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TCEQ and Air Permitting Updates

TCEQ and Air Permitting Updates. Michael Wilson, P.E., Director Air Permits Division Environmental Trade Fair 2012. Organizational and Management Updates. Commissioner Executive Director Deputy Executive Director Offices Air Water Waste Compliance and Enforcement Legal Services

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TCEQ and Air Permitting Updates

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  1. TCEQ and Air Permitting Updates Michael Wilson, P.E., Director Air Permits Division Environmental Trade Fair 2012

  2. Organizational and Management Updates • Commissioner • Executive Director • Deputy Executive Director • Offices • Air • Water • Waste • Compliance and Enforcement • Legal Services • Chief Engineer’s Office • Administrative Services

  3. Other Updates of Interest • Enhanced Administrative Review • Maintenance, Startup, and Shutdown (MSS) • Greenhouse Gases • Air Pollutant Watch List (APWL) • Electronic Training Modules – Air Permitting 101 • http://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/training/apd-training.html • Oil and Gas

  4. Enhanced Administrative Review • Began July 2007 for initial and amendment Coatings applications • Consists of an expedited pre-review process • Technical reviewer has 5 days to review and draft deficiency letter • Applicant has 10 days to respond • Resulting in • Improved application quality • Reduced PN republications due to errors and omissions • Reduction in overall processing timeframes

  5. MSS • 2007 - Refineries • 2008 - Chemical plants • 2010 - Carbon black plants • 2011 - Electric generating facilities • 2013 - Other facilities • 2014 - Oil and gas facilities

  6. Greenhouse Gas • EPA GHG Tailoring Rule Step 3: • Proposed March 8, 2012 • Proposes applicability thresholds remain the same (100,000/75,000) • Proposes two streamlining approaches: • GHG plantwide applicability limitations (PALs) • Synthetic minor limitations for GHGs in states subject to a GHG PSD FIP

  7. Greenhouse Gas • Ongoing GHG questions under consideration: • Whether EPA has authority to issue permits for criteria pollutants when GHG permitting is triggered and criteria pollutants are greater than significance levels • Whether or not PBRs or standard permits can be used if GHG permitting is triggered • How GHG authorizations will be handled for Title V

  8. APWL • Protocol finalized in February  • Pre-permit meetings with applicant, permits staff, and APWL staff: • Identifies issues and possible solutions up front • Eliminates delays during the health effects review • APWL group provides input earlier in process • Equivalent reductions of the APWL pollutant • Eliminates need for additional APWL requirements • Speeds up the APWL portion of the review • APWL coordinator for APD is Dana Poppa-Vermillion (x1280)

  9. Electronic Training Modules – Air Permitting 101 • http://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/training/apd-training.html • Air Permit Division Organization (Module 1) • Air Permitting Basics (Module 2) • Air Permits Division Process (Module 3) • Air Permits Division Interaction and How Permitting Data is Used Throughout the Agency (Module 4) • Permit Document Availability/Final Exam (Module 5)

  10. Oil and Gas • MSS • Possible rulemaking • Applications due January 5, 2014 • Currently reviewing data and SB1134 requirements • GHGs • Larger or aggregated sites may trigger federal permitting • NSPS

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