Comprehensive AIR Permit Guidance for Streamlining Compliance and Enhancing Transparency
This guidance document aims to provide a clear framework for air permitting, ensuring full transparency and efficiency for stakeholders. It covers general guidance on testing and monitoring, operational procedures, and requirements for temporary equipment and minor facilities. Key sections include rule clarifications, authority references (N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.13(d), N.J.A.C. 7:27-22.9(c)), and protocols for public and federal agency comments. Furthermore, it emphasizes protection for overburdened communities and vulnerable populations, promoting compliance and environmental health.
Comprehensive AIR Permit Guidance for Streamlining Compliance and Enhancing Transparency
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AIR PERMITTING GUIDANCE • Full Transparency • Stakeholders Suggestion • Streamlining • General Guidance • Testing & Monitoring Guidance
General Guidance • Operating Procedures • Boiler Derating • Temporary Equipment • Becoming a Minor Facility • Departmental Memos • Rule Clarifications • To be memorialized in rules
Testing & Monitoring Guidance • Stakeholders Comments • Authority In Existing Rules • N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.13(d) • N.J.A.C. 7:27-22.9(c) & 22.16(o) • Sufficient to Demonstrate Compliance with Applicable Requirement • Type & Frequency of Testing & Monitoring • Guidance only – Updated as Needed • Allows for Deviations & Reduction in Frequency
Deviations • Equivalent/Alternate • Sufficient Justification • Subject to Review & Approval • DEP • Public (when applicable) • EPA (when applicable)
Deviations (cont.) • More Stringent • Protection of Public Health & Environment • Public/EPA Comments • Subject to LAER/BACT/SOTA • Emissions Close To Threshold • Compliance History • Facility Location • Overburdened Communities • Vulnerable Populations