New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 72 - CONSTRUCTION PERMITS › Section 20.2.72.202 - EXEMPTIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The following exemptions are made to the following
				  requirements of
				  20.2.72.200
				  NMAC - 20.2.72.299 NMAC. The exemptions in this section do not apply to
				  emissions of toxic air pollutants listed under
				  20.2.72.502
				  NMAC, do not alter the calculation of the potential emissions of toxic air
				  pollutants for applicability under
				  20.2.72.402 NMAC,
				  and do not exempt the Department or the owner or operator of any source from
				  any requirement under
				  20.2.72.403
				  NMAC,
				  20.2.72.404
				  NMAC, or
				  20.2.72.405
				  NMAC.
A. The following sources and
				activities shall not be reported in the permit application. Emissions from such
				activities shall not be included in the calculation of facility-wide potential
				emission rate under Paragraphs 1 or 2 of Subsection A of 20.2.72.200 NMAC. Such
				activities may be commenced or changed without a permit or permit revision
				under 20.2.72.200 NMAC - 20.2.72.299 NMAC:
(1) Activities which occur strictly for
				maintenance of grounds or buildings, including: lawn care, pest control,
				grinding, cutting, welding, painting, woodworking, sweeping, general repairs,
				janitorial activities, and building roofing operations;
(2) Activities for maintenance of equipment
				or pollution control equipment, either inside or outside of a building,
				including cutting, welding, and grinding, but excluding painting;
(3) Exhaust emissions from forklifts, courier
				vehicles, front end loaders, graders, carts, maintenance trucks, and fugitive
				emissions from fleet vehicle refueling operations, provided such emissions are
				not subject to any requirements under this Chapter (Air Quality), NSPS or
				NESHAP;
(4) Use of fire fighting
				equipment and fire fighting training;
(5) Government military activities such as
				field exercises, explosions, weapons testing and demolition to the extent that
				such activities:
(a) Do not result in visible
				emissions entering publicly accessible areas; and
(b) Are not subject to a NSPS or
				NESHAP;
(6) Office
				activities, such as photocopying;
(7) Test drilling for characterization of
				underground storage tank and waste disposal sites;
(8) Non-anthropogenic wind blown dust;
(9) Residential activities such as
				use of fireplaces, woodstoves, and barbecue cookers;
(10) Gases used to calibrate plant
				instrumentation, including continuous emission monitoring (CEM)
				systems;
(11) Food service, such as
				cafeteria activities;
(12)
				Automotive repair shop activities, except painting and use of
				solvents;
(13) Use of portable
				aerospace ground equipment (such as power generators, compressors, heaters, air
				conditioners, lighting units) in direct support of aircraft operations and on
				or in the immediate vicinity of an airfield;
(14) Activities which occur strictly for
				preventive maintenance of highway bridges, displays and water towers,
				including: grinding, cutting, welding, painting, and general repairs;
(15) The act of repositioning or relocating
				equipment, pipes, ductwork, or conveyors within the plant site, but only when
				such change in physical configuration does not:
(a) Reposition or relocate any source of air
				emissions or the emission points from any such source; or
(b) Increase the amount of air emissions or
				the ambient impacts of such emissions.