00 Enrolled SB 144                                                                                                         
01 Relating to regulations, definitions, and permits under the emission control permit program;                            
02 and providing for an effective date.                                                                                    
03                           _______________                                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 46.14.130(b) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (b)  Except for the owner and operator of a stationary source exempted under                                 
06       AS 46.14.120(e) or (f), the owner and operator of a stationary source shall obtain an                             
07       operating permit from the department for [IF THE STATIONARY SOURCE]                                           
08                 (1)  a major source [EMITS OR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EMIT                                             
09       100 TPY OR MORE OF A REGULATED AIR POLLUTANT];                                                                    
10                 (2)  a stationary source that [EMITS OR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO                                        
11       EMIT 10 TPY OR MORE OF A HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT OR 25 TPY OR                                                     
12       MORE, IN THE AGGREGATE, OF TWO OR MORE HAZARDOUS AIR                                                              
13       POLLUTANTS;                                                                                                       
14                 (3)]  contains an emission unit subject to federal new source                                           
01       performance standards under 42 U.S.C. 7411 (Clean Air Act, sec. 111) or national                                  
02       emission standards for hazardous air pollutants issued under 42 U.S.C. 7412 (Clean                                
03       Air Act, sec. 112); or                                                                                            
04                 (3) [(4)  CONTAINS] another stationary source designated by the                                     
05       federal administrator by regulation.                                                                              
06    * Sec. 2.  AS 46.14.130 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
07            (d)  In this section, "major source" has the meaning given in 42 U.S.C.                                      
08       7661(2).                                                                                                          
09    * Sec. 3.  AS 46.14.140(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
10            (a)  The department shall adopt regulations to address substantive and                                       
11       procedural elements of the emission control permit program established under this                                 
12       chapter that are not addressed in statute, except elements that relate only to the internal                       
13       management of the department and do not affect the public or govern the way the                                   
14       department deals with the public.  The regulations must be reasonable and adequate,                               
15       and provide flexibility in the operation of a stationary source consistent with 42 U.S.C.                         
16       7401 - 7671q (Clean Air Act), as amended, and applicable federal regulations.  Except                             
17       for regulations concerning minor permits required under AS 46.14.130(c), the                                      
18       regulations must include                                                                                          
19                 (1)  a standard permit application form that meets the requirements of                                  
20       federal regulations adopted under 42 U.S.C. 7661a(b) (Clean Air Act, sec. 502(b));                                
21                 (2)  monitoring, record keeping [RECORDKEEPING], and reporting                                      
22       requirements for facilities that are subject to AS 46.14.130(b), which must comply                                
23       with the requirements established for state operating permit programs in 40 C.F.R.                                
24       70.6, but which may be modified to take into account this state's unique conditions;                              
25                 (3)  procedures for preparation and submission of a monitoring,                                         
26       reporting, and quality assurance plan and, if required, a compliance schedule                                     
27       describing how a permitted stationary source will comply with the applicable                                      
28       requirements of this chapter;                                                                                     
29                 (4)  procedures for                                                                                     
30                      (A)  specifying when permit applications and renewal requests                                      
31            are to be submitted;                                                                                         
01                      (B)  specifying the time duration for department review of                                         
02            permit applications;                                                                                         
03                      (C)  processing and reviewing an application;                                                      
04                      (D)  providing public notice, including opportunity for public                                     
05            comment and hearing; and                                                                                     
06                      (E)  issuing permits, including procedures for issuing permits                                     
07            for temporary operations or open burn activities;                                                            
08                 (5)  reasonable standard permit conditions, including conditions for                                    
09                      (A)  emission standards and limitations;                                                           
10                      (B)  monitoring, record keeping, and reporting for facilities                                      
11            subject to AS 46.14.130;                                                                                     
12                      (C)  inspection and entry;                                                                         
13                      (D)  certification of corporate or other business organization                                     
14            reports;                                                                                                     
15                      (E)  annual certification of compliance;                                                           
16                      (F)  excess emission or process deviation reporting; and                                           
17                      (G)  equipment malfunctions and emergencies;                                                       
18                 (6)  fees and procedures for collecting fees;                                                           
19                 (7)  provisions addressing late payment or nonpayment of fees, which                                    
20       may include assessment of penalties and interest or refusal to issue, amend, modify, or                           
21       renew an air quality control permit;                                                                              
22                 (8)  the duration of permits;                                                                           
23                 (9)  procedures for modifying or amending a permit that provide                                         
24       flexibility in the operation of the stationary source, including procedures to allow                              
25       changes to a permitted stationary source without requiring a permit modification,                                 
26       consistent with the purposes of this chapter and with 42 U.S.C. 7401 - 7671q (Clean                               
27       Air Act);                                                                                                         
28                 (10)  reasonable provisions for renewing, reopening, revoking and                                       
29       reissuing, and terminating a permit consistent with the purposes of this chapter and 42                           
30       U.S.C. 7401 - 7671q (Clean Air Act);                                                                              
31                 (11)  provisions allowing for physical or operational limitations that                                  
01       will reduce a stationary source's emissions to levels below those that would make the                             
02       stationary source subject to part or all of AS 46.14.120 and 46.14.130;                                           
03                 (12)  provisions authorizing stationary source operation while a permit                                 
04       application is pending, consistent with 42 U.S.C. 7661b(d) (Clean Air Act, sec.                                   
05       503(d));                                                                                                          
06                 (13)  provisions for ensuring that compliance with an operating permit                                  
07       issued under this chapter will be considered to be compliance with 42 U.S.C. 7661a                                
08       (Clean Air Act, sec. 502) and other provisions of state or federal law specifically                               
09       provided for by the department consistent with 42 U.S.C. 7401 - 7671q (Clean Air                                  
10       Act) and regulations adopted under state and federal law; [AND]                                                   
11                 (14)  provisions allowing for certification of inspectors who evaluate                                  
12       compliance with the terms and conditions of a permit, order, regulation, or other                                 
13       provision of law authorized under this chapter; and                                                           
14                 (15)  definitions of terms incorporating applicable definitions in 42                               
15       U.S.C. 7401 - 7671q (Clean Air Act), as amended, and applicable federal                                       
16       regulations, to the extent that those definitions are not inconsistent with this                              
17       chapter.                                                                                                      
18    * Sec. 4.  AS 46.14.255(b) is amended to read:                                                                     
19            (b)  If a permittee has failed to pay a fee imposed under AS 46.14.240 -                                     
20       46.14.250, a penalty, assessment, or damage award imposed under AS 46.03.760(e) or                                
21       46.03.790 for a violation of this chapter, or interest imposed under (a) of this section,                         
22       the department may, after 30 days' written notice to the permittee, revoke a minor                            
23       permit, refuse to issue or renew permits requested by the permittee, or refuse to                         
24       amend or modify a permit when the amendment or modification is requested by the                                   
25       permittee.                                                                                                        
26    * Sec. 5.  AS 46.14.280(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
27            (a)  After 30 days' written notice to the permittee, the department                                          
28                 (1)  may terminate, modify, or revoke and reissue a construction, [OR]                              
29       operating, or minor permit if the department finds that                                                           
30                      (A)  the permit was obtained by misrepresentation of material                                      
31            fact or by failure of the owner and operator to disclose fully the facts relating                            
01            to issuance of the permit;                                                                                   
02                      (B)  the permittee has violated this chapter, a regulation, a                                      
03            judicial or administrative order, or a material term or condition of a permit,                               
04            approval, or acceptance issued under this chapter; or                                                        
05                      (C)  the permittee has failed to construct or modify a stationary                                  
06            source within the time period specified in a construction permit, if any,                                    
07            required under AS 46.14.130(a);                                                                              
08                 (2)  may modify, or revoke and reissue a construction, operating, or                                    
09       minor permit if the department finds that                                                                         
10                      (A)  the permit contains a material mistake; or                                                    
11                      (B)  there has been a material change in the quantity or type of                                   
12            air pollutant emitted from the stationary source; or                                                         
13                 (3)  shall reopen a permit issued under this chapter                                                    
14                      (A)  based on a determination of the federal administrator or the                                  
15            department that the permit must be revised to comply with 42 U.S.C. 7401 -                                   
16            7671q (Clean Air Act) and regulations adopted under 42 U.S.C. 7401 - 7671q                               
17            [THEREUNDER]; or                                                                                             
18                      (B)  to incorporate changes in law, or to impose equivalent                                        
19            emission limitations, that become applicable after the permit is issued if the                               
20            permit is issued to a major [STATIONARY] source and has a remaining                                          
21            duration of three or more years; the department shall make revisions allowed                                 
22            under this subparagraph as soon as practicable, but, regarding a change in law,                              
23            not [NO] later than 18 months after the change in law takes effect; the                                  
24            department may not reopen the permit of a major [STATIONARY] source                                          
25            under this subparagraph if the change in law is not effective until after the date                           
26            that the permit expires.                                                                                     
27    * Sec. 6.  AS 46.14.990(11) is amended to read:                                                                    
28                 (11)  "emission unit" has the meaning given in 40 C.F.R. 51.166(b)(7)                               
29       or 40 C.F.R. 70.2, depending on the context in which the term is used [40 C.F.R.                              
30       51.166(b)];                                                                                                       
31    * Sec. 7.  AS 46.14.990(27) is amended to read:                                                                    
01                 (27)  "stationary source" has the meaning given in 40 C.F.R. 51.166(b)                                  
02       or 40 C.F.R. 70.2, depending on the context in which the term is used;                                        
03    * Sec. 8.  AS 46.14.990(18) is repealed.                                                                           
04    * Sec. 9.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2005.