This is a central place to find proposed regulations, Board orders/agreements, permits, or other documents or actions that are (or will be) proposed for adoption by the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control Board or issuance by the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District.  See the list of types of items below.  Items that are being reviewed by the US EPA are not listed here, but proposed Title V permits under EPA review will be listed on the Title V status page. Click on a column heading to see an explanation of that column.

• Comment on a proposed regulation.
• Comment on a proposed permit.
• Comment on a proposed Agreed Board Order or other Board order.

See also:

• STAR Enivronmental Acceptability Determinations Completed
• Regulations
• Steps in the rulemaking process
• Board Orders and Agreements 
• Status of Title V operating permits
• About Title V Permits

Explanation of Headings

Item Type:

See the list of types of items below.

#:

This is the regulation number, permit number, Board order number, etc.  If the document is available electronically, this number will be a hyperlink to the document.  The linked document is usually in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.  Depending on your computer configuration, equations and special characters might not display properly on your screen or printer.  If you have trouble opening a document by clicking on the link, try this: Right-click the link and choose "Save Target As..." or "Save Link As..." (or similar command) and save the document to your computer.  Then open the document from Adobe Reader.

Title or Description:

For a regulation, the title.  For a Board order, the name of the responsible party, a slash and the topic.  For a permit, the name of the plant. If this is a revision to an existing permit, the revision number is given in parentheses after the name.

Version/Date:

For regulations, the version number, draft number and latest date of revision of the document.  For all other items, the latest date of revision of the document.

PRIA / RIA:

Preliminary Regulatory Impact Assessment (PRIA) for a draft version of a regulation or Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) for a proposed version of a regulation:  a description of the effect of this proposed change.  This column is empty for items other than regulations.

Legal Notice:

The date the legal notice was to be published in the local newspaper.  The date is a hyperlink to the text of the legal notice as posted on this web site. The legal notice provides the dates of the comment period and the public hearing (if any), the name and address for the specific person to whom written comments can be sent and will usually include the name and contact information of a person who can answer questions.

Comment Period Ends:

Any comment from the public must be received at APCD by close of business on this date.  For some proposed regulations, after the comment period has ended, there will be a link to a document summarizing comments submitted and APCD's responses to those comments.

Hearing Date:

The date of the public hearing for this regulation or Board order, or the date of the meeting if the item is being reviewed by a committee of the Board.  A hearing is not required for permits.

Organization:

This is the entity that will hold the hearing or meeting (if any) and can take the action.  See the list of organizations below. 

Action Date:

The date the Board is expected to adopt (or reject) this regulation or Board order, or the date the District expects to issue this permit.