Advantages of General Permits

• Simplified application and permit issuance process
• Standardized permit conditions providing consistency across industry sectors
• Additional individual public notice and comment period not required
• Pre-determined eligibility criteria

Advantages of Registration Permits

• Simplified application and permit issuance process
• Standardized permit conditions providing consistency across industry sectors
• Dual permitting process - construction and operating permit combined
• No professional e

A textile operation may be eligible for coverage under one of the two general permits if the facility produces any of the following:

• Staple fibers and filaments suitable for conversion to or use as yarns, or for the preparation of woven, knit, or non-woven fabrics;
• Yarns made from natural or manufactured fiber;
• Fabrics and other manufactured products made from staple fibers and filaments and from yarn; and/or
• Garments and other articles fabricated from fibers, yarns, or fabrics.

Facilities may be comprised of the following:

A sawmill is where logs (greenwood) are cut into lumber. Sawmill operations may be eligible for coverage under the registration permit or the general state operating permit if the facility is comprised of the following:

Petroleum Distribution Operations, for purposes of this permit, will cover a variety of sources which provide bulk storage and distribution of gasoline, petroleum distillates, fuel additives, and ethanol. Facilities may only have storage tanks, loading racks and associated control devices where applicable (including but not limited to vapor combustion units, open flares, and vapor recovery units.), fuel burning operations (including but not limited to boilers), emergency generators, and other approved equipment may be eligible for a general permit for petroleum distribution operations.

Concrete batch plants, concrete block production facilities, and pug mills may be eligible for coverage under the general construction permit and the general state or general conditional major operating permits if the only sources of emissions are as follows:

Asphalt plants may be eligible for coverage under the general synthetic minor and the general conditional major permits if the facility produces asphalt only and is only comprised of the following:

Crematory operations (human and/or animal) may be eligible for coverage under the registration permit if the facility is comprised of only the following:

A cotton gin is defined as any facility or plant that separates cotton lint from cotton seed. This process typically includes cleaning (removing plant material, dirt, and other foreign matter) and packaging the lint into bales. Cotton ginning and some grain handling operations may be eligible for coverage under the registration permit if the facility meets the criteria listed below.

• Final Regulation (This is the final Federal regulation)
• Plating and Polishing EPA Brochure (This is an informative brochure compiled by the EPA)
• Plating and Polishing Initial Notification (This is EPA's example of an initial notificat

• Final Regulation (pdf) (This is the final Federal regulation dated 01/09/2008)
• Fact Sheet (pdf) (This is a detailed fact sheet describing the regulation)
• Paint Stripping Brief Summary (pdf) (This is a brief summary of the requirements in the regulation for paint stripping operations)