Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-401 - Operating permit regulation › Part V - PERMIT APPLICATIONS › Section 173-401-510 - Permit application form

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				Standard application form and required information. Ecology shall develop a
				standard application form or forms to be used by each permitting authority. The
				application shall include information as described below for each emissions
				unit at a chapter 401 source other than insignificant emissions units or units
				not regulated under WAC
				173-401-300(3)(b).
				However, an application may not omit information needed to determine the
				applicability of, or to impose, any applicable requirement, or to evaluate the
				fee amount required under the permitting authority's fee schedule.
(2) Required data elements for individual
				permit applications. The application forms developed under subsection (1) of
				this section shall contain the data elements specified below:
(a) Identifying information, including
				company name and address (or plant name and address if different from the
				company name), owner's name and agent, responsible official name and address,
				and telephone number and names of plant site manager/contact.
(b) A description of the source's processes
				and products (by Standard Industrial Classification Code) including any
				associated with each alternative operating scenario identified by the source
				pursuant to WAC
				173-401-650.
(c) The following emissions-related
				information:
(i) All emissions of pollutants
				for which the source is major, and all emissions of regulated air pollutants. A
				permit application shall describe all emissions of regulated air pollutants
				emitted from any emissions unit, except emissions from insignificant emission
				units or activities as defined in WAC
				173-401-530. The permitting
				authority shall require additional information related to the emissions of air
				pollutants sufficient to verify which requirements are applicable to the
				source, and other information necessary to collect any permit fees owed under
				the permitting authority's fee schedule;
(ii) Identification and description of all
				points of emissions described in (c)(i) of this subsection in sufficient detail
				to establish the basis for fees and applicability of applicable
				requirements;
(iii) Emissions rates
				in tons per year (tpy) and in such terms as are necessary to establish
				compliance consistent with the applicable standard reference test
				method;
(iv) The following
				information to the extent it is needed to determine or regulate emissions:
				Fuels, fuel use, raw materials, production rates, and operating
				schedules;
(v) Identification and
				description of all air pollution control equipment and compliance monitoring
				devices or activities;
(vi)
				Limitations on source operation affecting emissions or any work practice
				standards, where applicable, for all regulated pollutants at the chapter 401
				source;
(vii) Other information
				required by any applicable requirement (including information related to stack
				height limitations developed pursuant to section 123 of the FCAA);
				and
(viii) Calculations on which
				the information in (c)(i) through (vii) of this subsection are based.
(d) The following air pollution
				control requirements:
(i) Citation and
				description of all applicable requirements; and
(ii) Description of or reference to any
				applicable test method for determining compliance with each applicable
				requirement.
(e) Other
				specific information that may be necessary to implement and enforce other
				applicable requirements or this chapter or to determine the applicability of
				such requirements.
(f) An
				explanation of any proposed exemptions from otherwise applicable
				requirements.
(g) Additional
				information as determined to be necessary by the permitting authority to define
				alternative operating scenarios identified by the source pursuant to WAC
				173-401-650(1) or to define permit terms and conditions implementing WAC
				173-401-650(1) and 173-401-722.
(h) A compliance plan for all chapter 401
				sources that contains all the following:
(i) A
				description of the compliance status of the source with respect to all
				applicable requirements;
(ii) A
				description as follows:
(A) For applicable
				requirements with which the source is in compliance, a statement that the
				source will continue to comply with such requirements;
(B) For applicable requirements that will
				become effective during the permit term, a statement that the source will meet
				such requirements on a timely basis; and
(C) For requirements for which the source is
				not in compliance at the time of permit issuance, a narrative description of
				how the source will achieve compliance with such requirements;
(iii) A compliance schedule as
				follows:
(A) For applicable requirements with
				which the source is in compliance, a statement that the source will continue to
				comply with such requirements;
(B)
				For applicable requirements that will become effective during the permit term,
				a statement that the source will meet such requirements on a timely
				basis;
(C) A schedule of compliance
				for sources that are not in compliance with all applicable requirements at the
				time of permit issuance. Such a schedule shall include a schedule of remedial
				measures, including an enforceable sequence of actions with milestones, leading
				to compliance with any applicable requirements for which the source will be in
				non-compliance at the time of permit issuance. This compliance schedule shall
				resemble and be at least as stringent as that contained in any judicial consent
				decree or administrative order to which the source is subject. Any such
				schedule of compliance shall be supplemental to, and shall not sanction
				noncompliance with, the applicable requirements on which it is based;
(iv) For those sources required to
				have a schedule of compliance to remedy a violation, a schedule for submission
				of certified progress reports every six months or at a more frequent period
				specified in an applicable requirement.
(v) The compliance plan content requirements
				specified in this paragraph shall apply and be included in the acid rain
				portion of a compliance plan for an affected source, except as specifically
				superseded by regulations promulgated under Title IV of the FCAA with regard to
				the schedule and method(s) the source will use to achieve compliance with the
				acid rain emissions limitations.
(i) Requirements for compliance
				certification, including the following:
(i) A
				certification of compliance with all applicable requirements by a responsible
				official consistent with WAC
				173-401-520 and section 114(a)(3)
				of the FCAA;
(ii) A statement of
				methods used for determining compliance, including a description of monitoring,
				recordkeeping, and reporting requirements and test methods;
(iii) A schedule for submission of compliance
				certifications during the permit term, to be submitted annually, or more
				frequently if specified by the underlying applicable requirement; and
(iv) A statement indicating the source's
				compliance status with any applicable enhanced monitoring and compliance
				certification requirements of the FCAA.
(j) The use of nationally standardized forms
				for acid rain portions of permit applications and compliance plans, as required
				by regulations promulgated under Title IV of the FCAA and in effect on April 7,
				1993.
(k) Requirements which the
				source believes are inapplicable pursuant to WAC
				173-401-640(2) and a request to extend the permit shield to those requirements.