Air Operating Permits

There are 9 facilities in Spokane County that are subject to the Air Operating Permit (AOP) program.  Major emission sources and other sources identified by EPA are requried to obtain an AOP. Major sources are defined as facilities with a potential to emit any of the following:

• 100 tons of any criteria pollutant, or
• 10 tons of any single hazardous air pollutant (HAP) as listed pursuant to subsection 112(b) of the Federal Clean Air Act, or
• 25 tons of all HAPS combined.

Each AOP provides a compilation of all existing air quality requirements in a single document. This is very different from the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency's other programs (registration, new source review).

Some other key differences include:

• Each AOP contains monitoring , recordkeeping, and reporting requirements developed to reasonably assure compliance with all underlying air quality requirements
  
• Sources are required to certify their compliance status with all requirements and self-report any deviations, and
  
• Each facility must pay fees adequate to fully fund the AOP program.
  

Once issued, each AOP is vaild for five years. Now that all of the AOPs have been issued, the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency will focus on permit renewals and maintenance of the permits.

Every year an independent auditor reviews the AOP programs in the State of Washington, including the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency's program.  Here is the audit report for 2008.

Title V (AOP)  Sources in Spokane County. Approved and active Air Operating Permits issued by the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency will be linked to their current permit information.

Name & Source Comments/Documents CDC Mead, LLC - Aluminum Smelter 2111 East Hawthorne Road Mead, WA 99021 Renewal Issued: 7/6/09 Expiration Date: 7/5/14 CDC Mead is maintaining the former Kaiser Aluminum Smelter permit for possible future use. Statement of Basis (261Kb) Permit Renewal #1 (266Kb) City of Spokane - Northside Landfill - Municipal Solid Waste Landfill 5502 Nine Mile Road Spokane, WA 99208 Issued Date 1/2/03 Expiration Date 1/1/08 Statment of Basis (83Kb) Final Permit (83Kb) Fiber-Tech Industries Inc. - Fiberglass Reinforced Plywood Manufacturing Operation 3808 N. Sullivan Rd., Bldg. 31 Spokane Valley, WA 99216 Renewal #1 Issued: 2/22/08 Expiration Date: 2/21/13 Statement of Basis for Renewal #1 (177Kb) Permit Renewal #1 (235Kb) TransCanada Gas Transmission Northwest Corporation (GTN) - Compressor Station on Natural Gas Pipeline 315 E. Babb Road 3 miles NW of Rosalia, WA   Renewal #2 Issued 4/14/08 Expiration Date 4/13/13 TRANSCANADA RENEWAL #2 - BASIS (352Kb) TRANSCANADA RENEWAL #2 PERMIT - FINAL (318Kb) Inland Empire Paper Company - Newsprint Paper Mill 3320 N Argonne Spokane, WA 99212-2099 Renewal#2 Issued 10/1/2007 Expiration Date 9/30/2012 Statement of Basis Renewal #2 (286Kb) Permit - Renewal #2 (276Kb) Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products, LLC - Aluminum Sheet and Plate Rolling Mill Trentwood Works 15000 E Euclid Avenue Spokane Valley, WA 99215 Renewal#1 Issued Date 5/19/2008 Expiration Date 5/18/2013 Kaiser Permit - renewal #1 final (320Kb) Kaiser Basis - renewal #1 (321Kb) Melcher Manufacturing Company, Inc. - Manufacturer of Fiberglass Loading Ramps 6017 E Mission Avenue Spokane Valley, WA 99212 Renewal#2 Issued 5/11/09 Expiration Date 5/10/14 Statment of Basis (Renewal #2) (119Kb) Permit (Renewal #2) (190Kb) Mutual Materials Company - Manufacture of Bricks Mica Brick Plant 10627 South State Route 27 Mica, WA 99023 Renewal #2 Issued 2/13/09 Expiration Date 2/12/14 Renewal #2 Final Permit (191Kb) Renewal #2 Statement of Basis (148Kb) City of Spokane - Spokane Regional Solid Waste System - Municipal Solid Waste Combustion Waste-to-Energy Plant 2900 S Geiger Blvd Spokane, WA 99204 Renewal Issued 10/30/06 Revised Date 11/17/08 Expiration Date 10/29/11 Statement of Basis - Renewal #1 (314Kb) Waste-to-Energy Permit (326Kb) Statement of Basis - Revision (48Kb) Revision to Waste-to-Energy Permit Renewal #1 (357Kb)