Title V Facilities’ Emissions Reports Due March 31

Facilities subject to Title V of the Clean Air Act must submit their emissions inventories for 2008 to the DNR Air Quality Bureau by March 31. These facilities are also required to report their 2008 greenhouse gas emissions.

Title V emission inventory forms (including PM2.5 and ammonia emissions) can be downloaded from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Air Quality Bureau web site at www.iowacleanair.com . Click on the “Operating Permits” link on the left side of the screen. Then click on Title V/CAIR Applications, Emissions Inventory/Fee Payment – Forms & Instructions. Forms 1.0, 4.0, 5.0 and Part 3 are required. To request a paper copy, call (515) 281-7826.

In 2008 Title V facilities were required to report 2007 greenhouse emissions from fossil fuel combustion and ethanol production. The DNR is expanding the scope of the next greenhouse gas inventory. In addition to reporting 2008 greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion and ethanol production, six additional source categories will be required to report their 2008 greenhouse gas emissions from their industrial processes: 1) cement manufacturing, 2) lime manufacturing, 3) ammonia production and urea application, 4) nitric acid production, 5) iron and steel production, and 6) soda ash use.

Also new this year will be forms and instructions for reporting hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), Perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) emissions. An attachment to this air list serve provides more information about this.

Updated instructions and new greenhouse gas reporting spreadsheets are posted at:
www.iowacleanair.com/prof/ghg/ghg.html.

Also attached to this air list serve is a Title V emissions inventory question and answer sheet.

Annual Compliance Certification and the Semi-Annual Monitoring Report are due March 31 if your initial Title V permit was issued prior to January 1, 2009. If your initial Title V permit was issued prior to July 1, 2009 the Semi-Annual Monitoring Report is due September 30. Contact Dennis Thielen at (515) 281-4899 if you have questions about these reports.

For assistance regarding Emissions Inventory or Fee Payment reports (due July 1), call Chris Kjellmark, (515) 281-7826 or Weston Li at (515) 281-8549. For questions about greenhouse gas inventories call Marnie Stein at (515) 281-8468.