Districts with a population of more than 500,000 persons shall additionally implement the following permit streamlining measures:

1. (a) Upon a permit applicant’s request, the district shall allow the permit applicant to meet with district staff prior to the submittal of a permit to construct in order to identify issues and ways to expedite the permitting process.
2. (b) The district shall allow the permit applicant to propose conditions that are consistent with the applicable rules or regulations for the district’s consideration.
3. (c) Before a district implements a rule or regulation for categories of emission sources for which significant capital expenditures will be required, the district shall develop, with input from the regulated community, a permitting protocol for any permits that will be required for common types of operating equipment, processes, or related air pollution control equipment as a result of the rule or regulation. Each district shall compile those protocols and make them available to businesses that are regulated by the rule or regulation.