Section 203.113 Commence

Section 203

Section 203.113  Commence

As applied to construction of a

major stationary source or major modification "commence" means that

the owner or operator has obtained all necessary preconstruction approvals or

permits and either has:

a)         Begun, or caused to begin, a continuous program of actual

on-site construction of the source, to be completed within a reasonable time;

or

b)         Entered into binding agreements or contractural obligations,

which cannot be cancelled or modified without substantial loss to the owner or

operator, to undertake a program of actual construction of the source to be

completed within a reasonable time.

c)         For purposes of this Secton, a "reasonable time"

shall be determined considering but not limited to the following factors:  The

nature and size of the project, the extent of design engineering, the amount of

off-site preparation, whether equipment can be fabricated or can be purchased,

when the project begins (considering both the seasonal nature of construction

activity and the existence of other projects competing for construction labor

at the same time, the place of the environmental permit in the sequence of

corporate and overall governmental approval), and the nature of the permittee

(private, public, regulated, etc).