How does EPA object to a permit?
When EPA reviews a Title V permit, it provides comments to the state or local permitting authority on ways to improve the permit and changes that must be made before the permit can be issued. If EPA determines the proposed permit does not assure compliance with applicable requirements or the requirements of part 70 (EPA’s regulations that implement Title V), the Agency will object to the issuance of the permit during its 45 day review period. If EPA objects to a permit, the permitting authority has 90 days to revise the permit and make the corrections requested by EPA. If the permitting authority fails to do this, EPA becomes the permitting authority and issues a federal permit. If a state already has issued a permit, EPA will void that permit during the process.
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