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Standardized Authorizations (PBRs, SPs, GOPs). Joe Shine Air Permits Division Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Environmental Trade Fair 2012. Overview. About the Rule Registrations (R&R) Section Types of Authorizations Work Load Processing
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Standardized Authorizations(PBRs, SPs, GOPs) Joe Shine Air Permits Division Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Environmental Trade Fair 2012
Overview • About the Rule Registrations (R&R) Section • Types of Authorizations • Work Load • Processing • What’s Going on in the R&R Section • Contact Information and Links • Questions
About R&R Section • Staff • Review PBRs, SPs, GOPs • Special projects
De Minimis Authorizations • Negligible sources • Most are industry or activity specific • Must meet all conditions exactly • Paperwork not typically submitted • Keep records • De minimis information
Example De Minimis Authorizations • Domestic heating & cooling • Air conditioning & ventilation systems • Vacuum-producing devices for lab use • Cotton gin stands • Coatings of < 100 gallons
Example PBR Authorizations 106.261/106.262 – Facilities • Emission & distance limitations 106.352 – Oil & Gas Production Facilities • New version adopted 1/26/2011 • Effective (Barnett Shale) 4/1/2011
Example PBR Authorizations 106.433 – Surface Coating Facilities
PBR Forms and Data • PI-7 or PI-7-CERT • Core Data Form • Applicable fee • Process description • Plot plan • Compliance demonstrations • Emissions estimates
When Do I Need to Certify? • Emission limitations for Title V applicability • Federal applicability • Control/destruction efficiency claims • Operating hours
Standard PermitsRule & Registration Section • Pollution control • Oil &gas facilities • MSW landfills
Standard PermitsMechanical/Construction Section • Construction industry • Agriculture industry
Standard PermitsCoatings/Combustion Section • Generators • Boilers (> 40 MMBtu/hr)
Standard Permit Forms & Data • Form PI-1S • Core Data Form • Applicable fee • Process description • Plot plan • How Chapter 116 has been met • Emissions estimates
Technical Information • New or existing site • Upstream or downstream effects • Compliance with federal, state, or local rules • Calculations and calculation methods • Table 1(a)
Title V GOPs • Oil & gas (511, 512, 513, 514) • MSW landfill (517) • Air curtain incinerator (518)
GOP Forms & Data • What type of application? • Initial • Revision • Renewal • Withdrawal • Void • Associated NSR authorization? • Who can sign the forms? • Are there applicable requirements?
R&R Statistics ‘08= 3654 ‘09=3766 ‘10=3283 ‘11 = 5485
Processing • What do permit reviewers expect? • What is the expected time frame? • How to get your authorization more quickly? • Deficiencies
Examples • We are seeking authorization for . • Our maximum hours of operations are ____. • We process a total of gals per hour. • We are not subject to this potentially applicable standard because .
Moving into the electronic universe • Air Permits Allowable Database (APAD) • ePermitting • Remote Document Server
Planned MSS deadline is January 5, 2013 for ‘all other’ facilities (not oil & gas) • APWL (Air Pollutant Watch List) • Developing other ways to expedite authorization acknowledgements
Contact the Air Permits Division • Main line: (512) 239-1250 • E-mail: airperm@tceq.texas.gov
Links • Air Permits by Rule • Standard Air Permits • GOP Guidance
Contact SBLGA • Small Business & Local Government Assistance • Main line: (800) 447-2827