Guidelines for Expedited Application Reviews (GEARs)


The following GEARs were developed as part of District's vast efforts to streamline the permitting process and reduce application turnaround time. GEARs provide standardized engineering evaluation and permit conditions for common applications and equipment*.

GEARS

Title / Description Items
GEAR 1a - Gasoline Dispensing Facility
(Below Ground, No Burner)

01/01/0001
GEAR 1b - Gasoline Dispensing Facility
(Above Ground)

01/01/0001
GEAR 1c - Gasoline Dispensing Facility
(Below Ground, Hirt Burner)

01/01/0001
GEAR 4a - Abrasive Blasting Operations
(Confined With Cabinet Inside Building)

01/01/0001
GEAR 4b - Abrasive Blasting Operations
(Confined With Cabinet Outside Building)

01/01/0001
GEAR 4c - Abrasive Blasting Operations
(Confined, Inside Building Without Cabinet)

01/01/0001
GEAR 4d - Abrasive Blasting Operations
(Unconfined, Outside Building Without Cabinet)

01/01/0001
GEAR 4e - Abrasive Blasting Operations
(Confined and Unconfined)

01/01/0001
GEAR 6 - Dry Cleaning
01/01/0001
GEAR 9a - Soil Remediation
(Thermal/Catalytic Oxidizer)

01/01/0001
GEAR 9b - Soil Remediation
(Activated Carbon)

01/01/0001
GEAR 9c - Soil Remediation
(IC Engine)

01/01/0001
GEAR 11a - Emergency IC Engines
(Emergency Standby Diesel-Fired IC Engine)

01/01/0001
GEAR 11b - Emergency IC Engines
(Emergency Diesel-Fired IC Engine Powering a Firewater Pump)

01/01/0001
GEAR 11c - Emergency IC Engines
(Emergency Diesel-Fired IC Engine Powering a Floodwater Pump)

01/01/0001
GEAR 11d - Emergency IC Engines
(Emergency Standby Natural Gas-Fired IC Engine)

01/01/0001
GEAR 11e - Emergency IC Engines
(Emergency Standby LPG/Propane-Fired IC Engine)

01/01/0001
GEAR 11f - Emergency IC Engines
(Emergency Standby Gasoline-Fired IC Engine)

01/01/0001
GEAR 12a - Motor Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Coating Operations
(Paint Spray Booth With or Without Heater)

01/01/0001
GEAR 12b - Motor Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Coating Operations
(No Paint Spray Booth)

01/01/0001
GEAR 16 - Woodworking Operations
01/01/0001
GEAR 20 - Existing Charbroilers
01/01/0001
GEAR 21a - Installing/Modifying Charbroilers with Catalytic Oxidizers
(New Charbroiler)

01/01/0001
GEAR 21b - Installing/Modifying Charbroilers with Catalytic Oxidizers
(Adding Catalytic Oxidizer)

01/01/0001
GEAR 21c - Installing/Modifying Charbroilers with Catalytic Oxidizers
(Increasing Meat Throughput)

01/01/0001
GEAR 24 - Dry-Batch Concrete Facility
01/01/0001
GEAR 25a - Fixed Heavy Oil Field Production Tanks <5,000 BBL
(Small Producer, Non-Major Source, and Not Connected to Vapor Control)

01/01/0001
GEAR 25b - Fixed Heavy Oil Field Production Tanks < 5,000 BBL
(Major Source and Connected to Vapor Control)

01/01/0001
GEAR 27a - Agricultural IC Engines
(Transportable Replacement Engine)

01/01/0001
GEAR 27b - Agricultural IC Engines
(Stationary Replacement Engine)

01/01/0001
GEAR 28 - Dormant Emission Units (DEUs)
01/01/0001
GEAR 29 - Temporary Emission Units (TREUs)
01/01/0001
GEAR - Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers and Aerators
01/01/0001
GEAR - Oilfield Sump Replacement Tanks
01/01/0001
GEAR - Existing Wood Coating Operations
01/01/0001
* Note that GEAR templates are subject to revision.