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1     AN ACT concerning environmental protection.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 3.350, 25b-3, 25b-4, 39.5 and 42 as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 5/3.350)  (was 415 ILCS 5/3.58)
7     Sec. 3.350. Potential route. "Potential route" means
8 abandoned and improperly plugged wells of all kinds, drainage
9 wells, all injection wells, including closed loop heat pump
10 wells, and any excavation for the discovery, development or
11 production of stone, sand or gravel. This term does not
12 include: (i) closed loop heat pump wells using USP food grade
13 propylene glycol and (ii) if installed and used in accordance
14 with a corrective action plan or remedial action plan approved
15 by the Agency under this Act, injection wells used to mitigate
16 groundwater contamination.
17     A new potential route is:
18         (1) a potential route which is not in existence or for
19     which construction has not commenced at its location as of
20     January 1, 1988, or
21         (2) a potential route which expands laterally beyond
22     the currently permitted boundary or, if the potential route
23     is not permitted, the boundary in existence as of January
24     1, 1988.
25     Construction shall be deemed commenced when all necessary
26 federal, State and local approvals have been obtained, and work
27 at the site has been initiated and proceeds in a reasonably
28 continuous manner to completion.
29 (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)
 
30     (415 ILCS 5/25b-3)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025b-3)
31     Sec. 25b-3. In cooperation with the United States

 

 

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1 Environmental Protection Agency, the The Agency shall provide
2 establish and maintain in a computer data base an Illinois
3 Toxic Chemical Inventory. The Inventory shall be based on the
4 information submitted to the Agency on the toxic chemical
5 release forms filed pursuant to Section 313 of the federal
6 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act of 1986 this
7 Title and may include, to the extent practicable, any other
8 information on emissions, discharges, source reduction
9 activities, and recycling of toxic contaminants submitted to
10 the Agency pursuant to this Act. The Agency shall maintain the
11 data in the Inventory by individual facility and company name,
12 standard industrial classification, type of chemical, and
13 geographic location.
14 (Source: P.A. 87-1213.)
 
15     (415 ILCS 5/25b-4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025b-4)
16     Sec. 25b-4. On or before September 1 of each year January
17 1, 1989, and by each April 1 thereafter, the Agency shall
18 publish an annual toxic chemical report. Such report shall
19 summarize the information on releases of toxic chemicals into
20 the environment and the source reduction and recycling of toxic
21 chemicals contained in the toxic chemical release report forms
22 filed with the Agency pursuant to Section 313 of the federal
23 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act of 1986
24 25b-2 and any other information contained in the Illinois Toxic
25 Chemical Inventory. Such report, at a minimum, shall contain
26 information on the types and quantities of toxic chemicals
27 discharged, emitted or disposed into the environment in
28 Illinois, the types and quantities of toxic chemicals recycled
29 or reduced at the source in Illinois, and a summary of such
30 data by county or region and type of business. The Agency shall
31 send copies of such annual report to the chief executive
32 officer of each county in the State, to local public health
33 departments, and to members of the General Assembly.
34 (Source: P.A. 87-1213.)
 

 

 

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1     (415 ILCS 5/39.5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1039.5)
2     Sec. 39.5. Clean Air Act Permit Program.
3     1. Definitions.
4     For purposes of this Section:
5     "Administrative permit amendment" means a permit revision
6 subject to subsection 13 of this Section.
7     "Affected source for acid deposition" means a source that
8 includes one or more affected units under Title IV of the Clean
9 Air Act.
10     "Affected States" for purposes of formal distribution of a
11 draft CAAPP permit to other States for comments prior to
12 issuance, means all States:
13         (1) Whose air quality may be affected by the source
14     covered by the draft permit and that are contiguous to
15     Illinois; or
16         (2) That are within 50 miles of the source.
17     "Affected unit for acid deposition" shall have the meaning
18 given to the term "affected unit" in the regulations
19 promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act.
20     "Applicable Clean Air Act requirement" means all of the
21 following as they apply to emissions units in a source
22 (including regulations that have been promulgated or approved
23 by USEPA pursuant to the Clean Air Act which directly impose
24 requirements upon a source and other such federal requirements
25 which have been adopted by the Board. These may include
26 requirements and regulations which have future effective
27 compliance dates. Requirements and regulations will be exempt
28 if USEPA determines that such requirements need not be
29 contained in a Title V permit):
30         (1) Any standard or other requirement provided for in
31     the applicable state implementation plan approved or
32     promulgated by USEPA under Title I of the Clean Air Act
33     that implement the relevant requirements of the Clean Air
34     Act, including any revisions to the state Implementation
35     Plan promulgated in 40 CFR Part 52, Subparts A and O and
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1     subsection (1) of this definition, "any standard or other
2     requirement" shall mean only such standards or
3     requirements directly enforceable against an individual
4     source under the Clean Air Act.
5         (2)(i) Any term or condition of any preconstruction
6         permits issued pursuant to regulations approved or
7         promulgated by USEPA under Title I of the Clean Air
8         Act, including Part C or D of the Clean Air Act.
9             (ii) Any term or condition as required pursuant to
10         Section 39.5 of any federally enforceable State
11         operating permit issued pursuant to regulations
12         approved or promulgated by USEPA under Title I of the
13         Clean Air Act, including Part C or D of the Clean Air
14         Act.
15         (3) Any standard or other requirement under Section 111
16     of the Clean Air Act, including Section 111(d).
17         (4) Any standard or other requirement under Section 112
18     of the Clean Air Act, including any requirement concerning
19     accident prevention under Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean
20     Air Act.
21         (5) Any standard or other requirement of the acid rain
22     program under Title IV of the Clean Air Act or the
23     regulations promulgated thereunder.
24         (6) Any requirements established pursuant to Section
25     504(b) or Section 114(a)(3) of the Clean Air Act.
26         (7) Any standard or other requirement governing solid
27     waste incineration, under Section 129 of the Clean Air Act.
28         (8) Any standard or other requirement for consumer and
29     commercial products, under Section 183(e) of the Clean Air
30     Act.
31         (9) Any standard or other requirement for tank vessels,
32     under Section 183(f) of the Clean Air Act.
33         (10) Any standard or other requirement of the program
34     to control air pollution from Outer Continental Shelf
35     sources, under Section 328 of the Clean Air Act.
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1     regulations promulgated to protect stratospheric ozone
2     under Title VI of the Clean Air Act, unless USEPA has
3     determined that such requirements need not be contained in
4     a Title V permit.
5         (12) Any national ambient air quality standard or
6     increment or visibility requirement under Part C of Title I
7     of the Clean Air Act, but only as it would apply to
8     temporary sources permitted pursuant to Section 504(e) of
9     the Clean Air Act.
10     "Applicable requirement" means all applicable Clean Air
11 Act requirements and any other standard, limitation, or other
12 requirement contained in this Act or regulations promulgated
13 under this Act as applicable to sources of air contaminants
14 (including requirements that have future effective compliance
15 dates).
16     "CAAPP" means the Clean Air Act Permit Program, developed
17 pursuant to Title V of the Clean Air Act.
18     "CAAPP application" means an application for a CAAPP
19 permit.
20     "CAAPP Permit" or "permit" (unless the context suggests
21 otherwise) means any permit issued, renewed, amended, modified
22 or revised pursuant to Title V of the Clean Air Act.
23     "CAAPP source" means any source for which the owner or
24 operator is required to obtain a CAAPP permit pursuant to
25 subsection 2 of this Section.
26     "Clean Air Act" means the Clean Air Act, as now and
27 hereafter amended, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
28     "Designated representative" shall have the meaning given
29 to it in Section 402(26) of the Clean Air Act and the
30 regulations promulgated thereunder which states that the term
31 'designated representative' shall mean a responsible person or
32 official authorized by the owner or operator of a unit to
33 represent the owner or operator in all matters pertaining to
34 the holding, transfer, or disposition of allowances allocated
35 to a unit, and the submission of and compliance with permits,
36 permit applications, and compliance plans for the unit.

 

 

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1     "Draft CAAPP permit" means the version of a CAAPP permit
2 for which public notice and an opportunity for public comment
3 and hearing is offered by the Agency.
4     "Effective date of the CAAPP" means the date that USEPA
5 approves Illinois' CAAPP.
6     "Emission unit" means any part or activity of a stationary
7 source that emits or has the potential to emit any air
8 pollutant. This term is not meant to alter or affect the
9 definition of the term "unit" for purposes of Title IV of the
10 Clean Air Act.
11     "Federally enforceable" means enforceable by USEPA.
12     "Final permit action" means the Agency's granting with
13 conditions, refusal to grant, renewal of, or revision of a
14 CAAPP permit, the Agency's determination of incompleteness of a
15 submitted CAAPP application, or the Agency's failure to act on
16 an application for a permit, permit renewal, or permit revision
17 within the time specified in paragraph 5(j), subsection 13, or
18 subsection 14 of this Section.
19     "General permit" means a permit issued to cover numerous
20 similar sources in accordance with subsection 11 of this
21 Section.
22     "Major source" means a source for which emissions of one or
23 more air pollutants meet the criteria for major status pursuant
24 to paragraph 2(c) of this Section.
25     "Maximum achievable control technology" or "MACT" means
26 the maximum degree of reductions in emissions deemed achievable
27 under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act.
28     "Owner or operator" means any person who owns, leases,
29 operates, controls, or supervises a stationary source.
30     "Permit modification" means a revision to a CAAPP permit
31 that cannot be accomplished under the provisions for
32 administrative permit amendments under subsection 13 of this
33 Section.
34     "Permit revision" means a permit modification or
35 administrative permit amendment.
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1 program, established under Title IV of the Clean Air Act,
2 beginning January 1, 2000, and continuing thereafter.
3     "Phase II acid rain permit" means the portion of a CAAPP
4 permit issued, renewed, modified, or revised by the Agency
5 during Phase II for an affected source for acid deposition.
6     "Potential to emit" means the maximum capacity of a
7 stationary source to emit any air pollutant under its physical
8 and operational design. Any physical or operational limitation
9 on the capacity of a source to emit an air pollutant, including
10 air pollution control equipment and restrictions on hours of
11 operation or on the type or amount of material combusted,
12 stored, or processed, shall be treated as part of its design if
13 the limitation is enforceable by USEPA. This definition does
14 not alter or affect the use of this term for any other purposes
15 under the Clean Air Act, or the term "capacity factor" as used
16 in Title IV of the Clean Air Act or the regulations promulgated
17 thereunder.
18     "Preconstruction Permit" or "Construction Permit" means a
19 permit which is to be obtained prior to commencing or beginning
20 actual construction or modification of a source or emissions
21 unit.
22     "Proposed CAAPP permit" means the version of a CAAPP permit
23 that the Agency proposes to issue and forwards to USEPA for
24 review in compliance with applicable requirements of the Act
25 and regulations promulgated thereunder.
26     "Regulated air pollutant" means the following:
27         (1) Nitrogen oxides (NOx) or any volatile organic
28     compound.
29         (2) Any pollutant for which a national ambient air
30     quality standard has been promulgated.
31         (3) Any pollutant that is subject to any standard
32     promulgated under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.
33         (4) Any Class I or II substance subject to a standard
34     promulgated under or established by Title VI of the Clean
35     Air Act.
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1     under Section 112 or other requirements established under
2     Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, including Sections
3     112(g), (j) and (r).
4             (i) Any pollutant subject to requirements under
5         Section 112(j) of the Clean Air Act. Any pollutant
6         listed under Section 112(b) for which the subject
7         source would be major shall be considered to be
8         regulated 18 months after the date on which USEPA was
9         required to promulgate an applicable standard pursuant
10         to Section 112(e) of the Clean Air Act, if USEPA fails
11         to promulgate such standard.
12             (ii) Any pollutant for which the requirements of
13         Section 112(g)(2) of the Clean Air Act have been met,
14         but only with respect to the individual source subject
15         to Section 112(g)(2) requirement.
16     "Renewal" means the process by which a permit is reissued
17 at the end of its term.
18     "Responsible official" means one of the following:
19         (1) For a corporation: a president, secretary,
20     treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge
21     of a principal business function, or any other person who
22     performs similar policy or decision-making functions for
23     the corporation, or a duly authorized representative of
24     such person if the representative is responsible for the
25     overall operation of one or more manufacturing,
26     production, or operating facilities applying for or
27     subject to a permit and either (i) the facilities employ
28     more than 250 persons or have gross annual sales or
29     expenditures exceeding $25 million (in second quarter 1980
30     dollars), or (ii) the delegation of authority to such
31     representative is approved in advance by the Agency.
32         (2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general
33     partner or the proprietor, respectively, or in the case of
34     a partnership in which all of the partners are
35     corporations, a duly authorized representative of the
36     partnership if the representative is responsible for the

 

 

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1     overall operation of one or more manufacturing,
2     production, or operating facilities applying for or
3     subject to a permit and either (i) the facilities employ
4     more than 250 persons or have gross annual sales or
5     expenditures exceeding $25 million (in second quarter 1980
6     dollars), or (ii) the delegation of authority to such
7     representative is approved in advance by the Agency.
8         (3) For a municipality, State, Federal, or other public
9     agency: either a principal executive officer or ranking
10     elected official. For the purposes of this part, a
11     principal executive officer of a Federal agency includes
12     the chief executive officer having responsibility for the
13     overall operations of a principal geographic unit of the
14     agency (e.g., a Regional Administrator of USEPA).
15         (4) For affected sources for acid deposition:
16             (i) The designated representative shall be the
17         "responsible official" in so far as actions,
18         standards, requirements, or prohibitions under Title
19         IV of the Clean Air Act or the regulations promulgated
20         thereunder are concerned.
21             (ii) The designated representative may also be the
22         "responsible official" for any other purposes with
23         respect to air pollution control.
24     "Section 502(b)(10) changes" means changes that contravene
25 express permit terms. "Section 502(b)(10) changes" do not
26 include changes that would violate applicable requirements or
27 contravene federally enforceable permit terms or conditions
28 that are monitoring (including test methods), recordkeeping,
29 reporting, or compliance certification requirements.
30     "Solid waste incineration unit" means a distinct operating
31 unit of any facility which combusts any solid waste material
32 from commercial or industrial establishments or the general
33 public (including single and multiple residences, hotels, and
34 motels). The term does not include incinerators or other units
35 required to have a permit under Section 3005 of the Solid Waste
36 Disposal Act. The term also does not include (A) materials

 

 

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1 recovery facilities (including primary or secondary smelters)
2 which combust waste for the primary purpose of recovering
3 metals, (B) qualifying small power production facilities, as
4 defined in Section 3(17)(C) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C.
5 769(17)(C)), or qualifying cogeneration facilities, as defined
6 in Section 3(18)(B) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C.
7 796(18)(B)), which burn homogeneous waste (such as units which
8 burn tires or used oil, but not including refuse-derived fuel)
9 for the production of electric energy or in the case of
10 qualifying cogeneration facilities which burn homogeneous
11 waste for the production of electric energy and steam or forms
12 of useful energy (such as heat) which are used for industrial,
13 commercial, heating or cooling purposes, or (C) air curtain
14 incinerators provided that such incinerators only burn wood
15 wastes, yard waste and clean lumber and that such air curtain
16 incinerators comply with opacity limitations to be established
17 by the USEPA by rule.
18     "Source" means any stationary source (or any group of
19 stationary sources) that are located on one or more contiguous
20 or adjacent properties that are under common control of the
21 same person (or persons under common control) and that belongs
22 to a single major industrial grouping. For the purposes of
23 defining "source," a stationary source or group of stationary
24 sources shall be considered part of a single major industrial
25 grouping if all of the pollutant emitting activities at such
26 source or group of sources located on contiguous or adjacent
27 properties and under common control belong to the same Major
28 Group (i.e., all have the same two-digit code) as described in
29 the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987, or such
30 pollutant emitting activities at a stationary source (or group
31 of stationary sources) located on contiguous or adjacent
32 properties and under common control constitute a support
33 facility. The determination as to whether any group of
34 stationary sources are located on contiguous or adjacent
35 properties, and/or are under common control, and/or whether the
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1 sources constitute a support facility shall be made on a case
2 by case basis.
3     "Stationary source" means any building, structure,
4 facility, or installation that emits or may emit any regulated
5 air pollutant or any pollutant listed under Section 112(b) of
6 the Clean Air Act.
7     "Support facility" means any stationary source (or group of
8 stationary sources) that conveys, stores, or otherwise assists
9 to a significant extent in the production of a principal
10 product at another stationary source (or group of stationary
11 sources). A support facility shall be considered to be part of
12 the same source as the stationary source (or group of
13 stationary sources) that it supports regardless of the 2-digit
14 Standard Industrial Classification code for the support
15 facility.
16     "USEPA" means the Administrator of the United States
17 Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) or a person designated
18 by the Administrator.
 
19     1.1. Exclusion From the CAAPP.
20         a. An owner or operator of a source which determines
21     that the source could be excluded from the CAAPP may seek
22     such exclusion prior to the date that the CAAPP application
23     for the source is due but in no case later than 9 months
24     after the effective date of the CAAPP through the
25     imposition of federally enforceable conditions limiting
26     the "potential to emit" of the source to a level below the
27     major source threshold for that source as described in
28     paragraph 2(c) of this Section, within a State operating
29     permit issued pursuant to Section 39(a) of this Act. After
30     such date, an exclusion from the CAAPP may be sought under
31     paragraph 3(c) of this Section.
32         b. An owner or operator of a source seeking exclusion
33     from the CAAPP pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection
34     must submit a permit application consistent with the
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1     such exclusion through the imposition of such federally
2     enforceable conditions.
3         c. Upon such request, if the Agency determines that the
4     owner or operator of a source has met the requirements for
5     exclusion pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection and
6     other applicable requirements for permit issuance under
7     Section 39(a) of this Act, the Agency shall issue a State
8     operating permit for such source under Section 39(a) of
9     this Act, as amended, and regulations promulgated
10     thereunder with federally enforceable conditions limiting
11     the "potential to emit" of the source to a level below the
12     major source threshold for that source as described in
13     paragraph 2(c) of this Section.
14         d. The Agency shall provide an owner or operator of a
15     source which may be excluded from the CAAPP pursuant to
16     this subsection with reasonable notice that the owner or
17     operator may seek such exclusion.
18         e. The Agency shall provide such sources with the
19     necessary permit application forms.
 
20     2. Applicability.
21         a. Sources subject to this Section shall include:
22             i. Any major source as defined in paragraph (c) of
23         this subsection.
24             ii. Any source subject to a standard or other
25         requirements promulgated under Section 111 (New Source
26         Performance Standards) or Section 112 (Hazardous Air
27         Pollutants) of the Clean Air Act, except that a source
28         is not required to obtain a permit solely because it is
29         subject to regulations or requirements under Section
30         112(r) of the Clean Air Act.
31             iii. Any affected source for acid deposition, as
32         defined in subsection 1 of this Section.
33             iv. Any other source subject to this Section under
34         the Clean Air Act or regulations promulgated
35         thereunder, or applicable Board regulations.

 

 

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1         b. Sources exempted from this Section shall include:
2             i. All sources listed in paragraph (a) of this
3         subsection which are not major sources, affected
4         sources for acid deposition or solid waste
5         incineration units required to obtain a permit
6         pursuant to Section 129(e) of the Clean Air Act, until
7         the source is required to obtain a CAAPP permit
8         pursuant to the Clean Air Act or regulations
9         promulgated thereunder.
10             ii. Nonmajor sources subject to a standard or other
11         requirements subsequently promulgated by USEPA under
12         Section 111 or 112 of the Clean Air Act which are
13         determined by USEPA to be exempt at the time a new
14         standard is promulgated.
15             iii. All sources and source categories that would
16         be required to obtain a permit solely because they are
17         subject to Part 60, Subpart AAA - Standards of
18         Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters (40 CFR
19         Part 60).
20             iv. All sources and source categories that would be
21         required to obtain a permit solely because they are
22         subject to Part 61, Subpart M - National Emission
23         Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Asbestos,
24         Section 61.145 (40 CFR Part 61).
25             v. Any other source categories exempted by USEPA
26         regulations pursuant to Section 502(a) of the Clean Air
27         Act.
28         c. For purposes of this Section the term "major source"
29     means any source that is:
30             i. A major source under Section 112 of the Clean
31         Air Act, which is defined as:
32                 A. For pollutants other than radionuclides,
33             any stationary source or group of stationary
34             sources located within a contiguous area and under
35             common control that emits or has the potential to
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1             more of any hazardous air pollutant which has been
2             listed pursuant to Section 112(b) of the Clean Air
3             Act, 25 tpy or more of any combination of such
4             hazardous air pollutants, or such lesser quantity
5             as USEPA may establish by rule. Notwithstanding
6             the preceding sentence, emissions from any oil or
7             gas exploration or production well (with its
8             associated equipment) and emissions from any
9             pipeline compressor or pump station shall not be
10             aggregated with emissions from other similar
11             units, whether or not such units are in a
12             contiguous area or under common control, to
13             determine whether such stations are major sources.
14                 B. For radionuclides, "major source" shall
15             have the meaning specified by the USEPA by rule.
16             ii. A major stationary source of air pollutants, as
17         defined in Section 302 of the Clean Air Act, that
18         directly emits or has the potential to emit, 100 tpy or
19         more of any air pollutant (including any major source
20         of fugitive emissions of any such pollutant, as
21         determined by rule by USEPA). For purposes of this
22         subsection, "fugitive emissions" means those emissions
23         which could not reasonably pass through a stack,
24         chimney, vent, or other functionally-equivalent
25         opening. The fugitive emissions of a stationary source
26         shall not be considered in determining whether it is a
27         major stationary source for the purposes of Section
28         302(j) of the Clean Air Act, unless the source belongs
29         to one of the following categories of stationary
30         source:
31                 A. Coal cleaning plants (with thermal dryers).
32                 B. Kraft pulp mills.
33                 C. Portland cement plants.
34                 D. Primary zinc smelters.
35                 E. Iron and steel mills.
36                 F. Primary aluminum ore reduction plants.

 

 

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1                 G. Primary copper smelters.
2                 H. Municipal incinerators capable of charging
3             more than 250 tons of refuse per day.
4                 I. Hydrofluoric, sulfuric, or nitric acid
5             plants.
6                 J. Petroleum refineries.
7                 K. Lime plants.
8                 L. Phosphate rock processing plants.
9                 M. Coke oven batteries.
10                 N. Sulfur recovery plants.
11                 O. Carbon black plants (furnace process).
12                 P. Primary lead smelters.
13                 Q. Fuel conversion plants.
14                 R. Sintering plants.
15                 S. Secondary metal production plants.
16                 T. Chemical process plants.
17                 U. Fossil-fuel boilers (or combination
18             thereof) totaling more than 250 million British
19             thermal units per hour heat input.
20                 V. Petroleum storage and transfer units with a
21             total storage capacity exceeding 300,000 barrels.
22                 W. Taconite ore processing plants.
23                 X. Glass fiber processing plants.
24                 Y. Charcoal production plants.
25                 Z. Fossil fuel-fired steam electric plants of
26             more than 250 million British thermal units per
27             hour heat input.
28                 AA. All other stationary source categories,
29             which as of August 7, 1980 are being regulated by a
30             standard promulgated under Section 111 or 112 of
31             the Clean Air Act, but only with respect to those
32             air pollutants that have been regulated for that
33             category.
34                 BB. Any other stationary source category
35             designated by USEPA by rule.
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1         of Title I of the Clean Air Act including:
2                 A. For ozone nonattainment areas, sources with
3             the potential to emit 100 tons or more per year of
4             volatile organic compounds or oxides of nitrogen
5             in areas classified as "marginal" or "moderate",
6             50 tons or more per year in areas classified as
7             "serious", 25 tons or more per year in areas
8             classified as "severe", and 10 tons or more per
9             year in areas classified as "extreme"; except that
10             the references in this clause to 100, 50, 25, and
11             10 tons per year of nitrogen oxides shall not apply
12             with respect to any source for which USEPA has made
13             a finding, under Section 182(f)(1) or (2) of the
14             Clean Air Act, that requirements otherwise
15             applicable to such source under Section 182(f) of
16             the Clean Air Act do not apply. Such sources shall
17             remain subject to the major source criteria of
18             paragraph 2(c)(ii) of this subsection.
19                 B. For ozone transport regions established
20             pursuant to Section 184 of the Clean Air Act,
21             sources with the potential to emit 50 tons or more
22             per year of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
23                 C. For carbon monoxide nonattainment areas (1)
24             that are classified as "serious", and (2) in which
25             stationary sources contribute significantly to
26             carbon monoxide levels as determined under rules
27             issued by USEPA, sources with the potential to emit
28             50 tons or more per year of carbon monoxide.
29                 D. For particulate matter (PM-10)
30             nonattainment areas classified as "serious",
31             sources with the potential to emit 70 tons or more
32             per year of PM-10.
 
33     3. Agency Authority To Issue CAAPP Permits and Federally
34 Enforceable State Operating Permits.
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1     Section consistent with the Clean Air Act and regulations
2     promulgated thereunder and this Act and regulations
3     promulgated thereunder.
4         b. The Agency shall issue CAAPP permits for fixed terms
5     of 5 years, except CAAPP permits issued for solid waste
6     incineration units combusting municipal waste which shall
7     be issued for fixed terms of 12 years and except CAAPP
8     permits for affected sources for acid deposition which
9     shall be issued for initial terms to expire on December 31,
10     1999, and for fixed terms of 5 years thereafter.
11         c. The Agency shall have the authority to issue a State
12     operating permit for a source under Section 39(a) of this
13     Act, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder,
14     which includes federally enforceable conditions limiting
15     the "potential to emit" of the source to a level below the
16     major source threshold for that source as described in
17     paragraph 2(c) of this Section, thereby excluding the
18     source from the CAAPP, when requested by the applicant
19     pursuant to paragraph 5(u) of this Section. The public
20     notice requirements of this Section applicable to CAAPP
21     permits shall also apply to the initial issuance of permits
22     under this paragraph.
23         d. For purposes of this Act, a permit issued by USEPA
24     under Section 505 of the Clean Air Act, as now and
25     hereafter amended, shall be deemed to be a permit issued by
26     the Agency pursuant to Section 39.5 of this Act.
 
27     4. Transition.
28         a. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall not be
29     required to renew an existing State operating permit for
30     any emission unit at such CAAPP source once a CAAPP
31     application timely submitted prior to expiration of the
32     State operating permit has been deemed complete. For
33     purposes other than permit renewal, the obligation upon the
34     owner or operator of a CAAPP source to obtain a State
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1     complete CAAPP permit application. An owner or operator of
2     a CAAPP source seeking to make a modification to a source
3     prior to the issuance of its CAAPP permit shall be required
4     to obtain a construction and/or operating permit as
5     required for such modification in accordance with the State
6     permit program under Section 39(a) of this Act, as amended,
7     and regulations promulgated thereunder. The application
8     for such construction and/or operating permit shall be
9     considered an amendment to the CAAPP application submitted
10     for such source.
11         b. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall
12     continue to operate in accordance with the terms and
13     conditions of its applicable State operating permit
14     notwithstanding the expiration of the State operating
15     permit until the source's CAAPP permit has been issued.
16         c. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall submit
17     its initial CAAPP application to the Agency no later than
18     12 months after the effective date of the CAAPP. The Agency
19     may request submittal of initial CAAPP applications during
20     this 12 month period according to a schedule set forth
21     within Agency procedures, however, in no event shall the
22     Agency require such submittal earlier than 3 months after
23     such effective date of the CAAPP. An owner or operator may
24     voluntarily submit its initial CAAPP application prior to
25     the date required within this paragraph or applicable
26     procedures, if any, subsequent to the date the Agency
27     submits the CAAPP to USEPA for approval.
28         d. The Agency shall act on initial CAAPP applications
29     in accordance with subsection 5(j) of this Section.
30         e. For purposes of this Section, the term "initial
31     CAAPP application" shall mean the first CAAPP application
32     submitted for a source existing as of the effective date of
33     the CAAPP.
34         f. The Agency shall provide owners or operators of
35     CAAPP sources with at least three months advance notice of
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1     submitted. In determining which sources shall be subject to
2     early submittal, the Agency shall include among its
3     considerations the complexity of the permit application,
4     and the burden that such early submittal will have on the
5     source.
6         g. The CAAPP permit shall upon becoming effective
7     supersede the State operating permit.
8         h. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
9     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
10     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
11     necessary, to implement this subsection.
 
12     5. Applications and Completeness.
13         a. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall submit
14     its complete CAAPP application consistent with the Act and
15     applicable regulations.
16         b. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall submit
17     a single complete CAAPP application covering all emission
18     units at that source.
19         c. To be deemed complete, a CAAPP application must
20     provide all information, as requested in Agency
21     application forms, sufficient to evaluate the subject
22     source and its application and to determine all applicable
23     requirements, pursuant to the Clean Air Act, and
24     regulations thereunder, this Act and regulations
25     thereunder. Such Agency application forms shall be
26     finalized and made available prior to the date on which any
27     CAAPP application is required.
28         d. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall submit,
29     as part of its complete CAAPP application, a compliance
30     plan, including a schedule of compliance, describing how
31     each emission unit will comply with all applicable
32     requirements. Any such schedule of compliance shall be
33     supplemental to, and shall not sanction noncompliance
34     with, the applicable requirements on which it is based.
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1     for truth, accuracy, and completeness by a responsible
2     official in accordance with applicable regulations.
3         f. The Agency shall provide notice to a CAAPP applicant
4     as to whether a submitted CAAPP application is complete.
5     Unless the Agency notifies the applicant of
6     incompleteness, within 60 days of receipt of the CAAPP
7     application, the application shall be deemed complete. The
8     Agency may request additional information as needed to make
9     the completeness determination. The Agency may to the
10     extent practicable provide the applicant with a reasonable
11     opportunity to correct deficiencies prior to a final
12     determination of completeness.
13         g. If after the determination of completeness the
14     Agency finds that additional information is necessary to
15     evaluate or take final action on the CAAPP application, the
16     Agency may request in writing such information from the
17     source with a reasonable deadline for response.
18         h. If the owner or operator of a CAAPP source submits a
19     timely and complete CAAPP application, the source's
20     failure to have a CAAPP permit shall not be a violation of
21     this Section until the Agency takes final action on the
22     submitted CAAPP application, provided, however, where the
23     applicant fails to submit the requested information under
24     paragraph 5(g) within the time frame specified by the
25     Agency, this protection shall cease to apply.
26         i. Any applicant who fails to submit any relevant facts
27     necessary to evaluate the subject source and its CAAPP
28     application or who has submitted incorrect information in a
29     CAAPP application shall, upon becoming aware of such
30     failure or incorrect submittal, submit supplementary facts
31     or correct information to the Agency. In addition, an
32     applicant shall provide to the Agency additional
33     information as necessary to address any requirements which
34     become applicable to the source subsequent to the date the
35     applicant submitted its complete CAAPP application but
36     prior to release of the draft CAAPP permit.

 

 

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1         j. The Agency shall issue or deny the CAAPP permit
2     within 18 months after the date of receipt of the complete
3     CAAPP application, with the following exceptions: (i)
4     permits for affected sources for acid deposition shall be
5     issued or denied within 6 months after receipt of a
6     complete application in accordance with subsection 17 of
7     this Section; (ii) the Agency shall act on initial CAAPP
8     applications within 24 months after the date of receipt of
9     the complete CAAPP application; (iii) the Agency shall act
10     on complete applications containing early reduction
11     demonstrations under Section 112(i)(5) of the Clean Air Act
12     within 9 months of receipt of the complete CAAPP
13     application.
14         Where the Agency does not take final action on the
15     permit within the required time period, the permit shall
16     not be deemed issued; rather, the failure to act shall be
17     treated as a final permit action for purposes of judicial
18     review pursuant to Sections 40.2 and 41 of this Act.
19         k. The submittal of a complete CAAPP application shall
20     not affect the requirement that any source have a
21     preconstruction permit under Title I of the Clean Air Act.
22         l. Unless a timely and complete renewal application has
23     been submitted consistent with this subsection, a CAAPP
24     source operating upon the expiration of its CAAPP permit
25     shall be deemed to be operating without a CAAPP permit.
26     Such operation is prohibited under this Act.
27         m. Permits being renewed shall be subject to the same
28     procedural requirements, including those for public
29     participation and federal review and objection, that apply
30     to original permit issuance.
31         n. For purposes of permit renewal, a timely application
32     is one that is submitted no less than 9 months prior to the
33     date of permit expiration.
34         o. The terms and conditions of a CAAPP permit shall
35     remain in effect until the issuance of a CAAPP renewal
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1     been submitted.
2         p. The owner or operator of a CAAPP source seeking a
3     permit shield pursuant to paragraph 7(j) of this Section
4     shall request such permit shield in the CAAPP application
5     regarding that source.
6         q. The Agency shall make available to the public all
7     documents submitted by the applicant to the Agency,
8     including each CAAPP application, compliance plan
9     (including the schedule of compliance), and emissions or
10     compliance monitoring report, with the exception of
11     information entitled to confidential treatment pursuant to
12     Section 7 of this Act.
13         r. The Agency shall use the standardized forms required
14     under Title IV of the Clean Air Act and regulations
15     promulgated thereunder for affected sources for acid
16     deposition.
17         s. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source may include
18     within its CAAPP application a request for permission to
19     operate during a startup, malfunction, or breakdown
20     consistent with applicable Board regulations.
21         t. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source, in order to
22     utilize the operational flexibility provided under
23     paragraph 7(l) of this Section, must request such use and
24     provide the necessary information within its CAAPP
25     application.
26         u. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source which seeks
27     exclusion from the CAAPP through the imposition of
28     federally enforceable conditions, pursuant to paragraph
29     3(c) of this Section, must request such exclusion within a
30     CAAPP application submitted consistent with this
31     subsection on or after the date that the CAAPP application
32     for the source is due. Prior to such date, but in no case
33     later than 9 months after the effective date of the CAAPP,
34     such owner or operator may request the imposition of
35     federally enforceable conditions pursuant to paragraph
36     1.1(b) of this Section.

 

 

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1         v. CAAPP applications shall contain accurate
2     information on allowable emissions to implement the fee
3     provisions of subsection 18 of this Section.
4         w. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall submit
5     within its CAAPP application emissions information
6     regarding all regulated air pollutants emitted at that
7     source consistent with applicable Agency procedures.
8     Emissions information regarding insignificant activities
9     or emission levels, as determined by the Agency pursuant to
10     Board regulations, may be submitted as a list within the
11     CAAPP application. The Agency shall propose regulations to
12     the Board defining insignificant activities or emission
13     levels, consistent with federal regulations, if any, no
14     later than 18 months after the effective date of this
15     amendatory Act of 1992, consistent with Section 112(n)(1)
16     of the Clean Air Act. The Board shall adopt final
17     regulations defining insignificant activities or emission
18     levels no later than 9 months after the date of the
19     Agency's proposal.
20         x. The owner or operator of a new CAAPP source shall
21     submit its complete CAAPP application consistent with this
22     subsection within 12 months after commencing operation of
23     such source. The owner or operator of an existing source
24     that has been excluded from the provisions of this Section
25     under subsection 1.1 or subsection 3(c) of this Section and
26     that becomes subject to the CAAPP solely due to a change in
27     operation at the source shall submit its complete CAAPP
28     application consistent with this subsection at least 180
29     days before commencing operation in accordance with the
30     change in operation.
31         y. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
32     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
33     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
34     necessary to implement this subsection.
 
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1         a. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any
2     terms or conditions of a permit issued under this Section,
3     to operate any CAAPP source except in compliance with a
4     permit issued by the Agency under this Section or to
5     violate any other applicable requirements. All terms and
6     conditions of a permit issued under this Section are
7     enforceable by USEPA and citizens under the Clean Air Act,
8     except those, if any, that are specifically designated as
9     not being federally enforceable in the permit pursuant to
10     paragraph 7(m) of this Section.
11         b. After the applicable CAAPP permit or renewal
12     application submittal date, as specified in subsection 5 of
13     this Section, no person shall operate a CAAPP source
14     without a CAAPP permit unless the complete CAAPP permit or
15     renewal application for such source has been timely
16     submitted to the Agency.
17         c. No owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall cause
18     or threaten or allow the continued operation of an emission
19     source during malfunction or breakdown of the emission
20     source or related air pollution control equipment if such
21     operation would cause a violation of the standards or
22     limitations applicable to the source, unless the CAAPP
23     permit granted to the source provides for such operation
24     consistent with this Act and applicable Board regulations.
 
25     7. Permit Content.
26         a. All CAAPP permits shall contain emission
27     limitations and standards and other enforceable terms and
28     conditions, including but not limited to operational
29     requirements, and schedules for achieving compliance at
30     the earliest reasonable date, which are or will be required
31     to accomplish the purposes and provisions of this Act and
32     to assure compliance with all applicable requirements.
33         b. The Agency shall include among such conditions
34     applicable monitoring, reporting, record keeping and
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1     paragraphs d, e, and f of this subsection, that the Agency
2     deems necessary to assure compliance with the Clean Air
3     Act, the regulations promulgated thereunder, this Act, and
4     applicable Board regulations. When monitoring, reporting,
5     record keeping, and compliance certification requirements
6     are specified within the Clean Air Act, regulations
7     promulgated thereunder, this Act, or applicable
8     regulations, such requirements shall be included within
9     the CAAPP permit. The Board shall have authority to
10     promulgate additional regulations where necessary to
11     accomplish the purposes of the Clean Air Act, this Act, and
12     regulations promulgated thereunder.
13         c. The Agency shall assure, within such conditions, the
14     use of terms, test methods, units, averaging periods, and
15     other statistical conventions consistent with the
16     applicable emission limitations, standards, and other
17     requirements contained in the permit.
18         d. To meet the requirements of this subsection with
19     respect to monitoring, the permit shall:
20             i. Incorporate and identify all applicable
21         emissions monitoring and analysis procedures or test
22         methods required under the Clean Air Act, regulations
23         promulgated thereunder, this Act, and applicable Board
24         regulations, including any procedures and methods
25         promulgated by USEPA pursuant to Section 504(b) or
26         Section 114 (a)(3) of the Clean Air Act.
27             ii. Where the applicable requirement does not
28         require periodic testing or instrumental or
29         noninstrumental monitoring (which may consist of
30         recordkeeping designed to serve as monitoring),
31         require periodic monitoring sufficient to yield
32         reliable data from the relevant time period that is
33         representative of the source's compliance with the
34         permit, as reported pursuant to paragraph (f) of this
35         subsection. The Agency may determine that
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1         requirements of this subparagraph.
2             iii. As necessary, specify requirements concerning
3         the use, maintenance, and when appropriate,
4         installation of monitoring equipment or methods.
5         e. To meet the requirements of this subsection with
6     respect to record keeping, the permit shall incorporate and
7     identify all applicable recordkeeping requirements and
8     require, where applicable, the following:
9             i. Records of required monitoring information that
10         include the following:
11                 A. The date, place and time of sampling or
12             measurements.
13                 B. The date(s) analyses were performed.
14                 C. The company or entity that performed the
15             analyses.
16                 D. The analytical techniques or methods used.
17                 E. The results of such analyses.
18                 F. The operating conditions as existing at the
19             time of sampling or measurement.
20             ii.    Retention of records of all monitoring data
21         and support information for a period of at least 5
22         years from the date of the monitoring sample,
23         measurement, report, or application. Support
24         information includes all calibration and maintenance
25         records, original strip-chart recordings for
26         continuous monitoring instrumentation, and copies of
27         all reports required by the permit.
28         f. To meet the requirements of this subsection with
29     respect to reporting, the permit shall incorporate and
30     identify all applicable reporting requirements and require
31     the following:
32             i. Submittal of reports of any required monitoring
33         every 6 months. More frequent submittals may be
34         requested by the Agency if such submittals are
35         necessary to assure compliance with this Act or
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1         instances of deviations from permit requirements must
2         be clearly identified in such reports. All required
3         reports must be certified by a responsible official
4         consistent with subsection 5 of this Section.
5             ii. Prompt reporting of deviations from permit
6         requirements, including those attributable to upset
7         conditions as defined in the permit, the probable cause
8         of such deviations, and any corrective actions or
9         preventive measures taken.
10         g. Each CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of this
11     Section shall include a condition prohibiting emissions
12     exceeding any allowances that the source lawfully holds
13     under Title IV of the Clean Air Act or the regulations
14     promulgated thereunder, consistent with subsection 17 of
15     this Section and applicable regulations, if any.
16         h. All CAAPP permits shall state that, where another
17     applicable requirement of the Clean Air Act is more
18     stringent than any applicable requirement of regulations
19     promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act, both
20     provisions shall be incorporated into the permit and shall
21     be State and federally enforceable.
22         i. Each CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of this
23     Section shall include a severability clause to ensure the
24     continued validity of the various permit requirements in
25     the event of a challenge to any portions of the permit.
26         j. The following shall apply with respect to owners or
27     operators requesting a permit shield:
28             i. The Agency shall include in a CAAPP permit, when
29         requested by an applicant pursuant to paragraph 5(p) of
30         this Section, a provision stating that compliance with
31         the conditions of the permit shall be deemed compliance
32         with applicable requirements which are applicable as
33         of the date of release of the proposed permit, provided
34         that:
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1                 B. The Agency in acting on the CAAPP
2             application or revision determines in writing that
3             other requirements specifically identified are not
4             applicable to the source, and the permit includes
5             that determination or a concise summary thereof.
6             ii. The permit shall identify the requirements for
7         which the source is shielded. The shield shall not
8         extend to applicable requirements which are
9         promulgated after the date of release of the proposed
10         permit unless the permit has been modified to reflect
11         such new requirements.
12             iii. A CAAPP permit which does not expressly
13         indicate the existence of a permit shield shall not
14         provide such a shield.
15             iv. Nothing in this paragraph or in a CAAPP permit
16         shall alter or affect the following:
17                 A. The provisions of Section 303 (emergency
18             powers) of the Clean Air Act, including USEPA's
19             authority under that section.
20                 B. The liability of an owner or operator of a
21             source for any violation of applicable
22             requirements prior to or at the time of permit
23             issuance.
24                 C. The applicable requirements of the acid
25             rain program consistent with Section 408(a) of the
26             Clean Air Act.
27                 D. The ability of USEPA to obtain information
28             from a source pursuant to Section 114
29             (inspections, monitoring, and entry) of the Clean
30             Air Act.
31         k. Each CAAPP permit shall include an emergency
32     provision providing an affirmative defense of emergency to
33     an action brought for noncompliance with technology-based
34     emission limitations under a CAAPP permit if the following
35     conditions are met through properly signed,
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1     evidence:
2             i. An emergency occurred and the permittee can
3         identify the cause(s) of the emergency.
4             ii. The permitted facility was at the time being
5         properly operated.
6             iii. The permittee submitted notice of the
7         emergency to the Agency within 2 working days of the
8         time when emission limitations were exceeded due to the
9         emergency. This notice must contain a detailed
10         description of the emergency, any steps taken to
11         mitigate emissions, and corrective actions taken.
12             iv. During the period of the emergency the
13         permittee took all reasonable steps to minimize levels
14         of emissions that exceeded the emission limitations,
15         standards, or requirements in the permit.
16         For purposes of this subsection, "emergency" means any
17     situation arising from sudden and reasonably unforeseeable
18     events beyond the control of the source, such as an act of
19     God, that requires immediate corrective action to restore
20     normal operation, and that causes the source to exceed a
21     technology-based emission limitation under the permit, due
22     to unavoidable increases in emissions attributable to the
23     emergency. An emergency shall not include noncompliance to
24     the extent caused by improperly designed equipment, lack of
25     preventative maintenance, careless or improper operation,
26     or operation error.
27         In any enforcement proceeding, the permittee seeking
28     to establish the occurrence of an emergency has the burden
29     of proof. This provision is in addition to any emergency or
30     upset provision contained in any applicable requirement.
31     This provision does not relieve a permittee of any
32     reporting obligations under existing federal or state laws
33     or regulations.
34         l. The Agency shall include in each permit issued under
35     subsection 10 of this Section:
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1         operating scenarios identified by the source in its
2         application. The permit terms and conditions for each
3         such operating scenario shall meet all applicable
4         requirements and the requirements of this Section.
5                 A. Under this subparagraph, the source must
6             record in a log at the permitted facility a record
7             of the scenario under which it is operating
8             contemporaneously with making a change from one
9             operating scenario to another.
10                 B. The permit shield described in paragraph
11             7(j) of this Section shall extend to all terms and
12             conditions under each such operating scenario.
13             ii. Where requested by an applicant, all terms and
14         conditions allowing for trading of emissions increases
15         and decreases between different emission units at the
16         CAAPP source, to the extent that the applicable
17         requirements provide for trading of such emissions
18         increases and decreases without a case-by-case
19         approval of each emissions trade. Such terms and
20         conditions:
21                 A. Shall include all terms required under this
22             subsection to determine compliance;
23                 B. Must meet all applicable requirements;
24                 C. Shall extend the permit shield described in
25             paragraph 7(j) of this Section to all terms and
26             conditions that allow such increases and decreases
27             in emissions.
28         m. The Agency shall specifically designate as not being
29     federally enforceable under the Clean Air Act any terms and
30     conditions included in the permit that are not specifically
31     required under the Clean Air Act or federal regulations
32     promulgated thereunder. Terms or conditions so designated
33     shall be subject to all applicable state requirements,
34     except the requirements of subsection 7 (other than this
35     paragraph, paragraph q of subsection 7, subsections 8
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1     The Agency shall, however, include such terms and
2     conditions in the CAAPP permit issued to the source.
3         n. Each CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of this
4     Section shall specify and reference the origin of and
5     authority for each term or condition, and identify any
6     difference in form as compared to the applicable
7     requirement upon which the term or condition is based.
8         o. Each CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of this
9     Section shall include provisions stating the following:
10             i. Duty to comply. The permittee must comply with
11         all terms and conditions of the CAAPP permit. Any
12         permit noncompliance constitutes a violation of the
13         Clean Air Act and the Act, and is grounds for any or
14         all of the following: enforcement action; permit
15         termination, revocation and reissuance, or
16         modification; or denial of a permit renewal
17         application.
18             ii. Need to halt or reduce activity not a defense.
19         It shall not be a defense for a permittee in an
20         enforcement action that it would have been necessary to
21         halt or reduce the permitted activity in order to
22         maintain compliance with the conditions of this
23         permit.
24             iii. Permit actions. The permit may be modified,
25         revoked, reopened, and reissued, or terminated for
26         cause in accordance with the applicable subsections of
27         Section 39.5 of this Act. The filing of a request by
28         the permittee for a permit modification, revocation
29         and reissuance, or termination, or of a notification of
30         planned changes or anticipated noncompliance does not
31         stay any permit condition.
32             iv. Property rights. The permit does not convey any
33         property rights of any sort, or any exclusive
34         privilege.
35             v. Duty to provide information. The permittee
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1         specified by the Agency any information that the Agency
2         may request in writing to determine whether cause
3         exists for modifying, revoking and reissuing, or
4         terminating the permit or to determine compliance with
5         the permit. Upon request, the permittee shall also
6         furnish to the Agency copies of records required to be
7         kept by the permit or, for information claimed to be
8         confidential, the permittee may furnish such records
9         directly to USEPA along with a claim of
10         confidentiality.
11             vi. Duty to pay fees. The permittee must pay fees
12         to the Agency consistent with the fee schedule approved
13         pursuant to subsection 18 of this Section, and submit
14         any information relevant thereto.
15             vii. Emissions trading. No permit revision shall
16         be required for increases in emissions allowed under
17         any approved economic incentives, marketable permits,
18         emissions trading, and other similar programs or
19         processes for changes that are provided for in the
20         permit and that are authorized by the applicable
21         requirement.
22         p. Each CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of this
23     Section shall contain the following elements with respect
24     to compliance:
25             i. Compliance certification, testing, monitoring,
26         reporting, and record keeping requirements sufficient
27         to assure compliance with the terms and conditions of
28         the permit. Any document (including reports) required
29         by a CAAPP permit shall contain a certification by a
30         responsible official that meets the requirements of
31         subsection 5 of this Section and applicable
32         regulations.
33             ii. Inspection and entry requirements that
34         necessitate that, upon presentation of credentials and
35         other documents as may be required by law and in
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1         permittee shall allow the Agency, or an authorized
2         representative to perform the following:
3                 A. Enter upon the permittee's premises where a
4             CAAPP source is located or emissions-related
5             activity is conducted, or where records must be
6             kept under the conditions of the permit.
7                 B. Have access to and copy, at reasonable
8             times, any records that must be kept under the
9             conditions of the permit.
10                 C. Inspect at reasonable times any facilities,
11             equipment (including monitoring and air pollution
12             control equipment), practices, or operations
13             regulated or required under the permit.
14                 D. Sample or monitor any substances or
15             parameters at any location:
16                     1. As authorized by the Clean Air Act, at
17                 reasonable times, for the purposes of assuring
18                 compliance with the CAAPP permit or applicable
19                 requirements; or
20                     2. As otherwise authorized by this Act.
21             iii. A schedule of compliance consistent with
22         subsection 5 of this Section and applicable
23         regulations.
24             iv. Progress reports consistent with an applicable
25         schedule of compliance pursuant to paragraph 5(d) of
26         this Section and applicable regulations to be
27         submitted semiannually, or more frequently if the
28         Agency determines that such more frequent submittals
29         are necessary for compliance with the Act or
30         regulations promulgated by the Board thereunder. Such
31         progress reports shall contain the following:
32                 A. Required dates for achieving the
33             activities, milestones, or compliance required by
34             the schedule of compliance and dates when such
35             activities, milestones or compliance were
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1                 B. An explanation of why any dates in the
2             schedule of compliance were not or will not be met,
3             and any preventive or corrective measures adopted.
4             v. Requirements for compliance certification with
5         terms and conditions contained in the permit,
6         including emission limitations, standards, or work
7         practices. Permits shall include each of the
8         following:
9                 A. The frequency (annually or more frequently
10             as specified in any applicable requirement or by
11             the Agency pursuant to written procedures) of
12             submissions of compliance certifications.
13                 B. A means for assessing or monitoring the
14             compliance of the source with its emissions
15             limitations, standards, and work practices.
16                 C. A requirement that the compliance
17             certification include the following:
18                     1. The identification of each term or
19                 condition contained in the permit that is the
20                 basis of the certification.
21                     2. The compliance status.
22                     3. Whether compliance was continuous or
23                 intermittent.
24                     4. The method(s) used for determining the
25                 compliance status of the source, both
26                 currently and over the reporting period
27                 consistent with subsection 7 of Section 39.5 of
28                 the Act.
29                 D. A requirement that all compliance
30             certifications be submitted to USEPA as well as to
31             the Agency.
32                 E. Additional requirements as may be specified
33             pursuant to Sections 114(a)(3) and 504(b) of the
34             Clean Air Act.
35                 F. Other provisions as the Agency may require.
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1     demonstrate in its CAAPP application, including an
2     application for a significant modification, that an
3     alternative emission limit would be equivalent to that
4     contained in the applicable Board regulations, the Agency
5     shall include the alternative emission limit in the CAAPP
6     permit, which shall supersede the emission limit set forth
7     in the applicable Board regulations, and shall include
8     conditions that insure that the resulting emission limit is
9     quantifiable, accountable, enforceable, and based on
10     replicable procedures.
11     8. Public Notice; Affected State Review.
12         a. The Agency shall provide notice to the public,
13     including an opportunity for public comment and a hearing,
14     on each draft CAAPP permit for issuance, renewal or
15     significant modification, subject to Sections 7(a) and 7.1
16     of this Act.
17         b. The Agency shall prepare a draft CAAPP permit and a
18     statement that sets forth the legal and factual basis for
19     the draft CAAPP permit conditions, including references to
20     the applicable statutory or regulatory provisions. The
21     Agency shall provide this statement to any person who
22     requests it.
23         c. The Agency shall give notice of each draft CAAPP
24     permit to the applicant and to any affected State on or
25     before the time that the Agency has provided notice to the
26     public, except as otherwise provided in this Act.
27         d. The Agency, as part of its submittal of a proposed
28     permit to USEPA (or as soon as possible after the submittal
29     for minor permit modification procedures allowed under
30     subsection 14 of this Section), shall notify USEPA and any
31     affected State in writing of any refusal of the Agency to
32     accept all of the recommendations for the proposed permit
33     that an affected State submitted during the public or
34     affected State review period. The notice shall include the
35     Agency's reasons for not accepting the recommendations.
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1     are not based on applicable requirements or the
2     requirements of this Section.
3         e. The Agency shall make available to the public any
4     CAAPP permit application, compliance plan (including the
5     schedule of compliance), CAAPP permit, and emissions or
6     compliance monitoring report. If an owner or operator of a
7     CAAPP source is required to submit information entitled to
8     protection from disclosure under Section 7(a) or Section
9     7.1 of this Act, the owner or operator shall submit such
10     information separately. The requirements of Section 7(a)
11     or Section 7.1 of this Act shall apply to such information,
12     which shall not be included in a CAAPP permit unless
13     required by law. The contents of a CAAPP permit shall not
14     be entitled to protection under Section 7(a) or Section 7.1
15     of this Act.
16         f. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
17     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
18     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
19     necessary, to implement this subsection.
 
20     9. USEPA Notice and Objection.
21         a. The Agency shall provide to USEPA for its review a
22     copy of each CAAPP application (including any application
23     for permit modification), statement of basis as provided in
24     paragraph 8(b) of this Section, proposed CAAPP permit,
25     CAAPP permit, and, if the Agency does not incorporate any
26     affected State's recommendations on a proposed CAAPP
27     permit, a written statement of this decision and its
28     reasons for not accepting the recommendations, except as
29     otherwise provided in this Act or by agreement with USEPA.
30     To the extent practicable, the preceding information shall
31     be provided in computer readable format compatible with
32     USEPA's national database management system.
33         b. The Agency shall not issue the proposed CAAPP permit
34     if USEPA objects in writing within 45 days of receipt of
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1     information.
2         c. If USEPA objects in writing to the issuance of the
3     proposed CAAPP permit within the 45-day period, the Agency
4     shall respond in writing and may revise and resubmit the
5     proposed CAAPP permit in response to the stated objection,
6     to the extent supported by the record, within 90 days after
7     the date of the objection. Prior to submitting a revised
8     permit to USEPA, the Agency shall provide the applicant and
9     any person who participated in the public comment process,
10     pursuant to subsection 8 of this Section, with a 10-day
11     period to comment on any revision which the Agency is
12     proposing to make to the permit in response to USEPA's
13     objection in accordance with Agency procedures.
14         d. Any USEPA objection under this subsection,
15     according to the Clean Air Act, will include a statement of
16     reasons for the objection and a description of the terms
17     and conditions that must be in the permit, in order to
18     adequately respond to the objections. Grounds for a USEPA
19     objection include the failure of the Agency to: (1) submit
20     the items and notices required under this subsection; (2)
21     submit any other information necessary to adequately
22     review the proposed CAAPP permit; or (3) process the permit
23     under subsection 8 of this Section except for minor permit
24     modifications.
25         e. If USEPA does not object in writing to issuance of a
26     permit under this subsection, any person may petition USEPA
27     within 60 days after expiration of the 45-day review period
28     to make such objection.
29         f. If the permit has not yet been issued and USEPA
30     objects to the permit as a result of a petition, the Agency
31     shall not issue the permit until USEPA's objection has been
32     resolved. The Agency shall provide a 10-day comment period
33     in accordance with paragraph c of this subsection. A
34     petition does not, however, stay the effectiveness of a
35     permit or its requirements if the permit was issued after
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1     objection.
2         g. If the Agency has issued a permit after expiration
3     of the 45-day review period and prior to receipt of a USEPA
4     objection under this subsection in response to a petition
5     submitted pursuant to paragraph e of this subsection, the
6     Agency may, upon receipt of an objection from USEPA, revise
7     and resubmit the permit to USEPA pursuant to this
8     subsection after providing a 10-day comment period in
9     accordance with paragraph c of this subsection. If the
10     Agency fails to submit a revised permit in response to the
11     objection, USEPA shall modify, terminate or revoke the
12     permit. In any case, the source will not be in violation of
13     the requirement to have submitted a timely and complete
14     application.
15         h. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
16     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
17     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
18     necessary, to implement this subsection.
 
19     10. Final Agency Action.
20         a. The Agency shall issue a CAAPP permit, permit
21     modification, or permit renewal if all of the following
22     conditions are met:
23             i. The applicant has submitted a complete and
24         certified application for a permit, permit
25         modification, or permit renewal consistent with
26         subsections 5 and 14 of this Section, as applicable,
27         and applicable regulations.
28             ii. The applicant has submitted with its complete
29         application an approvable compliance plan, including a
30         schedule for achieving compliance, consistent with
31         subsection 5 of this Section and applicable
32         regulations.
33             iii. The applicant has timely paid the fees
34         required pursuant to subsection 18 of this Section and
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1             iv. The Agency has received a complete CAAPP
2         application and, if necessary, has requested and
3         received additional information from the applicant
4         consistent with subsection 5 of this Section and
5         applicable regulations.
6             v. The Agency has complied with all applicable
7         provisions regarding public notice and affected State
8         review consistent with subsection 8 of this Section and
9         applicable regulations.
10             vi. The Agency has provided a copy of each CAAPP
11         application, or summary thereof, pursuant to agreement
12         with USEPA and proposed CAAPP permit required under
13         subsection 9 of this Section to USEPA, and USEPA has
14         not objected to the issuance of the permit in
15         accordance with the Clean Air Act and 40 CFR Part 70.
16         b. The Agency shall have the authority to deny a CAAPP
17     permit, permit modification, or permit renewal if the
18     applicant has not complied with the requirements of
19     paragraphs (a)(i)-(a)(iv) of this subsection or if USEPA
20     objects to its issuance.
21         c. i. Prior to denial of a CAAPP permit, permit
22         modification, or permit renewal under this Section,
23         the Agency shall notify the applicant of the possible
24         denial and the reasons for the denial.
25             ii. Within such notice, the Agency shall specify an
26         appropriate date by which the applicant shall
27         adequately respond to the Agency's notice. Such date
28         shall not exceed 15 days from the date the notification
29         is received by the applicant. The Agency may grant a
30         reasonable extension for good cause shown.
31             iii. Failure by the applicant to adequately
32         respond by the date specified in the notification or by
33         any granted extension date shall be grounds for denial
34         of the permit.
35             For purposes of obtaining judicial review under
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1         provide to USEPA and each applicant, and, upon request,
2         to affected States, any person who participated in the
3         public comment process, and any other person who could
4         obtain judicial review under Sections 40.2 and 41 of
5         this Act, a copy of each CAAPP permit or notification
6         of denial pertaining to that party.
7         d. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
8     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
9     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
10     necessary, to implement this subsection.
 
11     11. General Permits.
12         a. The Agency may issue a general permit covering
13     numerous similar sources, except for affected sources for
14     acid deposition unless otherwise provided in regulations
15     promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act.
16         b. The Agency shall identify, in any general permit,
17     criteria by which sources may qualify for the general
18     permit.
19         c. CAAPP sources that would qualify for a general
20     permit must apply for coverage under the terms of the
21     general permit or must apply for a CAAPP permit consistent
22     with subsection 5 of this Section and applicable
23     regulations.
24         d. The Agency shall comply with the public comment and
25     hearing provisions of this Section as well as the USEPA and
26     affected State review procedures prior to issuance of a
27     general permit.
28         e. When granting a subsequent request by a qualifying
29     CAAPP source for coverage under the terms of a general
30     permit, the Agency shall not be required to repeat the
31     public notice and comment procedures. The granting of such
32     request shall not be considered a final permit action for
33     purposes of judicial review.
34         f. The Agency may not issue a general permit to cover
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1     CAAPP permit covers emission units at the source.
2         g. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
3     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
4     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
5     necessary, to implement this subsection.
 
6     12. Operational Flexibility.
7         a. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source may make
8     changes at the CAAPP source without requiring a prior
9     permit revision, consistent with subparagraphs (a) (i)
10     through (a) (iii) of this subsection, so long as the
11     changes are not modifications under any provision of Title
12     I of the Clean Air Act and they do not exceed the emissions
13     allowable under the permit (whether expressed therein as a
14     rate of emissions or in terms of total emissions), provided
15     that the owner or operator of the CAAPP source provides
16     USEPA and the Agency with written notification as required
17     below in advance of the proposed changes, which shall be a
18     minimum of 7 days, unless otherwise provided by the Agency
19     in applicable regulations regarding emergencies. The owner
20     or operator of a CAAPP source and the Agency shall each
21     attach such notice to their copy of the relevant permit.
22             i. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source may make
23         Section 502 (b) (10) changes without a permit revision,
24         if the changes are not modifications under any
25         provision of Title I of the Clean Air Act and the
26         changes do not exceed the emissions allowable under the
27         permit (whether expressed therein as a rate of
28         emissions or in terms of total emissions).
29                 A. For each such change, the written
30             notification required above shall include a brief
31             description of the change within the source, the
32             date on which the change will occur, any change in
33             emissions, and any permit term or condition that is
34             no longer applicable as a result of the change.
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1             7(j) of this Section shall not apply to any change
2             made pursuant to this subparagraph.
3             ii. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source may
4         trade increases and decreases in emissions in the CAAPP
5         source, where the applicable implementation plan
6         provides for such emission trades without requiring a
7         permit revision. This provision is available in those
8         cases where the permit does not already provide for
9         such emissions trading.
10                 A. Under this subparagraph (a)(ii), the
11             written notification required above shall include
12             such information as may be required by the
13             provision in the applicable implementation plan
14             authorizing the emissions trade, including at a
15             minimum, when the proposed changes will occur, a
16             description of each such change, any change in
17             emissions, the permit requirements with which the
18             source will comply using the emissions trading
19             provisions of the applicable implementation plan,
20             and the pollutants emitted subject to the
21             emissions trade. The notice shall also refer to the
22             provisions in the applicable implementation plan
23             with which the source will comply and provide for
24             the emissions trade.
25                 B. The permit shield described in paragraph
26             7(j) of this Section shall not apply to any change
27             made pursuant to this subparagraph (a) (ii).
28             Compliance with the permit requirements that the
29             source will meet using the emissions trade shall be
30             determined according to the requirements of the
31             applicable implementation plan authorizing the
32             emissions trade.
33             iii. If requested within a CAAPP application, the
34         Agency shall issue a CAAPP permit which contains terms
35         and conditions, including all terms required under
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1         allowing for the trading of emissions increases and
2         decreases at the CAAPP source solely for the purpose of
3         complying with a federally-enforceable emissions cap
4         that is established in the permit independent of
5         otherwise applicable requirements. The owner or
6         operator of a CAAPP source shall include in its CAAPP
7         application proposed replicable procedures and permit
8         terms that ensure the emissions trades are
9         quantifiable and enforceable. The permit shall also
10         require compliance with all applicable requirements.
11                 A. Under this subparagraph (a)(iii), the
12             written notification required above shall state
13             when the change will occur and shall describe the
14             changes in emissions that will result and how these
15             increases and decreases in emissions will comply
16             with the terms and conditions of the permit.
17                 B. The permit shield described in paragraph
18             7(j) of this Section shall extend to terms and
19             conditions that allow such increases and decreases
20             in emissions.
21         b. An owner or operator of a CAAPP source may make
22     changes that are not addressed or prohibited by the permit,
23     other than those which are subject to any requirements
24     under Title IV of the Clean Air Act or are modifications
25     under any provisions of Title I of the Clean Air Act,
26     without a permit revision, in accordance with the following
27     requirements:
28             (i) Each such change shall meet all applicable
29         requirements and shall not violate any existing permit
30         term or condition;
31             (ii) Sources must provide contemporaneous written
32         notice to the Agency and USEPA of each such change,
33         except for changes that qualify as insignificant under
34         provisions adopted by the Agency or the Board. Such
35         written notice shall describe each such change,
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1         pollutants emitted, and any applicable requirement
2         that would apply as a result of the change;
3             (iii) The change shall not qualify for the shield
4         described in paragraph 7(j) of this Section; and
5             (iv) The permittee shall keep a record describing
6         changes made at the source that result in emissions of
7         a regulated air pollutant subject to an applicable
8         Clean Air Act requirement, but not otherwise regulated
9         under the permit, and the emissions resulting from
10         those changes.
11         c. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
12     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
13     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
14     necessary to implement this subsection.
 
15     13. Administrative Permit Amendments.
16         a. The Agency shall take final action on a request for
17     an administrative permit amendment within 60 days of
18     receipt of the request. Neither notice nor an opportunity
19     for public and affected State comment shall be required for
20     the Agency to incorporate such revisions, provided it
21     designates the permit revisions as having been made
22     pursuant to this subsection.
23         b. The Agency shall submit a copy of the revised permit
24     to USEPA.
25         c. For purposes of this Section the term
26     "administrative permit amendment" shall be defined as a
27     permit revision that can accomplish one or more of the
28     changes described below:
29             i. Corrects typographical errors;
30             ii. Identifies a change in the name, address, or
31         phone number of any person identified in the permit, or
32         provides a similar minor administrative change at the
33         source;
34             iii. Requires more frequent monitoring or
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1             iv. Allows for a change in ownership or operational
2         control of a source where the Agency determines that no
3         other change in the permit is necessary, provided that
4         a written agreement containing a specific date for
5         transfer of permit responsibility, coverage, and
6         liability between the current and new permittees has
7         been submitted to the Agency;
8             v. Incorporates into the CAAPP permit the
9         requirements from preconstruction review permits
10         authorized under a USEPA-approved program, provided
11         the program meets procedural and compliance
12         requirements substantially equivalent to those
13         contained in this Section;
14             vi. (Blank); or
15             vii. Any other type of change which USEPA has
16         determined as part of the approved CAAPP permit program
17         to be similar to those included in this subsection.
18         d. The Agency shall, upon taking final action granting
19     a request for an administrative permit amendment, allow
20     coverage by the permit shield in paragraph 7(j) of this
21     Section for administrative permit amendments made pursuant
22     to subparagraph (c)(v) of this subsection which meet the
23     relevant requirements for significant permit
24     modifications.
25         e. Permit revisions and modifications, including
26     administrative amendments and automatic amendments
27     (pursuant to Sections 408(b) and 403(d) of the Clean Air
28     Act or regulations promulgated thereunder), for purposes
29     of the acid rain portion of the permit shall be governed by
30     the regulations promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air
31     Act. Owners or operators of affected sources for acid
32     deposition shall have the flexibility to amend their
33     compliance plans as provided in the regulations
34     promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act.
35         f. The CAAPP source may implement the changes addressed
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1     immediately upon submittal of the request.
2         g. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
3     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
4     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
5     necessary, to implement this subsection.
 
6     14. Permit Modifications.
7         a. Minor permit modification procedures.
8             i. The Agency shall review a permit modification
9         using the "minor permit" modification procedures only
10         for those permit modifications that:
11                 A. Do not violate any applicable requirement;
12                 B. Do not involve significant changes to
13             existing monitoring, reporting, or recordkeeping
14             requirements in the permit;
15                 C. Do not require a case-by-case determination
16             of an emission limitation or other standard, or a
17             source-specific determination of ambient impacts,
18             or a visibility or increment analysis;
19                 D. Do not seek to establish or change a permit
20             term or condition for which there is no
21             corresponding underlying requirement and which
22             avoids an applicable requirement to which the
23             source would otherwise be subject. Such terms and
24             conditions include:
25                     1. A federally enforceable emissions cap
26                 assumed to avoid classification as a
27                 modification under any provision of Title I of
28                 the Clean Air Act; and
29                     2. An alternative emissions limit approved
30                 pursuant to regulations promulgated under
31                 Section 112(i)(5) of the Clean Air Act;
32                 E. Are not modifications under any provision
33             of Title I of the Clean Air Act; and
34                 F. Are not required to be processed as a
35             significant modification.

 

 

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1             ii. Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a)(i) and
2         (b)(ii) of this subsection, minor permit modification
3         procedures may be used for permit modifications
4         involving the use of economic incentives, marketable
5         permits, emissions trading, and other similar
6         approaches, to the extent that such minor permit
7         modification procedures are explicitly provided for in
8         an applicable implementation plan or in applicable
9         requirements promulgated by USEPA.
10             iii. An applicant requesting the use of minor
11         permit modification procedures shall meet the
12         requirements of subsection 5 of this Section and shall
13         include the following in its application:
14                 A. A description of the change, the emissions
15             resulting from the change, and any new applicable
16             requirements that will apply if the change occurs;
17                 B. The source's suggested draft permit;
18                 C. Certification by a responsible official,
19             consistent with paragraph 5(e) of this Section and
20             applicable regulations, that the proposed
21             modification meets the criteria for use of minor
22             permit modification procedures and a request that
23             such procedures be used; and
24                 D. Completed forms for the Agency to use to
25             notify USEPA and affected States as required under
26             subsections 8 and 9 of this Section.
27             iv. Within 5 working days of receipt of a complete
28         permit modification application, the Agency shall
29         notify USEPA and affected States of the requested
30         permit modification in accordance with subsections 8
31         and 9 of this Section. The Agency promptly shall send
32         any notice required under paragraph 8(d) of this
33         Section to USEPA.
34             v. The Agency may not issue a final permit
35         modification until after the 45-day review period for
36         USEPA or until USEPA has notified the Agency that USEPA

 

 

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1         will not object to the issuance of the permit
2         modification, whichever comes first, although the
3         Agency can approve the permit modification prior to
4         that time. Within 90 days of the Agency's receipt of an
5         application under the minor permit modification
6         procedures or 15 days after the end of USEPA's 45-day
7         review period under subsection 9 of this Section,
8         whichever is later, the Agency shall:
9                 A. Issue the permit modification as proposed;
10                 B. Deny the permit modification application;
11                 C. Determine that the requested modification
12             does not meet the minor permit modification
13             criteria and should be reviewed under the
14             significant modification procedures; or
15                 D. Revise the draft permit modification and
16             transmit to USEPA the new proposed permit
17             modification as required by subsection 9 of this
18             Section.
19             vi. Any CAAPP source may make the change proposed
20         in its minor permit modification application
21         immediately after it files such application. After the
22         CAAPP source makes the change allowed by the preceding
23         sentence, and until the Agency takes any of the actions
24         specified in subparagraphs (a)(v)(A) through (a)(v)(C)
25         of this subsection, the source must comply with both
26         the applicable requirements governing the change and
27         the proposed permit terms and conditions. During this
28         time period, the source need not comply with the
29         existing permit terms and conditions it seeks to
30         modify. If the source fails to comply with its proposed
31         permit terms and conditions during this time period,
32         the existing permit terms and conditions which it seeks
33         to modify may be enforced against it.
34             vii. The permit shield under subparagraph 7(j) of
35         this Section may not extend to minor permit
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1             viii. If a construction permit is required,
2         pursuant to Section 39(a) of this Act and regulations
3         thereunder, for a change for which the minor permit
4         modification procedures are applicable, the source may
5         request that the processing of the construction permit
6         application be consolidated with the processing of the
7         application for the minor permit modification. In such
8         cases, the provisions of this Section, including those
9         within subsections 5, 8, and 9, shall apply and the
10         Agency shall act on such applications pursuant to
11         subparagraph 14(a)(v). The source may make the
12         proposed change immediately after filing its
13         application for the minor permit modification. Nothing
14         in this subparagraph shall otherwise affect the
15         requirements and procedures applicable to construction
16         permits.
17         b. Group Processing of Minor Permit Modifications.
18             i. Where requested by an applicant within its
19         application, the Agency shall process groups of a
20         source's applications for certain modifications
21         eligible for minor permit modification processing in
22         accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (b).
23             ii. Permit modifications may be processed in
24         accordance with the procedures for group processing,
25         for those modifications:
26                 A. Which meet the criteria for minor permit
27             modification procedures under subparagraph
28             14(a)(i) of this Section; and
29                 B. That collectively are below 10 percent of
30             the emissions allowed by the permit for the
31             emissions unit for which change is requested, 20
32             percent of the applicable definition of major
33             source set forth in subsection 2 of this Section,
34             or 5 tons per year, whichever is least.
35             iii. An applicant requesting the use of group
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1         subsection 5 of this Section and shall include the
2         following in its application:
3                 A. A description of the change, the emissions
4             resulting from the change, and any new applicable
5             requirements that will apply if the change occurs.
6                 B. The source's suggested draft permit.
7                 C. Certification by a responsible official
8             consistent with paragraph 5(e) of this Section,
9             that the proposed modification meets the criteria
10             for use of group processing procedures and a
11             request that such procedures be used.
12                 D. A list of the source's other pending
13             applications awaiting group processing, and a
14             determination of whether the requested
15             modification, aggregated with these other
16             applications, equals or exceeds the threshold set
17             under subparagraph (b)(ii)(B) of this subsection.
18                 E. Certification, consistent with paragraph
19             5(e), that the source has notified USEPA of the
20             proposed modification. Such notification need only
21             contain a brief description of the requested
22             modification.
23                 F. Completed forms for the Agency to use to
24             notify USEPA and affected states as required under
25             subsections 8 and 9 of this Section.
26             iv. On a quarterly basis or within 5 business days
27         of receipt of an application demonstrating that the
28         aggregate of a source's pending applications equals or
29         exceeds the threshold level set forth within
30         subparagraph (b)(ii)(B) of this subsection, whichever
31         is earlier, the Agency shall promptly notify USEPA and
32         affected States of the requested permit modifications
33         in accordance with subsections 8 and 9 of this Section.
34         The Agency shall send any notice required under
35         paragraph 8(d) of this Section to USEPA.
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1         subsection shall apply to modifications eligible for
2         group processing, except that the Agency shall take one
3         of the actions specified in subparagraphs (a)(v)(A)
4         through (a)(v)(D) of this subsection within 180 days of
5         receipt of the application or 15 days after the end of
6         USEPA's 45-day review period under subsection 9 of this
7         Section, whichever is later.
8             vi. The provisions of subparagraph (a)(vi) of this
9         subsection shall apply to modifications for group
10         processing.
11             vii. The provisions of paragraph 7(j) of this
12         Section shall not apply to modifications eligible for
13         group processing.
14         c. Significant Permit Modifications.
15             i. Significant modification procedures shall be
16         used for applications requesting significant permit
17         modifications and for those applications that do not
18         qualify as either minor permit modifications or as
19         administrative permit amendments.
20             ii. Every significant change in existing
21         monitoring permit terms or conditions and every
22         relaxation of reporting or recordkeeping requirements
23         shall be considered significant. A modification shall
24         also be considered significant if in the judgment of
25         the Agency action on an application for modification
26         would require decisions to be made on technically
27         complex issues. Nothing herein shall be construed to
28         preclude the permittee from making changes consistent
29         with this Section that would render existing permit
30         compliance terms and conditions irrelevant.
31             iii. Significant permit modifications must meet
32         all the requirements of this Section, including those
33         for applications (including completeness review),
34         public participation, review by affected States, and
35         review by USEPA applicable to initial permit issuance
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1         on significant permit modifications within 9 months
2         after receipt of a complete application.
3         d. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
4     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
5     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
6     necessary, to implement this subsection.
 
7     15. Reopenings for Cause by the Agency.
8         a. Each issued CAAPP permit shall include provisions
9     specifying the conditions under which the permit will be
10     reopened prior to the expiration of the permit. Such
11     revisions shall be made as expeditiously as practicable. A
12     CAAPP permit shall be reopened and revised under any of the
13     following circumstances, in accordance with procedures
14     adopted by the Agency:
15             i. Additional requirements under the Clean Air Act
16         become applicable to a major CAAPP source for which 3
17         or more years remain on the original term of the
18         permit. Such a reopening shall be completed not later
19         than 18 months after the promulgation of the applicable
20         requirement. No such revision is required if the
21         effective date of the requirement is later than the
22         date on which the permit is due to expire.
23             ii. Additional requirements (including excess
24         emissions requirements) become applicable to an
25         affected source for acid deposition under the acid rain
26         program. Excess emissions offset plans shall be deemed
27         to be incorporated into the permit upon approval by
28         USEPA.
29             iii. The Agency or USEPA determines that the permit
30         contains a material mistake or that inaccurate
31         statements were made in establishing the emissions
32         standards, limitations, or other terms or conditions
33         of the permit.
34             iv. The Agency or USEPA determines that the permit
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1         the applicable requirements.
2         b. In the event that the Agency determines that there
3     are grounds for revoking a CAAPP permit, for cause,
4     consistent with paragraph a of this subsection, it shall
5     file a petition before the Board setting forth the basis
6     for such revocation. In any such proceeding, the Agency
7     shall have the burden of establishing that the permit
8     should be revoked under the standards set forth in this Act
9     and the Clean Air Act. Any such proceeding shall be
10     conducted pursuant to the Board's procedures for
11     adjudicatory hearings and the Board shall render its
12     decision within 120 days of the filing of the petition. The
13     Agency shall take final action to revoke and reissue a
14     CAAPP permit consistent with the Board's order.
15         c. Proceedings regarding a reopened CAAPP permit shall
16     follow the same procedures as apply to initial permit
17     issuance and shall affect only those parts of the permit
18     for which cause to reopen exists.
19         d. Reopenings under paragraph (a) of this subsection
20     shall not be initiated before a notice of such intent is
21     provided to the CAAPP source by the Agency at least 30 days
22     in advance of the date that the permit is to be reopened,
23     except that the Agency may provide a shorter time period in
24     the case of an emergency.
25         e. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
26     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
27     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
28     necessary, to implement this subsection.
 
29     16. Reopenings for Cause by USEPA.
30         a. When USEPA finds that cause exists to terminate,
31     modify, or revoke and reissue a CAAPP permit pursuant to
32     subsection 15 of this Section, and thereafter notifies the
33     Agency and the permittee of such finding in writing, the
34     Agency shall forward to USEPA and the permittee a proposed
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1     and reissuance as appropriate, in accordance with
2     paragraph b of this subsection. The Agency's proposed
3     determination shall be in accordance with the record, the
4     Clean Air Act, regulations promulgated thereunder, this
5     Act and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such proposed
6     determination shall not affect the permit or constitute a
7     final permit action for purposes of this Act or the
8     Administrative Review Law. The Agency shall forward to
9     USEPA such proposed determination within 90 days after
10     receipt of the notification from USEPA. If additional time
11     is necessary to submit the proposed determination, the
12     Agency shall request a 90-day extension from USEPA and
13     shall submit the proposed determination within 180 days of
14     receipt of notification from USEPA.
15             b. i. Prior to the Agency's submittal to USEPA of a
16         proposed determination to terminate or revoke and
17         reissue the permit, the Agency shall file a petition
18         before the Board setting forth USEPA's objection, the
19         permit record, the Agency's proposed determination,
20         and the justification for its proposed determination.
21         The Board shall conduct a hearing pursuant to the rules
22         prescribed by Section 32 of this Act, and the burden of
23         proof shall be on the Agency.
24             ii. After due consideration of the written and oral
25         statements, the testimony and arguments that shall be
26         submitted at hearing, the Board shall issue and enter
27         an interim order for the proposed determination, which
28         shall set forth all changes, if any, required in the
29         Agency's proposed determination. The interim order
30         shall comply with the requirements for final orders as
31         set forth in Section 33 of this Act. Issuance of an
32         interim order by the Board under this paragraph,
33         however, shall not affect the permit status and does
34         not constitute a final action for purposes of this Act
35         or the Administrative Review Law.
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1         order to be served upon all parties to the proceeding
2         as well as upon USEPA. The Agency shall submit the
3         proposed determination to USEPA in accordance with the
4         Board's Interim Order within 180 days after receipt of
5         the notification from USEPA.
6         c. USEPA shall review the proposed determination to
7     terminate, modify, or revoke and reissue the permit within
8     90 days of receipt.
9             i. When USEPA reviews the proposed determination
10         to terminate or revoke and reissue and does not object,
11         the Board shall, within 7 days of receipt of USEPA's
12         final approval, enter the interim order as a final
13         order. The final order may be appealed as provided by
14         Title XI of this Act. The Agency shall take final
15         action in accordance with the Board's final order.
16             ii. When USEPA reviews such proposed determination
17         to terminate or revoke and reissue and objects, the
18         Agency shall submit USEPA's objection and the Agency's
19         comments and recommendation on the objection to the
20         Board and permittee. The Board shall review its interim
21         order in response to USEPA's objection and the Agency's
22         comments and recommendation and issue a final order in
23         accordance with Sections 32 and 33 of this Act. The
24         Agency shall, within 90 days after receipt of such
25         objection, respond to USEPA's objection in accordance
26         with the Board's final order.
27             iii. When USEPA reviews such proposed
28         determination to modify and objects, the Agency shall,
29         within 90 days after receipt of the objection, resolve
30         the objection and modify the permit in accordance with
31         USEPA's objection, based upon the record, the Clean Air
32         Act, regulations promulgated thereunder, this Act, and
33         regulations promulgated thereunder.
34         d. If the Agency fails to submit the proposed
35     determination pursuant to paragraph a of this subsection or
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1     c of this subsection, USEPA will terminate, modify, or
2     revoke and reissue the permit.
3         e. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
4     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
5     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
6     necessary, to implement this subsection.
 
7     17. Title IV; Acid Rain Provisions.
8         a. The Agency shall act on initial CAAPP applications
9     for affected sources for acid deposition in accordance with
10     this Section and Title V of the Clean Air Act and
11     regulations promulgated thereunder, except as modified by
12     Title IV of the Clean Air Act and regulations promulgated
13     thereunder. The Agency shall issue initial CAAPP permits to
14     the affected sources for acid deposition which shall become
15     effective no earlier than January 1, 1995, and which shall
16     terminate on December 31, 1999, in accordance with this
17     Section. Subsequent CAAPP permits issued to affected
18     sources for acid deposition shall be issued for a fixed
19     term of 5 years. Title IV of the Clean Air Act and
20     regulations promulgated thereunder, including but not
21     limited to 40 C.F.R. Part 72, as now or hereafter amended,
22     are applicable to and enforceable under this Act.
23         b. A designated representative of an affected source
24     for acid deposition shall submit a timely and complete
25     Phase II acid rain permit application and compliance plan
26     to the Agency, not later than January 1, 1996, that meets
27     the requirements of Titles IV and V of the Clean Air Act
28     and regulations. The Agency shall act on the Phase II acid
29     rain permit application and compliance plan in accordance
30     with this Section and Title V of the Clean Air Act and
31     regulations promulgated thereunder, except as modified by
32     Title IV of the Clean Air Act and regulations promulgated
33     thereunder. The Agency shall issue the Phase II acid rain
34     permit to an affected source for acid deposition no later
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1     January 1, 2000, in accordance with this Section, except as
2     modified by Title IV and regulations promulgated
3     thereunder; provided that the designated representative of
4     the source submitted a timely and complete Phase II permit
5     application and compliance plan to the Agency that meets
6     the requirements of Title IV and V of the Clean Air Act and
7     regulations.
8         c. Each Phase II acid rain permit issued in accordance
9     with this subsection shall have a fixed term of 5 years.
10     Except as provided in paragraph b above, the Agency shall
11     issue or deny a Phase II acid rain permit within 18 months
12     of receiving a complete Phase II permit application and
13     compliance plan.
14         d. A designated representative of a new unit, as
15     defined in Section 402 of the Clean Air Act, shall submit a
16     timely and complete Phase II acid rain permit application
17     and compliance plan that meets the requirements of Titles
18     IV and V of the Clean Air Act and its regulations. The
19     Agency shall act on the new unit's Phase II acid rain
20     permit application and compliance plan in accordance with
21     this Section and Title V of the Clean Air Act and its
22     regulations, except as modified by Title IV of the Clean
23     Air Act and its regulations. The Agency shall reopen the
24     new unit's CAAPP permit for cause to incorporate the
25     approved Phase II acid rain permit in accordance with this
26     Section. The Phase II acid rain permit for the new unit
27     shall become effective no later than the date required
28     under Title IV of the Clean Air Act and its regulations.
29         e. A designated representative of an affected source
30     for acid deposition shall submit a timely and complete
31     Title IV NOx permit application to the Agency, not later
32     than January 1, 1998, that meets the requirements of Titles
33     IV and V of the Clean Air Act and its regulations. The
34     Agency shall reopen the Phase II acid rain permit for cause
35     and incorporate the approved NOx provisions into the Phase
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1     accordance with this Section, except as modified by Title
2     IV of the Clean Air Act and regulations promulgated
3     thereunder. Such reopening shall not affect the term of the
4     Phase II acid rain permit.
5         f. The designated representative of the affected
6     source for acid deposition shall renew the initial CAAPP
7     permit and Phase II acid rain permit in accordance with
8     this Section and Title V of the Clean Air Act and
9     regulations promulgated thereunder, except as modified by
10     Title IV of the Clean Air Act and regulations promulgated
11     thereunder.
12         g. In the case of an affected source for acid
13     deposition for which a complete Phase II acid rain permit
14     application and compliance plan are timely received under
15     this subsection, the complete permit application and
16     compliance plan, including amendments thereto, shall be
17     binding on the owner, operator and designated
18     representative, all affected units for acid deposition at
19     the affected source, and any other unit, as defined in
20     Section 402 of the Clean Air Act, governed by the Phase II
21     acid rain permit application and shall be enforceable as an
22     acid rain permit for purposes of Titles IV and V of the
23     Clean Air Act, from the date of submission of the acid rain
24     permit application until a Phase II acid rain permit is
25     issued or denied by the Agency.
26         h. The Agency shall not include or implement any
27     measure which would interfere with or modify the
28     requirements of Title IV of the Clean Air Act or
29     regulations promulgated thereunder.
30         i. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as
31     affecting allowances or USEPA's decision regarding an
32     excess emissions offset plan, as set forth in Title IV of
33     the Clean Air Act or regulations promulgated thereunder.
34             i. No permit revision shall be required for
35         increases in emissions that are authorized by
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1         provided that such increases do not require a permit
2         revision under any other applicable requirement.
3             ii. No limit shall be placed on the number of
4         allowances held by the source. The source may not,
5         however, use allowances as a defense to noncompliance
6         with any other applicable requirement.
7             iii. Any such allowance shall be accounted for
8         according to the procedures established in regulations
9         promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act.
10         j. To the extent that the federal regulations
11     promulgated under Title IV, including but not limited to 40
12     C.F.R. Part 72, as now or hereafter amended, are
13     inconsistent with the federal regulations promulgated
14     under Title V, the federal regulations promulgated under
15     Title IV shall take precedence.
16         k. The USEPA may intervene as a matter of right in any
17     permit appeal involving a Phase II acid rain permit
18     provision or denial of a Phase II acid rain permit.
19         l. It is unlawful for any owner or operator to violate
20     any terms or conditions of a Phase II acid rain permit
21     issued under this subsection, to operate any affected
22     source for acid deposition except in compliance with a
23     Phase II acid rain permit issued by the Agency under this
24     subsection, or to violate any other applicable
25     requirements.
26         m. The designated representative of an affected source
27     for acid deposition shall submit to the Agency the data and
28     information submitted quarterly to USEPA, pursuant to 40
29     CFR 75.64, concurrently with the submission to USEPA. The
30     submission shall be in the same electronic format as
31     specified by USEPA.
32         n. The Agency shall act on any petition for exemption
33     of a new unit or retired unit, as those terms are defined
34     in Section 402 of the Clean Air Act, from the requirements
35     of the acid rain program in accordance with Title IV of the
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1         o. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
2     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
3     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
4     necessary to implement this subsection.
 
5     18. Fee Provisions.
6         a. For each 12 month period after the date on which the
7     USEPA approves or conditionally approves the CAAPP, but in
8     no event prior to January 1, 1994, a source subject to this
9     Section or excluded under subsection 1.1 or paragraph 3(c)
10     of this Section, shall pay a fee as provided in this part
11     (a) of this subsection 18. However, a source that has been
12     excluded from the provisions of this Section under
13     subsection 1.1 or paragraph 3(c) of this Section because
14     the source emits less than 25 tons per year of any
15     combination of regulated air pollutants shall pay fees in
16     accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
17     9.6.
18             i. The fee for a source allowed to emit less than
19         100 tons per year of any combination of regulated air
20         pollutants shall be $1,800 per year.
21             ii. The fee for a source allowed to emit 100 tons
22         or more per year of any combination of regulated air
23         pollutants, except for those regulated air pollutants
24         excluded in paragraph 18(f) of this subsection, shall
25         be as follows:
26                 A. The Agency shall assess an annual fee of
27             $18.00 per ton for the allowable emissions of all
28             regulated air pollutants at that source during the
29             term of the permit. These fees shall be used by the
30             Agency and the Board to fund the activities
31             required by Title V of the Clean Air Act including
32             such activities as may be carried out by other
33             State or local agencies pursuant to paragraph (d)
34             of this subsection. The amount of such fee shall be
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1             in its complete CAAPP permit application or in the
2             CAAPP permit if the permit has been granted and
3             shall be determined by the amount of emissions that
4             the source is allowed to emit annually, provided
5             however, that no source shall be required to pay an
6             annual fee in excess of $250,000. The Agency shall
7             provide as part of the permit application form
8             required under subsection 5 of this Section a
9             separate fee calculation form which will allow the
10             applicant to identify the allowable emissions and
11             calculate the fee for the term of the permit. In no
12             event shall the Agency raise the amount of
13             allowable emissions requested by the applicant
14             unless such increases are required to demonstrate
15             compliance with terms of a CAAPP permit.
16                 Notwithstanding the above, any applicant may
17             seek a change in its permit which would result in
18             increases in allowable emissions due to an
19             increase in the hours of operation or production
20             rates of an emission unit or units and such a
21             change shall be consistent with the construction
22             permit requirements of the existing State permit
23             program, under Section 39(a) of this Act and
24             applicable provisions of this Section. Where a
25             construction permit is required, the Agency shall
26             expeditiously grant such construction permit and
27             shall, if necessary, modify the CAAPP permit based
28             on the same application.
29                 B. The applicant or permittee may pay the fee
30             annually or semiannually for those fees greater
31             than $5,000. However, any applicant paying a fee
32             equal to or greater than $100,000 shall pay the
33             full amount on July 1, for the subsequent fiscal
34             year, or pay 50% of the fee on July 1 and the
35             remaining 50% by the next January 1. The Agency may
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1             notice, but shall prorate the new bill so that the
2             permittee or applicant does not pay more than its
3             required fees for the fee period for which payment
4             is made.
5         b. (Blank).
6         c. (Blank).
7         d. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a
8     special fund to be known as the "CAA Permit Fund". All
9     Funds collected by the Agency pursuant to this subsection
10     shall be deposited into the Fund. The General Assembly
11     shall appropriate monies from this Fund to the Agency and
12     to the Board to carry out their obligations under this
13     Section. The General Assembly may also authorize monies to
14     be granted by the Agency from this Fund to other State and
15     local agencies which perform duties related to the CAAPP.
16     Interest generated on the monies deposited in this Fund
17     shall be returned to the Fund.
18         e. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
19     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
20     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
21     necessary to implement this subsection.
22         f. For purposes of this subsection, the term "regulated
23     air pollutant" shall have the meaning given to it under
24     subsection 1 of this Section but shall exclude the
25     following:
26             i. carbon monoxide;
27             ii. any Class I or II substance which is a
28         regulated air pollutant solely because it is listed
29         pursuant to Section 602 of the Clean Air Act; and
30             iii. any pollutant that is a regulated air
31         pollutant solely because it is subject to a standard or
32         regulation under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act
33         based on the emissions allowed in the permit effective
34         in that calendar year, at the time the applicable bill
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1     19. Air Toxics Provisions.
2         a. In the event that the USEPA fails to promulgate in a
3     timely manner a standard pursuant to Section 112(d) of the
4     Clean Air Act, the Agency shall have the authority to issue
5     permits, pursuant to Section 112(j) of the Clean Air Act
6     and regulations promulgated thereunder, which contain
7     emission limitations which are equivalent to the emission
8     limitations that would apply to a source if an emission
9     standard had been promulgated in a timely manner by USEPA
10     pursuant to Section 112(d). Provided, however, that the
11     owner or operator of a source shall have the opportunity to
12     submit to the Agency a proposed emission limitation which
13     it determines to be equivalent to the emission limitations
14     that would apply to such source if an emission standard had
15     been promulgated in a timely manner by USEPA. If the Agency
16     refuses to include the emission limitation proposed by the
17     owner or operator in a CAAPP permit, the owner or operator
18     may petition the Board to establish whether the emission
19     limitation proposal submitted by the owner or operator
20     provides for emission limitations which are equivalent to
21     the emission limitations that would apply to the source if
22     the emission standard had been promulgated by USEPA in a
23     timely manner. The Board shall determine whether the
24     emission limitation proposed by the owner or operator or an
25     alternative emission limitation proposed by the Agency
26     provides for the level of control required under Section
27     112 of the Clean Air Act, or shall otherwise establish an
28     appropriate emission limitation, pursuant to Section 112
29     of the Clean Air Act.
30         b. Any Board proceeding brought under paragraph (a) or
31     (e) of this subsection shall be conducted according to the
32     Board's procedures for adjudicatory hearings and the Board
33     shall render its decision within 120 days of the filing of
34     the petition. Any such decision shall be subject to review
35     pursuant to Section 41 of this Act. Where USEPA promulgates
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1     the CAAPP permit, the Agency shall include in the permit
2     the promulgated standard, provided that the source shall
3     have the compliance period provided under Section 112(i) of
4     the Clean Air Act. Where USEPA promulgates an applicable
5     standard subsequent to the issuance of the CAAPP permit,
6     the Agency shall revise such permit upon the next renewal
7     to reflect the promulgated standard, providing a
8     reasonable time for the applicable source to comply with
9     the standard, but no longer than 8 years after the date on
10     which the source is first required to comply with the
11     emissions limitation established under this subsection.
12         c. The Agency shall have the authority to implement and
13     enforce complete or partial emission standards promulgated
14     by USEPA pursuant to Section 112(d), and standards
15     promulgated by USEPA pursuant to Sections 112(f), 112(h),
16     112(m), and 112(n), and may accept delegation of authority
17     from USEPA to implement and enforce Section 112(l) and
18     requirements for the prevention and detection of
19     accidental releases pursuant to Section 112(r) of the Clean
20     Air Act.
21         d. The Agency shall have the authority to issue permits
22     pursuant to Section 112(i)(5) of the Clean Air Act.
23         e. The Agency has the authority to implement Section
24     112(g) of the Clean Air Act consistent with the Clean Air
25     Act and federal regulations promulgated thereunder. If the
26     Agency refuses to include the emission limitations
27     proposed in an application submitted by an owner or
28     operator for a case-by-case maximum achievable control
29     technology (MACT) determination, the owner or operator may
30     petition the Board to determine whether the emission
31     limitation proposed by the owner or operator or an
32     alternative emission limitation proposed by the Agency
33     provides for a level of control required by Section 112 of
34     the Clean Air Act, or to otherwise establish an appropriate
35     emission limitation under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act.
 

 

 

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1     20. Small Business.
2         a. For purposes of this subsection:
3         "Program" is the Small Business Stationary Source
4     Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program
5     created within this State pursuant to Section 507 of the
6     Clean Air Act and guidance promulgated thereunder, to
7     provide technical assistance and compliance information to
8     small business stationary sources;
9         "Small Business Assistance Program" is a component of
10     the Program responsible for providing sufficient
11     communications with small businesses through the
12     collection and dissemination of information to small
13     business stationary sources; and
14         "Small Business Stationary Source" means a stationary
15     source that:
16             1. is owned or operated by a person that employs
17         100 or fewer individuals;
18             2. is a small business concern as defined in the
19         "Small Business Act";
20             3. is not a major source as that term is defined in
21         subsection 2 of this Section;
22             4. does not emit 50 tons or more per year of any
23         regulated air pollutant; and
24             5. emits less than 75 tons per year of all
25         regulated pollutants.
26         b. The Agency shall adopt and submit to USEPA, after
27     reasonable notice and opportunity for public comment, as a
28     revision to the Illinois state implementation plan, plans
29     for establishing the Program.
30         c. The Agency shall have the authority to enter into
31     such contracts and agreements as the Agency deems necessary
32     to carry out the purposes of this subsection.
33         d. The Agency may establish such procedures as it may
34     deem necessary for the purposes of implementing and
35     executing its responsibilities under this subsection.
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1     (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as
2     "Ombudsman") to monitor the Small Business Assistance
3     Program. The Ombudsman shall be a nonpartisan designated
4     official, with the ability to independently assess whether
5     the goals of the Program are being met.
6         f. The State Ombudsman Office shall be located in an
7     existing Ombudsman office within the State or in any State
8     Department.
9         g. There is hereby created a State Compliance Advisory
10     Panel (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as
11     "Panel") for determining the overall effectiveness of the
12     Small Business Assistance Program within this State.
13         h. The selection of Panel members shall be by the
14     following method:
15             1. The Governor shall select two members who are
16         not owners or representatives of owners of small
17         business stationary sources to represent the general
18         public;
19             2. The Director of the Agency shall select one
20         member to represent the Agency; and
21             3. The State Legislature shall select four members
22         who are owners or representatives of owners of small
23         business stationary sources. Both the majority and
24         minority leadership in both Houses of the Legislature
25         shall appoint one member of the panel.
26         i. Panel members should serve without compensation but
27     will receive full reimbursement for expenses including
28     travel and per diem as authorized within this State.
29         j. The Panel shall select its own Chair by a majority
30     vote. The Chair may meet and consult with the Ombudsman and
31     the head of the Small Business Assistance Program in
32     planning the activities for the Panel.
 
33     21. Temporary Sources.
34         a. The Agency may issue a single permit authorizing
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1     or operator at multiple temporary locations, except for
2     sources which are affected sources for acid deposition
3     under Title IV of the Clean Air Act.
4         b. The applicant must demonstrate that the operation is
5     temporary and will involve at least one change of location
6     during the term of the permit.
7         c. Any such permit shall meet all applicable
8     requirements of this Section and applicable regulations,
9     and include conditions assuring compliance with all
10     applicable requirements at all authorized locations and
11     requirements that the owner or operator notify the Agency
12     at least 10 days in advance of each change in location.
 
13     22. Solid Waste Incineration Units.
14         a. A CAAPP permit for a solid waste incineration unit
15     combusting municipal waste subject to standards
16     promulgated under Section 129(e) of the Clean Air Act shall
17     be issued for a period of 12 years and shall be reviewed
18     every 5 years, unless the Agency requires more frequent
19     review through Agency procedures.
20         b. During the review in paragraph (a) of this
21     subsection, the Agency shall fully review the previously
22     submitted CAAPP permit application and corresponding
23     reports subsequently submitted to determine whether the
24     source is in compliance with all applicable requirements.
25         c. If the Agency determines that the source is not in
26     compliance with all applicable requirements it shall
27     revise the CAAPP permit as appropriate.
28         d. The Agency shall have the authority to adopt
29     procedural rules, in accordance with the Illinois
30     Administrative Procedure Act, as the Agency deems
31     necessary, to implement this subsection.
32 (Source: P.A. 92-24, eff. 7-1-01; 93-32, eff. 7-1-03.)
 
33     (415 ILCS 5/42)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042)
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1     (a) Except as provided in this Section, any person that
2 violates any provision of this Act or any regulation adopted by
3 the Board, or any permit or term or condition thereof, or that
4 violates any order of the Board pursuant to this Act, shall be
5 liable for a civil penalty of not to exceed $50,000 for the
6 violation and an additional civil penalty of not to exceed
7 $10,000 for each day during which the violation continues; such
8 penalties may, upon order of the Board or a court of competent
9 jurisdiction, be made payable to the Environmental Protection
10 Trust Fund, to be used in accordance with the provisions of the
11 Environmental Protection Trust Fund Act.
12     (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of
13 this Section:
14         (1) Any person that violates Section 12(f) of this Act
15     or any NPDES permit or term or condition thereof, or any
16     filing requirement, regulation or order relating to the
17     NPDES permit program, shall be liable to a civil penalty of
18     not to exceed $10,000 per day of violation.
19         (2) Any person that violates Section 12(g) of this Act
20     or any UIC permit or term or condition thereof, or any
21     filing requirement, regulation or order relating to the
22     State UIC program for all wells, except Class II wells as
23     defined by the Board under this Act, shall be liable to a
24     civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per day of violation;
25     provided, however, that any person who commits such
26     violations relating to the State UIC program for Class II
27     wells, as defined by the Board under this Act, shall be
28     liable to a civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 for the
29     violation and an additional civil penalty of not to exceed
30     $1,000 for each day during which the violation continues.
31         (3) Any person that violates Sections 21(f), 21(g),
32     21(h) or 21(i) of this Act, or any RCRA permit or term or
33     condition thereof, or any filing requirement, regulation
34     or order relating to the State RCRA program, shall be
35     liable to a civil penalty of not to exceed $25,000 per day
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1         (4) In an administrative citation action under Section
2     31.1 of this Act, any person found to have violated any
3     provision of subsection (o) of Section 21 of this Act shall
4     pay a civil penalty of $500 for each violation of each such
5     provision, plus any hearing costs incurred by the Board and
6     the Agency. Such penalties shall be made payable to the
7     Environmental Protection Trust Fund, to be used in
8     accordance with the provisions of the Environmental
9     Protection Trust Fund Act; except that if a unit of local
10     government issued the administrative citation, 50% of the
11     civil penalty shall be payable to the unit of local
12     government.
13         (4-5) In an administrative citation action under
14     Section 31.1 of this Act, any person found to have violated
15     any provision of subsection (p) of Section 21 of this Act
16     shall pay a civil penalty of $1,500 for each violation of
17     each such provision, plus any hearing costs incurred by the
18     Board and the Agency, except that the civil penalty amount
19     shall be $3,000 for each violation of any provision of
20     subsection (p) of Section 21 that is the person's second or
21     subsequent adjudication violation of that provision. The
22     penalties shall be deposited into the Environmental
23     Protection Trust Fund, to be used in accordance with the
24     provisions of the Environmental Protection Trust Fund Act;
25     except that if a unit of local government issued the
26     administrative citation, 50% of the civil penalty shall be
27     payable to the unit of local government.
28         (5) Any person who violates subsection 6 of Section
29     39.5 of this Act or any CAAPP permit, or term or condition
30     thereof, or any fee or filing requirement, or any duty to
31     allow or carry out inspection, entry or monitoring
32     activities, or any regulation or order relating to the
33     CAAPP shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed
34     $10,000 per day of violation.
35     (b.5) In lieu of the penalties set forth in subsections (a)
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1 timely manner, toxic chemical release forms with the Agency
2 pursuant to Section 25b-2 of this Act shall be liable for a
3 civil penalty of $100 per day for each day the forms are late,
4 not to exceed a maximum total penalty of $6,000. This daily
5 penalty shall begin accruing on the thirty-first day after the
6 date that the person receives the warning notice issued by the
7 Agency pursuant to Section 25b-6 of this Act; and the penalty
8 shall be paid to the Agency. The daily accrual of penalties
9 shall cease as of January 1 of the following year. All
10 penalties collected by the Agency pursuant to this subsection
11 shall be deposited into the Environmental Protection Permit and
12 Inspection Fund.
13     (c) Any person that violates this Act, any rule or
14 regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or
15 condition of a permit, or any Board order and causes the death
16 of fish or aquatic life shall, in addition to the other
17 penalties provided by this Act, be liable to pay to the State
18 an additional sum for the reasonable value of the fish or
19 aquatic life destroyed. Any money so recovered shall be placed
20 in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury.
21     (d) The penalties provided for in this Section may be
22 recovered in a civil action.
23     (e) The State's Attorney of the county in which the
24 violation occurred, or the Attorney General, may, at the
25 request of the Agency or on his own motion, institute a civil
26 action for an injunction, prohibitory or mandatory, to restrain
27 violations of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under
28 this Act, any permit or term or condition of a permit, or any
29 Board order, or to require such other actions as may be
30 necessary to address violations of this Act, any rule or
31 regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or
32 condition of a permit, or any Board order.
33     (f) The State's Attorney of the county in which the
34 violation occurred, or the Attorney General, shall bring such
35 actions in the name of the people of the State of Illinois.
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1 awarding of attorney's fees and costs, the Board or a court of
2 competent jurisdiction may award costs and reasonable
3 attorney's fees, including the reasonable costs of expert
4 witnesses and consultants, to the State's Attorney or the
5 Attorney General in a case where he has prevailed against a
6 person who has committed a wilful, knowing or repeated
7 violation of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under
8 this Act, any permit or term or condition of a permit, or any
9 Board order.
10     Any funds collected under this subsection (f) in which the
11 Attorney General has prevailed shall be deposited in the
12 Hazardous Waste Fund created in Section 22.2 of this Act. Any
13 funds collected under this subsection (f) in which a State's
14 Attorney has prevailed shall be retained by the county in which
15 he serves.
16     (g) All final orders imposing civil penalties pursuant to
17 this Section shall prescribe the time for payment of such
18 penalties. If any such penalty is not paid within the time
19 prescribed, interest on such penalty at the rate set forth in
20 subsection (a) of Section 1003 of the Illinois Income Tax Act,
21 shall be paid for the period from the date payment is due until
22 the date payment is received. However, if the time for payment
23 is stayed during the pendency of an appeal, interest shall not
24 accrue during such stay.
25     (h) In determining the appropriate civil penalty to be
26 imposed under subdivisions (a), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), or
27 (b)(5) of this Section, the Board is authorized to consider any
28 matters of record in mitigation or aggravation of penalty,
29 including but not limited to the following factors:
30         (1) the duration and gravity of the violation;
31         (2) the presence or absence of due diligence on the
32     part of the respondent in attempting to comply with
33     requirements of this Act and regulations thereunder or to
34     secure relief therefrom as provided by this Act;
35         (3) any economic benefits accrued by the respondent
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1     case the economic benefits shall be determined by the
2     lowest cost alternative for achieving compliance;
3         (4) the amount of monetary penalty which will serve to
4     deter further violations by the respondent and to otherwise
5     aid in enhancing voluntary compliance with this Act by the
6     respondent and other persons similarly subject to the Act;
7         (5) the number, proximity in time, and gravity of
8     previously adjudicated violations of this Act by the
9     respondent;
10         (6) whether the respondent voluntarily self-disclosed,
11     in accordance with subsection (i) of this Section, the
12     non-compliance to the Agency; and
13         (7) whether the respondent has agreed to undertake a
14     "supplemental environmental project," which means an
15     environmentally beneficial project that a respondent
16     agrees to undertake in settlement of an enforcement action
17     brought under this Act, but which the respondent is not
18     otherwise legally required to perform.
19     In determining the appropriate civil penalty to be imposed
20 under subsection (a) or paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of
21 subsection (b) of this Section, the Board shall ensure, in all
22 cases, that the penalty is at least as great as the economic
23 benefits, if any, accrued by the respondent as a result of the
24 violation, unless the Board finds that imposition of such
25 penalty would result in an arbitrary or unreasonable financial
26 hardship. However, such civil penalty may be off-set in whole
27 or in part pursuant to a supplemental environmental project
28 agreed to by the complainant and the respondent.
29     (i) A person who voluntarily self-discloses non-compliance
30 to the Agency, of which the Agency had been unaware, is
31 entitled to a 100% reduction in the portion of the penalty that
32 is not based on the economic benefit of non-compliance if the
33 person can establish the following:
34         (1) that the non-compliance was discovered through an
35     environmental audit or a compliance management system
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1     regulated entity's due diligence in preventing, detecting,
2     and correcting violations , as defined in Section 52.2 of
3     this Act, and the person waives the environmental audit
4     privileges as provided in that Section with respect to that
5     non-compliance;
6         (2) that the non-compliance was disclosed in writing
7     within 30 days of the date on which the person discovered
8     it;
9         (3) that the non-compliance was discovered and
10     disclosed prior to:
11             (i) the commencement of an Agency inspection,
12         investigation, or request for information;
13             (ii) notice of a citizen suit;
14             (iii) the filing of a complaint by a citizen, the
15         Illinois Attorney General, or the State's Attorney of
16         the county in which the violation occurred;
17             (iv) the reporting of the non-compliance by an
18         employee of the person without that person's
19         knowledge; or
20             (v) imminent discovery of the non-compliance by
21         the Agency;
22         (4) that the non-compliance is being corrected and any
23     environmental harm is being remediated in a timely fashion;
24         (5) that the person agrees to prevent a recurrence of
25     the non-compliance;
26         (6) that no related non-compliance events have
27     occurred in the past 3 years at the same facility or in the
28     past 5 years as part of a pattern at multiple facilities
29     owned or operated by the person;
30         (7) that the non-compliance did not result in serious
31     actual harm or present an imminent and substantial
32     endangerment to human health or the environment or violate
33     the specific terms of any judicial or administrative order
34     or consent agreement;
35         (8) that the person cooperates as reasonably requested
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1         (9) that the non-compliance was identified voluntarily
2     and not through a monitoring, sampling, or auditing
3     procedure that is required by statute, rule, permit,
4     judicial or administrative order, or consent agreement.
5     If a person can establish all of the elements under this
6 subsection except the element set forth in paragraph (1) of
7 this subsection, the person is entitled to a 75% reduction in
8 the portion of the penalty that is not based upon the economic
9 benefit of non-compliance.
10 (Source: P.A. 93-152, eff. 7-10-03; 93-575, eff. 1-1-04;
11 93-831, eff. 7-28-04.)
 
12     (415 ILCS 5/52.2 rep.)
13     Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
14 repealing Section 52.2.
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.