Section 096-164-4 - Concrete Batch Plant General Permit Requirements for OwnersA. Employees and authorized representatives of the Department shall be allowed safe access to the owner's business premises during business hours, or any time during which any emissions units are in operation, and at such other times as the Department deems necessary for the purpose of performing tests, collecting samples, conducting inspections, or examining and copying records relating to emissions (Title 38 MRSA §347-C). Prior to entrance to the owner's property, the Department shall notify the owner and the plant operator, or designee, who shall provide safe access that complies with safety requirements of all local, state, and federal regulating authorities as well as all written safety standard operating procedures for that facility.B. The owner shall pay the annual air emissions general permit fee to the Department, pursuant to Title 38 M.R.S.A §353-A, 10. Failure to pay this annual fee within the stated timeframe is sufficient grounds for revocation of the GP.C. The General Permit does not convey any property rights of any sort, or any exclusive privilege.D. The owner shall comply with all applicable terms and conditions of this general permit. The filing of an appeal, the notification of planned changes or anticipated noncompliance, or the filing of an application for an air emission license issued under the authority of 06-096 CMR Ch. 115 shall not stay any condition of this general permit.E. The owner shall not use as a defense in an enforcement action that the disruption, cessation, or reduction of operations would have been necessary in order to maintain compliance with the conditions of the general permit. Notwithstanding any other provisions in the State Implementation Plan approved by the EPA or Section 114(a) of the CAA, any credible evidence may be used for the purpose of establishing whether a person has violated or is in violation of any statute or regulation.F. Upon written request from the Department, the owner shall establish and maintain records, make reports, install, use and maintain monitoring equipment, sample emissions (in accordance with methods, at locations, at intervals, and in such a manner as the Department shall prescribe), and provide other information as the Department may reasonably require to determine compliance status.06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 164, § 4