Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 252 - Department of Environmental Quality › Chapter 100 - Water Quality Standards Implementation › Subchapter 8 - Permits for Part 70 Sources and Major New Source Review (NSR) Sources › Part 5 - PERMITS FOR 70 SOURCES › Section 252:100-8-6.1 - General permits

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Applicability.
(1) The DEQ may,
				  after notice and opportunity for public participation, issue a general permit
				  for any source category if it concludes that the category is appropriate for
				  permitting on a generic basis. Any general permit shall comply with all
				  requirements applicable to other Part 70 permits. No general permit may be
				  issued for affected sources under the acid rain program unless otherwise
				  provided in regulations promulgated under Title IV of the Act.
(2) A general permit may be issued for a
				  source category based upon an application from a source within the source
				  category or upon the DEQ's own initiative. The DEQ shall, following receipt of
				  an application for a general permit, or upon a determination that issuance of a
				  general permit for a category of sources may be appropriate, follow the same
				  procedures for issuance of a general permit as for any other permit issued
				  under this part.
(3) A general
				  permit may be issued to establish:
(A) Terms
				  and conditions to implement applicable requirements and state-only requirements
				  for a source category.
(B) Terms
				  and conditions to implement applicable requirements and state-only requirements
				  for specified categories of changes to permitted sources.
(C) Terms and conditions for new requirements
				  that apply to sources with existing permits.
(D) Federally-enforceable caps on emissions
				  from sources in a specified category.
(4) The DEQ may issue a general permit if it
				  finds that:
(A) There are several permittees,
				  permit applicants, or potential permit applicants who:
(i) Have the same or substantially similar
				  operations, emissions, activities, or facilities.
(ii) Emit the same types of regulated air
				  pollutants.
(B) The
				  operations, emissions, activities, or facilities are subject to the same or
				  similar:
(i) Standards, limitations, and
				  operating requirements.
(ii)
				  Monitoring requirements.
(5) If some, but not all, of a source's
				  operations, activities, and emissions are eligible for coverage under one or
				  more general permits, the source must apply for an individual Part 70 permit
				  for all of its covered sources.
(6)
				  Facilities located in areas that are federally designated as non-attainment are
				  not eligible for coverage under a general permit.
(7) Sites that are not in compliance with all
				  applicable State and Federal air regulations are eligible for a general
				  operating permit only if:
(A) They submit to
				  DEQ an approvable compliance plan, and
(B) The facility submits to Tier II public
				  review.
(8) Facilities
				  with existing state operating permits are eligible for coverage under a general
				  operating permit.
(9) Facilities
				  existing prior to the effective date of any applicable standard that would have
				  created specific quantifiable and enforceable emission rates are eligible for
				  coverage under a general operating permit.