South Dakota Air Permits

Air permits & authorizations

• Insignificant activities

  Exemption

  DANR provides an Insignificant Activities data sheet to be submitted with applications. DANR's permitting page does not list facility-level exemptions.

  Official page

• General Permits

  General Permit

  For portable or stationary Part 70, synthetic minor, or minor sources: asphalt plants, rock crushers, concrete batch plants, grain elevators, and (Rapid City area) construction and continuous activities on state property. Requires an application and a Notice of Intent to operate. Flat annual fees apply to asphalt plant and rock crusher general permits.

  Official page

• Construction Permit

  Minor NSR

  DANR provides a general construction permit application form. DANR's permitting page describes pre-construction permits mainly in the PSD context.

  Official page

• Minor Source Operating Permit

  State Operating

  For sources that are not Part 70 sources and are below the uncontrolled potential emission level for Part 70.

  Thresholds (summarized from source, not a quotation)

  Uncontrolled potential emissions below 100 tons per year of a regulated pollutant (restated from DANR).

  ARSD 74:36:04Official page

Major NSR (PSD & nonattainment)

• Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) pre-construction permit

  PSD

  New or modified sources in attainment areas meeting PSD applicability must obtain a pre-construction permit. Adopts 40 CFR 52.21 by reference.

  ARSD 74:36:09Official page

• New Source Review (nonattainment)

  Nonattainment NSR

  Applies only in areas designated nonattainment; DANR states South Dakota is in attainment, so it does not currently apply.

  ARSD 74:36:10Official page

Title V operating permits

• Title V (Part 70) Operating Permit

  Title V

  For major sources, and sources that fall under NSPS or MACT applicability requirements. Fees under ARSD 74:37 (administrative fee by emission tier plus a per-ton emission fee).

  Thresholds (summarized from source, not a quotation)

  Potential to emit greater than 100 tons per year of a regulated pollutant, more than 10 tons per year of one HAP, or more than 25 tons per year of combined HAPs (DANR quotes 'greater than 100 tons per year').

  ARSD 74:36:05Official page

Oil & Gas

DANR's air permitting and application pages list no oil and gas specific air permits. Oil and gas sources follow the minor source and Title V thresholds and applicable federal NSPS/NESHAP (adopted by reference in ARSD 74:36:07 and 74:36:08). Oil and gas wells on tribal lands fall under EPA Region 8.

State air regulations

• ARSD Article 74:36Air Pollution Control Program
• ARSD 74:36:04Operating Permits for Minor Sources
• ARSD 74:36:05Operating Permits for Part 70 Sources
• ARSD 74:36:07New Source Performance Standards (adopts 40 CFR 60)
• ARSD 74:36:08MACT/NESHAP (adopts 40 CFR 63)
• ARSD 74:36:09Prevention of Significant Deterioration (adopts 40 CFR 52.21)
• ARSD 74:36:10New Source Review (nonattainment)
• ARSD 74:37Air Emission Fees

Forms

• Air Quality Permit Applications
• Minor Source General Application
• Title V General Application
• Construction Application
• Generators and Fire Pumps data sheet
• NOI: Rock Crushers
• NOI: Concrete Batch Plants

Guidance

• Air Quality Permitting
• Concrete Plant General Permit Statement of Basis
• Regulated Facilities search
• Air Consultants List

Compliance

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Sources

• SD DANR Air Quality Permitting
• SD DANR Air Quality Applications
• SD DANR Concrete Plant GP Statement of Basis
• EPA CAA Permitting in South Dakota