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Renewable Operating Permit Program

ROP Manual

A compilation of the procedures, guidance, and resource materials used by the AQD permit writer to process a Renewable Operating Permit.

  1. Pre-Application Process for Renewals
    1. ROP Renewal Pre-Application Meeting Procedure and Timeline
  1. Log Application and Administrative Completeness
    1. Applications using PASS-ROP
      1. Log Application and Electronic Completeness Check - View
      2. Manual Administrative Completeness Check - View
      3. ROP Application Log-In Checklist - View
      4. PASS-ROP Manual Administrative Completeness Check - View
      5. Entering Hard Copy Applications into PASS-ROP - View
      6. Returning PASS-ROP Applications - View
    2. Applications using ROP Renewal Form
      1. Log Application Procedures - View
      2. ROP Renewal Application Log-In Checklist - View
      3. ROP Renewal Application Administrative Completeness Checklist - Download
    3. Administrative Letters Guidance - View
  1. Background Information for Technical Review
    1. Identifying Underlying Applicable Requirements - View
    2. Rule 212 Memo & Table
    3. Fugitive Emissions in PTE
      1. Change of Major Source Definition for Fugitives - View
      2. EPA Definition Memo - View
      3. EPA Fugitives Determination for Indiana - View
      4. EPA Policy Letter and Attachment - View
      5. Fact Sheet – Major Source Definition Regarding Fugitives - View
      6. ROP Sources Fugitive Table - View
    4. NESHAP/MACT, NSPS and Other Guidance - View
    5. Rules in the State Implementation Plan (SIP) - View
    6. Procedure for ROP/PTI Template Development - View
  1. Permit Development
    1. Word Processing Tips - View
    2. ROP Shell Instructions - View
    3. ROP Renewal Technical Review Procedures - View
    4. Monitoring Examples - Coming Soon!
    5. Periodic Monitoring Guidance
      1. Evaluating Periodic Monitoring Submittals - View
      2. Periodic Monitoring Guidance - View
    6. Compliance Assurance Monitoring (CAM) Guidance
      1. Applicability Determination - View
      2. CAM Rule Exemptions - View
      3. CAM – ROP Example Table - View
      4. CAM Plan - View
      5. Technical Review of CAM Plans - View
      6. Incorporating a CAM Plan into an ROP - View
      7. CAM Plan Revisions - View
    7. Staff Guidance on Streamlined/Subsumed Requirements in ROPs - View
    8. Special Conditions for Emission Units Subject to Rule 801 - View
    9. Incorporating Consent Orders/Consent Judgments into ROPs - View
    10. Completing a Schedule of Compliance in Appendix 2 an ROP - View
  1. Public Participation
    1. Public Participation Procedures for Renewable Operating Permits - View
    2. Public Participation Procedures for Renewable Operating Permits – Reopenings - View
    3. FITT Public Participation Procedures - View
    4. Public Hearing Information
      1. ROP Public Hearing Preparation Checklist - View
      2. ROP Public Hearing Supplies Checklist - View
      3. Guidance for Conducting an ROP Public Hearing - View
      4. Example Fact Sheet for Public Hearing - View
      5. Example Opening Statement for Hearings Officer - View
    5. Procedures for Issuance of Acid Rain and CAIR Permits and the Incorporation into ROPs - View
  1. Life After ROP
    1. “Life After ROP” Workbook - View
    2. Certification and Deviation Report Forms and Instructions - View
    3. Procedures for Processing Amendments and Modifications
  1. Void Procedures
    1. Procedure to Void an ROP Application - View
    2. Procedure to Void an ROP - View
  1. Operational Memoranda - View
    1. No. 1 – Modification of Permit to Install or an Equivalent Emission Limit in a ROP
    2. No. 2 – Changes at a Stationary Source After Renewable Operating Permit (ROP) Issuance
    3. No. 3 – Procedure for Limiting PTE to Emit Below Major Source Thresholds
    4. No. 4 – Mechanisms for Limiting the Applicability of ROP
    5. No. 5 – Definition of VOC
    6. No. 6 – Procedure for Determining Emission Units
    7. No. 7 – Procedure for Implementation of the ROP Application Shield
    8. No. 8 – Applicability of the Operating Permit and Emission Fee to Particulate Sources
    9. No. 9 – Treatment of Rules Identified for Repeal in ROP Applications
    10. No. 10 – Procedure for Handling of Confidential Materials and FOIA Requests for Confidential Materials
    11. No. 11 – Stationary Source Determinations
    12. No. 12 – Incorporation Changes to an Application for a ROP
    13. No. 13 – Criteria Pollutant Threshold Levels for the EI
    14. No. 14 – Use of Visible Emission Limits Less than 20% Opacity in Permits
    15. No. 15 – Procedure for Processing Permit Applications Subject to Federal Clean Air Act Section 112(g)
    16. No. 16 – Procedure for Evaluation Plant-wide Applicability Limits
    17. No. 17 – Procedure for Processing Clean Corporate Citizen Permit Applications
    18. No. 18 – Averaging Times and Compliance Testing
    19. No. 19 – Issue Resolution Process for Permit to Install Applications

CONTACT: For ROP program questions or web page technical issues, contact Joanne Foy at 517-373-7033 or foyj@michigan.gov



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