(a) A plant-wide applicability limit (PAL) permit shall
expire ten years after the date of issuance if the renewal application
is not submitted in accordance with §116.196(b) of this title
(relating to Renewal of a Plant-wide Applicability Limit Permit).
(b) Owners or operators of major stationary sources
who decide not to renew their PAL will, within the time frame specified
for PAL renewal applications in §116.196(b) of this title, submit
a proposed allowable emission limitation for each facility (or each
group of facilities, if such a distribution is more appropriate as
decided by the executive director) by distributing the PAL allowable
emissions for the major stationary source among each of the facilities
that existed under the PAL. If the PAL had not yet been adjusted for
an applicable requirement that became effective during the PAL effective
period, the distribution shall be made as if the PAL had been adjusted.
(c) The executive director shall decide whether and
how the PAL allowable emissions will be distributed and issue a revised
permit incorporating allowable limits for each facility, or each group
of facilities, as the executive director determines is appropriate.
Each facility shall comply with the allowable emission limitation
on a 12-month rolling basis. The executive director may approve the
use of monitoring systems (source testing, emission factors, etc.)
other than a continuous emission monitoring system, continuous emission
rate monitoring system, predictive emission monitoring system, or
continuous parameter monitoring system to demonstrate compliance with
the allowable emission limitation.
(1) Until the executive director issues the revised
permit incorporating allowable limits for each facility, or each group
of facilities, the source shall continue to comply with a source-wide,
multi-unit emissions cap equivalent to the level of the PAL emission
limitation.
(2) Any physical change or change in the method of
operation at the major stationary source will be subject to federal
new source review requirements if the change meets the definition
of major modification in §116.12 of this title (relating to Nonattainment
and Prevention of Significant Deterioration Definitions).
(3) The major stationary source owner or operator shall
continue to comply with any state or federal applicable requirements
that applied during the PAL effective period.
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