§ 35-11-207 — Notification to the environmental protection agency and contiguous states

(a) The department shall transmit to the environmental
protection agency:
(i) A copy of each permit application and any
application for a permit modification or renewal or any portion
thereof including any compliance plan, as the environmental
protection agency may require to effectively review the
application and otherwise carry out its responsibilities under
the Clean Air Act; and
(ii) A copy of each permit proposed to be issued and
issued as a final permit.
(b) The department shall provide notice of each permit
application or proposed permit forwarded to the environmental
protection agency under this section, to all states:
(i) Whose air quality may be affected and that are
contiguous to this state; or
(ii) That are within fifty (50) miles of the source.
(c) The department shall provide an opportunity for states
notified pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to submit
written recommendations respecting the issuance of the permit
and its terms and conditions. If any part of those
recommendations are not accepted by the department it shall
notify the state submitting the recommendations and the
environmental protection agency in writing of its failure to
accept those recommendations and the reasons therefor.
(d) Upon receipt of timely objection by the environmental
protection agency under title V of the Clean Air Act the
department shall not issue any permit under the operating permit
program unless it is revised and issued in accordance with
section 505(c) of the Clean Air Act. Any permit issued under the
operating permit program shall be subject to revocation or
revision by the department throughout the period of time that
EPA may object under title V of the Clean Air Act.