[Comment: For dates and
availability of non-regulatory government publications, publications of
recognized organizations and associations, federal rules, and federal statutory
provisions referenced in this rule, see paragraph (SS)
(TT) of rule
3745-77-01 of the
Administrative Code titled "Referenced
referenced materials."]
(A) Compliance with existing permits.
Prior to the issuance or denial of the initial Title V permit,
the owner or operator of a source for which a timely and complete Title V
permit application has been filed pursuant to this rule and rule
3745-77-05
of the Administrative Code shall continue to comply with all effective terms
and conditions of permit-to-install, permits-to-install and operate and
permits-to-operate that were issued to one or more emissions units at such
source in accordance with present or former Chapter 3745-31 or former Chapter
3745-35 of the Administrative Code. The filing of a timely and complete Title V
permit application shall have the same effect as filing an application for a
renewal of a permit-to-install and operate for purposes of section
119.06 of the Revised
Code.
(B) Initial
application filing and processing.
Sources required to obtain a Title V permit shall submit an
application no later than the date specified below based on the location of the
source:
(1) Sources that are located
within the areas identified in appendix A to this rule shall file an
application in accordance with rule
3745-77-03
of the Administrative Code by no later than sixty days after approval of the
Title V permit program.
(2) Sources
that are located within the areas identified in appendix B to this rule shall
file an application in accordance with rule
3745-77-03
of the Administrative Code by no earlier than sixty-one days after approval of
the Title V permit program and no later than one hundred eighty days after
approval of the Title V permit program.
(3) Sources that are located within the areas
identified in appendix C to this rule shall file an application in accordance
with rule
3745-77-03
of the Administrative Code by no earlier than one hundred eighty-one days after
approval of the Title V permit program and no later than three hundred
sixty-five days after approval of the Title V permit program.
(4) Sources subject to paragraph (B)(1) or
(B)(2) of this rule may submit a request at least forty-five days prior to the
Title V permit application submittal deadline and request up to a ninety day
extension of time to submit a Title V permit application. The director shall
act on the request within thirty days or the request will automatically be
approved.
(5) Sources within the
jurisdiction of the same local air pollution control agency or district office
may, by mutual consent of the director and the owners or operators of the
sources involved, trade the deadline dates for the submission of initial Title
V permit applications under this paragraph.
(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of
paragraph (B) of this rule, no initial Title V permit application shall be due
less than one year after the effective date of this rule.
(D) A timely application for a source
applying for a Title V permit for the first time, other than a source required
to file under paragraph (B) of this rule, is one that is submitted within
twelve months after the source becomes subject to the Title V permit program.
Sources required to have a preconstruction permit under Part C or Part D of
Title I of the act shall submit a complete Title V permit application within
twelve months after commencing operation, provided that where an existing Title
V permit would prohibit construction or operation of such new or modified
source, a Title V permit revision must be obtained before operation of such new
or modified source.
(E) Title V
permit renewal applications shall be filed no earlier than eighteen months and
no later than six months prior to the expiration of the Title V
permit.
(F) Applications for
initial phase II acid rain permits shall be submitted to the director by
January 1, 1996, for sulfur dioxide, and by January 1, 1998, for nitrogen
oxides.
(G) An owner or operator of
a Title V source required to meet the requirements of Section 112(g) of the act
shall file a Title V permit application within twelve months after commencing
operation of a modification subject to that section.
