Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-210 - STATIONARY SOURCES - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 62-210.700 - Excess Emissions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Excess
				emissions resulting from startup, shutdown or malfunction of any emissions unit
				shall be permitted provided (1) best practices to minimize emissions are
				adhered to and (2) the duration of excess emissions shall be minimized but in
				no case exceed two hours in any 24-hour period unless specifically authorized
				by the Department for longer duration. Excess emissions that are caused
				entirely or in part by poor maintenance, poor operation, or any other equipment
				or process failure that may reasonably be prevented during startup, shutdown or
				malfunction shall be prohibited.
(2) Excess emissions from existing fossil
				fuel steam generators resulting from startup or shutdown shall be permitted
				provided that best practices to minimize emissions are adhered to and the
				duration of excess emissions shall be minimized. Excess emissions that are
				caused entirely or in part by poor maintenance, poor operation, or any other
				equipment or process failure that may reasonably be prevented during startup,
				shutdown or malfunction shall be prohibited.
(3) Visible emissions from existing fossil
				fuel steam generators resulting from boiler cleaning (soot blowing) and load
				change may be up to 60 percent opacity, based upon a six-minute average, for a
				period of up to 3 hours in any 24-hour period provided (1) best practices to
				minimize visible emissions are adhered to and (2) the duration of elevated
				opacity is minimized. Particulate matter emissions from existing fossil fuel
				steam generators during periods of boiler cleaning (soot blowing) and load
				change may average up to 0.3 pounds per million BTU heat input for a period of
				up to 3 hours in any 24-hour period provided (1) best practices to minimize
				particulate matter emissions are adhered to and (2) the duration of elevated
				particulate matter emissions is minimized. A load change, other than startup or
				shutdown, occurs when a fossil fuel steam generating unit is operating in the
				range of 10 percent to 100 percent of rated capacity, the change in operation
				exceeds 10 percent of the unit's rated capacity, and change in operation occurs
				at a rate of 0.5 percent or more per minute.
(4) Considering operational variations in
				types of industrial equipment operations affected by this rule, the Department
				may adjust maximum and minimum factors to provide reasonable and practical
				regulatory controls consistent with the public interest.
(5) In case of excess emissions resulting
				from malfunctions, each owner or operator shall notify the Department or the
				appropriate Local Program in accordance with Rule
				 62-4.130, F.A.C. A full written
				report on the malfunctions shall be submitted in a quarterly report, if
				requested by the Department.
(6)
				After November 22, 2023, subsections
				 62-210.700(1) and
				(2), F.A.C., shall not apply to:
(a) Emission limits in Chapter 62-296,
				F.A.C., that have been or that become incorporated into the State
				Implementation Plan for the State of Florida, identified in  40 C.F.R. §
											52.520; and,
(b)
				Unit-specific emission limits that have been or that become incorporated into
				the State Implementation Plan for the State of Florida, identified in  40 C.F.R. §
											52.520.