Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSWLF) and Transfer Station
Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part (§) 60, NSPS Subpart WWW
Checklist for General Operating Permit Applicability
RN Number: _______________________ Site Name:
Date completed: _________
The following checklist was developed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Air Permits
Division, to assist applicants in determining whether or not a facility needs to comply with 40 CFR 60, New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) Subpart WWW, and correspondingly obtain an Air General Operating Permit 517.
Applicability and designation of affected facility
Regulation
§60.750 (a)
Question/Description
Response
Does this site meet the definition of municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill given in
§60.751? If “NO,” then Subpart WWW is not applicable and this checklist need
not be completed.
 YES  NO
Did construction, reconstruction or modification of this MSW landfill commence
on or after May 30, 1991?
If “NO,” then Subpart WWW is not applicable and this checklist need not be
completed. Go to 30 TAC Chapter 113, subchapter D, to determine if the MSWLF
site is subjected those provisions
§60.750 (a)
Note: Physical or operational changes made to an existing MSW landfill solely to
comply with 40 CFR, Subpart Cc of this part are not considered construction,
reconstruction, or modification for the purposes of this section. Activities required
by or conducted pursuant to a CERCLA, RCRA, or State remedial action are not
considered construction, reconstruction, or modification for purposes of this
subpart.
equal to or greater than 2.5 million
megagrams and 2.5 million cubic meters?
§60.752 (b)
 YES  NO
 YES  NO
NOTE: The owner or operator of an MSW landfill subject to this subpart with a
design capacity greater than or equal to 2.5 million megagrams and 2.5 million
cubic meters is subject to 40 CFR 70 or 40 CFR 71 Operating permit
requirements.
Does this landfill have a General Operating (GOP) or Site Operating (SOP) Permit
or pending application for a federal operating permit?
 YES  NO
List: GOP Permit No. _________ or SOP Permit No.__________
TCEQ - 20300 (Revised 10/06) MSWLF NSPS WWW Checklist for General Operating Permit Applicability
This checklist is if or use by facilities subject to air quality permit requirements
and may be revised periodically. (APDG 5713 v2)
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