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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9. Environment
Agency 5. State Air Pollution Control Board
Chapter 80. Permits for Stationary Sources
12/22/2024

9VAC5-80-2320. Definitions.

A. For the purpose of applying this article in the context of the Regulations for the Control and Abatement of Air Pollution and related uses, the words or terms shall have the meanings given them in subsection D of this section.

B. As used in this article, all words and terms not defined in subsection D of this section shall have the meanings given them in 9VAC5-80-60 C, 9VAC5-80-370, 9VAC5-80-810 C, 9VAC5-80-1110 C, 9VAC5-80-1410 C, 9VAC5-80-1615 C, 9VAC5-80-2010 C, 9VAC5-85-30 C, 9VAC5-85-50 C, or 9VAC5-85-70 C as may apply, unless otherwise required by context.

C. All words and terms not defined in subsection D of this section and not defined as provided in subsection B of this section shall have the meanings given them in 9VAC5-80-5 or 9VAC5-10 (General Definitions), unless otherwise required by context.

D. Terms defined.

"Area source" means any stationary source that is not a major source. For purposes of this article, the phrase "area source" shall not include motor vehicles or nonroad vehicles.

"Normal operation" means, for the purposes of this article, any operation of a stationary source or part of a stationary source after the testing and shakedown operations following the construction of the stationary source or following the first phase of the phased construction of a stationary source.

"Synthetic minor source" means a stationary source whose potential to emit is constrained by state enforceable and federally enforceable limits, so as to place that stationary source below the threshold at which it would be subject to permit or other requirements governing major stationary sources in regulations of the board or in the federal Clean Air Act and associated regulations.

"Synthetic minor 80% source" or "SM-80 source" means a synthetic minor source that emits or has the potential to emit a regulated pollutant at or above 80% of the major source threshold for that pollutant.

"Title V complex major source" means, for the purposes of this article, a major source that is subject to a total of seven or more subparts in 40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63 that contain standards applicable to that stationary source.

"Title V major source" means, for the purposes of this article, a major source that is subject to a total of less than seven subparts in 40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63 that contain standards applicable to that stationary source.

"Title V source by rule" means for the purposes of this article, an area source that is subject to permitting requirements under Article 1 (9VAC5-80-50 et seq.) or Article 3 (9VAC5-80-360 et seq.) of this part because it is subject to a standard, limitation, emission guideline, or other requirement under § 111 or 112 of the federal Clean Air Act.

Statutory Authority

§ 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia; federal Clean Air Act (§§ 110, 112, 165, 173, 182, and Title V); 40 CFR Parts 51, 61, 63, 70, and 72.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 28, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 2012.

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