Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Tennessee; Revision to New Source Review, Construction and Operating Permit Requirements for Nashville/Davidson County

EPA is approving revisions to the Nashville/Davidson County portion of the Tennessee State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the State of Tennessee through the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation on September 27, 1994. The submittal included revisions to Nashville/Davidson County's Regulation Three, New Source Review (NSR), Sections 3-1, 3-2 and 3-3, which were made to bring the Nashville/Davidson County regulations into compliance with the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act (the Act) and the Federal regulations. EPA finds that the revised rules meet the Federal nonattainment NSR permitting requirements of the Act for the State's ozone nonattainment areas. On April 15, 1994, EPA granted limited approval of revisions to the Nashville/Davidson County portion of the Tennessee SIP. At that time several deficiencies were identified which had to be corrected for Nashville/Davidson County's NSR SIP to fully meet the requirements of the CAA. EPA finds that this submittal corrects those previous deficiencies in Nashville/Davidson County's Regulation Three, New Source Review.