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Rural Area Flexibility Analysis 6 NYCRR Parts 251 and 200 - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
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The proposed rule (6 NYCRR Part 251) is not expected to have a substantial adverse impact on rural areas in New York State. The proposed rulemaking will apply statewide and thus all rural areas of New York State will be affected.
Facilities subject to Part 251 will be required to meet a 12-month rolling average CO2 emission limit. This rule will impose minimal additional paperwork for recordkeeping and monitoring to demonstrate compliance with 12-month rolling average CO2 emission standards. Facilities subject to this regulation are already required to meet emission standards for other air contaminants, for example, oxides of nitrogen, and thus have systems in place to monitor emissions of air contaminants and submit annual and semi-annual reports to the Department. Depending on the source, the facility owner may need to modify the data acquisition handling system software, in order to compute and report CO2 monitoring data in pounds per gross electric output rate in terms of megawatt/hr, or fuel input rate in terms of million Btu per hour. Many facilities subject to Part 251 will also be subject to Part 242, and would already have to compute and report CO2 emissions data under Part 242. The additional paperwork for record keeping and reporting for this proposed rule will be minimal as data is submitted electronically accompanied by paper summary reports. The records and reports will be required to be kept and submitted in the same formats used to track other pollutants with emission standards. The additional requirements imposed by this rule are not expected to be unduly burdensome.
The Department has considered the issues and determined that Part 251 will not have an adverse impact on rural areas. The ability of a new or expanded source to meet the requirements of Part 251 will not be influenced by the location of the facility in a rural area, as compared to a suburban or urban area. Facilities proposed in rural areas that utilize the equipment type and fuel listed above will be able to comply with the relevant CO2 emission limit, and thus will not be adversely impacted by Part 251. Just like coal-fired or oil-fired facilities in suburban or urban areas, coal-fired or oil-fired facilities proposed to be located in rural areas would have to install CCS or some other advanced carbon control technology in order to comply with Part 251, as described above.
The State Administrative Procedures Act requires agencies to provide public and private interests in rural areas the opportunity to participate in the rule making process and or public hearings. The Department held a stakeholder meeting on October 20, 2011 to discuss the likely elements of the proposed Part 251 and to obtain feedback. The Department also conducted additional stakeholder outreach during the development of Part 251, prior to its formal proposal for public comment. This additional outreach included a presentation to the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) Environmental Advisory Committee on October 21, 2011. These meetings and presentations also included question and answer sessions which allowed the Department to obtain additional feedback and input from stakeholders prior to proposing Part 251. Moreover, the Department discussed the forthcoming Part 251 rulemaking at several events regarding Article X and the implementation of the Power NY Act, including at the Business Council's 2011 Annual Industry-Environment Conference on October 27, 2011, and at the Alliance for Clean Energy New York's 5th Annual Fall Conference & Membership Meeting on October 26, 2011. The Department also conducted additional informal stakeholder outreach throughout October and November 2011 in order to obtain input used in the development of Part 251. The Department will hold public hearings on Part 251 in upstate and other rural areas and will notify interested parties of this proposed rulemaking.