Target Audience:
REGULATORS ONLY - Title 5 enforcement and permitting staff at the local and state agencies and EP

Workshop Overview:
The Title 5 Workshop will be a candid discussion of how local, state, and EPA offices are addressing current air operating permit issues - sharing what works and what doesn’t. EPA will provide a legal and policy update to bring everyone up to date and summarize the current administration’s priorities.

Proposed Workshop Agenda:

• Introduction and brief overview of workshop goals
• CAAAC Title 5 Task Force Recommendations - What is EPA going to do with them?
•  AOP Fee Topics
  • Declining AOP Revenues?
  • Closed/Mothballed facilities not paying Title 5 Fees - what happens?
  • Focus on Idaho’s registration and registration fees process
• AOP Renewal Status - Plans for issuing late renewals
• Greenhouse Gases
  • New Major Sources for GHG only - Who are they? How will they be handled?
  • Synthetic Minors - Example permit terms and how are they working
  • Example GHG AOP/SOB Language
• Incorporation of PSD Permits into Title 5 Permits
• Incorporation of Consent Decree requirements into Title 5 Permits
• MACTs
  • Fluctuating MACTs Status Update
  • What about the "once in always in" policy?
  • Legitimacy criteria for non-hazardous solid waste materials (i.e., by-products from wood products facilities)
  • Permit conditions for biofilters under PCWP MACT
• Area Source Rules - How are these being incorporated?
• Compliance and Enforcement
  • Status of Federally Reportable Violation
  • AOP Compliance Tools
• Specialty Need-to-Knows
  • New EPA Method 202
  • Cure HAPs and Material Balance Calculations
  • VOC Concentrator - a way to get more out of an existing RTO?
• Good Permit Practices - Highlights from the 2011 Washington State Title 5 Review

Previous Events (click to view/hide)

Bellingham, WA Event Details   November 7, 2011 - November 8, 2011   Cle Elum, WA Event Details   November 3, 2009 - November 4, 2009