The following emission units are considered insignificant activities and are exempt from inclusion in a Part 70 operating permit unless the source has requested federally-enforceable permit conditions related to the insignificant activity to avoid needing a PSD preconstruction permit or NSR preconstruction permit or the emission unit is applicable to a standard in chapter 74:36:07 or 74:36:08:
(1) One or more incinerators of less than 100 pounds per hour combined burning capacity that combust municipal or household waste;(2) A mobile internal combustion engine, including engines in autos, trucks, tractors, airplanes, locomotives, and boats;(3) Laboratory equipment used exclusively for chemical or physical analysis;(4) A unit that has a heat input capability of not more than 3,500,000 Btus per hour, except for units fueled with wood or coal;(5) An air conditioning or ventilating system not designed to remove air pollutants from equipment;(6) Routine housekeeping or plant upkeep activities such as painting buildings, retarring roofs, or paving parking lots;(7) A unit that has the potential to emit two tons or less per year of any criteria pollutant before the application of control equipment. However, the criteria pollutant emissions from the unit must be included in determining whether the source is a major source; and(8) A unit that has the potential to emit two tons or less per year of any hazardous air pollutant. However, the hazardous air pollutant emissions from the unit must be included in determining whether the source is a major source. However, insignificant activities exempted because of size or production rate must be identified in the Part 70 operating permit application. An application may not omit information needed to determine the applicability of or to impose an applicable requirement.
S.D. Admin. R. 74:36:05:04.01
21 SDR 119, effective 1/5/1995; 25 SDR 123, effective 4/4/1999; 31 SDR 101, effective 1/2/2005; 36 SDR 207, effective 6/28/2010; 42 SDR 52, effective 10/13/2015General Authority: SDCL 34A-1-6, 34A-1-21.
Law Implemented: SDCL 34A-1-12, 34A-1-21.