Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 120 - Air Resources › Subchapter 05 - Air Pollution Control › Part 46 - CO[2] Budget Trading Program › Section 250-RICR-120-05-46.15 - Compliance Certification

Current through June 14, 2024
46.15.1
Compliance certification report
A. Applicability and deadline. - For each
				  control period in which a CO2 budget source is subject
				  to the CO2 requirements of §
											46.7(A) of
				  this Part, the CO2 authorized account representative of
				  the source shall submit, to the Department or its agent, by the March 1
				  following the relevant control period, a compliance certification report. A
				  compliance certification report is not required as part of the compliance
				  obligation during an interim control period.
B. Contents of report - The
				  CO2 authorized account representative shall include in
				  the compliance certification report under §46.15.1(A) of this Part the
				  following elements, in a format prescribed by the Department concerning each
				  unit at the source and subject to the CO2 budget
				  emissions limitation for the control period covered by the report:
1. Identification of the source and each
				  CO2 budget unit at the source;
2. At the CO2
				  authorized account representative's option, the serial numbers of the
				  CO2 allowances that are to be deducted from the source's
				  compliance account under §46.12.5 of this Part, for the control period,
				  including the serial numbers of any CO2 offset
				  allowances that are to be deducted subject to the limitations of
				  §46.12.5(A)(1)(c) of this Part; and
3. The compliance certification under
				  46.15.1(C) of this Part.
C. Compliance certification - In the
				  compliance certification report under §46.15.1(A) of this Part, the
				  CO2 authorized account representative shall certify,
				  based on reasonable inquiry of those persons with primary responsibility for
				  operating the source and the CO2 budget units at the
				  source in compliance with the CO2 Budget Trading
				  Program, whether the source and each CO2 budget unit for
				  which the compliance certification is submitted was operated during the
				  calendar years covered by the report in compliance with the requirements of the
				  CO2 Budget Trading Program, applicable to the unit,
				  including:
1. Whether the source was operated
				  in compliance with the CO2 requirements of §
												46.7(A) of
				  this Part;
2. Whether the
				  monitoring plan applicable to each unit at the source has been maintained to
				  reflect the actual operation and monitoring of the unit, and contains all
				  information necessary to attribute CO2 emissions to the
				  unit, in accordance with §§
												46.13 and
				  46.14 of this
				  Part;
3. Whether all the
				  CO2 emissions from the units at the source were
				  monitored or accounted for through the missing data procedures and reported in
				  the quarterly monitoring reports, including whether conditional data were
				  reported in the quarterly reports in accordance with §§
												46.13 and
				  46.14 of this Part. If
				  conditional data were reported, the owner or operator shall indicate whether
				  the status of all conditional data has been resolved and all necessary
				  quarterly report resubmissions have been made;
4. Whether the facts that form the basis for
				  certification under §§
												46.13 and
				  46.14 of this Part, of
				  each monitor at each unit at the source, or for using an accepted monitoring
				  method or alternative monitoring method approved under §§
												46.13 and
				  46.14 of this Part, if
				  any, have changed; and
5. If a
				  change is required to be reported under §46.15.1(C)(4) of this Part,
				  specify the nature of the change, the reason for the change, when the change
				  occurred, and how the unit's compliance status was determined subsequent to the
				  change, including what method was used to determine emissions when a change
				  mandated the need for monitor recertification.