Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 06/12/2006

State Operating Permit Programs; Delaware; Amendments to the Definition of “a major source”

EPA proposes to approve an amendment to the State of Delaware's operating permit program to correct the definition of "a major source." This amendment would change the definition of "a major source" by removing the phrase "but only with respect to those air pollutants that have been regulated for that category" from the Regulation No. 30 (Title V) definition of a major source, as it applies to these Federal standards. This would require all fugitive emissions to be included in major source determination for sources subject to Federal New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) or the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants standards (NESHAPs), not just the pollutants regulated by the particular NSPS or NESHAP. This amendment is necessary to make the current definition as stringent as the corresponding provision of the Title V regulations, which went into effect on November 27, 2001. This change will make this aspect of Regulation No. 30 consistent with Federal rule. In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's amendment to its operating permit program as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a