15A NCAC 02Q .0315. SYNTHETIC MINOR FACILITIES

(a)  A synthetic minor facility is a facility whose permit contains terms and conditions to avoid the procedures of 15A NCAC 2Q .0500, Title V Procedures.

(b)  The owner or operator of a facility to which 15A NCAC 2Q .0500, Title V Procedures, applies may choose to have terms and conditions placed in his permit to restrict operation to limit the potential to emit of the facility in order to remove the applicability of 15A NCAC 2Q .0500 to the facility.  An application for the addition of such terms and conditions shall be processed under this Section.

(c)  A modification to a permit to remove terms and conditions in the permit that removed the applicability of 15A NCAC 2Q .0500 shall be processed under either this Section or 15A NCAC 2Q .0500.  The applicant shall choose which procedures to follow.  However, if the terms and conditions are removed following the procedures of this Section, the permittee shall submit a permit application under the procedures of 15A NCAC 2Q .0500 within one year after the limiting terms and conditions are removed.

(d)  After a facility is issued a permit that contains terms and conditions to remove the applicability of 15A NCAC 2Q .0500, the facility shall comply with the permitting requirements of this Section.

(e)  The Director may require monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting necessary to assure compliance with the terms and conditions placed in the permit to remove the applicability of 15A NCAC 2Q .0500.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143‑215.3(a)(1); 143‑215.65; 143‑215.66; 143‑215.107(a)(10); 143‑215.108;

Eff. July 1, 1999.