New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter III - AIR RESOURCES › Subchapter A - PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIR CONTAMINATION AND AIR POLLUTION › Part 202 - Emissions Verification › Subpart 202-2 - Emission Statements › Section 202-2.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) For the purpose
					 of this Subpart, the general definitions of Parts 200 and 201 of this Title
					 apply:
(b) The following
					 definitions govern the provisions of this Subpart:
(1) 'Actual annual emissions.' The actual (or
					 estimated) emissions of a regulated air contaminant after control equipment has
					 been applied, including fugitive emissions and emissions during startups,
					 shutdowns, and malfunction conditions which occurred during the calendar year
					 being reported. Actual annual emissions are based on actual operating
					 conditions for the calendar year (i.e., actual fuel usage, actual material
					 usage, actual operating rate) and are determined using one of the methods
					 listed in section
					 202-2.4(d) 
					 of this Subpart.
(2) 'Annual
					 process rate.' An actual (or estimated) measurable parameter or quantity per
					 calendar year that directly or indirectly relates to the emissions of an air
					 contaminant source. Depending on the type of emission source, measurable
					 quantity or parameter may refer to the amount of fuel combusted, raw material
					 processed, product manufactured, or material handled or processed. The
					 measurable quantity or parameter is typically the value that is multiplied by
					 an emission factor to generate an emission estimate.
(3) 'Annual reportable emissions.' The actual
					 annual emissions of a facility subject to this Subpart. In addition, every
					 three years annual reportable emissions shall include the actual annual
					 emissions of exempt emission sources as defined in section
					 201-3.2  of this
					 Title. Emissions from exempt sources are required to be reported every three
					 years as part of the periodic emission inventory as set forth in section
					 202-2.3(e) 
					 of this Subpart.
(4) 'Chemical
					 abstracts service registry number.' A CAS (chemical abstracts service) registry
					 number is a unique numeric identifier which designates only one substance and
					 has no chemical significance other than to link information about a specific
					 chemical substance.
(5) 'Chemical
					 family code.' A chemical family code is defined as the numerical code
					 associated with a specific chemical family as determined in the following
					 table:
Chemical Family Code
1.
Particulates (PART)
2.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
3.
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)
4.
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
5.
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
6.
Other
7.
PM-10
8.
Particulates and Hazardous Air Pollutant
									 (HAP)
9.
VOC and HAP
10.
HAP Only
11.
PM2.5
12.
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
13.
Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
(6) 'Control equipment type.' The type of
					 control equipment used by a facility to regulate air emissions. The control
					 equipment description reported on the emissions statement shall be consistent
					 with the appropriate description contained in a list provided by the department
					 for emission statement reporting purposes.
(7) 'Control efficiency.' The effectiveness
					 of air pollution control equipment expressed as the percentage of the actual
					 total emissions of an air contaminant prevented by the air pollution control
					 equipment from being emitted into the outdoor atmosphere. Control efficiency is
					 calculated by dividing the weight of such air contaminant collected, removed,
					 or rendered less noxious (during a specific unit of time) by the control
					 equipment, including equipment downtime and maintenance degradation, by the
					 uncontrolled emission rate (based on an equal unit of time) of the contaminant,
					 and multiplying by 100 percent.
(8)
					 'Design capacity.' A measure of the size of a point source, based on the
					 reported maximum continuous capacity of the emission generating
					 equipment.
(9) 'Emission factor.'
					 An average value which relates the quantity of an air contaminant released to
					 the atmosphere as a result of an associated activity or material throughput
					 level, usually expressed as the weight of an air contaminant divided by a unit
					 weight, volume, distance or duration of the activity that emits the air
					 contaminant (e.g., pounds of particulate matter emitted per ton of coal
					 combusted).
(10) 'Emissions method
					 code.' The code which identifies how emissions were determined for emission
					 statement reporting purposes. Emissions must be calculated using the methods
					 described by these codes.
(11)
					 'Exit gas flow rate.' Numerical value of stack gas flow rate
					 (mass/time).
(12) 'Exit gas
					 temperature.' Numerical value of stack gas temperature (oC or oF).
(13) 'Exit gas velocity.' Numerical value of
					 stack gas velocity (distance/time).
(14) 'Material balance.' The process of
					 determining emissions by comparing the material inputs of a process with the
					 amount of material outputs of the process. For example, a certain chemical of a
					 known quantity used in a process may be emitted to the atmosphere, retained in
					 the product, destroyed in the process, or physically removed for reprocessing
					 or disposal.
(15) 'Maximum
					 nameplate capacity.' A measure of a unit's size which the manufacturer includes
					 on the unit's nameplate.
(16)
					 'NAICS.' North American Industry Classification System. NAICS is a
					 classification of business establishments by economic activity. It was adopted
					 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States on January 1, 1997, to replace the
					 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.
(17) 'Peak carbon monoxide season.' The
					 months of January, February and December in a given calendar year.
(18) 'Peak ozone season.' The period from
					 June 1st through August 31st, inclusive in a given calendar year.
(19) 'Percent annual throughput.' The percent
					 of the total yearly operation of a process which occurs during each of the
					 following periods: January, February, and December; March through May; June
					 through August; and September through November.
(20) 'SCC.' Source Classification Code. A
					 process-level code that describes the equipment and/or operation which is
					 emitting pollutants.
(21) 'Stack
					 diameter.' The inside diameter or cross section at the exit of a stack or vent,
					 expressed to the nearest inch.
(22)
					 'Stack height.' The height of the stack measured from ground level to the top
					 of the stack or vent, expressed to the nearest foot.
(23) 'Start time (hour).' The hour of the day
					 that the process equipment begins operation. This is the starting time used to
					 calculate emission estimates for that equipment.
(24) 'Work weekday.' Any day of the week
					 excluding Saturday or and Sunday.