New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 11 - ALBUQUERQUE - BERNALILLO COUNTY AIR QUALITY CONTROL BOARD › Part 47 - EMISSIONS INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS › Section 20.11.47.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
In addition to the definitions in 20.11.47 NMAC, the
				  definitions in 20.11.1 NMAC apply unless there is a conflict between
				  definitions, in which case the definition in 20.11.47 NMAC shall govern.
A. "Actual emissions" means the quantified
				emissions of a regulated air pollutant from a stationary source for every
				12-month period. Valid continuous emission monitoring data or source test data
				shall be preferentially used to determine actual emissions. In the absence of
				valid continuous emissions monitoring data or source test data, the basis for
				determining actual emissions shall be quantified using actual operating hours,
				production rates, throughputs of process materials, throughputs of materials
				stored, usage of materials, data provided in manufacturer's product
				specifications, material volatile organic compound (VOC) content reports,
				laboratory analyses, or any other technically acceptable data as approved by
				the department in advance and in writing. All calculations of actual emissions
				shall use USEPA or department approved methods including emission factors and
				assumptions.
B. "Air pollution
				control equipment" means any device, equipment, process or combination thereof
				the operation of which would limit, capture, reduce, confine, or otherwise
				control regulated air pollutants or convert for the purposes of control any
				regulated air pollutant to another form, another chemical or another physical
				state.
C. Reserved
D. Reserved
E. "Commencement" or "commence" means that an
				owner or operator has undertaken a continuous program of construction or
				modification.
F. "Construction"
				means fabrication, erection, installation or relocation of a stationary source,
				including temporary installations and portable stationary sources.
G. "Emissions report" or "emissions
				inventory" means a listing, by source, of the amount of regulated air
				pollutants discharged into the atmosphere.
H. "Fuel carbon content" means the mass of
				carbon per unit of heat content of a fuel.
I. "Fugitive emissions" are those emissions
				that could not reasonably pass through a stack, chimney, vent, or other
				functionally-equivalent opening.
J.
				Reserved
K. Reserved
L. Reserved
M. Reserved
N. "Modification" means any physical change
				in, or change in the method of operation of, a stationary source that results
				in an increase in the potential emission rate of any regulated air pollutant
				emitted by the source or that results in the emission of any regulated air
				pollutant not previously emitted, but does not include:
(1) a change in ownership of the
				source;
(2) routine maintenance,
				repair or replacement;
(3)
				installation of air pollution control equipment, and all related process
				equipment and materials necessary for its operation, undertaken for the purpose
				of complying with regulations adopted by the board or pursuant to the federal
				Clean Air Act; or
(4) unless
				previously limited by enforceable permit conditions:
(a) an increase in the production rate, if
				the increase does not exceed the operating design capacity of the
				source;
(b) an increase in the
				hours of operation; or
(c) use of
				an alternative fuel or raw material if, prior to January 6, 1975, the source
				was capable of accommodating such fuel or raw material, or if use of an
				alternate fuel or raw material is caused by a natural gas curtailment or
				emergency allocation or any other lack of supply of natural gas.