SECTION .0900 – PERMIT EXEMPTIONS

 

15A NCAC 02Q .0901       PURPOSE AND SCOPE

(a)  The purpose of this Section is to define categories of

facilities or sources that are exempted from needing a permit under Section

.0300 of this Subchapter.

(b)  Sources at a facility required to have a permit under

Section .0500 of this Subchapter shall not be eligible for exemption under this

Section.

(c)  This Section does not apply to activities exempted from

permitting under Rule .0102 of this Section.

(d)  Coverage under this Section is voluntary. If the owner

or operator of a facility or source qualified to be covered under a rule in

this Section does not want to be covered under that rule, he shall notify the

Director in writing that he does not want his facility or source covered under

this Section. Along with the notification, he shall submit a permit application

according the procedures in Section .0300 of this Section, and the Director

shall act on that application following the procedures in Section .0300 of this

Subchapter.

(e)  To quality for exemption under this Section, the

facility or source shall comply with all the requirements in the applicable

rule in this Section.

(f)  If the Director finds that a facility or source covered

under this Section is in violation of the requirements of this Section, he

shall require that facility or source to be permitted under Section .0300 of

this Subchapter if necessary to obtain or maintain compliance.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143-215.3(a); 143-215.107(a)(10);

143-215.108;

Eff. January 1, 2005.