Oil and Gas Sources are defined in 18 AAC 50.400(i)(6) as a Title V source that is not a “Large Power Plant” the purpose of which is the exploration for, extraction of, processing of, transportation of, or storage of crude oil, natural gas, or other petroleum products, or related activities, but does not include a petroleum refinery or liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant.

Portable Oil and Gas Operation means an operation that moves from site to site to drill or test one or more oil or gas wells, and that uses drill rigs, equipment associated with drill rigs and drill operations, well test flares, equipment associated with well test flares, camps, or equipment associated with camps; “portable oil and gas operation” does not include well servicing activities; for the purposes of this paragraph, “test” means a test that involves the use of a flare;

There is a different administrative fee structure under 18 AAC 50.400(a)(1)&(5) for an oil-and-gas source with the potential to emit more than 250 tons per year of any one pollutant, or an oil-and-gas source or thermal soil remediation unit source with the potential to emit equal to or greater than 100 and less than 250 tons per year of any one pollutant.

40 C.F.R. 60

Permittees must comply with applicable New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) provisions. NSPS requirements are included in the applicable requirement definition under 40 CFR 71.2, which has been adopted by the Department under 18 AAC 50.040(j)(1).

Typically Oil and Gas Sources are subject to NSPS Subparts: A, Dc, GG, IIII, KKKK, and OOOOa for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE), combustion turbines, steam generating units, and newer oil and gas facilities.

40 C.F.R. 63

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) has incorporated by reference the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) requirements for specific industrial activities, as listed in 18 AAC 50.040(c). NESHAP Subpart ZZZZ applies to owners and operators of any existing, new, or reconstructed stationary RICE located at major and area sources of Hazardous Air Pollution (HAP) emissions.

Compliance Assurance Monitoring (CAM) provisions are required under 40 C.F.R. Part 64. These provisions apply to emission units that employ the use of an add-on control device to meet an emission limit or standard and have pre-control emissions greater than 100 TPY for the pollutant for which the control device is operated. CAM provisions can apply to large and small power plant emissions units due to the operation of a control devices such as Selective Catalytic Reduction (NOx controls).

40 C.F.R. 64

Permittees are required to comply with all stationary source-specific requirements that were carried forward from previous SIP-approved Permits to Operate issued on or before January 17, 1997 and operating permits issued between January 18, 1997 and September 30, 2004, and with all stationary source-specific requirements in EPA Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permits, State Implementation Program (SIP)-approved construction permits, SIP-approved minor permits, and owner requested limits established under 18 AAC 50.225.

These requirements include Best Available Control Technology (BACT) limits, limits to ensure compliance with the attainment or maintenance of ambient air quality standards or maximum allowable ambient concentrations, and owner requested limits.

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