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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?

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1. I just discovered that I am out of compliance with my permit. How can I get this problem resolved?
2. My permit requires that I conduct a performance test (also sometimes called a stack test). I am not sure what this is, or how I get this done. Where do I start?
3. I am required to conduct a performance test. I would like to request a different test method than the one required by the rule that I am subject to. How can I do this?
4. I've got waste materials that I need to dispose of. Can I burn this material, rather than sending it to a landfill?
5. I have a complaint about a source of air emissions. Who should I call?
6. I would like to become certified to conduct Method 9 evaluations. Are there "smoke schools" in the area where I can get certified?

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1. Who must submit an emissions inventory report?
2. Who submits the emissions inventory report for a source that changed ownership?
3. Do I need to submit an emissions inventory if I did not operate in the previous calendar year?
4. Do I need to submit an emissions inventory if my facility shut down its operations in the previous calendar year?
5. What if some of the information pertaining to my facility is confidential?
6. Is there a fee associated with my Class II Inventory?
7. Who pays emissions inventory fees for a source that changed ownership?
8. If my facility doesn't operate all four quarters, why do the seasonal throughput percentages have to sum to 100%?
9. Why are the months listed for Seasonal Operating Percentages December to February, March to May, June to August, and September to November instead of the typical quarterly segments?
10. What should peaking plants enter for start time, hours/day, and days/week?
11. What pollutants must be reported?
12. Are there activities that are exempt from the emissions inventory?
13. Am I required to report fugitive emissions at my facility?
14. Do emissions from light duty vehicles such as security vehicles need to be included in the calculation of fugitive emissions from haul roads?
15. How do I report metals (or metalloids) hazardous air pollutants (HAP) such as chromium?
16. Which compounds are considered volatile organic compounds (VOC)?
17. What compounds are considered glycol ethers?
18. How should facilities report emissions due to malfunctions or upsets?
19. What types of particulate matter must be reported?
20. Which Particulate Matter (PM) emission factor should I use?
21. Which emission factor should I use if different factors are listed for volatile organic compounds (VOC), total organic compounds (TOC), and non-methane TOC?
22. Should stack height be measured from the ground or the top of the building?
23. Is there guidance on the acceptable accuracy of stack parameters?

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1. What is the Bureau of Air Monitoring and Planning Section?
2. What are the National Ambient Air Quality Standards?
3. Where does air pollution come from in Kansas?
4. What are the health effects of poor air quality?
5. How do I find out the air quality in Kansas?

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1. Since the Environmental Protection Agency recently amended the RRP to allow contractors to collect paint chip samples, will KDHE allow the contractor to collect paint chip samples as well?
2. I want to comply with Environmental Protection Agency / KDHE Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule. What do I need to do?
3. I am planning to renovate my home. How can I find a licensed firm?
4. How long will it take KDHE to process my application to become licensed?
5. What happens if my firm is in the middle of a renovation job and none of my employees or my firm is not licensed? What should I do?
6. I operate a renovation firm and I have heard that Kansas has adopted its own lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) program. Do I have to also be certified by the Environmental Protection Agency?
7. Are schools subject to the Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule?
8. Are stained surfaces subject to the Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule?
9. I am a handyman working alone. Do I need to be licensed as a firm?
10. I live in one unit of a duplex and I own and rent the other. Do I need Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) certification?
11. I own and rent a home where the tenants do repair work at the property in return for lowering their monthly rent. Does the Renovation, Repainting (RRP) Rule restrict this?
12. How do the Kansas Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) regulations differ from those of the Environmental Protection Agency?