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Tabbed activity describing the three tiers of BACT
Tab Title: Tier I
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· Tier I BACT requires emission reduction levels that have been approved for permits recently issued for the same process and/or industry.
· The permit review should only move on to Tier II if BACT cannot be determined in Tier I.
Tab Title: Tier II
Tab Content:
· Tier II BACT requires emission reduction levels that have been approved for recently issued permits for similar emission streams in a different process or industry.
· The permit review should only move on to Tier III if BACT cannot be determined in Tier II.
Tab Title: Tier III
Tab Content:
· A Tier III BACT review requires a detailed technical and quantitative economic analysis.
· A Tier III BACT review entails the following....
» All control technologies are identified.
» The technologies that are not technically feasible are eliminated and the remaining ones are ranked by emissions reduced.
» Case-by-case consideration is given to energy, environmental, and economic impacts to determine cost-effectiveness (i.e., dollars per ton of pollutant reduced).
» The most effective option selected, based on cost-effectiveness and performance, is BACT.
· A Tier III evaluation is rarely necessary because technical practicability and economic reasonableness have usually been firmly established by industry practice as identified in the first two tiers.
· Tiers I and II must be evaluated before moving to Tier III. Tier III cannot be the only component of a BACT evaluation.