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  2. New Source Review (NSR) Permitting

STEP 1: Emissions Increase Calculation (Project Emissions Increase)

Date Title EPA Office Author
12/09/2022 New Source Review Preconstruction Permitting Requirements: Enforceability and Use of the Actual-to-Projected-Actual Applicability Test in Determining Major Modification Applicability: Rescission of 2017 Memorandum (pdf) (489.6 KB, Dec. 9, 2022) Administrator Regan, Michael S.
07/30/2003 Guidance on Whether Replacing the Refractory Brick Constitutes a Major Modification (pdf) (14.24 KB) Region 5 Blakely, Pamela
03/13/2018 Memorandum: Project Emissions Accounting Under the New Source Review Preconstruction Permitting Program (pdf) (2.09 MB) Administrator

Pruitt, Scott

03/20/2010

Step 1 of PSD Applicability Determination Process, Emission Calculation Clarification (pdf) (526.73 KB, March 30, 2010)

Region 2 Finazzo, Barbara
06/01/1978

Interpretation of PSD Regulations as they Apply to CIBRO, Albany, New York (pdf) (23.93 KB)

SSCD Reich, Edward
07/28/1983

PSD Applicability Pulp and Paper Mill (pdf) (20.66 KB)

SSCD Reich, Edward
03/25/2013

Columbian Chemicals' Heat Exchanger Project (pdf) (18.67 KB)

Region 7 Smith, Mark A.
07/25/2001 Motiva Enterprises, LLC Low Sulfur Gasoline (LSG) Project - Related Emission Increase Methodology (pdf) (16.38 KB) Region 6 Weber, Rebecca
06/08/1990 EPA's Conclusion that WEPCO's Proposed Renovations to its Port Washington Power Plant Would be Subject to NSPS and PSD Requirements (pdf) (67.53 KB) OAR Rosenberg, William
09/22/1998 Region VIII's Interpretation of the Applicability of the 1992 WEPCO Rule to Electric Utilities that Upgrade and/or Replace Turbines (pdf) (32.6 KB) Region 8 Long, Richard
12/17/2015 Columbian Chemicals Proposed Boiler Project (pdf) (45.69 KB, Dec. 17, 2015) Region 7 Smith, Mark A.
04/07/1983 PSD Applicability Determination - Southwestern Public Service Company (pdf) (70.01 KB) SSCD Reich, Edward
03/02/2000 Establishing Emissions Representative of Normal Source Operation for Furnace E, Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia (pdf) (29.2 KB) Region 4 Neeley, R. Douglas
12/11/1978 Baseline Value for PSD Increment Consumption (pdf) (22.33 KB) SSCD Reich, Edward
10/17/1977 NSR Modeling Emission Baselines (pdf) (14.62 KB) SSCD Reich, Edward
07/09/1976 Clarification of Current Air Program Issues (pdf) (21.17 KB) OAQPS Rhoads, Richard
04/20/2010 Northampton Generating Company PSD/NSR Analysis (pdf) (309.05 KB) Region 3 McNally, Diane
08/27/2015 EPA Region 5 Comments on Archer Daniel Midland Decatur Plant Expansion (pdf) (100.36 KB, Aug. 27, 2015) Region 5 Damico, Genevieve
03/18/2010 Response to Georgia-Pacific Use of Demand Growth Exclusion from Projected Actual Emissions (pdf) (1.12 MB) Region 4 Worley, Gregg
08/08/2001 Response to Questions Regarding PPG Industries (pdf) (36.39 KB) Region 4 Neeley, R. Douglas
12/07/2017 New Source Review Preconstruction Permitting Requirements: Enforceability and Use of the Actual-to-Projected-Actual Applicability Test in Determining Major Modification Applicability (pdf) (608.92 KB, Dec. 7, 2017) Administrator Pruitt, Scott
07/11/2002 Representative Source Operations Over Last Two Years (pdf) (81.72 KB) Region 2 Riva, Steven
08/26/1981 Response to a Letter Requesting the Applicability of PSD and/or NSPS to Certain Changes Proposed for a Petroleum Storage Facility (pdf) (45.07 KB) SSCD Reich, Edward
01/02/1990 Effect of Changing Stack Heights on PSD Modeling and Monitoring (pdf) (16 KB) OAQPS Calcagni, John
06/24/1981 Determination of the Applicability of NSPS and PSD to Stationary Gas Turbines Converting From Middle Distillates to Natural Gas (pdf) (37.8 KB) SSCD Reich, Edward
04/11/1980 Exemptions from PSD Permit Requirements for Coal Conversions Resulting from DOE Prohibition Orders (pdf) (15.76 KB) SSCD Reich, Edward
06/05/2001 Clarification of Guidance for Calculating Actual or Potential Emissions (pdf) (19.46 KB) OAQPS Seitz, John
08/29/2013 J.R. Simplot Company's Don Siding Plant and Issues Related to Aggregation, Debottlenecking and Projected Actual Emissions (pdf) (980.93 KB) Region 10 Helms, Nancy

Related Topics: Project Aggregation | Debottlenecked Sources

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The “Relevant Guidance” index includes a collection of documents issued by EPA organized by topic area. These documents include memoranda, letters, orders, and other types of EPA actions that may provide guidance in one or more forms, such as an adjudication, statement of policy, interpretation of statutes or regulations, or technical information. Each collection is intended to be representative of EPA statements on the topic, but it may not be a complete listing of such statements. The collection does not reflect topic-specific statements that have been expressed by EPA though published rule preambles and Title V petition orders, nor does it include EAB decisions. Each document in the collection speaks for itself, and the inclusion or exclusion of a document in the collection is not intended by EPA to communicate anything more than what is expressed within each document. EPA makes no independent representations on this website as to the extent to which any document in the collection reflects EPA’s current views on the topic, is a final action by EPA, or has any legal effect or precedential weight. Readers are advised to review the documents in the collection and conduct their own assessment of such considerations based on the content of each document and other documents in the collection. Some of the information or views included in the documents may be affected by subsequent changes to the referenced statutory or regulatory language or by court decisions. In addition, many of the statements in these documents are based upon the federal regulations which may differ from rules that govern federally-approved programs. Permitting authorities are advised to consult with their EPA Regional Offices if there is a question as to the relevance of a particular statement to their NSR program.

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