Ohio Admin. Code 3745-31-14
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This rule applies to any major stationary source or major modification that is to be constructed in an area designated in 40 CFR 81.336 as attainment for an air pollutant for which the major stationary source or major modification is major.
Any application for a major stationary source or major modification shall contain an analysis of ambient air quality in the area that the major stationary source or major modification would affect for each of the following air pollutants:
With respect to any air pollutant for which no national ambient air quality standard exists excluding pollutants listed under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, the preapplication analysis shall contain such air quality monitoring data as the director determines is necessary to assess ambient air quality for that air pollutant in any area that the emissions of that air pollutant would affect.
With respect to any air pollutant, other than VOCs or nitrogen oxides for the purpose of ozone, if the director determines that such monitoring is necessary, the preapplication analysis shall contain air quality monitoring data (unless exempt under paragraph (H) of rule 3745-31-13 of the Administrative Code) gathered for purposes of determining whether emissions of that air pollutant would cause or contribute to a violation of the national ambient air quality standard or any maximum allowable increment.
In general, the continuous air monitoring data that is required under the preapplication analysis shall have been gathered over a period of one year and shall represent the year preceding receipt of the application except that, if the director determines that a complete and adequate analysis can be accomplished with monitoring data gathered over a period shorter than one year, but not to be less than four months, the data that is required shall have been gathered over at least that shorter period.
Any owner or operator of a proposed major stationary source or major modification of VOCs who satisfies all conditions of paragraph (A) of rule 3745-31-22 of the Administrative Code may provide post-approval monitoring data for ozone in lieu of providing pre-construction data as required under paragraph (B)(1) of this rule.
Any owner or operator of a major stationary source or major modification shall, after construction of the stationary source or modification, conduct such ambient monitoring as the director determines is necessary to determine the effect emissions from the stationary source or modification may have, or are having, on air quality.
Any owner or operator of a major stationary source or major modification shall meet the requirements of 40 CFR part 58, appendix A during the operation of monitoring stations for purposes of satisfying paragraph (C) of this rule.
Ohio Admin. Code 3745-31-14
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 11/30/2022 and 11/30/2027
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3704.03(F)
Rule Amplifies: 3704.03(A), 3704.03(F)
Prior Effective Dates: 04/12/1996, 12/01/2006, 05/29/2014, 05/01/2016