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Colorado OePartrnent of Publ~ HeattHr grid Environrrrerrt <br />Air Poitutlon Corrtroi Olvlslon <br />Air Quality Requirements <br />for Surface Mining <br />Operations <br />O you ovvr~ a opera6s a surface m operaion, <br />induding a sand ene grevel pR, borrow pO, a quarry, you <br />may need io report air ornissrorrs to. ar ob~n ~ air <br />pemrit from. Ore Ah Palkrtlon Corrfrd Divisbrr (APCD) at <br />Ore Colorado Department of PuWie tleallh and <br />Environment (CDPtiE). This doaarrerrt provides an <br />overview d the av potiUtbn end permitting <br />requhemexds ttwt apply to Cotoredo surface mining <br />operations. <br />What Must 8e Reported? <br />The APCD re8 air pollutants released fran surface <br />m~ing operations and fmm the equipment used at <br />mining sates. Surface mining acWittes erM minog <br />equipment {such es crushers end ecxeens) release <br />lugiOre dust that can be carried Iran Ore sike by the <br />wind. In addifron. rrwny surface mining operations use <br />generators fueled wflh nadnal gas, oft, propane, a died <br />that rela~e byprodurds of carrtrrnton such as voTaftie <br />agents compamds (YOCs), carbon monmdde (CO), <br />nitrogen oxides (NOx), and suOru doxide (SO= - X suttur <br />~ present o the ~). F.miasons of fugitive east and <br />fiiei eorrtbusfbn Drat exceed ~~ Ouesholds must be <br />reported to the APCD Through the sutxnission of an Air <br />PdMant Emission Notice (ADEN). Aknost ~ surface <br />mining operations and associated equipment requre Ote <br />firing ~ an APEN. The APEN forms are available <br />Through Ore AF~D and dwardoede6le af: <br />www.cdohe.stete.co.usJaddavnoadforma.aso <br />Reporting Emissions fior SariTace AtMing <br />Sites <br />The APEN tam titled Mining Operations - APEN and <br />App,Gcatron hu Cansbur~iovi PormA' acrd Fu~7iha <br />PertiWlate Encissions CorArof Pfau is used to report <br />emissions from Ore mirring site. This forth requests <br />Nfamatiorr on Ore bcatiort and ownership M Ore site and <br />detatied urfortnatiam on Ore nature of site emissiorrs, <br />produgion, arW asaoeiated equipment. The APEN also <br />requests information on the site-specific Fugitive Est <br />ConVol Plan. <br />.My°~" <br />~ Reporting Emissions for Process <br />Equipment <br />The General aPEN form is rued m report a>r emissions <br />trop, prom equipment such as generates, crushers, <br />suaen decks. afxt systems. This lam <br />. tnrartratiar about the equipment sad, es ttte <br />type of equt, make. model, and serif number, <br />houre of operation, and quantity of material processed <br />through Ore equfpment. This form also requires <br />information regarding wtretfrer Ore process equ~merd is <br />portable a stationary: <br />Portable equ~tntent Carr be moved from site b site: <br />however, a'Notke of RelocaOon' must be submitted <br />to the Divisbn at feast 10 days prior to reloratlon of <br />pfd equipment At yorx home base. rtratntsin <br />an up~+o-date tfd of your equipmerri locations. <br />To be ooru8dered's~tlorrary' or "Posed; equtpmant <br />nwN remain at the bcation trrdlcated on the ADEN <br />fe at feast two years. tt you decide tb mare <br />pertniOed stationtutr equipment, you must submit ~ <br />APEN >d modify the permit to Otat equfpment to a <br />por~ble source pror to the more. <br />Eadt individual pose of process equ~ment rs typtcetiy <br />reported on a separate General ADEN form. However, <br />muit~le preces of equipment may be grouped and <br />reported on a General APEN lam O the <br />equipment vvlf always remain together p,e., piec:es of <br />equipment can not be added a removed from Ore <br />grasp). For example, if a portable grasp of equipment <br />is moved to a now siM, each piece of equ~ment o that <br />group must move do the new site; no piece o! equ~nrent <br />can be raft ~'vnf. ('moping equipment onto a 56rgle <br />General ADEN can help you avoid extra APEN filing <br />fees. <br />What Mast Be Permltted9 <br />Based en Ore otom>aton provided an the APEN, the <br />APCD vn71 detennfie whether an a"v permO Is required <br />fa yoca surface mining opereOon and/or equipment. As <br />a rule of tlwmb: <br />Surface mining operations that mine ova TO,000 <br />fora of product material per year (i.e., raw material <br />remove a processing for sale. whop ooutd include <br />top soil, overburden, and raw material) almost <br />always require ~ air permit Surface mining <br />actiw'ties that mare less than 70,000 tons of product <br />maw per year are specificaly exempt ?corn <br />Pam~9 requiretrrertts ( ~Y stBl require <br />an APEN). <br />Air Quality Requirenents tar Surface Mining opeations May 2006 <br />