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Title V Operating Permits GHG Requirements for O&G. Sandy Simko Air Permits Division Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Environmental Trade Fair - O&G May 7, 2014. Overview. What is a Title V Permit (FOP)? A pplicability When do you have to apply ? Types of Title V Permits SOP
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Title V Operating PermitsGHG Requirementsfor O&G Sandy Simko Air Permits Division Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Environmental Trade Fair - O&G May 7, 2014
Overview • What is a Title V Permit (FOP)? • Applicability • When do you have to apply ? • Types of Title V Permits • SOP • GOP
What is a Title V Permit • A Federal Operating Permit (FOP) • Issued by TCEQ and legally enforceable • Lists all applicable requirements
ApplicabilityWhen is an FOP required for GHG? If the Potential to Emit (PTE) exceeds: 100 tpy GHG and 100,000 tpy CO2e • GHG aggregate group • CO2e = GHG times GWP
What is a site? • Total of all stationary sources • Contiguous or Adjacent Properties • Common control • Less than ¼ mile apart
PTE Certification • APD-CERT can certify GHG and/or CO2e • May be used to certify that a site is not a major source • Federally Enforceable limits • Submit before time required for FOP application
When is the FOP application required for GHG? • PSD • Application before operation for new FOP’s • ASAP for existing FOP’s • Can’t operate before Issuance of revised FOP • No PSD and New FOP (GHG only) • One year after EPA’s approval of rule
Types of Title V permitsFederal Operating Permit (FOP)FOP = SOP or GOP • Site Operating Permit (SOP) • Site Specific FOP permit issued • Public Notice required for each SOP • General Operating Permit (GOP) • O&G: 511, 512, 513, 514 • Authorization to Operate (ATO) issued
GOP vs. SOP • General requirements • De minimis, standard permits, & PBRs only • No Public notice/EPA review for ATO • Site specific review • Compliance plans allowed • Public notice/ EPA review for each site • FOPs • Renewed every 5 years • Legislative notification
Submittal Requirements • SOP Submittal Requirements http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/permitting/air/Guidance/Title_V/sop_initial.pdf • O&G GOP Submittal Requirements http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/permitting/air/Guidance/Title_V/gop_initial.pdf
FOP required for GHG only? • An FOP codifies ALL applicable requirements for the entire site • Not just the GHG sources • All emission sources • All pollutants
FOP Application Required Information • Cover Letter • Process Description • Process Flow • Area Map • Plot Plan • Forms
FOP Application Forms Required • CORE • OP-1 • OP-CRO1 • OP-ACPS • OP-REQ1 Potentially Required • OP-SUM • OP-UA • OP-MON • OP-REQ3 • OP-REQ2 (SOP only)
Where to submit FOP application http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/permitting/air/titlev/submittal.html • Mail to TCEQ (APIRT & Regional Office) • CD to EPA
Additional Title V GHG Info • Sign up for GHG Email announcements: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXTCEQ/subscriber/new? • For questions or more detail: • GHG Regs/Rules - Tasha Burns (512) 239-5868 • PSD/NSR – Kristi Mills-Jurach (512) 239-1261 • SOP – Sandy Simko (512) 239-5733 • GOP – Whitney Hill (512) 239-1301 • Certification – Julie Steger (512) 239-1542
Questions? Air Permits Division (512) 239-1250