Title V Air Permit Petitions
The Department of Natural Resources is holding a series of public meetings to provide information and an opportunity to comment on issues related to recent petitions granted by US EPA objecting to the issuance of Title V (air) Operation Permits. These issues include:
- Including various plans in permit application and review documents
- Adequate compliance demonstration
- Including information and limits from prior permits and permit applications
- Looking back at Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) decisions
Schedule/Locations
November 4, 2009 - Purpose: to present initial set of issues and discuss process. Location: South Central Regional Headquarters, 3911 Fish Hatchery Road, Madison, WI from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.
January 20, 2010 – Purpose: to discuss and receive feedback on including various plans in permit application and review documents. Location: South Central Regional Headquarters, 3911 Fish Hatchery Road, Madison, WI from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
February 24, 2010 – Purpose: to discuss and receive feedback including information and limits from prior permit and permit applications. Location: DNR Research Center, 2801 Progress Road, Madison, WI from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
March 24, 2010 – Purpose: to discuss and receive feedback on adequate compliance demonstrations in operation permits. Location: Oshkosh Service Center, 625 East County Road Y, Suite 700, Oshkosh, WI from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
2011 Meeting Dates and Locations:
September 22, 2011 - Purpose: recap and present progress on "including plans in permits", recap issues on "including application information and limits from old permits" and discuss/receive feedback on proposals for "adequate compliance demonstration" issues. Details: DNR Central Office, 101 S. Webster St, Room 713, Madison, WI from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm.
October 12, 2011 - Purpose: present final process for "adequate compliance demonstration" issues, discuss and receive feedback on proposals for "including application information and limits from old permits". Details: DNR Science Operations, 2801 Progress Road, Madison, WI from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.
November 8, 2011 - Purpose: present final processes for "including application information and old limits", discuss and receive feedback on looking back at PSD determinations. Details: South Central Regional Headquarters, 3911 Fish Hatchery Road, Fitchburg, WI from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm.
2012 Meeting Dates and Locations:
January 24, 2012 - Purpose: present draft procedures/guidance on "adequate compliance demonstration" and "including application information and old limits"; present draft process for "looking back at PSD determinations". Added, discuss Permit Shield policy. Details: DNR Science Operations, 2801 Progress Road, Madison, WI from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm.
March, 2012 - Purpose: present draft of procedures/guidance on "including application information and old limits" and "looking back at PSD determinations". Details: TBD
Materials/Presentations
2010 Materials:
- Initial Presentation of issues at Nov 4th meeting [ppt, 30KB]
- Issue Paper & Jan. 20 Presentation: Handling plans in permit applications and in Title V permits [pdf, 32KB]
- Issue Paper & Feb. 24 Presentation: Handling information from permit applications and previous permits in Title V permits [pdf, 99KB]
- Presentation overhead slides [pdf, 109KB]
- Issue Paper & Mar. 24 Presentation: Compliance Demonstration Adequacy in Title V permits
2011 Materials:
- Presentation Sept 2011: Results of Survey on Implementation of Plans in Permits
- Draft proposal 2011: Handling Old Permit Conditions in Operation Permit
- Presentation Sept 2011: Handling Old Permit Conditions in Operation Permit
- Issue Paper Sept 2011: Adequate Compliance Demonstration
- Presentation Sept 2011: Adequate Compliance Demonstration
- Notes from Sept 22, 2011 Discussion
- Issue Paper v3 Oct 12, 2011: Adequate Compliance Demonstration
- Presentation Oct 12, 2011: Adequate Compliance Demonstration
- Notes from October 12, 2011 Discussion
- Presentation Nov 8, 2011: Adequate Compliance Demonstration
- Issue Paper Nov 8, 2011: Adequate Compliance Demonstration
- Issue Paper Nov 8, 2011: Handling Old Permit Conditions in Operation Permit
- Notes from November 8, 2011 Discussion
2012 Materials
- Draft Guidance Memo on Parametric Monitoring in Permits - December 2011
- Presentation Jan 2012: Application Information and Old Permit Conditions Carried into Operation Permits
- Draft guidance Jan 24, 2012: "How to Handle Information from Permit Applications and Old/Previous Permit Conditions in Title V Operating Permits"
- Permit Shield Policy v1.2 [pdf, 41KB]
- Permit Shield Presentation Jan 2012
- Presentation Jan 2012: PSD Lookback
- Notes from Jan 24, 2012 Discussion (coming soon)
This material is for discussion purposes only and does not represent any decision or position on the topic being presented.
Letters/Documents
- WE Oak Creek Petition Response [pdf, 3MB]
- Alliant Columbia Petition Response [pdf, 1.3MB]
- WPS Weston Petition Response [pdf, 1.19MB]
- Edgewater Petition Response [pdf, 969KB]
- JP Pulliam Signed Order [pdf, 4.9MB]
DNR Documents:
- WDNR Guidance document for "Including Plans in Permits"
- Permit Tracking link to Weston documents for public comment - click on the last entry (FID-P10) under Permits to get the list of files
- Permit Tracking link to Pulliam documents for public comment - click on last entry (FID-P21) under Permits to get the list of files
Links
Contacts
For more information contact:
Renee Lesjak Bashel
Permits & Stationary Source Modeling
Bureau of Air Management
(608) 264-6153
renee.bashel@wisconsin.gov
Andrew Stewart, Chief
Permits & Stationary Source Modeling
Bureau of Air Management
(608) 266-6876
andrew.stewart@wisconsin.gov
Bill Baumann, Chief
Compliance, Enforcement, and Emission Inventory Section
Bureau of Air Management
(608) 267-7542
william.baumann@wisconsin.gov
Permits and Modeling
Next Review Date: January 6, 2012
--> Last Revised: Tuesday January 31 2012
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