Page-verified permit transcription

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Loudoun County, Virginia

QA status VerifiedRelease dated July 29, 2026

EVIDENCE NOTE

What the public record says

A manually verified transcription of equipment groups and permit limits stated in Virginia DEQ permit 74252-2, with one-based PDF page citations. Permitted terms do not establish actual operation or emissions.

Primary sourceVirginia DEQ permit document

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

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Summary fields cite p. 3, p. 4.

What this record does not establish

The source confirms the document and its stated fields. This profile does not infer actual emissions, compliance history, operating status, facility capacity or environmental impact where those facts are not established by the cited document.

How to read the status

Issued means the agency granted the permit subject to its conditions. It does not mean every permitted unit is operating, that maximum permitted emissions occur, or that later amendments do not exist.

VERIFIED PERMIT TERMS

Equipment and limits,
kept separate from actual use.

This is a conservative transcription of reviewed permit sections, not an exhaustive legal digest. Page numbers refer to the one-based position in the linked PDF. Blank values are not zero.

Permitted equipment

4 document-defined equipment groups. Counts and per-unit ratings are transcribed; combined capacity is not calculated.

ReferenceEquipment / modelCount / ratingFuel / controlsStated operating fieldSource
3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21emergency engine gen-setCaterpillar · 3516C-HD10 units2500 kW eachdiesel fuel oil unless noted in permitengine design / good operating practiceSee operating-scope tablep. 5
1,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22emergency engine gen-setCaterpillar · 3516C-HD12 units2500 kW eachdiesel fuel oil unless noted in permitengine design / good operating practiceSee operating-scope tablep. 5
23emergency engine gen-setCaterpillar · C181 units600 kW eachdiesel fuel oil unless noted in permitengine design / good operating practiceSee operating-scope tablep. 5
T1 and T2emergency engine gen-setCaterpillar · 3516C2 units2000 kW eachdiesel fuel oil unless noted in permitengine design / good operating practiceSee operating-scope tablep. 5

Operating scope

Authorized hours, time windows or an explicit finding that no numeric annual-hour cap was located in the reviewed sections.

ReferenceLimitBasisSource
prior units 1,2,4,...,23,T1,T232 hours/year per unitscheduled MCRTCondition 7.p. 8
new units 3,5,7,...,2135 hours/year per unitscheduled MCRTCondition 7.p. 8
1 through 23, T1 and T2500 hours/year per unitall purposes; rolling consecutive 12 monthsCondition 7.p. 8

Permitted emission limits

33 pollutant, unit-group and limit rows. These are permit terms, not measured or actual emissions.

Inspect 33 transcribed limit rows
ReferencePollutantLimitBasis / scopeSource
prior Caterpillar 3516C-HDNOx as NO2emergency48.06 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
prior Caterpillar 3516C-HDCOemergency6.09 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
prior Caterpillar 3516C-HDVOCemergency1.21 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
prior Caterpillar 3516C-HDPMemergency0.4 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
prior Caterpillar 3516C-HDPM10emergency0.4 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
prior Caterpillar 3516C-HDPM2.5emergency0.4 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
new Caterpillar 3516C-HDNOx as NO2emergency48.06 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
new Caterpillar 3516C-HDCOemergency6.09 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
new Caterpillar 3516C-HDVOCemergency1.21 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
new Caterpillar 3516C-HDPMemergency0.4 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
new Caterpillar 3516C-HDPM10emergency0.4 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
new Caterpillar 3516C-HDPM2.5emergency0.4 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
Caterpillar C18 / ref 23NOx as NO2emergency9.58 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
Caterpillar C18 / ref 23COemergency1.59 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
Caterpillar C18 / ref 23VOCemergency0.32 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
Caterpillar C18 / ref 23PMemergency0.11 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
Caterpillar C18 / ref 23PM10emergency0.11 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
Caterpillar C18 / ref 23PM2.5emergency0.11 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
Caterpillar 3516C / T1,T2NOx as NO2emergency38.85 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
Caterpillar 3516C / T1,T2COemergency3.95 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
Caterpillar 3516C / T1,T2VOCemergency1.14 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
Caterpillar 3516C / T1,T2PMemergency0.57 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
Caterpillar 3516C / T1,T2PM10emergency0.57 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
Caterpillar 3516C / T1,T2PM2.5emergency0.57 lb/hrhourlyper unitemergency operationp. 10
1 through 23, T1 and T2NOx as NO2all operations96.04 tpyannualall units combinedall purposesp. 10
1 through 23, T1 and T2COall operations51.68 tpyannualall units combinedall purposesp. 10
1 through 23, T1 and T2VOCall operations11.18 tpyannualall units combinedall purposesp. 10
1 through 23, T1 and T2PMall operations3.97 tpyannualall units combinedall purposesp. 10
1 through 23, T1 and T2PM10all operations3.97 tpyannualall units combinedall purposesp. 10
1 through 23, T1 and T2PM2.5all operations3.97 tpyannualall units combinedall purposesp. 10
1 through 23, T1 and T2visible emissionsstated opacity limit5 percent opacityvisibleper exhaust/sourcenormal operationp. 11
1 through 23, T1 and T2visible emissionsstated opacity limit10 percent opacityvisibleper exhaust/sourceone six-minute period in any one hour; also startup/shutdown baselinep. 11
1 through 23, T1 and T2visible emissionsstated opacity limit20 percent opacityvisibleper exhaust/sourceone six-minute period in any one hour during startup/shutdownp. 11

DOCUMENT HISTORY

What this document says it changes

combined minor NSR permit

Explicitly supersedes the document dated 2023-06-08.

p. 3, p. 4

QA NOTES

Ambiguity stays visible

  • Transcribed from exact official PDF; source page is 1-based PDF position.
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