Arkansas SIP: Reg 19, Chap 3: SIP effective 2000-11-15 (ARd02) to 2007-05-13

AR Reg 19: SIP effective 2000-11-15 (ARd02) to 2007-05-13

CHAPTER  3:  PROTECTION OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
As adopted by the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission on January 22, 1999, effective February 15, 1999

(Approved by EPA October 16, 2000 (65 FR 61103) effective November 15, 2000)

Outline Chapter 3:
Section 19.301  Purpose
Section 19.302  Department Responsibilities
Section 19.303  Regulated Sources Responsibilities
Section 19.304  Delegated Federal Programs


Section 19.301  Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to state the responsibilities of the Department and regulated sources in meeting and maintaining the NAAQS contained in 40 CFR Part 50.  If any area of the state is determined to be in violation of the NAAQS, all applicable requirements contained in the Clean Air Act, as amended, and all regulations promulgated thereto shall be met by the Department.


Section 19.302  Department Responsibilities

The Department shall be responsible for taking the following precautions to prevent the NAAQS from being exceeded:

(A)  Ambient air monitoring in any area that can reasonably be expected to be in excess of the NAAQS.

(B)  Computer modeling of regulated air pollutant emissions for any area that can reasonably be expected to be in excess of the NAAQS, and review of the ambient air impacts of any new or modified source of federally regulated air emission that is the subject of the requirements of this Plan.  All computer modeling shall be performed using EPA-approved models, and using averaging times commensurate with averaging times stated in the NAAQS.


Section 19.303  Regulated Sources Responsibilities

Any source subject to the provisions of this Plan shall be responsible for taking the following precautions to prevent the NAAQS from being exceeded:

(A)  When required by law or this regulation, obtaining a permit from the Department prior to construction of a new source of federally regulated air pollutant emissions or prior to the modification of an existing source of air emissions.

(B)  Operating equipment in such a manner as to meet any applicable permit requirement or any applicable regulations.

(C)  Repairing malfunctioning equipment and pollution control equipment as quickly as possible.  If the malfunctioning equipment is causing, or contributing to, a violation of the NAAQS, as determined by computer modeling, the source is responsible for ceasing operations of the affected equipment until such time that it is repaired.


Section 19.304  Delegated Federal Programs

Sources subject to this regulation shall also comply with all Federal programs that the Department is responsible for administering including certain delegated subparts of the New Source Performance Standards (40 C.F.R. Part 60), provisions designed for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (40 C.F.R. § 52.21), and certain delegated subparts of the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (40 C.F.R. Parts 61 and 63), which were promulgated as of September 25, 1998.  These delegated subparts only apply to major sources.  (There are subparts that apply to minor sources, but the Department has not requested delegation of them as of September 25, 1998)