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Planning to rent power generation equipment to address your community's or industry's needs? Make sure all necessary air quality permits are in place. The permits will spell out the conditions of use. If they are not in place beforehand, you may not be able to use the generators as intended, in spite of what may have been represented to you.

Take time to find out the following:

  1. Before renting generators, ask to see the Air Quality Approval Order, the Title Four Exemption, and the Relocation Notice. These documents will allow the temporary units to be relocated to your site and used.
  2. If these documents are produced, take time to read them and make sure you understand the conditions under which the generator or generators can be placed and used. The limitations you want to look for are:
    • how many units can be placed at a site; and
    • how many hours they can be operated.

You also need to know if you are in an air quality attainment or non-attainment area (generally Salt Lake, Utah, and Davis Counties and parts of Tooele and Weber Counties). Make sure you check the conditions in the permit according to which area you are in. Non-attainment areas will have greater restrictions placed on use than do attainment areas.

If you have questions, contact the Division of Air Quality:

Rusty Ruby
New Source Review Section Manager
Phone: 801-536-4133

Reginald Olsen
Permitting Branch Manager
Phone: 801-536-4165

Rick Sprott
Division Director
Phone: 801-536-4151

They will be happy to spend the time to help you understand what you are looking for and what it means.

Finally, for those interested in locating a power project, Air Permitting Power Projects 101: A Synopsis explains the process.

 

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Revised: November 3, 2009