Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 129 - AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION PERMITS › Section 129-3-002 - Duty to Apply, Application Form

Current through June 17, 2024
To apply for a construction permit, request construction permit
	 applicability, or request a significant permit revision for a source, the owner
	 or operator will submit a complete application for a construction permit on
	 forms provided by the Department and an application fee.
002.01 Application Fee. Each application for
  a construction permit will be accompanied by a non-refundable application fee.
  The application fee will be based on the potential to emit, which includes
  fugitive emissions, as provided for in Neb. Rev. Stat. §
  81-1505.06.
002.02 Complete
  Application.
002.02A The application will be
  certified by a responsible official for the source.
002.02B The Department will review each
  application and evaluate potential emissions from the planned source for
  compliance and attainment with these regulations, applicable federal air
  quality regulations, and National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The
  Department will require in the application information as necessary to
  determine if the new or modified source will interfere directly or indirectly
  with the attainment or maintenance of National Primary and Secondary Ambient
  Air Quality Standards, or violate any portion of an existing control
  strategy.
002.02C The owner or
  operator of a source required to obtain a construction permit will submit an
  application on the standard forms available from the Department. The applicant,
  at a minimum, will include the following information on the standardized
  application form or in attachments:
002.02C1
  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 designated source contacts. If the company is
  located on leased property, the name of the property owner will be
  provided.
002.02C2 A description of
  the source's processes and products by Standard Industrial Classification Code
  as described in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987.
002.02C3 The following emission-related
  information for each emissions unit:
002.02C3(a) All potential emissions of
  regulated air pollutants. A permit application will describe all potential
  emissions of regulated air pollutants emitted from any emissions unit. If
  requested by the Department, the applicant will submit additional information
  related to the emissions of air pollutants sufficient to verify which
  regulations are applicable to the source, and other information necessary to
  collect any permit fees owed under the fee schedule. This information will be
  provided for each operating scenario identified by the source.
002.02C3(b) Identification and description of
  all points of emissions described in 002.02C3(a) above in sufficient detail to
  establish the basis for fees and applicability of requirements of the Act and
  State Act.
002.02C3(c) Emissions
  rate in tpy and lb/hr and in such terms as are necessary to establish
  compliance consistent with the applicable standard reference test method or
  alternative method as approved by the Director.
002.02C3(d) The following information to the
  extent it is needed to determine or regulate emissions: Fuels, fuel use, raw
  materials, production rates, and operating schedules to the extent needed to
  determine or regulate emissions.
002.02C3(e) Identification and detailed
  description of air pollution control equipment and compliance monitoring
  devices and activities.
002.02C3(f)
  Limitations on source operation affecting emissions or any work practice
  standards, where applicable, for all regulated pollutants.
002.02C3(g) Other information identified in
  any applicable requirement (including information related to stack height
  limitations developed pursuant to Section 003 of this Chapter).
002.02C3(h) Calculations on which the
  information in the above paragraphs is based.
002.02C3(i) The applicant will indicate any
  emission points at the facility for which the applicant has or intends to
  request coverage under a general permit. Existing general permit coverage will
  be incorporated into the current permitting action and the general permit
  coverage will expire on permit issuance without further action needed by the
  Department.
002.02C4 The
  following air pollution control requirements:
002.02C4(a) Citation and description of all
  applicable requirements, and
002.02C4(b) Description of or reference to
  any applicable test method for determining compliance with each applicable
  requirement.
002.02C5
  Other specific information that may be necessary to implement and enforce other
  applicable requirements of the Act, State Act, or this Title or to determine
  the applicability of such requirements.
002.02C6 An explanation of any proposed
  exemptions from otherwise applicable requirements.
002.02C7 Additional information as determined
  to be necessary by the permitting authority to define alternate operating
  scenarios identified by the source or to define permit terms and conditions
  related to modifications that do not require a permit revision.