Annual Compliance Certification
Title V Annual Compliance Certification
All facilities holding an effective Title V Operating Permit with DEQ's Division of Air Quality (DAQ) on December 31 must submit an Annual Compliance Certification (ACC) of each year by the date specified in Section 4 - General Condition P of your Title V permit. These certifications are important because they allow industry, citizens, and regulatory agencies to be informed when a facility fails to meet Title V permit conditions and what action is being taken to correct these problems. The timely and accurate submittal of the annual compliance certification is also a requirement under the Title V permit, 15A NCAC 2Q .0508, and 40 CFR Part 70.
DAQ has developed a form to assist facilities in meeting the requirements for annual compliance certification. The current DAQ form for the compliance certification is available to download below. Instructions and examples are included within the form itself.
At this time, Title V facilities are not required to use DAQ forms. If a facility chooses to use its own format, the compliance certification must include all the required information to be considered complete. The required information is specified in the instruction section of the DAQ form and is also specified in General Condition 4.P of the Title V Permit.
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Partial Year Certification And Ownership Change
Major facilities with Title V permits that become Synthetic Minor or Minor facilities during the year must submit a partial year certification within 45 days of the non-major permit issuance. (See memo below).
If a Major facility with a Title V permit undergoes an ownership change, we request that the original owner submit a partial year certification at the time of the ownership change. If the original owner does not submit the certification, the owner at the end of the year will be responsible for certifying compliance for the entire year, even for the portion that they were not the owner.
Additionally facilities submitting partial year certifications due to ownership change or class change can use the "Annual Compliance Certification Form" above to certify compliance.
Memo: Partial Year Compliance Certification Memo / Certification Due Dates
Title V Annual Compliance Certification: Frequently Asked Questions
The ACCs are due on or before the date specified in your current Title V permit under Section 4 – General Condition P. Your ACC must be postmarked by this date, or it will be considered as being submitted late.
If you are submitting your ACC to also fulfill Title V Semi-Annual Monitoring reporting requirement, you must submit your ACC on or before Jan. 30.
A completed, signed copy of your ACC must be submitted to BOTH your DAQ Regional Office and the U.S. EPA. The copy for EPA can be sent through EPA CEDRI or mailed to:
Air and EPCRA Enforcement Branch
EPA, Region 4
61 Forsyth Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Yes. You must certify compliance with the General Conditions of your Title V permit as part of your ACC. For your assistance, we have provided a table with the most pertinent General Conditions. You can certify compliance with the General Conditions of your permit by completing this table and submitting it as part of your ACC. However, before using this table, please review your permit carefully because the permit condition numbers in the table may not correspond exactly with your permit.
No. You do not have to certify compliance with State-Only conditions. The ACC is a federal requirement, and as such EPA is interested in the federally enforceable conditions.
No. You do not have to certify compliance with the Part II or Construction portion of your Title V permit. Conditions contained in Part II of the Title V permit have not been through EPA review and are not considered part of the Title V Operating Permit.
A deviation includes both violations and malfunctions. If you have had a malfunction within the past year you must indicate so on your deviation report. In most cases a malfunction did not lead to a violation or a civil penalty assessment. If you have had a violation in the past, you were sent a Notice of Violation letter and/or a Notice of Violation/Notice of Recommendation of Enforcement letter. Any deviation for the past year must be reported on the deviation report.
Yes, all violations count as deviations. Although late reporting and recordkeeping violations may seem to be clerical mistakes, they are still a permit requirement.
No, you do not have to use the forms developed by DAQ. You can make your own format for submitting the information required. If you choose to use your own format, the compliance certification must include all the required information to be considered complete. The required information is specified in the instruction section of the DAQ forms and is also specified in General Condition 4.P of your Title V Permit.
The DAQ ACC form was developed to meet the requirements of DAQ. You should consult with your Local Program before using the DAQ forms for submittal to the Local Program.
You must certify compliance only with the portion of the year for which your Title V permit was effective.
This page was last modified on 12/30/2025