Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 225 - CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM LARGE COMBUSTION SOURCES › Subpart B - CONTROL OF MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED ELECTRIC GENERATING UNITS › Section 225.233 - Multi-Pollutant Standards (MPS)

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				General
1) As an alternative to compliance
				with the emissions standards of Section
				225.230(a),
				the owner of eligible EGUs may elect for those EGUs to demonstrate compliance
				pursuant to this Section, which establishes control requirements and standards
				for emissions of NOx and SO2, as
				well as for emissions of mercury.
2) For the purpose of this Section, the
				following requirements apply:
A) An eligible
				EGU is an EGU that is located in Illinois and which commenced commercial
				operation on or before December 31, 2004; and
B) Ownership of an eligible EGU is determined
				based on direct ownership, by the holding of a majority interest in a company
				that owns the EGU or EGUs, or by the common ownership of the company that owns
				the EGU, whether through a parent-subsidiary relationship, as a sister
				corporation, or as an affiliated corporation with the same parent corporation,
				provided that the owner has the right or authority to submit a CAAPP
				application on behalf of the EGU.
3) The owner of one or more EGUs electing to
				demonstrate compliance with this Subpart B pursuant to this Section must submit
				an application for a CAAPP permit modification to the Agency, as provided in
				Section
				225.220,
				that includes the information specified in subsection (b) and which clearly
				states the owner's election to demonstrate compliance pursuant to this Section
				225.233.
A) If the owner of one or more EGUs
				elects to demonstrate compliance with this Subpart pursuant to this Section,
				then all EGUs it owns in Illinois as of July 1, 2006, as defined in subsection
				(a)(2)(B), must be thereafter subject to the standards and control requirements
				of this Section, except as provided in subsection (a)(3)(B). Such EGUs must be
				referred to as a Multi-Pollutant Standard (MPS) Group.
B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the owner
				may exclude from an MPS Group any EGU scheduled for permanent shutdown that the
				owner so designates in its CAAPP application required to be submitted pursuant
				to subsection (a)(3), with compliance for such units to be achieved by means of
				Section
				225.235.
4) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in
				this subsection (a), on and after January 1, 2019:
A) The following EGUs shall be merged into a
				new MPS Group: Baldwin Units 1, 2, and 3; Coffeen Units 1 and 2; Duck Creek
				Unit 1; E.D. Edwards Units 2 and 3; Havana Unit 9; Hennepin Units 1 and 2;
				Joppa Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; and Newton Unit 1. If one or more of the
				above EGUs are transferred to a different owner, such EGU or EGUs will become a
				separate MPS Group on and after the date of transfer. For purposes of this
				Section, "transfer" means sale, conveyance, transfer, or other change in
				ownership of an EGU; and
B) No
				other EGUs except for those listed in subsection (a)(4)(A) are subject to the
				requirements of this Section.
5) When an EGU is subject to the requirements
				of this Section, the requirements apply to all owners or operators of the
				EGU.