AIRQUALITYANNUALPERMITTINGREPORT 2021-08-19.PDF

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DEPARTMENT CleanAirMakeMore.com

August 19, 2021

Jack Sellers, Chairman

Maricopa County Board of Supetvisors
301 West Jefferson Street, 10" Floor
Phoenix, Arizona 85003

RE: Annual Permitting Report for FY21
Dear Chaitman Sellers:

As required by Arizona Revised Statutes §49-471.14 (Reporting; compliance with timeframes), the
Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD) submits this FY2021 report of compliance with
overall timeframes for making decisions to.grant or deny air quality permits.

MCAQD issues four types of ait quality permits that are subject to legislative timeframes:

e Title V (TV): for major sources of air pollutants (power plants, large industrial facilities);

e Non-Title V (NTV): for light industrial sources, heating units, internal combustion engines
that are not major sources of ait pollutants;

e Authority to Operate under a General Permit (ATO): for smaller sources (dty cleaners, gas
stations, vehicle refinishets, woodworking shops, etc.); and,

e Dust Control (DC): for dust generating operations that disturb one tenth of an acre of land or
more.

The “overall timeframe” for a given type of permit below represents the maximum number of days
that are allowed by law to elapse between receipt of an application and MCAQD’s decision to grant
ot deny a permit. No permits wete denied during FY2021.

Wes| : Overall Total | Within
Type | Sub-grouping | Timeframe | Decisions | ‘Timeframe
Without minor | 48 months 10 10
vy modifications
Minor 0,
modifications 90 days 3 3 0 100%
Without minor | 9 sonths 221 216 5 97.1%
NIV modifications
Minor a
tnodifications 60 days 129 124 5 96.1%
ATO All 180 days 344 344 0 100%
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DC All 14 days 4,317 4,310 7 99.8%
All Permits 5,024 5,007 17 99.7%

Jack Sellers, Chairman
August 18, 2021

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It is the County’s vision to efficiently deliver quality services to Maricopa County permit holders. A
core mettic for that objective in the Air Quality Department is the on-time percentage of permits
completed. Overall, 99.7% of the 5,024 permits issued met the prescribed time frames. This continues
to improve on the results for the preceding three years of 99.1%, 99.5%, and 99.2%.

The IMPACT data management software is now fully operational. The deployment of this tool has
contributed to the timely issuance of permits and will continue to help maintain performance in the
future. The new database has significantly enhanced customer access to permitting information and
has led to processing efficiencies. This software upgrade has also moved us towatd the County-wide
strategic goal of increasing the public’s useage of web-based permitting tools to 100%. As of the
beginning of the new fiscal year on July 1, all air quality applications, notifications, payments, and
other transmittals must be received through the IMPACT online pottals.

With the new database in place, we wete able to reduce the number of permits outside the timeframes
from 38 last year to 17 this year. Our goal has been and will continue to be to deliver every permit
within the prescribed timeframes. We believe that the use of IMPACT by our customers and
dedicated staff will move us closer to that goal.

As noted above, our goal is simply to continue to improve and deliver the quality, timely permitting
services out customers deserve. That has been our history and we look to forward to further success
in FY2022. Ifyou have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (602) 506-6701.

Sincerely,

thy AMS

Philip A. McNeely, R.G.
Director

CC: — Steve Chucti, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, District 2
Bill Gates, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, District 3
Clint Hickman, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, District 4
Steve Gallardo, Maricopa County Boatd of Supervisors, District 5