Fuel Combustion Operations

The Bureau of Air Quality (BAQ) develops and issues general permits for similar sources.

Advantages to General Permits

A standardized permit providing consistency
Simplified application and permit issuance
General permits are issued without an additional individual public notice and comment period
Flexibility to construct or modify equipment without a construction permit
Pre-determined equipment and emission limit for specific Permit categories

Existing permitted sources may request coverage under a general permit if the permit criteria are met. BAQ grants the general permit to facilities certifying qualification for and agreeing to the conditions and terms of the general permit.

Below is a description of each of the general permits, a link to the list of the current facilities that have been granted coverage of each general permit, a copy of each general permit, and the associated criteria, forms, and other information for each general permit.

Facilities that only have boilers, emergency generators, and non-emergency generators (for example, peak-shaving generators), fuel storage tanks, and ethylene oxide sterilizers (hospitals) may be eligible for a general permit for fuel combustion operations. These facilities can have exempt sources as well that are not fuel combustion sources.

List of facilities with fuel combustion operations currently covered by a General Permit

Criteria:

General Conditional Major

Maximum size of a single boiler must be less than 100 million BTU/hr rated input capacity.

Only the following fuels may be used: natural gas, propane, virgin fuel oil (sulfur content equal to or less than 2.1% by weight) and used spec oil as defined in S.C. Regulation 61-62.1, Section I.

SO₂ and NO_X emissions are limited to less than 100 tons per year each

Applications/Forms:

Fuel Combustion Operations Application

Reporting/Emission Tools:

Fuel Combustion Record and Reporting Worksheet

Reporting/Emission ToolsReporting Worksheet Supporting Calculations:

Supporting calculations and emission factors for the Fuel Combustion Record and Reporting Worksheet.

Copy of the Permit:

General Conditional Major Operating Permit for Fuel Combustion Operations

**Note that these copies are provided for use by facilities that have already been granted coverage by the Bureau. Download and use of these permits does not constitute coverage.**

For more information please contact:

Alyson Hayes (803) 898-3836

If the operations covered by these general permits involve land-disturbing activities in one of the eight coastal counties of the Coastal Zone under DHEC-OCRM's jurisdiction (Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Horry and Jasper), then a coastal zone consistency certification may be required prior to conducting land-disturbing activities.

For more information please contact the Bureau of Air Quality at (803) 898-4123 or by email.