285.60 Air pollution control permits.

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(1)New or modified sources.

(a)Construction permit.

1. Except as provided in sub.

(2g),

(3),

(5m), or

(6), no person may commence construction, reconstruction, replacement, or modification of a stationary source unless the person has a construction permit from the department.

2. A construction permit may authorize the initial operation of a stationary source for a period specified in the permit to allow testing of the stationary source’s equipment and monitoring of the emissions associated with the equipment.

(b)Operation permit.

1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , par.

(a)2. , sub.

(6)or s. 285.62

(8), no person may operate a new source or a modified source unless the person has an operation permit under s. 285.62 from the department.

2. A person may continue to operate a new source or a modified source for which the department issued a permit under s. 144.392 , 1989 stats., on or before November 15, 1992, but on which construction, reconstruction, replacement or modification began after November 15, 1992, but the person shall apply for an operation permit under s. 285.62 no later than March 1, 1996.

(2)Existing sources.

(a)Operation permit requirement. Except as provided in sub.

(6)or s. 285.62

(8), no person may operate an existing source after the operation permit requirement date specified under s. 285.62

(a)unless the person has an operation permit under s. 285.62 from the department.

(b)Elective operation permit. A person may apply for an operation permit for one or more points of emission from an existing source for which an operation permit is not required. No person may operate a stationary source under an emission reduction option program unless the person has an operation permit from the department. If a person elects to apply for an operation permit under this paragraph, the election may not be withdrawn and the stationary source may not be operated without the operation permit beginning on the date that the operation permit is first issued.

(2g)Registration permits.

(a)Rules. Subject to sub.

(8), the department shall promulgate rules specifying a simplified process under which the department may issue a registration permit authorizing construction or operation or both for a stationary source with low actual or potential emissions if the owner or operator provides to the department, on a form prescribed by the department, sufficient information to show that the source qualifies for a registration permit. In the rules, the department shall include criteria for identifying categories of sources the owners or operators of which may elect to obtain registration permits and general requirements applicable to sources that qualify for registration permits. In the rules, the department may exempt persons who qualify for registration permits from the requirement to obtain a construction permit.

(am)Registration permit for certain sources. Subject to sub.

(8), the department shall issue a registration permit authorizing the construction or operation or both for any stationary source with actual emissions that do not exceed 50 percent of any applicable major source threshold under s. 285.11

(16).