Section 326 IAC 2-3-2 - ApplicabilityAuthority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3
Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17
Sec. 2.
(a) This rule applies to new major stationary sources or major modifications constructed in an area designated, as of the date of submittal of a complete application, as nonattainment in 326 IAC 1-4, for a pollutant for which the stationary source or modification is major.(b) This rule applies to modifications of major stationary sources of VOC or nitrogen oxides (unless a NOX waiver is in effect) in serious and severe ozone nonattainment areas as follows: (1) A modification of a major stationary source with a de minimis increase in emissions shall be exempt from section 3 of this rule.(2) A modification having an increase in emissions that is not de minimis to an existing major stationary source that does not have the potential to emit one hundred (100) tons or more of VOC or nitrogen oxides (unless a NOX waiver is in effect) per year will not be subject to section 3(a) of this rule if the owner or operator of the source elects to internal offset the increase by a ratio of one and three-tenths (1.3) to one (1). If the owner or operator does not make the election or is unable to, section 3(a) of this rule applies, except that BACT shall be substituted for LAER required by section 3(a)(2) of this rule.(3) A modification having an increase in emissions that is not de minimis to an existing major stationary source emitting or having the potential to emit one hundred (100) tons of VOC or nitrogen oxides (unless a NOX waiver is in effect) or more per year will be subject to the requirements of section 3(a) of this rule, except that the owner or operator may elect to internal offset the increase at a ratio of one and three-tenths (1.3) to one (1) as a substitute for LAER required by section 3(a)(2) of this rule.(c) The requirements of this rule will be applied in accordance with the following:(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (k) and consistent with the definition of major modification in section 1(y) of this rule, a project is a major modification for a regulated NSR pollutant if it causes a significant emissions increase and a significant net emissions increase except for VOC emissions in a severe or serious nonattainment area for ozone. The project is not a major modification if it does not cause a significant emissions increase. If the project causes a significant emissions increase, then the project is a major modification only if it also results in a significant net emissions increase.(2) Prior to beginning actual construction, the procedure for calculating whether a significant emissions increase will occur depends upon the type of emissions units being modified, in accordance with this subsection, except for VOC emissions in a severe or serious nonattainment area for ozone. The procedure for calculating, before beginning actual construction, whether a significant net emissions increase will occur at the major stationary source is contained in section 1(cc) of this rule. Regardless of any preconstruction projections, a major modification results if the project causes a significant emissions increase and a significant net emissions increase.(3) For an actual-to-projected-actual applicability test for projects that only involve existing emissions units, a significant emissions increase of a regulated NSR pollutant is projected to occur if the sum of the difference between the projected actual emissions and the baseline actual emissions for each existing emissions unit equals or exceeds the significant amount for that pollutant.(4) For an actual-to-potential applicability test for projects that only involve construction of new emissions units, a significant emissions increase of a regulated NSR pollutant is projected to occur if the sum of the difference between the potential to emit from each new emissions unit following completion of the project and the baseline actual emissions of these units before the project equals or exceeds the significant amount for that pollutant.(5) For projects that involve a combination of emission units using the tests in subdivisions (3) and (4), a significant emissions increase of a regulated NSR pollutant is projected to occur if the sum of the emissions increases for each emissions unit, using the method specified in subdivisions (3) and (4), as applicable, with respect to each emissions unit, for each type of emissions unit equals or exceeds the significant amount for that pollutant.(d) At the time that a particular source or modification becomes a major stationary source or major modification solely by virtue of a relaxation in any enforceable limitation that was established after August 7, 1980, on the capacity of the source or modification otherwise to emit a pollutant, such as a restriction on hours of operation, then this rule applies to the source or modification as though construction had not yet commenced on the source or modification.(e) In the case of an area that has been redesignated nonattainment, any source that would not have been required to submit a permit application under 326 IAC 2-2 concerning the prevention of significant deterioration will not be subject to this rule if construction commences within eighteen (18) months of the area's redesignation.(f) Major stationary sources or major modifications that would locate in any area designated as attainment or unclassifiable in the state and would exceed the following significant impact levels at any locality, for any pollutant that is designated as nonattainment, must meet the requirements specified in section 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(3) of this rule. All values are expressed in micrograms per cubic meter (ìg/m3): | Pollutant | Annual | 24-hour | 8-hour | 3-hour | 1-hour |
| Sulfur dioxide | 1 | 5 | X | 25 | X |
| PM10 | 1 | 5 | X | X | X |
| PM2.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | X | X | X |
| Nitrous oxides | 1 | X | X | X | X |
| Carbon monoxide | X | X | 500 | X | 2,000 |
(g) This rule does not apply to a source or modification, other than a source of VOC or nitrogen oxides (unless a NOX waiver is in effect) in a serious or severe ozone nonattainment area or a source of PM10 in a serious PM10 area, that would be a major stationary source or major modification only if fugitive emissions, to the extent quantifiable, are considered in calculating the potential to emit of the stationary source or modification and the source does not belong to any of the following categories:(1) Coal cleaning plants (with thermal driers).(3) Portland cement plants.(4) Primary zinc smelters.(5) Iron and steel mill plants.(6) Primary aluminum ore reduction plants.(7) Primary copper smelters.(8) Municipal incinerators capable of charging more than two hundred fifty (250) tons of refuse per day.(9) Hydrofluoric, sulfuric, and nitric acid plants.(10) Petroleum refineries.(12) Phosphate rock processing plants.(13) Coke oven batteries.(14) Sulfur recovery plants.(15) Carbon black plants (furnace process).(16) Primary lead smelters.(17) Fuel conversion plants.(19) Secondary metal production plants.(20) Chemical process plants, excluding ethanol production facilities that produce ethanol by natural fermentation included in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 325193 for Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing or 312140 for Distilleries, as revised in 2007*.(21) Fossil-fuel boilers (or combinations thereof) totaling more than two hundred fifty million (250,000,000) British thermal units per hour heat input.(22) Petroleum storage and transfer unit with a storage capacity exceeding three hundred thousand (300,000) barrels.(23) Taconite ore processing plants.(24) Glass fiber processing plants.(25) Charcoal production plants.(26) Fossil fuel-fired steam electric plants of more than two hundred fifty million (250,000,000) British thermal units per hour heat input.(27) Any other stationary source category that, as of August 7, 1980, is being regulated under Section 111 or 112 of the CAA. (h) For purposes of this rule, secondary emissions from a source need not be considered in determining whether the source would qualify as a major source. If a source is subject to this rule on the basis of the direct emissions from the source, the applicable conditions must also be met for secondary emissions. The secondary emissions may be exempt from the requirements specified in section 3(a)(2) through 3(a)(3) of this rule.(i) HAPs listed in and regulated by 326 IAC 14-1 are not exempt from this rule.(j) The installation, operation, cessation, or removal of temporary clean coal technology demonstration projects funded under the Department of Energy-Clean Coal Technology Appropriations may be exempt from the requirements of section 3 of this rule. To qualify for this exemption, the project must:(1) be at an existing facility;(2) operate for not more than five (5) years; and(3) comply with all other applicable rules for the area.(k) For any major stationary source operating under a PAL for a regulated NSR pollutant, the major stationary source shall comply with requirements under 326 IAC 2-3.4.(l) The following specific provisions apply with respect to any regulated NSR pollutant emitted from projects at existing emissions units at a major stationary source, other than projects at a source with a PAL, in circumstances where there is a reasonable possibility, within the meaning of this subsection, that a project that is not a part of a major modification may result in a significant emissions increase of a regulated NSR pollutant, and the owner or operator elects to use the method specified in section 1(kk)(2)(A) of this rule for calculating projected actual emissions: (1) Before beginning actual construction of the project, the owner or operator shall document and maintain a record of the following information: (A) A description of the project.(B) Identification of the emissions units whose emissions of a regulated NSR pollutant could be affected by the project.(C) A description of the applicability test used to determine that the project is not a major modification for any regulated NSR pollutant, including the following:(i) The baseline actual emissions.(ii) The projected actual emissions.(iii) The amount of emissions excluded under section 1(kk)(2)(A)(iii) of this rule and an explanation for why the amount was excluded.(iv) Any netting calculations, if applicable.(2) If the emissions unit is an existing electric utility steam generating unit, before beginning actual construction, the owner or operator shall provide a copy of the information set out in subdivision (1) to the department. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to require the owner or operator of the unit to obtain any determination from the department before beginning actual construction.(3) The owner or operator shall: (A) monitor the emissions of any regulated NSR pollutant that could increase as a result of the project and that is emitted by any emissions units identified in subdivision (1)(B); and(B) calculate and maintain a record of the annual emissions, in tons per year on a calendar year basis, for a period of five (5) years following resumption of regular operations after the change, or for a period of ten (10) years following resumption of regular operations after the change if the project increases the design capacity or potential to emit of that regulated NSR pollutant at the emissions unit.(4) If the unit is an existing electric utility steam generating unit, the owner or operator shall submit a report to the department within sixty (60) days after the end of each year during which records must be generated under subdivision (3) setting out the unit's annual emissions during the year that preceded submission of the report.(5) If the unit is an existing unit other than an electric utility steam generating unit, the owner or operator shall submit a report to the department if the annual emissions, in tons per year, from the project identified in subdivision (1), exceed the baseline actual emissions, as documented and maintained under subdivision (1)(C), by a significant amount for that regulated NSR pollutant, and if the emissions differ from the preconstruction projection as documented and maintained under subdivision (1)(C). The report shall be submitted to the department within sixty (60) days after the end of the year. The report shall contain the following:(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the major stationary source.(B) The annual emissions as calculated under subdivision (3).(C) The emissions calculated under the actual to projected actual test stated in subsection (c)(3).(D) Any other information that the owner or operator wishes to include in the report.(6) A reasonable possibility under this subsection occurs when the owner or operator calculates the project to result in either: (A) a projected actual emissions increase of at least fifty percent (50%) of the amount that is a significant emissions increase, as defined in section 1(qq) of this rule, without reference to the amount that is a significant net emissions increase, for the regulated NSR pollutant; or(B) a projected actual emissions increase that, added to the amount of emissions excluded under section 1(kk)(2)(A)(iii), sums to at least fifty percent (50%) of the amount that is a significant emissions increase, as defined in section 1(qq) of this rule, without reference to the amount that is a significant net emissions increase, for the regulated NSR pollutant. For a project for which a reasonable possibility occurs only within the meaning of this clause, and not also within the meaning of clause (A), then subdivisions (2) through (5) do not apply to the project.(7) The owner or operator of the source shall make the information required to be documented and maintained under subdivisions (1) through (5) available for review upon a request for inspection by the department. The general public may request this information from the department under 326 IAC 17.1. *These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained through the U.S. Census Bureau website at: www.census.gov/eos/www/naics or are available for review and copying at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana Government Center North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.
Air Pollution Control Division; 326 IAC 2-3-2; filed Mar 10, 1988, 1:20 p.m.: 11 IR 2404; filed Nov 12, 1993, 4:00 p.m.: 17 IR 728; filed Aug 17, 2001, 3:45 p.m.: 25 IR 11; filed Aug 10, 2004, 3:35 p.m.: 27 IR 3929; filed Oct 1, 2010, 3:48 p.m.: 20101027-IR- 326070372FRA; filed Jul 21, 2011, 10:45 a.m.: 20110817-IR-326110099FRA; filed Jun 11, 2012, 3:15 p.m.: 20120711-IR-326110251FRA