Excess Emissions During Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction
| Date | Title | EPA Office | Author | Issues Addressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/21/2008 | Review of maintenance, start-up, shutdown activities by Region 6 of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality draft model permit (pdf) | Region 6 | Robinson, Jeff | Concerns approval of TCEQ's initiative to address malfunction, startup, and shutdown (MSS) emissions through permits at major stationary sources is related to changes in the state's Chapter 101 Excess Emissions rule, which establishes an affirmative defense for excess emissions during MSS, but then provides a schedule for phasing out the use of the affirmative defense for excess emissions from planned MSS activities. |
| 11/09/1977 | Contingency Plan for FGD Systems During Downtime as a Function of PSD (pdf) | SSCD | Reich, Edward | Whether PSD approvals for new sources using FGD systems can be conditioned to require a contingency plan for periods when the FGD system is not functioning. |
| 05/21/2008 | Review of Maintenance, Start-Up, Shutdown Activities by Region 6 of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Draft Model Permit | Region 6 | Robinson, Jeff | Expresses EPA views on a draft model permit for emissions from maintenance, start-up, and shutdown (MSS) activities in new source permits for major sources. Addresses the need to minimize excess emissions during MSS, and to incorporate MSS emissions in PTE calculations, public participation and BACT analyses, and the enforceability of MSS emission limits. |
| 02/15/1983 | 1983 Policy on Excess Emissions During Startup, Shutdown, Maintenance, and Malfunctions | OAR | Bennett, Kathleen | Clarifies September 28, 1982 memorandum concerning policy on excess emissions during startup and shutdown. |
| 09/28/1982 | Policy on Excess Emissions During Startup, Shutdown, Maintenance, and Malfunctions | OAR | Bennett, Kathleen | Clarifies EPA policy relating to excess emissions during startup, shutdown, maintenance, and malfunctions. |
| 01/28/1993 | Automatic or Blanket Exemptions for Excess Emissions During Startup, and Shutdowns Under PSD | SSCD | Rasnic, John | Addresses EPA policy on excess emissions during startup and shutdown and on automatic exemptions that are granted in PSD permits. |
| 11/08/2001 | Clarification - State Implementation Plans (SIPs): Policy Regarding Excess Emissions During Malfunctions, Startup, and Shutdown | OECA, OAQPS | Schaeffer, Eric and Seitz, John | EPA policy directive regarding excess emissions during malfunctions, startup, and shutdown that may be appropriately approved in a SIP. |
| 12/05/2001 | Re-Issuance of Clarification - State Implementation Plans (SIPs): Policy Regarding Excess Emissions During Malfunctions, Startup, and Shutdown | OECA, OAQPS | Schaeffer, Eric and Seitz, John | Re-issuance of an EPA policy directive regarding excess emissions during malfunctions, startup, and shutdown that may be appropriately approved in a State Implementation Plan (SIP). This excludes a paragraph that was erroneously included in the 11/08/2001 guidance. |
| 06/28/1985 | Seasonal Afterburner Policy, Applicability of Part D NSR Requirements | OAQPS | Bauman, Robert | Whether emissions increases associated with the winter shutdown of volatile organic compounds (VOC) control equipment must be reviewed for applicability for New Source Review. |
| 12/01/1980 | Revised Seasonal Afterburner Policy | OAQPS | Barber, Walter | Revised policy on seasonal operation of natural gas-fired afterburners related to the approval of SIP revisions and the requirement to assess air quality impact. |
| 11/16/2007 | Comments on Proposed Amendments to Chapter 106, 116 for Maintenance, Startup and Shutdown (MSS) Chapter 106, Subchapter K | Region 6 | Robinson, Jeff | EPA Region 6 comments on a state’s proposed rule to accommodate a Permit by Rule and Standard Permit for maintenance, startup and shutdown (MSS) emissions. |
| 09/20/1999 | State Implementation Plans: Policy Regarding Excess Emissions During Malfunctions, Startup, and Shutdown (pdf) | OECA, OAR | Herman, Steven and Perciasepe, Robert | Expresses EPA policy regarding excess emissions during malfunctions, startup, shutdown, and maintenance, and clarifies the types of excess emissions provisions states may incorporate into SIPs. |
| 09/01/2026 | Policy Implementation Update Regarding Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction (SSM) Provisions in State Implementation Plans (pdf) (315.05 KB) | OAR | Szabo, Aaron | Clarifies how the agency plans to evaluate State Implementation Plan (SIP) submittals that include provisions pertaining to excess emissions during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) for stationary sources. |
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