Plan Approval and Operating Permit Exemptions [31 Pa.B. 4699] Under the authority contained in 25 Pa. Code § 127.14, the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) may determine sources or classes of sources which may be exempt from the plan approval and permitting requirements of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 127. In accordance with § 127.14(d), the listing of these determinations is being revised and a draft is now available. After a 30-day comment period, the listings will be revised, as appropriate, and published in final-form in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
The following changes are proposed to the listing as last published on April 29, 2000 (30 Pa.B. 2165).
1. A plan approval exemption has been added for portable, temporary generators used for 14 days or less at special events (such as county fairs, circuses and concerts).
2. A plan approval exemption has been added for one or more generators regardless of size, with combined NOx emissions less than 100 lbs/hr, 1,000 lbs/day, 2.75 tons per ozone season and 6.6 tons per year on a 12-month rolling basis for all exempt generators at the site.
3. A plan approval exemption has been revised to include storage vessels containing nonVOC, nonmalodorous or nonhazardous air pollutant materials.
A complete copy of the Plan Approval and Operating Permit Exemptions with draft revisions may be obtained by contacting Kimberly Maneval, Division of Permits, Bureau of Air Quality, 12th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468, (717) 787-4325. TDD users may telephone the Department through the AT&T Relay Service, (800) 654-5984. Internet users can access a copy of the exemption listing with draft revisions at http:\\www.dep.state.pa.us.
The Department requests written comments on the proposed revisions to the permit exemption listings. Interested persons may submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Douglas L. Lesher, Chief, New Source Review/Title V Section, Division of Permits, Bureau of Air Quality, 12th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, P. O. Box 8468, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8468, (717) 787-4325. Public comments must be submitted to the Department within 30 days of the date of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Comments received by facsimile will not be accepted.
DAVID E. HESS,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-1570. Filed for public inspection August 24, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
