Public Notice For Proposed National Cement Title V Permit
Pursuant to District Rule 201.1 (Permits to Operate for Sources Subject to Title V (TV) of the Federal Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990), a Federal Part 70 Permit Renewal has been drafted for the National Cement Lebec Plant located at Section 35, Township 9 North, and Range 18 West. This plant produces Portland Cement.
Permitting Action
EKAPCD issued an initial TV Permit to Operate to this facility in 2000. The purpose of this permitting action is to update and renew National Cement’s previous TV permit. Once issued by the EKAPCD and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this permit will be valid for five years
Public Comment Procedures
Copies of the application for TV renewal, draft permits, support documents, and the District’s analysis are available for inspection at the Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District Administrative office located at the Public Services Building, 2700 “M” Street Suite 302, Bakersfield, California. The District’s analysis includes a statement of legal and factual basis for the proposed conditions and references to applicable statutory and regulatory provisions.
Comments can be submitted in writing to the EKAPCD at the address list above. All comments must be received by 5:00 PM on March 2, 2012. Members of the public may request the Air Pollution Control Officer preside over a public hearing for the purpose of receiving public oral comments. Issues raised during the public comment period will be addressed in writing by the EKAPCD before the renewal permit is issued. The permits and all comments will be forwarded to US EPA Region IX and will be available for review after the 30-day public review process is complete.
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Public Notice For Proposed U.S. Borax Title V Permit
Pursuant to District Rule 201.1 (Permits to Operate for Sources Subject to Title V (TV) of the Federal Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990), a Federal Part 70 Permit Renewal has been drafted US Borax, Inc, 14486 Borax Rd, Boron, CA. Borate mining and processing is performed at this facility.
Permitting Action
EKAPCD issued an initial Title V Permit to Operate to this facility in 2001. The purpose of this permitting action is to update and renew National Cement’s previous TV permit. Once issued by the EKAPCD and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this permit will be valid for five years
Public Comment Procedures
Copies of the application for TV renewal, draft permits, support documents, and the District’s analysis are available for inspection at the Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District Administrative office located at the Public Services Building, 2700 “M” Street Suite 302, Bakersfield, California. The District’s analysis includes a statement of legal and factual basis for the proposed conditions and references to applicable statutory and regulatory provisions.
Comments can be submitted in writing to the EKAPCD at the address list above. All comments must be received by 5:00 PM on March 9, 2012. Members of the public may request the Air Pollution Control Officer preside over a public hearing for the purpose of receiving public oral comments. Issues raised during the public comment period will be addressed in writing by the EKAPCD before the renewal permit is issued. The permits and all comments will be forwarded to US EPA Region IX and will be available for review after the 30-day public review process is complete.
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Title V Permit Program Requirements Overview_______
Title V of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended in 1990, creates an operating permits program that is implemented by the states.
U.S. EPA Implementing Regulation
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) promulgated its final implementing regulation for the operating permits program in 40 CFR Part 70 (57 Federal Register 32250) on July 21, 1992. This regulation defines the minimum elements of California district operating permit programs. However, some of these elements may be revised in subsequent rulemakings.
Title V Operating Permit Programs
California air districts, which are authorized to issue permits to stationary sources by the California Health and Safety Code, were required to develop and submit to the U.S. EPA operating permit programs by November 15, 1993. Consulting with the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA) Title V Task Force, the Air Resources Board (ARB) developed a model Title V operating permit program and rule. This model program and rule form the basis for many California district Title V operating permit programs.
- Provisions for permit applications and determination of the completeness of applications,
- The most recent presumptive minimum fee (per ton per year of each regulated air pollutant except carbon monoxide, and Consumer Price Index-adjusted) to cover permit program costs.
- Authority to issue permits containing required terms and conditions,
- Provisions to allow reasonable operating flexibility, specifically including authorization of changes by simply giving a minimum seven-day (many districts chose a 30-day) prior notice if the emissions allowable under the permit would not be exceeded and the proposed changes would not constitute a Title I (of the CAA) modification,
- Procedures for permit issuance, including opportunity for public comment, public hearing (upon request), and judicial review,
- Procedures for permit revisions, which vary according to the nature of the change involved, and
- Enforcement authorities, including civil and criminal penalties (up to $10,000 per day per violation of permit conditions or nonsubmittal of an application).
Permit Applications
In general, the sources that must submit applications include the following:
- Any "major source" under the general definitions in the CAA,
- Any "affected source" under the acid rain requirements of Title IV of the CAA, or
- Any solid waste incinerator subject to Section 129(e) of the CAA,
- Any source in a source-category designated by rule of the U.S. EPA.
Owners or operators of sources required to obtain Title V operating permits, were required to prepare and submit applications within one year after the U.S. EPA approved the state / district program. However, in California, many districts required applications from certain sources earlier (within three or six months of program approval).
The permit applications contained: descriptions of emissions points, emissions rates, and a range of other types of emissions-related information as required by the district; a description (or citation) of all applicable federal (air pollution control) requirements, including test methods for determining compliance; any exemptions from otherwise applicable federal requirements; a compliance plan for all sources; proposed methods for certifying compliance and a statement of the source's compliance status; a certification statement; and other information.
Title V Documents
Title V Permits
40 CFR Part 70 State Operating Permit Programs
EKAPCD Rule 201.1 – Permits to Operate for Sources Subject to Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
EKAPCD Title V Forms
Standard District Application
Reporting Requirements
Compliance Assurance Monitoring (CAM)
40 CFR Part 64 Compliance Assurance Monitoring
EKAPCD Responses to Tailoring Rule Request
For more Title V information check out the California Air Resources Board FCAA Title V Operating Permits Program web page at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/fcaa/tv/tvinfo/tvwebpag.htm |
