Michigan Air Permits System
Renewable Operating Permit Program

ROP Manual

Table of Contents

  1. Pre-Application Process for Renewals
    1. ROP Renewal Pre-Application Meeting Procedure and Timeline
  2. Log Application and Administrative Completeness
    1. Initial Applications using new ROP Initial Forms
      1. Log Application Procedures for Initial Forms
      2. Initial Application Log-In Checklist
      3. Initial Application Administrative Completeness Checklist
    2. Renewal Applications using ROP Renewal Form
      1. Log Application Procedures for Renewal Form
      2. Renewal Application Log-In Checklist
      3. Renewal Application Administrative Completeness Checklist
    3. Applications using PASS-ROP
      1. Log Application and Electronic Completeness Check
      2. Application Log-In Checklist
      3. Manual Administrative Completeness Check
      4. Entering Hard Copy Applications into PASS-ROP
      5. Returning PASS-ROP Applications
    4. Administrative Letters Guidance
  3. Background Information for Technical Review
    1. Identifying Underlying Applicable Requirements
    2. Rule 212 Memo & Table
    3. Fugitive Emissions in Potential to Emit (PTE)
      1. Change of Major Source Definition for Fugitives
      2. EPA Definition Memo
      3. EPA Fugitives Determination for Indiana
      4. EPA Policy Letter & Attachment
      5. Fact Sheet - Major Source Definition Regarding Fugitives
      6. ROP Sources Fugitive Table
    4. NESHAP / MACT, NSPS and Other Guidance
    5. Rules in the State Implementation Plan (SIP)
      1. Accessing Michigan SIP Submittals Information
    6. Template Development Procedure
  4. Permit Development
    1. Word Processing Tips
    2. ROP Staff Report and ROP Shell
      1. ROP Staff Report Instructions
      2. ROP Shell Instructions
    3. ROP Technical Review Procedures
      1. Initial ROPs
      2. Renewal ROPs
    4. Monitoring Examples (coming soon)
    5. Periodic Monitoring Guidance
      1. Evaluating Periodic Monitoring Submittals
      2. Periodic Monitoring Guidance
    6. Compliance Assurance Monitoring (CAM) Guidance
      1. Applicability Determination
      2. CAM Rule Exemptions
      3. CAM - ROP Example Table
      4. Elements of a CAM Plan
      5. Technical Review of CAM Plans
      6. Incorporating a CAM Plan into an ROP
    7. Staff Guidance on Streamlined/Subsumed Requirements in ROPs
    8. Special Conditions for Emission Units Subject to Rule 801
    9. Incorporating Consent Orders/Consent Judgments into ROPs
    10. Completing a Schedule of Compliance in Appendix 2 of the ROP
    11. Guidance for Supervisor Review of ROPs
  5. Public Participation
    1. Public Participation Procedures for Renewable Operating Permits
    2. Public Participation Procedures for Renewable Operating Permits - Reopenings
    3. FITT Public Participation Procedures
    4. Public Hearing Information
      1. ROP Public Hearing Preparation Check List
      2. ROP Public Hearing Check List
      3. Guidance for Conducting an ROP Public Hearing
      4. Example Fact Sheet for Public Hearing
      5. Example Opening Statement for Hearings Officer
    5. Procedures for Issuance of Non-ROP Renewable Permits (Acid Rain) and Incorporation into ROPs
  6. Life After ROP
    1. Life After ROP - Workbook
    2. Certification and Deviation Report Forms and Instructions
    3. Procedures for Processing Amendments and Modifications
      1. Administrative Amendments Under Rule 216(1)(a)(i)-(iv)
      2. Administrative Amendments Under Rule 216(1)(a)(v)
      3. Minor Modifications Under Rule 216(2)
      4. Significant Modifications Under Rule 216(3)
      5. State-Only Modifications Under Rule 216(4)
    4. Part 63 Extension of Compliance Procedure
  7. Void Procedures
    1. Procedure to Void an ROP Application
    2. Procedure to Void an ROP
  8. AQD Policies and Procedures

 

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