Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

(1) (a) The director shall have the authority to issue pollution source
permits in compliance with rules established hereunder.
(b) To determine the applicability of permit requirements for any major
or minor air pollution source in Idaho, the department shall develop and
recommend to the board for adoption, rules that define "regulated air
pollutant" as follows:
(i) For purposes of a major source permit to operate issued or
modified by the department in accordance with title V of the federal
clean air act amendments of 1990, "regulated air pollutant" shall
have the same meaning as in title V of the federal clean air act
amendments of 1990, and any applicable federal regulations
promulgated pursuant to title V of the federal clean air act
amendments of 1990;
(ii) For purposes of any other operating permit issued or modified
by the department, the federal definition of "regulated air
pollutant" as defined in subsection (1)(b)(i) of this section shall
also apply;
(iii) For purposes of any permit to construct issued or modified by
the department pursuant to part D of subchapter I of the federal
clean air act, "regulated air pollutant" shall mean those air
contaminants that are regulated pursuant to part D of subchapter I of
the federal clean air act and applicable federal regulations
promulgated pursuant to part D of subchapter I of the federal clean
air act; and
(iv) For purposes of major source compliance with 42 U.S.C. section
7412(g) and (i)(1), "regulated air pollutant" shall mean those air
contaminants that are listed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 7412(b);
and
(v) For purposes of any other major or minor permit to construct
issued or modified by the department, "regulated air pollutant" shall
mean those air contaminants that are regulated pursuant to part C of
subchapter I of the federal clean air act and any applicable federal
regulations promulgated pursuant to part C of subchapter I of the
federal clean air act.
(c) To determine the applicability of any permit to construct or permit
to operate requirement to any air pollution source in Idaho, fugitive
emissions shall not be included in any applicability calculation, unless
required by 42 U.S.C. section 7401 et seq. or any implementing regulation
promulgated thereunder. The director shall develop and the board shall
adopt rules that provide that, for both major and minor source permit
applicability determinations, fugitive emissions shall be included only as
required by 42 U.S.C. section 7401 et seq. or any implementing regulation
promulgated thereunder.
(d) The director shall develop and recommend to the board for adoption
through rulemaking, criteria to determine insignificant activities and
such sources or modification with emissions at or below the de minimis
level which shall not require either a permit to construct or a permit to
operate; provided however, that a registration of the activities or
sources may be required.
(2) The director shall have the authority to sue in competent courts to
enjoin any threatened or continuing:
(a) Violations of pollution source permits or conditions thereof without
the necessity of a prior revocation of the permit; or
(b) Construction of an industrial or commercial air pollution source
without a permit required under this chapter or rules adopted hereunder.
(3) The department is authorized to charge and collect a fee for
processing applications for industrial or commercial air pollution source
permits in accordance with a fee schedule established by the board pursuant
to this chapter. For fees charged for operating permits under title V of the
federal clean air act amendments of 1990, the department shall not charge a
fee on any hazardous air pollutant other than those listed under section 112
of the federal clean air act. The fee schedule shall be structured to provide
an incentive for emission reduction.
(4) The director may issue air emission source permits to construct a
facility to incinerate any waste or waste item contaminated with
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) only if the director finds:
(a) The facility will not be sited in complex valley terrain where the
valley floor is less than five (5) miles wide and the valley walls rise
more than one thousand (1,000) feet;
(b) The facility has complied with local planning and zoning
requirements;
(c) There has been an opportunity for public participation; and
(d) The facility will employ best available technology and
instrumentation.
Subsection (4) of this section shall not apply to incineration activities
existing on or before January 1, 1987.

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