Whenever PSD permits are processed under this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Administrator, EPA, and Regional Administrator shall have the meanings set forth in § 124.2, except when EPA has delegated authority to administer those regulations to another agency under the applicable subsection of 40 CFR 52.21, the term EPA shall mean the delegate agency and the term Regional Administrator shall mean the chief administrative officer of the delegate agency.
Application means an application for a PSD permit.
Appropriate Act and Regulations means the Clean Air Act and applicable regulations promulgated under it.
Approved program means a State implementation plan providing for issuance of PSD permits which has been approved by EPA under the Clean Air Act and 40 CFR part 51. An approved State is one administering an approved program. State Director as used in § 124.4 means the person(s) responsible for issuing PSD permits under an approved program, or that person's delegated representative.
Construction has the meaning given in 40 CFR 52.21.
Director means the Regional Administrator.
Draft permit shall have the meaning set forth in § 124.2.
Facility or activity means a major PSD stationary source or major PSD modification.
Federal Land Manager has the meaning given in 40 CFR 52.21.
Indian Governing Body has the meaning given in 40 CFR 52.21.
Major PSD modification means a major modification as defined in 40 CFR 52.21.
Major PSD stationary source means a major stationary source as defined in 40 CFR 52.21(b)(1).
Owner or operator means the owner or operator of any facility or activity subject to regulation under 40 CFR 52.21 or by an approved State.
Permit or PSD permit means a permit issued under 40 CFR 52.21 or by an approved State.
Person includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, State, municipality, political subdivision of a State, and any agency, department, or instrumentality of the United States and any officer, agent or employee thereof.
Regulated activity or activity subject to regulation means a major PSD stationary source or major PSD modification.
Site means the land or water area upon which a major PSD stationary source or major PSD modification is physically located or conducted, including but not limited to adjacent land used for utility systems; as repair, storage, shipping or processing areas; or otherwise in connection with the major PSD stationary source or major PSD modification.
State means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa and includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(a) The Regional Administrator shall provide notice of any permit application for a proposed major PSD stationary source or major PSD modification the emissions from which would affect a Class I area to the Federal Land Manager, and the Federal official charged with direct responsibility for management of any lands within such area. The Regional Administrator shall provide such notice promptly after receiving the application.
(b) Any demonstration which the Federal Land Manager wishes to present under 40 CFR 52.21(q)(3), and any variances sought by an owner or operator under § 52.21(q)(4) shall be submitted in writing, together with any necessary supporting analysis, by the end of the public comment period under § 124.10 or § 124.118. (40 CFR 52.21(q)(3) provides for denial of a PSD permit to a facility or activity when the Federal Land Manager demonstrates that its emissions would adversely affect a Class I area even though the applicable increments would not be exceeded. 40 CFR 52.21(q)(4) conversely authorizes EPA, with the concurrence of the Federal Land Manager and State responsible, to grant certain variances from the otherwise applicable emission limitations to a facility or activity whose emissions would affect a Class I area.)
(c) Variances authorized by 40 CFR 52.21 (q)(5) through (q)(7) shall be handled as specified in those paragraphs and shall not be subject to this part. Upon receiving appropriate documentation of a variance properly granted under any of these provisions, the Regional Administrator shall enter the variance in the administrative record. Any decisions later made in proceedings under this part concerning that permit shall be consistent with the conditions of that variance.