Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
TITLE 252. Department of Environmental Quality |
Chapter 100. Air Pollution Control |
Subchapter 47. Control of Emissions From Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills |
SECTION 252:100-47-6. Permits required
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- (1) The owner or operator of an existing MSW landfill with a design capacity less than 2.5 million megagrams or 2.5 million cubic meters is not required to obtain a Part 70 permit for the landfill, unless the landfill is otherwise a Part 70 source.(2) The owner or operator of an existing MSW landfill with a design capacity greater than or equal to 2.5 million megagrams and 2.5 million cubic meters, that is not otherwise a Part 70 source, is subject to OAC 252:100-8 as a Part 70 source ninety (90) days after the effective date of the state plan, even if the initial design capacity report was submitted earlier.(3) When an existing MSW landfill is closed, the owner or operator is no longer subject to the requirement to maintain a Part 70 permit for the landfill if the landfill is not otherwise subject to the requirements of OAC 252:100-8 and if either of the following conditions is met:(A) The landfill was never subject to the requirement for a control system under OAC 252:100-47-7.(B) The owner or operator meets the conditions for control system removal specified in OAC 252:100-47-7.(b) Construction permits. The owner or operator of any existing MSW landfill that installs a MSW landfill gas collection and control system is required to obtain a construction permit as provided by OAC 252:100-7-15 or OAC 252:100-8-4. If the landfill has a design capacity of at least 2.5 million cubic meters and 2.5 million megagrams and an estimated nonmethane organic compounds (NMOC) emission rate of at least 50 megagrams per year, calculated in accordance with Section 9 of this Subchapter, the owner or operator of the MSW landfill shall also comply with the following requirements:(1) The application for a construction permit and the collection and control system design plan shall be submitted to the DEQ within 12 months after the initial or any annual NMOC emissions rate report indicates that the emission rate equals or exceeds 50 megagrams per year, unless site specific sampling demonstrates that the emission rate is less than 50 megagrams per year.(2) All contracts for installation of the emission control systems or for process modifications shall be awarded and all orders for the purchase of component parts to accomplish emission control or process modification shall be completed within 3 months of the submittal of the design plan under paragraph (b)(1) of this section.(3) The installation of the collection and control system shall commence within 3 months of the awarding of contracts under paragraph (b)(2) of this section.(4) The installation of the collection and control system shall be completed within 18 months of the submittal of the design plan under paragraph (b)(1) of this section.(5) Within 30 months of the first annual report in which the NMOC emission rate equals or exceeds 50 megagrams per year, the MSW landfill shall be in compliance with paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(4) of this section.