OAR 340-216-0060: General Air Contaminant Discharge Permits

(1) Applicability. (a) DEQ may issue a General ACDP under the following circumstances: (A) There are multiple sources that involve the same or substantially similar types of operations; (B) All requirements applicable to the covered operations can be contained in a General ACDP; (C) The emission limitations, monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting and other enforceable conditions are the same for all operations covered by the General ACDP; and (D) The regulated pollutants emitted are of the same type for all covered operations. (E) DEQ may determine that a source is ineligible for a General ACDP based upon the considerations in OAR 340-216-0025(7). (b) Permit content. Each General ACDP must include the following: (A) All relevant requirements for the operations covered by the General ACDP, excluding any federal requirements not adopted by the EQC; (B) PSELs set at the potential to emit for the largest emitting source in the source category in the state for all regulated pollutants emitted at more than the de minimis emission level according to OAR chapter 340, division 222; (C) Testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements necessary to ensure compliance with the PSEL and other applicable emissions limits and standards; and (D) A permit expiration date not to exceed 10 years from the date of issuance. (c) Permit issuance public notice procedures: A new General ACDP requires public notice as a Category III permit action according to OAR chapter 340, division 209. A reissued General ACDP or a modification to a General ACDP requires public notice as a Category II permit action according to OAR chapter 340, division 209. (d) DEQ will retain all General ACDPs on file and make them available for public review at DEQ's headquarters. (2) Petition for General ACDP Categories. Any person may file a petition with DEQ to add a category for a General ACDP. DEQ may use its discretion to determine whether to issue any such new General ACDP. The petition must include at least the following information: (a) Justification for why a new General ACDP category should be developed; (b) The approximate number of businesses that would be eligible for the General ACDP; (c) Criteria for qualification to the General ACDP; and (d) A list of the requirements applicable to the activities or sources that would be eligible for the new General ACDP. (3) Source assignment: (a) Application requirements. Any person requesting that a source be assigned to a General ACDP must submit a written application according to OAR 340-216-0040 that includes the information in 340-216-0040(1), specifies the General ACDP source category, and shows that the source qualifies for the General ACDP. (b) Fees. Applicants must pay the fees in OAR 340-216-8020. The fee class for each General ACDP is Fee Class One unless otherwise specified as follows: (A) Hard chrome platers — Fee Class Three; (B) Decorative chrome platers — Fee Class Two; (C) Halogenated solvent degreasers — batch cold, batch vapor, and in-line — Fee Class Two; (D) Perchloroethylene dry cleaners — Fee Class Six; (E) Asphalt plants — Fee Class Three; (F) Rock crushers — Fee Class Two; (G) Ready-mix concrete — Fee Class One; (H) Sawmills, planing mills, millwork, plywood manufacturing and veneer drying — Fee Class Three; (I) Boilers — Fee Class Two; (J) Crematories — Fee Class One; (K) Grain elevators — Fee Class One; (L) Prepared feeds, flour, and cereal — Fee Class One; (M) Seed cleaning — Fee Class One; (N) Coffee roasters — Fee Class One; (O) Bulk gasoline plants — Fee Class One; (P) Electric power generators — Fee Class Two; (Q) Clay ceramics — Fee Class One; (R) Hospital sterilizers — Fee Class Four; (S) Gasoline dispensing facilities — Fee Class Four; (T) Wood preserving — Fee Class Four; (U) Metal fabrication and finishing — with two or more of the following operations — Fee Class Two; (i) Dry abrasive blasting performed in a vented enclosure or of objects greater than 8 feet (2.4 meters) in any one dimension that uses materials that contain MFHAP or has the potential to emit MFHAP; (ii) Spray-applied painting operation using MFHAP containing paints; (iii) Welding operation that uses materials that contain MFHAP or has the potential to emit MFHAP and uses 2,000 pounds or more per year of MFHAP containing welding wire and rod (calculated on a rolling 12-month basis); (V) Metal fabrication and finishing — with only one of the operations listed in subparagraphs (2)(b)(W)(i) through (iii) — Fee Class One; (W) Metal fabrication and finishing — with none of the operations listed in subparagraphs (2)(b)(W)(i) through (iii) — Fee Class Four; (X) Plating and polishing — Fee Class One; (Y) Surface coating operations — Fee Class One; (Z) Paints and allied products manufacturing — Fee Class Two; and (AA) Emergency generators and firewater pumps, if a permit is required – Fee Class Two. (c) Source assignment procedures: (A) Assignment of a source to a General ACDP is a Category I permit action and is subject to the Category I public notice requirements according to OAR chapter 340, division 209. (B) A person is not a permittee under the General ACDP until DEQ assigns the General ACDP to the person. (C) Assignments to General ACDPs and attachments terminate when the General ACDP or attachment expires or is modified, terminated or revoked. (D) Once a source has been assigned to a General ACDP, if the assigned General ACDP does not cover all applicable requirements, excluding any federal requirements not adopted by the EQC, the other applicable requirements must be covered by assignment to one or more General ACDP Attachments according to OAR 340-216-0062, otherwise the owner or operator of the source must obtain a Simple or Standard ACDP. (E) An owner or operator of a source requesting to be assigned to a General ACDP Attachment, according to OAR 340-216-0062, for a source category in a higher annual fee class than the General ACDP to which the source is currently assigned, must be reassigned to the General ACDP for the source category in the higher annual fee class. (4) DEQ Initiated Modification. If DEQ determines that the conditions have changed such that a General ACDP for a category needs to be modified, DEQ may issue a modified General ACDP for that category and assign all existing General ACDP permit holders to the modified General ACDP. (5) Rescission. DEQ may rescind a permittee’s assignment to a General ACDP if the permittee’s source no longer meets the requirements or qualification conditions of the permit. In such case, the permittee must submit an application within 60 days for a Simple or Standard ACDP upon notification by DEQ of DEQ’s intent to rescind the General ACDP. Upon issuance of the Simple or Standard ACDP, or if the permittee fails to submit an application for a Simple or Standard ACDP, DEQ will rescind the permittee’s assignment to the General ACDP. [NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan as adopted by the EQC under OAR 340-200-0040.] [NOTE: All tables are found in OAR 340-216-8010, -8020, -8030.]