§22-5-8. Emergencies
Whenever air pollution conditions in any area of the state become such as, in the opinion of the director, to create an emergency and to require immediate action for the protection of the public health, the director may, with the written approval of the Governor, so find and enter such order as it deems necessary […]
§22-5-9. Powers Reserved to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources, Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health, Local Health Boards and Political Subdivisions; Conflicting Statutes Repealed
Nothing in this article affects or limits the powers or duties heretofore conferred by the provisions of chapter sixteen of this code upon the the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources, the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health, county health boards, county health officers, municipal health boards, municipal health officers, combined […]
§22-5-10. Records, Reports, Data or Information; Confidentiality; Proceedings Upon Request to Inspect or Copy
(a) All air quality data, emission data, permits, compliance schedules, orders of the director, board orders and any other information required by a federal implementation program (all for convenience hereinafter referred to in this section as "records, reports, data or information") obtained under this article shall be available to the public, except that upon a […]
§22-5-11. Construction, Modification or Relocation Permits Required for Stationary Sources of Air Pollutants
(a) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this article, no person shall construct, modify or relocate any stationary source of air pollutants without first obtaining a construction, modification or relocation permit as provided in this article. (b) The secretary shall by rule specify the class or categories of stationary sources to which this section applies. Application […]
§22-5-11a. Activities Authorized in Advance of Permit Issuance
(a) With respect to the modifications of nonmajor stationary sources, or modifications which are not major modifications to existing major stationary sources, the following activities are authorized in advance of permit issuance. Any authorized activities undertaken by or on behalf of the permit applicant prior to the issuance of a final permitting action by the […]
§22-5-12. Operating Permits Required for Stationary Sources of Air Pollution
No person may operate a stationary source of air pollutants without first obtaining an operating permit as provided in this section. The director shall promulgate legislative rules, in accordance with chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, which specify classes or categories of stationary sources which are required to obtain an operating permit. The legislative rule shall […]
§22-5-13. Consolidation of Permits
For permits required by sections eleven and twelve of this article, the director may incorporate the required permits with an existing permit or consolidate the required permits into a single permit.
§22-5-14. Administrative Review of Permit Actions
Any person whose interest may be affected, including, but not necessarily limited to, the applicant and any person who participated in the public comment process, by a permit issued, modified or denied by the secretary, or construction authorization pursuant to section eleven-a of this article, may appeal such action of the secretary to the air […]
§22-5-15. Motor Vehicle Pollution, Inspection and Maintenance
(a) As the state of knowledge and technology relating to the control of emissions from motor vehicles may permit or make appropriate and in furtherance of the purposes of this article, the director may provide by legislative rule for the control of emissions from motor vehicles. The legislative rule may prescribe requirements for the installation […]
§22-5-16. Small Business Environmental Compliance Assistance Program, Compliance Advisory Panel
The secretary of the Department of Commerce, labor, and environmental resources shall establish a small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program which meets the requirements of Title V of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §7661 et seq. A compliance advisory panel composed of seven members appointed as follows […]