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 7:27-19.6 - Emissions averaging

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The Department may authorize an owner or operator to comply with an averaging plan approved by the Department pursuant to this section and 7:27-19.14. An owner or operator in compliance with such an approved averaging plan is not required to have each averaging unit comply with any emission limit set forth in this subchapter which would be applicable in the absence of an approved averaging plan.
(b) An owner or operator of two or more source operations or items of equipment may request that the Department authorize an averaging plan for two or more averaging units designated by the owner or operator. The owner or operator seeking authorization for averaging shall submit a written application to the Department in accordance with 7:27-19.14(a), (b) and (c). The owner or operator shall include the following information in the application:
1. Information sufficient to identify each averaging unit, including its location, a brief description of the unit (for example, "dry-bottom coal-fired boiler serving an electric generating unit" or "oil-fired simple-cycle combustion turbine"), its permit number, any other identifying numbers, and any other information necessary to distinguish it from other equipment owned or operated by the applicant;
2. The maximum gross heat input rate of each averaging unit, expressed in BTUs per hour;
3. The type of fuel or fuels combusted in each averaging unit;
4. The maximum allowable NO[x] emission rate which the owner or operator proposes to impose upon each averaging unit, expressed in pounds per million BTU;
5. The peak daily heat input rate of each averaging unit or of the designated set, expressed in MMBTU;
6. A demonstration that in operating at the peak daily heat input rate of all the averaging units together or of the designated set would satisfy the following equation: TPEE [LESS THAN]/= TPAE
where:
i. TPEE means total peak estimated emissions and is equal to the sum of the peak estimated emissions for each averaging unit or the peak estimated emission of the designated set. The peak estimated emissions for each averaging unit equals the maximum emission rate listed in (b)4 above for that averaging unit, multiplied by the peak daily heat input rate listed in (b)5 above for that averaging unit. The peak estimated emissions of the designated set equals the sum of the maximum emission rates listed in (b)4 above for each averaging unit multiplied by the daily heat input rate to that averaging unit at the time of the peak daily heat input rate to the designated set as listed in (b)5 above; and
ii. TPAE means total peak allowable emissions, and is equal to the sum of the total peak allowable emissions for each averaging unit or the peak allowable emissions of the designated set. The peak allowable emissions for each averaging unit equals the applicable NO[x] emission limit set forth in 7:27-19.4, 19.5, 19.7, 19.8, 19.9, 19.10 or 19.20 for that averaging unit, multiplied by the peak daily heat input rate listed in (b)5 above for that averaging unit. The TPAE of the designated set means the applicable NO[x] emission limit for each averaging unit multiplied by the heat input rate to that averaging unit at the time of the peak daily heat input rate to the designated set. For an averaging unit that is included in a seasonal fuel switching plan under 7:27-19.20, the applicable NO[x] emission limit from May 1 through September 30 is the limit established under 7:27-19.20(d)  or 19.20(g)3 as applicable, and the applicable NO[x] emission limit from October 1 through April 30 is the limit established under 7:27-19.20(g)4;
7. The method to be used to measure the actual NO[x] emission rate of each averaging unit;
8. The name and phone number of the individual responsible for the recordkeeping required under (g) below; and
9. Any other information which the Department requests, which is reasonably necessary to enable it to determine whether the averaging units designated by the owner or operator will comply with the requirements of this section.