PLACER COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT
RULE 503 - EMISSION STATEMENT
(Adopted 09/21/93)
CONTENTS
100 GENERAL
101 PURPOSE
102 APPLICABILITY
110 EXEMPTION, WAIVER
200 DEFINITIONS
201 ACTUAL EMISSIONS
202 AFFECTED POLLUTANTS
203 RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL
204 VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
300 STANDARDS
301 EMISSION STATEMENT REQUIREMENTS
302 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS
401 DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS
402 FAILURE TO SUBMIT
500 MONITORING AND RECORDS
501 EMISSION FACTORS
100 GENERAL
101 PURPOSE: To establish the requirements for the
submittal of emission statements from specified
stationary sources pursuant to the requirements of the
1990 amendments to the Federal Clean Air Act [Section
182 (a)(3)(B)].
102 APPLICABILITY: The requirements of this rule are
applicable to every stationary source permitted by the
District which has actual emissions or potential in
excess of ten (10) tons or more per year of volatile
organic compounds or oxides of nitrogen.
110 EXEMPTION, WAIVER: The Air Pollution Control Officer
may waive the requirement to provide an emission
statement for any class or category of stationary
sources which emit (based on actual emissions for the
twelve months prior to the reporting period requested)
less than twenty-five (25) tons per year, but more than
ten (10) tons per year of volatile organic compounds or
oxides of nitrogen, pursuant to the requirements of
Section 401.
200 DEFINITIONS: Unless otherwise defined below, the terms used
in this rule are defined in Rule 502, NEW SOURCE REVIEW.
201 ACTUAL EMISSIONS - Measured or estimated emissions
which most accurately represent the emissions from an
emissions unit. Fugitive emissions associated with the
emissions unit shall be included in the actual
emissions of the emissions unit.
202 AFFECTED POLLUTANTS - For the purposes of this rule
only, volatile organic compounds (VOC) and oxides of
nitrogen (NOx) are the affected pollutants.
203 RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL - An individual, who is
responsible for the completion and certification of the
emission statement, and who accepts legal
responsibility for the emission statement's accuracy.
"Responsible official" means one of the following:
203.1 For a corporation, a president, secretary,
treasurer, or vice-president of the
corporation in charge of a principal business
function, or any other person who performs
similar policy or decision-making functions
for the corporation, or a duly authorized
representative of such person if the
representative is responsible for the overall
operation of one or more manufacturing,
production, or operating facilities applying
for or subject to a permit and either:
a. The facilities employ more than 250 persons
or have gross annual sales; or expenditures
exceeding $25 million (in second quarter 1980
dollars); or
b. The delegation of authority to such
representative is approved in advance by the
Air Pollution Control Officer (APCO);
203.2 For a partnership or sole proprietorship, a
general partner or the proprietor,
respectively; or
203.3 For a municipality, state, federal, or other
public agency, either a principal executive
officer or a ranking elected official; or
203.4 For an acid rain unit subject to Title IV
(Acid Deposition Control) of the Clean Air
Act, the "responsible official" is the
designated representative of that unit for
any purposes under Title IV and Rule 507,
FEDERAL OPERATING PERMITS PROGRAM.
204 VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: Compounds which contain at
least one atom of carbon, except:
204.1 Methane
204.2 Carbon dioxide
204.3 Carbon monoxide
204.4 Carbonic acid
204.5 Metallic carbides or carbonates
204.6 Ammonium carbonate
204.7 1,1,1-trichloroethane
204.8 Methylene chloride
204.9 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane
(HCFC-123)
204.10 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HCFC-124)
204.11 Trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11)
204.12 Dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12)
204.13 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-
113)
204.14 1-chloro-1,1-difluoro-2-chloro-2,2-
difluoroethane (CFC-114)
204.15 Chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115)
204.16 Pentafluoroethane (HFC-125)
204.17 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134)
204.18 Tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a)
204.19 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b)
204.20 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b)
204.21 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a)
204.22 Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)
204.23 Trifluoromethane (HFC-23)
204.24 Difluoroethane (HFC-152a)
204.25 The following four classes of perfluorocarbon
compounds:
a. Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely
fluorinated alkanes.
b. Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely
fluorinated ethers, with no
unsaturations.
c. Cyclic, branched, or linear, completely
fluorinated tertiary amines with no
unsaturations.
d. Sulfur-containing perfluorocarbons with
no unsaturations and with sulfur bonds
only to carbon and fluorine.
Perfluorocarbon compounds will be assumed to be absent
from a product or process unless a manufacturer or
facility operator identifies the specific individual
compounds (from the broad classes of perfluorocarbon
compounds) and the amounts present in the product or
process and provides a validated test method which can
be used to quantify the specific compounds.
300 STANDARDS
301 EMISSION STATEMENT REQUIREMENTS:
301.1 Except as provided in Section 110, the owner
or operator of any stationary source which
emits oxides of nitrogen or volatile organic
compounds shall provide the District with a
written emission statement showing actual
emissions of volatile organic compounds and
oxides of nitrogen from that source.
301.2 The emission statement shall be on a form or
in a format specified by the Air Pollution
Control Officer and shall contain the
following information:
a. Information contained in the California Air
Resources Board's Emission Inventory Turn
Around Document as described in Instructions
for the Emission Data System Review and
Update Report; and
b. Actual emissions of volatile organic
compounds and oxides of nitrogen, in tons per
year, for the calendar year prior to the
preparation of the emission statement; and
c. Information regarding seasonal or diurnal
peaks in the emission of affected pollutants;
and
d. Certification by a responsible official of
the company that the information contained in
the emission statement is accurate to the
best knowledge of the individual certifying
the emission statement.
301.3 After September 21, 1993, the first emission
statement shall cover actual emissions of
volatile organic compounds and oxides of
nitrogen for calendar year 1992. Thereafter
emissions statements and/or emissions
inventory data reports shall be submitted to
the District annually.
302 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS: The owner or operator of any
source subject to this section may comply with the
provisions of this Section by satisfying the
requirements of Subsections 302.1 or 302.2, as follows:
302.1 Emission Inventory Data Report: Unless
otherwise directed by the Air Pollution
Control Officer, the owner or operator of a
source regulated by this rule shall annually
conduct an emissions inventory of the actual
emissions discharged to the atmosphere in the
prior calendar year. The emission data
report shall be submitted to the District no
later than March 1.
a. Once the owner or operator of a source that
is regulated by this rule submits an annual
emission data report, the District will
prepare an emission statement for
certification by the responsible official.
The responsible official must certify the
emission statement and return it to the
District within 30 days after the date it was
mailed by the District (postmarked date).
b. If the owner or operator believes that the
information in the emission statement
provided by the District is not correct, the
owner or operator may revise the emissions
information, using a form and methodology
approved by the Air Pollution Control
Officer. The revised emission information
shall be returned to the Air Pollution
Control Officer within 30 days of the date
the emission statement was sent to the owner
or operator by the District, and the
responsible official shall certify that the
emissions information is accurate, to the
best knowledge of the individual certifying
the statement.
c. Within 30 days of receipt of revised
emissions information submitted pursuant to
Section 302.1(b), the Air Pollution Control
Officer shall accept or reject the
information. If accepted, the emission
statement shall be submitted to the
California Air Resources Board. If the
emission statement is rejected, it shall be
returned to the source owner or operator with
the reason(s) for its rejection. The source
owner or operator shall correct the emission
statement and resubmit it to the Air
Pollution Control Officer within 30 days of
the date the notice of rejection of the
emission statement was made (postmarked
date).
302.2 Emission Statement: If so directed by the
Air Pollution Control Officer, the owner or
operator of a source regulated by this rule
shall annually submit an emissions statement
satisfying the requirements of Subsection
301.2 reporting the actual emissions
discharged to the atmosphere in the prior
calendar year. The completed emission
statement shall be submitted to the District
no later than March 1.
a. The responsible official must provide
certification for the emission statement.
b. Within 30 days of receipt of the emission
statement the Air Pollution Control Officer
shall accept or reject the information. If
accepted, the emission statement shall be
submitted to the California Air Resources
Board. If the emission statement is
rejected, it shall be returned to the source
owner or operator with the reason(s) for its
rejection. The source owner or operator
shall correct the emission statement and
resubmit it to the Air Pollution Control
Officer within 30 days of the date the notice
of rejection of the emission statement was
made (postmarked date).
400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS
401 DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS:
401.1 The Air Pollution Control Officer shall
request and require the submission of an
emission inventory data report pursuant to
Subsection 302.1, or shall require a complete
emissions statement pursuant to Subsection
302.2, from each source within the District
emitting twenty-five (25) tons or more per
year, or between ten (10) and twenty-five
(25) tons per year if not exempted pursuant
to Section 110, of volatile organic compounds
or oxides of nitrogen.
401.2 If exempted by Section 110, the Air Pollution
Control Officer shall provide the California
Air Resources Board with an emission
inventory for permitted point sources
emitting between ten (10) and twenty-five
(25) tons per year either volatile organic
compounds or oxides of nitrogen.
402 FAILURE TO SUBMIT: A failure by the responsible
official to submit an annual emission inventory by the
date required, or to return a certified emission
statement or corrected emission statement when due,
shall be deemed a willful failure to furnish
information required to disclose the nature and
quantity of emissions discharged by the stationary
source.
402.1 The Air Pollution Control Officer may suspend
the permit(s) of such a source.
402.2 The Air Pollution Control Officer shall serve
notice in writing of such suspension and the
reasons for the suspension upon the
permittee.
402.3 The Air Pollution Control Officer will
reinstate the suspended permit(s) when
furnished with the required information.
500 MONITORING AND RECORDS
501 EMISSION FACTORS: The emission factors used in
developing the emissions inventory data or in
determining the emissions of the emission statement
required in Section 302.1 and 401.2 shall be acceptable
to the California Air Resource Board and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.