[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: 40CFR63.42]

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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. 63.42  Program requirements governing construction or reconstruction of major sources.

    (a) Adoption of program. Each permitting authority shall review its 
existing programs, procedures, and criteria for preconstruction review 
for conformity to the requirements established by Secs. 63.40 through 
63.44, shall make any additions and revisions to its existing programs, 
procedures, and criteria that the permitting authority deems necessary 
to properly effectuate Secs. 63.40 through 63.44, and shall adopt a 
program to implement section 112(g) with respect to construction or 
reconstruction of major sources of HAP. As part of the adoption by the 
permitting authority of a program to implement section 112(g) with 
respect to construction or reconstruction of major sources of HAP, the 
chief executive officer of the permitting authority shall certify that 
the program satisfies all applicable requirements established by 
Secs. 63.40 through 63.44, and shall specify an effective date for that 
program which is not later than June 29, 1998. Prior to the specified 
effective date, the permitting authority shall publish a notice stating 
that the permitting authority has adopted a program to implement section 
112(g) with respect to construction or reconstruction of major sources 
of HAP and stating the effective date, and shall provide a written 
description of the program to the Administrator through the appropriate 
EPA Regional Office. Nothing in this section shall be construed either:
    (1) To require that any owner or operator of a stationary source 
comply with any requirement adopted by the permitting authority which is 
not intended to implement section 112(g) with respect to construction or 
reconstruction of major sources of HAP; or
    (2) To preclude the permitting authority from enforcing any 
requirements not intended to implement section 112(g) with respect to 
construction or reconstruction of major sources of HAP under any other 
provision of applicable law.
    (b) Failure to adopt program. In the event that the permitting 
authority fails to adopt a program to implement section 112(g) with 
respect to construction or reconstruction of major sources of HAP with 
an effective date on or before June 29, 1998, and the permitting 
authority concludes that it is able to make case-by-case MACT 
determinations which conform to the provisions of Sec. 63.43 in the 
absence of such a program, the permitting authority may elect to make 
such determinations. However, in those instances where the permitting 
authority elects to make case-by-case MACT determinations in the absence 
of a program to implement section 112(g) with respect to construction or 
reconstruction of major sources of HAP, no such case-by-case MACT 
determination shall take effect until after it has been submitted by the 
permitting authority in writing to the appropriate EPA Regional 
Adminstrator and the EPA Regional Administrator has concurred in writing 
that the case-by-case MACT determination by the permitting authority is 
in conformity with all requirements established by Secs. 63.40 through 
63.44. In the event that

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the permitting authority fails to adopt a program to implement section 
112(g) with respect to construction or reconstruction of major sources 
of HAP with an effective date on or before June 29, 1998, and the 
permitting authority concludes that it is unable to make case-by-case 
MACT determinations in the absence of such a program, the permitting 
authority may request that the EPA Regional Administrator implement a 
transitional program to implement section 112(g) with respect to 
construction or reconstruction of major sources of HAP in the affected 
State of local jurisdiction while the permitting authority completes 
development and adoption of a section 112(g) program. Any such 
transitional section 112(g) program implemented by the EPA Regional 
Administrator shall conform to all requirements established by 
Secs. 63.40 through 63.44, and shall remain in effect for no more than 
30 months. Continued failure by the permitting authority to adopt a 
program to implement section 112(g) with respect to construction or 
reconstruction of major sources of HAP shall be construed as a failure 
by the permitting authority to adequately administer and enforce its 
title V permitting program and shall constitute cause by EPA to apply 
the sanctions and remedies set forth in the Clean Air Act section 
502(I).
    (c) Prohibition. After the effective date of section 112(g)(2)(B) 
(as defined in Sec. 63.41) in a State or local jurisdiction and the 
effective date of the title V permit program applicable to that State or 
local jurisdiction, no person may begin actual construction or 
reconstruction of a major source of HAP in such State or local 
jurisdiction unless:
    (1) The major source in question has been specifically regulated or 
exempted from regulation under a standard issued pursuant to section 
112(d), section 112(h) or section 112(j) in part 63, and the owner and 
operator has fully complied with all procedures and requirements for 
preconstruction review established by that standard, including any 
applicable requirements set forth in subpart A of this part 63; or
    (2) The permitting authority has made a final and effective case-by-
case determination pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 63.43 such that 
emissions from the constructed or reconstructed major source will be 
controlled to a level no less stringent than the maximum achievable 
control technology emission limitation for new sources.

[61 FR 68400, Dec. 27, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 35032, June 30, 1999]