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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 410 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN AIR QUALITY 1 5 REQUIREMENTS TO INDOOR EMISSION UNITS OR AIR CONTAMINANT 1 6 SOURCES. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 455B.131, Code 2001, is amended by 1 11 adding the following new subsection: 1 12 NEW SUBSECTION. 6A. "Indoor source" means any emission 1 13 unit or air contaminant source which is not directly vented or 1 14 directly exhausted to the outside atmosphere. "Indoor source" 1 15 includes, without limitation, any air exchange through general 1 16 ventilation, windows, doors, and cracks. 1 17 Sec. 2. Section 455B.133, subsection 6, Code 2001, is 1 18 amended to read as follows: 1 19 6. a. Require, by rules, notice of the construction of 1 20 any air contaminant source, other than an indoor source, which 1 21 may cause or contribute to air pollution, and the submission 1 22 of plans and specifications to the department, or other 1 23 information deemed necessary, for the installation of air 1 24 contaminant sources and related control equipment. The rules 1 25 shall allow the owner or operator of a major stationary source 1 26 to elect to obtain a conditional permit in lieu of a 1 27 construction permit. The rules relating to a conditional 1 28 permit for an electric power generating facility subject to 1 29 chapter 476A and other major stationary sources shall allow 1 30 the submission of engineering descriptions, flow diagrams and 1 31 schematics that quantitatively and qualitatively identify 1 32 emission streams and alternative control equipment that will 1 33 provide compliance with emission standards. Such rules shall 1 34 not specify any particular method to be used to reduce 1 35 undesirable levels of emissions, nor type, design, or method 2 1 of installation of any equipment to be used to reduce such 2 2 levels of emissions, nor the type, design, or method of 2 3 installation or type of construction of any manufacturing 2 4 processes or kinds of equipment, nor specify the kind or 2 5 composition of fuels permitted to be sold, stored, or used 2 6 unless authorized by subsection 4 of this section. 2 7 b. The commission may give technical advice pertaining to 2 8 the construction or installation of the equipment or any other 2 9 recommendation. 2 10 c. A notice or construction permit shall not be required 2 11 pursuant to this section for any indoor source. 2 12 d. A notice or construction permit shall not be required 2 13 to be issued pursuant to this section for any emission unit 2 14 placed into service before the effective date of this Act 2 15 which would have been an indoor source if placed into service 2 16 on or after that date. 2 17 e. (1) Notwithstanding paragraph "a" and section 2 18 455B.135, the department may do both of the following: 2 19 (a) Establish a permit by rule procedure that allows a 2 20 facility to establish emission limits for indoor sources. 2 21 (b) Issue construction permits for indoor sources if 2 22 requested by a facility. 2 23 (2) This paragraph "e" shall not be construed to grant the 2 24 department any authority to require a construction permit for 2 25 indoor sources. 2 26 Sec. 3. Section 455B.134, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2 27 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 28 a.NoAn air contaminant source, other than an indoor 2 29 source, shall not be installed, altered so that it 2 30 significantly affects emissions, or placed in use unless a 2 31 construction or conditional permit has been issued for the 2 32 source. A permit shall not be required to be issued pursuant 2 33 to this section for any emission unit placed in service before 2 34 the effective date of this Act which would have been an indoor 2 35 source if placed into service on or after that date. 3 1 Sec. 4. Section 455B.134, subsection 3, Code 2001, is 3 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 3 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. g. The department shall not establish any 3 4 permit, registration, licensing, preconstruction notification, 3 5 or recordkeeping requirements for indoor sources. However, 3 6 this paragraph shall not limit the authority of the department 3 7 to implement any of the following: 3 8 (1) The emission limitations adopted by the administrator 3 9 of the United States environmental protection agency under 3 10 section 111 or 112 of the federal Clean Air Act. 3 11 (2) The maximum achievable control technologies required 3 12 pursuant to Title V of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 3 13 1990. 3 14 (3) The prevention of significant deterioration 3 15 regulations adopted by the administrator of the United States 3 16 environmental protection agency under the federal Clean Air 3 17 Act, 42 U.S.C. } 74-79. 3 18 Sec. 5. Section 455B.135, Code 2001, is amended to read as 3 19 follows: 3 20 455B.135 LIMIT ON AUTHORITY. 3 21Nothing contained in this divisionExcept as provided in 3 22 section 455B.133, subsection 6, paragraph "e", division II 3 23 shall not be deemed to grant to the department or the director 3 24 any authority or jurisdiction with respect to air pollution 3 25 existing solely within residences; or solely within commercial 3 26 and industrial plants, works, or shops under the jurisdiction 3 27 of chapters 88 and 91; or indoor sources; or to affect the 3 28 relations between employers and employees with respect to, or 3 29 arising out of, any condition of air pollution. 3 30 3 31 3 32 3 33 MARY E. KRAMER 3 34 President of the Senate 3 35 4 1 4 2 4 3 BRENT SIEGRIST 4 4 Speaker of the House 4 5 4 6 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 4 7 is known as Senate File 410, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 4 8 4 9 4 10 4 11 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 4 12 Secretary of the Senate 4 13 Approved , 2001 4 14 4 15 4 16 4 17 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 18 Governor
Text: SF00409 Text: SF00411 Text: SF00400 - SF00499 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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