This is a tutorial to help citizens understand APCD’s Title V permitting program. It is based on public workshops we offered at our offices in December 2000 and September 2001.

• How Citizens Can Use Title V to Improve Air Quality Compliance
• Citizens Can Make a Difference ... Permit Review
• Permit Issuance Process
• Opportunities for Public Participation
• EPA’s Role in Title V Permit Issuance
• Periodic Monitoring Requirements
• Title V Permitting and Environmental Justice

More Information

• Why Title V permitting is important to citizens (183 KB PDF). (This is the introduction to "The Proof Is in the Permit" [765 KB] from the New York Public Interest Research Group.)
• About Permits
• Examples of Title V Permits: APCD Title V Permit Status
• APCD's Title V Permit Application Form (595 KB PDF)
• District Regulation 2.16 Title V Operating Permits
• District Regulation 1.08 Administrative Procedures (Open Records Policy)

Title V Permit Review Documents

• Region 9 Title V Permit Review Guidance (333 KB PDF)
• NY PIRG's "The Proof is in the Permit" (765 KB PDF)

See the links at right for rules/regulations, policy guidance and more information.