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Air Pollution Compliance and PermitsAdmiral Environmental is an expert in air compliance. Here are some of the services we can provide for your facility.
Air Permitting for Additions or Modifications Click to Show If you have upcoming process changes or additions, remember that a Construction Air Permit from the Illinois EPA is often required. The following are examples of changes that may affect your Illinois EPA air permit:
As the economy improves, facilities may have plans for changes or additions. In some cases, it is crucial that a Construction Permit be obtained ahead of the changes. This is to lock in potential emission factors. Without this, the EPA must use maximum emission quantities which can then cause other regulations to kick in. This could cause severe compliance problems for your facility. The Illinois EPA has been vigorously enforcing these rules, and following up with steep fines.
Reporting Click to Show Annual Emission Report May 1, 2010 is the deadline for submittal of the Illinois EPA’s 2009 Annual Emission Report. This is required of all Illinois facilities that have, or should have, an Illinois EPA air permit. CAAPP Annual Compliance Certification If you have a Title V (CAAPP) air permit, May 1 is also the deadline for the Annual Compliance Certification (401-CAAPP Form). The Annual Compliance Certification has significant importance in that the facility's compliance status is to be documented in detail for the previous year. ERMS Seasonal Emission Report The ERMS (Emission Reduction Market System) season ends September 30 and now it's time for participating sources to tally up the VOM emissions and report them to the Illinois EPA. Certain facilities located in the Chicago area are required to annually report Volatile Organic Material (VOM) emissions for the ERMS season (May 1 through September 30). This covers ERMS participating sources and exempt sources that have accepted a seasonal VOM limit of 15 tons. If you are required to file, this would be spelled out in the CAAPP air permit from the Illinois EPA. Steve Anderson of our office is certified by the Illinois EPA as an ERMS Account Officer. If you need to buy or sell ATU credits, we can take care of this for you. MACT NESHAP Standards Click to Show The MACT NESHAP standards regulate the emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs). U.S. EPA has announced that MACT NESHAP compliance is a top priority for enforcement in its National Enforcement Initiatives. Until recently, most NESHAP rules covered only Major Sources of HAP emissions. However, the U.S. EPA is increasingly targeting small Area Sources of HAPs for regulation with new NESHAP rules. More than 130 source categories are covered by existing NESHAP rules. The entire list of regulated source categories can be found here. Of those source categories, 70 are for Area Sources. The Area Source NESHAP categories can be found here. Many of these Area Source NESHAPs are new, and more rules are being proposed by the U.S. EPA. Admiral Environmental can evaluate your operations for NESHAP applicability and determine your compliance and reporting requirements. Recent Changes to Illinois EPA VOM Regulations
Click to Show The Illinois EPA is finalizing extensive revisions to the VOM regulations for the Chicago ozone nonattainment area. These regulations are found in 35 IAC, Part 218.
The revised regulations will affect many industrial source categories, including: Facilities in these source categories may be subject to lower VOM limitations, new reporting requirements, and potentially new air pollution control requirements. The upcoming compliance deadlines are in 2010 or 2011, depending on the applicable regulatory section. Admiral Environmental can evaluate your operations and determine your compliance and reporting requirements. |
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