recently submitted application, whichever is
				earlier.
2. For a phase-1
				application or an application for the revision of a mercury operating permit to
				construct which was issued pursuant to a phase-1 application for a tier-1
				thermal unit that emits mercury or a tier-2 thermal unit that emits mercury,
				within 180 days after the official date of submittal, the Director shall:
(a) Propose the conditions for a mercury
				operating permit to construct or a revision of a mercury operating permit to
				construct for the thermal unit that emits mercury;
(b) Include the presumptive NvMACT for the
				tier-1 thermal unit that emits mercury; and
(c) If the applicant requests mercury early
				reduction credit, consider the following for each thermal unit that emits
				mercury:
(1) The best controls available for
				mercury emissions.
(2) The measures
				that reduce the volume or eliminate mercury emissions through process changes,
				substitution of materials or any other modifications.
(3) The enclosure of systems or processes to
				eliminate mercury emissions.
(4)
				The collection, capture or treatment of mercury emissions.
(5) The design, equipment, work practice or
				operational standards of the thermal unit that emits mercury, including,
				without limitation, the requirements for training and certification of
				operators of the thermal unit that emits mercury.
(6) The differences in the age, remaining
				operating life and configurations of similar thermal units that emit mercury.
				The Director may also consider the differences in the concentration of mercury
				in the ore, size and any other relevant factors of the similar thermal units
				that emit mercury.
(7) Any
				combination of subparagraphs (1) to (6), inclusive.