Air and Radiation Permits

This section contains information on air quality permits to construct and operate. Instructions and general guidance documents are available as well as downloadable forms. Permit forms are available in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. 

Air Quality Permits Program News

Frederick Waste to Energy Project  draft Air Quality permits to construct and fact sheets  are available for review:

PSD (Prevention of Significant Deterioration) permit  draft conditions and fact sheet

NSR (New Source Review) permit draft conditions and fact sheet 

PTC (permit to construct) draft conditions and fact sheet

The application may be viewed here: application

There will be a public hearing on January 30, 2013. Please see listing below for details.

CPCN Waivers for New Electric Generation Revised

Effective March 18, 2013, the threshold for a waiver from the Public Service Commission for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity(CPCN) exemption for electric generators increased from 373 Kilowatts (kw) to no greater than 1500kw.  Applicants proposing to install a new electric generator rated at 1500kw or less will no longer be required to obtain a CPCN waiver prior to obtaining an Air Quality permit to construct from the Air and Radiation Management Administration.  The threshold for obtaining a permit to construct for electric generators remains unchanged at 373kw or greater.

For questions about the change, please contact Dave Mummert at 410-537-3230 or dmummert@mde.state.md.us.

Air Quality Permit Applications and Forms

Air Quality General Permit to Construct Application Forms

Permits to Construct and Operate Application Forms

Title V Program Information

Toxic Air Pollutant Regulations Assistance Documents

Asbestos Forms

X-Ray Forms and Guidance/Radioactive Materials Forms and Guidance

Emission Reduction Credits

 Air Quality Permits Public Participation Opportunities, Informational Meetings, and Public Hearings

For additional information on these meetings and hearings, including inclement weather rescheduling,  or to add your name to an Interested Party List, please contact Shannon Heafey, Public Participation Coordinator, at 410-537-4433 or sheafey@mde.state.md.us.

 January 30, 2013 6:00 PM.  Public hearing for Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority for the construction of the Frederick Waste to Energy Facility to be located at 4549 Metropolitan Court, McKinney Industrial Park , Frederick MD.  The Hearing will be held at the Tuscarora High School Auditorium, 5312 Ballenger Creek Pike, Frederick MD.  PLEASE NOTE: 1) This will be a combined public hearing for permit applications filed with the Air and Radiation Management, Water Management, and Land Management Administrations, please see Program News above for related documents; 2) commenters will have 3 minutes make a statement. If time allows, commenters will be invited to make additional comments; and  3) the comment period for these permits has been extended through March 20, 2013. Written comments on any or all of the proposed permits may be sent to the attention of Shannon Heafey at the Air and Radiation Management Administration.  Please note: the comment period for this permit project has been extended through May 20, 2013.

 April 3, 2013 7:00 PM. Informational Meeting for C2i Methane Partners, LLC for a permit to construct for the installation of one internal combustionengine/generator for a landfill gas to energy project rated to be located at the Cecil Central Landfill in Elkton, MD. The meeting will be held at the Elkton Branch Library, 301 Newark Avenue, Elkton, MD.

May 2, 2013 6:00 PM. Lehigh Cement Company.  MDE and the Army Corps of Engineers will hold Combined Public Hearings for a modification of the Surface Mining permit and the Nontidal Wetlands and Waterways permit, and an Informational Meeting for an air quality permit to construct for the installation of quarrying equipment including crushers,conveyors and transfer towers. The hearing will be held at the New Windsor Community Center, 1100 Green Valley road, New Windsor, MD. Please note: the date is Thursday May 2, not Tuesday, as previously stated.  

Final Determinations

Catoctin Mountain Growers  permit to construct issued April 18, 2013

 Barnabas Road Associates permit to construct issued May 2, 2013

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