Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-103 - Acid Rain Operating Permits for Electrical Generating Units › Section 3745-103-62 - Alternative emission limitations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates and availability of non-regulatory
				government publications, publications of recognized organizations and
				associations, federal rules, and federal statutory provisions referenced in
				this rule, see paragraph (C) of rule
				3745-103-01 of the
				Administrative Code titled "Referenced materials."]
(A) General provisions.
(1) The designated representative of an
			 affected unit that is not an early election unit pursuant to rule
			 3745-103-60 of the
			 Administrative Code and cannot meet the applicable emission limitation in rule
			 3745-103-57,
			 3745-103-58, or
			 3745-103-59 of the
			 Administrative Code using, for group one boilers, either low
			 NOx burner technology or an alternative technology in
			 accordance with paragraph (E)(11) of this rule, or, for tangentially fired
			 boilers, separated overfire air, or, for group two boilers, the technology on
			 which the applicable emission limitation is based may petition the permitting
			 authority for an alternative emission limitation less stringent than the
			 applicable emission limitation.
(2)
			 In order for the unit to qualify for an alternative emission limitation, the
			 designated representative shall demonstrate that the affected unit cannot meet
			 the applicable emission limitation in rule
			 3745-103-57,
			 3745-103-58, or
			 3745-103-59 of the
			 Administrative Code based on a showing, to the satisfaction of the director and
			 the USEPA that of the following applies:
(a)
			 For a tangentially fired boiler, the owner or operator has either properly
			 installed low NOx burner technology or properly
			 installed separated overfire air.
(b) For a dry bottom wall-fired boiler (other
			 than a unit applying cell burner technology), the owner or operator has
			 properly installed low NOx burner technology.
(c) For a group one boiler, the owner or
			 operator has properly installed an alternative technology (including but not
			 limited to reburning, selective noncatalytic reduction, or selective catalytic
			 reduction) that achieves NOx  emission reductions
			 demonstrated in accordance with paragraph (E)(11) of this rule.
(d) For a group two boiler, the owner or
			 operator has properly installed the appropriate NOx
			 emission control technology on which the applicable emission limitation in rule
			 3745-103-58 of the
			 Administrative Code is based and the system meets all of the following:
(i) The installed NOx
			 emission control system has been designed to meet the applicable emission
			 limitation in rule
			 3745-103-57,
			 3745-103-58, or
			 3745-103-59 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(ii) For a
			 demonstration period of at least fifteen months or other period of time, as
			 provided in paragraph (F)(1) of this rule, the system meets all of the
			 following:
(a) The NOx
			 emission control system has been properly installed and properly operated
			 according to specifications and procedures designed to minimize the emissions
			 of NOx to the atmosphere.
(b) Unit operating data as specified in this
			 rule show that the unit and NOx emission control system
			 were operated in accordance with the bid and design specifications on which the
			 design of the NOx emission control system was
			 based.
(c) Unit operating data as
			 specified in this rule, continuous emission monitoring data obtained pursuant
			 to 40 CFR Part 75, and the test data specific to the NOx
			 emission control system show that the unit could not meet the applicable
			 emission limitation in rule
			 3745-103-57,
			 3745-103-58, or
			 3745-103-59 of the
			 Administrative Code.