Subpart B—Adoption and Submittal of State Plans for Designated Facilities 

§60.20 Applicability. 

The provisions of this subpart apply to States upon publication of a final guideline document under 

§60.22(a). 

§60.21 Definitions. 

Terms used but not defined in this subpart shall have the meaning given them in the Act and in subpart 

A: 

(a) Designated pollutant means any air pollutant, the emissions of which are subject to a standard of 

performance for new stationary sources, but for which air quality criteria have not been issued and that 

is not included on a list published under section 108(a) or section 112(b)(1)(A) of the Act. Designated 

pollutant also means any air pollutant, the emissions of which are subject to a standard of performance 

for new stationary sources, that is on the section 112(b)(1) list and is emitted from a facility that is not 

part of a source category regulated under section 112. Designated pollutant does not include pollutants 

on the section 112(b)(1) list that are emitted from a facility that is part of a source category regulated 

under section 112.

(b) Designated facility means any existing facility (see §60.2(aa)) which emits a designated pollutant 

and which would be subject to a standard of performance for that pollutant if the existing facility were 

an affected facility (see §60.2(e)). 

(c) Plan means a plan under section 111(d) of the Act which establishes emission standards for 

designated pollutants from designated facilities and provides for the implementation and enforcement of 

such emission standards. 

(d) Applicable plan means the plan, or most recent revision thereof, which has been approved under 

§60.27(b) or promulgated under §60.27(d). 

(e) Emission guideline means a guideline set forth in subpart C of this part, or in a final guideline 

document published under §60.22(a), which reflects the degree of emission reduction achievable 

through the application of the best system of emission reduction which (taking into account the cost of 

such reduction) the Administrator has determined has been adequately demonstrated for designated 

facilities. 

(f) Emission standard means a legally enforceable regulation setting forth an allowable rate of emissions 

into the atmosphere, establishing an allowance system, or prescribing equipment specifications for 

control of air pollution emissions. 

(g) Compliance schedule means a legally enforceable schedule specifying a date or dates by which a 

source or category of sources must comply with specific emission standards contained in a plan or with 

any increments of progress to achieve such compliance. 

(h) Increments of progress means steps to achieve compliance which must be taken by an owner or 

operator of a designated facility, including: 

(1) Submittal of a final control plan for the designated facility to the appropriate air pollution control 

agency; 

(2) Awarding of contracts for emission control systems or for process modifications, or issuance of 

orders for the purchase of component parts to accomplish emission control or process modification; 

(3) Initiation of on-site construction or installation of emission control equipment or process change; 

(4) Completion of on-site construction or installation of emission control equipment or process change; 

and 
(5) Final compliance. 

(i) Region means an air quality control region designated under section 107 of the Act and described in 

part 81 of this chapter. 

(j) Local agency means any local governmental agency. 

(k) Allowance system means a control program under which the owner or operator of each designated 

facility is required to hold an authorization for each specified unit of a designated pollutant emitted from 

that facility during a specified period and which limits the total amount of such authorizations available 

to be held for a designated pollutant for a specified period and allows the transfer of such authorizations 

not used to meet the authorization-holding requirement.

§60.22 Publication of guideline documents, emission guidelines, and final compliance times. 

(a) Concurrently upon or after proposal of standards of performance for the control of a designated 

pollutant from affected facilities, the Administrator will publish a draft guideline document containing 

information pertinent to control of the designated pollutant form designated facilities. Notice of the 

availability of the draft guideline document will be published in the Federal Register and public 

comments on its contents will be invited. After consideration of public comments and upon or after 

promulgation of standards of performance for control of a designated pollutant from affected facilities, a 

final guideline document will be published and notice of its availability will be published in theFederal 

Register. 

(b) Guideline documents published under this section will provide information for the development of 

State plans, such as: 

(1) Information concerning known or suspected endangerment of public health or welfare caused, or 

contributed to, by the designated pollutant. 

(2) A description of systems of emission reduction which, in the judgment of the Administrator, have 

been adequately demonstrated. 

(3) Information on the degree of emission reduction which is achievable with each system, together with 

information on the costs and environmental effects of applying each system to designated facilities. 

(4) Incremental periods of time normally expected to be necessary for the design, installation, and 

startup of identified control systems. 

(5) An emission guideline that reflects the application of the best system of emission reduction 

(considering the cost of such reduction) that has been adequately demonstrated for designated facilities, 

and the time within which compliance with emission standards of equivalent stringency can be achieved. 

The Administrator will specify different emission guidelines or compliance times or both for different 

sizes, types, and classes of designated facilities when costs of control, physical limitations, geographical 

location, or similar factors make subcategorization appropriate. (6) Such other available information as 

the Administrator determines may contribute to the formulation of State plans. 

(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d)(1) of this section, the emission guidelines and compliance times 

referred to in paragraph (b)(5) of this section will be proposed for comment upon publication of the draft 

guideline document, and after consideration of comments will be promulgated in subpart C of this part 

with such modifications as may be appropriate. 

(d)(1) If the Administrator determines that a designated pollutant may cause or contribute to 

endangerment of public welfare, but that adverse effects on public health have not been demonstrated, 

he will include the determination in the draft guideline document and in the Federal Register notice of 

its availability. Except as provided in paragraph (d)(2) of this section, paragraph (c) of this section shall 

be inapplicable in such cases. 
(2) If the Administrator determines at any time on the basis of new information that a prior 

determination under paragraph (d)(1) of this section is incorrect or no longer correct, he will publish 

notice of the determination in theFederal Register,revise the guideline document as necessary under 

paragraph (a) of this section, and propose and promulgate emission guidelines and compliance times 

under paragraph (c) of this section. 

§60.23 Adoption and submittal of State plans; public hearings. 

(a)(1) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable subpart, within 9 months after notice of the 

availability of a final guideline document is published under §60.22(a), each State shall adopt and 

submit to the Administrator, in accordance with §60.4 of subpart A of this part, a plan for the control of 

the designated pollutant to which the guideline document applies. 

(2) Within nine months after notice of the availability of a final revised guideline document is published 

as provided in §60.22(d)(2), each State shall adopt and submit to the Administrator any plan revision 

necessary to meet the requirements of this subpart. 

(b) If no designated facility is located within a State, the State shall submit a letter of certification to that 

effect to the Administrator within the time specified in paragraph (a) of this section. Such certification 

shall exempt the State from the requirements of this subpart for that designated pollutant. 

(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (c)(2) and (c)(3) of this section, the State shall, prior to the 

adoption of any plan or revision thereof, conduct one or more public hearings within the State on such 

plan or plan revision. 

(2) No hearing shall be required for any change to an increment of progress in an approved compliance 

schedule unless the change is likely to cause the facility to be unable to comply with the final 

compliance date in the schedule. 

(3) No hearing shall be required on an emission standard in effect prior to the effective date of this 

subpart if it was adopted after a public hearing and is at least as stringent as the corresponding emission 

guideline specified in the applicable guideline document published under §60.22(a). 

(d) Any hearing required by paragraph (c) of this section shall be held only after reasonable notice. 

Notice shall be given at least 30 days prior to the date of such hearing and shall include: 

(1) Notification to the public by prominently advertising the date, time, and place of such hearing in 

each region affected; 

(2) Availability, at the time of public announcement, of each proposed plan or revision thereof for public 

inspection in at least one location in each region to which it will apply; 

(3) Notification to the Administrator; 

(4) Notification to each local air pollution control agency in each region to which the plan or revision 

will apply; and 

(5) In the case of an interstate region, notification to any other State included in the region. 

(e) The State shall prepare and retain, for a minimum of 2 years, a record of each hearing for inspection 

by any interested party. The record shall contain, as a minimum, a list of witnesses together with the text 

of each presentation. 

(f) The State shall submit with the plan or revision: 

(1) Certification that each hearing required by paragraph (c) of this section was held in accordance with 

the notice required by paragraph (d) of this section; and 

(2) A list of witnesses and their organizational affiliations, if any, appearing at the hearing and a brief 

written summary of each presentation or written submission. 
(g) Upon written application by a State agency (through the appropriate Regional Office), the 

Administrator may approve State procedures designed to insure public participation in the matters for 

which hearings are required and public notification of the opportunity to participate if, in the judgment 

of the Administrator, the procedures, although different from the requirements of this subpart, in fact 

provide for adequate notice to and participation of the public. The Administrator may impose such 

conditions on his approval as he deems necessary. Procedures approved under this section shall be 

deemed to satisfy the requirements of this subpart regarding procedures for public hearings. 

§60.24 Emission standards and compliance schedules. 

(a) Each plan shall include emission standards and compliance schedules. 

(b)(1) Emission standards shall either be based on an allowance system or prescribe allowable rates of 

emissions except when it is clearly impracticable. Such cases will be identified in the guideline 

documents issued under §60.22. Where emission standards prescribing equipment specifications are 

established, the plan shall, to the degree possible, set forth the emission reductions achievable by 

implementation of such specifications, and may permit compliance by the use of equipment determined 

by the State to be equivalent to that prescribed.

(2) Test methods and procedures for determining compliance with the emission standards shall be 

specified in the plan. Methods other than those specified in appendix A to this part may be specified in 

the plan if shown to be equivalent or alternative methods as defined in §60.2 (t) and (u). 

(3) Emission standards shall apply to all designated facilities within the State. A plan may contain 

emission standards adopted by local jurisdictions provided that the standards are enforceable by the 

State. 

(c) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section, where the Administrator has determined that a 

designated pollutant may cause or contribute to endangerment of public health, emission standards shall 

be no less stringent than the corresponding emission guideline(s) specified in subpart C of this part, and 

final compliance shall be required as expeditiously as practicable but no later than the compliance times 

specified in subpart C of this part. 

(d) Where the Administrator has determined that a designated pollutant may cause or contribute to 

endangerment of public welfare but that adverse effects on public health have not been demonstrated, 

States may balance the emission guidelines, compliance times, and other information provided in the 

applicable guideline document against other factors of public concern in establishing emission 

standards, compliance schedules, and variances. Appropriate consideration shall be given to the factors 

specified in §60.22(b) and to information presented at the public hearing(s) conducted under §60.23(c). 

(e)(1) Any compliance schedule extending more than 12 months from the date required for submittal of 

the plan must include legally enforceable increments of progress to achieve compliance for each 

designated facility or category of facilities. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable subpart, 

increments of progress must include, where practicable, each increment of progress specified in 

§60.21(h) and must include such additional increments of progress as may be necessary to permit close 

and effective supervision of progress toward final compliance. 

(2) A plan may provide that compliance schedules for individual sources or categories of sources will be 

formulated after plan submittal. Any such schedule shall be the subject of a public hearing held 

according to §60.23 and shall be submitted to the Administrator within 60 days after the date of adoption 

of the schedule but in no case later than the date prescribed for submittal of the first semiannual report 

required by §60.25(e). 

(f) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable subpart on a case-by-case basis for particular designated 

facilities or classes of facilities, States may provide for the application of less stringent emissions 

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standards or longer compliance schedules than those otherwise required by paragraph (c) of this section, 

provided that the State demonstrates with respect to each such facility (or class of facilities): 

(1) Unreasonable cost of control resulting from plant age, location, or basic process design; 

(2) Physical impossibility of installing necessary control equipment; or 

(3) Other factors specific to the facility (or class of facilities) that make application of a less stringent 

standard or final compliance time significantly more reasonable. 

(g) Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to preclude any State or political subdivision thereof from 

adopting or enforcing (1) emission standards more stringent than emission guidelines specified in 

subpart C of this part or in applicable guideline documents or (2) compliance schedules requiring final 

compliance at earlier times than those specified in subpart C or in applicable guideline documents. 

(h) Each of the States identified in paragraph (h)(1) of this section shall be subject to the requirements of 

paragraphs (h)(2) through (7) of this section.

(1) Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, 

Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, 

Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New 

Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, 

Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, 

Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and the District of Columbia shall each, 

and, if approved for treatment as a State under part 49 of this chapter, the Navajo Nation and the Ute 

Indian Tribe may each, submit a State plan meeting the requirements of paragraphs (h)(2) through (7) of 

this section and the other applicable requirements for a State plan under this subpart.

(2) The State's State plan under paragraph (h)(1) of this section must be submitted to the Administrator 

by no later than November 17, 2006. The State shall deliver five copies of the State plan to the 

appropriate Regional Office, with a letter giving notice of such action.

(3) The State's State plan under paragraph (h)(1) of this section shall contain emission standards and 

compliance schedules and demonstrate that they will result in compliance with the State's annual 

electrical generating unit (EGU) mercury (Hg) budget for the appropriate periods. The amount of the 

annual EGU Hg budget, in tons of Hg per year, shall be as follows, for the indicated State for the 

indicated period:

State

Annual EGU Hg budget

(tons)

2010–2017 2018 and

thereafter

Alaska 0.010 0.004

Alabama 1.289 0.509

Arkansas 0.516 0.204

Arizona 0.454 0.179

California 0.041 0.016

Colorado 0.706 0.279
Connecticut 0.053 0.021

Delaware 0.072 0.028

Florida 1.232 0.487

Georgia 1.227 0.484

Hawaii 0.024 0.009

Iowa 0.727 0.287

Illinois 1.594 0.629

Indiana 2.097 0.828

Kansas 0.723 0.285

Kentucky 1.525 0.602

Louisiana 0.601 0.237

Massachusetts 0.172 0.068

Maryland 0.490 0.193

Maine 0.001 0.001

Michigan 1.303 0.514

Minnesota 0.695 0.274

Missouri 1.393 0.550

Mississippi 0.291 0.115

Montana 0.377 0.149 Navajo Nation 0.600 0.237 North Carolina 1.133 0.447 North Dakota 1.564 0.617 Nebraska 0.421 0.166 New Hampshire 0.063 0.025 New Jersey 0.153 0.060 New Mexico 0.299 0.118
Nevada 0.285 0.112

New York 0.393 0.155

Ohio 2.056 0.812

Oklahoma 0.721 0.285

Oregon 0.076 0.030

Pennsylvania 1.779 0.702

South Carolina 0.580 0.229

South Dakota 0.072 0.029

Tennessee 0.944 0.373

Texas 4.656 1.838

Utah 0.506 0.200

Ute Indian Tribe 0.060 0.024

Virginia 0.592 0.234

Washington 0.198 0.078

Wisconsin 0.890 0.351

West Virginia 1.394 0.550

Wyoming 0.952 0.376

Total 38.000 15.000

(4) Each State plan under paragraph (h)(1) of this section shall require EGUs to comply with the 

monitoring, record keeping, and reporting provisions of part 75 of this chapter with regard to Hg mass 

emissions.

(5) In addition to meeting the requirements of §60.26, each State plan under paragraph (h)(1) of this 

section must show that the State has legal authority to:

(i) Adopt emissions standards and compliance schedules necessary for attainment and maintenance of 

the State's relevant annual EGU Hg budget under paragraph (h)(3) of this section; and

(ii) Require owners or operators of EGUs in the State to meet the monitoring, record keeping, and 

reporting requirements described in paragraph (h)(4) of this section.

(6)(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (h)(3) and (5)(i) of this section, if a State adopts 

regulations substantively identical to subpart HHHH of this part (Hg Budget Trading Program), 

incorporates such subpart by reference into its regulations, or adopts regulations that differ substantively 

from such subpart only as set forth in paragraph (h)(6)(ii) of this section, then such allowance system in 
the State's State plan is automatically approved as meeting the requirements of paragraph (h)(3) of this 

section, provided that the State demonstrates that it has the legal authority to take such action and to 

implement its responsibilities under such regulations. Before January 1, 2009, a State's regulations shall 

be considered to be substantively identical to subpart HHHH of this part, or differing substantively only 

as set forth in paragraph (h)(6)(ii) of this section, regardless of whether the State's regulations include 

the definition of “Biomass”, paragraph (3) of the definition of “Cogeneration unit”, and the second 

sentence of the definition of “Total energy input” in §60.4102 of this chapter promulgated on October 

19, 2007, provided that the State timely submits to the Administrator a State plan that revises the State's 

regulations to include such provisions. Submission to the Administrator of a State plan that revises the 

State's regulations to include such provisions shall be considered timely if the submission is made by 

January 1, 2010.

(ii) If a State adopts an allowance system that differs substantively from subpart HHHH of this part only 

as follows, then the emissions trading program is approved as set forth in paragraph (h)(6)(i) of this 

section.

(A) The State may decline to adopt the allocation provisions set forth in §§60.4141 and 60.4142 and 

may instead adopt any methodology for allocating Hg allowances.

(B) The State's methodology under paragraph (h)(6)(ii)(A) of this section must not allow the State to 

allocate Hg allowances for a year in excess of the amount in the State's annual EGU Hg budget for such 

year under paragraph (h)(3) of this section;

(C) The State's methodology under paragraph (h)(6)(ii)(A) of this section must require that, for EGUs 

commencing operation before January 1, 2001, the State will determine, and notify the Administrator of, 

each unit's allocation of Hg allowances by November 17, 2006 for 2010, 2011, and 2012 and by October 

31, 2009 and October 31 of each year thereafter for the fourth year after the year of the notification 

deadline; and

(D) The State's methodology under paragraph (h)(6)(ii)(A) of this section must require that, for EGUs 

commencing operation on or after January 1, 2001, the State will determine, and notify the 

Administrator of, each unit's allocation of Hg allowances by October 31 of the year for which the Hg 

allowances are allocated.

(7) If a State adopts an allowance system that differs substantively from subpart HHHH of this part, 

other than as set forth in paragraph (h)(6)(ii) of this section, then such allowance system is not 

automatically approved as set forth in paragraph (h)(6)(i) or (ii) of this section and will be reviewed by 

the Administrator for approvability in accordance with the other provisions of paragraphs (h)(2) through 

(5) of this section and the other applicable requirements for a State plan under this subpart, provided that 

the Hg allowances issued under such allowance system shall not, and the State plan under paragraph 

(h)(1) of this section shall state that such Hg allowances shall not, qualify as Hg allowances under any 

allowance system approved under paragraph (h)(6)(i) or (ii) of this section.

(8) The terms used in this paragraph (h) shall have the following meanings:

Administrator means the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the 

Administrator's duly authorized representative.

Allocate or allocation means, with regard to Hg allowances, the determination of the amount of Hg 

allowances to be initially credited to a source.

Biomass means—(1) Any organic material grown for the purpose of being converted to energy;

(2) Any organic byproduct of agriculture that can be converted into energy; or

(3) Any material that can be converted into energy and is nonmerchantable for other purposes, that is 

segregated from other nonmerchantable material, and that is;
(i) A forest-related organic resource, including mill residues, precommercial thinnings, slash, brush, or 

byproduct from conversion of trees to merchantable material; or

(ii) A wood material, including pallets, crates, dunnage, manufacturing and construction materials (other 

than pressure-treated, chemically-treated, or painted wood products), and landscape or right-of-way tree 

trimmings.

Boiler means an enclosed fossil-or other fuel-fired combustion device used to produce heat and to 

transfer heat to recirculating water, steam, or other medium.

Bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit means a cogeneration unit in which the energy input to the unit is 

first used to produce useful thermal energy and at least some of the reject heat from the useful thermal 

energy application or process is then used for electricity production.

Coal means any solid fuel classified as anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, or lignite by the 

American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Specification for Classification of Coals 

by Rank D388–77, 90, 91, 95, 98a, or 99 (Reapproved 2004)ε

1 (incorporated by reference, see §60.17).

Coal-derived fuel means any fuel (whether in a solid, liquid, or gaseous state) produced by the 

mechanical, thermal, or chemical processing of coal.

Coal-fired means combusting any amount of coal or coal-derived fuel, alone or in combination with any 

amount of any other fuel, during any year.

Cogeneration unit means a stationary, coal-fired boiler or stationary, coal-fired combustion turbine:

(1) Having equipment used to produce electricity and useful thermal energy for industrial, commercial, 

heating, or cooling purposes through the sequential use of energy; and

(2) Producing during the 12-month period starting on the date the unit first produces electricity and 

during any calendar year after which the unit first produces electricity:

(i) For a topping-cycle cogeneration unit,

(A) Useful thermal energy not less than 5 percent of total energy output; and

(B) Useful power that, when added to one-half of useful thermal energy produced, is not less then 42.5 

percent of total energy input, if useful thermal energy produced is 15 percent or more of total energy 

output, or not less than 45 percent of total energy input, if useful thermal energy produced is less than 15 

percent of total energy output.

(ii) For a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit, useful power not less than 45 percent of total energy input;

(3) Provided that the total energy input under paragraphs (2)(i)(B) and (2)(ii) of this definition shall 

equal the unit's total energy input from all fuel except biomass if the unit is a boiler.

Combustion turbine means:

(1) An enclosed device comprising a compressor, a combustion, and a turbine and in which the flue gas 

resulting from the combustion of fuel in the combustion passes through the turbine, rotating the turbine; 

and

(2) If the enclosed device under paragraph (1) of this definition is combined cycle, any associated heat 

recovery steam generator and steam turbine.

Commence operation means to have begun any mechanical, chemical, or electronic process, including, 

with regard to a unit, start-up of a unit's combustion chamber.

Electric generating unit or EGU means:

(1)(i) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this definition, a stationary, coal-fired boiler or 

stationary, coal-fired combustion turbine in the State serving at any time, since the later of November 
15, 1990 or the start-up of the unit's combustion chamber, a generator with nameplate capacity of more 

than 25 megawatts electric (MWe) producing electricity for sale.

(ii) If a stationary boiler or stationary combustion turbine that, under paragraph (1)(i) of this definition, 

is not an electric generating unit begins to combust coal or coal-derived fuel or to serve a generator with 

nameplate capacity of more than 25 MWe producing electricity for sale, the unit shall become an 

electric generating unit as provided in paragraph (1)(i) of this definition on the first date on which it both 

combusts coal or coal-derived fuel and serves such generator.

(2) A unit that meets the requirements set forth in paragraph (2)(i)(A) of this definition shall not be an 

electric generating unit:

(i)(A) A unit that is an electric generating unit under paragraph (1)(i) or (ii) of this definition:

( 1 ) Qualifying as a cogeneration unit during the 12-month period starting on the date the unit first 

produces electricity and continuing to qualify as a cogeneration unit; and

( 2 ) Not serving at any time, since the later of November 15, 1990 or the start-up of the unit's 

combustion chamber, a generator with nameplate capacity of more than 25 MWe supplying in any 

calendar year more than one-third of the unit's potential electric output capacity or 219,000 megawatthours (MWh), whichever is greater, to any utility power distribution system for sale.

(B) If a unit qualifies as a cogeneration unit during the 12-month period starting on the date the unit first 

produces electricity and meets the requirements of paragraph (2)(i)(A) of this definition for at least one 

calendar year, but subsequently no longer meets all such requirements, the unit shall become an electric 

generating unit starting on the earlier of January 1 after the first calendar year during which the unit first 

no longer qualifies as a cogeneration unit or January 1 after the first calendar year during which the unit 

no longer meets the requirements of paragraph (2)(i)(A)(2) of this definition.

(3) A “solid waste incineration unit” as defined in Clean Air Act section 129(g)(1) combusting 

“municipal waste” as defined in Clean Air Act section 129(g)(5) shall not be an electric generating unit 

if it is subject to one of the following rules:

(i) An EPA-approved State plan for implementing subpart Cb of part 60 of this chapter, “Emissions 

Guidelines and Compliance Times for Large Municipal Waste Combustors That Are Constructed On or 

Before September 20, 1994”;

(ii) Subpart Eb of part 60 of this chapter, “Standards of Performance for Large Municipal Waste 

Combustors for Which Construction is Commenced After September 20, 1994 or for Which 

Modification or Reconstruction is Commenced After June 19, 1996”;

(iii) Subpart AAAA of part 60 of this chapter, “Standards of Performance for Small Municipal Waste 

Combustors for Which Construction is Commenced After August 30, 1999 or for Which Modification 

or Reconstruction is Commenced After June 6, 2001”;

(iv) An EPA-approved State Plan for implementing subpart BBBB of part 60 of this chapter, “Emission 

Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed On or 

Before August 30, 1999”;

(v) Subpart FFF of part 62 of this chapter, “Federal Plan Requirements for Large Municipal Waste 

Combustors Constructed On or Before September 20, 1994; or

(vi) Subpart JJJ of 40 CFR part 62, “Federal Plan Requirements for Small Municipal Waste Combustion 

Units Constructed On or Before August 30, 1999”.

Generator means a device that produces electricity.

Gross electrical output means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, electricity made available for use, 

including any such electricity used in the power production process (which process includes, but is not 
limited to, any on-site processing or treatment of fuel combusted at the unit and any on-site emission 

controls).

Gross thermal energy means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, useful thermal energy output plus, 

where such output is made available for an industrial or commercial process, any heat contained in 

condensate return or makeup water.

Heat input means, with regard to a specified period of time, the product (in million British thermal units 

per unit time, MMBTU/time) of the gross calorific value of the fuel (in Btu per pound, Btu/lb) divided 

by 1,000,000 Btu/MMBTU and multiplied by the fuel feed rate into a combustion device (in lb of 

fuel/time), as measured, recorded, and reported to the Administrator by the Hg designated representative 

and determined by the Administrator in accordance with §§60.4170 through 60.4176 and excluding the 

heat derived from preheated combustion air, reticulated flue gases, or exhaust from other sources.

Hg allowance means a limited authorization issued by the permitting authority to emit one ounce of Hg 

during a control period of the specified calendar year for which the authorization is allocated or of any 

calendar year thereafter.

Life-of-the-unit, firm power contractual arrangement means a unit participation power sales agreement 

under which a customer reserves, or is entitled to receive, a specified amount or percentage of nameplate 

capacity and associated energy generated by any specified unit and pays its proportional amount of such 

unit's total costs, pursuant to a contract:

(1) For the life of the unit;

(2) For a cumulative term of no less than 30 years, including contracts that permit an election for early 

termination; or

(3) For a period no less than 25 years or 70 percent of the economic useful life of the unit determined as 

of the time the unit is built, with option rights to purchase or release some portion of the nameplate 

capacity and associated energy generated by the unit at the end of the period.

Maximum design heat input means, starting from the initial installation of a unit, the maximum amount 

of fuel per hour (in Btu/hr) that a unit is capable of combusting on a steady-state basis as specified by 

the manufacturer of the unit, or, starting from the completion of any subsequent physical change in the 

unit resulting in a decrease in the maximum amount of fuel per hour (in Btu per hour, Btu/hr) that a unit 

is capable of combusting on a steady-state basis, such decreased maximum amount as specified by the 

person conducting the physical change.

Nameplate capacity means, starting from the initial installation of a generator, the maximum electrical 

generating output (in MW) that the generator is capable of producing on a steady-state basis and during 

continuous operation (when not restricted by seasonal or other derates) as specified by the manufacturer 

of the generator or, starting from the completion of any subsequent physical change in the generator 

resulting in an increase in the maximum electrical generating output (in MW) that the generator is 

capable of producing on a steady-state basis and during continuous operation (when not restricted by 

seasonal or other derates), such increased maximum amount as specified by the person conducting the 

physical change.

Operator means any person who operates, controls, or supervises an EGU or a source that includes an 

EGU and shall include, but not be limited to, any holding company, utility system, or plant manager of 

such EGU or source.

Ounce means 2.84 × 107 micrograms.

Owner means any of the following persons:

(1) With regard to a Hg Budget source or a Hg Budget unit at a source, respectively:
(i) Any holder of any portion of the legal or equitable title in a Hg Budget unit at the source or the Hg 

Budget unit;

(ii) Any holder of a leasehold interest in a Hg Budget unit at the source or the Hg Budget unit; or

(iii) Any purchaser of power from a Hg Budget unit at the source or the Hg Budget unit under a life-ofthe-unit, firm power contractual arrangement; provided that, unless expressly provided for in a leasehold 

agreement, owner shall not include a passive lessor, or a person who has an equitable interest through 

such lessor, whose rental payments are not based (either directly or indirectly) on the revenues or 

income from such Hg Budget unit; or

(2) With regard to any general account, any person who has an ownership interest with respect to the Hg 

allowances held in the general account and who is subject to the binding agreement for the Hg 

authorized account representative to represent the person's ownership interest with respect to Hg 

allowances.

Potential electrical output capacity means 33 percent of a unit's maximum design heat input, divided by 

3,413 Btu per kilowatt-hour (Btu/kWh), divided by 1,000 kWh per megawatt-hour (kWh/MWh), and 

multiplied by 8,760 hr/yr.

Sequential use of energy means:

(1) For a topping-cycle cogeneration unit, the use of reject heat from electricity production in a useful 

thermal energy application or process; or

(2) For a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit, the use of reject heat from seful thermal energy application 

or process in electricity production.

Source means all buildings, structures, or installations located in one or more contiguous or adjacent 

properties under common control of the same person or persons.

State means:

(1) For purposes of referring to a governing entity, one of the States in the United States, the District of 

Columbia, or, if approved for treatment as a State under part 49 of this chapter, the Navajo Nation or Ute 

Indian Tribe that adopts the Hg Budget Trading Program pursuant to §60.24(h)(6); or

(2) For purposes of referring to a geographic area, one of the States in the United States, the District of 

Columbia, the Navajo Nation Indian country, or the Ute Tribe Indian country.

Topping-cycle cogeneration unit means a cogeneration unit in which the energy input to the unit is first 

used to produce useful power, including electricity, and at least some of the reject heat from the 

electricity production is then used to provide useful thermal energy.

Total energy input means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, total energy of all forms supplied to the 

cogeneration unit, excluding energy produced by the cogeneration unit itself. Each form of energy 

supplied shall be measured by the lower heating value of that form of energy calculated as follows:

LHV = HHV − 10.55(W + 9H)

Where:

LHV = lower heating value of fuel in Btu/lb,

HHV = higher heating value of fuel in Btu/lb,

W = Weight % of moisture in fuel, and

H = Weight % of hydrogen in fuel.

Total energy output means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, the sum of useful power and useful 

thermal energy produced by the cogeneration unit.
Unit means a stationary coal-fired boiler or a stationary coal-fired combustion turbine.

Useful power means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, electricity or mechanical energy made available 

for use, excluding any such energy used in the power production process (which process includes, but is 

not limited to, any on-site processing or treatment of fuel combusted at the unit and any on-site emission 

controls).

Useful thermal energy means, with regard to a cogeneration unit, thermal energy that is:

(1) Made available to an industrial or commercial process (not a power production process), excluding 

any heat contained in condensate return or makeup water;

(2) Used in a heat application ( e.g. , space heating or domestic hot water heating); or

(3) Used in a space cooling application ( i.e. , thermal energy used by an absorption chiller).

Utility power distribution system means the portion of an electricity grid owned or operated by a utility 

and dedicated to delivering electricity to customers.

§60.25 Emission inventories, source surveillance, reports. 

(a) Each plan shall include an inventory of all designated facilities, including emission data for the 

designated pollutants and information related to emissions as specified in appendix D to this part. Such 

data shall be summarized in the plan, and emission rates of designated pollutants from designated 

facilities shall be correlated with applicable emission standards. As used in this subpart, “correlated” 

means presented in such a manner as to show the relationship between measured or estimated amounts 

of emissions and the amounts of such emissions allowable under applicable emission standards. 

(b) Each plan shall provide for monitoring the status of compliance with applicable emission standards. 

Each plan shall, as a minimum, provide for: 

(1) Legally enforceable procedures for requiring owners or operators of designated facilities to maintain 

records and periodically report to the State information on the nature and amount of emissions from such 

facilities, and/or such other information as may be necessary to enable the State to determine whether 

such facilities are in compliance with applicable portions of the plan. Submission of electronic 

documents shall comply with the requirements of 40 CFR part 3—(Electronic reporting). 

(2) Periodic inspection and, when applicable, testing of designated facilities. 

(c) Each plan shall provide that information obtained by the State under paragraph (b) of this section 

shall be correlated with applicable emission standards (see §60.25(a)) and made available to the general 

public. 

(d) The provisions referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section shall be specifically identified. 

Copies of such provisions shall be submitted with the plan unless: 

(1) They have been approved as portions of a preceding plan submitted under this subpart or as portions 

of an implementation plan submitted under section 110 of the Act, and 

(2) The State demonstrates: 

(i) That the provisions are applicable to the designated pollutant(s) for which the plan is submitted, and 

(ii) That the requirements of §60.26 are met. 

(e) The State shall submit reports on progress in plan enforcement to the Administrator on an annual 

(calendar year) basis, commencing with the first full report period after approval of a plan or after 

promulgation of a plan by the Administrator. Information required under this paragraph must be 

included in the annual report required by §51.321 of this chapter. 

(f) Each progress report shall include: 
(1) Enforcement actions initiated against designated facilities during the reporting period, under any 

emission standard or compliance schedule of the plan. 

(2) Identification of the achievement of any increment of progress required by the applicable plan during 

the reporting period. 

(3) Identification of designated facilities that have ceased operation during the reporting period. 

(4) Submission of emission inventory data as described in paragraph (a) of this section for designated 

facilities that were not in operation at the time of plan development but began operation during the 

reporting period. 

(5) Submission of additional data as necessary to update the information submitted under paragraph (a) 

of this section or in previous progress reports. 

(6) Submission of copies of technical reports on all performance testing on designated facilities 

conducted under paragraph (b)(2) of this section, complete with concurrently recorded process data. 

§60.26 Legal authority. 

(a) Each plan shall show that the State has legal authority to carry out the plan, including authority to: 

(1) Adopt emission standards and compliance schedules applicable to designated facilities. 

(2) Enforce applicable laws, regulations, standards, and compliance schedules, and seek injunctive 

relief. 

(3) Obtain information necessary to determine whether designated facilities are in compliance with 

applicable laws, regulations, standards, and compliance schedules, including authority to require 

recordkeeping and to make inspections and conduct tests of designated facilities. 

(4) Require owners or operators of designated facilities to install, maintain, and use emission monitoring 

devices and to make periodic reports to the State on the nature and amounts of emissions from such 

facilities; also authority for the State to make such data available to the public as reported and as 

correlated with applicable emission standards. 

(b) The provisions of law or regulations which the State determines provide the authorities required by 

this section shall be specifically identified. Copies of such laws or regulations shall be submitted with 

the plan unless: 

(1) They have been approved as portions of a preceding plan submitted under this subpart or as portions 

of an implementation plan submitted under section 110 of the Act, and 

(2) The State demonstrates that the laws or regulations are applicable to the designated pollutant(s) for 

which the plan is submitted. 

(c) The plan shall show that the legal authorities specified in this section are available to the State at the 

time of submission of the plan. Legal authority adequate to meet the requirements of paragraphs (a)(3) 

and (4) of this section may be delegated to the State under section 114 of the Act. 

(d) A State governmental agency other than the State air pollution control agency may be assigned 

responsibility for carrying out a portion of a plan if the plan demonstrates to the Administrator's 

satisfaction that the State governmental agency has the legal authority necessary to carry out that portion 

of the plan. 

(e) The State may authorize a local agency to carry out a plan, or portion thereof, within the local 

agency's jurisdiction if the plan demonstrates to the Administrator's satisfaction that the local agency has 

the legal authority necessary to implement the plan or portion thereof, and that the authorization does 

not relieve the State of responsibility under the Act for carrying out the plan or portion thereof. 

§60.27 Actions by the Administrator. 
(a) The Administrator may, whenever he determines necessary, extend the period for submission of any 

plan or plan revision or portion thereof. 

(b) After receipt of a plan or plan revision, the Administrator will propose the plan or revision for 

approval or disapproval. The Administrator will, within four months after the date required for 

submission of a plan or plan revision, approve or disapprove such plan or revision or each portion 

thereof. 

(c) The Administrator will, after consideration of any State hearing record, promptly prepare and publish 

proposed regulations setting forth a plan, or portion thereof, for a State if: 

(1) The State fails to submit a plan within the time prescribed; 

(2) The State fails to submit a plan revision required by §60.23(a)(2) within the time prescribed; or 

(3) The Administrator disapproves the State plan or plan revision or any portion thereof, as 

unsatisfactory because the requirements of this subpart have not been met. 

(d) The Administrator will, within six months after the date required for submission of a plan or plan 

revision, promulgate the regulations proposed under paragraph (c) of this section with such 

modifications as may be appropriate unless, prior to such promulgation, the State has adopted and 

submitted a plan or plan revision which the Administrator determines to be approvable. 

(e)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (e)(2) of this section, regulations proposed and promulgated by 

the Administrator under this section will prescribe emission standards of the same stringency as the 

corresponding emission guideline(s) specified in the final guideline document published under §60.22(a) 

and will require final compliance with such standards as expeditiously as practicable but no later than 

the times specified in the guideline document. 

(2) Upon application by the owner or operator of a designated facility to which regulations proposed and 

promulgated under this section will apply, the Administrator may provide for the application of less 

stringent emission standards or longer compliance schedules than those otherwise required by this 

section in accordance with the criteria specified in §60.24(f). 

(f) Prior to promulgation of a plan under paragraph (d) of this section, the Administrator will provide the 

opportunity for at least one public hearing in either: 

(1) Each State that failed to hold a public hearing as required by §60.23(c); or 

(2) Washington, DC or an alternate location specified in the Federal Register . 

§60.28 Plan revisions by the State. 

(a) Plan revisions which have the effect of delaying compliance with applicable emission standards or 

increments of progress or of establishing less stringent emission standards shall be submitted to the 

Administrator within 60 days after adoption in accordance with the procedures and requirements 

applicable to development and submission of the original plan. 

(b) More stringent emission standards, or orders which have the effect of accelerating compliance, may 

be submitted to the Administrator as plan revisions in accordance with the procedures and requirements 

applicable to development and submission of the original plan. 

(c) A revision of a plan, or any portion thereof, shall not be considered part of an applicable plan until 

approved by the Administrator in accordance with this subpart. 

§60.29 Plan revisions by the Administrator. 

After notice and opportunity for public hearing in each affected State, the Administrator may revise any 

provision of an applicable plan if: 

(a) The provision was promulgated by the Administrator, and 
(b) The plan, as revised, will be consistent with the Act and with the requirements of this subpart.