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Subpart 245-1: CAIR SO2 Trading Program General Provisions - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
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Subpart 245-1: CAIR SO2 Trading Program General Provisions
245-1.1 Purpose
245-1.2 Definitions
245-1.3 Measurements, abbreviations, and acronyms
245-1.4 Applicability
245-1.5 Retired unit exemption
245-1.6 Standard requirements
245-1.7 Computation of time
245-1.8 Appeal procedures
§245-1.1 Purpose
This Part establishes the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) SO2 Trading Program, which is designed to mitigate interstate transport of fine particulates and sulfur dioxide. Emissions of NOx and SO2 contribute to the formation of particulate matter with a mass median diameter of less than 2.5 microns. The department authorizes the administrator to assist the department in implementing the CAIR SO2 Trading Program by performing the functions set forth for the administrator in this Part.
§245-1.2 Definitions
(1) Account number. The identification number given by the administrator to each CAIR SO2 Allowance Tracking System account.
(4) Allocate or allocation. With regard to CAIR SO2 allowances issued under the Acid Rain Program, the determination by the administrator of the amount of such CAIR SO2 allowances to be initially credited to a CAIR SO2 unit or other entity and, with regard to CAIR SO2 allowances issued under provisions of a State implementation plan that are approved under 40 CFR 51.124(o)(1) or (2) or (r) or 40 CFR 97.288, the determination by a permitting authority of the amount of such CAIR SO2 allowances to be initially credited to a CAIR SO2 unit or other entity.
(5) Allowance transfer deadline. For a control period, midnight of March 1st (if it is a business day), or midnight of the first business day thereafter (if March 1st is not a business day), immediately following the control period and is the deadline by which a CAIR SO2 allowance transfer must be submitted for recordation in a CAIR SO2 source's compliance account in order to be used to meet the source's CAIR SO2 emissions limitation for such control period in accordance with section 245-6.5 of this Part.
(6) Alternate CAIR designated representative. For a CAIR SO2 source and each CAIR SO2 unit at the source, the natural person who is authorized by the owners and operators of the source and all such units at the source, in accordance with Subparts 245-2 and 245-9 of this Part, to act on behalf of the CAIR designated representative in matters pertaining to the CAIR SO2 Trading Program. If the CAIR SO2 source is also a CAIR NOx source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate CAIR designated representative under the CAIR NOx Annual Trading Program. If the CAIR SO2 source is also a CAIR NOx Ozone Season source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate CAIR designated representative under the CAIR NOx Ozone Season Trading Program. If the CAIR SO2 source is also subject to the Acid Rain Program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the alternate designated representative under the Acid Rain Program.
(7) Automated data acquisition and handling system or DAHS. That component of the continuous emission monitoring system, or other emissions monitoring system approved for use under Subpart 245-8, designed to interpret and convert individual output signals from pollutant concentration monitors, flow monitors, diluent gas monitors, and other component parts of the monitoring system to produce a continuous record of the measured parameters in the measurement units required by Subpart 245-8 of this Part.
(8) Biomass.
(9) Boiler. An enclosed fossil- or other-fuel-fired combustion device used to produce heat and to transfer heat to recirculating water, steam, or other medium.
(11) CAIR authorized account representative. With regard to a general account, a responsible natural person who is authorized, in accordance with Subparts 245-2, 245-6, and 245-9 of this Part, to transfer and otherwise dispose of CAIR SO2 allowances held in the general account and, with regard to a compliance account, the CAIR designated representative of the source.
(12) CAIR designated representative. For a CAIR SO2 source and each CAIR SO2 unit at the source, the natural person who is authorized by the owners and operators of the source and all such units at the source, in accordance with Subparts 245-2 and 245-9 of this Part, to represent and legally bind each owner and operator in matters pertaining to the CAIR SO2 Trading Program. If the CAIR SO2 source is also a CAIR NOx source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the CAIR designated representative under the CAIR NOx Annual Trading Program. If the CAIR SO2 source is also a CAIR NOx Ozone Season source, then this natural person shall be the same person as the CAIR designated representative under the CAIR NOx Ozone Season Trading Program. If the CAIR SO2 source is also subject to the Acid Rain Program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the designated representative under the Acid Rain Program.
(13) CAIR NOx Annual Trading Program. A multi-state nitrogen oxides air pollution control and emission reduction program established pursuant to Part 244 of this Title and corresponding regulations in other states promulgated in accordance with 40 CFR 51.123(o)(1) or (2), along with any Federal implementation plan imposed by the administrator in accordance with 40 CFR 97.101-188, 40 CFR 51.123(p), and 40 CFR 52.35, as a means of mitigating interstate transport of fine particulates and nitrogen oxides.
(14) CAIR NOx Ozone Season source. A source that is subject to the CAIR NOx Ozone Season Trading Program.
(15) CAIR NOx Ozone Season Trading Program. A multi-state nitrogen oxides air pollution control and emission reduction program established pursuant to Part 243 of this Title and corresponding regulations in other states promulgated in accordance with 40 CFR 51.123(aa)(1) or (2)(and[bb][1]), (bb)(2), or (dd) along with any Federal implementation plan imposed by the administrator in accordance with 40 CFR 97.301-388, 40 CFR 51.123(ee), and 40 CFR 52.35, as a means of mitigating interstate transport of ozone and nitrogen oxides.
(16) CAIR NOx source. A source that is subject to the CAIR NOx Annual Trading Program.
(17) CAIR permit. The portion of the legally binding and federally enforceable written permit issued by the department under Subpart 245-3 of this Part and Parts 201 and 621 of this Title, including any permit revisions, specifying the CAIR SO2 Trading Program requirements applicable to a CAIR SO2 source, to each CAIR SO2 unit at the source, and to the owners and operators and the CAIR designated representative of the source and each such unit.
(18) CAIR SO2 allowance. A limited authorization issued by the administrator under the Acid Rain Program, or by a permitting authority under provisions of a State implementation plan that are approved under 40 CFR 51.124(o)(1) or (2) or (r) or 40 CFR 97.288, to emit sulfur dioxide during the control period of the specified calendar year for which the authorization is allocated or of any calendar year thereafter under the CAIR SO2 Trading Program as follows:
(i) for one CAIR SO2 allowance allocated for a control period in a year before 2010, one ton of sulfur dioxide, except as provided in section 245-6.5(b) of this Part;
(ii) for one CAIR SO2 allowance allocated for a control period in 2010 through 2014, 0.50 ton of sulfur dioxide, except as provided in section 245-6.5(b) of this Part; and
(iii) for one CAIR SO2 allowance allocated for a control period in 2015 or later, 0.35 ton of sulfur dioxide, except as provided in section 245-6.5(b) of this Part.
(iv) an authorization to emit sulfur dioxide that is not issued under the Acid Rain Program, provisions of a State implementation plan that are approved under 40 CFR 51.124(o)(1) or (2) or (r) or 40 CFR 97.288, shall not be a CAIR SO2 allowance.
(19) CAIR SO2 allowance deduction or deduct CAIR SO2 allowances. The permanent withdrawal of CAIR SO2 allowances by the administrator from a compliance account, e.g., in order to account for a specified number of tons of total sulfur dioxide emissions from all CAIR SO2 units at a CAIR SO2 source for a control period, determined in accordance with Subpart 245-8 of this Part, or to account for excess emissions.
(20) CAIR SO2 Allowance Tracking System. The system by which the administrator records allocations, deductions, and transfers of CAIR SO2 allowances under the CAIR SO2 Trading Program. This is the same system as the Allowance Tracking System under 40 CFR 72.2 by which the administrator records allocations, deductions, and transfers of acid rain SO2 allowances under the Acid Rain Program.
(21) CAIR SO2 Allowance Tracking System account. An account in the CAIR SO2 Allowance Tracking System established by the administrator for purposes of recording the allocation, holding, transferring, or deducting of CAIR SO2 allowances. Such allowances will be allocated, held, deducted, or transferred only as whole allowances.
(22) CAIR SO2 allowances held or hold CAIR SO2 allowances. The CAIR SO2 allowances recorded by the administrator, or submitted to the administrator for recordation, in accordance with Subparts 245-6, 245-7, and 245-9 of this Part, or 40 CFR part 73, in a CAIR SO2 Allowance Tracking System account.
(23) CAIR SO2 emissions limitation. For a CAIR SO2 source, the tonnage equivalent, in SO2 emissions in a control period, of the CAIR SO2 allowances available for deduction for the source under sections 245-6.5(a) and (b) of this Part for the control period.
(24) CAIR SO2 source. A source that includes one or more CAIR SO2 units.
(25) CAIR SO2 Trading Program. A multi-state sulfur dioxide air pollution control and emission reduction program established pursuant to this subpart and corresponding regulations in other states promulgated in accordance with 40 CFR 51.124(o)(1) or (2) along with any Federal implementation plan imposed by the administrator in accordance with 40 CFR 97.201-288 and 40 CFR part 51.124(r) and 52.36, as a means of mitigating interstate transport of fine particulates and sulfur dioxide.
(26) CAIR SO2 unit. A unit that is subject to the CAIR SO2 Trading Program under section 245-1.4 of this Part and, except for purposes of section 245-1.5 of this Part, a CAIR SO2 opt-in unit under Subpart 245-9 of this Part.
(iii) provided that the total energy input under paragraphs (ii)(a)(2) and (ii)(b) of this paragraph shall equal the unit's total energy input from all fuel except biomass if the unit is a boiler.
(i) To have begun to produce steam, gas, or other heated medium used to generate electricity for sale or use, including test generation, except as provided in sections 245-1.5 of this Subpart and 245-9.5(h) of this Part.
(a) For a unit that is a CAIR SO2 unit under section 245-1.4 of this Subpart on the later of November 15, 1990 or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph and that subsequently undergoes a physical change (other than replacement of the unit by a unit at the same source), such date shall remain the date of commencement of commercial operation of the unit, which shall continue to be treated as the same unit.
(b) For a unit that is a CAIR SO2 unit under section 245-1.4 of this Subpart on the later of November 15, 1990 or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in this subparagraph and that is subsequently replaced by a unit at the same source (e.g., re-powered), such date shall remain the replaced unit's date of commencement of commercial operation, and the replacement unit shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in this subparagraph or subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph as appropriate.
(ii) Notwithstanding subparagraph (i) of this paragraph and except as provided in section 245-1.5 of this Subpart, for a unit that is not a CAIR SO2 unit under section 245-1.4 of this Subpart on the later of November 15, 1990 or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the unit's date for commencement of commercial operation shall be the date on which the unit becomes a CAIR SO2 unit under section 245-1.4 of this Subpart.
(i) To have begun any mechanical, chemical, or electronic process, including, with regard to a unit, start-up of a unit's combustion chamber, except as provided in section 245-9.5(h) of this Part.
(iii) For a unit that is replaced by a unit at the same source (e.g., re-powered) after the date the unit commences operation as defined in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, such date shall remain the replaced unit's date of commencement of operation, and the replacement unit shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of operation as defined in this subparagraph or subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph as appropriate, except as provided in section 245-9.5(h) of this Part.
(35) Compliance account. A CAIR SO2 Allowance Tracking System account, established by the administrator for a CAIR SO2 source subject to an acid rain emissions limitations under 40 CFR 73.31(a) or (b) or for any other CAIR SO2 source under Subpart 245-6 or 245-9 of this Part, in which any CAIR SO2 allowance allocations for the CAIR SO2 units at the source are initially recorded and in which are held any CAIR SO2 allowances available for use during a control period in order to meet the source's CAIR SO2 emissions limitation in accordance with section 245-6.5 of this Part.
(36) Continuous emission monitoring system or CEMS. The equipment required under Subpart 245-8 of this Part to sample, analyze, measure, and provide, by means of readings recorded at least once every 15 minutes (using an automated data acquisition and handling system [DAHS]), a permanent record of sulfur dioxide emissions, stack gas volumetric flow rate, stack gas moisture content, and oxygen or carbon dioxide concentration (as applicable), in a manner consistent with 40 CFR part 75. The following systems are the principal types of continuous emission monitoring systems required under Subpart 245-8 of this Part:
(ii) a sulfur dioxide monitoring system, consisting of a SO2 pollutant concentration monitor and an automated data acquisition handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of SO2 emissions, in parts per million (ppm);
(iii) a moisture monitoring system, as defined in 40 CFR 75.11(b)(2) and providing a permanent, continuous record of the stack gas moisture content, in percent H2O;
(v) an oxygen monitoring system, consisting of an O2 concentration monitor and an automated data acquisition and handling system and providing a permanent, continuous record of O2 in percent O2.
(37) Control period. The period beginning January 1st of a calendar year, except as provided in section 245-1.6(c)(2) of this Subpart, and ending on December 31st of the same year, inclusive.
(38) Emissions. Air pollutants exhausted from a unit or source into the atmosphere, as measured, recorded, and reported to the administrator by the CAIR designated representative and as determined by the administrator in accordance with Subpart 245-8 of this Part.
(39) Excess emissions. Any ton, or portion of a ton, of sulfur dioxide emitted by the CAIR SO2 units at a CAIR SO2 source during a control period that exceeds the CAIR SO2 emissions limitation for the source, provided that any portion of a ton of excess emissions shall be treated as one ton of excess emissions.
(40) Fossil fuel. Natural gas, petroleum, coal, or any form of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel derived from such material.
(41) Fossil fuel-fired. With regard to a unit, combusting any amount of fossil fuel in any calendar year.
(42) General account. A CAIR SO2 Allowance Tracking System account, established under Subpart 245-6 of this Part, that is not a compliance account.
(43) Generator. A device that produces electricity.
(44) Heat input. With regard to a specified period of time, the product (in mmBtu/time) of the gross calorific value of the fuel (in 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 CAIR designated representative and determined by the administrator in accordance with Subpart 245-8 of this Part and excluding the heat derived from preheated combustion air, recirculated flue gases, or exhaust from other sources.
(45) Heat input rate. The amount of heat input (in mmBtu) divided by unit operating time (in hr) or, with regard to a specific fuel, the amount of heat input attributed to the fuel (in mmBtu) divided by the unit operating time (in hr) during which the unit combusts the fuel.
(46) Life-of-the-unit, firm power contractual arrangement. A unit participation power sales agreement under which a utility or industrial 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:
(47) Maximum design heat input. The maximum amount of fuel per hour (in Btu/hr) that a unit is capable of combusting on a steady state basis as of the initial installation of the unit as specified by the manufacturer of the unit.
(48) Monitoring system. Any monitoring system that meets the requirements of Subpart 245-8 of this Part, including a continuous emissions monitoring system, an alternative monitoring system, or an excepted monitoring system under 40 CFR part 75.
(49) Most stringent State or Federal SO2 emissions limitation. With regard to a unit, the lowest SO2 emissions limitation (in terms of lb/mmBtu) that is applicable to the unit under State or Federal law, regardless of the averaging period to which the emissions limitation applies.
(50) Nameplate capacity. Starting from the initial installation of a generator, the maximum electrical generating output (in MWe) that the generator is capable of producing on a steady state basis and during continuous operation (when not restricted by seasonal or other deratings) as of such installation 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 MWe) that the generator is capable of producing on a steady state basis and during continuous operation (when not restricted by seasonal or other deratings), such increased maximum amount as of such completion as specified by the person conducting the physical change.
(51) Operator. Any person who operates, controls, or supervises a CAIR SO2 unit or a CAIR SO2 source and shall include, but not be limited to, any holding company, utility system, or plant manager of such a unit or source.
(52) Owner. Any of the following persons:
(i) with regard to a CAIR SO2 source or a CAIR SO2 unit at a source, respectively:
(a) any holder of any portion of the legal or equitable title in a CAIR SO2 unit at the source or the CAIR SO2 unit;
(b) any holder of a leasehold interest in a CAIR SO2 unit at the source or the CAIR SO2 unit; or
(c) any purchaser of power from a CAIR SO2 unit at the source or the CAIR SO2 unit under a life-of-the-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 CAIR SO2 unit; or
(ii) with regard to any general account, any person who has an ownership interest with respect to the CAIR SO2 allowances held in the general account and who is subject to the binding agreement for the CAIR authorized account representative to represent the person's ownership interest with respect to CAIR SO2 allowances.
(53) Permitting authority. The department or, for other states, the State air pollution control agency, local agency, other State agency, or other agency authorized by the administrator to issue or revise permits to meet the requirements of the CAIR SO2 Trading Program as implemented in other states or, if no such agency has been so authorized, the administrator.
(54) Potential electrical output capacity. Thirty-three percent of a unit's maximum design heat input, divided by 3,413 Btu/kWh, divided by 1,000 kWh/MWh, and multiplied by 8,760 hr/yr.
(55) Receive or receipt of. When referring to the department or the administrator, to come into possession of a document, information, or correspondence (whether sent in hard copy or by authorized electronic transmission), as indicated in an official log, or by a notation made on the document, information, or correspondence, by the department or the administrator in the regular course of business.
(56) Recordation, record, or recorded. With regard to CAIR SO2 allowances, the movement of CAIR SO2 allowances by the administrator into or between CAIR SO2 Allowance Tracking System accounts, for purposes of allocation, transfer, or deduction.
(57) Reference method. Any direct test method of sampling and analyzing for an air pollutant as specified in 40 CFR 75.22.
(58) Replacement, replace, or replaced. With regard to a unit, the demolishing of a unit, or the permanent shutdown and permanent disabling of a unit, and the construction of another unit (the replacement unit) to be used instead of the demolished or shutdown unit (the replaced unit).
(59) Re-powered. With regard to a unit, replacement of a coal-fired boiler with one of the following coal-fired technologies at the same source as the coal-fired boiler:
(60) Sequential use of energy:
(61) Serial number. For a CAIR SO2 allowance, the unique identification number assigned to each CAIR SO2 allowance by the administrator.
(62) Solid waste incineration unit. A stationary, fossil-fuel-fired boiler or stationary, fossil-fuel-fired combustion turbine that is a solid waste incineration unit as defined in section 129(g)(1) of the Act.
(63) Source. All buildings, structures, or installations located in one or more contiguous or adjacent properties under common control of the same person or persons. For purposes of section 502(c) of the Act, a source, including a source with multiple units, shall be considered a single facility.
(64) State. One of the states or the District of Columbia that adopts the CAIR SO2 Trading Program pursuant to 40 CFR 51.124 (o)(1) or (2).
(65) Submit or serve. To send or transmit a document, information, or correspondence to the person specified in accordance with the applicable regulation:
(66) Ton. Two thousand pounds. For the purpose of determining compliance with the CAIR SO2 emissions limitation, total tons of sulfur dioxide emissions for a control period shall be calculated as the sum of all recorded hourly emissions (or the mass equivalent of the recorded hourly emission rates) in accordance with Subpart 245-8 of this Part, but with any remaining fraction of a ton equal to or greater than 0.50 tons deemed to equal one ton and any remaining fraction of a ton less than 0.50 tons deemed to equal zero tons.
(67) Topping-cycle cogeneration unit. 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.
(68) Total energy input. 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:
(69) Total energy output. With regard to a cogeneration unit, the sum of useful power and useful thermal energy produced by the cogeneration unit.
(70) Unit. A stationary, fossil fuel-fired boiler or combustion turbine or other stationary, fossil-fuel-fired combustion device.
(71) Unit operating day. A calendar day in which a unit combusts any fuel.
(72) Unit operating hour or hour of unit operation. An hour in which a unit combusts any fuel.
(73) Useful power. 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).
(74) Useful thermal energy. With regard to a cogeneration unit, thermal energy that is:
(75) Utility power distribution system. The portion of an electricity grid owned or operated by a utility and dedicated to delivering electricity to customers.
§245-1.3 Measurements, abbreviations, and acronyms
(j) MWh- megawatt hour.
§245-1.4 Applicability
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section:
(1) The following units shall be CAIR SO2 units, and any source that includes one or more such units shall be a CAIR SO2 source, subject to the requirements of this Subpart and Subparts 245-2 through 245-8 of this Part: any stationary, fossil fuel-fired boiler or stationary, fossil fuel-fired combustion turbine serving at any time, since the later of November 15, 1990 or the startup of the unit's combustion chamber, a generator with a nameplate capacity of more than 25 MWe producing electricity for sale.
(2) If a stationary boiler or stationary combustion turbine that, under paragraph (1) of this subdivision, is not a CAIR SO2 unit begins to combust fossil fuel or to serve a generator with nameplate capacity of more than 25 MWe producing electricity for sale, the unit shall become a CAIR SO2 unit as provided in paragraph (1) of this subdivision on the first date on which it both combusts fossil fuel and serves such generator.
(b) The units that meet the requirements set forth in subparagraph (1)(i), (2)(i), or (ii) of this subdivision shall not be CAIR SO2 units:
(1) (i) Any unit that is a CAIR SO2 unit under paragraph (a)(1) or (2) of this section:
(ii) 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 subparagraph (i) of this paragraph for at least one calendar year, but subsequently no longer meets all such requirements, the unit shall become a CAIR SO2 unit starting on the earlier of January 1st after the first calendar year during which the unit first no longer qualifies as a cogeneration unit or January 1st after the first calendar year during which the unit no longer meets the requirements of clause (i)(b) of this paragraph.
(2) (i) Any unit that is a CAIR SO2 unit under paragraph (a)(1) or (2) of this section commencing operation before January 1, 1985:
(iii) If a unit qualifies as a solid waste incineration unit and meets the requirements of subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph for at least three consecutive calendar years, but subsequently no longer meets all such requirements, the unit shall become a CAIR SO2 unit starting on the earlier of January 1st after the first calendar year during which the unit first no longer qualifies as a solid waste incineration unit or January 1st after the first three consecutive calendar years after 1990 for which the unit has an average annual fuel consumption of fossil fuel of 20 percent or more.
§245-1.5 Retired unit exemption
(a) (1) Any CAIR SO2 unit that is permanently retired and is not a CAIR SO2 opt-in unit under Subpart 245-9 of this Part shall be exempt from the CAIR SO2 Trading Program, except for the provisions of this section, sections 245-1.2, 245-1.3, 245-1.4, 245-1.6(c)(4) through (7), 245-1.7, 245-1.8 of this Subpart, and Subparts 245-2, 245-6, and 245-7 of this Part.
(2) The exemption under paragraph (1) of this subdivision shall become effective the day on which the CAIR SO2 unit is permanently retired. Within 30 days of the unit's permanent retirement, the CAIR designated representative shall submit a statement to the department and shall submit a copy of the statement to the administrator. The statement shall state, in a format prescribed by the department, that the unit was permanently retired on a specific date and will comply with the requirements of subdivision (b) of this section.
(3) After receipt of the statement under paragraph (2) of this subdivision, the department will amend any permit under Subpart 245-3 of this Part covering the source at which the unit is located to add the provisions and requirements of the exemption under paragraph (1) of this subdivision and subdivision (b) of this section.
(1) A unit exempt under subdivision (a) of this section shall not emit any sulfur dioxide, starting on the date that the exemption takes effect.
(2) For a period of five years from the date the records are created, the owners and operators of a unit exempt under subdivision (a) of this section shall retain, at the source that includes the unit, records demonstrating that the unit is permanently retired. The five-year period for keeping records may be extended for cause, at any time before the end of the period, in writing by the department or the administrator. The owners and operators bear the burden of proof that the unit is permanently retired.
(3) The owners and operators and, to the extent applicable, the CAIR designated representative of a unit exempt under subdivision (a) of this section shall comply with the requirements of the CAIR SO2 Trading Program concerning all periods for which the exemption is not in effect, even if such requirements arise, or must be complied with, after the exemption takes effect.
(4) A unit exempt under subdivision (a) of this section and located at a source that is required, or but for this exemption would be required, to have a permit under Part 201 of this Title shall not resume operation unless the CAIR designated representative of the source submits a complete CAIR permit application under section 245-3.3 of this Part by the later of January 1, 2009 or the date on which the unit resumes operation.
(5) On the earlier of the following dates, a unit exempt under subdivision (a) of this section shall lose its exemption:
(i) the date on which the CAIR designated representative submits a CAIR permit application for the unit under paragraph (4) of this subdivision;
(ii) the date on which the CAIR designated representative is required under paragraph (4) of this subdivision to submit a CAIR permit application for the unit; or
(6) For the purpose of applying monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements under Subpart 245-8 of this Part, a unit that loses its exemption under subdivision (a) of this section shall be treated as a unit that commences commercial operation on the first date on which the unit resumes operation.
§245-1.6 Standard requirements
(1) The CAIR designated representative of each CAIR SO2 source shall:
(i) submit to the department a complete CAIR permit application under section 245-3.3 of this Part in accordance with the deadlines specified in section 245-3.2 of this Part; and
(2) The owners and operators of each CAIR SO2 source shall have a CAIR permit issued by the department under Subpart 245-3 of this Part for the source and operate the source and the unit in compliance with such CAIR permit.
(1) The owners and operators, and the CAIR designated representative, of each CAIR SO2 source and each CAIR SO2 unit at the source shall comply with the requirements of Subpart 245-8 of this Part.
(2) The emissions measurements recorded and reported in accordance with Subpart 245-8 of this Part shall be used to determine compliance by each CAIR SO2 source with the CAIR SO2 emissions limitation under subdivision (c) of this section.
(c) Sulfur dioxide emission requirements.
(1) As of the allowance transfer deadline for a control period, the owners and operators of each CAIR SO2 source and each CAIR SO2 unit at the source shall hold, in the source's compliance account, a tonnage equivalent in CAIR SO2 allowances available for compliance deductions for the control period, as determined in accordance with sections 245-6.5(a) and (b) of this Part, not less than the tons of total sulfur dioxide emissions for the control period from all CAIR SO2 units at the source, as determined in accordance with Subpart 245-8 of this Part.
(2) A CAIR SO2 unit shall be subject to the requirements under paragraph (1) of this subdivision for the control period starting on the later of January 1, 2010 or the deadline for meeting the unit's monitor certification requirements under sections 245-8.1(b)(1), (2), or (5) of this Part and for each control period thereafter.
(3) A CAIR SO2 allowance shall not be deducted, for compliance with the requirements under paragraph (1) of this subdivision, for a control period in a calendar year before the year for which the CAIR SO2 allowance was allocated.
(4) CAIR SO2 allowances shall be held in, deducted from, or transferred into or among CAIR SO2 Allowance Tracking System accounts in accordance with Subparts 245-6, 245-7, and 245-9 of this Part.
(5) A CAIR SO2 allowance is a limited authorization to emit sulfur dioxide in accordance with the CAIR SO2 Trading Program. No provision of the CAIR SO2 Trading Program, the CAIR permit application, the CAIR permit, or an exemption under section 245-1.5 of this Subpart and no provision of law shall be construed to limit the authority of the State or the United States to terminate or limit such authorization.
(7) Upon recordation by the administrator under Subpart 245-6, 245-7, or 245-9 of this Part, every allocation, transfer, or deduction of a CAIR SO2 allowance to or from a CAIR SO2 source's compliance account is incorporated automatically in any CAIR permit of the source.
(1) the owners and operators of the source and each CAIR SO2 unit at the source shall surrender the CAIR SO2 allowances required for deduction under section 245-6.5(d)(1) of this Part and pay any fine, penalty, or assessment or comply with any other remedy imposed, for the same violations, under the Act or applicable State law; and
(1) Unless otherwise provided, the owners and operators of the CAIR SO2 source and each CAIR SO2 unit at the source shall keep on site at the source each of the following documents for a period of five years from the date the document is created. This period may be extended for cause, at any time before the end of five years, in writing by the department or the administrator.
(i) The certificate of representation under section 245-2.4 of this Part for the CAIR designated representative for the source and each CAIR SO2 unit at the source and all documents that demonstrate the truth of the statements in the certificate of representation; provided that the certificate and documents shall be retained on site at the source beyond such five-year period until such documents are superseded because of the submission of a new certificate of representation under section 245-2.4 of this Part changing the CAIR designated representative.
(ii) All emissions monitoring information, in accordance with Subpart 245-8 of this Part, provided that to the extent that Subpart 245-8 of this Part provides for a three-year period for recordkeeping, the three-year period shall apply.
(2) The CAIR designated representative of a CAIR SO2 source and each CAIR SO2 unit at the source shall submit the reports required under the CAIR SO2 Trading Program, including those under Subpart 245-8 of this Part.
(g) Effect on other authorities. No provision of the CAIR SO2 Trading Program, a CAIR permit application, a CAIR permit, or an exemption under section 245-1.5 of this Subpart shall be construed as exempting or excluding the owners and operators, and the CAIR designated representative, of a CAIR SO2 source or CAIR SO2 unit from compliance with any other provision of applicable State or Federal laws and regulations, or a federally enforceable permit.
§245-1.7 Computation of time
§245-1.8 Appeal procedures
The appeal procedures for decisions of the administrator under the CAIR SO2 Trading Program are set forth in 40 CFR part 78.