Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 31.08.1995

Operating Permits Program and Federal Operating Permits Program

The EPA is today proposing new streamlined procedures for revising stationary source operating permits issued by State and local permitting authorities or EPA under title V of the Clean Air Act (Act). This proposal is a supplement to actions published in the Federal Register on August 29, 1994 and on April 27, 1995 as they relate to permit revisions. In addition, today's action proposes changes to the certification that responsible officials of permitted sources are required to submit and the emergency defense available for violations of permit terms. It also clarifies the application of title I and title V permitting requirements to non-major research and development (R&D) facilities that are located with sources that are major under the Act. Finally, it proposes to revise the procedural requirements applicable to minor new source review (NSR) permitting under title I of the Act to clarify the flexibility States possess in providing adequate process for minor NSR actions. Several concerns over complexity and burden of the previously proposed permit revision system were raised in response to these actions. As a result, the Agency today is proposing to establish a system for revisin