Clean Air Act Title V Permitting at U.S. DOE Oak Ridge Reservation Facilities

摘要

Title V of the Clean Air Act (CAA) established a new permit program requiring major sources and sources subject to Title Ⅲ (Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP)) to obtain a state operating permit. Historically, most states have issued operating permits for individual emission units. Under the Title V permit program, a single permit will be issued for all of the emission units at the facility much like the current National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program. The permit will specify all reporting, monitoring, and record-keeping requirements for the facility. Sources required to obtain permits include (a) major sources that emit 100 tons per year or more of any criteria air contaminant, (b) any source subject to the HAP provisions of Title Ⅲ, (c) any source subject to the acid rain provisions of Title IV, (d) any source subject to New Source Performance Standards, and (e) any source subject to new source review under the nonattainment or Prevention of Significant Deterioration provisions. The Tennessee Title V Operating Permit Program was approved by EPA on August 28, 1996. This paper will provide details of initiatives underway at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) Facilities for implementation of requirements under the Title V Operating Permit Program. The ORR encompasses three DOE Facilities: the Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). The Y-12 Plant manufactures component parts for the national nuclear weapons program; the ORNL is responsible for research and development activities including nuclear engineering, engineering technologies, and the environmental sciences; and the ETTP conducts a variety of research and development activities and is the home of a mixed waste incinerator. Each of the three DOE Facilities is considered a major source under Title V of the CAA. Complete Air Emission Inventories were compiled for each of the Facilities; Title V Permit Applications have been submitted: and notification that the applications are "complete" (meaning that the applications contained sufficient information necessary to begin processing) have been received from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). Title V Permits for the three facilities are expected within the next year.