greenhouse gases permitting

Greenhouse Gases Permitting

Tasha BurnsAir Permits Division

Texas Commission on Environmental QualityEnvironmental Trade Fair 2014

Introduction

Rulemaking

Title V & PSD Applicability

Transition

Implementation

Rulemaking

HB 788

Governor signed - June 14, 2013 Effective immediately

Amended THSC §382.0621

New THSC §382.05102

Process to Gain Authority

TCEQ rulemaking

TCEQ SIP revision submittal

EPA SIP approval

EPA FIP rescission

Parallel Processing

Authority Transition ProcessRule

Proposal

SIP Proposal

Rule Adoption

Oct 23, 2013

March 26, 2014

Feb 18, 2014

SIP Approval

FIP Rescission

TCEQ Permitting

GHGs

30 days

Affected 30 TAC Chapters

39

55

101

106

116

122

Basics

The Pollutant GHGs

GHGs

CO2

CH4

N2O

HFCs

PFCs

SF6

Calculating CO2e

GHG GWP CO2e

4000 tpy CH4

25100,000 tpy

CO2e

Applicability

Title V Applicability

Potential to emit 100 tpy or more GHGs on mass

basis, and

100,000 tpy or more CO2e

Title V Applicability Example

Mass basis (condition 1)

25,000 tpy CO2

5,000 tpy CH4

1,000 tpy N2O

= 31,000 tpy GHGs

Title V Applicability Example

CO2e (condition 2)

(25,000 tpy CO2) x (1 GWP)

(5,000 tpy CH4) x (25 GWP)

(1,000 tpy N2O) x (298 GWP)

=448,000 tpy CO2e

Title V Applicability Example

Does Title V apply?

Mass = 31,000 tpy

100 tpy or more, and

CO2e = 448,000

100,000 tpy or more CO2e

YES!

Title V TimelineEPA Title V Approval

Submit Application

Certify12 months

PSD Applicability

EPA’s approach to GHGs PSD major source

Subject to regulation

PSD Applicability

Mass basis = 100/250 tpy GHGs

New = 100,000 + tpy CO2e

Major mod = 75,000 + tpy CO2e

§116.164(a)

§116.164New

“anyway” (a)(1)

“Anyway” mod(a)(2)

New “non-anyway” (a)

(3) “Non-anyway”

mod(a)(4)

Minor with new major

source(a)(5)

PSD Timeline

GHG PSD

Permit

New Major Source

Major Mod

Prior to construction

Transition

Transfer to TCEQEPA letter to applicant

Applicant letter to EPA

EPA sends TCEQ application documents

TCEQ completes review

Transfer to TCEQEPA letter to applicant

No response from applicant

Notice of draft permit not published yet

EPA transfers and TCEQ completes review

Remain at EPAEPA retains

authority

Applicant chooses EPA

Administrative appeals not complete

No choice, notice published

Transfer Permits

EPA-issued permit

Enforced by TCEQ

Modified by TCEQ

Implementation

Implementation

Title V

PSD

Other

Summary

Rulemaking

Applicability

Transition

Implementation

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Contact Tasha Burns 512-239-5868

tasha.burns@tceq.texas.gov

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