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TEHAMA COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT - Air Pollution Control Officer Joseph Tona
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Requested Action(s)
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a) PUBLIC HEARING - To receive comments on the repeal of current Tehama County Air Pollution Control District Rule 7:1 Federal Operating Permit Program, and adoption of the amended Tehama County Air Pollution Control District 7:1 Federal Operating Permit Program
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b) RESOLUTION - Request the repeal of current Tehama County Air Pollution Control District Rule 7:1 Federal Operating Permit Program, and adoption of the amended Tehama County Air Pollution Control District Rule 7:1 Federal Operating Permit Program
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c) Propose changes to the text of the amendment to Rule 7:1 Federal Operating Permit Program, and re-schedule the public hearing to consider the proposed Rule(s) as revised
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d) Take no action
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Financial Impact:
There is no Financial Impact.
Background Information:
The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the comprehensive federal law that regulates air emissions from stationery and mobile sources. The EPA promulgated permitting regulations applicable to the operation of major and certain other sources of air pollutants under the Title V of the CAA in 1992 (57 Federal Register 32250). These regulations are codified in 40 CFR parts 70 and 71 which contain the requirements for state operating permit programs and the federal operating permit program respectively. The District's EPA-approved Title V program under 40 CFR part 70 was adopted in February 1994 and is incorporated in District Regulation VII (Federally Operating Permit Program).
When the EPA finalized its Title V regulations for state operating permit programs (i.e. 40 CFR part 70) in 1992, the emergency affirmative defense provisions were included as part of the Title V regulations. These provisions established an affirmative defense that sources could have asserted in enforcement cases brought for noncompliance with technology-based emission limitations in o...
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