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What is "New
Source Review"?
In 1977, the U.S. Congress
established the New
Source Review (NSR)
permitting program as part of the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments. The New
Source Review is a
pre-construction permitting program that serves two important purposes.
1. The New
Source Review ensures that
air quality is not significantly degraded from the addition of new and modified
factories, industrial boilers and power plants. In areas with unhealthy air, the
New
Source Review assures that
new emissions do not slow progress toward cleaner air. In areas with clean air,
especially pristine areas like national parks, the New
Source Review assures that
new emissions do not significantly worsen air quality.
2. The New
Source Review program
assures people that any large new or modified industrial source in their
neighborhoods will be as clean as possible, and that advances in pollution
control occur concurrently with industrial expansion. New
Source Review permits are
legal documents that the facility owners/operators must abide by. The permit
specifies what construction is allowed, what emission limits must be met, and
often how the emissions source must be operated.
"Changing the Way the World Makes and Uses Energy"
Austin, Texas
The
New Source Review or "NSR" requires owners of stationary sources of air pollution to
obtain permits before the start of construction. The New Source
Review is also referred to as; construction permitting or pre-construction permitting.
There are three categories of New Source Review permitting requirements (a source may have to meet one or more of these permitting
requirements).
The three categories of New Source Review requirements are:
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permits:
Required for new major sources or a major source making a major modification in an attainment area;
Non-attainment NSR permits:
Required for new major sources or major sources making a major modification in a
non-attainment area;
Minor source permits.
What are
New Source Review Permits?
New Source Review Permits are the legal documents that the owners/operators of the source must follow.
NSR
Permits
specify what construction is allowed, what the emissions limits
are, and must be complied with and often how the source must be operated.
NSR Permits may contain conditions to make sure that the source is built to match parameters in the application that the permit agency relied on in their analysis.
For example, the permit may provide specification relating to stack heights that the permit agency used in their analysis of the source.
Some limits in the permit may be present at the request of the source to keep them out of other
requirements, i.e. the source may take limits in a minor NSR permit to keep the source out of PSD. To assure that sources follow the permit requirements, permits also contain monitoring,
record-keeping, and reporting requirements.
Who Issues the NSR Permits?
Typically, New Source Review permits are issued by the state or local air pollution control
agencies the source is located in.
The EPA issues the permit in some cases. State and local air pollution control agencies may have their own permit programs that are approved by EPA in the State Implementation Plan (SIP) or they may be delegated the authority to issue permits on behalf of EPA.
(See the permit agency contacts page for more information.)
On November 9, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized technical corrections and other clarifying amendments to seven subparts under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting (40 CFR part 98). In this action, EPA amended 40 CFR part 98 to correct technical and editorial errors and to address certain issues identified as a result of working with entities required to report during rule implementation and outreach. In general, these amendments do not change the overall requirements of the rule but improve clarity and ensure consistency across the calculation, monitoring and data reporting requirements. In addition, EPA has provided a one-time extension of the reporting deadline to September 28, 2012 for the 12 source categories (I, L, T, W, DD, FF, II, QQ, RR, SS, TT, UU) that began collecting data in 2011 to ensure sufficient time for development and stakeholder testing of the electronic Greenhouse Gas Reporting tool for these subparts.
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