Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-31 - Permit-to-Install New Sources and Permit-to-Install and Operate Program › Section 3745-31-13 - Attainment provisions - review of major stationary sources and major modifications, stationary source applicability and exemptions

Current through all regulations passed and filed
			 through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates and availability of non-regulatory
				government publications, publications of recognized organizations and
				associations, federal rules, and federal statutory provisions referenced in
				this rule, see paragraph (AA) of rule
				3745-31-01 of the Administrative
				Code titled, "referenced materials."]
(A) Start construction limitations.
In accordance with this chapter, no major stationary source or
				major modification located in an attainment area shall begin actual
				construction unless, at a minimum, the requirements in rules
				3745-31-01 to
				3745-31-20 of the Administrative
				Code have been met and the stationary source has obtained a valid Ohio
				environmental protection agency permit-to-install.
(B) Air pollutants covered.
Rules
				3745-31-10 to
				3745-31-20 of the Administrative
				Code  apply to any major stationary
				source and any major modification as defined by this chapter with respect to
				each regulated NSR pollutant, except as otherwise allowed in rule
				3745-31-13 of the Administrative
				Code.
(C)
			 Attainment/nonattainment applicability.
Rules
				3745-31-10 to
				3745-31-20 of the Administrative
				Code apply only to any major stationary source or major modification that would
				be constructed in an area that is designated as attainment or unclassifiable
				under 40 CFR
				81.336.
(D) Discretionary exemption.
Upon request, the director, at the director's discretion, may
				exempt the following stationary sources from the requirements contained in
				rules 3745-31-10 to
				3745-31-20 of the Administrative
				Code as applied to a particular major stationary source or major modification
				if:
(1) The major stationary source
			 would be or is a non-profit health or non-profit educational institution or a
			 major modification that would occur at such an institution.
(2) The stationary source or modification is
			 a portable stationary source that has previously received a permit under
			 requirements equivalent to those contained in rules
			 3745-31-10 to
			 3745-31-20 of the Administrative
			 Code if the following apply:
(a) The owner or
			 operator of the stationary source proposes to relocate and emissions of the
			 stationary source at the new location would be temporary.
(b) The emissions from the stationary source
			 would not exceed the sources allowable emissions.
(c) The emissions from the stationary source
			 would not impact a Class I area or any area where an applicable increment is
			 known to be violated.
(d)
			 Reasonable written notice is given to the director prior to the relocation
			 identifying the proposed new location and the probable duration of operation at
			 the new location. Such notice shall be given to the director not less than
			 thirty days in advance of the proposed relocation unless a different time
			 duration is previously approved by the director.