My Responsible Official has changed. Do I need to notify the Bureau of Air?

No, there is no requirement to notify the department of the change in responsible official. A Responsible Official is defined as:

  1. For a corporation, a president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision-making functions for the corporation, or a duly authorized representative of such person if the representative is responsible for the overall operation of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities applying for or subject to permit or other relevant regulatory requirement and if either:
    1. the facilities employ more than 250 persons or have gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25 million, in second quarter, 1980 dollars: or
    2. the delegation of authority to such representative is approved in advance by the department;
  2. For a partnership or sole proprietorship, a general partner or the proprietor, respectively;
  3. For a municipality, or a state, federal, or other public agency, a principal executive officer or ranking elected official. For purposes of this definition, a principal executive officer of a federal agency shall include the chief executive officer having responsibility for the overall operations of a principal geographic unit of the agency; or
  4. For affected sources, the designated representative under title IV of the federal clean air act, acid deposition control. (K.A.R. 28-19-200(ccc))

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1. Who should I contact with questions about my permit?
2. How much is the fee for an operating permit application?
3. My Responsible Official has changed. Do I need to notify the Bureau of Air?
4. How many copies of my operating permit application do I send in?
5. What is included as an exempt activity for a Class I Operating Permit?
6. What is a Method 9 test?
7. What is a qualitative assessment?
8. What is CAM? Do the requirements include hazardous air pollutants?
9. What should my semi-annual report look like?
10. Do I have to startup an emission unit for a Method 9 test or qualitative assessment if I normally would not operate it at all during the reporting period?
11. I operate the equipment June to August only. The permit requires that Method 9 tests be conducted twice per year with no less than 6 months between readings. What should I do to stay in compliance?
12. I have applied for a Class I Operating Permit and have not received the new permit; a new MACT standard has been finalized, and my facility will be subject. What should I do?
13. How can I find out if my generator is an emergency generator?