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Module 7: Regulatory Requirements - Title V - Practice Problems
- Instructions:
- Answer these questions on a sheet of paper and check your responses against those provided below.
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#1 - What do the following acronyms stand for?
- NSPS
- CAM
- NSPS
- Answer: NSPS is the acronym for New Source Performance Standards. CAM is the acronym for Compliance Assurance Monitoring.
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#2
- What regulation covers permitting?
- Title I of CAAA
- Title V of CAAA
- NSPS
- Title I of CAAA
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- Answer: b. Title V of CAAA
Title V of the Clean Air Amendments of 1990 covers the requirements for operating permits.
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#3
- What facilities are required to submit an operating permit?
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- Answer: All stationary sources subject to any provision of
the 1990 CAAA are required to submit an operating permit.
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#4
- What must a permit include?
- A schedule for achieving compliance within the required time
frame.
- Provisions for reporting compliance related data at least every
six months.
- Enforceable emission limitations and standards
- All of the above
- A schedule for achieving compliance within the required time
frame.
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- Answer: d. All of the above
- At a minimum, the permits must contain enforceable emission limitations and standards, a schedule for achieving compliance within the required time frame, provisions for reporting compliance related data at least every six months, and any other requirements stated in other portions of the 1990 CAAA.
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#5
- To what facilities does NSPS apply?
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- Answer: NSPS apply to new or substantially modified sources in designated source categories regardless of the state or ambient air quality region in which the source is located. EPA has identified these source categories as emitting one or more pollutants in quantities significant enough to endanger the public health or welfare.
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#6
- What must a facility under NSPS regulations demonstrate?
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- Answer: Under the NSPS regulations these sources must either (1) achieve the degree of emission limitation or percentage reduction, or (2) apply a design, equipment, work practice, operational standard, or combination which reflects the best available technological system of continuous emission reductions.
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#7
- What is the purpose of the CAM rule?
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- Answer: The purpose of the CAM rule is to assure State and local agency, EPA, and the public that a facility's control equipment is operating in compliance with Title V of the 1990 amended CAA.