New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 27 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › Subchapter 19 - CONTROL AND PROHIBITION OF AIR POLLUTION FROM OXIDES OF NITROGEN › Section 7:27-19.4 - Boilers serving electric generating units

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The owner or operator of any boiler serving an electric generating unit shall cause it to emit NOx at a rate no greater than the applicable maximum allowable NOx emission rate specified in Tables 1, 2 and 3 below, as applicable, unless the owner or operator is complying with 7:27-19.3(f)  or unless otherwise specified in an enforceable agreement with the Department. Table 1 is operative through December 14, 2012. Table 2 is operative starting December 15, 2012 through April 30, 2015, except that a coal-fired boiler serving an electric generating unit may be eligible for up to a one-year extension of the December 15, 2012 compliance date pursuant to (f) below. Table 3 is operative on and after May 1, 2015. A boiler serving an electric generating unit is also subject to the state-of-the-art requirements at 7:27-8.12 and 22.35, lowest achievable emission rate requirements at N.J.A.C. 7:27-18, and best available control technology requirements at 40 CFR 52.21, incorporated herein by reference, as applicable.
TABLE 1
(Operative through December 14, 2012)Maximum Allowable NO[x]
Emission Rates forBoilers Serving Electric Generating Units(pounds per
million BTU)
Firing
Method
Fuel
/
Boiler
Tangential
Face
Cyclone
Type
Coal -Wet Bottom
1.0
1.0
0.60
Coal - Dry Bottom
0.38
0.45
0.55
Oil and/or Gas
0.20
0.28
0.43
Gas Only
0.20
0.20
0.43
TABLE 2
(Operative from December 15, 2012 through April 30, 2015)Maximum
Allowable NO[x] Emission Rates forBoilers Serving Electric Generating
Units(pounds per megawatt hour)
Firing
Method
Boiler
Type
Tangential
Face
Cyclone
Coal
1.50
1.50
1.50
Oil and/or Gas
2.00
2.80
4.30
Gas only
2.00
2.00
4.30
TABLE 3
(Operative on and after May 1, 2015) Maximum Allowable NO[x]
Emission Rates forBoilers Serving Electric Generating Units(pounds per
megawatt hour)
Fuel
Coal
1.50
Heavier than No. 2 fuel oil
2.00
No. 2 and lighter fuel oil
1.00
Gas only
1.00
(b) The owner or operator of any boiler serving an electric generating unit shall install on the boiler a continuous emissions monitoring system satisfying the requirements of 7:27-19.18.
(c) The owner or operator of any boiler serving an electric generating unit shall adjust the boiler's combustion process before May 1st of each calendar year in accordance with 7:27-19.16, except the adjustment may occur within seven days of the first period of operation after May 1, if the boiler has not operated between January 1 and May 1 of that year.
(d) The owner or operator of a boiler serving an electric generating unit shall demonstrate compliance with its applicable maximum allowable NO[x] emission rate in Table 2 or 3 as follows:
1. Using the methods at 7:27-19.15(a), any coal-fired boiler that is subject to an emission rate at Table 2 above shall demonstrate compliance with the maximum allowable NO[x] emission rate in Table 2 either by June 15, 2013 or, if the boiler or control apparatus is altered to meet the Table 2 emission rate, by the date determined by 7:27-19.15(c), whichever date is earlier, and thereafter according to the schedule in the approved permit, except that a coal-fired boiler may be eligible for up to a one-year extension of the June 15, 2013 compliance demonstration date pursuant to (f) below; and
2. Using the methods at 7:27-19.15(a), any boiler that combusts any fuel other than coal and that is subject to an emission rate at Table 3 above shall demonstrate compliance with the applicable maximum allowable NO[x] emission rate in Table 3 by November 1, 2015 or, if the boiler or control apparatus is altered to meet the applicable Table 3 emission rate, by the date determined by 7:27-19.15(c), whichever date is earlier, and thereafter according to the schedule in the approved permit.