Air Operating Permits

There are 10 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 2003:
WA Final Air Audit Report CY2003.pdf (254Kb)

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 Issuance Date: February 26, 2004 Effective Date: March 1, 2004 Expiration Date: March 1, 2009 Spokane Clean Air took over the permit from Ecology when the primary aluminum smelter closed. CDC Mead is maintaining the permit for possible future use. Department of Ecology Permit (399Kb) Avista NE Turbine - Natural Gas Fired Turbines Northeast Combustion Turbine Facility (NECT) 8400 N. Regal Spokane, WA 99217 Issued Date: 7/21/04 Expiration Date: 7/20/09 Statment of Basis (92Kb) Final Permit (73Kb) 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 - Fiberglass Reinforced Plywood Manufacturing Operation 3808 N. Sullivan Rd., Bldg. 31 Spokane Valley, WA 99216 Issued Date 1/30/03 Revised Date 9/27/04 Renewal #1 Date 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 (369Kb) 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 Trentwood - Aluminum Sheet and Plate Rolling Mill Trentwood Works 15000 E Euclid Avenue Spokane Valley, WA 99215 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 Issued 5/18/04 Revised 1/5/07 Expiration Date 5/17/09 Statement of Basis (85Kb) Renewal #1 (2004) Final Permit (93Kb) Statement of Basis for Permit Revision (46Kb) Revised Permit (2007) (176Kb) Mutual Materials Company - Manufacture of Bricks Mica Brick Plant 10627 South State Route 27 Mica, WA 99023 Renewal Issued 3/1/04 Permit Revised 12/17/04 Expiration Date 2/28/09 Statement of Basis (82Kb) Statement of Basis for Revision (9Kb) Revised Permit (12/17/04) (72Kb) Waste-to-Energy Plant - Municipal Solid Waste Combustion 2900 S Geiger Blvd Spokane, WA 99204 Renewal Issued 10/30/06 Expiration Date 10/29/11 Statement of Basis - Renewal #1 (314Kb) Waste-to-Energy Permit (326Kb)