WAC 173-400-101   Registration issuance.  (1) General. Any person operating or responsible for the operation of an air contaminant source for which registration and reporting are required shall register the source emission unit with the permitting authority. The owner or operator shall make reports containing information as may be required by the permitting authority concerning location, size and height of contaminant outlets, processes employed, nature and quantity of the air contaminant emission and such other information as is relevant to air pollution and available or reasonably capable of being assembled.

     (2) Registration form. Registration information shall be provided on forms supplied by the permitting authority and shall be completed and returned within the time specified on the form. Emission units within the facility shall be listed separately unless the permitting authority determines that certain emission units may be combined into process streams for purposes of registration and reporting.

     (3) Signatory responsibility. The owner, operator, or their designated management representative shall sign the registration form for each source. The owner or operator of the source shall be responsible for notifying the permitting authority of the existence of the source, and for the accuracy, completeness, and timely submittal of registration reporting information and any accompanying fee.

     (4) Operational and maintenance plan. Owners or operators of registered sources within ecology's jurisdiction shall maintain an operation and maintenance plan for process and control equipment. The plan shall reflect good industrial practice and shall include a record of performance and periodic inspections of process and control equipment. In most instances, a manufacturer's operations manual or an equipment operation schedule may be considered a sufficient operation and maintenance plan. The plan shall be reviewed and updated by the source owner or operator at least annually. A copy of the plan shall be made available to ecology upon request.

     (5) Report of closure. A report of closure shall be filed with the permitting authority within ninety days after operations producing emissions permanently cease at any applicable source under this section.

     (6) Report of change of ownership. A new owner or operator shall report to the permitting authority within ninety days of any change of ownership or change in operator.

     (7) Operating permit program source exemption. Permit program sources, as defined in RCW 70.94.030(18), are not required to comply with the registration requirements of WAC 173-400-100 through 173-400-104.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.94 RCW. 11-06-060 (Order 09-01), § 173-400-101, filed 3/1/11, effective 4/1/11; 95-07-126 (Order 93-40), § 173-400-101, filed 3/22/95, effective 4/22/95; 94-10-042 (Order 93-39), § 173-400-101, filed 4/29/94, effective 5/30/94.]