Examples of Minor NSR in a sentence
Because there is no express provision in the TCAA and/or in the submitted Program clearly limiting this Program to Minor NSR, and there is no explicit provision prohibiting circumvention of the Major NSR SIP requirements, we must evaluate the submitted Program with respect to the criteria for Major stationary source NSR applicability determinations.
Furthermore, there is no information to determine whether the Program’s exemption from the Texas Minor NSR SIP would not violate the NAAQS or the State’s control strategies and whether the SIP relaxation would not interfere with NAAQS attainment, reasonable further progress, or otherwise meet any other requirement of the Act.Therefore, we are proposing to disapprove the submitted Qualified Facilities State Program as not meeting sections 110(a)(2)(C) and 110(l) of the Act and 40 CFR 51.160.II.
Noninterference With the NAAQS and State Control Strategies by the Existing Qualified FacilitiesThe Minor NSR and Major NSR existing Qualified Facilities, no matter by which of the two options they chose to become qualified, will have a Minor or Major NSR SIP permit.
For coverage under a Minor NSR permit by rule or standard permit, there is an applicable permit with an emissions limitation.The Program’s rules at 30 TAC116.116(e)(4) and 116.117(b)(1)–(3) arenot clear that it is a permit application or registration that must be submitted and that a revised permit must be issued by the TCEQ to reflect the changes made by all of the participating Qualified Facilities.
There are no express regulatory provisions in the submitted Program similar to the Texas Minor NSR SIP provisions for Minor NSR Permits by Rule and Minor NSR Standard Permits that prohibit circumvention of the Major NSR requirements.
What Is EPA’s Summary of Whether the Submitted Program Meets the Requirements for a Minor NSR SIP Revision?The Program is not clearly limited to Minor NSR and does not prevent circumvention of the Major NSR SIP requirements.
Both the SIP- codified Chapter 106, Subchapter A for Permits by Rule and the SIP-codified Chapter 116, Subchapter F for Standard Permits, contain clear regulatory applicability requirements limiting their use to Minor NSR, clear regulatory requirements prohibiting their use for any project that constitutes a major modification subject to Major NSR, and clear regulatory provisions prohibiting the use of these Minor NSR permits from circumventing Major NSR.
There is not sufficient information before EPA to make a determination that the exempted changes from the Minor NSR requirements will have only a de minimis effect and that the requested SIP revision relaxation does not interfere with any applicable requirements concerning attainment and reasonable further progress, or any other applicable requirement of the Act, as required by section 110(l).13 C.
What Is EPA’s Evaluation of the Submitted Texas Qualified Facilities State Program as a Minor NSR SIP Revision?Section 110(a)(2)(C) of the Act requires that States have Minor NSR SIP permitting programs as well as Major NSR SIP permitting programs under part C (PSD) and part D (nonattainment NSR) of Title I.
Minor NSR SIP Enforceability RequirementsSection 110(a)(2)(A) of the Act requires that a SIP revision include enforceable emission limitations and other means, as may be necessary or appropriate to meet the Act’s requirements.