[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 9]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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



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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 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



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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 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]