South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-62 - Air Pollution Control Regulations and Standards › Subchapter 61-62.60 - South Carolina Designated Facility Plan and New Source Performance Standards › Subpart UUUUa - "Performance Standards and Compliance Times for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Electric Utility Generating Units"

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
(A) Applicability: Except as provided in (B)
				below, "designated facilities" that commenced construction on or before January
				8, 2014, and meet the criteria set forth in
				40 CFR
				60.5775a(b) are subject to
				this subpart and must comply with all applicable requirements of this subpart,
				and must comply with the plan that the Department develops to implement the
				emission guidelines as required in
				40
				CFR 60.5770a(a), including
				permit conditions adopted pursuant to such plan and this subpart.
(B) The types of units described in
				40 CFR
				60.5780a are excluded from this
				subpart.
(C) For purposes of this
				subpart, "you" means the owner or operator of the designated facility, and
				"Department" means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
				Control.
(D) The Department will
				set a standard of performance for each designated facility according to
				40 CFR
				60.5755a and compliance periods for each
				standard of performance according to
				40
				CFR 60.5750a through construction permits
				issued to each designated facility. Construction permits issued pursuant to
				this provision will be subject to the public participation procedures in
				Regulation 61-62.1, Section II.N. Each designated facility shall comply with
				the applicable standard of performance, compliance period, and associated
				requirements as set forth in the facility's construction permit, in addition to
				those requirements set forth in this subpart.
(E) For the Department to determine a
				standard of performance for each designated facility according to
				40 CFR
				60.5735a and
				60.5755a,
				and issue a construction permit, each designated facility must submit to the
				Department upon request the information set forth in (E)(1) through (E)(5)
				below. Submission in full of the information in (E)(1) through (E)(5), in
				combination with any additional application information under Regulation
				61-62.1, Section II.C.3 requested by the Department as relevant, will
				constitute a designated facility's permit application for purposes of
				construction permits issued to satisfy the requirements of this subpart.
(1) An evaluation of the applicability of
				each of the heat rate improvements specified in
				40 CFR
				60.5740a(a)(1) to the
				designated facility;
(2) An
				evaluation of the degree of emission limitation achievable ranges set forth in
				Table 1 to
				40 CFR
				60.5740a(a)(2)(i) through
				application of the heat rate improvements at the designated facility;
(3) If applicable, a summary of the
				application of remaining useful life or other relevant factors as provided in
				40 CFR
				60.24a(e) in the
				Department's derivation of the designated facility's standard of
				performance;
(4) The information
				listed in
				40 CFR
				60.5740a(a)(4)(i) through
				(iv) as applicable; and
(5) Supporting material, including any other
				materials requested by the Department or otherwise necessary to support the
				Department's review and determination of standards of performance.