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North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2300 - BANKING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS › Section 02D .2301 - PURPOSE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
This Section provides for the creation, banking, transfer,
					 and use of emission reduction credits for:
(1) nitrogen oxides (NOx);
(2) volatile organic compounds
				  (VOC);
(3) sulfur dioxide
				  (SO2);
(4) fine particulate
				  (PM2.5); and
(5) ammonia (NH3);
for offsets pursuant to
					 15A NCAC
					 02D .0531, Sources in Nonattainment
					 Area.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.107(a)(12);
Eff. December 1, 2005;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2300 - BANKING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS › Section 02D .2303 - APPLICABILITY AND ELIGIBILITY

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(a)
				  Applicability. Any facility that has the potential to emit nitrogen oxides,
				  volatile organic compounds, sulfur dioxide, ammonia, or fine particulate
				  (PM2.5) in amounts greater than 25 tons per year and that is in a federally
				  designated ozone or fine particulate (PM2.5) nonattainment area in North
				  Carolina is eligible to create and bank nitrogen oxides, volatile organic
				  compounds, sulfur dioxide, ammonia, or fine particulate (PM2.5) emission
				  reduction credits.
(b) Eligibility
				  of emission reductions.
(1) To be approved by
				  the Director as an emission reduction credit, a reduction in emissions shall be
				  real, permanent, quantifiable, enforceable, and surplus and shall have
				  occurred:
(A) for ozone after December 31,
				  2002 for areas previously designated nonattainment according to the 1997 8-hour
				  ozone standard, including the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC nonattainment
				  area, the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill nonattainment area, the Rocky Mount
				  nonattainment area, and the Haywood and Swain Counties (Great Smoky Mountains
				  National Park) nonattainment area, and after December 31, 2000 for all other
				  nonattainment areas.
(B) for fine
				  particulate (PM2.5) after December 31, 2002 for the areas previously designated
				  nonattainment according to the 1997 PM2.5 standard, including the former
				  Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC and Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC
				  nonattainment areas.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2300 - BANKING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS › Section 02D .2304 - QUALIFICATION OF EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS

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For purposes of calculating the amount of emission
					 reduction that can be quantified as an emission reduction credit, the following
					 procedures shall be followed:
(1) The
				  source's average actual annual emissions before the emission reduction shall be
				  calculated in tons per year. In calculating average actual annual emissions
				  before the emission reduction, data from the 24-month period immediately
				  preceding the reduction in emissions shall be used. The Director may allow the
				  use of a different time period, not to exceed seven years immediately preceding
				  the reduction in emissions, if the owner or operator of the source documents
				  that such period is more representative of normal source operation.
(2) The emission reduction credit generated
				  by the emission reduction shall be calculated by subtracting the allowable
				  annual emissions rate following the reduction from the average actual annual
				  emissions prior to the reduction.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.107(a)(12);
Eff. December 1, 2005;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2300 - BANKING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS › Section 02D .2305 - CREATING AND BANKING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS

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(a)
				  The owner or operator of a source seeking to create and bank emission reduction
				  credits shall submit, under signature of the responsible official as defined in
				  15A NCAC
				  02Q .0303, the following information, which
				  shall be on an application form provided by the Division:
(1) the company name, contact person and
				  telephone number, and street address of the source seeking the emission
				  reduction credit;
(2) a description
				  of the type of source where the proposed emission reduction occurred or will
				  occur;
(3) a detailed description
				  of the method or methods to be employed to create the emission
				  reduction;
(4) the date that the
				  emission reduction occurred or will occur;
(5) quantification of the emission reduction
				  credit as described in
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .2304;
(6) a demonstration that the proposed method
				  for ensuring the reductions are permanent and enforceable, including any
				  necessary application to amend the facility's air permit or, for a shutdown of
				  an entire facility, a request for permit rescission;
(7) whether any portion of the reduction in
				  emissions to be used to create the emission reduction credit has previously
				  been used to avoid the requirements of
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .0530 Prevention of Significant
				  Deterioration or .0531 Nonattainment Major New Source Review through a netting
				  demonstration;
(8) other
				  information necessary to demonstrate that the reduction in emissions is real,
				  permanent, quantifiable, enforceable, and surplus; and
(9) a complete permit application if the
				  permit needs to be modified to create or enforce the emission reduction
				  credit.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2300 - BANKING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS › Section 02D .2306 - DURATION OF EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS

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Banked emission reduction credits shall be permanent until
					 withdrawn by the owner or operator, or by the Director pursuant to
					 15A NCAC
					 02D .2310.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.107(a)(12);
Eff. December 1, 2005;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2300 - BANKING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS › Section 02D .2307 - USE OF EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				  The owner or operator holding emission reduction credits may withdraw the
				  emission reduction credits and may use them in any manner consistent with this
				  Section.
(b) An emission reduction
				  credit may be withdrawn only by the owner of record or the Director pursuant to
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .2310 and may be withdrawn in whole or in
				  part. In the case of a partial withdrawal, the Director shall issue a revised
				  certificate of emission reduction credit to the owner of record reflecting the
				  new amount of the credit and shall revoke the original certificate.
(c) Emission reduction credits may be used
				  for the following purposes:
(1) as offsets or
				  netting demonstrations required by
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .0531 for a major new source or a major
				  modification to an existing major source of:
(A) nitrogen oxides or volatile organic
				  compounds in a federally designated ozone nonattainment area, or
(B) fine particulate (PM2.5) in a federally
				  designated PM2.5 nonattainment area; or
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2300 - BANKING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS › Section 02D .2308 - CERTIFICATES AND REGISTRY

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(a)
				  Certificates of emission reduction credit issued by the Director shall contain
				  the following information:
(1) the pollutant
				  reduced (nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, sulfur dioxide, ammonia,
				  fine particulate);
(2) the amount
				  of the credit in tons per year;
(3)
				  the date the reduction occurred;
(4) company name, the street address, and
				  county of the source where the reduction occurred; and
(5) the date of issuance of the
				  certificate.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2300 - BANKING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS › Section 02D .2309 - TRANSFERRING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS

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(a) If
				  the owner of a certificate of emission reduction credit transfers the
				  certificate to a new owner, the Director shall issue a certificate of emission
				  reduction credit to the new owner and shall revoke the certificate held by the
				  current owner of record.
(b) If the
				  owner of a certificate of emission reduction credit transfers part of the
				  emission reduction credits represented by the certificate to a new owner, the
				  Director shall issue a certificate of emission reduction credit to the new
				  owner reflecting the transferred amount and shall issue a certificate of
				  emission reduction credit to the current owner of record reflecting the amount
				  of emission reduction credit remaining after the transfer. The Director shall
				  revoke the original certificate of emission reduction credit.
(c) For any transferred emission reduction
				  credits, the creator of the emission reduction credit shall comply with the
				  conditions in the appropriate permit that assure permanency of the emission
				  reduction. The user of any transferred emission reduction credits shall not be
				  held liable for any failure of the creator to comply with its permit.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.107(a)(12);
Eff. December 1, 2005;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2300 - BANKING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS › Section 02D .2310 - REVOCATION AND CHANGES OF EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS

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(a) The Director may withdraw emission
				  reduction credits if the emission reduction credits:
(1) have already been used;
(2) are incorrectly calculated; or
(3) achieved emission reductions that are
				  less than those claimed in the certificate of emission reduction
				  credit.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2300 - BANKING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS › Section 02D .2311 - MONITORING

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The owner or operator of a source whose emissions are being
					 reduced to create an emission reduction credit shall verify the reduction in
					 emissions with a source test, continuous emission monitoring, or other methods
					 that measure the actual emissions as defined in
					 15A NCAC
					 02Q .0202, or may require the use of
					 parametric monitoring to show that the source or its control device is being
					 operated in the manner that it is designed or is permitted.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(12);
Eff. December 1, 2005;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2400 - CLEAN AIR INTERSTATE RULES › Section 02D .2401-.2413 - EXPIRED

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5),(10);
					 143-215.108;
Eff.
					 July 1, 2006;
Amended Eff. May 1, 2008;
Expired Eff.
					 February 1, 2016 pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2500 - MERCURY RULES FOR ELECTRIC GENERATORS › Section 02D .2501-.2511 - EXPIRED

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5),(10);
					 143-215.107D;
					 143-215.108;
Eff.
					 January 1, 2007;
Expired Eff. February 1, 2016 pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-23.3A.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2601 - PURPOSE AND SCOPE

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(a) The purpose of
				  this Section is to assure consistent application of testing methods and
				  methodologies to demonstrate compliance with emission standards.
(b) This Section shall apply to all air
				  pollution sources.
(c) Emission
				  compliance testing shall comply with the procedures of this Section, except as
				  otherwise required by:
(1) 40 CFR Part 60, New
				  Source Performance Standards in
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .0524;
(2) 40 CFR Part 61, National Emission
				  Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants in
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .1110; or
(3) 40 CFR Part 63, Maximum Achievable
				  Control Technology requirements in
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .1111.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2602 - GENERAL PROVISIONS ON TEST METHODS AND PROCEDURES

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(a)
				  The owner or operator of a source shall perform all required tests at his or
				  her own expense.
(b) The owner or
				  operator of an air pollution source shall arrange for air emission testing
				  protocols to be provided to the Director prior to air pollution testing. The
				  testing protocol, using the requirements in
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .2603, shall not be required to be
				  pre-approved by the Director prior to air pollution testing. If requested by
				  the owner or operator at least 45 days before conducting the test, the Director
				  shall review air emission testing protocols for pre-approval prior to
				  testing.
(c) Any person proposing
				  to conduct an emissions test to demonstrate compliance with an applicable
				  standard shall notify the Director at least 15 days before beginning the
				  test.
(d) The owner and operator of
				  the source shall provide:
(1) sampling ports,
				  pipes, lines, or appurtenances for the collection of samples and data required
				  by the test procedure;
(2)
				  scaffolding and safe access to the sample and data collection locations in
				  compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations;
				  and
(3) light, electricity, and
				  other utilities required for sample and data collection.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2603 - TESTING PROTOCOL

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(a) Testing
				  protocols shall include:
(1) the facility and
				  testing company contact information, including a mailing address, email, and
				  phone number;
(2) the air permit
				  number and revision including permitted source name and ID number;
(3) an introduction explaining the purpose of
				  the proposed test, including identifying the regulations and permit
				  requirements for which compliance is being demonstrated and the allowable
				  emission limits;
(4) a description
				  of the facility and the source to be tested;
(5) a description of the test procedures,
				  including sampling equipment, analytical procedures, sampling locations,
				  reporting and data reduction requirements, and internal quality assurance and
				  quality control activities;
(6)
				  source test audit requirements applicable to the proposed test
				  methods;
(7) all modifications made
				  to the test methods referenced in the protocol;
(8) the permitted maximum process rate,
				  maximum normal operation process rate, and the proposed target process rate
				  during testing;
(9) a description
				  of how production or process data will be documented during testing;
				  and
(10) the proposed test
				  schedule.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2604 - NUMBER OF TEST POINTS

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(a) Method 1 of
				  Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60 shall be used to select a suitable site and the
				  appropriate number of test points for the following situations:
(1) particulate testing;
(2) volatile organic compounds
				  testing;
(3) velocity and volume
				  flow rate measurements;
(4) testing
				  for acid mist or other pollutants occurring in liquid droplet form;
(5) sampling for which velocity and volume
				  flow rate measurements are necessary for computing final test results;
				  or
(6) isokinetic
				  sampling.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2605 - VELOCITY AND VOLUME FLOW RATE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Method 2 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60 shall be applied
					 as written and used concurrently with any test method requiring velocity and
					 volume flow rate measurements.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. June 1, 2008;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2606 - MOLECULAR WEIGHT

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(a) Except as
				  allowed by Paragraph (b) of this Rule, Method 3 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60
				  shall be applied as written and used concurrently with any test method if
				  necessary to determine the molecular weight of the gas being sampled by
				  determining the fraction of carbon dioxide, oxygen, carbon monoxide, and
				  nitrogen.
(b) The grab sample
				  technique may be substituted using instruments such as Bacharach FyriteT, with
				  the following restrictions:
(1) Instruments
				  such as the Bacharach FyriteT shall only be used for the measurement of carbon
				  dioxide.
(2) Gas samples shall be
				  taken during the emission test run to account for variations in the carbon
				  dioxide concentration. At least four samples shall be taken during a one-hour
				  test run.
(3) The total
				  concentration of gases other than carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen shall be
				  less than one percent.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2607 - DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE CONTENT

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Method 4 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60 shall be applied
					 as written and used concurrently with any test method requiring determination
					 of gas moisture content.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. June 1, 2008;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2608 - NUMBER OF RUNS AND COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION

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Each test, excluding fuel sample tests, shall consist of
					 three consecutive runs of the applicable test method at the same operating
					 condition. If other operating conditions or scenarios are to be tested, then
					 three consecutive runs shall be performed for each of these operating
					 conditions or scenarios. For determining compliance with an applicable emission
					 standard, the average of the results of all repetitions shall apply. On a
					 case-by-case basis, compliance may be determined using the arithmetic average
					 of two run results if the Director determines that an unavoidable and
					 unforeseeable event happened beyond the owner's, operator's, or tester's
					 control and that a third run could not be completed.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. June 1, 2008;
Readopted Eff. November 1, 2019;
Amended Eff. October 1, 2022.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2609 - PARTICULATE TESTING METHODS

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(a)
				  Except as allowed by Paragraph (b) of this Rule, Method 5 of Appendix A to 40
				  CFR Part 60 and Method 202 of Appendix M to 40 CFR Part 51 shall be used to
				  demonstrate compliance with particulate emission standards. The owner or
				  operator may request an exemption from using Method 202 and the Director shall
				  approve the exemption if the Director determines the demonstration of
				  compliance with an applicable emission standard is unlikely to change with or
				  without the Method 202 results included.
(b) Method 17 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60
				  may be used instead of Method 5 if:
(1) the
				  stack gas temperature does not exceed 320º F;
(2) particulate matter concentrations are
				  known to be independent of temperature over the normal range of temperatures
				  characteristic of emissions from a specified source category; and
(3) the stack does not contain liquid
				  droplets or is not saturated with water vapor.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2610 - OPACITY

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(a) Method 9 of
				  Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60 shall be used to show compliance with opacity
				  standards if opacity is determined by visual observation.
(b) Method 22 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60
				  shall be used to determine compliance with opacity standards if these standards
				  are based upon the frequency of fugitive emissions that are visible during the
				  observation period specified in the applicable rule or by permit
				  condition.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. June 1, 2008;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2611 - SULFUR DIOXIDE TESTING METHODS

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(a) If
				  compliance with a sulfur dioxide emission standard is to be demonstrated for a
				  combustion source through stack sampling, the procedures described in Method 6
				  or Method 6C to Appendix A of 40 CFR Part 60 shall be used as follows:
(1) If Method 6 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part
				  60 is used to determine compliance, compliance shall be determined by averaging
				  six 20-minute runs without more than 20 minutes elapsing between any two
				  consecutive runs.
(2) If Method 6C
				  of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60 is used to determine compliance, the sampling
				  shall be performed continuously during each run.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2612 - NITROGEN OXIDE TESTING METHODS

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(a)
				  Combustion sources not required to use continuous emissions monitoring to
				  demonstrate compliance with nitrogen oxide emission standards shall demonstrate
				  compliance with nitrogen oxide emission standards using Method 7 or Method 7E
				  of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60.
(b) Method 20 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60
				  shall be used to demonstrate compliance with nitrogen oxide emissions standards
				  for stationary gas turbines.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. June 1, 2008;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2613 - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND TESTING METHODS

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(a)
				  For surface coating material, such as paint, varnish, stain, and lacquer, the
				  volatile matter content, water content, density, volume of solids, and weight
				  of solids shall be determined by Method 24 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part
				  60.
(b) For printing inks and
				  related coatings, the volatile matter and density shall be determined by Method
				  24A of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60.
(c) For solvent metal cleaning equipment as
				  defined in
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .0930, the following procedure shall be
				  followed to perform a material balance test:
(1) clean the degreaser sump before
				  testing;
(2) record the amount of
				  solvent added to the tank with a flow meter;
(3) record the weight and type of workload
				  degreased each day;
(4) at the end
				  of the test run, pump out the used solvent and measure the amount with a flow
				  meter. In addition, estimate the volume of metal chips and other material
				  remaining in the emptied sump;
(5)
				  bottle a sample of the used solvent and analyze it to find the percent that is
				  oil and other contaminants. The oil and solvent proportions may be estimated by
				  weighing samples of used solvent before and after boiling off the solvent;
				  and
(6) compute the volume of oils
				  in the used solvent. The volume of solvent displaced by this oil plus the
				  volume of makeup solvent added during operations equals the solvent
				  emissions.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2614 - DETERMINATION OF VOC EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM EFFICIENCY

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(a) This Rule shall apply to any test method
				  used to determine the capture or control efficiency of any device or system
				  designed, installed, and operated for the purpose of reducing volatile organic
				  compound emissions.
(b) The control
				  efficiency of volatile organic compound emission control systems shall be
				  determined using the following procedures:
(1)
				  The volatile organic compound containing material shall be sampled and analyzed
				  using the procedures set forth in this Section.
(2) Samples of the gas stream containing
				  volatile organic compounds shall be taken simultaneously at the inlet and
				  outlet of the emissions control device.
(3) The efficiency of the control device
				  shall be expressed as a percent of the total combustible carbon content
				  reduction achieved.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2615 - DETERMINATION OF LEAK TIGHTNESS AND VAPOR LEAKS

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(a)
				  Leak Detection Procedures. One of the following test methods from the EPA
				  document "Control of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks from Gasoline Tank Trucks
				  and Vapor Collection System," EPA-450/2-78-051, published by the U.S.
				  Environmental Protection Agency, December 1978, shall be used to determine
				  compliance with
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .0932, Gasoline Cargo Tanks And Vapor
				  Collector Systems:
(1) The gasoline vapor
				  leak detection procedure by combustible gas detector described in Appendix B to
				  EPA-450/2-78-051 shall be used to determine leakage from gasoline cargo tanks
				  and vapor control systems.
(2) The
				  leak detection procedure for bottom-loaded cargo tanks by bag capture method
				  described in Appendix C to EPA-450/2-78-051 shall be used to determine the leak
				  tightness of cargo tanks during bottom loading.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2616 - FLUORIDES

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The procedures for determining compliance with fluoride
					 emissions standards shall be completed using:
(1) Method 13A or 13B of Appendix A to 40 CFR
				  Part 60 for determining total fluoride emissions from stacks;
(2) Method 14 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60
				  for determining total fluoride emissions from roof monitors not employing
				  stacks or pollutant collection systems; or
(3) Method 26 or Method 26A of Appendix A to
				  40 CFR Part 60 for determining hydrogen halide and halogen emissions.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. June 1, 2008;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2617 - TOTAL REDUCED SULFUR

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(a) Method 16 of
				  Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60 or Method 16A of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60
				  shall be used to determine emission rates and compliance with total reduced
				  sulfur emission standards.
(b)
				  Method 15 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60 may be used as an alternative method
				  to determine total reduced sulfur emissions from tail gas control units of
				  sulfur recovery plants, hydrogen sulfide in fuel gas for fuel gas combustion
				  devices, and if specified in other applicable federal subparts.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. June 1, 2008;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2618 - MERCURY

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The procedures for determining compliance with mercury
					 emission standards shall be performed using one of the following
					 methods:
(1) Method 29 of Appendix A
				  to 40 CFR Part 60;
(2) Method 30A
				  of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60;
(3) Method 30B of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part
				  60;
(4) Method 101 of Appendix B to
				  40 CFR Part 61;
(5) Method 101A of
				  Appendix B to 40 CFR Part 61; or
(6) Method 102 of Appendix B to 40 CFR Part
				  61.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. June 1, 2008;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2619 - ARSENIC, BERYLLIUM, CADMIUM, HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM

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(a)
				  Method 29 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60 shall be used to show compliance for
				  arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium metals emission
				  standards.
(b) SW-846 Test Method
				  3060 shall be used to differentiate hexavalent chromium from total chromium.
				  EPA publication SW-846, "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste,
				  Physical/Chemical Methods," is incorporated by reference including subsequent
				  amendments or editions. A copy of chapters, methods, and supporting documents
				  for SW-846 may be obtained free of charge via the Internet from the EPA website
				  at
http://www.epa.gov/hw-sw846/sw-846-compendium
.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. June 1, 2008;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2620 - DIOXINS AND FURANS

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Method 23 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60 shall be used to
					 determine emission rates and compliance with polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins
					 and polychlorinated dibenzofurans emission standards.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. June 1, 2008;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .2600 - SOURCE TESTING › Section 02D .2621 - DETERMINATION OF POLLUTANT EMISSIONS USING THE F FACTOR

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(a) Emissions for wood or fuel burning
				  sources expressed in units of pounds per million Btu shall be determined by the
				  "Oxygen-Based F Factor Procedure" described in Section 12.2.1 of Method 19 of
				  Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60. Other procedures described in Method 19 may be
				  used if appropriate.
(b) A
				  continuous oxygen (O2) or carbon dioxide
				  (CO2) analyzer meeting the requirements of Method 3A of
				  Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 60 may be used if the average of all values during
				  the run are used to determine the average O2 or
				  CO2 concentrations.
(c) If the continuous monitor method in
				  Paragraph (b) of this Rule is not used, an integrated bag sample shall be taken
				  for the duration of each test run. For simultaneous testing of multiple ducts,
				  there shall be a separate bag sample for each sampling train. Each bag sample
				  shall be analyzed with an Orsat analyzer by Method 3 of Appendix A to 40 CFR
				  Part 60. The specifications stated in Method 3 for the construction and
				  operation of the bag sampling apparatus shall be followed.
(d) The Director shall review the use of
				  alternative methods according to
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .2601(e) and shall
				  approve them if they meet the requirements of Method 3 of Appendix A to 40 CFR
				  Part 60.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.65;
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. June 1, 2008;
Readopted Eff. November 1,
					 2019.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 02E .0101 - REPEALED - AUTHORITY

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.12;
					 143-215.14;
Eff.
					 February 1, 1976;
Repealed Eff. March 1,
					 1985.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 02E .0102-.0103

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.12;
					 143-215.14;
Eff.
					 February 1, 1976;
Repealed Eff. August 1,
					 2002.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 02E .0104 - REPEALED - WATER MANAGEMENT MEASURES

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.14;
Eff. February 1,
					 1976;
Repealed Eff. March 1,
					 1985.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 02E .0105 - REPEALED - WATER WITHDRAWAL AND USE IN YADKIN RIVER BASIN

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.13;
					 143-215.20;
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
Eff. February 17, 1977;
Amended Eff. January 1, 1979;
Repealed Eff. March 1, 1985.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 02E .0106 - DEFINITIONS

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In addition to the definitions set forth in
					 G.S.
					 143-215.21, the following definitions shall
					 apply to this Subchapter:
(1)
				  "Director" means the Director of the Division of Water Resources.
(2) "Division" means the Division of Water
				  Resources.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 87-87;
					 143-215.14;
					 143-215.21;
Eff.
					 March 1, 1985;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2002;
Readopted
					 Eff. January 1, 2022.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 02E .0107 - DELEGATION

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(a) The Director is
				  delegated the authority to grant, modify, revoke or deny permits under
				  G.S.
				  143-215.15 and
				  G.S.
				  143-215.16.
(b) The Director may delegate any permitting
				  function given by the Rules of this Subchapter.
(c) The Director is delegated the authority
				  to assess civil penalties and request the Attorney General to institute civil
				  actions under
				  G.S.
				  143-215.17.
(d) The Director is delegated the authority
				  to process applications and collect fees for registration of water withdrawals
				  and transfers under
				  G.S.
				  143-215.22H and G.S. 143-
				  215.3(a)(1b).
(e) The Director may
				  delegate any water withdrawal or transfer registration processing functions
				  given by the Rules of this Subchapter.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.3(a)(4);
Eff. March 1, 1985;
Temporary Amendment Eff. October 14, 1991 for a
					 Period of 180 Days to Expire on April 11, 1992;
Amended Eff. August
					 1, 2002; September 1, 1994; April 1, 1992;
Readopted Eff. January
					 1, 2022.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0200 - CAPACITY USE AREA NO. 1 › Section 02E .0201-.0202

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.13;
					 143-215.14;
					 143-215.15;
Eff.
					 February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. March 1, 1985;
Repealed
					 Eff. August 1, 2002.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0200 - CAPACITY USE AREA NO. 1 › Section 02E .0203-0204

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.1;
					 143-215.14;
					 143-215.15;
Eff.
					 February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. January 1, 1979; November 1,
					 1978;
Repealed Eff. March 1,
					 1985.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0200 - CAPACITY USE AREA NO. 1 › Section 02E .0205 - REPEALED - ACTIVITIES

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.14;
					 143-215.20;
Eff.
					 February 1, 1976;
Repealed Eff. August 1,
					 2002.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0200 - CAPACITY USE AREA NO. 1 › Section 02E .0206-0208

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.14;
					 143-215.15;
Eff.
					 February 1, 1976;
Repealed Eff. March 1,
					 1985.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0300 - REGISTRATION OF WATER WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS › Section 02E .0301 - APPLICATION; PROCESSING FEES

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(a)
				  Any person subject to
				  G.S.
				  143-215.22H, shall complete, sign, and submit
				  an application for registration, on a form provided by the Department, to the
				  Director of the Division of Water Resources. The registration application and
				  registration processing fee as set forth in Paragraph (b) of this Rule shall be
				  mailed to the Division of Water Resources, North Carolina Department of
				  Environmental Quality. The mailing address shall be provided by Division of
				  Water Resources.
(b) Except as
				  otherwise provided in this Rule, a non-refundable registration processing fee
				  in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid when the registration
				  application form is submitted.
(1) No
				  registration application form is complete until the registration processing fee
				  is paid.
(2) The penalty pursuant
				  to G.S.
				  143-215.22H(e) shall stop
				  accruing on the date of receipt of the completed registration application by
				  the Division of Water Resources.
(3) Payment of the registration processing
				  fee may be by check or money order made payable to the "N.C. Department of
				  Environmental Quality." The check or money order shall refer to the water
				  withdrawal or transfer registration application.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0400 - REGULATION OF SURFACE WATER TRANSFER › Section 02E .0401 - PURPOSE

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The purpose of the rules in this Section is to implement
					 the provisions of
					 G.S.
					 143-215.22L.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.22L;
					 143B-282(a)(2);
Eff. September 1, 1994;
Readopted Eff. March 1,
					 2023.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0400 - REGULATION OF SURFACE WATER TRANSFER › Section 02E .0402 - DEFINITIONS

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The following definitions apply to this Section.
(1) "Co-applicant" means an entity other than
				  the primary applicant identified on an Interbasin Transfer Certificate, issued
				  after 30 June 1993, as being eligible to send or receive transferred water,
				  often purchased from the primary applicant. A co-applicant is subject to all
				  the terms, conditions, limitations, benefits, and entitlements applicable to
				  the primary applicant.
(2)
				  "Commission" means the Environmental Management Commission.
(3) "Department" means the North Carolina
				  Department of Environmental Quality.
(4) "Division" means the Division of Water
				  Resources.
(5) "Emergency transfer"
				  means a temporary transfer of surface water meeting the requirements of, and
				  satisfying water demand needs, defined in
				  G.S.
				  143-215.22L(q), for
				  situations in which the public health, safety, or welfare requires a transfer
				  of water between river basins as defined in
				  G.S.
				  143-215.22G(1b).
(6) "Interbasin Transfer Certificate" or "IBT
				  Certificate" means an authorization issued by the Commission to transfer up to
				  a specified amount of water between two river basins as defined in
				  G.S.
				  143-215.22G(1b).
(7) "Large community water system" means a
				  community water system, as defined in
				  G.S.
				  130A-313(10), that regularly
				  serves 1,000 or more service connections or 3,000 or more
				  individuals.
(8) "Major river
				  basin" means the combination of the river basins, as defined in G.S
				  .143-215.22G(1b), sharing the numerical digits preceding the hyphen.
(9) "Preexisting transfer capacity" means the
				  existing water system transfer capacity prior to 1 July 1993, as defined in
				  G.S.
				  143-215.22L(b). The transfer
				  capacity of a water system is limited by its most restrictive system element:
				  potable water capacity, maximum transfer capacity of distribution system, or
				  discharge capacity in receiving basin.
(a)
				  Potable water (treatment and/or purchase) capacity is the sum of all surface
				  water inputs to the system, including water treatment plant capacity and
				  regular surface water contracts.
(b) Maximum transfer capacity of the
				  distribution network is the calculation of the physical ability of the
				  distribution system to transmit water across a basin boundary, based on pipe
				  sizing or pump systems.
(c)
				  Discharge capacity in the receiving basin is a combination of wastewater
				  discharges and consumptive losses.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter E - WATER USE REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION › Section .0400 - REGULATION OF SURFACE WATER TRANSFER › Section 02E .0403 - APPLICABILITY

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(a) The amount of a
				  transfer shall be calculated as a net total, determined by the amount of
				  surface water moved from the source river basin to the receiving basin, minus
				  any water returned to the source river basin.
(b) Notwithstanding the definition of "river
				  basin" in
				  G.S.
				  143-215.22G, the following are not transfers
				  that require issuance of an IBT Certificate:
(1) The discharge point is situated upstream
				  of the withdrawal point such that the water discharged will naturally flow past
				  the withdrawal point.
(2) The
				  discharge point is situated downstream of the withdrawal point such that water
				  flowing past the withdrawal point will naturally flow past the discharge
				  point.
(3) The withdrawal and
				  discharge points are located in the same water impoundment.