Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-441 - Reporting of emissions of greenhouse gases › Section 173-441-120 - Calculation methods for facilities

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
This section establishes the scope of reportable GHG emissions
				under this chapter and GHG emissions calculation methods for facilities. Owners
				and operators of facilities must follow the requirements of this section to
				determine if they are required to report under WAC
				173-441-030(1).
				Owners and operators of facilities that are subject to this chapter must follow
				the requirements of this section and all subparts of         40 C.F.R. Part 98         listed
				in Table 120-1 of this section when calculating emissions. If a conflict exists
				between a provision in WAC
				173-441-010 through
				173-441-110 and
				173-441-140
				through
				173-441-170 and any
				applicable provision of this section, the requirements of those sections must
				take precedence.
(1)
Source
			 categories and calculation methods for facilities.
An owner or operator
			 of a facility subject to the requirements of this chapter must report GHG
			 emissions, including GHG emissions from bio-mass, from all applicable source
			 categories in Washington state listed in Table 120-1 of this section using the
			 methods incorporated by reference in Table 120-1. Table 120-1 and subsection
			 (2) of this section list modifications and exceptions to calculation methods
			 adopted by reference in this section.
Table 120-1:
Source Categories and Calculation Methods
				Incorporated by Reference from 40 C.F.R. Part 98 for Facilities
Source Category
40 C.F.R. Part 98 Subpart*
Exceptions to Calculation Method or Applicability
						  Criteria+#
General Stationary Fuel Combustion Sources
C
Electricity Generation
D
Adipic Acid Production
E
Aluminum Production
F
Ammonia Manufacturing
G
Cement Production
H
Electronics Manufacturing
I
In § 98.91, replace "To calculate total annual GHG
						  emissions for comparison to the 25,000 metric ton CO2e
						  per year emission threshold in paragraph § 98.2 (a)(2), follow the
						  requirements of § 98.2(b), with one exception" with "To calculate GHG
						  emissions for comparison to the emission threshold in WAC
						  173-441-030(1),
						  follow the requirements of WAC
						  173-441-030(1)(b),
						  with one exception."
Ferroalloy Production
K
Fluorinated Gas Production
L
In § 98.121, replace "To calculate GHG emissions
						  for comparison to the 25,000 metric ton CO2e per year
						  emission threshold in § 98.2 (a)(2)" with "To calculate GHG emissions for
						  comparison to the emission threshold in WAC
						  173-441-030(1)."
Glass Production
N
HCFC-22 Production and HFC-23 Destruction
O
Hydrogen Production
P
Iron and Steel Production
Q
Lead Production
R
Lime Manufacturing
S
Magnesium Production
T
Miscellaneous Uses of Carbonate
U
Nitric Acid Production
V
Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
W
§ 98.231(a) should read: "You must report GHG
						  emissions under this subpart if your facility contains petroleum and natural
						  gas systems and the facility meets the requirements of WAC
						  173-441-030(1)."
Petrochemical Production
X
Petroleum Refineries
Y
Phosphoric Acid Production
Z
Pulp and Paper Manufacturing
AA
Silicon Carbide Production
BB
Soda Ash Manufacturing
CC
Electrical Transmission and Distribution Equipment
						  Use
DD
§ 98.301 should read: "You must report GHG
						  emissions under this subpart if your facility contains any electrical
						  transmission and distribution equipment use process and the facility meets the
						  requirements of WAC
						  173-441-030(1)."
						  See subsection (2)(f) of this section.
Titanium Dioxide Production
EE
Underground Coal Mines
FF
Zinc Production
GG
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
HH
CO2 from combustion of landfill
						  gas must also be included in calculating emissions for reporting and
						  determining if the reporting threshold is met. § 98.346(i)(13) should
						  read: "Methane emissions for the landfill (i.e., the subpart HH total methane
						  emissions). If the quantity of recovered CH4 from Equation HH-4 of this subpart
						  is used as the value of GCH4 in Equation HH-6, use the methane emissions
						  calculated using Equation HH-8 as the methane emissions for the landfill."
						  Otherwise use the higher methane emissions value from Equation HH-6 or Equation
						  HH-8 of this subpart unless otherwise instructed by ecology.
Industrial Wastewater Treatment
II
CO2 from combustion of
						  wastewater biogas must also be included in calculating emissions for reporting
						  and determining if the reporting threshold is met.
Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
RR
§ 98.441(a) should read: "You must report GHG
						  emissions under this subpart if any well or group of wells within your facility
						  injects any amount of CO2 for long-term containment in
						  subsurface geologic formations and the facility meets the requirements of WAC
						  173-441-030(1)."
Electrical Equipment Manufacture or
						  Refurbishment
SS
§ 98.451 should read: "You must report GHG
						  emissions under this subpart if your facility contains an electrical equipment
						  manufacturing or refurbishing process and the facility meets the requirements
						  of WAC
						  173-441-030(1)."
Industrial Waste Landfills
TT
CO2 from combustion of landfill
						  gas must also be included in calculating emissions for reporting and
						  determining if the reporting threshold is met.
Injection of Carbon Dioxide
UU
§ 98.471 should read: "(a) You must report GHG
						  emissions under this subpart if your facility contains an injection of carbon
						  dioxide process and the facility meets the requirements of WAC
						  173-441-030(1).
						  For purposes of this subpart, any reference to CO2
						  emissions in WAC
						  173-441-030 means
						  CO2 received."
* Unless otherwise noted, all calculation methods are from  40
				C.F.R. Part 98.
+ Modifications and exceptions in subsection (2) of this
				section and WAC
				173-441-010 through
				173-441-110 and
				173-441-140
				through
				173-441-170 also
				apply.
# Whenever the use of verification software is required or
				voluntarily used, the file generated by the verification software must be
				submitted with the facility's annual GHG report.
(2)
Modifications and exceptions to
			 calculation methods adopted by reference.
Except as otherwise
			 specifically provided:
(a) Wherever the term
			 "administrator" is used in the rules incorporated by reference in this chapter,
			 the term "director" must be substituted.
(b) Wherever the term "EPA" is used in the
			 rules incorporated by reference in this chapter, the term "ecology" must be
			 substituted.
(c) Wherever the term
			 "United States" is used in the rules incorporated by reference in this chapter,
			 the term "Washington state" must be substituted.
(d) Wherever a calculation method adopted by
			 reference in Table 120-1 of this section or a definition adopted by reference
			 from  40 C.F.R. Part 98.6  refers to another subpart or paragraph of  40 C.F.R.
			 Part 98  :
(i) If Table 120-2 of this section
			 lists the reference, then replace the reference with the corresponding
			 reference to this chapter as specified in Table 120-2.
(ii) If the reference is to a subpart or
			 subsection of a reference listed in Table 120-2 of this section, then replace
			 the reference with the appropriate subsection of the corresponding reference to
			 this chapter as specified in Table 120-2.
(iii) If the reference is to a subpart or
			 paragraph of 40 C.F.R. Part 98 Subparts C through UU incorporated by reference
			 in Table 120-1, then use the existing reference except as modified by this
			 chapter.
(e) Use the
			 following method to obtain specific version or date references for any
			 reference in 40 C.F.R. Part 98 that refers to any document not contained in   40
			 C.F.R. Part 98   :
(i) If the reference in 40
			 C.F.R. Part 98 includes a specific version or date reference, then use the
			 version or date as specified in 40 C.F.R. Part 98.
(ii) If the reference in  40 C.F.R. Part 98
			  does not include a specific version or date reference, then use the version of
			 the referenced document as available on the date of adoption of this
			 chapter.
(f) For
			 electrical transmission and distribution equipment use facilities where the
			 electrical power system crosses Washington state boundaries, limit the GHG
			 report to emissions that occur in Washington state using one of the following
			 methods:
(i) Direct, state specific
			 measurements;
(ii) Prorate the
			 total emissions of the electric power system based upon either nameplate
			 capacity or transmission line miles in the respective service areas by state
			 using company records. Update the nameplate capacity or transmission line miles
			 factor each reporting year and include the data used to establish the nameplate
			 capacity or transmission line miles factor with your annual GHG
			 report;
(iii) Prorate the total
			 emissions of the electric power system based upon population in the respective
			 service areas by state using the most recent U.S. Census data. Update the
			 population factor each reporting year and include the data used to establish
			 the population factor with your annual GHG report.
Table 120-2:
Corresponding References in 40 C.F.R. Part
				98 and Chapter 173-441 WAC
Reference in 40 C.F.R. Part 98
Corresponding Reference in Cliapter 173-441
						  WAC
Section
Topic
Section
Topic
40 C F R Part 98  or "part"
Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting
Chapter 173-441 WAC
Reporting of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
Subpart A
General Provision
WAC
						  173-441-010 through
						  173-441-100
General Provisions
§98 1
Purpose and scope
WAC
						  173-441-010
Scope
§98 2
Who must report?
WAC
						  173-441-030
Applicability
§ 98 2(a)
Applicability Facility reporting
WAC
						  173-441-030(1)
Applicability Facility reporting
§ 98 2 (a)(1)
Applicability Facility reporting Table A-3
WAC
						  173-441-030(1)
Applicability Facility reporting
§ 98 2 (a)(2)
Applicability Facility reporting Table A-4
WAC
						  173-441-030(1)
Applicability Facility reporting
§ 98 2 (a)(3)
Applicability Facility reporting source categories that
						  meet all three of the conditions listed in this paragraph (a)(3)
WAC
						  173-441-030(1)
Applicability Facility reporting
§ 98 2 (a)(4)
Applicability Facility reporting Table A-5 source
						  categories
WAC
						  173-441-030(1)
Applicability Facility reporting
§ 98 2(b)
Calculating emissions for comparison to the
						  threshold
WAC
						  173-441-030(l)(b)
Calculating facility emissions for comparison to the
						  threshold
§ 98 2(1)
Reporting requirements when emissions of greenhouse
						  gases fall below reporting thresholds
WAC
						  173-441-030(5)
Reporting requirements when emissions of greenhouse
						  gases fall below reporting thresholds
§98 3
What are the general monitoring, reporting,
						  recordkeeping and verification requirements of this parf
WAC
						  173-441-050
General monitoring, reporting, recordkeeping and
						  verification requirements
§ 98 3(c)
Content of the annual report
WAC
						  173-441-050(3)
Content of the annual report
§ 98 3(g)
Recordkeeping
WAC
						  173-441-050(6)
Recordkeeping
§ 98 3 (g)(5)
A written GHG monitoring plan
WAC
						  173-441-050(6)(e)
A written GHG monitoring plan
§ 98 3(1)
Calibration accuracy requirements
WAC
						  173-441-050(8)
Calibration and accuracy requirements
§ 98 3 (i)(6)
Calibration accuracy requirements Initial
						  calibration
WAC
						  173-441-050(8)(f)
Calibration accuracy requirements Initial
						  calibration
§98 4
Authorization and responsibilities of the designated
						  representative
WAC
						  173-441-060
Authorization and responsibilities of the designated
						  representative
§98 5
How IS the report submitted''
WAC
						  173-441-070
Report submittal
§ 98 5(b)
Verification software
WAC
						  173-441-070(1)
Facility report submittal
§98 6
Definitions
WAC
						  173-441-020
Definitions
§98 7
What standardized methods are incorporated by reference
						  into this parf
WAC
						  173-441-080
Standardized methods and conversion factors
						  incorporated by reference
§98 8
What are the compliance and enforcement provisions of
						  this part
WAC
						  173-441-090
Compliance and enforcement
§98 9
Addresses
WAC
						  173-441-100
Addresses
Table A-1 to Subpart A of Part 98-Global Warming
						  Potentials, Table A-1 of this part, or Table A-1 of this subpart
Global Warming Potentials
Table A-1 of WAC
						  173-441-040
Global Warming Potentials
Table A-2 to Subpart A of Part 98-Units of Measure
						  Conversions
Units of Measure Conversions
Table A-2 of WAC
						  173-441-080
Units of Measure Conversions