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FOUR SECTIONS OF AIR QUALITY PERMITTING
• Bureau of Air Permits (BAP)– Operating Permit Section (OPS)– Preconstruction Permit Section (PPS)
• Bureau of Technical Services (BTS)– Risk Assessment Section (RAS)– Emission Measurement Section (EMS)
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FEDERAL RULES AND GUIDANCE
• New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)• 91 Source Categories
• National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP aka MACT)• 120 Source Categories
• Control Technique Guidelines • 17 as of March 2009
• Every Month EPA promulgates additional standards so these numbers will increase
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ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING PERMIT STAKEHOLDER PROCESS
• Permit Format• Streamlining of Compliance Plans • Level of Monitoring • Level of Monitoring & Enforcement History • Permit application supplemental information• Redefining insignificant sources in NJ Title V program
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ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING STAKEHOLDER PROCESS
• On-site pre/post application meetings• Developing General Operating Permits• Shortening Permit Processing Time • Classifying More Changes as Minor Modifications • Like-kind Replacement of Equipment• Minimizing Permit appeals• Air Toxics• Cost Benefit Analysis
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BAP TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS (COMPLETED)
• Streamlining of Compliance Plans – on going• Templates for Federal Rules
• Other Templates
• Better Permits
• Accurate
• Complete
• User-friendly
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BAP TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS (COMPLETED)
• General Permits (GPs & GOPs)
• Combined Heat & Power (Engines & Turbines) –
• Pre-application Meetings
• On-site if necessary
• Completeness Checklists developed and available on Permitting web page www.state.nj.us/dep/aqpp
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BAP TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS (COMPLETED)• General Guidance
• Construction, Repair & Maintenance• Temporary Equipment @ Major Facilities• Greenhouse Gases• PM-2.5
• Permit Review Procedures• PSD Delegation• Hearing Requests
• Posted on web page http://www.state.nj.us/dep/aqpp/permitguide.html
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BAP TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS (COMPLETED)
• Engaging Overburdened Communities
• Enhanced Notification Procedure• EJ Communities
• Facilities of Interest
• Promote Engagement with Community• Sharing of Applications and Draft Permits
• Conduct Informational Meeting with Community
• Additional Air Quality Modeling to assure no adverse air impacts
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BAP TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS (COMPLETED)• Imaging of Paper Permits into PDF Documents
• Project using State Funds and EPA grant money scan permits issued on paper prior to 1998
• Immediate goal is to make these permits available to DEP staff on NJEMS system
• Eventually these permits will be available on Web
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BAP TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS (IN PROGRESS)• Netting Analysis Tool for Subchapter 18 (emission
offset rule) permits• Standardized calculation tool for Netting Analysis
• Removes calculation burden/errors
• Common format for NJDEP staff and facilities
• Facilitates on-site maintenance of netting analysis
• Better enforceability
• Pilot Testing with 8 facilities currently underway
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BAP TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS (IN PROGRESS)• General Permits (GP) and General Operating Permits
(GOP)• New GOP for Emergency Generators
• Updated GP for Boilers 10-50 MMBtu/hr
• Updated GP for Gasoline Dispensing
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BAP TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS (IN PROGRESS)
• Developing module for the Department's e-Government portal to allow electronic submittal of all air permit applications• Case-by-case permits (major & minor) and annual emission
statements currently prepared electronically but must be mailed to department
• General Permits are already submitted via this portal
• Internal Testing is complete
• Pilot Testing with facilities set to begin this Fall
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BAP TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS (IN PROGRESS)
• Track Permit Changes Utility• Requested by permit applicants in both 2011 NJDEP
Transformation Initiative and 2012 Enforcement and Permitting joint stakeholder session
• Shows any changes in facility’s compliance plan
• Automate the comparison between approved and draft permits
• Generate a list of changes that shows the differences
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BAP TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS (IN PROGRESS)
• Track Permit Changes Utility• Beta Testing (Completed)
• Install on AQPP Staff PCs (Completed)
• Develop Instruction Manual (Completed)
• Staff Training (September 27, 2012)
• Roll Out to Facilities (October 2012)
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EMS TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS (COMPLETED)• Development of Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT) using
EPA Grant• Standardize protocols and report submittals
• Anticipate reductions in review/approval times
• Automate calculations for standard methods
• Dovetails into EPA initiatives for mandatory electronic reporting of results
• Second Training Session and Webinar held October 1, 2012
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