U.S. General Accounting Office

Survey of State and Local Air Pollution Control Officials

PSD/NSR Characteristics

12.	In your professional judgment, prior to the December 31, 2002 revisions, what were the two best features attributable to the PSD/NSR program for meeting air quality standards? (CHECK ONLY TWO)

	1.		None
	2.		Real time review of emissions
	3.		Implementation of Best Available Control Technology/Least Achievable Emission Rate (BACT/LAER)
	4.		Air quality modeling
	5.		Air quality monitoring to determine local impacts
	6.		Protection of Class I areas
	7.		Opportunity for public comment
	8.		Nonattainment offset requirements
	9.		Other

	12a. If you checked "Other", please list and describe them here.

13.	In your professional judgment, prior to the December 31, 2002 revisions, what were the two most significant problems posed by the PSD/NSR program for meeting air quality standards? (CHECK ONLY TWO)

	1.		None
	2.		Determination of BACT/LAER
	3.		Air quality modeling
	4.		Air quality monitoring to determine local impacts
	5.		Opportunity for public comment
	6.		Nonattainment offset requirements
	7.		Length of time to obtain permit
	8.		Applicability uncertainty
	9.		Other

	13a. If you checked other features, please list and describe them here.

	PLEASE NOTE: For the following questions, the terms "final rule" and "proposed Routine Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement (RMRR) rule" refer to the PSD and Nonattainment NSR final and proposed rules which were published in the Federal Register on December 31, 2002 (40 CFR Parts 51 and 52).

14.	Do you believe that the final rule has resolved at least one of the problems that you identified above?
	(CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know

15.	Do you believe that the provisions of the proposed RMRR rule will resolve at least one of the problems that you identified above?
	(CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know

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