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Permitting Curriculum
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Description
Several Modules by Learning Objective
Who Should Attend
Who Should Attend
The Permitting curriculum is intended for learners who conduct permitting activities and who write, review, and enforce permits in compliance with the Clean Air Act. This curriculum covers New Source Review material, as well as Title V/Operating Permits topics.
Objectives
Leaning Objectives
1. IDENTIFY THE ROLE OF THE NSR PERMITTING PROGRAM (FOUNDATIONAL)
New Source Review Program
2. DESCRIBE THE MAJOR ASPECTS OF NSR PROGRAM HISTORY (FOUNDATIONAL)
3. OUTLINE THE TYPES OF NSR PERMITS AND BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH (FOUNDATIONAL)
4. OUTLINE THE NSR PERMITTING PROCESSES (FOUNDATIONAL)
5. DESCRIBE PROVISIONS GOVERNING ACTIONS OCCURRING AFTER NSR PERMIT ISSUANCE (FOUNDATIONAL)
6. DESCRIBE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES FOR ISSUING PERMITS (FOUNDATIONAL)
7. DESCRIBE AVAILABLE GUIDANCE, TOOLS AND RESOURCES RELATED TO NSR PERMITTING (FOUNDATIONAL)
Role, Purpose and General Use of the EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual
8. OUTLINE THE TITLE V PERMITTING PROGRAM (FOUNDATIONAL)
Title V Permitting Program
9. DESCRIBE CONDITIONS REQUIRING A SOURCE TO OBTAIN AN OPERATING PERMIT (FOUNDATIONAL)
10. DESCRIBE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES FOR ISSUING PERMITS (FOUNDATIONAL)
Processing Permits
11. OUTLINE THE TITLE V PERMITTING PROCESSES (FOUNDATIONAL)
Permit Application Review
Comment, Review, and Finalization of a Permit
Receiving and Logging Title V Permit Applications
Permit Applications
Determining the Type of Permit Required
Developing a Draft Permit
12. DESCRIBE TYPES OF PERMIT ACTIONS (FOUNDATIONAL)
13. PROVIDE EXAMPLES THAT HELP STUDENTS DISCERN WHAT TYPE OF TITLE V PERMIT ACTION IS REQUIRED (FOUNDATIONAL)
14. NAVIGATE EPA WEBSITE TO BE ABLE TO EASILY ACCESS TITLE V WEBSITES, GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS, AND OTHER TOOLS (FOUNDATIONAL)
15. DETERMINE WHAT TYPES OF SOURCES ARE SUBJECT TO FEDERAL NSR PERMITTING (INTERMEDIATE)
16. IDENTIFY NSR POLLUTANTS AND CALCULATE EMISSIONS TO DETERMINE MAJOR OR MINOR NSR (INTERMEDIATE)- NO TRAINING AVAILABLE
17. DEFINE MAJOR NSR PERMIT APPLICABILITY REQUIREMENTS (INTERMEDIATE)
18. DEFINE MAJOR NSR PERMIT REQUIREMENTS (INTERMEDIATE)
19. DEFINE MINOR NSR PERMIT REQUIREMENTS (INTERMEDIATE)
20. EVALUATE CONTROL MEASURES AND THEIR COST EFFECTIVENESS FOR NSR (INTERMEDIATE)
Analyses Under the EPA Control Cost Manual
21. DEFINE PROCEDURES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR PREPARING NSR PERMITS (INTERMEDIATE)
Setting Enforceable Potential to Emit Limits in New Source Review Permits
22. EVALUATE A SOURCE FOR MAJOR SOURCE APPLICABILITY (INTERMEDIATE)-NO TRAINING AVAILABLE
23. DETERMINE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS (INTERMEDIATE)- NO TRAINING AVAILABLE
24. IMPLEMENT THE OPERATING PERMIT ISSUANCE PROCESS (INTERMEDIATE)
25. DETERMINE ACTUAL-TO-PROJECTED-ACTUAL (ATPA) VALUES FOR AN EXAMPLE SCENARIO (ADVANCED)
26. DETERMINE BEST AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY (BACT) FOR AN EXAMPLE SCENARIO (ADVANCED)
27. DETERMINE LOWEST ACHIEVABLE EMISSIONS RATE (LAER) FOR AN EXAMPLE SCENARIO (ADVANCED)
28. PERFORM AIR QUALITY IMPACT ANALYSIS (ADVANCED)
29. PERFORM CONTEMPORANEOUS NETTING ANALYSIS FOR AN EXAMPLE SCENARIO FOR BOTH PSD AND NNSR PERFORM INTER-POLLUTANT TRADING (IPT) SCENARIOS (ADVANCED)
30. WRITE EFFECTIVE NSR PERMITS (ADVANCED)
31. WRITE EFFECTIVE TITLE V PERMITS, PER EXAMPLE SCENARIOS (ADVANCED)
32. APPLY ADVANCED PERMITTING CONCEPTS (ADVANCED)
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Updated from EPA LMS June 15, 2023
Course ID
EPA 63
Course Number
Permitting Curriculum
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