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Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTAIR DIVISION - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM
Chapter 335-3-15 - SYNTHETIC MINOR OPERATING PERMITS
Section 335-3-15-.01 - Definitions

Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-3-15-.01

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Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 12, September 30, 2024
Section 335-3-15-.01 - Definitions

For the purposes of this Chapter only, the following words and phrases, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the content, shall have the following meanings.

(a) "Act" shall mean the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
(b) "Air Permit" shall mean any permit issued pursuant to the regulations in Chapter 335-3-14.
(c) "Department" shall mean the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
(d) "Operating Permit" shall mean any permit issued pursuant to the regulations in Chapter 335-3-16.
(e) "Potential Major Source" shall mean any major source as defined in Chapter 335-3-16 whose actual emissions are less than the major source thresholds.
(f) "Stationary Source" shall mean any building, structure, facility, or installation that emits or may emit any regulated air pollutant as defined in Chapter 335-3-16 or any pollutant listed in Appendix G of this Administrative Code.
(g) "Synthetic Minor Operating Permit" shall mean a permit which restricts a source's potential to emit so that it is a Synthetic Minor Source. Also, those sources whose actual emissions are less than or equal to 50 percent of any applicable major source thresholds and that also comply with the requirements of Rule 335-3-15-.02(10) shall be considered as holding a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit for purposes of complying with Rule 335-3-16-.02(1) until the Department amends this Rule in the future in accordance with the adoption of a Rule by the Environmental Protection Agency that codifies a position regarding the subject of this sentence in some form.
(h) "Synthetic Minor Source" shall mean a source whose potential to emit is restricted to less than a major source threshold as defined in Chapter 335-3-16.

Author: Richard E. Grusnick

Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-3-15-.01

New Rule: Filed November 23, 1993; effective December 28, 1993. Amended: October 17, 1996; effective November 21, 1996. Amended: December 12, 1996; effective January 16, 1997.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-22A-4, 22-22A-5, 22-22A-6, and 22-22A-8.