25 Pa. Code § 127.14 - Exemptions
(a) Plan approval
is not required for the construction, modification, reactivation or
installation of the following:
(1) Air
conditioning or ventilation systems not designed to remove pollutants generated
by or released from other sources.
(2) Combustion units rated at 2.5 million or
less Btus per hour of heat input.
(3) Combustion units with a rated capacity of
less than 10 million Btu per hour of heat input fueled by natural gas supplied
by a public utility, liquified petroleum gas or by commercial fuel oils which
are No. 2 or lighter-viscosity less than or equal to 5.82 C St-and which meet
the sulfur content requirements of §
123.22 (relating to combustion
units). Combustion units converting to fuel oils which are No. 3 or
heavier-viscosity greater than 5.82 C St-or contain sulfur in excess of the
requirements of §
123.22 require approval. For the
purpose of this section, commercial fuel oil shall be virgin oil which has no
reprocessed, recycled or waste material added.
(4) Sources used in residential premises
designed to house four or less families.
(5) Space heaters which heat by direct heat
transfer.
(6) Mobile
sources.
(7) Laboratory equipment
used exclusively for chemical or physical analyses.
(8) Other sources and classes of sources
determined to be of minor significance by the Department.
(9) Physical changes to sources when the
Department has determined the physical changes to be of minor
significance.
(b) When the
Department allows de minimis emission increases under §
127.449 (relating to de minimis
emission increases), approval is not required for the construction,
modification, reactivation or installation of the source creating the de
minimis emission increases.
(c) For
physical changes requested under subsection (a)(9), the Department will process
requests for determinations as follows:
(1)
For physical changes of minor significance that would not violate the terms of
an operating permit, the act, the Clean Air Act or the regulations adopted
under the act or the Clean Air Act and which would not result in emission
increases above the emissions allowable in the operating permit or result in an
increased ambient air quality impact for an air contaminant and which does not
add new equipment, the applicant shall request approval, in writing, from the
Department and the change may be made within 7 days of receipt by the
Department of a written request unless the Department requests additional
information or objects to the change within the 7- day period.
(2) For physical changes of minor
significance that would not violate the terms of an operating permit, the act,
the Clean Air Act or the regulations thereunder, and which would not result in
emission increases above the emissions allowable in the operating permit or
result in an increased ambient air quality impact for an air contaminant and
which adds new equipment, the applicant shall request approval, in writing,
from the Department and the change may be made within 15 days of receipt of the
written request unless the Department requests additional information or
objects to the change within the 15-day period.
(3) For physical changes of minor
significance that would violate the terms of an operating permit, the plan
approval exemption may be processed contemporaneously with the minor operating
permit modification under §
127.462 (relating to minor
operating permit modifications) unless precluded by the Clean Air Act or the
regulations thereunder, or the applicant may request approval, in writing, from
the Department for the plan approval exemption. The change may not be made
until written approval is obtained from the Department and the necessary permit
modification procedure has been completed.
(d) The Department may establish a list of
sources and physical changes meeting the requirements of subsections (a)(8) and
(9). The Department will publish notice of its intention to establish or modify
the list in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and will establish a
comment period of at least 30 days. After the close of the comment period, the
Department will publish the final list or any modifications to the final list
in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
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