Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 101 - GENERAL AIR QUALITY RULES › Subchapter H - EMISSIONS BANKING AND TRADING › Division 6 - HIGHLY REACTIVE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSIONS CAP AND TRADE PROGRAM › Section 101.390 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Unless specifically defined in the Texas Clean Air Act or
						in §
											3.2 or
						§
											101.1 of
						this title (relating to Definitions), the terms used by the commission have the
						meanings commonly ascribed to them in the field of air pollution control. In
						addition, the following words and terms, when used in this division, have the
						following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Affected facility--A facility subject to
					 §
											115.720
					 or §
											115.760
					 of this title (relating to Applicability and Definitions; and Applicability and
					 Cooling Tower Heat Exchange System Definitions) that is located at a site that
					 is subject to this division.
(2)
					 Allowance--The authorization to emit one ton of highly reactive volatile
					 organic compounds, expressed in tenths of a ton, during a control
					 period.
(3) Authorized account
					 representative--The responsible person who is authorized in writing to transfer
					 and otherwise manage allowances for the site.
(4) Baseline emissions period--The two
					 consecutive control periods from 2006 - 2009 with the highest monitored average
					 actual highly reactive volatile organic compound emissions for the purpose of
					 establishing baseline emissions used for the allocation of allowances, except
					 as allowed under §
											101.394(a)(2)
					 and (3) of this title (relating to Allocation
					 of Allowances).
(5) Broker--A
					 person not required to participate in the requirements of this division who
					 opens an account under this division only for the purpose of banking and
					 trading allowances.
(6) Broker
					 account--The account where allowances held by a broker are recorded. Allowances
					 may not be used to satisfy compliance requirements for this division while held
					 in a broker account.
(7) Compliance
					 account--The account in which allowances held by the owner or operator of a
					 site are recorded for the purposes of meeting the requirements of this division
					 for each affected facility at that site.
(8) Control period--The 12-month period
					 beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of each year. The initial control
					 period began January 1, 2007.
(9)
					 Highly reactive volatile organic compounds--As defined in §
											115.10 of
					 this title (relating to Definitions).
(10) Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB) ozone
					 nonattainment area--An area consisting of Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend,
					 Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller Counties.
(11) Industry sector--One of the following
					 sectors of industry in which participants of the Highly Reactive Volatile
					 Organic Compounds (HRVOC) Emissions Cap and Trade program are assigned,
					 according to the process type and products from which the largest share of
					 HRVOC emissions is associated, for the purpose of assigning an industry sector
					 share under the allocation equation located in §
											101.394(a)(1)
					 of this title (relating to Allocation of Allowances): petroleum refining,
					 non-polymer chemical producers, polymer producers, and
					 storage/loading/other.
(12) Level
					 of activity--The amount of highly reactive volatile organic compounds (HRVOCs)
					 in pounds produced as an intermediate, by-product, or final product or used by
					 a process unit during a given period of time, but excluding any recycled HRVOCs
					 internal to the process unit.
(13)
					 Site--As defined in §
											122.10 of
					 this title (relating to General Definitions).
(14) Uncontrolled emissions--The total
					 emissions during routine normal operations from each affected facility
					 calculated as pre-control using the applicable control efficiency for the
					 purpose of determining site allocations under §
											101.394(a)(1)
					 of this title (relating to Allocation of Allowances).
(15) Vintage allowance--An allowance that is
					 not used for compliance during the control period in which it is allocated and
					 remains available for use only in the following control period.