Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 445B - Air Controls › AIR POLLUTION › Nevada Mercury Air Emissions Control Program › Section 445B.3683 - Review of and action on application for new or modified thermal unit that emits mercury

Current through June 11,
				2024
For each new or modified thermal unit that emits
				  mercury:
1. Within 30 days after the
				date of receipt of an application for a mercury operating permit to construct
				or for the revision of a mercury operating permit to construct, 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 substantial
				additional information is not required, the Director shall determine the
				application to be complete. Unless the Director determines that the application
				is incomplete within 30 days after the date of receipt of the application, 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. 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) Make a determination of NvMACT for the
				thermal unit that emits mercury in which the Director shall consider the
				following for each thermal unit that emits mercury:
(1) The maximum degree of reduction of
				mercury emissions that is achievable for the thermal unit after considering:
(I) The cost of achieving such a reduction;
				and
(II) Consistent with section
				112(d)(2) of the Act, any nonair quality health and environmental impacts and
				energy requirements for each method or technology to control mercury emissions
				from the thermal unit that emits mercury to implement the NvMACT.
(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.
(c) Make a preliminary determination to issue
				or deny a mercury operating permit to construct or a revision of a mercury
				operating permit to construct which includes any proposed conditions for the
				mercury operating permit to construct.