AGENCY: 06-096 - Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Bureau of Air Quality Control
CHAPTER NUMBERS AND TITLES:
Ch. 100, Definitions
Ch. 115, Major and Minor Source Air Emission License Regulation
Ch. 140, Part 70 Air Emission License Regulation
ADOPTED RULE NUMBER: 2012-336, 337, 338
CONCISE SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency finalized regulations to implement the New Source Review (NSR) program for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The Department adopted amendments to Ch. 115 and Ch. 140 to incorporate these PM2.5 updates. Amendments to the ambient air quality analysis and modeling/data collection protocol sections to include PM2.5 were also adopted. Plantwide applicability limits (PAL) requirements are included in Ch. 115. Ch. 100 was amended to include or amend definitions to support the Ch. 115 and 140 rulemaking and to correct incorporated federal requirements for licensed sources of greenhouse gases. All or portions of these rules will be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval and incorporation into the Maine State Implementation Plan as part of Maine’s major and minor source air emission licensing program. Copies of this rule are available upon request by contacting the Agency contact person listed below or on the DEP website at www.maine.gov/dep/air/rules/index.html .
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2012
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Carolyn Wheeler, Bureau of Air Quality Control, 17 State House Station, Augusta, Me 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-2437. E-mail: Carolyn.Wheeler@Maine.gov .
WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/index.html .
DEP RULE-MAKING LIAISON: Mike.Karagiannes@Maine.gov .