Section 42314.1 Of Article 1. Permits From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
42314.1
. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), to the extent
permissible under federal law, and notwithstanding any state or local
new source review or prevention of significant deterioration rule or
regulation, at the request of an applicant, a district shall issue
permits for the construction of a project which burns municipal
waste, landfill gas, or digester gas, if all of the following
conditions are met:
(1) The project produces less than 50 megawatts of electricity,
except as provided in paragraph (4).
(2) The project will utilize the appropriate degree of pollution
control technology (BACT or LAER) required by the new source review
rule of the district.
(3) The project applicant has, in the judgment of the district,
made a good faith effort to secure all available emission offsets to
mitigate the impact of the project, but sufficient offsets or other
mitigation measures are not available. The applicant, however, is
required to secure all the offsets which are available to mitigate
the air quality impact of the project, except for projects which
constitute a modification to an existing source under the district's
new source review rule, in which case the applicant is only required
to provide offsets from facilities which the applicant owns or
operates within the air basin.
(4) The project produces 50 megawatts or more, but less than 80
megawatts, of electricity, meets the requirements of paragraphs (2)
and (3), is located in a district whose state implementation plan
revisions have been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency
and that has attained, or is reasonably expected to attain, national
air quality standards for any criteria pollutant for which sufficient
growth allowances are available in the air quality maintenance plan
or, in the event the project would cause any criteria pollutant to
exceed the available or possible future growth allowance, the
applicant secures offsets in an amount equal to the excess in the
growth allowance, and processes municipal wastes from one or more
municipalities. Any project under this paragraph shall comply with
applicable prevention of significant deterioration rules and
regulations.
(b) If a proposed project permitted under subdivision (a) has an
electrical generating capacity of 50 megawatts or more, the district
shall determine whether the project meets the requirements of this
section and, in making its determination, shall consider the
potential emission of noncriteria pollutants from project facilities
and shall develop appropriate permit conditions. The district shall
submit its determination and supporting analyses, including the
analysis of noncriteria pollutants and appropriate permit conditions,
to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission for use pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section
25500) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code.
(c) Any permit issued pursuant to subdivision (a), and any
determination made by a district pursuant to subdivision (b), shall
meet the additional requirements of Section 42315.