15A NCAC 02Q .0704      NEW FACILITIES

(a)  This Rule shall apply only to new facilities.

(b)  The owner or operator of a facility that is required to have a permit pursuant to 15A NCAC 02Q .0300 or .0500 and is subject to a Section in 15A NCAC 02D, other than 15A NCAC 02D .1100, shall receive a permit to emit toxic air pollutants before beginning construction and shall comply with the permit when beginning operation. This Rule shall not apply to facilities whose emissions of toxic air pollutants result only from sources exempted pursuant to 15A NCAC 02Q .0102.

(c)  The owner or operator of the facility shall submit a permit application to comply with 15A NCAC 02D .1100 if emissions of any toxic air pollutant, excluding sources exempt from evaluation pursuant to 15A NCAC 02Q .0702, exceed the levels set forth in 15A NCAC 02Q .0711. Sources meeting the exemption set forth in 15A NCAC 02Q .0702(a)(27) shall be reviewed by the Division pursuant to G.S. 143-215.107(a)(5)b.

(d)  A permit application filed pursuant to this Rule shall include an evaluation for all toxic air pollutants. All sources at the facility, excluding sources exempt from evaluation pursuant to 15A NCAC 02Q .0702, emitting these toxic air pollutants shall be included in the evaluation.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143-215.3(a)(1); 143-215.107; 143-215.108; 143B-282;

Rule originally codified as part of 15A NCAC 2H .0610;

Eff. July 1, 1998;

Amended Eff. May 1, 2014;

Readopted Eff. July 1, 2018.