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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 122FEDERAL OPERATING PERMITS PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER FGENERAL OPERATING PERMITS
DIVISION 1PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL OPERATING PERMITS
RULE §122.502Authorization to Operate

(a) The executive director shall grant a request for authorization to operate under a general operating permit to applicants who submit a complete application under §122.134 of this title (relating to Complete Application) and who qualify for the general operating permit.

(b) Upon the granting of authorization to operate under a general operating permit, applicability determinations and the bases for the determinations in a general operating permit application become conditions under which the permit holder shall operate.

(c) The permit holder may be subject to enforcement action for operating without a permit if the permit holder, having been granted the authorization to operate under a general operating permit, is later determined not to qualify for the general operating permit.

(d) Authorizations to operate under general operating permits shall have terms not to exceed five years.

(e) More than one authorization to operate under a general operating permit may be granted for a site.

(f) A copy of the permit, the permit application, and the authorization to operate shall be maintained at the location specified in the authorization to operate.

(g) General operating permits shall not be authorized for affected units under the acid rain program.

(h) The executive director shall make a copy of the authorization to operate accessible to the EPA.


Source Note: The provisions of this §122.502 adopted to be effective November 10, 1997, 22 TexReg 10677; amended to be effective September 4, 2000, 25 TexReg 8688; amended to be effective December 11, 2002, 27 TexReg 11580

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