Any source subject to the provisions of this part shall be responsible for taking the following precautions to prevent the national ambient air quality standards from being exceeded:

1. (1) When required by law or this part, obtaining a permit from the Division of Environmental Quality prior to construction of a new source of federally regulated air pollutant emissions or prior to the modification of an existing source of air emissions;
2. (2) Operating equipment in such a manner as to meet any applicable permit requirement or any applicable rules; and

3. (3)

   1. (A) Repairing malfunctioning equipment and pollution control equipment as quickly as possible.
   2. (B) If the malfunctioning equipment is causing, or contributing to, a violation of the national ambient air quality standards as determined by computer modeling, the source is responsible for ceasing operations of the affected equipment until such time that it is repaired.