Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit Program Revision; West Virginia

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to West Virginia's Title V Operating Permits Program, submitted on behalf of the state by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP). There are three components to the revision: it restructures the title V operating permit fees collected by WVDEP in order to ensure that the title V operating program is adequately funded; it amends West Virginia's title V regulations to comport with Federal permit review, public petition, and affirmative defense requirements; and it removes obsolete transitional language. The EPA is approving these revisions to the West Virginia title V program in accordance with the requirements under section 502 of the Clean Air Act (CAA).