EPA Plans ‘Comprehensive’ Guide for State ‘Minor Source’ NSR Permitting

EPA is crafting a new draft guide that will set out “comprehensive” details on how states should administer “minor source” new source review (NSR) air permits, and is also seeking to more clearly define pollution sources’ “potential to emit” (PTE) -- a concept common to various Clean Air Act provisions -- a top air office official told state regulators last week. In an April 25 presentation to the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies (AAPCA) Spring Meeting held in Indianapolis,...