Category: Air Quality

Small Source Exemption Businesses with low levels of air emissions may be exempt from R307-401-5 through 8, Permit Notice of Intent thru Approval Order. The small source, R307-401-9, exemption allows smaller sources of air pollution greater flexibility to make changes in their emissions as long as they can show they remain eligible for the exemption.…

DAQ has guidance and forms to help with the annual certification for a Title V Operating Permit. Permit application forms and instructions are available under “Forms.” There is a variety of guidance available on EPA’s TTN page, including the following items: Other Resources

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 included sweeping new revisions that required states to develop operating permits programs that met certain federal criteria. States, in turn, were to require sources of air pollution, or those facilities affected by the Act, to obtain permits that contained all of their Clean Air Act requirements. The EPA…

Formerly known as Centralized Air Emissions Reporting System (CAERS) Oil and gas sources operating on lands under state jurisdiction within the State of Utah are required to register once with the Utah Division of Air Quality in accordance with R307-505. Oil and gas inventory is emissions at facilities that have uncontrolled actual emissions greater than…

1. Schedule a Pre-NOI (application) Meeting or Contact: 2. Develop Your Air Permit Application (NOI) 3. Submit Your Air Permit Application Questions? If you have any questions Email: or Submit Hard Copy Attn: PermittingUtah Division of Air Quality195 North 1950 WestSalt Lake City, UT 84116

New Source Review (NSR) Guidelines Approval Orders 18 Month Review (792.23 KB) Emission Factors for Paved and Unpaved Haul Roads (2 MB) Emissions Impact Analysis (Modeling) (324 KB) Exemption for Small Sources Flowcharts, Guidelines, Additional Info Link to Forms Grandfathered Sources (2 MB) Insignificant Activities and Major Source Determinations (77.16 KB) Major PSD Modification (782.27 KB) Nonroad Engines (564.52 KB) Replacement-In-Kind (2 MB)…

The Division of Air Quality is responsible for issuing permits for any operation that emits any contaminant into the air. Such permits will often set limits on the amount of a contaminant that can be released, the amount of material that can be processed, or how dark a smoke plume can be. Two different kinds…

A variety of documents are available to assist you in submitting information to the Division. The forms may be viewed as a PDF file or downloaded as a compressed (zip) Word Document. Small Source Exemption New Source Review Process-Specific Forms Title V Operating Permits Dust Control Plan, Tax Exemption, and Variance Request

Additional Flow Charts Air Permitting Guidance Documents Other Useful Documents US EPA Information Contacts

Statute 19-2-108(3)(a) requires sources to pay the applicable permitting fees for work performed during the NSR permitting process. The types of fees that are collected are required as pre-payment when submitted with the application and will be required before the application is processed. Listed below are a breakdown of the fees. Payments can be made online or…

The attached Emissions Impact Assessment (EIA) guideline is provided to ensure Industry has access to current information requirements for adequately estimating the impact to ambient air from source emissions. Utah air quality regulation R307-401 establishes the application and permitting requirements for new installations and modifications to existing installations. R307-401-8(1)(b)(iv) identifies an EIA as a requirement…

Any new or modified source that emits or has the potential to emit a “significant” amount of any pollutant located in a nonattainment or maintenance area is subject to the offset requirements. These offsets are required to ensure reasonable progress toward attainment of the applicable NAAQS. Emission Reduction Credits (ERCs) are “bankable” if they are…

Emissions specified here are controlled emissions. The emissions resulting from the application of best available control technology (BACT) or lowest achievable emission rate (LAER). Major Source A general Definition. A source with potential to emit at least 100 tons per year (70 tons in Salt Lake PM2.5 non-attainment area) of any pollutant. See Utah Air…