Criteria Pollutants

Reporting Requirements:

For criteria pollutants (Reg. No. 3, II.B.3a), air pollutant emission notices (APENs) are required for:

• Each individual emission point in a nonattainment are with uncontrolled actual emissions of one ton per year or more of any individual criteria pollutant (pollutants are not summed) for which the area is in nonattainment;
• Each individual emission point in an attainment area with uncontrolled actual emissions of two tons per year or more of any individual criteria pollutant (pollutants are not summed);
• Each individual emission point with uncontrolled actual emissions of lead greater than one hundred pounds per year, regardless of where the source is located.

Criteria Pollutants include:

Carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, PM10, total suspended particulates, ozone, volatile organic compounds, lead, fluorides, sulfuric acid mist, hydrogen sulfide, total reduced sulfur, reduced sulfur compounds, municipal waste combustor organics, municipal waste combustor metals, and municipal waste combustor acid gases.

Reporting Form:

Criteria pollutants are reported using the Air Pollutant Emission Notice (APEN) form. air pollutant emission notices (APENs) are downloadable, and completed forms should be submitted to the Construction Permit Unit.