Title V Operating Permits, U.S. Clean Air Act Amendments

Last updated by ess-home on 9/16/2008

History

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - United States

Title V is a program of the United States Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) that makes regulators and operators assimilate in one document all of the requirements to which a facility is subject, known as an Operating Permit. Although Title V was supposed to be a "wrapper" program that did not introduce more requirements, many permit holders have expressed that there is a substantial additional compliance burden, since the program places the burden on the owner/operator and companies to have records proving compliance.

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Management System & Data Management Implications

Title V Operating Permit compliance can have significant implications for large industrial facilities. A single facility can have anywhere from 1000 to 100,000 requirements applicable to its various processing units and emission sources.

To effectively demonstrate compliance with these requirements, a data management system can be useful:

Data from existing plant software systems can be used to demonstrate compliance with numeric (including calculated) limits
Tasks can be assigned and tracked to completion, including those issued thru an existing computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)
Compliance with multiple requirements can be documented by completing a single task. For example, there are many regulations requiring that tank inspections be done, yet those could be satisfied by a single inspection

Fast Facts

Jurisdiction	United States plus territories
Applicability	All facilities that qualify as being "major" sources of emissions.
Regulatory Driver	Title V of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990
Promulgating Entity	U.S. EPA
Enforcing Entity	Most title V permits are issued by State and local permitting authorities.
Entity Summary	http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/permits/
Regulatory Text	http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/title5.html
Regulatory Submissions Required	Facilities are required to annually certify compliance with all applicable requirements and report any compliance deviations every six months. Specific formats vary with Enforcing Authority.

Case Studies

Sunoco
eCAT System Uses IHS Software to Drive Title V Compliance Accountability and Efficiency
Alcoa
Title V Monitoring, Recordkeeping and Reporting System Reduces Compliance Fees by $100,000+
Duke Energy
Empowers EH&S Sustainability and Efficiency in Support of Corporate Expansion

More Information

For details about how the IHS solutions can help your organization comply with Title V, call 800.289.6116 or email us.