Understand South Coast AQMD's permitting path for emergency standby diesel generators, including the streamlined registration/certified-equipment option
domain: aqmd.gov · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Confirm Rule 1470 sets requirements for stationary diesel-fueled emergency standby CI engines, with facility-level emergency-standby engine operation generally capped at 200 hours/year
Review SCAQMD's Emergency Generators page (aqmd.gov/home/permits/emergency-generators) and Equipment Registration page for the streamlined registration/certification path that avoids a full permit application for qualifying 'standard' emergency engines
Pull the current Rule 1470 PDF directly from aqmd.gov/docs/default-source/rule-book/reg-xiv/rule-1470.pdf for binding hour limits and horsepower thresholds, since these have been amended (see the 2021 Proposed Rule 118.1/Amended Rule 1470 rulemaking)
Use SCAQMD Form 400-E-13A (Emergency Internal Combustion Engine) as the actual application artifact when a full permit, rather than registration, is required
Known gotchas
Rule 1470 applies specifically within South Coast AQMD's jurisdiction (parts of LA, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino counties) — don't apply its specific hour caps or thresholds to generators outside that air district
Registration/certified-equipment programs reduce paperwork but don't exempt a facility from Rule 1470's operating-hour and recordkeeping requirements
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