Title 18 . Environmental Conservation

Chapter 50 . Administrative Enforcement

Section 40. Federal standards adopted by reference

18 AAC 50.040. Federal standards adopted by reference

(a) The following provisions of 40 C.F.R. Part 60 (Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources), as revised as of July 8, 2004, are adopted by reference as they apply to a Title V source:

(1) Subpart A (General Provisions), except 40 C.F.R. 60.9 (Availability of Information);

(2) the following subparts:

(A) Subpart D (Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generators for Which Construction is Commenced After August 17, 1971);

(B) Subpart Da (Standards of Performance for Electric Utility Steam Generating Units for Which Construction is Commenced After September 18, 1978);

(C) Subpart Db (Standards of Performance for Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units);

(D) Subpart Dc (Standards of Performance for Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units);

(E) Subpart E (Standards of Performance for Incinerators);

(F) Subparts Ea and Eb (Standards of Performance for Municipal Waste Combustors);

(G) Subpart Ec (Standards of Performance for Hospital, Medical, and Infectious Waste Incinerators);

(H) Subpart F (Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants);

(I) Subpart I (Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities);

(J) Subpart J (Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries);

(K) Subpart K (Standards of Performance for Storage Vessels for Petroleum Liquids for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After June 11, 1973, and Prior to May 19, 1978);

(L) Subpart Ka (Standards of Performance for Storage Vessels for Petroleum Liquids for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 18, 1978, and Prior to July 23, 1984);

(M) Subpart Kb (Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels) for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After July 23, 1984);

(N) Subpart L (Standards of Performance for Secondary Lead Smelters);

(O) Subpart N (Standards of Performance for Primary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces for Which Construction is Commenced After June 11, 1973);

(P) Subpart Na (Standards of Performance for Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Steelmaking Facilities for Which Construction is Commenced After January 20, 1983);

(Q) Subpart O (Standards of Performance for Sewage Treatment Plants);

(R) Subpart Q (Standards of Performance for Primary Zinc Smelters);

(S) Subpart R (Standards of Performance for Primary Lead Smelters);

(T) Subpart Y (Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation Plants);

(U) Subpart DD (Standards of Performance for Grain Elevators);

(V) Subpart GG (Standards of Performance for Stationary Gas Turbines);

(W) Subpart HH (Standards of Performance for Lime Manufacturing Plants);

(X) Subpart LL (Standards of Performance for Metallic Mineral Processing Plants);

(Y) Subpart UU (Standards of Performance for Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacture);

(Z) Subpart VV (Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC in the Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry);

(AA) Subpart XX (Standards of Performance for Bulk Gasoline Terminals);

(BB) Subpart GGG (Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries);

(CC) Subpart JJJ (Standards of Performance for Petroleum Dry Cleaners);

(DD) Subpart KKK (Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC from Onshore Natural Gas Processing Plants);

(EE) Subpart LLL (Standards of Performance for Onshore Natural Gas Processing: SO 2 , Emissions);

(FF) Subpart 000 (Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants);

(GG) Subpart QQQ (Standards of Performance for VOC Emissions From Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Systems);

(HH) Subpart UUU (Standards of Performance for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries);

(II) Subpart WWW (Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills);

(JJ) Subpart CCCC (Standards of Performance for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units for Which Construction Is Commenced After November 30, 1999 or for Which Modification or Reconstruction Is Commenced on or After June 1, 2001);

(KK) the provisions of Subpart AAA (Standards of Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters), except that the operator of a wood stove may demonstrate compliance with 40 C.F.R. 60.532 by operating the wood stove in accordance with the permanent label required by 40 C.F.R. 60.536;

(3) the provisions of Appendices A - F.

(b) The following provisions of 40 C.F.R. Part 61 (National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants), as revised as of July 1, 2004, are adopted by reference as they apply to a Title V source:

(1) Subpart A (General Provisions), except 40 C.F.R. 61.16 (Availability of Information);

(2) the following subparts:

(A) Subpart E (National Emission Standard for Mercury);

(B) Subpart J (National Emission Standard for Equipment Leaks (Fugitive Emission Sources) of Benzene);

(C) Subpart V (National Emission Standard for Equipment Leaks (Fugitive Emission Sources));

(D) Subpart Y (National Emission Standard for Benzene Emissions from Benzene Storage Vessels); and

(E) Subpart FF (National Emission Standard for Benzene Waste Operations);

(F) the Standard for Demolition and Renovation under 40 C.F.R. 61.145 and, as they apply to activities subject to 40 C.F.R. 61.145, 40 C.F.R. 61.141, 40 C.F.R. 61.149(d)(1), 40 C.F.R. 61.150, 40 C.F.R. 61.152, and Appendix A to Subpart M (Interpretive Rule Governing Roof Removal Operations);

(3) 40 C.F.R. 61.154;

(4) Appendices A, B, and C.

(c) The following provisions of 40 C.F.R. Part 63 (National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories), as revised as of November 12, 2004, are adopted by reference as they apply to a Title V source:

(1) Subpart A (General Provisions), except 40 C.F.R. 63.5(e)(2) - (f)

(2) Subpart B (Requirements for Control Technology Determinations for Major Sources in Accordance with Clean Air Act Sections, Sections 112(g) and 112(j)), except that

(A) 40 C.F.R. 63.50 and 40 C.F.R. 63.54 are not adopted; and

(B) the requirements of 40 C.F.R. 63.51 - 40 C.F.R. 63.53, 40 C.F.R. 63.55, and 40 C.F.R. 63.56 apply to the owner or operator of a hazardous air pollutant major source that includes one or more sources from a category or subcategory established under 42 U.S.C. 7412(c)(1) (Clean Air Act, sec. 112(c)(1)) for which the EPA administrator has failed to promulgate an emission standard within 18 months after the deadline established for doing so in 42 U.S.C. 7412(e) (Clean Air Act, sec. 112(e));

(3) Subpart D (Regulations Governing Compliance Extensions for Early Reductions of Hazardous Air Pollutants);

(4) Subpart M (National Perchloroethlyene Air Emission Standards for Dry Cleaning Facilities);

(5) Subpart N (Chromium Electroplating and Anodizing);

(6) Subpart Q (Industrial Process Cooling Towers);

(7) Subpart R (Gasoline Distribution Facilities: Bulk Gasoline Terminals and Pipeline Breakout Stations);

(8) Subpart T (Halogenated Solvent Cleaning);

(9) Subpart Y (Marine Tank Vessel Loading Operations);

(10) Subpart CC (Petroleum Refineries);

(11) Subpart DD (Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations);

(12) Subpart GG (Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Facilities);

(13) Subpart HH (Oil and Natural Gas Production Facilities);

(14) Subpart II (Shipbuilding and Ship Repair);

(15) Subpart JJ (Wood Furniture Manufacturing);

(16) Subpart KK (Printing and Publishing Industry);

(17) Subpart HHH (Natural Gas Transmission and Storage Facilities);

(18) Subpart LLL (Portland Cement Plants);

(19) Subpart UUU (Pollutants for Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units);

(20) Subpart AAAA (Municipal Solid Waste Landfills);

(21) Subpart EEEE (Organic Liquids Distribution (Non-Gasoline));

(22) Subpart YYYY (Stationary Combustion Turbines);

(23) Subpart ZZZZ (Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines);

(24) Subpart DDDDD (Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters);

(25) Subpart GGGGG (Site Remediation);

(26) Subpart PPPPP (Engine Test Cells/Stands);

(27) Appendix A (Test Methods);

(28) Appendix B (Sources Defined for Early Reduction Provisions).

(d) The provisions of 40 C.F.R. Part 82, revised as of July 1, 2004, are adopted by reference to the extent that they apply to a Title V source.

(e) The requirements of 40 C.F.R. 52.70 - 40 C.F.R. 52.96, as revised as of July 1, 2004, as they apply to a Title V source and for purposes of a Title V permit, are adopted by reference.

(f) The provisions of 40 C.F.R. Part 51, Appendix W (Guideline on Air Quality Models (Revised)), revised as of July 1, 2004, are adopted by reference.

(g) The following provisions of 40 C.F.R. Part 62 (Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants), revised as of July 1, 2004, are adopted by reference:

(1) Subpart FFF (Federal Plan Requirements for Large Municipal Waste Combustors Constructed on or Before September 20, 1994);

(2) Subpart GGG (Federal Plan Requirements for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills That Commenced Construction Prior to May 30, 1991, and Have Not Been Modified or Reconstructed Since May 30, 1991);

(3) Subpart HHH (Federal Plan Requirements for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators Constructed on or Before June 20, 1996).

(4) Subpart III (Federal Plan Requirements for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units that Commenced Construction on or Before November 30, 1999);

(5) Subpart JJJ (Federal Plan Requirements for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999).

(h) The following provisions of 40 C.F.R. 51.166 and 40 C.F.R. 52.21 (Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality) as revised as of July 1, 2004, are adopted by reference:

(1) 40 C.F.R. 51.166(f) (Exclusions from Increment Consumption);

(2) 40 C.F.R. 51.166(q)(2) (Public Participation);

(3) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(a)(2) Applicability Procedures);

(4) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(b) (Definitions), except as follows:

(A) the following provisions are not adopted, and the terms derived in those provision have the meanings given in AS 46.14.990 and 18 AAC 50.990:

(i) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(1) ("major stationary source");

(ii) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(2) ("major modification");

(B) the following provisions are not adopted, and the terms defined in those provisions have the meanings given in AS 43.14.990 ;

(i) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(4) ("potential to emit");

(ii) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(5) ("stationary source");

(iii) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(6) ("building, structure, facility, or installation");

(iv) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(7) ("emissions unit");

(v) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(8) ("construction");

(vi) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(20) ("fugitive emissions");

(C) the following provisions are not adopted, and the terms defined in those provisions have the meanings given in AS 50.990;

(i) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(50) ("regulated NSR pollutant");

(ii) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(51) ("reviewing authority");

(5) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(d) (Ambient Air Ceilings)

(6) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(h) (Stack Heights);

(7) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(i) (Exemptions);

(8) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(j) (Control Technology Review);

(9) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(k) (Source Impact Analysis);

(10) 40 C.F.R. 52.21( l ) (Air Quality Models);

(11) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(m) (Air Quality Analysis);

(12) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(n) (Source Information);

(13) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(o) (Additional Impact Analysis);

(14) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(p) (Sources Impacting Federal Class I Areas);

(15) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(r) (Source Obligation);

(16) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(v) (Innovative Control Technology);

(17) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(x) (Clean Unit Test for Emissions Units That Are Subject to BACT or LAER);

(18) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(y) (Clean Unit Provisions for Emissions Units That Achieve an Emission Limitation;

(19) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(z) (PCP Exclusion Procedural Requirements);

(20) 40 C.F.R. 52.21(aa) (Actuals PALs).

(i) From the following provisions of 40 C.F.R. 51.165 (Permit Requirements), as revised as of July 1, 2004, text setting out provisions that a state implementation plan shall or may contain is adopted by reference as follows:

(1) 40 C.F.R. 51.165(a)(1) (Definitions), except as follows:

(A) the following provision are not adopted, and the terms defined in those provisions have the meanings given in AS 46.14.990 :

(i) 40 C.F.R. 51.165(a)(1)(i) ("stationary source");

(ii) 40 C.F.R. 52.165(a)(1)(ii) ("building, structure, facility, or installation");

(iii) 40 C.F.R. 52.165(a)(1)(iii) ("potential to emit");

(iv) 40 C.F.R. 52.165(a)(1)(iv) ("emissions unit");

(v) 40 C.F.R. 52.165(a)(1)(ix) ("fugitive emissions");

(vi) 40 C.F.R. 52.165(a)(1)(xviii) ("construction");

(B) the following provisions are not adopted, and the terms defined in those provisions have the meaning given in AS 50.990:

(i) 40 C.F.R. 52.165(a)(1)(xxxvii) ("regulated NSR pollutant");

(ii) 40 C.F.R. 52.165(a)(1)(xxxviii) ("reviewing authority");

(2) 40 C.F.R. 51.165(a)(2)(ii) (Major Modifications);

(3) 40 C.F.R. 51.165(a)(3) (Offset Credits);

(4) 40 C.F.R. 51.165(a)(4) (Fugitive Emissions);

(5) 40 C.F.R. 51.165(a)(5) (Source Obligations);

(6) 40 C.F.R. 51.165(a)(6) (Projected Actual Emissions);

(7) 40 C.F.R. 51.165(c) (Clean Unit Test for Emissions Units that are subject to LAER);

(8) 40 C.F.R. 51.165(d) (Clean Unit Provisions for Emissions Units that Achieve an Emission Limitation Comparable to LAER);

(9) 40 C.F.R. 51.165(e) (PCP Exclusion Procedural Requirements)";

(10) 40 C.F.R. 51.165(f) (Actuals PALs).

(j) The following provisions of 40 C.F.R. Part 71 (Operating Permits), as revised as of July 1, 2004, are adopted by reference, except as provided in 18 AAC 50.326:

(1) 40 C.F.R. 71.2 (Definitions);

(2) 40 C.F.R. 71.3 (Sources Subject to Permitting Requirements);

(3) 40 C.F.R. 71.5(a) - (c) (Permit Applications);

(4) 40 C.F.R. 71.6(a) - (f) (Permit Content);

(5) 40 C.F.R. 71.7(a) - (e) (Permit Issuance, Renewal, Reopenings, and Revisions);

(6) 40 C.F.R. 71.8 (Affected State Review);

(7) 40 C.F.R. 71.10(d) (Delegation);

(8) 40 C.F.R. 71.11(a) - (h) and (j) - (k) (Administrative Record, Public Participation, and Administrative Review).

History: Eff. 1/18/97, Register 141; am 6/14/98, Register 146; am 6/21/98, Register 146; am 7/2/2000, Register 154; am 6/1/2002, Register 162; am 8/15/2002, Register 163; am 10/1/2004, Register 171; am 12/3/2005, Register 176

Authority: AS 46.03.020

AS 46.14.010

AS 46.14.020

AS 46.14.030

Editor's note: The federal standards adopted by reference in 18 AAC 50.040 may be reviewed at the department's Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau office.

The owner or operator of an affected facility subject to a federal emission standard that is not at a stationary source subject to a Title V permit should contact the United States Environmental Protection Agency.