BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
BAAQMD
Engineering Division
375 Beale St., Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94105
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Instructions:EmissionPointForm
Introduction UsethefollowinginstructionstohelpguideyouthroughtheEmissionPoint(EP)form.
Whoshoulduse
thisform?
Althoughalldevices,equipmentandoperationsthatemitairpollutionhaveanEPof
sometype,BAAQMDdoesnotrequirethisforminallcases.Currently,EPinformationis
requiredwhenemissionsmustbemodeled.SubmitthisformforeachEPcontainedin
yourpermitapplication,ifyourpermitapplicationrequiresoneofthefollowing:
Ahealthriskscreeninganalysis
Anabatementdevice
EmissionsmodelingifyourprojectrequiresevaluationunderCalifornia
EnvironmentalQualityAct(CEQA)orPreventionofSignificantDeterioration
(PSD)evaluation.
CommonPermit
Applications
thatRequireEP
Form
PermitapplicationsthatcommonlyrequireanEPformare:
Newgasdispensingfacilities(GDFs)orthoserequestingathroughputincrease
Dieselengines
Abatementdevices
SpecialNotes
forGas
Dispensing
Facilities
HerearespecialinstructionsforGDFs:
GDFstypicallydonothaveabatementdevices.
GDFstypicallydonotrequireCEQAorPSDanalysis.
GDFshavevolumeemissionpointswithemissiongeneratedfromtheoutside.
TheupstreamdevicefortheemissionpointistypicallytheGDF.
Submittaltype NewEP–Thismeansanemissionpointthatcurrentlydoesnotexist.TheEPwouldnot
existunlessthedevice/operationassociatedwiththisEPisnotconstructed/operated.
ExistingEPonpermit–Thismeansanexistingemissionpointthatisalreadylistedon
yourBAAQMDpermit.
ExistingEPnotonpermit‐Thismeansanexistingemissionpointthatisnotlistedon
yourBAAQMDpermit.
Facility
Information
BAAQMDFacilityID ‐ Ifyouareanexistingfacility,filloutthisfieldsothatBAAQMD
canassociateyourchangestoyourfacility.ThefacilityIDisavailableonyourpermitor
invoiceissuedbyBAAQMD.
General
Information
BAAQMDDeviceID – Foranexistingpermitted EP,youremissionpointdeviceIDis
availableonyourpermit.EPsareidentifiedwith“P‐“followedbyanumber.
Device/OperationName–ThisisthenameyouassociatetotheEP.
Initial/proposeddateofoperation–Fornewconstruction,enterthedatethatyou
proposewillbetheinitialdateofoperation.ForamodificationofanEP,enterthedate