[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR63.41]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 63--NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR SOURCE CATEGORIES--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B--Requirements for Control Technology Determinations for Major 
 Sources in Accordance With Clean Air Act Sections, Sections 112(g) and 
                                 112(j)
 
Sec. 63.41  Definitions.

    Terms used in this subpart that are not defined in this section have 
the meaning given to them in the Act and in subpart A.
    Affected source means the stationary source or group of stationary 
sources which, when fabricated (on site), erected, or installed meets 
the definition of ``construct a major source'' or the definition of 
``reconstruct a major source'' contained in this section.
    Affected States are all States:
    (1) Whose air quality may be affected and that are contiguous to the 
State in which a MACT determination is made in accordance with this 
subpart; or
    (2) Whose air quality may be affected and that are within 50 miles 
of the major source for which a MACT determination is made in accordance 
with this subpart.
    Available information means, for purposes of identifying control 
technology options for the affected source, information contained in the 
following information sources as of the date of approval of the MACT 
determination by the permitting authority:
    (1) A relevant proposed regulation, including all supporting 
information;
    (2) Background information documents for a draft or proposed 
regulation;
    (3) Data and information available for the Control Technology Center 
developed pursuant to section 113 of the Act;
    (4) Data and information contained in the Aerometric Informational 
Retrieval System including information in the MACT data base;
    (5) Any additional information that can be expeditiously provided by 
the Administrator; and
    (6) For the purpose of determinations by the permitting authority, 
any additional information provided by the applicant or others, and any 
additional information considered available by the permitting authority.
    Construct a major source means:
    (1) To fabricate, erect, or install at any greenfield site a 
stationary source or group of stationary sources which is located within 
a contiguous area and under common control and which emits or has the 
potential to emit 10 tons per year of any HAP's or 25 tons per year of 
any combination of HAP, or
    (2) To fabricate, erect, or install at any developed site a new 
process or production unit which in and of itself emits or has the 
potential to emit 10 tons per year of any HAP or 25 tons per year of any 
combination of HAP, unless the process or production unit satisfies 
criteria in paragraphs (2) (i) through (vi) of this definition.
    (i) All HAP emitted by the process or production unit that would 
otherwise be controlled under the requirements of this subpart will be 
controlled by emission control equipment which was previously installed 
at the same site as the process or production unit;
    (ii) (A) The permitting authority has determined within a period of 
5 years prior to the fabrication, erection, or installation of the 
process or production unit that the existing emission control equipment 
represented best available control technology (BACT), lowest achievable 
emission rate (LAER) under 40 CFR part 51 or 52, toxics--best available 
control technology (T-BACT), or MACT based on State air toxic rules for 
the category of pollutants which includes those HAP's to be emitted by 
the process or production unit; or
    (B) The permitting authority determines that the control of HAP 
emissions provided by the existing equipment will be equivalent to that 
level of control currently achieved by other well-controlled similar 
sources (i.e., equivalent to the level of control that would be provided 
by a current BACT, LAER, T-BACT, or State air toxic rule MACT 
determination);
    (iii) The permitting authority determines that the percent control 
efficiency for emissions of HAP from all sources to be controlled by the 
existing control equipment will be equivalent to the percent control 
efficiency provided by the control equipment prior to

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the inclusion of the new process or production unit;
    (iv) The permitting authority has provided notice and an opportunity 
for public comment concerning its determination that criteria in 
paragraphs (2)(i), (2)(ii), and (2)(iii) of this definition apply and 
concerning the continued adequacy of any prior LAER, BATC, T-BACT, or 
State air toxic rule MACT determination;
    (v) If any commenter has asserted that a prior LAER, BACT, T-BACT, 
or State air toxic rule MACT determination is no longer adequate, the 
permitting authority has determined that the level of control required 
by that prior determination remains adequate; and
    (vi) Any emission limitations, work practice requirements, or other 
terms and conditions upon which the above determinations by the 
permitting authority are applicable requirements under section 504(a) 
and either have been incorporated into any existing title V permit for 
the affected facility or will be incorporated into such permit upon 
issuance.
    Control technology means measures, processes, methods, systems, or 
techniques to limit the emission of hazardous air pollutants through 
process changes, substitution of materials or other modifications;
    (1) Reduce the quantity of, or eliminate emissions of, such 
pollutants through process changes, substitution of materials or other 
modifications;
    (2) Enclose systems or processes to eliminate emissions;
    (3) Collect, capture or treat such pollutants when released from a 
process, stack, storage or fugitive emissions point;
    (4) Are design, equipment, work practice, or operational standards 
(including requirements for operator training or certification) as 
provided in 42 U.S.C. 7412(h); or
    (5) Are a combination of paragraphs (1) through (4) of this 
definition.
    Effective date of section 112(g)(2)(B) in a State or local 
jurisdiction means the effective date specified by the permitting 
authority at the time the permitting authority adopts a program to 
implement section 112(g) with respect to construction or reconstruction 
or major sources of HAP, or June 29, 1998 whichever is earlier.
    Electric utility steam generating unit means any fossil fuel fired 
combustion unit of more than 25 megawatts that serves a generator that 
produces electricity for sale. A unit that co-generates steam and 
electricity and supplies more than one-third of its potential electric 
output capacity and more than 25 megawatts electric output to any 
utility power distribution system for sale shall be considered an 
electric utility steam generating unit.
    Greenfield suite means a contiguous area under common control that 
is an undeveloped site.
    List of Source Categories means the Source Category List required by 
section 112(c) of the Act.
    Maximum achievable control technology (MACT) emission limitation for 
new sources means the emission limitation which is not less stringent 
that the emission limitation achieved in practice by the best controlled 
similar source, and which reflects the maximum degree of deduction in 
emissions that the permitting authority, taking into consideration the 
cost of achieving such emission reduction, and any non-air quality 
health and environmental impacts and energy requirements, determines is 
achievable by the constructed or reconstructed major source.
    Notice of MACT Approval means a document issued by a permitting 
authority containing all federally enforceable conditions necessary to 
enforce the application and operation of MACT or other control 
technologies such that the MACT emission limitation is met.
    Permitting authority means the permitting authority as defined in 
part 70 or 71 of this chapter.
    Process or production unit means any collection of structures and/or 
equipment, that processes assembles, applies, or otherwise uses material 
inputs to produce or store an intermediate or final product. A single 
facility may contain more than one process or production unit.
    Reconstruct a major source means the replacement of components at an 
existing process or production unit that in and of itself emits or has 
that potential to emit 10 tons per year of any HAP or

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25 tons per year of any combination of HAP, whenever:
    (1) The fixed capital cost of the new components exceeds 50 percent 
of the fixed capital cost that would be required to construct a 
comparable process or production unit; and
    (2) It is technically and economically feasible for the 
reconstructed major source to meet the applicable maximum achievable 
control technology emission limitation for new sources established under 
this subpart.
    Research and development activities means activities conducted at a 
research or laboratory facility whose primary purpose is to conduct 
research and development into new processes and products, where such 
source is operated under the close supervision of technically trained 
personnel and is not engaged in the manufacture of products for sale or 
exchange for commercial profit, except in a de minimis manner.
    Similar source means a stationary source or process that has 
comparable emissions and is structurally similar in design and capacity 
to a constructed or reconstructed major source such that the source 
could be controlled using the same control technology.

[61 FR 68399, Dec. 27, 1996]