National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters, 3089-3130 [2014-29569]
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National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–0058; FRL–9919–28–
OAR]
RIN 2060–AS09
National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major
Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and
Institutional Boilers and Process
Heaters
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
On January 31, 2013, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
finalized amendments to the national
emission standards for the control of
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from
new and existing industrial,
commercial, and institutional boilers
and process heaters at major sources of
HAP. Subsequently, the EPA received
10 petitions for reconsideration of the
final rule. The EPA is announcing
reconsideration of and requesting public
comment on three issues raised in the
petitions for reconsideration, as detailed
in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this notice. The EPA is
seeking comment only on these three
issues. The EPA will not respond to any
comments addressing any other issues
or any other provisions of the final rule.
Additionally, the EPA is proposing
amendments and technical corrections
to the final rule to clarify definitions,
references, applicability and compliance
issues raised by stakeholders subject to
the final rule. Also, we propose to delete
rule provisions for an affirmative
defense for malfunction in light of a
recent court decision on the issue.
DATES: Comments. Comments must be
received on or before March 9, 2015, or
30 days after date of public hearing if
later.
Public Hearing. If anyone contacts us
requesting to speak at a public hearing
by January 26, 2015, a public hearing
will be held on February 5, 2015. If you
are interested in attending the public
hearing, contact Ms. Pamela Garrett at
(919) 541–7966 or by email at
garrett.pamela@epa.gov to verify that a
hearing will be held.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2002–0058, by one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
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Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–
0058.
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identified below (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
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Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–
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during the Docket’s normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–
0058. The EPA’s policy is that all
comments received will be included in
the public docket without change and
may be made available on-line at
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
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comment, the EPA recommends that
you include your name and other
contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD–ROM
you submit. If the EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
the EPA may not be able to consider
your comment. Electronic files should
avoid the use of special characters, any
form of encryption, and be free of any
defects or viruses.
Public Hearing: If anyone contacts the
EPA requesting a public hearing by
January 26, 2015, the public hearing
will be held on February 5, 2015 at the
EPA’s campus at 109 T.W. Alexander
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Drive, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina. The hearing will begin at
10:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) and
conclude at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard
Time). There will be a lunch break from
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Please contact
Ms. Pamela Garrett at 919–541–7966 or
at garrett.pamela@epa.gov to register to
speak at the hearing or to inquire as to
whether or not a hearing will be held.
The last day to pre-register in advance
to speak at the hearing will be February
2, 2015. Additionally, requests to speak
will be taken the day of the hearing at
the hearing registration desk, although
preferences on speaking times may not
be able to be fulfilled. If you require the
service of a translator or special
accommodations such as audio
description, please let us know at the
time of registration. If you require an
accommodation, we ask that you preregister for the hearing, as we may not
be able to arrange such accommodations
without advance notice. The hearing
will provide interested parties the
opportunity to present data, views or
arguments concerning the proposed
action. The EPA will make every effort
to accommodate all speakers who arrive
and register. Because the hearing is
being held at a U.S. government facility,
individuals planning to attend the
hearing should be prepared to show
valid picture identification to the
security staff in order to gain access to
the meeting room. Please note that the
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of identification include: Federal
employee badges, passports, enhanced
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identification cards. In addition, you
will need to obtain a property pass for
any personal belongings you bring with
you. Upon leaving the building, you
will be required to return this property
pass to the security desk. No large signs
will be allowed in the building, cameras
may only be used outside of the
building and demonstrations will not be
allowed on federal property for security
reasons. The EPA may ask clarifying
questions during the oral presentations,
but will not respond to the
presentations at that time. Written
statements and supporting information
submitted during the comment period
will be considered with the same weight
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as oral comments and supporting
information presented at the public
hearing. A hearing will not be held
unless requested.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the www.regulations.gov
index. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, will be publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically in
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the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room
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holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the Air
Docket is (202) 566–1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jim Eddinger, Energy Strategies Group,
Sector Policies and Programs Division
(D243–01), Environmental Protection
Agency, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27711; telephone number:
(919) 541–5426; facsimile number: (919)
541–5450; email address: eddinger.jim@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Organization of this Document. The
following outline is provided to aid in
locating information in the preamble.
I. General Information
A. What is the source of authority for the
reconsideration action?
B. What entities are potentially affected by
the reconsideration action?
C. What should I consider as I prepare my
comments for the EPA?
II. Background
III. Discussion of the Issues under
Reconsideration
A. Startup and Shutdown Provisions
B. CO Limits Based on a Minimum CO
Level of 130 ppm
C. Use of PM CPMS Including
Consequences of Exceeding the
Operating Parameter
IV. Technical Corrections and Clarifications
V. Affirmative Defense for Violation of
Emission Standards During Malfunction
VI. Solicitation of Public Comment and
Participation
VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
NAICS Code 1
Category
Any industry using a boiler or process
heater as defined in the final rule.
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D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Governments
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions
Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
I. National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions
To Address Environmental Justice in
Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations
I. General Information
A. What is the source of authority for
the reconsideration action?
The statutory authority for this action
is provided by sections 112 and
307(d)(7)(B) of the Clean Air Act as
amended (42 U.S.C. 7412 and
7607(d)(7)(B)).
B. What entities are potentially affected
by the reconsideration action?
Categories and entities potentially
regulated by this action include:
Examples of potentially regulated entities
Extractors of crude petroleum and natural gas.
Manufacturers of lumber and wood products.
Pulp and paper mills.
Chemical manufacturers.
Petroleum refineries, and manufacturers of coal products.
Manufacturers of rubber and miscellaneous plastic products.
Steel works, blast furnaces.
Electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring.
Manufacturers of motor vehicle parts and accessories.
Electric, gas, and sanitary services.
Health services.
Educational services.
American Industry Classification System.
This table is not intended to be
exhaustive, but rather provides a guide
for readers regarding entities likely to be
affected by this action. To determine
whether your boiler or process heater is
regulated by this action, you should
examine the applicability criteria in 40
CFR 63.7485. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult either the
air permitting authority for the entity or
your EPA regional representative, as
listed in 40 CFR 63.13 of subpart A
(General Provisions).
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C. What should I consider as I prepare
my comments for the EPA?
Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to the EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
the part or all of the information that
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD ROM that
you mail to the EPA, mark the outside
of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
CD ROM the specific information that is
claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
must be submitted for inclusion in the
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public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2. Send or deliver
information identified as CBI to only the
following address: Mr. Jim Eddinger,
c/o OAQPS Document Control Officer
(Mail Drop C404–02), U.S. EPA,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2002–0058.
Docket. The docket number for this
notice is Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–
2002–0058.
World Wide Web (WWW). In addition
to being available in the docket, an
electronic copy of this notice will be
posted on the WWW through the
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Technology Transfer Network Web site
(TTN Web). Following signature, the
EPA will post a copy of this notice at
https://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/boiler/
boilerpg.html. The TTN provides
information and technology exchange in
various areas of air pollution control.
II. Background
On March 21, 2011, the EPA
promulgated national emissions
standards for hazardous air pollutants
(NESHAP) for the Major Source Boilers
and Process Heaters source category.
The EPA received a number of petitions
for reconsideration on that action, and
granted reconsideration on certain
issues raised in the petitions. On
January 31, 2013, the EPA promulgated
amendments to the NESHAP for new
and existing industrial, commercial, and
institutional boilers and process heaters
located at major sources (78 FR 7138).
Following promulgation of the January
31, 2013, final rule, the EPA received 10
petitions for reconsideration pursuant to
section 307(d)(7)(B) of the Clean Air Act
(CAA). The EPA received petitions
dated March 28, 2013, from New Hope
Power Company and the Sugar Cane
Growers Cooperative of Florida. The
EPA received a petition dated March 29,
2013, from the Eastman Chemical
Company. The EPA received petitions
dated April 1, 2013, from Earthjustice,
on behalf of Sierra Club, Clean Air
Council, Partnership for Policy Integrity,
Louisiana Environmental Action
Network, and Environmental Integrity
Project; American Forest and Paper
Association on behalf of American
Wood Council, National Association of
Manufacturers, Biomass Power
Association, Corn Refiners Association,
National Oilseed Processors
Association, Rubber Manufacturers
Association, Southeastern Lumber
Manufacturers Association, and U.S.
Chamber of Commerce; the Florida
Sugar Industry; Council of Industrial
Boiler Owners, American Municipal
Power, Inc., and American Chemistry
Council; American Petroleum Institute;
and the Utility Air Regulatory Group
which also submitted a supplemental
petition on July 3, 2013. Finally, the
EPA received a petition dated July 2,
2013, from the Natural Environmental
Development Association’s Clean Air
Project and the Council of Industrial
Boiler Owners. The petitions are
available for review in the rulemaking
docket (see Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2002–0058).
On August 5, 2013, the EPA issued
letters to the petitioners granting
reconsideration on three specific issues
raised in the petitions for
reconsideration and indicating that the
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agency would issue a Federal Register
notice regarding the reconsideration
process.1 This action requests comment
on the three issues for which the EPA
granted reconsideration and proposes
certain revisions to the definitions of
startup and shutdown and the work
practices that apply during startup and
shutdown periods. Additionally, the
letters indicated that the EPA intends to
make certain clarifying changes and
corrections to the final rule, some of
which were also raised in the petitions
for reconsideration. This action
proposes revisions to the regulatory text
that would make those clarifications
and corrections.
III. Discussion of the Issues Under
Reconsideration
The EPA took final action on its
proposed amendments to the March
2011 NESHAP on January 31, 2013, (78
FR 7138) to address certain issues raised
in the petitions for reconsideration of
the 2011 NESHAP.
The January 31, 2013, amendments
revised, among other things, the
definitions of ‘‘startup’’ and
‘‘shutdown’’ as well as the work
practice requirements for the startup
and shutdown periods. The
amendments also established a carbon
monoxide (CO) threshold level as an
appropriate minimum maximum
achievable control technology (MACT)
floor level that adequately assures
sources will be controlling organic HAP
emissions to MACT levels. The
amendments also replaced the
requirement for certain units to install
and operate a continuous emission
monitoring system (CEMS) measuring
particulate matter (PM) emissions with
a requirement to install and operate a
PM continuous parameter monitoring
system (CPMS) which established
reporting requirements for deviations
and established conditions under which
PM CPMS deviations would constitute a
presumptive violation of the NESHAP.
The EPA received petitions for
reconsideration of certain aspects of
these requirements, and granted
reconsideration of the following three
issues on August 5, 2013, to provide an
additional opportunity for public
comment:
• Definition of startup and shutdown
periods and the work practices that
apply during such periods;
• Revised CO limits based on a
minimum CO level of 130 parts per
million (ppm); and
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raised in the petitions for reconsideration and is not
taking any action at this time with respect to those
issues.
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• The use of PM CPMS, including the
consequences of exceeding the
operating parameter.
The reconsideration petitions stated
that the public lacked sufficient
opportunity to comment on these
provisions. Although these provisions
were established after consideration of
public comments received on the
proposed rule, the EPA is granting
reconsideration on these issues in order
to allow an additional opportunity for
comment. These issues are discussed in
more detail in the following sections.
For the startup and shutdown
provisions, the EPA is proposing certain
revisions to the definitions of startup
and shutdown and to the work practice
standard that applies during the startup
and shutdown periods. The proposed
revision to the definition of startup is
the addition of an alternate definition of
startup. The revision to the work
practice standard that applies during the
startup period is the addition of an
alternate work practice provision
regarding the engaging of control
devices that applies during startup
periods. The EPA is not proposing
revisions to the CO limits or the use of
PM CPMS, but will consider any input
that we receive in this additional public
comment opportunity.
Additionally, the EPA is proposing
certain clarifying changes and
corrections to the final rule, some of
which were also raised in the petitions
for reconsideration. Specifically, these
are: (1) Clarify issues related to the
applicability of the major source boiler
rule to natural gas-fired electric utility
steam generating units (EGUs); (2)
clarify the compliance date for coal- or
oil-fired EGUs that become subject to
the major source boiler rule; (3) correct
a conversion error in the MACT floor
calculation for existing hybrid
suspension grate boilers; (4) clarify
certain recordkeeping requirements,
including, for example, those related to
records for periods of startup and
shutdown for boilers and process
heaters in the Gas 1 subcategory. The
EPA also proposes to clarify and correct
certain inadvertent inconsistencies in
the final rule regulatory text, such as
removal of unnecessary references to
statistical equations, inclusion of
averaging time for operating load limits
in Table 8 to the final rule, and
correction of the compliance date for
new sources to reflect the effective date
of the final rule.
A. Startup and Shutdown Provisions
The EPA received petitions asserting
that the public lacked an opportunity to
comment on the startup and shutdown
provisions amended in the January
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2013, final rule. Specifically, petitioners
asserted that the definitions of ‘‘startup’’
and ‘‘shutdown’’ in the amended final
rule failed to address restarts of process
heaters and that the provisions for work
practice standards did not adequately
address fuels considered ‘‘clean’’ and
operational limitations for certain
pollution control devices.
In response to petitions for
reconsideration received on the March
2011 NESHAP, the EPA proposed
definitions of ‘‘startup’’ and
‘‘shutdown’’ in December 2011 that
were based on load specifications. The
EPA received comments on the
proposed definitions stating that load
specifications within the definitions
were inconsistent with either safe or
normal (proper) operation of the various
types of boilers and process heaters
encountered within the source category.
As the basis for defining periods of
startup and shutdown, a number of
commenters suggested that the EPA
instead use the achievement of various
steady-state conditions. The definitions
in the January 2013 final rule addressed
these comments by defining startup and
shutdown based on the time during
which fuel is fired in a boiler or process
heater for the purpose of supplying
steam or heat for heating and/or
producing electricity or for any other
purpose. As explained in the preamble
to the January 2013 final rule, the EPA
believes these definitions are
appropriate because boilers and process
heaters function to provide steam or
heat; therefore, boilers and process
heaters should be considered to be
operating normally at all times steam or
heat of the proper pressure, temperature
and flow rate is being supplied to a
common header system or energy
user(s) for use as either process steam or
for the cogeneration of electricity.
The EPA also proposed work
practices for startup and shutdown
periods in the December 2011 notice,
which generally required employing
good combustion practices. In the
January 2013 final rule, the EPA revised
the proposed work practice standards
after consideration of comments
received. Among other things, the
revised final work practice standards
required sources to combust clean fuels
during startup and shutdown periods
and required sources to engage air
pollution control devices (APCDs) when
coal, biomass or heavy oil are fired in
the boiler or process heater. (See 78 FR
7198–99.)
We are granting reconsideration on
the definitions of startup and shutdown
and the work practices that apply
during these periods that are in the
January 2013 final rule and are also
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proposing certain revisions to these
aspects of the startup and shutdown
provisions that are in the January 2013
final rule. We are also proposing an
alternate definition of startup and an
alternate work practice provision
regarding the engaging of pollution
control devices.
1. Definitions
We are soliciting comment on the
definition of startup and shutdown that
were promulgated in the January 2013
final rule, with the clarifying revisions
explained below. We are proposing to
revise the definitions of startup and
shutdown in this reconsideration notice
as set forth in 40 CFR 63.7575.
Petitioners asserted that the final rule’s
definitions of startup and shutdown
were not sufficiently clear. We are
proposing to revise the definitions as
explained below.
a. Definition of Startup Period. In
addition to soliciting public comment
on the definition of startup contained in
the January 2013 final rule, the EPA is
proposing to add an alternate definition
to the definition of startup that is in the
January 2013 final rule. We are
proposing to allow sources to use either
definition of startup when complying
with the startup requirements. As
explained in more detail below, under
the alternate definition, startup would
end four hours after the unit begins
supplying useful thermal energy.
Specifically, the EPA is proposing the
alternate definition to clarify that, in
terms of the first-ever firing of fuel,
startup begins when fuel is fired for the
purpose of supplying useful thermal
energy (such as steam or heat) for
heating, process, cooling, and/or
producing electricity and to clarify that
startup ends 4 hours after when the
boiler or process heater makes useful
thermal energy. The proposed
clarification regarding the end of startup
would apply to first-ever startups as
well as startups occurring after
shutdown events. With regard to when
startup begins after a shutdown event,
the alternate definition is the same as
the definition in the January 31, 2013,
final rule. That is, startup begins with
the firing of fuel in a boiler for any
purpose after a shutdown event.
In this alternate definition, we are
proposing the clarification regarding the
first-ever firing of fuel to address
implementation issues regarding ‘‘prestartup’’ activities that are done as part
of installing a new boiler or process
heater. Under the January 2013
definition of ‘‘startup,’’ a new boiler or
process heater would be considered to
have started up, and be subject to the
rule, when it first fires fuel ‘‘for any
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purpose.’’ However, a newly installed
unit needs to be tested to ensure that it
was properly installed and will operate
as it was designed and that all
associated components were also
properly installed and will operate as
designed. The EPA did not intend for
the startup period to begin when newly
installed units first fire fuel for testing
or other pre-startup purposes because
such firing of fuel does not represent
normal operation of the unit.
The EPA is also proposing in the
alternate definition to replace the term
‘‘steam and heat’’ in the January 2013
definition of startup with the term
‘‘useful thermal energy.’’ This proposed
revision would apply to first-ever
startups as well as startups after
shutdown events and is intended to
address the issue raised by petitioners
that the language in the January 2013
definition regarding the end of the
startup period is ambiguous since once
fuel is fired some steam or heat is
generated but not in useful or
controllable quantities. The petitioners
comment that it takes time for steam
and process fluid to be heated to
adequate temperatures and pressures for
beneficial use and that steam or heat
should not be construed to be supplied
until it is of adequate temperature and
pressure. The EPA agrees with
petitioners that the startup period
should not end until such time as fuel
is fired resulting in steam or heat that
is useful thermal energy because it takes
time for steam and process fluids to be
heated to adequate temperatures and
pressures for beneficial use. We believe
the appropriate criteria for ending
startup in the definition should be when
useful steam is supplied. This proposed
change doesn’t alter EPA’s
determination that it is not technically
feasible to require stack testing, in
particular, to complete the multiple
required test runs during periods of
startup and shutdown due to physical
limitations and the short duration of
startup and shutdown periods.
In order to clarify the term ‘‘useful
thermal energy,’’ we are proposing a
definition for ‘‘useful thermal energy’’
as follows:
Useful thermal energy means energy
(i.e., steam, hot water, or process heat)
that meets the minimum operating
temperature and/or pressure required by
any energy use system that uses energy
provided by the affected boiler or
process heater.
The EPA received several petitions for
reconsideration of the definition of
startup in the January 2013 final rule.
The petitioners commented that this
definition does not account for a wide
range of boilers that operationally are
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still in startup mode even after some
steam or heat is supplied to the plant.
Specifically, the petitioners commented
that what constitutes ‘‘startup’’ for all
boilers varies widely. For example,
petitioners claimed that some boilers
begin to supply steam or heat for some
purposes onsite before they have
achieved necessary temperature or load
to engage emission controls.
The petitioners commented that
according to the final rule, a boiler
supplying even a small amount of steam
would no longer be in startup and
would be required at that point in time
to engage emission controls. However,
petitioners noted that according to
equipment specifications and
established safe boiler operations, a
boiler operator should not engage
emission controls until specific
parameters are met.
The petitioners expressed that, above
all, the boiler/process heater operator’s
primary concern during startup is
safety. The startup procedures must
ensure that the equipment is brought up
to normal operating conditions in a safe
manner, and startup ends when the
boiler/process heater and its controls are
fully functional. The end of startup
occurs when safe, stable operating
conditions are reached, after emissions
controls are properly operating. The
startup provisions should not include
requirements that could affect safe
operating practices.
The EPA agrees with the petitioners
that the startup period should not end
until such time that all control devices
have reached stable conditions. The
EPA has very limited information
specifically for industrial boilers on the
hours needed for controls to reach stable
conditions after the start of supplying
useful thermal energy. However, the
EPA does have information for EGUs on
the hours to stable control operation
after the start of electricity generation.
Using hour-by-hour emissions and
operation data for EGUs reported to the
agency under the Acid Rain Program,
we found that controls used on the best
performing 12 percent EGUs reach
stable operation within 4 hours after the
start of electricity generation. See
technical support document titled
‘‘Assessment of Startup Period at CoalFired Electric Generating Units—
Revised’’ in the docket. Since the types
of controls used on EGUs are similar to
those used on industrial boilers and the
start of electricity generation is similar
to the start of supplying useful thermal
energy, we believe that the controls on
the best performing industrial boilers
would also reach stable operation
within 4 hours after the start of
supplying useful thermal energy and
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have included this timeframe in the
proposed alternate definition.2 This
conclusion is supported by the very
limited information (13 units) the EPA
does have on industrial boilers and by
information submitted by the Council of
Industrial Boiler Owners obtained from
an informal survey of its members on
the time needed to reach stable
conditions during startup. We welcome
comment and additional information on
this point during the public comment
period.
b. Definition of Shutdown. In today’s
action, the EPA is proposing to revise
the definition of shutdown in the
January 2013 final rule. The EPA is
proposing to clarify that shutdown
begins when the boiler or process heater
no longer makes useful thermal energy
and ends when the boiler or process
heater no longer makes useful thermal
energy and no fuel is fired in the boiler
or process heater. Specifically, the EPA
is proposing to revise the regulatory text
to replace the term ‘‘steam and heat’’
with the term ‘‘useful thermal energy’’
to address the same issue as raised by
petitioners regarding the language in the
definition of ‘‘startup’’ described above.
The EPA did not intend for the
shutdown period to begin until such
time as fuel is no longer fired for the
purpose of creating useful thermal
energy.
The EPA received several petitions for
reconsideration of the definition of
shutdown in the January 2013 final rule.
The petitioners expressed concerns that
the definition is problematic for units
firing solid fuels on a grate or in a
fluidized bed combustor where the
residual material in the unit keeps
burning after fuel feed to the unit is
stopped. In this case, petitioners
explained that fuel is still burning
(‘‘being fired’’) in the unit despite the
fact that load reduction is occurring,
additional fuel is not being fed, and the
shutdown process has clearly begun.
For this reason, petitioners recommend
that the shutdown definition be revised
to state that shutdown begins either
when none of the steam and heat from
the boiler or process heater is supplied
for heating and/or producing electricity
or when fuel is no longer being fed to
the boiler or process heater and that
shutdown ends when there is both no
steam or heat being supplied and no
2 It is important to remember that the hour at
which startup ends is the hour at which reporting
for the purpose of determining compliance begins.
Therefore, sources must collect and report operating
limit data following the end of startup. These data
are used in calculating whether a source is in
compliance with the 30-day average operating
limits.
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fuel being combusted in the boiler or
process heater.
The EPA agrees with the petitioners’
concerns and intended that the
shutdown period would begin when
fuel is no longer being fired for the
purpose of creating useful thermal
energy. The proposed revisions would
address the concern raised by the
petitioner. The proposed revision is
appropriate because as the petitioners
commented, for certain types of boilers
where the fuel is combusted on a grate
or bed, fuel firing may be considered to
continue even after fuel feed to the unit
is stopped.
2. Work Practice Standards
In today’s action, the EPA is
proposing to revise the work practice
standards in the January 2013 final rule
that apply during periods of startup and
shutdown. Specifically, the EPA is
proposing revisions to the list of ‘‘clean
fuel’’ in the January 2013 final rule and
is proposing an alternate work practice
requirement for periods of startup and
shutdown. Sources would have the
choice of complying with the work
practice requirement contained in the
January 2013 final rule or the alternate
work practice requirement proposed in
today’s action. Additionally, EPA is
proposing a process through which
sources can seek an extension of the
time period by which the alternate work
practice provision requires PM controls
to be engaged, based on documented
safety considerations. Finally, EPA is
proposing certain recordkeeping and
monitoring requirements that would
apply to sources that choose to comply
with the alternate work practice. These
proposed provisions are described in
more detail below.
a. Clean Fuel Requirement. The
January 2013 final rule requires sources
to startup on ‘‘clean fuel.’’ The
definition of ‘‘clean fuel’’ includes
several fuels but does not include coal
or biomass or other solid fuels that
many sources use during boiler startup.
In the December 2011 proposed rule, we
solicited comment on ‘‘whether other
work practices should be required
during startup and shutdown, including
requirements to operate using specific
fuels to reduce emissions during such
periods.’’
In a petition for reconsideration, the
petitioners claimed that the list of clean
fuels, as written, is too narrow. They
requested that the EPA expand the list
to include all gaseous fuels meeting the
‘‘other gas 1’’ classification as well as
biodiesel, as distillate oil is sometimes
a biodiesel blend. They also requested
that fuels that meet the total selected
metals (TSM), hydrogen chloride (HCl),
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and mercury emission limits using fuel
analysis should be added to the list of
clean fuels. Dry biomass (less than 20percent moisture content) should also
be added to the list of clean fuels
because they claim it will burn cleaner
than other solid fuels. Specifically, they
claim that it is a clean fuel for startup
because it exhibits low HCl, mercury
and CO emissions due to its chloride,
mercury, and moisture content, and PM
emissions would likely be below the dry
biomass subcategory PM limit.
Therefore, the petition states that it is a
reasonable work practice for solid fuel
boilers to burn only dry biomass as
clean fuel during startup. In addition,
the petition recommends that permitting
authorities should have the flexibility to
approve other clean fuels that EPA may
not have considered (e.g., other
renewable fuels).
We are proposing two changes to the
list of clean fuels for starting up a boiler
or process heater. We agree that the list
should include all gaseous fuels meeting
the ‘‘other gas 1’’ classification. Also, we
agree that any fuels that meet the
applicable TSM, HCl and mercury
emission limits using fuel analysis
should be added to the list of clean fuels
because their mercury, HCl and metals
emissions would be in compliance with
the applicable emission limits without
the use of control devices. Sources
would demonstrate compliance either
through fuel analysis for the relevant
parameters or stack testing. The EPA
does not believe it is necessary to revise
the regulatory text of the ‘‘clean fuel’’
definition to specifically include
biodiesel on the list since the definition
of ‘‘distillate oil’’ in the rule includes
biodiesel.
b. Engaging Pollution Control Devices.
The January 2013 final rule required
boilers and process heaters when they
start firing coal/solid fossil fuel,
biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid
fuel or gas 2 (other) gases to engage
applicable pollution control devices
except for limestone injection in
fluidized bed combustion (FBC) boilers,
dry scrubbers, fabric filters, selective
non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) and
selective catalytic reduction (SCR),
which must start as expeditiously as
possible. The EPA received several
petitions for reconsideration of this
aspect of the work practice standard.
The petitioners expressed concerns
that the requirement for engaging
applicable control devices does not
accommodate potential safety problems
relative to electrostatic precipitator
(ESP) operation. Comments and
recommended manufacturer operating
procedures provided to the EPA during
the comment period for the December
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2011 proposal explained the potential
hazards associated with ESP
energization when unburned fuel may
be present with oxygen levels high
enough that the mixture can be in the
flammable range. The petitioners
referenced these comments and
requested that the EPA needs to
reconsider this safety issue and revise
the requirements to include ESP
energization with the other controls that
are to be started as expeditiously as
possible rather than when solid fuel
firing is first started. In addition, they
claim that the ESP cannot practically be
engaged until a certain flue gas
temperature is reached. Specifically,
they claim that premature starting of
this equipment will lead to short-term
stability problems that could result in
unsafe actions and longer term
degradation of ESP performance due to
fouling, increased chances of wire
damage, or increased corrosion within
the chambers. They also state that
vendors providing this equipment
incorporate these safety and operational
concerns into their standard operating
procedures. For example, they claim
that some ESPs have oxygen sensors and
alarms that shut down the ESP at high
flue gas oxygen levels to avoid a fire in
the unit. The oxygen level is typically
high during startup, so the ESP may not
engage due to these safety controls until
more stable operating conditions are
reached. Therefore, the petitioners
request that ESPs be included in the list
of air pollution controls that must be
started as expeditiously as possible.
Considering the petitioners’
comments, the EPA is proposing an
alternate work practice requirement for
operating air pollution control devices
during periods of startup as follows.
Boilers and process heaters owners
and operators shall, when firing coal/
solid fossil fuel, biomass/bio-based
solids, heavy liquid fuel or gas 2 (other)
gases, vent emissions to the main
stack(s) and engage all of the applicable
control devices so as to comply with the
emission limits within 4 hours of start
of supplying useful thermal energy.
Owners and operators must effect PM
control within one hour of first firing
coal/solid fossil fuel, biomass/bio-based
solids, heavy liquid fuel or gas 2 (other)
gases. Owners and operators must start
all applicable control devices as
expeditiously as possible, but, in any
case, when necessary to comply with
other standards applicable to the source
by a permit limit or a rule other than
this subpart that require operation of the
control devices.
The EPA believes that the control
technology operation related
requirements we are proposing are
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practicable and broadly applicable.
Owners and operators of boilers and
process heaters have options to
minimize any potential for detrimental
impacts on hardware and any safety
concerns, such as using clean fuels until
appropriate flue gas conditions have
been reached and then switching to the
primary fuel. In addition, we are
proposing in the alternate work practice
requirement that owners and operators
of boilers and process heaters, if they
have an applicable emission limit, must
develop and implement a written
startup and shutdown plan (SSP)
according to the requirements in Table
3 to this subpart and that the SSP must
be maintained onsite and available upon
request for public inspection. Also in
the alternate work practice requirement,
we are proposing to allow a source to
request a unit-specific case-by-case
extension to the 1-hour period for
engaging the PM controls. However, the
EPA will only consider extensions for
units that can provide evidence of a
documented manufacturer-identified
safety issue and can provide proof that
the PM control device is adequately
designed and sized to meet the filterable
PM emission limit. In its request for the
case-by-case determination, the owner/
operator must provide, among other
materials, documentation that: (1) The
unit is using clean fuels to the
maximum extent possible to alleviate or
prevent the safety issue prior to the
combustion of coal/solid fossil fuel,
biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid
fuel or gas 2 (other) gases in the unit, (2)
the source has explicitly followed the
manufacturer’s procedures to alleviate
or prevent the safety issue, (3) details
the manufacturer’s statement of
concern, and (4) provides evidence that
the PM control device is adequately
designed and sized to meet the PM
emission limit.
In order to clarify that the work
practice does not supersede any other
standard or requirements to which the
affected source is subject, the EPA is
including in the proposed alternate
work practice provision a requirement
that requires control devices to operate
when necessary to comply with other
standards (e.g., new source performance
standards, state regulations) applicable
to the source that require operation of
the control device.
In addition, to ensure compliance
with the proposed definition of startup
and the work practice standard that
applies during startup periods, we are
proposing that certain events and
parameters be monitored and recorded
during the startup periods. These events
include the time when firing (i.e.,
feeding) starts for coal/solid fossil fuel,
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biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid
fuel or gas 2 (other) gases; the time
when useful thermal energy is first
supplied; and the time when the PM
controls are engaged. The parameters to
be monitored and recorded include the
hourly steam temperature, hourly steam
pressure, hourly flue gas temperature,
and all hourly average CMS data (e.g.,
CEMS, PM CPMS, continuous opacity
monitoring systems (COMS), ESP total
secondary electric power input,
scrubber pressure drop, scrubber liquid
flow rate) collected during each startup
period to confirm that the control
devices are engaged.
We request comments on (1) the
startup and shutdown provisions
(definitions and work practices) in the
January 2013 final rule, (2) the proposed
alternate definition for ‘‘startup’’ and
the proposed alternate work practice
(item 5.c.(2) of Table 3 of proposed rule)
for the startup period, and (3) the
recordkeeping requirements being
proposed for the startup periods.
B. CO Limits Based on a Minimum CO
Level of 130 ppm
In the January 2013 final rule, EPA
established a CO emission limit for
certain subcategories at a level of 130
ppm, based on an analysis of CO levels
and associated organic HAP emissions
reductions. See 78 FR 7144. The EPA
received a petition for reconsideration
of these CO limits in the January 2013
final rule. The petitioner claimed that
these limits do not satisfy the statutory
requirement that the MACT standard for
existing sources is no less stringent than
the average emission limitation
achieved by the best performing twelve
percent of units in the subcategory and
that EPA’s rationale for adopting these
limits is unrelated to this statutory
MACT requirement.
The EPA revised these particular CO
limits in the January 2013 final rule in
part based on comments received during
the comment period for the December
2011 proposed rule stating that a CO
emission standard no lower than 100
ppm, corrected to 7-percent oxygen, is
adequate to assure complete control of
organic HAP.
As explained in the preamble to the
January 2013 final rule, formaldehyde
was selected as the basis of the organic
HAP comparison because it was the
most prevalent organic HAP in our
emission database and a large number
(over 300) of paired test runs existed for
CO and formaldehyde. The linear
relationship between CO and
formaldehyde emissions exhibits a high
correlation for CO levels above 150
ppm, supporting the selection of CO as
a surrogate for organic HAP emissions.
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In assessing the correlation between CO
and formaldehyde, a trend can be seen
that formaldehyde levels are lowest
when CO emissions are in the range of
150 to 300 ppm. At levels lower than
150 ppm, the mean levels of
formaldehyde appear to increase. Based
on this analysis, we promulgated a
minimum MACT floor level for CO of
130 ppm, at 3-percent oxygen, (which is
equivalent to 100 ppm corrected to 7percent oxygen) which we believe is
protective of human health and the
environment.
The EPA does not believe the
petitioners have provided sufficient
justification that the revised CO limits
in the January 2013 final rule do not
satisfy the CAA’s statutory floor
requirements, and the EPA continues to
believe that these standards do in fact
satisfy the CAA’s floor requirements.
CAA section 112(d)(3) states that
emission standards for existing sources
shall not be less stringent, and may be
more stringent than ‘‘the average
emission limitation achieved by the best
performing sources (for which the
Administrator has emission
information).’’ If ‘‘lowest emitting’’ is
used as the measure for determining
‘‘best performing’’ sources, then the 130
ppm standard does satisfy the CAA’s
floor requirements. When the available
formaldehyde emission information is
ranked and the best performing 12
percent identified, the mathematical
average of the best performing units’
corresponding CO emission levels is 240
ppm which is in the range, previously
indicated, that formaldehyde emission
levels are lowest.
However, in consideration of the fact
that the public lacked the opportunity to
comment on the CO emission limits
established at the level of 130 ppm,
corrected to 3-percent oxygen, the EPA
has granted reconsideration on the CO
emission limits established at the level
of 130 ppm, corrected to 3-percent
oxygen, to provide an additional
opportunity for public comment on
those limits. The EPA is not soliciting
comment on any other CO limits, or on
other issues relating to establishment of
CO limits, including the question of
whether EPA should establish work
practice standards for CO instead of
numeric limits.
If, after evaluating all comments and
data received on this issue, the EPA
determines that amendments to the CO
emission limits established at the level
of 130 ppm, corrected to 3-percent
oxygen, may be appropriate, we will
propose such amendments in a future
regulatory action.
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C. Use of PM CPMS Including
Consequences of Exceeding the
Operating Parameter
The January 2013 amended final rule
requires units combusting solid fossil
fuel or heavy liquid with heat input
capacities of 250 million British thermal
units per hour (MMBtu/hr) or greater to
install, maintain, and operate PM
CPMS. The provisions regarding PM
CPMS in the January 2013 final rule are
consistent with regulations for
similarly-sized commercial and
industrial solid waste incinerator units,
Portland cement kilns, and EGUs
subject to the Mercury and Air Toxics
Standards (MATS) Rule.
The March 21, 2011, final rule
required boilers with a heat input rate
greater than 250 MMBtu/hr from solid
fuel and/or residual oil to install and
operate a PM CEMS to demonstrate
compliance with the applicable PM
emission limit. In petitions for
reconsideration to the March 2011 final
rule, petitioners objected to this
requirement, claiming that the EPA had
failed to consider the ability of PM
CEMS to meet the required Performance
Specification 11 (PS 11) criteria, or to
accurately measure PM, at the levels of
the proposed standards. In the
December 2011 Reconsideration
proposal, the EPA acknowledged
petitioners’ concerns regarding
application of PM CEMS technology to
various types of boilers, and concluded
that for coal- and oil-fired boilers PM
CEMS would best be employed as
parametric monitors (i.e., as a PM
CPMS). Specifically, rather than
correlate the PM CEMS to the EPA
reference method using PS 11, the EPA
proposed that sources establish a sitespecific enforceable operating limit in
terms of the PM CPMS output during
the initial and periodic performance
tests, and meet that operating limit on
a 30-day rolling average basis. However,
commenters objected to the EPA’s
proposal to impose an enforceable sitespecific operating limit based on output
during a short-term stack test which
would not capture the variability in PM
CPMS output that may occur during
operations consistent with the PM limit.
In the January 2013 final rule, the
EPA finalized the requirement for use of
a PM CPMS, but added provisions
allowing sources a certain number of
exceedances of the operating parameter
limit before an exceedance would be
presumed to be a violation, and
allowing certain low emitting sources to
‘‘scale’’ their site-specific operating
limit to 75 percent of the emission
standard. Specifically, under the
January 2013 final rule, boilers opting to
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use PM CPMS will establish an
operating limit as the average parameter
value (in terms of raw output from a PM
CEMS) obtained during the performance
test and, if the boiler did not exceed 75
percent of the emission limit during the
performance test, the boiler may linearly
scale the average parameter value up to
75 percent of the limit to obtain a new
scaled parameter. Compliance with the
parameter limit is determined on a 30boiler-operating-day rolling average
basis. For any exceedance of the 30boiler-operating-day PM CPMS value,
the owner or operator must (1) inspect
the control device within 48 hours and,
if a cause is identified, take corrective
action as soon as possible, and (2)
conduct a new performance test to
verify or reestablish the operating limit
within 30 calendar days. Additional
exceedances that occur between the
original exceedance and the
performance test do not trigger another
test. Up to four performance tests may
be triggered in a 12-month rolling
period without additional
consequences. However, each additional
performance test that is triggered would
constitute a separate presumptive
violation.
The EPA received a petition for
reconsideration on the use of PM CPMS.
Specifically, the petitioner stated that
while the option has the advantage of
avoiding the testing issues associated
with PS 11 correlations of PM CEMS,
absent that correlation the parameter is
nothing more than an indicator that PM
may be increasing or decreasing.
Therefore, while it is useful as a tool to
identify the need for investigation and
corrective action, the petitioner does not
believe it is an appropriate tool to
establish a violation as long as the
requirement for corrective action is met.
The petitioner claimed that any
affected boiler that tests at its normal
operating condition to establish a PM
CPMS operating limit could be testing at
a level well below the applicable
emission limit. For such a boiler, the
petitioner does not believe there is any
basis to assume that an exceedance (or
even multiple exceedances) of a 30boiler-operating-day rolling average
parameter limit indicates that the
emission limit was exceeded, or that
controls were not operated properly.
Rather, the petitioner claims, it simply
means that emissions on average
probably were above the level of
emissions during the last successful
performance test. Unless the source has
collected data to determine what PM
CPMS parameter level is equivalent to a
violation of the emission standard, the
petitioner states that there is no basis to
suggest that any parameter exceedance
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is a violation. The petitioner also argued
that if a source that has invested in a PM
CPMS is conducting appropriate
investigations and corrective action in
response to parameter exceedances,
there is no basis to label the source a
violator as a result of its fourth
successful performance test in a 12month period.
In its petition for reconsideration, the
petitioner also expressed concerns about
the scaling procedure that the EPA
added to that rule in an attempt to
address the fact that ‘‘actual stack
emissions of PM could still be well
below the limit.’’ The petitioner
expressed appreciation of the EPA’s
attempt to address that issue for
industrial boilers by also allowing
scaling of the as-tested parameter value.
However, the petitioner claims that
EPA’s use of 75 percent of the emission
level as the upper point is arbitrary and
still puts sources that are operating with
significant compliance margin at risk of
a violation. For a scaled limit to justify
a violation, the petitioner believes that
the EPA must establish not only the
consistency of the uncorrelated
measurements over time, but allow
scaling up to 100 percent of the
emission limit. Only at that point would
there be a reasonable basis to conclude
that a performance test might have
failed.
In sum, the petitioner claimed that for
PM CPMS to be useful as an alternative
to stack testing for compliance with the
alternate TSM standards or PM CEMS,
the EPA must (1) allow scaling up to
100 percent of the emission limit, and
(2) remove its definition of a violation
in favor of a pure investigation and
corrective action approach.
The EPA is not proposing to revise the
PM CPMS provisions in the January 31,
2013, final rule. The basis for the
inclusion of the definition of a violation
is that the site-specific CPMS limit
could represent an emissions level
higher than the proposed numerical
emissions limit since the PM CPMS
operating limit corresponds to the
highest of the three runs collected
during the Method 5 performance test.
Second, the PM CPMS operating limit
reflects a 30-day average that should
represent an actual emissions level
lower than the three test run numerical
emissions limit since variability is
mitigated over time. Consequently, we
believe that there should be few if any
deviations from the 30-day parametric
limit and there is a reasonable basis for
presuming that deviations that lead to
multiple performance tests to represent
poor control device performance and to
be a violation of the standard. We
continue to believe that there should be
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few if any deviations from the 30-day
parametric limit and that there is a
reasonable basis for presuming that
deviations that lead to multiple
performance tests represent poor control
device performance and therefore
constitute a presumptive violation of the
standard, particularly since that
presumption can be rebutted. Therefore,
we continue to believe that PM CPMS
deviations leading to more than four
required performance tests in a 12month process operating period should
be presumed a violation of this
standard, subject to the source’s ability
to rebut that presumption with
information about process and control
device operations in addition to the
Method 5 performance test results.
Therefore, the EPA is not proposing to
revise that PM CPMS provision in the
January 2013 final rule.
Based on an extensive analysis (see S.
Johnson’s memo ‘‘Establishing an
Operating Limit for PM CPMS’’,
November 2012, docket ID number
EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0817–0840), we
also continue to believe a scaling factor
of 75 percent of the emission limit as a
benchmark is appropriate and are not
proposing to revise that provision of the
January 2013 final rule. We recognized
that non-linear instruments provide
increased uncertainty in estimating PM
concentrations above the performance
test data point and, after considering
several options, we determined that the
75-percent scaling cap was appropriate
for protecting the emission standard in
this regard. This option provided
flexibility for low emitting and welloperated sources, and was determined
to be a reasonable compromise between
flexibility for the regulated source and
assurance that the emission standard is
met. Seventy-five percent of the
emission limit is an already-established
threshold in the Standards of
Performance for New Stationary Sources
and Emission Guidelines for Existing
Sources: Commercial and Industrial
Solid Waste Incineration Unit (76 FR
15757) to determine the frequency of
subsequent compliance testing. In that
rule, owners or operators of sources
were able to reduce their performance
test frequency when emissions were
equivalent with or below 75 percent of
the limits. Otherwise, performance
testing was to occur at the normal
frequency prescribed in the rule. We
believe this threshold can be used in
conjunction within a PM CPMS scaling
factor, as results above 75 percent of the
equivalent emissions limit would be
ineligible for scaling factor use and
could lead to increased performance
testing and potentially to a presumptive
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violation, while results equivalent with
or below 75 percent of the emissions
limit would be eligible for scaling factor
use and provide greater operational
flexibility for sources demonstrating
compliance at lower emission rates.
For these reasons, the EPA is not
proposing to revise the requirements in
40 CFR 63.7440(a)(18) for demonstrating
continuous PM emission compliance
using a PM CPMS. However, the EPA is
soliciting additional comment on these
requirements in today’s action. The EPA
welcomes comments on these
provisions, including whether the
provisions are necessary or appropriate.
If a commenter suggests revisions to the
provisions, the commenter should
provide detailed information supporting
any such revision.
IV. Technical Corrections and
Clarifications
We are proposing several technical
corrections. These amendments are
being proposed to correct inadvertent
errors that were promulgated in the final
rule and to make the rule language
consistent with provisions addressed
through this reconsideration. We are
soliciting comment only on whether the
proposed changes provide the intended
accuracy, clarity and consistency. These
proposed changes are described in Table
1 of this preamble. We request comment
on all of these proposed changes.
TABLE 1—MISCELLANEOUS PROPOSED TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO 40 CFR PART 63, SUBPART DDDDD
Section of subpart DDDDD
Description of proposed correction
40 CFR 63.7491(a) ..............
Revise the language in this paragraph to clarify that natural gas-fired EGUs as defined in subpart UUUUU are not
subject to the rule if firing at least 90 percent natural gas.
Revise this paragraph to include the words ‘‘and process heaters’’ to clarify that it also applies to process heaters.
Revise this paragraph to include the words ‘‘and process heaters’’ to clarify that it also applies to process heaters.
Insert paragraph (n) which was in amended final rule but inadvertently had the wrong amendatory instruction to
be included in the CFR.
Revise this paragraph to correctly include the effective date (April 1, 2013) instead of the publication date (January 31, 2013) of the amendments.
Revise this paragraph to add the language which was in amended final rule but inadvertently had the wrong
amendatory instruction to be included in the CFR.
Revise this paragraph to correctly list the date (January 31, 2016) after which existing EGUs that become subject
to the rule must be in compliance.
Insert these paragraphs to clarify when existing and new affected units that switch subcategories due to fuel
switch or physical change must be in compliance with the provisions of the new subcategory.
Revise this paragraph to delete the comma after ‘‘paragraphs (b).’’
Revise this paragraph by adding the words ‘‘on or’’ to include May 20, 2011.
Revise this paragraph by adding the words ‘‘on or’’ to include December 23, 2011 and to correctly include the effective date (April 1, 2013) instead of the publication date (January 31, 2013) of the amendments.
Revise this paragraph to clarify that only items 5 and 6 of Table 3 apply during periods of startup and shutdown.
Revise this paragraph by adding the words ‘‘emission and operating’’ to clarify the limits that apply at all times.
Revise this paragraph by adding the word ‘‘stack’’ to clarify that the performance testing referred to is performance stack testing.
Revise this paragraph to clarify our intent on fuel type for the analysis requirements for gaseous fuels.
Revise this paragraph by adding the word ‘‘stack’’ to clarify that the performance tests referred to are performance stack test.
Revise this paragraph to correct the reference to tables 1 and 2, not 12.
Revise this paragraph to remove reference to paragraph (j) for the one-time energy assessment because paragraph (j) only repeat the compliance date as indicated in paragraph (e) and to pluralize the word ‘‘demonstration.’’
Revise this paragraph to correct the references to 40 CFR 63.7515(d), not 40 CFR 63.7540(a) to clarify the appropriate schedule for conducting periodic tune-ups.
Revise this paragraph to correctly list the initial compliance date (January 31, 2016).
Add this paragraph to clarify the appropriate schedule for conducting performance tests after a switch in subcategory.
Revise this paragraph to clarify that the first annual, biennial, or 5-year tune-up must be no later than 13 months,
25 months, or 61 months, respectively, either after April 1, 2013, or the initial startup of the new or reconstructed affected source, whichever is later.
Revise this paragraph to clarify that ‘‘performance tests’’ refers to both stack tests and fuel analyses.
Revise this paragraph to clarify that gaseous and liquid fuels are not exempt from the sampling requirements in
Table 6 of the rule.
Revise this paragraph to remove the requirement to collect monthly samples at 10-day intervals because it is inconsistent with the requirement for monthly fuel analysis in 40 CFR 63.7515(e).
Revise this paragraph to clarify that the two methods listed in Table 6 for determining the mercury concentration
for other gas 1 fuels are alternatives.
Revise this paragraph to remove the requirement to submit for review and approval a site-specific fuel analysis
plan for other gas 1 fuels because paragraph (g)(1) requires the plan to be submitted for review and approval
only if an alternative analytical method other than those required by Table 6 is intended to be used.
Revise this paragraph to remove the reference to sampling procedures listed in Table 6 because there are no
sampling procedures listed in Table 6 for gaseous fuel.
Revise this paragraph by changing wording from ‘‘January 31, 2013’’ (publication date of the amendments) to
‘‘April 1, 2013’’ (the effective date of the amendments.
Revise this paragraph by changing wording from ‘‘operating’’ to ‘‘subject to numeric emission limits’’ to clarify that
the numeric emission limits do not apply during startup and shutdown periods.
Revise Equation 6 to delete ‘‘nanograms per dry standard cubic meter (ng/dscm)’’ from both EN and Eli since
there are not numeric emission limits for dioxin.
40 CFR 63.7491(j) ...............
40 CFR 63.7491(l) ...............
40 CFR 63.7491(n) ..............
40 CFR 63.7495(a) ..............
40 CFR 63.7495(e) ..............
40 CFR 63.7495(f) ...............
40 CFR 63.7495(h) and (i) ...
40 CFR 63.7500(a) ..............
40 CFR 63.7500(a)(1)(ii) ......
40 CFR 63.7500(a)(1)(iii) .....
40 CFR 63.7500(f) ...............
40 CFR 63.7505(a) ..............
40 CFR 63.7505(c) ..............
40 CFR 63.7510(a)(2)(ii) ......
40 CFR 63.7510(a) ..............
40 CFR 63.7510(c) ..............
40 CFR 63.7510(e) ..............
40 CFR 63.7510(g) ..............
40 CFR 63.7510(i) ...............
40 CFR 63.7510(k) ..............
40 CFR 63.7515(d) ..............
40 CFR 63.7515(h) ..............
40 CFR 63.7521(a) ..............
40 CFR 63.7521(c)(1)(ii) ......
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40 CFR 63.7521(g) ..............
40 CFR 63.7521(h) ..............
40 CFR 63.7522(c) ..............
40 CFR 63.7522(d) ..............
40 CFR 63.7522(j)(1) ...........
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Section of subpart DDDDD
Description of proposed correction
40 CFR 63.7525(a) ..............
Revise the paragraph to clarify that the procedures for installing oxygen analyzer system or CO CEMS do not include paragraph (a)(7) because (a)(7) does not require the installation of an oxygen trim system.
Revise these paragraphs to clarify that carbon dioxide may be used as an alternative to using oxygen in correcting the measured CO CEMS data without petitioning for an alternative monitoring procedure.
Revise this paragraph to clarify the oxygen set point for a source not required to conduct a CO performance test.
Remove the word ‘‘certify’’ because there is no certification procedure for PM CPMS.
40 CFR 63.7525(a), (a)(1),
(a)(2), (a)(3), and (a)(5).
40 CFR 63.7525(a)(7) ..........
40 CFR 63.7525(b) and
(b)(1).
40 CFR 63.7525(b)(1)(iii) .....
40 CFR 63.7525(g)(3) ..........
40 CFR 63.7525(m) .............
40 CFR 63.7530 ...................
40 CFR 63.7530(a) ..............
40 CFR 63.7530(b) ..............
40 CFR
(viii).
40 CFR
40 CFR
40 CFR
40 CFR
63.7530(b)(4)(iii) to
63.7530(c)(3) ..........
63.7530(c)(4) ..........
63.7530(c)(5) ..........
63.7530(d) ..............
40 CFR 63.7530(e) ..............
40 CFR 63.7530(h) ..............
40 CFR 63.7530(i)(3) ...........
40 CFR 63.7533(e) ..............
40 CFR 63.7535(c) ..............
40 CFR 63.7535(d) ..............
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(2) ..........
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(3) and
(a)(3)(iii).
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(5) and
(a)(5)(iii).
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(8)(ii) ......
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(10) ........
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(10)(vi) ...
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(17) and
(a)(17)(iii).
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(19)(iii) ...
40 CFR 63.7540(d) ..............
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40 CFR 63.7545(h) ..............
40 CFR 63.7550(b) ..............
40 CFR 63.7550(b)(1),
(b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(4).
40 CFR 63.7550(b)(1) ..........
40 CFR 63.7550 (c)(1) .........
40 CFR 63.7550 (c)(2) and
(c)(3).
40 CFR 63.7550 (c)(3) .........
40 CFR 63.7550 (c)(2),
(c)(3) and (c)(4).
40 CFR 63.7550 (c)(4) .........
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Revise this paragraph to clarify that the 0.5 milligram per actual cubic meter is the detection limit.
Revise this paragraph to clarify that the pH monitor is to be calibrated each day and not performance evaluated
which is covered in 40 CFR 63.7525(g)(4).
Revise this paragraph to clarify that 40 CFR 63.7525(m) is only applicable if the source elects to use an SO2
CEMS to demonstrate compliance with the HCl emission limit and to clarify that the SO2 CEMS can be certified
according to either part 60 or part 75.
Revise equations 7, 8, and 9 to clarify that for ‘‘Qi’’ the highest content of chlorine, mercury, and TSM is used
only for initial compliance and the actual fraction is used for continuous compliance demonstration.
Revise this paragraph to clarify which fuels are exempt from analysis by cross-referencing 40 CFR 63.7510(a)(2),
instead of only 40 CFR 63.7510(a)(2) (i).
Revise this paragraph by adding the word ‘‘stack’’ to clarify that the performance testing referred to is performance stack testing.
Revise the numbering of these paragraphs to correct sequence.
Revise the reference to Equation 11 to be Equation 15, to accommodate the change in numbering of equations.
Revise the reference to Equation 11 to be Equation 15, to accommodate the change in numbering of equations.
Revise the reference to Equation 11 to be Equation 15, to accommodate the change in numbering of equations.
Amend this paragraph to clarify that the requirement to include a signed statement that the tune-up was conducted is applicable to all existing units.
Amend this paragraph to clarify that the energy assessment is also considered to have been completed if the
maximum number of on-site technical hours specified in the definition of energy assessment applicable to the
facility has been expended.
Revise this paragraph to clarify that both items 5 and 6 of Table 3 apply during periods of startup and shutdown.
Revise this paragraph to read ‘‘maximum’’ instead of ‘‘minimum’’ to be consistent with item 10 of Table 4 to subpart DDDDD.
Revise this paragraph by changing wording from ‘‘operating’’ to ‘‘subject to numeric emission limits’’ to clarify that
the numeric emission limits do not apply during startup and shutdown periods.
Amend this paragraph to clarify that data recorded during periods of startup and shutdown may not be used to
report emissions or operating levels.
Amend this paragraph to clarify that data recorded during periods of startup and shutdown may not be used to
report emissions or operating levels and that the report for reporting periods when the monitoring system is out
of control is the facility’s ‘‘semi-annual’’ report.
Revise the reference to 40 CFR 63.7550(c) to 40 CFR 63.7555(d).
Revise the reference to Equation 12 to Equation 16, to accommodate the change in numbering of equations.
Revise the reference to Equation 13 to Equation 17, to accommodate the change in numbering of equations.
Revise this paragraph by changing wording from ‘‘operating’’ to ‘‘subject to numeric emission limits’’ to clarify that
the numeric emission limits do not apply during startup and shutdown periods.
Amend this paragraph to clarify that the tune-up must be conducted while burning the type of fuel that provided
the majority of the heat input over the 12 months prior to the tune-up.
Revise paragraph to remove the word ‘‘annual’’ because not all facilities will necessarily be subject to an annual
tune-up requirement.
Revise the reference to Equation 14 to Equation 18, to accommodate the change in numbering of equations.
Revise the reference from paragraph (i) to paragraph (v).
Revise the reference to item 5 of Table 3 to items 5 and 6 of Table 3 to accommodate the splitting of the work
practice for startup and shutdown into two separate items in Table 3.
Revise this paragraph by changing the wording from ‘‘complies with’’ to ‘‘completed’’ to add clarity.
Revise this paragraph to clarify the paragraph also applies to process heaters.
Revise this paragraph to clarify that units subject only to both the energy assessment and tune-up requirements
may submit only an annual, biennial, or 5-year compliance report.
Revise these paragraphs to add the word ‘‘semi-annual’’ to clarify that the compliance report initially discussed in
each paragraph is the semi-annual report required for units subject to emission limits.
Revise this paragraph to change the reporting period end dates to be consistent with the dates in 40 CFR
63.7550(b)(3).
Revise this paragraph to remove the word ‘‘a,’’ to change the wording from ‘‘they’’ to ‘‘you’’ and to add reference
to 40 CFR 63.7550(c)(5)(xvii).
Revise these paragraphs to add reference to 40 CFR 63.7550(c)(5)(xvii).
Revise this paragraph to add reference to 40 CFR 63.7550(c)(5)(viii).
Revise these paragraphs to change the wording from ‘‘a facility is’’ to ‘‘you are’’ and ‘‘they’’ to ‘‘you.’’
Revise the paragraph to include reference to paragraph (c)(5)(xii).
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Section of subpart DDDDD
Description of proposed correction
40 CFR 63.7550(c)(5)(viii) ...
Revise the reference to Equation 12 to Equation 16, the reference to Equation 13 to Equation 17, and the reference to Equation 14 to Equation 18, to accommodate the change in numbering of equations.
Revise this paragraph to clarify that deviations from the work practice standards for periods of startup and shutdown must also be included in the compliance report.
Revise the paragraph to update electronic reporting requirements.
Redesignating paragraph 63.7550(d)(3) as new paragraph 63.7550(a)(3) because limited use units are not subject to emission limits.
Change the reference to Equation 12 to Equation 16, to accommodate the change in numbering of equations.
Change the reference to Equation 13 to Equation 17, to accommodate the change in numbering of equations.
Change the reference to Equation 14 to Equation 18, to accommodate the change in numbering of equations.
Delete paragraphs because paragraphs (i) and (j) are identical to paragraphs (d)(10) and (d)(11) to be consistent
with the intent of the amendments to limit these reporting requirements to units subject to emission limits.
Revise the definition of ‘‘Coal’’ to clarify that coal derived liquids are considered to be a liquid fuel type.
Add new definition of ‘‘Fossil fuel’’ to clarify what is meant by ‘‘fossil fuel’’ in the definition of ‘‘Electric utility steam
generating unit.’’
Revise the definition of ‘‘Limited-use boiler or process heater’’ to remove the word ‘‘average’’ to eliminate confusion regarding its use in the definition and maintain consistent terminology within the subpart.
Revise the definition of ‘‘Load fraction’’ to clarify how load fraction is determined for a boiler or process heater cofiring natural gas.
Revise the definition of ‘‘Oxygen trim system’’ to include draft controller and to clarify that it is a system that
maintains the desired excess air level over the operating load range.
Revise the definition of ‘‘Steam output’’ to clarify how steam output is determined for multi-function units and units
supplying steam to a common header.
Revise the definition of ‘‘Temporary boiler’’ to clarify that the definition is also applicable to process heaters.
Revise the subcategory ‘‘Stokers designed to burn coal/solid fossil fuel’’ to clarify that the subcategory includes
‘‘other combustors’’ consistent with the stokers designed to burn biomass subcategories.
Add footnote ‘‘d’’ to clarify that carbon dioxide may be used as an alternative to using oxygen in correcting the
measured CO CEMS data without petitioning for an alternative monitoring procedure.
Revise the subcategory ‘‘Stokers designed to burn coal/solid fossil fuel’’ to clarify that the subcategory includes
‘‘other combustors’’ consistent with the stokers designed to burn biomass subcategories.
Revise the CO emission limit for hybrid suspension grate units to account for a conversion error in the emission
database that inadvertently resulted in a source incorrectly being a best performing unit.
Revise items 14.b and 16.b to add the reference to footnote ‘‘a.’’
Add footnote ‘‘c’’ to clarify that carbon dioxide may be used as an alternative to using oxygen in correcting the
measured CO CEMS data without petitioning for an alternative monitoring procedure.
Revise item 4 to clarify that ‘‘operates’’ does not require the energy management program to be implemented in
perpetuity and that an energy management program developed according to ENERGY STAR guidelines would
also satisfy the requirement.
Revise item 4e to read ‘‘program’’ instead of ‘‘practices’’ to be consistent with the definition of ‘‘Energy management program’’ in § 63.7575.
Revise certain items in the table to clarify the applicability of the parameter operating limits also apply to process
heaters.
Revise item 4 to clarify that item 4.a. is applicable to dry ESP and item 4.b. is applicable to wet ESP systems.
Revise the heading of the third column to clarify that the requirement to use a specified method may not be appropriate in all cases.
Add the missing footnote ‘‘a Incorporated by reference, see 40 CFR 63.14’’
Revise items 1, 2, and 4 to remove reference to the equations cited in 40 CFR 63.7530 for demonstrating only
initial compliance.
Revise items 1.c, 2.c, and 4.c to remove the listed method for liquid samples to be consistent with 40 CFR
63.7521(a).
Revise item 3 to clarify that the two methods listed are alternatives.
Revise the title to item 4 to remove ‘‘for solid fuels’’ to clarify that item 4. is applicable to also liquid fuel types.
Revise item 1.a.i.(1) to clarify that TSM performance test are also included.
Revise items 2.a.i. and 2.a.i.(1) to remove ‘‘pressure drop’’ to be consistent with 40 CFR 63.7530(b).
Revise items 2.b.i.(1)(c) and 3.a.i.(1)(c) to clarify that ‘‘load fraction’’ is as defined in 40 CFR 63.7575.
Revise item 2.c.i(1)(b) to read ‘‘highest’’ instead of ‘‘lowest’’ to be consistent with item 10 of Table 4 to subpart
DDDDD.
Revise item 4 to read ‘‘Carbon monoxide for which compliance is demonstrated by a performance test’’ to clarify
that this operating limit is not applicable for source complying with the CO CEMS based limits.
Revise item 3 to change the reference to 40 CFR 63.7540(a)(9) to 40 CFR 63.7540(a)(7).
Revise item 9.a to change the reference to 40 CFR 63.7525(a)(2) to 40 CFR 63.7525(a)(7).
Revise item 11.c to read ‘‘highest’’ instead of ‘‘minimum’’ to be consistent with item 10 of Table 4 to subpart
DDDDD.
Revise the operating load compliance provisions (item 10) to be consistent with 40 CFR 63.7525(d).
Revise Table 9 to subpart DDDDD to clarify that it is deviations from the work practice standards for periods of
startup and shutdown that are to be included.
Revise Table 11 to subpart DDDDD to be consistent with the final amended rule because of incorrect amendatory instructions.
Revise Table 12 to subpart DDDDD to be consistent with the final amended rule because of incorrect amendatory instructions.
40 CFR 63.7550(d) ..............
40 CFR 63.7550(h) ..............
40 CFR 63.7555(a)(3) ..........
40
40
40
40
CFR
CFR
CFR
CFR
63.7555(d)(4) ..........
63.7555(d)(5) ..........
63.7555(d)(9) ..........
63.7555(i) and (j) ....
40 CFR 63.7575 ...................
Table 1 to subpart DDDDD ..
Table 2 to subpart DDDDD ..
Table 3 to subpart DDDDD ..
Table 4 to subpart DDDDD ..
Table 5 to subpart DDDDD ..
Table 6 to subpart DDDDD ..
Table 7 to subpart DDDDD ..
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Table 9 to subpart DDDDD ..
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V. Affirmative Defense for Violation of
Emission Standards During
Malfunction
In several prior CAA section 112 and
CAA section 129 rules, including this
rule, the EPA had included an
affirmative defense to civil penalties for
violations caused by malfunctions in an
effort to create a system that
incorporates some flexibility,
recognizing that there is a tension,
inherent in many types of air regulation,
to ensure adequate compliance while
simultaneously recognizing that despite
the most diligent of efforts, emission
standards may be violated under
circumstances entirely beyond the
control of the source. Although the EPA
recognized that its case-by-case
enforcement discretion provides
sufficient flexibility in these
circumstances, it included the
affirmative defense to provide a more
formalized approach and more
regulatory clarity. See Weyerhaeuser Co.
v. Costle, 590 F.2d 1011, 1057–58 (D.C.
Cir. 1978) (holding that an informal
case-by-case enforcement discretion
approach is adequate); but see Marathon
Oil Co. v. EPA, 564 F.2d 1253, 1272–73
(9th Cir. 1977) (requiring a more
formalized approach to consideration of
‘‘upsets beyond the control of the permit
holder.’’). Under the EPA’s regulatory
affirmative defense provisions, if a
source could demonstrate in a judicial
or administrative proceeding that it had
met the requirements of the affirmative
defense in the regulation, civil penalties
would not be assessed. Recently, the
United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit vacated an
affirmative defense in one of the EPA’s
CAA section 112 regulations. NRDC v.
EPA, 749 F.3d 1055 (D.C. Cir., 2014)
(vacating affirmative defense provisions
in CAA section 112 rule establishing
emission standards for Portland cement
kilns). The court found that the EPA
lacked authority to establish an
affirmative defense for private civil suits
and held that under the CAA, the
authority to determine civil penalty
amounts in such cases lies exclusively
with the courts, not the EPA.
Specifically, the court found: ‘‘As the
language of the statute makes clear, the
courts determine, on a case-by-case
basis, whether civil penalties are
‘appropriate.’ ’’ See NRDC, 2014 U.S.
App. LEXIS 7281 at *21 (‘‘[U]nder this
statute, deciding whether penalties are
‘appropriate’ . . . is a job for the courts,
not EPA.’’). In light of NRDC, the EPA
is proposing to remove the regulatory
affirmative defense provision in the
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In the event that a source fails to
comply with the applicable CAA section
112 standards as a result of a
malfunction event, the EPA would
determine an appropriate response
based on, among other things, the good
faith efforts of the source to minimize
emissions during malfunction periods,
including preventative and corrective
actions, as well as root cause analyses
to ascertain and rectify excess
emissions. The EPA would also
consider whether the source’s failure to
comply with the CAA section 112
standard was, in fact, ‘‘sudden,
infrequent, not reasonably preventable’’
and was not instead ‘‘caused in part by
poor maintenance or careless
operation.’’ 40 CFR 63.2 (definition of
malfunction).
Further, to the extent the EPA files an
enforcement action against a source for
violation of an emission standard, the
source can raise any and all defenses in
that enforcement action and the federal
district court will determine what, if
any, relief is appropriate. The same is
true for citizen enforcement actions. Cf.
NRDC at 1064 (arguments that violation
was caused by unavoidable technology
failure can be made to the courts in
future civil cases when the issue arises).
Similarly, the presiding officer in an
administrative proceeding can consider
any defense raised and determine
whether administrative penalties are
appropriate.
VI. Solicitation of Public Comment and
Participation
The EPA seeks full public
participation in arriving at its final
decisions. At this time, the EPA is only
proposing alternatives to the final rule’s
definitions of startup and shutdown, the
work practices that apply during those
periods, and recordkeeping
requirements for startup periods. The
EPA is not proposing any other specific
revisions to the reconsideration issues.
However, the EPA requests public
comment on the three issues under
reconsideration.
Additionally, the EPA is making
certain clarifying changes and
corrections to the final rule. We are
soliciting comments on whether the
proposed changes provide the intended
accuracy, clarity and consistency. The
EPA is also proposing to amend the
final rule by removing the affirmative
defense provision. We request comment
on all of these proposed changes.
The EPA is seeking comment only on
the specific three issues, the clarifying
changes and corrections, and the
amendments described in this notice.
The EPA will not respond to any
comments addressing any other issues
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or any other provisions of the final rule
or any other rule.
VII. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Additional information about these
statutes and Executive Orders can be
found at https://www2.epa.gov/lawsregulations/laws-and-executive-orders.
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
This action is not a significant
regulatory action and was therefore not
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This action does not impose any new
information collection burden under
PRA. With this action, the EPA is
seeking additional comments on three
aspects of the final amended NESHAP
for industrial, commercial, and
institutional boilers and process heaters
located at major sources of HAP with
proposing only minor changes to the
rule to correct and clarify
implementation issues raised by
stakeholders. However, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has
previously approved the information
collection requirements contained in the
existing regulations under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. and has
assigned OMB control number 2060–
0551. The OMB control numbers for the
EPA’s regulations in 40 CFR are listed
in 40 CFR part 9.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
I certify that this action will not have
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the RFA. This action will not
impose any requirements on small
entities. This action seeks comment on
three aspects of the final NESHAP for
industrial, commercial, and institutional
boilers and process heaters located at
major sources of HAP as well as
proposing minor changes to the rule to
correct and clarify implementation
issues raised by stakeholders.
We continue to be interested in the
potential impacts of the proposed rule
on small entities and welcome
comments on issues related to such
impacts.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
This action does not contain any
unfunded mandates as described in
UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538. The action
imposes no enforceable duty on any
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state, local or tribal governments or the
private sector.
This action seeks comment on three
aspects of the final NESHAP for
industrial, commercial, and institutional
boilers and process heaters located at
major sources of HAP with proposing
minor changes to the rule to correct and
clarify implementation issues raised by
stakeholders.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism
implications. It will not have substantial
direct effects on the states, on the
relationship between the national
government and the states, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government. This action seeks
comment on three aspects of the final
NESHAP for industrial, commercial,
and institutional boilers and process
heaters located at major sources of HAP
without proposing any changes to the
rule. Thus, Executive Order 13132 does
not apply to this action.
In the spirit of Executive Order 13132,
and consistent with EPA policy to
promote communications between EPA
and state and local governments, the
EPA specifically solicits comment on
this proposed action from state and
local officials.
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F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Governments
This action does not have tribal
implications, as specified in Executive
Order 13175. This action will not have
substantial direct effects on tribal
governments, on the relationship
between the federal government and
Indian tribes, or on the distribution of
power and responsibilities between the
federal government and Indian tribes, as
specified in Executive Order 13175.
Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not
apply to this action.
The EPA specifically solicits
additional comment on this proposed
action from tribal officials.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks
The EPA interprets Executive Order
13045 as applying to those regulatory
actions that concern environmental
health or safety risks that the EPA has
reason to believe may
disproportionately affect children, per
the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory
action’’ in section 2–202 of the
Executive Order. This action is not
subject to Executive Order 13045
because it does not concern an
environmental health risk or safety risk.
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H. Executive Order 13211: Actions
Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
This action is not a ‘‘significant
energy action’’ because it is not likely to
have a significant adverse effect on the
supply, distribution or use of energy.
I. National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act
Section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act (NTTAA) of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–113,
Section 12(d), 15 U.S.C. 272 note)
directs the EPA to use voluntary
consensus standards (VCS) in its
regulatory activities, unless to do so
would be inconsistent with applicable
law or otherwise impractical. The VCS
are technical standards (e.g., materials
specifications, test methods, sampling
procedures and business practices) that
are developed or adopted by VCS
bodies. The NTTAA directs the EPA to
provide Congress, through OMB,
explanations when the agency does not
use available and applicable VCS.
This action does not involve technical
standards. Therefore, the EPA did not
consider the use of any VCS.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994) establishes federal
executive policy on environmental
justice. Its main provision directs
federal agencies, to the greatest extent
practicable and permitted by law, to
make environmental justice part of their
mission by identifying and addressing,
as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or
environmental effects of their programs,
policies, and activities on minority
populations and low-income
populations in the United States.
The EPA has determined that this
proposed rule will not have
disproportionately high and adverse
human health or environmental effects
on minority or low-income populations
because it does not affect the level of
protection provided to human health or
the environment. This action seeks
comment on three aspects of the final
NESHAP for industrial, commercial,
and institutional boilers and process
heaters located at major sources of HAP
with proposing minor changes to the
rule to correct and clarify
implementation issues raised by
stakeholders.
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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 63
Environmental Protect,
Administrative practice and procedure,
Air pollution control, Hazardous
substances, Intergovernmental relations,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: December 1, 2014.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
For the reasons cited in the preamble,
title 40, chapter I, part 63 of the Code
of Federal Regulations is proposed to be
amended as follows:
PART 63— NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS FOR SOURCE
CATEGORIES
1. The authority for part 63 continues
to read as follows:
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Subpart DDDDD—[Amended]
2. Section 63.7491 is amended by:
a. Revising paragraphs (a), (j) and (l).
b. Adding paragraph (n).
The revisions and addition read as
follows:
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heaters not subject to this subpart?
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(a) An electric utility steam generating
unit (EGU) covered by subpart UUUUU
of this part or a natural gas-fired EGU as
defined in subpart UUUUU of this part
firing at least 90 percent natural gas on
an annual heat input basis.
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heaters as defined in this subpart.
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specifically listed as an affected source
in any standard(s) established under
section 129 of the Clean Air Act.
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this subpart.
■ 3. Section 63.7495 is amended by:
■ a. Revising paragraphs (a) and (e).
■ b. Adding paragraphs (h) and (i).
The revisions and additions read as
follows:
§ 63.7495 When do I have to comply with
this subpart?
(a) If you have a new or reconstructed
boiler or process heater, you must
comply with this subpart by April 1,
2013, or upon startup of your boiler or
process heater, whichever is later.
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industrial, commercial, or institutional
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demonstrate compliance with the
output-based emission limits, in units of
pounds per million Btu of steam output,
in Tables 1 or 2 to this subpart. If you
operate a new boiler or process heater,
you can choose to comply with
alternative limits as discussed in
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (a)(1)(iii) of
this section, but on or after January 31,
2016, you must comply with the
emission limits in Table 1 to this
subpart.
(i) If your boiler or process heater
commenced construction or
reconstruction after June 4, 2010 and
before May 20, 2011, you may comply
with the emission limits in Table 1 or
11 to this subpart until January 31,
2016.
(ii) If your boiler or process heater
commenced construction or
reconstruction on or after May 20, 2011
and before December 23, 2011, you may
comply with the emission limits in
Table 1 or 12 to this subpart until
January 31, 2016.
(iii) If your boiler or process heater
commenced construction or
reconstruction on or after December 23,
2011 and before April 1, 2013, you may
comply with the emission limits in
Table 1 or 13 to this subpart until
January 31, 2016.
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(f) These standards apply at all times
the affected unit is operating, except
during periods of startup and shutdown
during which time you must comply
only with items 5 and 6 of Table 3 to
this subpart.
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§ 63.7500 What emission limitations, work
practice standards, and operating limits
must I meet?
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boiler or process heater and would be
subject to this subpart except for the
exemption in § 63.7491(l) for
commercial and industrial solid waste
incineration units covered by part 60,
subpart CCCC or subpart DDDD, and
you cease combusting solid waste, you
must be in compliance with this subpart
and are no longer subject to part 60,
subparts CCCC or DDDD beginning on
the effective date of the switch as
identified under the provisions of
§ 60.2145(a)(2) and (3) or § 60.2710(a)(2)
and (3).
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industrial, commercial, or institutional
boiler or process heater and have switch
fuels or made a physical change to the
boiler or process heater that resulted in
the applicability of a different
subcategory after January 31, 2016, you
must be in compliance with the
applicable existing source provisions of
this subpart on the effective date of the
fuel switch or physical change.
(i) If you own or operate a new
industrial, commercial, or institutional
boiler or process heater and have switch
fuels or made a physical change to the
boiler or process heater that resulted in
the applicability of a different
subcategory, you must be in compliance
with the applicable new source
provisions of this subpart on the
effective date of the fuel switch or
physical change.
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revising paragraphs (a)(1) and (f) to read
as follows:
§ 63.7501
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(1) You must meet each emission
limit and work practice standard in
Tables 1 through 3, and 11 through 13
to this subpart that applies to your
boiler or process heater, for each boiler
or process heater at your source, except
as provided under § 63.7522. The
output-based emission limits, in units of
pounds per million Btu of steam output,
in Tables 1 or 2 to this subpart are an
alternative applicable only to boilers
and process heaters that generate either
steam, cogenerate steam with electricity,
or both. The output-based emission
limits, in units of pounds per megawatthour, in Tables 1 or 2 to this subpart are
an alternative applicable only to boilers
that generate only electricity. Boilers
that perform multiple functions
(cogeneration and electricity generation)
or supply steam to common heaters
would calculate a total steam energy
output using equation 21 of § 63.7575 to
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5. Section 63.7501 is removed.
6. Section 63.7505 is amended by
revising paragraphs (a) and (c) and
adding paragraph (e) to read as follows:
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requirements for complying with this
subpart?
(a) You must be in compliance with
the emission limits, work practice
standards, and operating limits in this
subpart. These emission and operating
limits apply to you at all times the
affected unit is operating except for the
periods noted in § 63.7500(f).
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(c) You must demonstrate compliance
with all applicable emission limits
using performance stack testing, fuel
analysis, or continuous monitoring
systems (CMS), including a continuous
emission monitoring system (CEMS),
continuous opacity monitoring system
(COMS), continuous parameter
monitoring system (CPMS), or
particulate matter continuous parameter
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monitoring system (PM CPMS), where
applicable. You may demonstrate
compliance with the applicable
emission limit for hydrogen chloride
(HCl), mercury, or total selected metals
(TSM) using fuel analysis if the
emission rate calculated according to
§ 63.7530(c) is less than the applicable
emission limit. (For gaseous fuels, you
may not use fuel analyses to comply
with the TSM alternative standard or
the HCl standard.) Otherwise, you must
demonstrate compliance for HCl,
mercury, or TSM using performance
stack testing, if subject to an applicable
emission limit listed in Tables 1, 2, or
11 through 13 to this subpart.
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(e) If you have an applicable emission
limit, you must develop a site-specific
monitoring plan for work practice
monitoring during startup periods
according to the requirements in Table
3 to this subpart. The site-specific
monitoring plan for startup periods
must be maintained onsite and available
upon request for public inspection.
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■ a. Revising paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (a)(2)(ii), (c), (e), (g),
and (i) .
■ b. Adding paragraph (k).
The revisions and addition read as
follows:
§ 63.7510 What are my initial compliance
requirements and by what date must I
conduct them?
(a) For each boiler or process heater
that is required or that you elect to
demonstrate compliance with any of the
applicable emission limits in Tables 1 or
2 or 11 through 13 of this subpart
through performance (stack) testing,
your initial compliance requirements
include all the following:
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(ii) When natural gas, refinery gas, or
other Gas 1 fuels are co-fired with other
fuels, you are not required to conduct a
fuel analysis of those Gas 1 fuels
according to § 63.7521 and Table 6 to
this subpart. If gaseous fuels other than
natural gas, refinery gas, or other Gas 1
fuels are co-fired with other fuels and
those non-Gas 1 gaseous fuels are
subject to another subpart of this part,
part 60, part 61, or part 65, you are not
required to conduct a fuel analysis of
those non-Gas 1 fuels according to
§ 63.7521 and Table 6 to this subpart.
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(c) If your boiler or process heater is
subject to a carbon monoxide (CO) limit,
your initial compliance demonstration
for CO is to conduct a performance test
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for CO according to Table 5 to this
subpart or conduct a performance
evaluation of your continuous CO
monitor, if applicable, according to
§ 63.7525(a). Boilers and process heaters
that use a CO CEMS to comply with the
applicable alternative CO CEMS
emission standard listed in Tables 1, 2,
or 11 through 13 to this subpart, as
specified in § 63.7525(a), are exempt
from the initial CO performance testing
and oxygen concentration operating
limit requirements specified in
paragraph (a) of this section.
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(e) For existing affected sources (as
defined in § 63.7490), you must
complete the initial compliance
demonstrations, as specified in
paragraphs (a) through (d) of this
section, no later than 180 days after the
compliance date that is specified for
your source in § 63.7495 and according
to the applicable provisions in
§ 63.7(a)(2) as cited in Table 10 to this
subpart, except as specified in
paragraph (j) of this section. You must
complete an initial tune-up by following
the procedures described in
§ 63.7540(a)(10)(i) through (vi) no later
than the compliance date specified in
§ 63.7495, except as specified in
paragraph (j) of this section. You must
complete the one-time energy
assessment specified in Table 3 to this
subpart no later than the compliance
date specified in § 63.7495.
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(g) For new or reconstructed affected
sources (as defined in § 63.7490), you
must demonstrate initial compliance
with the applicable work practice
standards in Table 3 to this subpart
within the applicable annual, biennial,
or 5-year schedule as specified in
§ 63.7515(d) following the initial
compliance date specified in
§ 63.7495(a). Thereafter, you are
required to complete the applicable
annual, biennial, or 5-year tune-up as
specified in § 63.7515(d).
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subject after January 31, 2016, you must
demonstrate compliance within 180
days after becoming an affected source.
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§ 63.7490, that switch subcategory
consistent with § 63.7545(h) after the
initial compliance date, you must
demonstrate compliance within 60 days
of the effective date of the switch,
unless you had previously conducted
your compliance demonstration for this
subcategory within the previous 12
months.
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8. Section 63.7515 is amended by
revising paragraphs (d) and (h) to read
as follows:
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subsequent performance tests, fuel
analyses, or tune-ups?
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(d) If you are required to meet an
applicable tune-up work practice
standard, you must conduct an annual,
biennial, or 5-year performance tune-up
according to § 63.7540(a)(10), (11), or
(12), respectively. Each annual tune-up
specified in § 63.7540(a)(10) must be no
more than 13 months after the previous
tune-up. Each biennial tune-up
specified in § 63.7540(a)(11) must be
conducted no more than 25 months after
the previous tune-up. Each 5-year tuneup specified in § 63.7540(a)(12) must be
conducted no more than 61 months after
the previous tune-up. For a new or
reconstructed affected source (as
defined in § 63.7490), the first annual,
biennial, or 5-year tune-up must be no
later than 13 months, 25 months, or 61
months, respectively, after April 1, 2013
or the initial startup of the new or
reconstructed affected source,
whichever is later.
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heater is in the unit designed to burn
light liquid subcategory and you
combust ultra-low sulfur liquid fuel,
you do not need to conduct further
performance tests (stack tests or fuel
analyses) if the pollutants measured
during the initial compliance
performance tests meet the emission
limits in Tables 1 or 2 of this subpart
providing you demonstrate ongoing
compliance with the emissions limits by
monitoring and recording the type of
fuel combusted on a monthly basis. If
you intend to use a fuel other than ultralow sulfur liquid fuel, natural gas,
refinery gas, or other gas 1 fuel, you
must conduct new performance tests
within 60 days of burning the new fuel
type.
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■ a. Revising paragraph (a).
■ b. Revising paragraph (c)(1).
■ c. Revising paragraph (f) introductory
text.
■ d. Revising paragraph (g) introductory
text.
■ e. Revising paragraph (h).
The revisions read as follows:
§ 63.7521 What fuel analyses, fuel
specification, and procedures must I use?
(a) For solid and liquid fuels, you
must conduct fuel analyses for chloride
and mercury according to the
procedures in paragraphs (b) through (e)
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of this section and Table 6 to this
subpart, as applicable. For solid fuels
and liquid fuels, you must also conduct
fuel analyses for TSM if you are opting
to comply with the TSM alternative
standard. For gas 2 (other) fuels, you
must conduct fuel analyses for mercury
according to the procedures in
paragraphs (b) through (e) of this section
and Table 6 to this subpart, as
applicable. (For gaseous fuels, you may
not use fuel analyses to comply with the
TSM alternative standard or the HCl
standard.) For purposes of complying
with this section, a fuel gas system that
consists of multiple gaseous fuels
collected and mixed with each other is
considered a single fuel type and
sampling and analysis is only required
on the combined fuel gas system that
will feed the boiler or process heater.
Sampling and analysis of the individual
gaseous streams prior to combining is
not required. You are not required to
conduct fuel analyses for fuels used for
only startup, unit shutdown, and
transient flame stability purposes. You
are required to conduct fuel analyses
only for fuels and units that are subject
to emission limits for mercury, HCl, or
TSM in Tables 1 and 2 or 11 through 13
to this subpart. Gaseous and liquid fuels
are exempt from the sampling
requirements in paragraphs (c) and (d)
of this section.
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(1) If sampling from a belt (or screw)
feeder, collect fuel samples according to
paragraphs (c)(1)(i) and (ii) of this
section.
(i) Stop the belt and withdraw a 6inch wide sample from the full crosssection of the stopped belt to obtain a
minimum two pounds of sample. You
must collect all the material (fines and
coarse) in the full cross-section. You
must transfer the sample to a clean
plastic bag.
(ii) Each composite sample will
consist of a minimum of three samples
collected at approximately equal onehour intervals during the testing period
for sampling during performance stack
testing.
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(f) To demonstrate that a gaseous fuel
other than natural gas or refinery gas
qualifies as an other gas 1 fuel, as
defined in § 63.7575, you must conduct
a fuel specification analyses for mercury
according to the procedures in
paragraphs (g) through (i) of this section
and Table 6 to this subpart, as
applicable, except as specified in
paragraph (f)(1) through (4) of this
section, or as an alternative where fuel
specification analysis is not practical,
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to comply with this subpart?
Where:
monitored at the same location at the
outlet of the boiler or process heater.
(2) To demonstrate compliance with
the applicable alternative CO CEMS
emission standard listed in Tables 1, 2,
or 11 through 13 to this subpart, you
must install, certify, operate, and
maintain a CO CEMS and an oxygen
analyzer according to the applicable
procedures under Performance
Specification 4, 4A, or 4B at 40 CFR part
60, appendix B; part 75 of this chapter
(if an CO2 analyzer is used); the sitespecific monitoring plan developed
according to § 63.7505(d); and the
requirements in § 63.7540(a)(8) and
paragraph (a) of this section. Any boiler
or process heater that has a CO CEMS
that is compliant with Performance
Specification 4, 4A, or 4B at 40 CFR part
60, appendix B, a site-specific
monitoring plan developed according to
§ 63.7505(d), and the requirements in
§ 63.7540(a)(8) and paragraph (a) of this
section must use the CO CEMS to
comply with the applicable alternative
CO CEMS emission standard listed in
Tables 1, 2, or 11 through 13 to this
subpart.
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(3) Complete a minimum of one cycle
of CO and oxygen (or CO2) CEMS
operation (sampling, analyzing, and
data recording) for each successive 15minute period. Collect CO and oxygen
(or CO2) data concurrently. Collect at
least four CO and oxygen (or CO2) CEMS
data values representing the four 15-
En = HAP emission limit, pounds per million
British thermal units (lb/MMBtu) or
parts per million (ppm).
ELi = Appropriate emission limit from Table
2 to this subpart for unit i, in units of lb/
MMBtu or ppm.
Hi = Heat input from unit i, MMBtu.
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a. Revising paragraphs (a)
introductory text, (a)(1), (a)(2)
introductory text, (a)(3), (a)(5), and
(a)(7).
■ b. Revising paragraphs (b)
introductory text and (b)(1).
■ c. Revising paragraph (g)(3).
■ d. Revising paragraphs (m)
introductory text and (m)(2).
The revisions to read as follows:
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§ 63.7525 What are my monitoring,
installation, operation, and maintenance
requirements?
(a) If your boiler or process heater is
subject to a CO emission limit in Tables
1, 2, or 11 through 13 to this subpart,
you must install, operate, and maintain
an oxygen analyzer system, as defined
in § 63.7575, or install, certify, operate
and maintain continuous emission
monitoring systems for CO and oxygen
(or carbon dioxide (CO2)) according to
the procedures in paragraphs (a)(1)
through (6) of this section.
(1) Install the CO CEMS and oxygen
(or CO2) analyzer by the compliance
date specified in § 63.7495. The CO and
oxygen (or CO2) levels shall be
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(c) For each existing boiler or process
heater in the averaging group, the
emission rate achieved during the initial
compliance test for the HAP being
averaged must not exceed the emission
level that was being achieved on April
1, 2013 or the control technology
employed during the initial compliance
test must not be less effective for the
HAP being averaged than the control
technology employed on April 1, 2013.
(d) The averaged emissions rate from
the existing boilers and process heaters
participating in the emissions averaging
option must not exceed 90 percent of
the limits in Table 2 to this subpart at
all times the affected units are subject to
numeric emission limits following the
compliance date specified in § 63.7495.
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(i) For a group of two or more existing
units in the same subcategory, each of
which vents through a common
emissions control system to a common
stack, that does not receive emissions
from units in other subcategories or
categories, you may treat such averaging
group as a single existing unit for
purposes of this subpart and comply
with the requirements of this subpart as
if the group were a single unit.
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(1) Conduct performance tests
according to procedures specified in
§ 63.7520 in the common stack if
affected units from other subcategories
vent to the common stack. The emission
limits that the group must comply with
are determined by the use of Equation
6 of this section.
minute periods in an hour, or at least
two 15-minute data values during an
hour when CEMS calibration, quality
assurance, or maintenance activities are
being performed.
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(5) Calculate one-hour arithmetic
averages, corrected to 3 percent oxygen
(or corrected to an CO2 percentage
determined to be equivalent to 3 percent
oxygen) from each hour of CO CEMS
data in parts per million CO
concentration. The one-hour arithmetic
averages required shall be used to
calculate the 30-day or 10-day rolling
average emissions. Use Equation 19–19
in section 12.4.1 of Method 19 of 40
CFR part 60, appendix A–7 for
calculating the average CO
concentration from the hourly values.
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(7) Operate an oxygen trim system
with the oxygen level set no lower than
the lowest hourly average oxygen
concentration measured during the most
recent CO performance test as the
operating limit for oxygen according to
Table 7 to this subpart, or if the facility
is not required to conduct a
performance test, set the oxygen level to
the oxygen concentration measured
during the most recent tune-up to
optimize CO to manufacturer’s
specification.
(b) If your boiler or process heater is
in the unit designed to burn coal/solid
fossil fuel subcategory or the unit
designed to burn heavy liquid
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concentration in the exhaust gas when
firing only the gaseous fuel to be
demonstrated as an other gas 1 fuel in
the boiler or process heater according to
the procedures in Table 6 to this
subpart.
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(g) You must develop a site-specific
fuel analysis plan for other gas 1 fuels
according to the following procedures
and requirements in paragraphs (g)(1)
and (2) of this section.
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sample for each fuel type for fuel
specification of gaseous fuels.
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revising paragraphs (c), (d), (i), and (j)(1)
to read as follows:
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documented detection limit of 0.5
milligram per actual cubic meter, or
less.
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(3) Calibrate the pH monitoring
system in accordance with your
monitoring plan at least once each
process operating day.
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(m) If your unit is subject to a HCl
emission limit in Tables 1, 2, or 11
through 13 of this subpart and you have
an acid gas wet scrubber or dry sorbent
injection control technology and you
elect to use an SO2 CEMS to
demonstrate continuous compliance
with the HCl emission limit, you must
install the monitor at the outlet of the
boiler or process heater, downstream of
all emission control devices, and you
must install, certify, operate, and
maintain the CEMS according to either
part 60 or part 75 of this chapter.
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(2) For on-going quality assurance
(QA), the SO2 CEMS must meet either
the applicable daily and quarterly
requirements in Procedure 1 of
appendix F of part 60 or the applicable
daily, quarterly, and semiannual or
annual requirements in sections 2.1
through 2.3 of appendix B to part 75 of
this chapter, with the following
addition: You must perform the
linearity checks required in section 2.2
of appendix B to part 75 of this chapter
if the SO2 CEMS has a span value of 30
ppm or less.
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■ 12. Section 63.7530 is amended by:
■ a. Revising paragraphs (a).
■ b. Revising paragraph (b) introductory
text.
■ c. Revising paragraphs (b)(1)(iii),
(b)(2)(iii), and (b)(3)(iii).
■ d. Revising paragraph (b)(4)(ii)(F).
■ e. Redesignating paragraphs (b)(4)(iii)
through (b)(4)(viii) as (b)(4)(iv) through
(b)(4)(ix) and adding new paragraph
(b)(4)(iii).
■ f. Revising paragraphs (c)(3), (c)(4),
and (c)(5).
■ g. Revising paragraph (d).
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Where:
Clinput = Maximum amount of chlorine
entering the boiler or process heater
through fuels burned in units of pounds
per million Btu.
Ci = Arithmetic average concentration of
chlorine in fuel type, i, analyzed
according to § 63.7521, in units of
pounds per million Btu.
Qi = Fraction of total heat input from fuel
type, i, based on the fuel mixture that
has the highest content of chlorine
during the initial compliance test. If you
do not burn multiple fuel types during
the performance testing, it is not
necessary to determine the value of this
term. Insert a value of ‘‘1’’ for Qi. For
continuous compliance demonstration,
the actual fraction of the fuel burned
during the month would be used.
n = Number of different fuel types burned in
your boiler or process heater for the
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i. Revising paragraph (h).
■ j. Revising paragraph (i)(3).
The revisions and addition read as
follows:
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§ 63.7530 How do I demonstrate initial
compliance with the emission limitations,
fuel specifications and work practice
standards?
(a) You must demonstrate initial
compliance with each emission limit
that applies to you by conducting initial
performance tests and fuel analyses and
establishing operating limits, as
applicable, according to § 63.7520,
paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section,
and Tables 5 and 7 to this subpart. The
requirement to conduct a fuel analysis
is not applicable for units that burn a
single type of fuel, as specified by
§ 63.7510(a)(2). If applicable, you must
also install, operate, and maintain all
applicable CMS (including CEMS,
COMS, and CPMS) according to
§ 63.7525.
(b) If you demonstrate compliance
through performance stack testing, you
must establish each site-specific
operating limit in Table 4 to this subpart
that applies to you according to the
requirements in § 63.7520, Table 7 to
this subpart, and paragraph (b)(4) of this
section, as applicable. You must also
conduct fuel analyses according to
§ 63.7521 and establish maximum fuel
pollutant input levels according to
paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) of this
section, as applicable, and as specified
in § 63.7510(a)(2). (Note that
§ 63.7510(a)(2) exempts certain fuels
from the fuel analysis requirements.)
However, if you switch fuel(s) and
cannot show that the new fuel(s) does
(do) not increase the chlorine, mercury,
or TSM input into the unit through the
results of fuel analysis, then you must
repeat the performance test to
demonstrate compliance while burning
the new fuel(s).
(1) * * *
(iii) You must establish a maximum
chlorine input level using Equation 7 of
this section.
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subcategory and has an average annual
heat input rate greater than 250 MMBtu
per hour from solid fossil fuel and/or
heavy liquid, and you demonstrate
compliance with the PM limit instead of
the alternative TSM limit, you must
install, maintain, and operate a PM
CPMS monitoring emissions discharged
to the atmosphere and record the output
of the system as specified in paragraphs
(b)(1) through (4) of this section. As an
alternative to use of a PM CPMS to
demonstrate compliance with the PM
limit, you may choose to use a PM
CEMS. If you choose to use a PM CEMS
to demonstrate compliance with the PM
limit instead of the alternative TSM
limit, you must install, certify, maintain,
and operate a PM CEMS monitoring
emissions discharged to the atmosphere
and record the output of the system as
specified in paragraph (b)(5) through (8)
of this section. For other boilers or
process heaters, you may elect to use a
PM CPMS or PM CEMS operated in
accordance with this section in lieu of
using other CMS for monitoring PM
compliance (e.g., bag leak detectors, ESP
secondary power, PM scrubber
pressure). Owners of boilers and process
heaters who elect to comply with the
alternative TSM limit are not required to
install a PM CPMS.
(1) Install, operate, and maintain your
PM CPMS according to the procedures
in your approved site-specific
monitoring plan developed in
accordance with § 63.7505(d), the
requirements in § 63.7540(a)(9), and
paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through (iii) of this
section.
(i) The operating principle of the PM
CPMS must be based on in-stack or
extractive light scatter, light
scintillation, beta attenuation, or mass
accumulation detection of PM in the
exhaust gas or representative exhaust
gas sample. The reportable
measurement output from the PM CPMS
must be expressed as milliamps.
(ii) The PM CPMS must have a cycle
time (i.e., period required to complete
sampling, measurement, and reporting
for each measurement) no longer than
60 minutes.
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chlorine.
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(iii) You must establish a maximum
mercury input level using Equation 8 of
this section.
Where:
Mercuryinput = Maximum amount of
mercury entering the boiler or process
heater through fuels burned in units of
pounds per million Btu.
HGi = Arithmetic average concentration of
mercury in fuel type, i, analyzed
according to § 63.7521, in units of
pounds per million Btu.
Qi = Fraction of total heat input from fuel
type, i, based on the fuel mixture that
has the highest mercury content during
the initial compliance test. If you do not
burn multiple fuel types during the
performance test, it is not necessary to
determine the value of this term. Insert
a value of ‘‘1’’ for Qi. For continuous
compliance demonstration, the actual
fraction of the fuel burned during the
month would be used.
n = Number of different fuel types burned in
your boiler or process heater for the
mixture that has the highest content of
mercury.
Where:
TSMinput = Maximum amount of TSM
entering the boiler or process heater
through fuels burned in units of pounds
per million Btu.
TSMi = Arithmetic average concentration of
TSM in fuel type, i, analyzed according
to § 63.7521, in units of pounds per
million Btu.
Qi = Fraction of total heat input from fuel
type, i, based on the fuel mixture that
has the highest content of TSM during
the initial compliance test. If you do not
burn multiple fuel types during the
performance testing, it is not necessary
to determine the value of this term.
Insert a value of ‘‘1’’ for Qi. For
continuous compliance demonstration,
the actual fraction of the fuel burned
during the month would be used.
n = Number of different fuel types burned in
your boiler or process heater for the
mixture that has the highest content of
TSM.
(ii) * * *
(F) For PM performance test reports
used to set a PM CPMS operating limit,
the electronic submission of the test
report must also include the make and
model of the PM CPMS instrument,
serial number of the instrument,
analytical principle of the instrument
(e.g. beta attenuation), span of the
instruments primary analytical range,
milliamp value equivalent to the
instrument zero output, technique by
which this zero value was determined,
and the average milliamp signals
corresponding to each PM compliance
test run.
(iii) For a particulate wet scrubber,
you must establish the minimum
pressure drop and liquid flow rate as
defined in § 63.7575, as your operating
limits during the three-run performance
test during which you demonstrate
compliance with your applicable limit.
If you use a wet scrubber and you
conduct separate performance tests for
PM and TSM emissions, you must
establish one set of minimum scrubber
liquid flow rate and pressure drop
operating limits. The minimum scrubber
effluent pH operating limit must be
established during the HCl performance
test. If you conduct multiple
performance tests, you must set the
minimum liquid flow rate and pressure
drop operating limits at the higher of the
minimum values established during the
performance tests.
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(3) To demonstrate compliance with
the applicable emission limit for HCl,
the HCl emission rate that you calculate
for your boiler or process heater using
Equation 16 of this section must not
exceed the applicable emission limit for
HCl.
Qi = Fraction of total heat input from fuel
type, i, based on the fuel mixture that
has the highest content of chlorine. If
you do not burn multiple fuel types, it
is not necessary to determine the value
of this term. Insert a value of ‘‘1’’ for Qi.
n = Number of different fuel types burned in
your boiler or process heater for the
mixture that has the highest content of
chlorine.
1.028 = Molecular weight ratio of HCl to
chlorine.
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(4) To demonstrate compliance with
the applicable emission limit for
mercury, the mercury emission rate that
you calculate for your boiler or process
heater using Equation 17 of this section
must not exceed the applicable emission
limit for mercury.
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Where:
HCl = HCl emission rate from the boiler or
process heater in units of pounds per
million Btu.
Ci90 = 90th percentile confidence level
concentration of chlorine in fuel type, i,
in units of pounds per million Btu as
calculated according to Equation 15 of
this section.
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(3) * * *
(iii) You must establish a maximum
TSM input level using Equation 9 of this
section.
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(3) You establish a unit-specific
maximum SO2 operating limit by
collecting the maximum hourly SO2
emission rate on the SO2 CEMS during
the paired 3-run test for HCl. The
maximum SO2 operating limit is equal
to the highest hourly average SO2
concentration measured during the most
recent HCl performance test.
■ 13. Section 63.7533 is amended by
revising paragraph (e).
the CMS to operation consistent with
your site-specific monitoring plan. You
must use all the data collected during
all other periods in assessing
compliance and the operation of the
control device and associated control
system.
(d) Except for periods of monitoring
system malfunctions, repairs associated
with monitoring system malfunctions,
and required monitoring system quality
assurance or quality control activities
(including, as applicable, system
accuracy audits, calibration checks, and
required zero and span adjustments),
failure to collect required data is a
deviation of the monitoring
requirements. In calculating monitoring
results, do not use any data collected
during periods of startup and shutdown,
when the monitoring system is out of
control as specified in your site-specific
monitoring plan, while conducting
repairs associated with periods when
the monitoring system is out of control,
or while conducting required
monitoring system quality assurance or
quality control activities. You must
calculate monitoring results using all
other monitoring data collected while
the process is operating. You must
report all periods when the monitoring
system is out of control in your semiannual report.
■ 15. Section 63.7540 is amended by:
■ a. Revising paragraph (a)(2)
introductory text.
■ b. Revising paragraph (a)(3).
■ c. Revising paragraph (a)(5).
■ d. Revising paragraph (a)(8)(ii).
■ e. Revising paragraph (a)(10)
introductory text.
■ f. Revising paragraph (a)(10)(vi)
introductory text.
■ g. Revising paragraph (a)(17).
■ h. Revising paragraph (a)(19)(iii).
■ i. Revising paragraph (d).
(d) If you own or operate an existing
unit, you must submit a signed
statement in the Notification of
Compliance Status report that indicates
that you conducted a tune-up of the
unit.
(e) You must include with the
Notification of Compliance Status a
signed certification that the energy
assessment was completed according to
Table 3 to this subpart and that the
assessment is an accurate depiction of
your facility at the time of the
assessment or that the maximum
number of on-site technical hours
specified in the definition of energy
assessment applicable to the facility has
been expended.
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(h) If you own or operate a unit
subject to emission limits in Tables 1 or
2 or 11 through 13 to this subpart, you
must meet the work practice standard
according to Table 3 of this subpart.
During startup and shutdown, you must
only follow the work practice standards
according to items 5 and 6 of Table 3 of
this subpart.
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earned from implementation of energy
conservation measures to comply with this
subpart?
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(e) The emissions rate as calculated
using Equation 20 of this section from
each existing boiler participating in the
efficiency credit option must be in
compliance with the limits in Table 2 to
this subpart at all times the affected unit
is subject to numeric emission limits,
following the compliance date specified
in § 63.7495.
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■ 14. Section 63.7535 is amended by
revising paragraphs (c) and (d).
§ 63.7535 Is there a minimum amount of
monitoring data I must obtain?
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(c) You may not use data recorded
during periods of startup and shutdown,
monitoring system malfunctions or outof-control periods, repairs associated
with monitoring system malfunctions or
out-of-control periods, or required
monitoring system quality assurance or
control activities in data averages and
calculations used to report emissions or
operating levels. You must record and
make available upon request results of
CMS performance audits and dates and
duration of periods when the CMS is
out of control to completion of the
corrective actions necessary to return
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(5) To demonstrate compliance with
the applicable emission limit for TSM
for solid or liquid fuels, the TSM
emission rate that you calculate for your
boiler or process heater from solid fuels
using Equation 18 of this section must
not exceed the applicable emission limit
for TSM.
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Qi = Fraction of total heat input from fuel
type, i, based on the fuel mixture that
has the highest mercury content. If you
do not burn multiple fuel types, it is not
necessary to determine the value of this
term. Insert a value of ‘‘1’’ for Qi.
n = Number of different fuel types burned in
your boiler or process heater for the
mixture that has the highest mercury
content.
Where:
Metals = TSM emission rate from the boiler
or process heater in units of pounds per
million Btu.
TSMi90 = 90th percentile confidence level
concentration of TSM in fuel, i, in units
of pounds per million Btu as calculated
according to Equation 15 of this section.
Qi = Fraction of total heat input from fuel
type, i, based on the fuel mixture that
has the highest TSM content. If you do
not burn multiple fuel types, it is not
necessary to determine the value of this
term. Insert a value of ‘‘1’’ for Qi.
n = Number of different fuel types burned in
your boiler or process heater for the
mixture that has the highest TSM
content.
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Where:
Mercury = Mercury emission rate from the
boiler or process heater in units of
pounds per million Btu.
Hgi90 = 90th percentile confidence level
concentration of mercury in fuel, i, in
units of pounds per million Btu as
calculated according to Equation 15 of
this section.
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§ 63.7540 How do I demonstrate
continuous compliance with the emission
limitations, fuel specifications and work
practice standards?
(a) * * *
(2) As specified in § 63.7550(d), you
must keep records of the type and
amount of all fuels burned in each
boiler or process heater during the
reporting period to demonstrate that all
fuel types and mixtures of fuels burned
would result in either of the following:
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(3) If you demonstrate compliance
with an applicable HCl emission limit
through fuel analysis for a solid or
liquid fuel and you plan to burn a new
type of solid or liquid fuel, you must
recalculate the HCl emission rate using
Equation 16 of § 63.7530 according to
paragraphs (a)(3)(i) through (iii) of this
section. You are not required to conduct
fuel analyses for the fuels described in
§ 63.7510(a)(2)(i) through (iii). You may
exclude the fuels described in
§ 63.7510(a)(2)(i) through (iii) when
recalculating the HCl emission rate.
(i) You must determine the chlorine
concentration for any new fuel type in
units of pounds per million Btu, based
on supplier data or your own fuel
analysis, according to the provisions in
your site-specific fuel analysis plan
developed according to § 63.7521(b).
(ii) You must determine the new
mixture of fuels that will have the
highest content of chlorine.
(iii) Recalculate the HCl emission rate
from your boiler or process heater under
these new conditions using Equation 16
of § 63.7530. The recalculated HCl
emission rate must be less than the
applicable emission limit.
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(5) If you demonstrate compliance
with an applicable mercury emission
limit through fuel analysis, and you
plan to burn a new type of fuel, you
must recalculate the mercury emission
rate using Equation 17 of § 63.7530
according to the procedures specified in
paragraphs (a)(5)(i) through (iii) of this
section. You are not required to conduct
fuel analyses for the fuels described in
§ 63.7510(a)(2)(i) through (iii). You may
exclude the fuels described in
§ 63.7510(a)(2)(i) through (iii) when
recalculating the mercury emission rate.
(i) You must determine the mercury
concentration for any new fuel type in
units of pounds per million Btu, based
on supplier data or your own fuel
analysis, according to the provisions in
your site-specific fuel analysis plan
developed according to § 63.7521(b).
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(ii) You must determine the new
mixture of fuels that will have the
highest content of mercury.
(iii) Recalculate the mercury emission
rate from your boiler or process heater
under these new conditions using
Equation 17 of § 63.7530. The
recalculated mercury emission rate must
be less than the applicable emission
limit.
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(ii) Maintain a CO emission level
below or at your applicable alternative
CO CEMS-based standard in Tables 1 or
2 or 11 through 13 to this subpart at all
times the affected unit is subject to
numeric emission limits.
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(10) If your boiler or process heater
has a heat input capacity of 10 million
Btu per hour or greater, you must
conduct an annual tune-up of the boiler
or process heater to demonstrate
continuous compliance as specified in
paragraphs (a)(10)(i) through (vi) of this
section. You must conduct the tune-up
while burning the type of fuel (or fuels
in case of units that routinely burn a
mixture) that provided the majority of
the heat input to the boiler or process
heater over the 12 months prior to the
tune-up. This frequency does not apply
to limited-use boilers and process
heaters, as defined in § 63.7575, or units
with continuous oxygen trim systems
that maintain an optimum air to fuel
ratio.
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(vi) Maintain on-site and submit, if
requested by the Administrator, a report
containing the information in
paragraphs (a)(10)(vi)(A) through (C) of
this section,
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(17) If you demonstrate compliance
with an applicable TSM emission limit
through fuel analysis for solid or liquid
fuels, and you plan to burn a new type
of fuel, you must recalculate the TSM
emission rate using Equation 18 of
§ 63.7530 according to the procedures
specified in paragraphs (a)(5)(i) through
(iii) of this section. You are not required
to conduct fuel analyses for the fuels
described in § 63.7510(a)(2)(i) through
(iii). You may exclude the fuels
described in § 63.7510(a)(2)(i) through
(iii) when recalculating the TSM
emission rate.
(i) You must determine the TSM
concentration for any new fuel type in
units of pounds per million Btu, based
on supplier data or your own fuel
analysis, according to the provisions in
your site-specific fuel analysis plan
developed according to § 63.7521(b).
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(ii) You must determine the new
mixture of fuels that will have the
highest content of TSM.
(iii) Recalculate the TSM emission
rate from your boiler or process heater
under these new conditions using
Equation 18 of § 63.7530. The
recalculated TSM emission rate must be
less than the applicable emission limit.
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(iii) Collect PM CEMS hourly average
output data for all boiler operating
hours except as indicated in paragraph
(v) of this section.
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(d) For startup and shutdown, you
must meet the work practice standards
according to items 5 and 6 of Table 3 of
this subpart.
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■ 16. Section 63.7545 is amended by
revising paragraphs (e)(8)(i) and (h)
introductory text.
§ 63.7545 What notifications must I submit
and when?
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(8) * * *
(i) ‘‘This facility completed the
required initial tune-up according to the
procedures in § 63.7540(a)(10)(i)
through (vi).’’
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(h) If you have switched fuels or made
a physical change to the boiler or
process heater and the fuel switch or
physical change resulted in the
applicability of a different subcategory,
you must provide notice of the date
upon which you switched fuels or made
the physical change within 30 days of
the switch/change. The notification
must identify:
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■ 17. Section 63.7550 is amended by
revising paragraphs (b), (c), (d)
introductory text, (d)(1), and (h) to read
as follows:
§ 63.7550
when?
What reports must I submit and
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(b) Unless the EPA Administrator has
approved a different schedule for
submission of reports under § 63.10(a),
you must submit each report, according
to paragraph (h) of this section, by the
date in Table 9 to this subpart and
according to the requirements in
paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) of this
section. For units that are subject only
to the energy assessment requirement
and a requirement to conduct an annual,
biennial, or 5-year tune-up according to
§ 63.7540(a)(10), (11), or (12),
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respectively, and not subject to emission
limits or Table 4 operating limits, you
may submit only an annual, biennial, or
5-year compliance report, as applicable,
as specified in paragraphs (b)(1) through
(4) of this section, instead of a semiannual compliance report.
(1) The first semi-annual compliance
report must cover the period beginning
on the compliance date that is specified
for each boiler or process heater in
§ 63.7495 and ending on June 30 or
December 31, whichever date is the first
date that occurs at least 180 days (or 1,
2, or 5 years, as applicable, if submitting
an annual, biennial, or 5-year
compliance report) after the compliance
date that is specified for your source in
§ 63.7495.
(2) The first semi-annual compliance
report must be postmarked or submitted
no later than July 31 or January 31,
whichever date is the first date
following the end of the first calendar
half after the compliance date that is
specified for each boiler or process
heater in § 63.7495. The first annual,
biennial, or 5-year compliance report
must be postmarked or submitted no
later than January 31.
(3) Each subsequent semi-annual
compliance report must cover the
semiannual reporting period from
January 1 through June 30 or the
semiannual reporting period from July 1
through December 31. Annual, biennial,
and 5-year compliance reports must
cover the applicable 1-, 2-, or 5-year
periods from January 1 to December 31.
(4) Each subsequent semi-annual
compliance report must be postmarked
or submitted no later than July 31 or
January 31, whichever date is the first
date following the end of the
semiannual reporting period. Annual,
biennial, and 5-year compliance reports
must be postmarked or submitted no
later than January 31.
(c) A compliance report must contain
the following information depending on
how the facility chooses to comply with
the limits set in this rule.
(1) If the facility is subject to the
requirements of a tune up you must
submit a compliance report with the
information in paragraphs (c)(5)(i)
through (iii), (xiv) and (xvii) of this
section, and paragraph (c)(5)(iv) of this
section for limited-use boiler or process
heater.
(2) If you are complying with the fuel
analysis you must submit a compliance
report with the information in
paragraphs (c)(5)(i) through (iii), (vi),
(x), (xi), (xiii), (xv), (xvii), (xviii) and
paragraph (d) of this section.
(3) If you are complying with the
applicable emissions limit with
performance testing you must submit a
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compliance report with the information
in (c)(5)(i) through (iii), (vi), (vii), (viii),
(ix), (xi), (xiii), (xv), (xvii), (xviii) and
paragraph (d) of this section.
(4) If you are complying with an
emissions limit using a CMS the
compliance report must contain the
information required in paragraphs
(c)(5)(i) through (iii), (v), (vi), (xi)
through (xiii), (xv) through (xviii), and
paragraph (e) of this section.
(5)(i) Company and Facility name and
address.
(ii) Process unit information,
emissions limitations, and operating
parameter limitations.
(iii) Date of report and beginning and
ending dates of the reporting period.
(iv) The total operating time during
the reporting period.
(v) If you use a CMS, including CEMS,
COMS, or CPMS, you must include the
monitoring equipment manufacturer(s)
and model numbers and the date of the
last CMS certification or audit.
(vi) The total fuel use by each
individual boiler or process heater
subject to an emission limit within the
reporting period, including, but not
limited to, a description of the fuel,
whether the fuel has received a nonwaste determination by the EPA or your
basis for concluding that the fuel is not
a waste, and the total fuel usage amount
with units of measure.
(vii) If you are conducting
performance tests once every 3 years
consistent with § 63.7515(b) or (c), the
date of the last 2 performance tests and
a statement as to whether there have
been any operational changes since the
last performance test that could increase
emissions.
(viii) A statement indicating that you
burned no new types of fuel in an
individual boiler or process heater
subject to an emission limit. Or, if you
did burn a new type of fuel and are
subject to a HCl emission limit, you
must submit the calculation of chlorine
input, using Equation 7 of § 63.7530,
that demonstrates that your source is
still within its maximum chlorine input
level established during the previous
performance testing (for sources that
demonstrate compliance through
performance testing) or you must submit
the calculation of HCl emission rate
using Equation 16 of § 63.7530 that
demonstrates that your source is still
meeting the emission limit for HCl
emissions (for boilers or process heaters
that demonstrate compliance through
fuel analysis). If you burned a new type
of fuel and are subject to a mercury
emission limit, you must submit the
calculation of mercury input, using
Equation 8 of § 63.7530, that
demonstrates that your source is still
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within its maximum mercury input
level established during the previous
performance testing (for sources that
demonstrate compliance through
performance testing), or you must
submit the calculation of mercury
emission rate using Equation 17 of
§ 63.7530 that demonstrates that your
source is still meeting the emission limit
for mercury emissions (for boilers or
process heaters that demonstrate
compliance through fuel analysis). If
you burned a new type of fuel and are
subject to a TSM emission limit, you
must submit the calculation of TSM
input, using Equation 9 of § 63.7530,
that demonstrates that your source is
still within its maximum TSM input
level established during the previous
performance testing (for sources that
demonstrate compliance through
performance testing), or you must
submit the calculation of TSM emission
rate, using Equation 18 of § 63.7530, that
demonstrates that your source is still
meeting the emission limit for TSM
emissions (for boilers or process heaters
that demonstrate compliance through
fuel analysis).
(ix) If you wish to burn a new type of
fuel in an individual boiler or process
heater subject to an emission limit and
you cannot demonstrate compliance
with the maximum chlorine input
operating limit using Equation 7 of
§ 63.7530 or the maximum mercury
input operating limit using Equation 8
of § 63.7530, or the maximum TSM
input operating limit using Equation 9
of § 63.7530 you must include in the
compliance report a statement
indicating the intent to conduct a new
performance test within 60 days of
starting to burn the new fuel.
(x) A summary of any monthly fuel
analyses conducted to demonstrate
compliance according to §§ 63.7521 and
63.7530 for individual boilers or process
heaters subject to emission limits, and
any fuel specification analyses
conducted according to §§ 63.7521(f)
and 63.7530(g).
(xi) If there are no deviations from any
emission limits or operating limits in
this subpart that apply to you, a
statement that there were no deviations
from the emission limits or operating
limits during the reporting period.
(xii) If there were no deviations from
the monitoring requirements including
no periods during which the CMSs,
including CEMS, COMS, and CPMS,
were out of control as specified in
§ 63.8(c)(7), a statement that there were
no deviations and no periods during
which the CMS were out of control
during the reporting period.
(xiii) If a malfunction occurred during
the reporting period, the report must
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include the number, duration, and a
brief description for each type of
malfunction which occurred during the
reporting period and which caused or
may have caused any applicable
emission limitation to be exceeded. The
report must also include a description of
actions taken by you during a
malfunction of a boiler, process heater,
or associated air pollution control
device or CMS to minimize emissions in
accordance with § 63.7500(a)(3),
including actions taken to correct the
malfunction.
(xiv) Include the date of the most
recent tune-up for each unit subject to
only the requirement to conduct an
annual, biennial, or 5-year tune-up
according to § 63.7540(a)(10), (11), or
(12) respectively. Include the date of the
most recent burner inspection if it was
not done annually, biennially, or on a 5year period and was delayed until the
next scheduled or unscheduled unit
shutdown.
(xv) If you plan to demonstrate
compliance by emission averaging,
certify the emission level achieved or
the control technology employed is no
less stringent than the level or control
technology contained in the notification
of compliance status in
§ 63.7545(e)(5)(i).
(xvi) For each reporting period, the
compliance reports must include all of
the calculated 30 day rolling average
values based on the daily CEMS (CO
and mercury) and CPMS (PM CPMS
output, scrubber pH, scrubber liquid
flow rate, scrubber pressure drop) data.
(xvii) Statement by a responsible
official with that official’s name, title,
and signature, certifying the truth,
accuracy, and completeness of the
content of the report.
(xviii) For each instance of startup or
shutdown include the information
required to be monitored, collected, or
recorded according to the requirements
of § 63.7555(d).
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(d) For each deviation from an
emission limit or operating limit in this
subpart that occurs at an individual
boiler or process heater where you are
not using a CMS to comply with that
emission limit or operating limit, or
from the work practice standards for
periods if startup and shutdown, the
compliance report must additionally
contain the information required in
paragraphs (d)(1) through (3) of this
section.
(1) A description of the deviation and
which emission limit, operating limit, or
work practice standard from which you
deviated.
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(h) You must submit the reports
according to the procedures specified in
paragraphs (h)(1) through (3) of this
section.
(1) Within 60 days after the date of
completing each performance test
(defined in § 63.2) required by this
subpart, you must submit the results of
the performance test, including any
associated fuel analyses, following the
procedure specified in either paragraph
(h)(1)(i) or (h)(1)(ii) of this section.
(i) For data collected using test
methods supported by the EPA’s
Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT) as
listed on the EPA’s ERT Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ert/
index.html) at the time of the test, you
must submit the results of the
performance test to the EPA via the
Compliance and Emissions Data
Reporting Interface (CEDRI). (CEDRI can
be accessed through the EPA’s Central
Data Exchange (CDX) (www.epa.gov/
cdx).) Performance test data must be
submitted in a file format generated
through use of the EPA’s ERT. Instead
of submitting performance test data in a
file format generated through the use of
the EPA’s ERT, you may submit an
alternate electronic file format
consistent with the extensible markup
language (XML) schema listed on the
EPA’s ERT Web site, once the XML
schema is available. If you claim that
some of the performance test
information being submitted is
confidential business information (CBI),
you must submit a complete file
generated through the use of the EPA’s
ERT (or an alternate electronic file
consistent with the XML schema listed
on the EPA’s ERT Web site once the
XML schema is available), including
information claimed to be CBI, on a
compact disc, flash drive or other
commonly used electronic storage
media to the EPA. The electronic media
must be clearly marked as CBI and
mailed to U.S. EPA/OAPQS/CORE CBI
Office, Attention: Group Leader,
Measurement Policy Group, MD C404–
02, 4930 Old Page Rd., Durham, NC
27703. The same ERT or alternate file
with the CBI omitted must be submitted
to the EPA via the EPA’s CDX as
described earlier in this paragraph.
(ii) For data collected using test
methods that are not supported by the
EPA’s ERT as listed on the EPA’s ERT
Web site, you must submit the results of
the performance test to the
Administrator at the appropriate
address listed in § 63.13.
(2) Within 60 days after the date of
completing each CEMS performance
evaluation (as defined in 63.2), you
must submit the results of the
performance evaluation following the
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procedure specified in either paragraph
(h)(2)(i) or (h)(2)(ii) of this section.
(i) For performance evaluations of
continuous monitoring systems
measuring relative accuracy test audit
(RATA) pollutants that are supported by
the EPA’s ERT as listed on the EPA’s
ERT Web site at the time of the test, you
must submit the results of the
performance evaluation to the EPA via
the CEDRI. (CEDRI can be accessed
through the EPA’s CDX.) Performance
evaluation data must be submitted in a
file format generated through the use of
the EPA’s ERT. Instead of submitting
performance evaluation data in a file
format generated through the use of the
EPA’s ERT, you may submit an alternate
electronic file format consistent with the
XML schema listed on the EPA’s ERT
Web site, once the XML schema is
available. If you claim that some of the
performance evaluation information
being submitted is CBI, you must submit
a complete file generated through the
use of the EPA’s ERT (or an alternate
electronic file consistent with the XML
schema listed on the EPA’s ERT Web
site once the XML schema is available),
including information claimed to be
CBI, on a compact disc, flash drive or
other commonly used electronic storage
media to the EPA. The electronic media
must be clearly marked as CBI and
mailed to U.S. EPA/OAPQS/CORE CBI
Office, Attention: Group Leader,
Measurement Policy Group, MD C404–
02, 4930 Old Page Rd., Durham, NC
27703. The same ERT or alternate file
with the CBI omitted must be submitted
to the EPA via the EPA’s CDX as
described earlier in this paragraph.
(ii) For any performance evaluations
of continuous monitoring systems
measuring RATA pollutants that are not
supported by the EPA’s ERT as listed on
the ERT Web site, you must submit the
results of the performance evaluation to
the Administrator at the appropriate
address listed in § 63.13.
(3) You must submit all reports
required by Table 9 of this subpart
electronically to the EPA via the CEDRI.
(CEDRI can be accessed through the
EPA’s CDX.) You must use the
appropriate electronic report in CEDRI
for this subpart. Instead of using the
electronic report in CEDRI for this
subpart, you may submit an alternate
electronic file consistent with the XML
schema listed on the CEDRI Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/cedri/
index.html), once the XML schema is
available. If the reporting form specific
to this subpart is not available in CEDRI
at the time that the report is due, you
must submit the report to the
Administrator at the appropriate
address listed in § 63.13. You must
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later than 90 days after the form
becomes available in CEDRI.
■ 18. Section 63.7555 is amended by:
■ a. Adding paragraph (a)(3).
■ b. Removing paragraph (d)(3).
■ c. Redesignating paragraphs (d)(4)
through (d)(11) as paragraphs (d)(3)
through (d)(10).
■ d. Revising newly designated
paragraphs (d)(3), (d)(4), and (d)(8).
■ e. Adding new paragraphs (d)(11) and
(12).
■ f. Removing paragraphs (i) and (j).
The revisions and additions read as
follows:
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What records must I keep?
(a) * * *
(3) For units in the limited use
subcategory, you must keep a copy of
the federally enforceable permit that
limits the annual capacity factor to less
than or equal to 10 percent and fuel use
records for the days the boiler or process
heater was operating.
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(3) A copy of all calculations and
supporting documentation of maximum
chlorine fuel input, using Equation 7 of
§ 63.7530, that were done to
demonstrate continuous compliance
with the HCl emission limit, for sources
that demonstrate compliance through
performance testing. For sources that
demonstrate compliance through fuel
analysis, a copy of all calculations and
supporting documentation of HCl
emission rates, using Equation 16 of
§ 63.7530, that were done to
demonstrate compliance with the HCl
emission limit. Supporting
documentation should include results of
any fuel analyses and basis for the
estimates of maximum chlorine fuel
input or HCl emission rates. You can
use the results from one fuel analysis for
multiple boilers and process heaters
provided they are all burning the same
fuel type. However, you must calculate
chlorine fuel input, or HCl emission
rate, for each boiler and process heater.
(4) A copy of all calculations and
supporting documentation of maximum
mercury fuel input, using Equation 8 of
§ 63.7530, that were done to
demonstrate continuous compliance
with the mercury emission limit for
sources that demonstrate compliance
through performance testing. For
sources that demonstrate compliance
through fuel analysis, a copy of all
calculations and supporting
documentation of mercury emission
rates, using Equation 17 of § 63.7530,
that were done to demonstrate
compliance with the mercury emission
limit. Supporting documentation should
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include results of any fuel analyses and
basis for the estimates of maximum
mercury fuel input or mercury emission
rates. You can use the results from one
fuel analysis for multiple boilers and
process heaters provided they are all
burning the same fuel type. However,
you must calculate mercury fuel input,
or mercury emission rates, for each
boiler and process heater.
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(8) A copy of all calculations and
supporting documentation of maximum
TSM fuel input, using Equation 9 of
§ 63.7530, that were done to
demonstrate continuous compliance
with the TSM emission limit for sources
that demonstrate compliance through
performance testing. For sources that
demonstrate compliance through fuel
analysis, a copy of all calculations and
supporting documentation of TSM
emission rates, using Equation 18 of
§ 63.7530, that were done to
demonstrate compliance with the TSM
emission limit. Supporting
documentation should include results of
any fuel analyses and basis for the
estimates of maximum TSM fuel input
or TSM emission rates. You can use the
results from one fuel analysis for
multiple boilers and process heaters
provided they are all burning the same
fuel type. However, you must calculate
TSM fuel input, or TSM emission rates,
for each boiler and process heater.
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(11) For each startup period, you must
maintain records of the time that clean
fuel combustion begins; the time when
firing (i.e., feeding) start for coal/solid
fossil fuel, biomass/bio-based solids,
heavy liquid fuel, or gas 2 (other) gases;
the time when useful thermal energy is
first supplied; and the time when the
PM controls are engaged.
(12) For each startup period, you must
maintain records of the hourly steam
temperature, hourly steam pressure,
hourly steam flow, hourly flue gas
temperature, and all hourly average
CMS data (e.g., CEMS, PM CPMS,
COMS, ESP total secondary electric
power input, scrubber pressure drop,
scrubber liquid flow rate) collected
during each startup period to confirm
that the control devices are engaged. In
addition, if compliance with the PM
emission limit is demonstrated using a
PM control device, you must maintain
records as specified in paragraphs
(d)(12)(i) through (iii) of this section.
(i) For a boiler or process heater with
an electrostatic precipitator, record the
number of fields in service, as well as
each field’s secondary voltage and
secondary current during each hour of
startup.
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(ii) For a boiler or process heater with
a fabric filter, record the number of
compartments in service, as well as the
differential pressure across the baghouse
during each hour of startup.
(iii) For a boiler or process heater with
a wet scrubber needed for filterable PM
control, record the scrubber liquid to
fuel ratio and the differential pressure of
the liquid during each hour of startup.
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■ 19. Section 63.7575 is amended by:
■ a. Revising the definitions for ‘‘Coal,’’
‘‘Limited-use boiler or process heater,’’
‘‘Load fraction,’’ ‘‘Oxygen trim system,’’
‘‘Shutdown,’’ ‘‘Startup,’’ ‘‘Steam
output,’’ and ‘‘Temporary boiler.’’
■ b. Adding in alphabetical order
definitions for ‘‘Fossil fuel’’ and ‘‘Useful
thermal energy.’’
■ c. Removing the definition for
‘‘Affirmative defense.’’
The revisions read as follows:
§ 63.7575
subpart?
What definitions apply to this
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Coal means all solid fuels classifiable
as anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, or lignite by ASTM D388
(incorporated by reference, see § 63.14),
coal refuse, and petroleum coke. For the
purposes of this subpart, this definition
of ‘‘coal’’ includes synthetic fuels
derived from coal, including but not
limited to, solvent-refined coal, coal-oil
mixtures, and coal-water mixtures. Coal
derived gases and liquids are excluded
from this definition.
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Fossil fuel means natural gas, oil,
coal, and any form of solid, liquid, or
gaseous fuel derived from such material.
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Limited-use boiler or process heater
means any boiler or process heater that
burns any amount of solid, liquid, or
gaseous fuels and has a federally
enforceable annual capacity factor of no
more than 10 percent.
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Load fraction means the actual heat
input of a boiler or process heater
divided by heat input during the
performance test that established the
minimum sorbent injection rate or
minimum activated carbon injection
rate, expressed as a fraction (e.g., for 50
percent load the load fraction is 0.5).
For boilers and process heaters that cofire natural gas or refinery gas with a
solid or liquid fuel, the load fraction is
determined by the actual heat input of
the solid or liquid fuel divided by heat
input of the solid or liquid fuel fired
during the performance test (e.g., if the
performance test was conducted at 100
percent solid fuel firing, for 100 percent
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purpose of supplying steam or heat for
heating and/or producing electricity, or
for any other purpose, or the firing of
fuel in a boiler after a shutdown event
for any purpose. Startup ends when any
of the steam or heat from the boiler or
process heater is supplied for heating,
and/or producing electricity, or for any
other purpose, or
(2) The period in which operation of
a boiler or process heater is initiated for
any purpose. Startup begins with either
the first-ever firing of fuel in a boiler or
process heater for the purpose of
supplying useful thermal energy (such
as steam or heat) for heating, cooling or
process purposes, or producing
electricity, or the firing of fuel in a
boiler or process heater for any purpose
after a shutdown event. Startup ends
four hours after when the boiler or
process heater makes useful thermal
energy (such as heat or steam) for
heating, cooling, or process purposes, or
generates electricity, whichever is
earlier.
Steam output means:
(1) For a boiler that produces steam
for process or heating only (no power
generation), the energy content in terms
of MMBtu of the boiler steam output,
(2) For a boiler that cogenerates
process steam and electricity (also
known as combined heat and power),
the total energy output, which is the
sum of the energy content of the steam
exiting the turbine and sent to process
in MMBtu and the energy of the
electricity generated converted to
MMBtu at a rate of 10,000 Btu per
kilowatt-hour generated (10 MMBtu per
megawatt-hour), and
(3) For a boiler that generates only
electricity, the alternate output-based
emission limits would be the
appropriate emission limit from Table 1
or 2 of this subpart in units of pounds
per million Btu heat input (lb per
MWh).
(4) For a boiler that performs multiple
functions and produces steam to be
used for any combination of (1), (2) and
(3) that includes electricity generation
(3), the total energy output, in terms of
MMBtu of steam output, is the sum of
the energy content of steam sent directly
to the process and/or used for heating
(S1), the energy content of turbine steam
sent to process plus energy in electricity
according to (2) above (S2), and the
energy content of electricity generated
by a electricity only turbine as (3) above
(S3) and would be calculated using
Equation 21 of this section. In the case
of boilers supplying steam to one or
more common heaters, S1, S2, and MW(3)
for each boiler would be calculated
based on the its (steam energy)
contribution (fraction of total stam
energy) to the common heater.
Where:
SOM = Total steam output for multi-function
boiler, MMBtu
S1 = Energy content of steam sent directly to
the process and/or used for heating,
MMBtu
S2 = Energy content of turbine steam sent to
the process plus energy in electricity
according to (2) above, MMBtu
MW(3) = Electricity generated according to (3)
above, MWh
CFn = Conversion factor for the appropriate
subcategory for converting electricity
generated according to (3) above to
equivalent steam energy, MMBtu/MWh
CFn for emission limits for boilers in the unit
designed to burn solid fuel subcategory
= 10.8
CFn PM and CO emission limits for boilers
in one of the subcategories of units
designed to burn coal = 11.7
CFn PM and CO emission limits for boilers
in one of the subcategories of units
designed to burn biomass = 12.1
CFn for emission limits for boilers in one of
the subcategories of units designed to
burn liquid fuel = 11.2
CFn for emission limits for boilers in the unit
designed to burn gas 2 (other)
subcategory = 6.2
Temporary boiler means any gaseous
or liquid fuel boiler or process heater
that is designed to, and is capable of,
being carried or moved from one
location to another by means of, for
example, wheels, skids, carrying
handles, dollies, trailers, or platforms. A
boiler or process heater is not a
temporary boiler or process heater if any
one of the following conditions exists:
(1) The equipment is attached to a
foundation.
(2) The boiler or process heater or a
replacement remains at a location
within the facility and performs the
same or similar function for more than
12 consecutive months, unless the
regulatory agency approves an
extension. An extension may be granted
by the regulating agency upon petition
by the owner or operator of a unit
specifying the basis for such a request.
Any temporary boiler or process heater
that replaces a temporary boiler or
process heater at a location and
performs the same or similar function
will be included in calculating the
consecutive time period.
(3) The equipment is located at a
seasonal facility and operates during the
full annual operating period of the
seasonal facility, remains at the facility
for at least 2 years, and operates at that
facility for at least 3 months each year.
(4) The equipment is moved from one
location to another within the facility
but continues to perform the same or
similar function and serve the same
electricity, process heat, steam, and/or
hot water system in an attempt to
circumvent the residence time
requirements of this definition.
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Useful thermal energy means energy
(i.e., steam, hot water, or process heat)
that meets the minimum operating
temperature and/or pressure required by
any energy use system that uses energy
provided by the affected boiler or
process heater.
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percent natural gas the load fraction is
0.5).
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Oxygen trim system means a system of
monitors that is used to maintain excess
air at the desired level in a combustion
device over its operating load range. A
typical system consists of a flue gas
oxygen and/or CO monitor that
automatically provides a feedback signal
to the combustion air controller or draft
controller.
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Shutdown means the period in which
cessation of operation of a boiler or
process heater is initiated for any
purpose. Shutdown begins when the
boiler or process heater no longer makes
useful thermal energy (such as heat or
steam) for heating, cooling, or process
purposes and/or generates electricity or
when no fuel is being fed to the boiler
or process heater, whichever is earlier.
Shutdown ends when the boiler or
process heater no longer makes useful
thermal energy (such as steam or heat)
for heating, cooling, or process purposes
and/or generates electricity, and no fuel
is being combusted in the boiler or
process heater.
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Startup means:
(1) Either the first-ever firing of fuel
in a boiler or process heater for the
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TABLE 1 TO SUBPART DDDDD OF PART 63—EMISSION LIMITS FOR NEW OR RECONSTRUCTED BOILERS AND PROCESS
HEATERS
AS STATED IN § 63.7500, YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING APPLICABLE EMISSION LIMITS:
[Units with heat input capacity of 10 million Btu per hour or greater]
If your boiler or
process heater is
in this subcategory . . .
For the following
pollutants . . .
The emissions must not exceed
the following emission limits, except during startup and shutdown
. . .
Or the emissions must not exceed the following alternative
output-based limits, except during startup and shutdown . . .
a. HCl ...............
2.2E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
2.5E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 0.28 lb per MWh.
b. Mercury ........
8.0E–07 a lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
8.7E–07 a lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 1.1E–05 a lb per
MWh.
2. Units designed
to burn coal/
solid fossil fuel.
a. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
1.1E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.3E–05 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
3. Pulverized coal
boilers designed to burn
coal/solid fossil
fuel.
a. Carbon monoxide (CO) (or
CEMS).
4. Stokers/others
designed to
burn coal/solid
fossil fuel.
a. CO (or
CEMS).
5. Fluidized bed
units designed
to burn coal/
solid fossil fuel.
a. CO (or
CEMS).
6. Fluidized bed
units with an integrated heat
exchanger designed to burn
coal/solid fossil
fuel.
7. Stokers/sloped
grate/others designed to burn
wet biomass
fuel.
a. CO (or
CEMS).
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (320
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen d, 30-day rolling average).
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (340
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen d, 30-day rolling average).
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (230
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen d, 30-day rolling average).
140 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (150
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen d, 30-day rolling average).
1.1E–03 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 1.4E–02 lb per MWh;
or (2.7E–05 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 2.9E–04 lb per
MWh).
0.11 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.4 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
1. Units in all subcategories designed to burn
solid fuel..
a. CO (or
CEMS).
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b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
8. Stokers/sloped
grate/others designed to burn
kiln-dried biomass fuel.
620 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (390
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen d, 30-day rolling average).
3.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.6E–05 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
460 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen.
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
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MMBtu of heat input).
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For M26A, collect a minimum of
1 dscm per run; for M26 collect
a minimum of 120 liters per
run.
For M29, collect a minimum of 4
dscm per run; for M30A or
M30B, collect a minimum sample as specified in the method;
for ASTM D6784 b collect a
minimum of 4 dscm.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
0.12 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.4 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
0.11 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.4 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
1.2E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 1.5 lb per MWh; 3run average.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
5.8E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 6.8 lb per MWh; 3run average.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
3.5E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 4.2E–01 lb per MWh;
or (2.7E–05 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 3.7E–04 lb per
MWh).
4.2E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 5.1 lb per MWh.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
3.5E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 4.2E–01 lb per MWh;
or (4.2E–03 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 5.6E–02 lb per
MWh).
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
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HEATERS—Continued
AS STATED IN § 63.7500, YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING APPLICABLE EMISSION LIMITS:
[Units with heat input capacity of 10 million Btu per hour or greater]
If your boiler or
process heater is
in this subcategory . . .
9. Fluidized bed
units designed
to burn biomass/bio-based
solids.
For the following
pollutants . . .
a. CO (or
CEMS).
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
10. Suspension
burners designed to burn
biomass/biobased solids.
a. CO (or
CEMS).
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
11. Dutch Ovens/
Pile burners designed to burn
biomass/biobased solids.
a. CO (or
CEMS).
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
The emissions must not exceed
the following emission limits, except during startup and shutdown
. . .
Or the emissions must not exceed the following alternative
output-based limits, except during startup and shutdown . . .
230 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (310
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen d, 30-day rolling average).
9.8E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (8.3E–05 a lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
2.2E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 2.6 lb per MWh; 3run average.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
1.2E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 0.14 lb per MWh; or
(1.1E–04 a lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 1.2E–03 a lb
per MWh).
1.9 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 27 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
3.1E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 4.2E–01 lb per MWh;
or (6.6E–03 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 9.1E–02 lb per
MWh).
3.5E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 3.6 lb per MWh; 3run average.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
2,400 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or
(2,000 ppm by volume on a
dry basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen d, 10-day rolling
average).
3.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (6.5E–03 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
330 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (520
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen d, 10-day rolling average).
3.2E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (3.9E–05 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
12. Fuel cell units a. CO ................
designed to
burn biomass/
bio-based solids.
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
910 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen.
13. Hybrid suspension grate
boiler designed
to burn biomass/bio-based
solids.
1,100 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (900
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen d, 30-day rolling average).
2.6E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (4.4E–04 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
a. CO (or
CEMS).
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
14. Units designed to burn
liquid fuel.
2.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.9E–05 a lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
4.4E–04 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
b. Mercury ........
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4.8E–07 a lb per MMBtu of heat
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1 hr minimum sampling time.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
4.3E–03 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 4.5E–02 lb per MWh;
or (5.2E–05 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 5.5E–04 lb per
MWh).
1.1 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.0E+01 lb per MWh.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
3.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 2.8E–01 lb per MWh;
or (5.1E–05 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 4.1E–04 lb per
MWh).
1.4 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 12 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
3.3E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 3.7E–01 lb per MWh;
or (5.5E–04 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 6.2E–03 lb per
MWh).
4.8E–04 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 6.1E–03 lb per MWh.
5.3E–07 a lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 6.7E–06 a lb per
MWh.
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1 hr minimum sampling time.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
For M26A: Collect a minimum of
2 dscm per run; for M26, collect a minimum of 240 liters
per run.
For M29, collect a minimum of 4
dscm per run; for M30A or
M30B, collect a minimum sample as specified in the method;
for ASTM D6784 b collect a
minimum of 4 dscm.
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TABLE 1 TO SUBPART DDDDD OF PART 63—EMISSION LIMITS FOR NEW OR RECONSTRUCTED BOILERS AND PROCESS
HEATERS—Continued
AS STATED IN § 63.7500, YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING APPLICABLE EMISSION LIMITS:
[Units with heat input capacity of 10 million Btu per hour or greater]
If your boiler or
process heater is
in this subcategory . . .
For the following
pollutants . . .
The emissions must not exceed
the following emission limits, except during startup and shutdown
. . .
Or the emissions must not exceed the following alternative
output-based limits, except during startup and shutdown . . .
15. Units dea. CO ................
signed to burn
heavy liquid fuel.
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average.
1.3E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (7.5E–05 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
16. Units designed to burn
light liquid fuel.
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen.
1.1E–03 a lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.9E–05 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
0.13 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.4 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
1.5E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 1.8E–01 lb per MWh;
or (8.2E–05 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 1.1E–03 lb per
MWh).
0.13 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.4 lb per MWh.
a. CO ................
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
17. Units designed to burn
liquid fuel that
are non-continental units.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
2.5E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 3.2E–01 lb per MWh;
or (9.4E–04 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 1.2E–02 lb per
MWh).
0.16 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.0 lb per MWh.
Collect a minimum of 4 dscm per
run.
For M26A, Collect a minimum of
2 dscm per run; for M26, collect a minimum of 240 liters
per run.
For M29, collect a minimum of 3
dscm per run; for M30A or
M30B, collect a minimum sample as specified in the method;
for ASTM D6784 b, collect a
minimum of 3 dscm.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
a. CO ................
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average based
on stack test.
2.3E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (8.6E–04 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
a. CO ................
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen.
b. HCl ...............
1.7E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
2.9E–03 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 1.8E–02 lb per MWh.
c. Mercury .........
7.9E–06 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
1.4E–05 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 8.3E–05 lb per MWh.
d. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
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1 hr minimum sampling time.
1.2E–03 a lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 1.6E–02 a lb per
MWh; or (3.2E–05 lb per
MMBtu of steam output or
4.0E–04 lb per MWh).
0.13 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.4 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
18. Units designed to burn
gas 2 (other)
gases.
Using this specified sampling volume or test run duration . . .
6.7E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.1E–04 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
1.2E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 7.0E–02 lb per MWh;
or (3.5E–04 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 2.2E–03 lb per
MWh).
1 hr minimum sampling time.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
a If you are conducting stack tests to demonstrate compliance and your performance tests for this pollutant for at least 2 consecutive years
show that your emissions are at or below this limit, you can skip testing according to § 63.7515 if all of the other provisions of § 63.7515 are met.
For all other pollutants that do not contain a footnote ‘‘a’’, your performance tests for this pollutant for at least 2 consecutive years must show
that your emissions are at or below 75 percent of this limit in order to qualify for skip testing.
b Incorporated by reference, see § 63.14.
c If your affected source is a new or reconstructed affected source that commenced construction or reconstruction after June 4, 2010, and before January 31, 2013, you may comply with the emission limits in Tables 11, 12 or 13 to this subpart until January 31, 2016. On and after January 31, 2016, you must comply with the emission limits in Table 1 to this subpart.
d An owner or operator may request that compliance with the carbon monoxide emission limit be determined using carbon dioxide measurements corrected to an equivalent of 3 percent oxygen. The relationship between oxygen and carbon dioxide levels for the affected facility shall
be established during the initial compliance test.
21. Table 2 to subpart DDDDD of part
63 is revised to read as follows:
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AS STATED IN § 63.7500, YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING APPLICABLE EMISSION LIMITS:
[Units with heat input capacity of 10 million Btu per hour or greater]
If your boiler or
process heater is
in this subcategory . . .
For the following
pollutants . . .
The emissions must not exceed
the following emission limits, except during startup and shutdown
. . .
The emissions must not exceed
the following alternative outputbased limits, except during startup and shutdown . . .
a. HCl ...............
2.2E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
2.5E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 0.27 lb per MWh.
b. Mercury ........
5.7E–06 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
6.4E–06 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 7.3E–05 lb per MWh.
2. Units design to
burn coal/solid
fossil fuel.
a. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
4.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (5.3E–05 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
3. Pulverized coal
boilers designed to burn
coal/solid fossil
fuel.
a. CO (or
CEMS).
4. Stokers/others
designed to
burn coal/solid
fossil fuel.
a. CO (or
CEMS).
5. Fluidized bed
units designed
to burn coal/
solid fossil fuel.
a. CO (or
CEMS).
6. Fluidized bed
units with an integrated heat
exchanger designed to burn
coal/solid fossil
fuel.
7. Stokers/sloped
grate/others designed to burn
wet biomass
fuel.
a. CO (or
CEMS).
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (320
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen,c 30-day rolling average).
160 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (340
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen,c 30-day rolling average).
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (230
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen,c 30-day rolling average).
140 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (150
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen,c 30-day rolling average).
4.2E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 4.9E–01 lb per MWh;
or (5.6E–05 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 6.5E–04 lb per
MWh).
0.11 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.4 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
1. Units in all subcategories designed to burn
solid fuel.
a. CO (or
CEMS).
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
8. Stokers/sloped
grate/others designed to burn
kiln-dried biomass fuel.
1,500 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (720
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen,c 30-day rolling average).
3.7E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.4E–04 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
460 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen.
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
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a. CO ................
3.2E–01 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (4.0E–03 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
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Using this specified sampling volume or test run duration . . .
For M26A, Collect a minimum of
1 dscm per run; for M26, collect a minimum of 120 liters
per run.
For M29, collect a minimum of 3
dscm per run; for M30A or
M30B, collect a minimum sample as specified in the method;
for ASTM D6784 b collect a
minimum of 3 dscm.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
0.14 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.7 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
0.12 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.4 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
1.3E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 1.5 lb per MWh; 3run average.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
1.4 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 17 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
4.3E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 5.2E–01 lb per MWh;
or (2.8E–04 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 3.4E–04 lb per
MWh).
4.2E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 5.1 lb per MWh.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
3.7E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 4.5 lb per MWh; or
(4.6E–03 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 5.6E–02 lb per
MWh).
Collect a minimum of 1 dscm per
run.
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Continued
AS STATED IN § 63.7500, YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING APPLICABLE EMISSION LIMITS:
[Units with heat input capacity of 10 million Btu per hour or greater]
If your boiler or
process heater is
in this subcategory . . .
9. Fluidized bed
units designed
to burn biomass/bio-based
solid.
For the following
pollutants . . .
a. CO (or
CEMS).
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
10. Suspension
burners designed to burn
biomass/biobased solid.
a. CO (or
CEMS).
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
11. Dutch Ovens/
Pile burners designed to burn
biomass/biobased solid.
a. CO (or
CEMS).
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
12. Fuel cell units
designed to
burn biomass/
bio-based solid.
The emissions must not exceed
the following emission limits, except during startup and shutdown
. . .
The emissions must not exceed
the following alternative outputbased limits, except during startup and shutdown . . .
470 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (310
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen,c 30-day rolling average).
1.1E–01 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (1.2E–03 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
4.6E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 5.2 lb per MWh; 3run average.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
1.4E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 1.6 lb per MWh; or
(1.5E–03 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 1.7E–02 lb per
MWh).
1.9 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 27 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
Collect a minimum of 1 dscm per
run.
5.2E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 7.1E–01 lb per MWh;
or (6.6E–03 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 9.1E–02 lb per
MWh).
8.4E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 8.4 lb per MWh; 3run average.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
2,400 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or
(2,000 ppm by volume on a
dry basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen,c 10-day rolling
average).
5.1E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (6.5E–03 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
770 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (520
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen,c 10-day rolling average).
2.8E–01 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.0E–03 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
1,100 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen.
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
13. Hybrid suspension grate
units designed
to burn biomass/bio-based
solid.
a. CO ................
2.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (5.8E–03 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
a. CO (or
CEMS).
3,500 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average; or (900
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen,c 30-day rolling average).
4.4E–01 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (4.5E–04 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
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b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
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5.5E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 2.8E–01 lb per MWh;
or (1.6E–02 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 8.1E–02 lb per
MWh).
3.5 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 39 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
a. HCl ...............
1.1E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
2.0E–06 a lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
2.5E–06 a lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 2.8E–05 lb per MWh.
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Collect a minimum of 1 dscm per
run.
5.5E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 6.2 lb per MWh; or
(5.7E–04 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 6.3E–03 lb per
MWh).
1.4E–03 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 1.6E–02 lb per MWh.
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3.9E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 3.9 lb per MWh; or
(2.8E–03 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 2.8E–02 lb per
MWh).
2.4 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 12 lb per MWh.
b. Mercury ........
14. Units designed to burn
liquid fuel.
Using this specified sampling volume or test run duration . . .
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1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 1 dscm per
run.
For M26A, collect a minimum of
2 dscm per run; for M26, collect a minimum of 240 liters
per run.
For M29, collect a minimum of 3
dscm per run; for M30A or
M30B collect a minimum sample as specified in the method,
for ASTM D6784, b collect a
minimum of 2 dscm.
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AS STATED IN § 63.7500, YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING APPLICABLE EMISSION LIMITS:
[Units with heat input capacity of 10 million Btu per hour or greater]
If your boiler or
process heater is
in this subcategory . . .
For the following
pollutants . . .
The emissions must not exceed
the following emission limits, except during startup and shutdown
. . .
The emissions must not exceed
the following alternative outputbased limits, except during startup and shutdown . . .
15. Units dea. CO ................
signed to burn
heavy liquid fuel.
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average.
6.2E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.0E–04 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
16. Units designed to burn
light liquid fuel.
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen.
7.9E–03 a lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (6.2E–05 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
0.13 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.4 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
7.5E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 8.6E–01 lb per MWh;
or (2.5E–04 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 2.8E–03 lb per
MWh).
0.13 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.4 lb per MWh.
a. CO ................
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
17. Units designed to burn
liquid fuel that
are non-continental units.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 1 dscm per
run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
9.6E–03 a lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 1.1E–01 a lb per
MWh; or (7.5E–05 lb per
MMBtu of steam output or
8.6E–04 lb per MWh).
0.13 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.4 lb per MWh; 3-run
average.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
3.3E–01 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 3.8 lb per MWh; or
(1.1E–03 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 1.2E–02 lb per
MWh).
0.16 lb per MMBtu of steam output or 1.0 lb per MWh.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
For M26A, collect a minimum of
2 dscm per run; for M26, collect a minimum of 240 liters
per run.
For M29, collect a minimum of 3
dscm per run; for M30A or
M30B, collect a minimum sample as specified in the method;
for ASTM D6784,b collect a
minimum of 2 dscm.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
a. CO ................
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen, 3-run average based
on stack test.
b. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
2.7E–01 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (8.6E–04 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
a. CO ................
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen.
b. HCl ...............
1.7E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
2.9E–03 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 1.8E–02 lb per MWh.
c. Mercury .........
7.9E–06 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
1.4E–05 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 8.3E–05 lb per MWh.
d. Filterable PM
(or TSM).
18. Units designed to burn
gas 2 (other)
gases.
Using this specified sampling volume or test run duration . . .
6.7E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input or (2.1E–04 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
1.2E–02 lb per MMBtu of steam
output or 7.0E–02 lb per MWh;
or (3.5E–04 lb per MMBtu of
steam output or 2.2E–03 lb per
MWh).
1 hr minimum sampling time.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
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a If you are conducting stack tests to demonstrate compliance and your performance tests for this pollutant for at least 2 consecutive years
show that your emissions are at or below this limit, you can skip testing according to § 63.7515 if all of the other provisions of § 63.7515 are met.
For all other pollutants that do not contain a footnote a, your performance tests for this pollutant for at least 2 consecutive years must show that
your emissions are at or below 75 percent of this limit in order to qualify for skip testing.
b Incorporated by reference, see § 63.14.
c An owner or operator may request that compliance with the carbon monoxide emission limit be determined using carbon dioxide measurements corrected to an equivalent of 3 percent oxygen. The relationship between oxygen and carbon dioxide levels for the affected facility shall
be established during the initial compliance test.
22. Table 3 to subpart DDDDD of part
63 is amended by revising the entry for
‘‘4,’’ ‘‘5,’’ and ‘‘6’’ to read as follows:
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TABLE 3 TO SUBPART DDDDD OF PART 63—WORK PRACTICE STANDARDS
[As stated in § 63.7500, you must comply with the following applicable work practice standards:]
If your unit is . . .
You must meet the following . . .
4. An existing boiler or process heater located at a
major source facility, not
including limited use units.
Must have a one-time energy assessment performed by a qualified energy assessor. An energy assessment
completed on or after January 1, 2008, that meets or is amended to meet the energy assessment requirements
in this table, satisfies the energy assessment requirement. A facility that operated under an energy management program developed according to the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy management or compatible
with ISO 50001 for at least one year between January 1, 2008 and the compliance date specified in § 63.7495
that includes the affected units also satisfies the energy assessment requirement. The energy assessment
must include the following with extent of the evaluation for items a. to e. appropriate for the on-site technical
hours listed in § 63.7575:
a. A visual inspection of the boiler or process heater system.
b. An evaluation of operating characteristics of the boiler or process heater systems, specifications of energy
using systems, operating and maintenance procedures, and unusual operating constraints.
c. An inventory of major energy use systems consuming energy from affected boilers and process heaters and
which are under the control of the boiler/process heater owner/operator.
d. A review of available architectural and engineering plans, facility operation and maintenance procedures and
logs, and fuel usage.
e. A review of the facility’s energy management program and provide recommendations for improvements consistent with the definition of energy management program, if identified.
f. A list of cost-effective energy conservation measures that are within the facility’s control.
g. A list of the energy savings potential of the energy conservation measures identified.
h. A comprehensive report detailing the ways to improve efficiency, the cost of specific improvements, benefits,
and the time frame for recouping those investments.
a. You must operate all CMS during startup.
5. An existing or new boiler
or process heater subject
to emission limits in Table
1 or 2 or 11 through 13 to
this subpart during startup.
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or process heater subject
to emission limits in Tables 1 or 2 or 11 through
13 to this subpart during
shutdown.
b. For startup of a boiler or process heater, you must use one or a combination of the following clean fuels: Natural gas, synthetic natural gas, propane, other Gas 1 fuels, distillate oil, syngas, ultra-low sulfur diesel, fuel oilsoaked rags, kerosene, hydrogen, paper, cardboard, refinery gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and any fuels meeting the appropriate HCl, mercury and TSM emission standards by fuel analysis.
c. You have the option of complying using either of the following work practice standards.
(1) If you start firing coal/solid fossil fuel, biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid fuel, or gas 2 (other) gases, you
must vent emissions to the main stack(s) and engage all of the applicable control devices except limestone injection in fluidized bed combustion (FBC) boilers, dry scrubber, fabric filter, selective non-catalytic reduction
(SNCR), and selective catalytic reduction (SCR). You must start your limestone injection in FBC boilers, dry
scrubber, fabric filter, SNCR, and SCR systems as expeditiously as possible. Startup ends when steam or heat
is supplied for any purpose, OR
(2) If you choose to comply using definition (2) of ‘‘startup’’ in § 63.7575, once you start firing (i.e., feeding) coal/
solid fossil fuel, biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid fuel, or gas 2 (other) gases, you must vent emissions to
the main stack(s) and engage all of the applicable control devices so as to comply with the emission limits
within 4 hours of start of supplying useful thermal energy. You must effect PM control within one hour of first
firing coal/solid fossil fuel, biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid fuel, or gas 2 (other) gases a. You must start
all applicable control devices as expeditiously as possible, but, in any case, when necessary to comply with
other standards applicable to the source by a permit limit or a rule other than this subpart that require operation
of the control devices.
d. You must comply with all applicable emission limits at all times except during startup and shutdown periods at
which time you must meet this work practice. You must collect monitoring data during periods of startup, as
specified in § 63.7535(b). You must keep records during periods of startup. You must provide reports concerning activities and periods of startup, as specified in § 63.7555.
You must operate all CMS during shutdown. While firing coal/solid fossil fuel, biomass/bio-based solids, heavy
liquid fuel, or gas 2 (other) gases during shutdown, you must vent emissions to the main stack(s) and operate
all applicable control devices, except limestone injection in FBC boilers, dry scrubber, fabric filter, SNCR, and
SCR but, in any case, when necessary to comply with other standards applicable to the source that require operation of the control device.
If, in addition to the fuel used prior to initiation of shutdown, another fuel must be used to support the shutdown
process, that additional fuel must be one or a combination of the following clean fuels: Natural gas, synthetic
natural gas, propane, other Gas 1 fuels, distillate oil, syngas, ultra-low sulfur diesel, refinery gas, and liquefied
petroleum gas.
You must comply with all applicable emissions limits at all times except for startup or shutdown periods conforming with this work practice. You must collect monitoring data during periods of shutdown, as specified in
§ 63.7535(b). You must keep records during periods of shutdown. You must provide reports concerning activities and periods of shutdown, as specified in § 63.7555.
a The source may request a variance with the PM controls requirement. The source must provide evidence that (1) meeting the ‘‘fuel firing + 1
hour’’ requirement violates manufacturer’s recommended operation and/or safety requirements, and (2) the PM control device is appropriately designed and sized to meet the filterable PM emission limit.
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TABLE 4 TO SUBPART DDDDD OF PART 63—OPERATING LIMITS FOR BOILERS AND PROCESS HEATERS
[As stated in § 63.7500, you must comply with the applicable operating limits:]
When complying with a Table 1, 2, 11, 12, or
13 numerical emission limit using . . .
You must meet these operating limits . . .
1. Wet PM scrubber control on a boiler or process heater not using a PM CPMS.
Maintain the 30-day rolling average pressure drop and the 30-day rolling average liquid flow
rate at or above the lowest one-hour average pressure drop and the lowest one-hour average liquid flow rate, respectively, measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the PM emission limitation according to § 63.7530(b) and Table 7
to this subpart.
Maintain the 30-day rolling average effluent pH at or above the lowest one-hour average pH
and the 30-day rolling average liquid flow rate at or above the lowest one-hour average liquid flow rate measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance
with the HCl emission limitation according to § 63.7530(b) and Table 7 to this subpart.
a. Maintain opacity to less than or equal to 10 percent opacity (daily block average); or
2. Wet acid gas (HCl) scrubber control on a
boiler or process heater not using a HCl
CEMS.
3. Fabric filter control on a boiler or process
heater not using a PM CPMS.
4. Electrostatic precipitator control on a boiler or
process heater not using a PM CPMS.
5. Dry scrubber or carbon injection control on a
boiler or process heater not using a mercury
CEMS.
6. Any other add-on air pollution control type on
a boiler or process heater not using a PM
CPMS.
7. Fuel analysis ...................................................
8. Performance testing .......................................
9. Oxygen analyzer system ................................
10. SO2CEMS .....................................................
24. Table 5 to subpart DDDDD of part
63 is amended by revising the heading
to the third column and adding the
footnote ‘‘a’’ to read as follows:
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b. Install and operate a bag leak detection system according to § 63.7525 and operate the fabric filter such that the bag leak detection system alert is not activated more than 5 percent of
the operating time during each 6-month period.
a. This option is for boilers and process heaters that operate dry control systems (i.e., an ESP
without a wet scrubber). Existing and new boilers and process heaters must maintain opacity to less than or equal to 10 percent opacity (daily block average).
b. This option is only for boilers and process heaters not subject to PM CPMS or continuous
compliance with an opacity limit (i.e., dry ESP). Maintain the 30-day rolling average total
secondary electric power input of the electrostatic precipitator at or above the operating limits established during the performance test according to § 63.7530(b) and Table 7 to this
subpart.
Maintain the minimum sorbent or carbon injection rate as defined in § 63.7575 of this subpart.
This option is for boilers and process heaters that operate dry control systems. Existing and
new boilers and process heaters must maintain opacity to less than or equal to 10 percent
opacity (daily block average).
Maintain the fuel type or fuel mixture such that the applicable emission rates calculated according to § 63.7530(c)(1), (2) and/or (3) is less than the applicable emission limits.
For boilers and process heaters that demonstrate compliance with a performance test, maintain the operating load of each unit such that it does not exceed 110 percent of the highest
hourly average operating load recorded during the most recent performance test.
For boilers and process heaters subject to a CO emission limit that demonstrate compliance
with an O2 analyzer system as specified in § 63.7525(a), maintain the 30-day rolling average
oxygen content at or above the lowest hourly average oxygen concentration measured during the most recent CO performance test, as specified in Table 8. This requirement does not
apply to units that install an oxygen trim system since these units will set the trim system to
the level specified in § 63.7525(a).
For boilers or process heaters subject to an HCl emission limit that demonstrate compliance
with an SO2CEMS, maintain the 30-day rolling average SO2emission rate at or below the
highest hourly average SO2concentration measured during the most recent HCl performance
test, as specified in Table 8.
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TABLE 5 TO SUBPART DDDDD OF
PART 63—PERFORMANCE TESTING 63 is revised to read as follows:
REQUIREMENTS
[As stated in § 63.7520, you must comply with
the following requirements for performance
testing for existing, new or reconstructed affected sources:]
To conduct a
performance
test for the
following pollutant . . .
*
You must
. . .
*
*
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TABLE 6 TO SUBPART DDDDD OF PART 63—FUEL ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS
[As stated in § 63.7521, you must comply with the following requirements for fuel analysis testing for existing, new or reconstructed affected
sources. However, equivalent methods (as defined in § 63.7575) may be used in lieu of the prescribed methods at the discretion of the
source owner or operator:]
To conduct a fuel
nalysis for the following
pollutant . . .
You must . . .
Using . . .
1. Mercury ................
a. Collect fuel samples ..........................
Procedure in § 63.7521(c) or ASTM D5192 a, or ASTM D7430 a, or ASTM
D6883 a, or ASTM D2234/D2234M a (for coal) or EPA 1631 or EPA 1631E or
ASTM D6323 a (for solid), or EPA 821–R–01–013 (for liquid or solid), or
ASTM D4177 a (for liquid), or ASTM D4057 a (for liquid), or equivalent.
Procedure in § 63.7521(d) or equivalent.
EPA SW–846–3050B a (for solid samples), ASTM D2013/D2013M a (for coal),
ASTM D5198 a (for biomass), or EPA 3050 a (for solid fuel), or EPA 821–R–
01–013 a (for liquid or solid), or equivalent.
ASTM D5865 a (for coal) or ASTM E711 a (for biomass), or ASTM D5864 a for
liquids and other solids, or ASTM D240 a or equivalent.
ASTM D3173 a, ASTM E871 a, or ASTM D5864 a, or ASTM D240, or ASTM
D95 a (for liquid fuels), or ASTM D4006 a (for liquid fuels), or ASTM D4177 a
(for liquid fuels) or ASTM D4057 a (for liquid fuels), or equivalent.
ASTM D6722 a (for coal), EPA SW–846–7471B a (for solid samples), or EPA
SW–846–7470A a (for liquid samples), or equivalent.
Equation 8 in § 63.7530.
b. Composite fuel samples ...................
c. Prepare composited fuel samples ....
d. Determine heat content of the fuel
type.
e. Determine moisture content of the
fuel type.
2. HCl .......................
f. Measure mercury concentration in
fuel sample.
g. Convert concentration into units of
pounds of mercury per MMBtu of
heat content.
a. Collect fuel samples ..........................
b. Composite fuel samples ...................
c. Prepare composited fuel samples ....
d. Determine heat content of the fuel
type.
e. Determine moisture content of the
fuel type.
f. Measure chlorine concentration in
fuel sample.
3. Mercury Fuel
Specification for
other gas 1 fuels.
4. TSM ......................
g. Convert concentrations into units of
pounds of HCl per MMBtu of heat
content.
a. Measure mercury concentration in
the fuel sample and convert to units
of micrograms per cubic meter, or.
b. Measure mercury concentration in
the exhaust gas when firing only the
other gas 1 fuel is fired in the boiler
or process heater.
a. Collect fuel samples ..........................
b. Composite fuel samples ...................
c. Prepare composited fuel samples ....
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type.
e. Determine moisture content of the
fuel type.
f. Measure TSM concentration in fuel
sample.
g. Convert concentrations into units of
pounds of TSM per MMBtu of heat
content.
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D6883 a, or ASTM D2234/D2234M a (for coal) or ASTM D6323 a (for coal or
biomass), ASTM D4177 a (for liquid fuels) or ASTM D4057 a (for liquid fuels),
or equivalent.
Procedure in § 63.7521(d) or equivalent.
EPA SW–846–3050B a (for solid samples), ASTM D2013/D2013M a (for coal),
or ASTM D5198 a (for biomass), or EPA 3050 a or equivalent.
ASTM D5865 a (for coal) or ASTM E711 a (for biomass), ASTM D5864, ASTM
D240 a or equivalent.
ASTM D3173 a or ASTM E871 a, or D5864 a, or ASTM D240 a, or ASTM D95 a
(for liquid fuels), or ASTM D4006 a (for liquid fuels), or ASTM D4177 a (for
liquid fuels) or ASTM D4057 a (for liquid fuels) or equivalent.
EPA SW–846–9250 a, ASTM D6721 a, ASTM D4208 a (for coal), or EPA SW–
846–5050 a or ASTM E776 a (for solid fuel), or EPA SW–846–9056 a or SW–
846–9076 a (for solids or liquids) or equivalent.
Equation 7 in § 63.7530.
Method 30B (M30B) at 40 CFR part 60, appendix A–8 of this chapter or ASTM
D5954 a, ASTM D6350 a, ISO 6978–1:2003(E) a, or ISO 6978–2:2003(E) a, or
EPA–1631 a or equivalent.
Method 29, 30A, or 30B (M29, M30A, or M30B) at 40 CFR part 60, appendix
A–8 of this chapter or Method 101A or Method 102 at 40 CFR part 61, appendix B of this chapter, or ASTM Method D6784 a or equivalent.
Procedure in § 63.7521(c) or ASTM D5192 a, or ASTM D7430 a, or ASTM
D6883 a, or ASTM D2234/D2234M a (for coal) or ASTM D6323 a (for coal or
biomass), or ASTM D4177 a, (for liquid fuels)or ASTM D4057 a (for liquid
fuels), or equivalent.
Procedure in § 63.7521(d) or equivalent.
EPA SW–846–3050B a (for solid samples), ASTM D2013/D2013M a (for coal),
ASTM D5198 a or TAPPI T266 a (for biomass), or EPA 3050 a or equivalent.
ASTM D5865 a (for coal) or ASTM E711 a (for biomass), or ASTM D5864 a for
liquids and other solids, or ASTM D240 a or equivalent.
ASTM D3173 a or ASTM E871 a, or D5864, or ASTM D240 a, or ASTM D95 a
(for liquid fuels), or ASTM D4006 a (for liquid fuels), or ASTM D4177 a (for
liquid fuels) or ASTM D4057 a (for liquid fuels), or equivalent.
ASTM D3683 a, or ASTM D4606 a, or ASTM D6357 a or EPA 200.8 a or EPA
SW–846–6020 a, or EPA SW–846–6020A a, or EPA SW–846–6010C a, EPA
7060 a or EPA 7060A a (for arsenic only), or EPA SW–846–7740a (for selenium only).
Equation 9 in § 63.7530.
by reference, see § 63.14.
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TABLE 7 TO SUBPART DDDDD OF PART 63—ESTABLISHING OPERATING LIMITS
[As stated in § 63.7520, you must comply with the following requirements for establishing operating limits:]
If you have an applicable emission
limit for . . .
And your operating limits are
based on . . .
1. PM, TSM, or
mercury.
According to the following requirements
Using . . .
a. Wet scrubber
operating parameters.
i. Establish a site-specific minimum scrubber pressure drop
and minimum flow rate operating
limit
according
to
§ 63.7530(b).
(1) Data from the scrubber pressure drop and liquid flow rate
monitors and the PM, TSM, or
mercury performance test.
b. Electrostatic
precipitator
operating parameters (option only for
units that operate wet
scrubbers).
i. Establish a site-specific minimum total secondary electric
power input according to
§ 63.7530(b).
(1) Data from the voltage and
secondary amperage monitors
during the PM or mercury performance test.
a. Wet scrubber
operating parameters.
i. Establish site-specific minimum
effluent pH and flow rate operating limits according to
§ 63.7530(b).
(1) Data from the pH and liquid
flow-rate monitors and the HCl
performance test.
b. Dry scrubber
operating parameters.
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You must . . .
i. Establish a site-specific minimum sorbent injection rate operating limit according to
§ 63.7530(b). If different acid
gas sorbents are used during
the HCl performance test, the
average value for each sorbent
becomes the site-specific operating limit for that sorbent.
(1) Data from the sorbent injection rate monitors and HCl or
mercury performance test.
c. Alternative
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pressure drop and liquid flow
rate data every 15 minutes
during the entire period of the
performance tests.
(b) Determine the lowest hourly
average scrubber pressure
drop and liquid flow rate by
computing the hourly averages
using all of the 15-minute readings taken during each performance test.
(a) You must collect secondary
voltage and secondary amperage for each ESP cell and calculate total secondary electric
power input data every 15 minutes during the entire period of
the performance tests.
(b) Determine the average total
secondary electric power input
by computing the hourly averages using all of the 15-minute
readings taken during each
performance test.
(a) You must collect pH and liquid flow-rate data every 15
minutes during the entire period of the performance tests.
(b) Determine the hourly average
pH and liquid flow rate by computing the hourly averages
using all of the 15-minute readings taken during each performance test.
(a) You must collect sorbent injection rate data every 15 minutes during the entire period of
the performance tests.
(b) Determine the hourly average
sorbent injection rate by computing the hourly averages
using all of the 15-minute readings taken during each performance test.
(c) Determine the lowest hourly
average of the three test run
averages established during
the performance test as your
operating limit. When your unit
operates at lower loads, multiply your sorbent injection rate
by the load fraction, as defined
in § 63.7575, to determine the
required injection rate.
(a) You must collect the SO2
emissions data according to
§ 63.7525(m) during the most
recent HCl performance tests.
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[As stated in § 63.7520, you must comply with the following requirements for establishing operating limits:]
If you have an applicable emission
limit for . . .
And your operating limits are
based on . . .
You must . . .
According to the following requirements
Using . . .
3. Mercury ...........
a. Activated carbon injection.
i. Establish a site-specific minimum activated carbon injection rate operating limit according to § 63.7530(b).
(1) Data from the activated carbon rate monitors and mercury
performance test.
4. Carbon monoxide for which
compliance is
demonstrated
by a performance test.
a. Oxygen .........
i. Establish a unit-specific limit for
minimum oxygen level according to § 63.7530(b).
(1) Data from the oxygen analyzer system specified in
§ 63.7525(a).
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for which compliance is demonstrated by a
performance
test.
a. Boiler or process heater operating load.
i. Establish a unit specific limit for
maximum operating load according to § 63.7520(c).
(1) Data from the operating load
monitors or from steam generation monitors.
(b) The maximum SO2 emission
rate is equal to the highest
hourly average SO2 emission
rate measured during the most
recent HCl performance tests.
(a) You must collect activated
carbon injection rate data
every 15 minutes during the
entire period of the performance tests.
(b) Determine the hourly average
activated carbon injection rate
by computing the hourly averages using all of the 15-minute
readings taken during each
performance test.
(c) Determine the lowest hourly
average established during the
performance test as your operating limit. When your unit operates at lower loads, multiply
your activated carbon injection
rate by the load fraction, as
defined in § 63.7575, to determine the required injection
rate.
(a) You must collect oxygen data
every 15 minutes during the
entire period of the performance tests.
(b) Determine the hourly average
oxygen concentration by computing the hourly averages
using all of the 15-minute readings taken during each performance test.
(c) Determine the lowest hourly
average established during the
performance test as your minimum operating limit.
(a) You must collect operating
load or steam generation data
every 15 minutes during the
entire period of the performance test.
(b) Determine the average operating load by computing the
hourly averages using all of
the 15-minute readings taken
during each performance test.
(c) Determine the average of the
three test run averages during
the performance test, and multiply this by 1.1 (110 percent)
as your operating limit.
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[As stated in § 63.7540, you must show continuous compliance with the emission limitations for each boiler or process heater according to the
following:]
If you must meet the following operating limits
or work practice standards . . .
You must demonstrate continuous compliance by . . .
*
3. Fabric Filter Bag Leak Detection Operation ...
*
*
*
*
Installing and operating a bag leak detection system according to § 63.7525 and operating the
fabric filter such that the requirements in § 63.7540(a)(7) are met.
*
9. Oxygen content ...............................................
*
*
*
*
a. Continuously monitor the oxygen content using an oxygen analyzer system according to
§ 63.7525(a). This requirement does not apply to units that install an oxygen trim system
since these units will set the trim system to the level specified in § 63.7525(a)(7).
b. Reducing the data to 30-day rolling averages; and
c. Maintain the 30-day rolling average oxygen content at or above the lowest hourly average
oxygen level measured during the most recent CO performance test.
a. Collecting operating load data or steam generation data every 15 minutes.
b. Reducing the data to 30-day rolling averages; and
b. Maintaining the 30-day rolling average operating load such that it does not exceed 110 percent of the highest hourly average operating load recorded during the most recent performance test according to § 63.7520(c).
a. Collecting the SO2CEMS output data according to § 63.7525;
b. Reducing the data to 30-day rolling averages; and
c. Maintaining the 30-day rolling average SO2CEMS emission rate to a level at or below the
highest hourly SO2rate measured during the most recent HCl performance test according to
§ 63.7530.
10. Boiler or process heater operating load .......
11. SO2emissions using SO2CEMS ...................
28. Table 9 to subpart DDDDD of part
63 is revised to read as follows:
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[As stated in § 63.7550, you must comply with the following requirements for reports:]
You must submit
a(n)
The report must contain . . .
You must submit the report . . .
1. Compliance
report.
a. Information required in § 63.7550(c)(1) through (5); and ...............................................
Semiannually, annually, biennially,
or every 5 years according to
the
requirements
in
§ 63.7550(b).
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b. If there are no deviations from any emission limitation (emission limit and operating
limit) that applies to you and there are no deviations from the requirements for work
practice standards for periods of startup and shutdown in Table 3 to this subpart that
apply to you, a statement that there were no deviations from the emission limitations
and work practice standards during the reporting period. If there were no periods during which the CMSs, including continuous emissions monitoring system, continuous
opacity monitoring system, and operating parameter monitoring systems, were out-ofcontrol as specified in § 63.8(c)(7), a statement that there were no periods during
which the CMSs were out-of-control during the reporting period; and.
c. If you have a deviation from any emission limitation (emission limit and operating
limit) where you are not using a CMS to comply with that emission limit or operating
limit, or a deviation from a work practice standard for periods of startup and shutdown, during the reporting period, the report must contain the information in
§ 63.7550(d); and.
d. If there were periods during which the CMSs, including continuous emissions monitoring system, continuous opacity monitoring system, and operating parameter monitoring systems, were out-of-control as specified in § 63.8(c)(7), or otherwise not operating, the report must contain the information in § 63.7550(e).
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AND PROCESS HEATERS THAT COMMENCED CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION AFTER JUNE 4, 2010, AND BEFORE MAY 20, 2011
If your boiler or process heater is
in this subcategory . . .
For the following pollutants . . .
The emissions must not exceed
the following emission limits, except during periods of startup and
shutdown . . .
1. Units in all subcategories designed to burn solid fuel.
a. HCl ............................................
0.022 lb per MMBtu of heat input
2. Units in all subcategories designed to burn solid fuel that
combust at least 10 percent biomass/bio-based solids on an annual heat input basis and less
than 10 percent coal/solid fossil
fuels on an annual heat input
basis.
3. Units in all subcategories designed to burn solid fuel that
combust at least 10 percent
coal/solid fossil fuels on an annual heat input basis and less
than 10 percent biomass/biobased solids on an annual heat
input basis.
4. Units design to burn coal/solid
fossil fuel.
a. Mercury .....................................
8.0E–07 a lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
a. Mercury .....................................
2.0E–06 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
For M29, collect a minimum of 4
dscm per run; for M30A or
M30B, collect a minimum sample as specified in the method;
for ASTM D6784 b collect a
minimum of 4 dscm.
a. Filterable PM (or TSM) .............
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
5. Pulverized coal boilers designed
to burn coal/solid fossil fuel.
a. Carbon monoxide (CO) (or
CEMS).
6. Stokers designed to burn coal/
solid fossil fuel.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..........................
7. Fluidized bed units designed to
burn coal/solid fossil fuel.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..........................
8. Fluidized bed units with an integrated heat exchanger designed
to burn coal/solid fossil fuel.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..........................
9. Stokers/sloped grate/others designed to burn wet biomass fuel.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..........................
1.1E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.3E–05 lb per MMBtu
of heat input).
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run average; or (320
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen c,
30-day rolling average).
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run average; or (340
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen c,
10-day rolling average).
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run average; or (230
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen c,
30-day rolling average).
140 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run average; or (150
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen c,
30-day rolling average).
620 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run average; or (390
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen c,
30-day rolling average).
3.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.6E–05 lb per MMBtu
of heat input).
560 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen.
3.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (4.0E–03 lb per MMBtu
of heat input).
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10. Stokers/sloped grate/others designed to burn kiln-dried biomass fuel.
a. CO ............................................
b. Filterable PM (or TSM) .............
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Using this specified sampling volume or test run duration . . .
For M26A, collect a minimum of 1
dscm per run; for M26 collect a
minimum of 120 liters per run.
For M29, collect a minimum of 4
dscm per run; for M30A or
M30B, collect a minimum sample as specified in the method;
for ASTM D6784 b collect a
minimum of 4 dscm.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
1 hr minimum sampling time
1 hr minimum sampling time.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
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If your boiler or process heater is
in this subcategory . . .
For the following pollutants . . .
11. Fluidized bed units designed to
burn biomass/bio-based solids.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..........................
b. Filterable PM (or TSM) .............
12. Suspension burners designed a. CO (or CEMS) ..........................
to burn biomass/bio-based solids.
b. Filterable PM (or TSM) .............
13. Dutch Ovens/Pile burners designed to burn biomass/biobased solids.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..........................
b. Filterable PM (or TSM) .............
14. Fuel cell units designed to
burn biomass/bio-based solids.
a. CO ............................................
b. Filterable PM (or TSM) .............
15. Hybrid suspension grate boiler
designed to burn biomass/biobased solids.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..........................
b. Filterable PM (or TSM) .............
16. Units designed to burn liquid
fuel.
a. HCl ............................................
The emissions must not exceed
the following emission limits, except during periods of startup and
shutdown . . .
230 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run average; or (310
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen c,
30-day rolling average).
9.8E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (8.3E–05 a lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
2,400 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run average; or (2,000
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen c,
10-day rolling average).
3.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (6.5E–03 lb per MMBtu
of heat input).
1,010 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run average; or (520
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen c,
10-day rolling average).
8.0E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (3.9E–05 lb per MMBtu
of heat input).
910 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen.
2.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.9E–05 lb per MMBtu
of heat input).
1,100 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run average; or (900
ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen c,
30-day rolling average).
2.6E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (4.4E–04 lb per MMBtu
of heat input).
4.4E–04 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
b. Mercury .....................................
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17. Units designed to burn heavy
liquid fuel.
4.8E–07 a lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
a. CO ............................................
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run average.
1.3E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (7.5E–05 lb per MMBtu
of heat input).
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen.
2.0E–03 a lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.9E–05 lb per MMBtu
of heat input).
b. Filterable PM (or TSM) .............
18. Units designed to burn light liquid fuel.
a. CO ............................................
b. Filterable PM (or TSM) .............
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Using this specified sampling volume or test run duration . . .
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per
run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
For M26A: Collect a minimum of 2
dscm per run; for M26, collect a
minimum of 240 liters per run.
For M29, collect a minimum of 4
dscm per run; for M30A or
M30B, collect a minimum sample as specified in the method;
for ASTM D6784 b collect a
minimum of 4 dscm.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
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AND PROCESS HEATERS THAT COMMENCED CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION AFTER JUNE 4, 2010, AND BEFORE MAY 20, 2011—Continued
If your boiler or process heater is
in this subcategory . . .
For the following pollutants . . .
19. Units designed to burn liquid
fuel that are non-continental
units.
a. CO ............................................
b. Filterable PM (or TSM) .............
20. Units designed to burn gas 2
(other) gases.
a. CO ............................................
b. HCl ............................................
The emissions must not exceed
the following emission limits, except during periods of startup and
shutdown . . .
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run average based on
stack test.
2.3E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (8.6E–04 lb per MMBtu
of heat input).
130 ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen.
1.7E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
c. Mercury .....................................
7.9E–06 lb per MMBtu of heat
input.
d. Filterable PM (or TSM) .............
6.7E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input; or (2.1E–04 lb per MMBtu
of heat input).
Using this specified sampling volume or test run duration . . .
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 4 dscm per
run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
For M26A, Collect a minimum of 2
dscm per run; for M26, collect a
minimum of 240 liters per run.
For M29, collect a minimum of 3
dscm per run; for M30A or
M30B, collect a minimum sample as specified in the method;
for ASTM D6784 b collect a
minimum of 3 dscm.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per
run.
a If you are conducting stack tests to demonstrate compliance and your performance tests for this pollutant for at least 2 consecutive years
show that your emissions are at or below this limit, you can skip testing according to § 63.7515 if all of the other provision of § 63.7515 are met.
For all other pollutants that do not contain a footnote ‘‘a’’, your performance tests for this pollutant for at least 2 consecutive years must show
that your emissions are at or below 75 percent of this limit in order to qualify for skip testing.
b Incorporated by reference, see § 63.14.
c An owner or operator may request that compliance with the carbon monoxide emission limit be determined using carbon dioxide measurements corrected to an equivalent of 3 percent oxygen. The relationship between oxygen and carbon dioxide levels for the affected facility shall
be established during the initial compliance test.
29. Table 12 to subpart DDDDD of part
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AND PROCESS HEATERS THAT COMMENCED CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION AFTER MAY 20, 2011, AND BEFORE DECEMBER 23, 2011
For the following
pollutants . . .
The emissions must not exceed the
following emission limits, except during
periods of startup and shutdown . . .
Using this specified sampling volume
or test run duration . . .
1. Units in all subcategories designed to
burn solid fuel.
a. HCl ....................
0.022 lb per MMBtu of heat input ........
b. Mercury .............
3.5E–06 a lb per MMBtu of heat input ..
2. Units design to burn coal/solid fossil
fuel.
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If your boiler or process heater is in this
subcategory . . .
a. Filterable PM (or
TSM).
3. Pulverized coal boilers designed to
burn coal/solid fossil fuel.
a. Carbon monoxide (CO) (or
CEMS)
4. Stokers designed to burn coal/solid
fossil fuel.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..
1.1E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat input; or
(2.3E–05 lb per MMBtu of heat
input).
130 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (320 ppm by volume on
a dry basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen c, 30-day rolling average)
130 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (340 ppm by volume on
a dry basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen c, 10-day rolling average)
For M26A, collect a minimum of 1
dscm per run; for M26 collect a minimum of 120 liters per run.
For M29, collect a minimum of 3 dscm
per run; for M30A or M30B, collect a
minimum sample as specified in the
method; for ASTM D6784 b collect a
minimum of 3 dscm.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per run.
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1 hr minimum sampling time.
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If your boiler or process heater is in this
subcategory . . .
For the following
pollutants . . .
The emissions must not exceed the
following emission limits, except during
periods of startup and shutdown . . .
Using this specified sampling volume
or test run duration . . .
5. Fluidized bed units designed to burn
coal/solid fossil fuel.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..
1 hr minimum sampling time.
6. Fluidized bed units with an integrated
heat exchanger designed to burn
coal/solid fossil fuel.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..
7. Stokers/sloped grate/others designed
to burn wet biomass fuel.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..
130 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (230 ppm by volume on
a dry basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen c, 30-day rolling average)
140 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (150 ppm by volume on
a dry basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen c, 30-day rolling average)
620 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (390 ppm by volume on
a dry basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen c, 30-day rolling average)
3.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat input; or
(2.6E–05 lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
460 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen
3.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat input; or
(4.0E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
260 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (310 ppm by volume on
a dry basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen c, 30-day rolling average)
9.8E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat input; or
(8.3E–05 a lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
2,400 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (2,000 ppm by volume
on a dry basis corrected to 3 percent oxygen c, 10-day rolling average)
3.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat input; or
(6.5E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
470 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (520 ppm by volume on
a dry basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen c, 10-day rolling average)
3.2E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat input; or
(3.9E–05 lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
910 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen
2.0E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat input; or
(2.9E–05 lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
1,500 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (900 ppm by volume on
a dry basis corrected to 3 percent
oxygen c, 30-day rolling average)
2.6E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat input; or
(4.4E–04 lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
4.4E–04 lb per MMBtu of heat input ....
b. Filterable PM (or
TSM).
8. Stokers/sloped grate/others designed
to burn kiln-dried biomass fuel.
a. CO ....................
b. Filterable PM (or
TSM).
9. Fluidized bed units designed to burn
biomass/bio-based solids.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..
b. Filterable PM (or
TSM).
10. Suspension burners designed to
burn biomass/bio-based solids.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..
b. Filterable PM (or
TSM).
11. Dutch Ovens/Pile burners designed
to burn biomass/bio-based solids.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..
b. Filterable PM (or
TSM).
12. Fuel cell units designed to burn biomass/bio-based solids.
a. CO ....................
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TSM).
13. Hybrid suspension grate boiler designed to burn biomass/bio-based solids.
a. CO (or CEMS) ..
b. Filterable PM (or
TSM).
14. Units designed to burn liquid fuel ....
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1 hr minimum sampling time.
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1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per run.
For M26A: Collect a minimum of 2
dscm per run; for M26, collect a
minimum of 240 liters per run.
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The emissions must not exceed the
following emission limits, except during
periods of startup and shutdown . . .
Using this specified sampling volume
or test run duration . . .
4.8E–07 a lb per MMBtu of heat input ..
a. CO ....................
130 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run
average
1.3E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat input; or
(7.5E–05 lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
130 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen
1.3E–03 a lb per MMBtu of heat input;
or (2.9E–05 lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
130 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen, 3-run
average based on stack test
2.3E–02 lb per MMBtu of heat input; or
(8.6E–04 lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
130 ppm by volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent oxygen
1.7E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat input ....
For M29, collect a minimum of 4 dscm
per run; for M30A or M30B, collect a
minimum sample as specified in the
method; for ASTM D6784 b collect a
minimum of 4 dscm.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
b. HCl ....................
c. Mercury .............
7.9E–06 lb per MMBtu of heat input ....
d. Filterable PM (or
TSM).
15. Units designed to burn heavy liquid
fuel.
For the following
pollutants . . .
b. Mercury .............
If your boiler or process heater is in this
subcategory . . .
6.7E–03 lb per MMBtu of heat input; or
(2.1E–04 lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
b. Filterable PM (or
TSM).
16. Units designed to burn light liquid
fuel.
a. CO ....................
b. Filterable PM (or
TSM).
17. Units designed to burn liquid fuel
that are non-continental units
a. CO ....................
b. Filterable PM (or
TSM).
18. Units designed to burn gas 2 (other)
gases.
a. CO ....................
Collect a minimum of 2 dscm per run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
Collect a minimum of 4 dscm per run.
1 hr minimum sampling time.
For M26A, Collect a minimum of 2
dscm per run; for M26, collect a
minimum of 240 liters per run.
For M29, collect a minimum of 3 dscm
per run; for M30A or M30B, collect a
minimum sample as specified in the
method; for ASTM D6784 b collect a
minimum of 3 dscm.
Collect a minimum of 3 dscm per run.
a If you are conducting stack tests to demonstrate compliance and your performance tests for this pollutant for at least 2 consecutive years
show that your emissions are at or below this limit, you can skip testing according to § 63.7515 if all of the other provision of § 63.7515 are met.
For all other pollutants that do not contain a footnote ‘‘a’’, your performance tests for this pollutant for at least 2 consecutive years must show
that your emissions are at or below 75 percent of this limit in order to qualify for skip testing.
b Incorporated by reference, see § 63.14.
c An owner or operator may request that compliance with the carbon monoxide emission limit be determined using carbon dioxide measurements corrected to an equivalent of 3 percent oxygen. The relationship between oxygen and carbon dioxide levels for the affected facility shall
be established during the initial compliance test.
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40 CFR Part 63
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major
Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process
Heaters; Proposed Rule
Federal Register / Vol. 80 , No. 13 / Wednesday, January 21, 2015 /
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0058; FRL-9919-28-OAR]
RIN 2060-AS09
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for
Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and
Process Heaters
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: On January 31, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
finalized amendments to the national emission standards for the control
of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from new and existing industrial,
commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters at major
sources of HAP. Subsequently, the EPA received 10 petitions for
reconsideration of the final rule. The EPA is announcing
reconsideration of and requesting public comment on three issues raised
in the petitions for reconsideration, as detailed in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice. The EPA is seeking comment only on
these three issues. The EPA will not respond to any comments addressing
any other issues or any other provisions of the final rule.
Additionally, the EPA is proposing amendments and technical corrections
to the final rule to clarify definitions, references, applicability and
compliance issues raised by stakeholders subject to the final rule.
Also, we propose to delete rule provisions for an affirmative defense
for malfunction in light of a recent court decision on the issue.
DATES: Comments. Comments must be received on or before March 9, 2015,
or 30 days after date of public hearing if later.
Public Hearing. If anyone contacts us requesting to speak at a
public hearing by January 26, 2015, a public hearing will be held on
February 5, 2015. If you are interested in attending the public
hearing, contact Ms. Pamela Garrett at (919) 541-7966 or by email at
garrett.pamela@epa.gov to verify that a hearing will be held.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2002-0058, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov:
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Email: A-and-R-Docket@epa.gov. Include docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2002-0058 in the subject line of the message.
Fax: (202) 566-9744, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2002-0058.
Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center
(EPA/DC), Mail Code 28221T, Attention Docket ID No. OAR-2002-0058, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. The EPA requests a
separate copy also be sent to the contact person identified below (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Room 3334, EPA
WJC West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0058. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2002-0058. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without change and may be made available
on-line at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov
or email. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access''
system, which means the EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send an email comment directly to the EPA without going through
www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, the EPA recommends that you include your name and other
contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or
CD-ROM you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the EPA may not
be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use
of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any
defects or viruses.
Public Hearing: If anyone contacts the EPA requesting a public
hearing by January 26, 2015, the public hearing will be held on
February 5, 2015 at the EPA's campus at 109 T.W. Alexander Drive,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The hearing will begin at 10:00
a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) and conclude at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern
Standard Time). There will be a lunch break from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00
p.m. Please contact Ms. Pamela Garrett at 919-541-7966 or at
garrett.pamela@epa.gov to register to speak at the hearing or to
inquire as to whether or not a hearing will be held. The last day to
pre-register in advance to speak at the hearing will be February 2,
2015. Additionally, requests to speak will be taken the day of the
hearing at the hearing registration desk, although preferences on
speaking times may not be able to be fulfilled. If you require the
service of a translator or special accommodations such as audio
description, please let us know at the time of registration. If you
require an accommodation, we ask that you pre-register for the hearing,
as we may not be able to arrange such accommodations without advance
notice. The hearing will provide interested parties the opportunity to
present data, views or arguments concerning the proposed action. The
EPA will make every effort to accommodate all speakers who arrive and
register. Because the hearing is being held at a U.S. government
facility, individuals planning to attend the hearing should be prepared
to show valid picture identification to the security staff in order to
gain access to the meeting room. Please note that the REAL ID Act,
passed by Congress in 2005, established new requirements for entering
federal facilities. If your driver's license is issued by Alaska,
American Samoa, Arizona, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Montana, New York, Oklahoma or the state of Washington, you
must present an additional form of identification to enter the federal
building. Acceptable alternative forms of identification include:
Federal employee badges, passports, enhanced driver's licenses and
military identification cards. In addition, you will need to obtain a
property pass for any personal belongings you bring with you. Upon
leaving the building, you will be required to return this property pass
to the security desk. No large signs will be allowed in the building,
cameras may only be used outside of the building and demonstrations
will not be allowed on federal property for security reasons. The EPA
may ask clarifying questions during the oral presentations, but will
not respond to the presentations at that time. Written statements and
supporting information submitted during the comment period will be
considered with the same weight
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as oral comments and supporting information presented at the public
hearing. A hearing will not be held unless requested.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), Room 3334, EPA WJC West Building, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone
number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Eddinger, Energy Strategies
Group, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-01), Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541-5426; facsimile number: (919) 541-5450;
email address: eddinger.jim@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Organization of this Document. The following
outline is provided to aid in locating information in the preamble.
I. General Information
A. What is the source of authority for the reconsideration
action?
B. What entities are potentially affected by the reconsideration
action?
C. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA?
II. Background
III. Discussion of the Issues under Reconsideration
A. Startup and Shutdown Provisions
B. CO Limits Based on a Minimum CO Level of 130 ppm
C. Use of PM CPMS Including Consequences of Exceeding the
Operating Parameter
IV. Technical Corrections and Clarifications
V. Affirmative Defense for Violation of Emission Standards During
Malfunction
VI. Solicitation of Public Comment and Participation
VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and
Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With
Indian Tribal Governments
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations
I. General Information
A. What is the source of authority for the reconsideration action?
The statutory authority for this action is provided by sections 112
and 307(d)(7)(B) of the Clean Air Act as amended (42 U.S.C. 7412 and
7607(d)(7)(B)).
B. What entities are potentially affected by the reconsideration
action?
Categories and entities potentially regulated by this action
include:
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Category NAICS Code \1\ Examples of potentially regulated entities
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Any industry using a boiler or process heater 211 Extractors of crude petroleum and natural gas.
as defined in the final rule.
321 Manufacturers of lumber and wood products.
322 Pulp and paper mills.
325 Chemical manufacturers.
324 Petroleum refineries, and manufacturers of
coal products.
316, 326, 339 Manufacturers of rubber and miscellaneous
plastic products.
331 Steel works, blast furnaces.
332 Electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing,
and coloring.
336 Manufacturers of motor vehicle parts and
accessories.
221 Electric, gas, and sanitary services.
622 Health services.
611 Educational services.
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\1\ North American Industry Classification System.
This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. To determine whether your boiler or process heater is regulated
by this action, you should examine the applicability criteria in 40 CFR
63.7485. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, consult either the air permitting
authority for the entity or your EPA regional representative, as listed
in 40 CFR 63.13 of subpart A (General Provisions).
C. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA?
Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to the EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD ROM that you mail to the EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM
as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. Send or deliver information
identified as CBI to only the following address: Mr. Jim Eddinger, c/o
OAQPS Document Control Officer (Mail Drop C404-02), U.S. EPA, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0058.
Docket. The docket number for this notice is Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2002-0058.
World Wide Web (WWW). In addition to being available in the docket,
an electronic copy of this notice will be posted on the WWW through the
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Technology Transfer Network Web site (TTN Web). Following signature,
the EPA will post a copy of this notice at https://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/boiler/boilerpg.html. The TTN provides information and technology
exchange in various areas of air pollution control.
II. Background
On March 21, 2011, the EPA promulgated national emissions standards
for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the Major Source Boilers and
Process Heaters source category. The EPA received a number of petitions
for reconsideration on that action, and granted reconsideration on
certain issues raised in the petitions. On January 31, 2013, the EPA
promulgated amendments to the NESHAP for new and existing industrial,
commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters located at
major sources (78 FR 7138). Following promulgation of the January 31,
2013, final rule, the EPA received 10 petitions for reconsideration
pursuant to section 307(d)(7)(B) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The EPA
received petitions dated March 28, 2013, from New Hope Power Company
and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida. The EPA received a
petition dated March 29, 2013, from the Eastman Chemical Company. The
EPA received petitions dated April 1, 2013, from Earthjustice, on
behalf of Sierra Club, Clean Air Council, Partnership for Policy
Integrity, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, and Environmental
Integrity Project; American Forest and Paper Association on behalf of
American Wood Council, National Association of Manufacturers, Biomass
Power Association, Corn Refiners Association, National Oilseed
Processors Association, Rubber Manufacturers Association, Southeastern
Lumber Manufacturers Association, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce; the
Florida Sugar Industry; Council of Industrial Boiler Owners, American
Municipal Power, Inc., and American Chemistry Council; American
Petroleum Institute; and the Utility Air Regulatory Group which also
submitted a supplemental petition on July 3, 2013. Finally, the EPA
received a petition dated July 2, 2013, from the Natural Environmental
Development Association's Clean Air Project and the Council of
Industrial Boiler Owners. The petitions are available for review in the
rulemaking docket (see Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0058).
On August 5, 2013, the EPA issued letters to the petitioners
granting reconsideration on three specific issues raised in the
petitions for reconsideration and indicating that the agency would
issue a Federal Register notice regarding the reconsideration
process.\1\ This action requests comment on the three issues for which
the EPA granted reconsideration and proposes certain revisions to the
definitions of startup and shutdown and the work practices that apply
during startup and shutdown periods. Additionally, the letters
indicated that the EPA intends to make certain clarifying changes and
corrections to the final rule, some of which were also raised in the
petitions for reconsideration. This action proposes revisions to the
regulatory text that would make those clarifications and corrections.
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petitions for reconsideration and is not taking any action at this
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III. Discussion of the Issues Under Reconsideration
The EPA took final action on its proposed amendments to the March
2011 NESHAP on January 31, 2013, (78 FR 7138) to address certain issues
raised in the petitions for reconsideration of the 2011 NESHAP.
The January 31, 2013, amendments revised, among other things, the
definitions of ``startup'' and ``shutdown'' as well as the work
practice requirements for the startup and shutdown periods. The
amendments also established a carbon monoxide (CO) threshold level as
an appropriate minimum maximum achievable control technology (MACT)
floor level that adequately assures sources will be controlling organic
HAP emissions to MACT levels. The amendments also replaced the
requirement for certain units to install and operate a continuous
emission monitoring system (CEMS) measuring particulate matter (PM)
emissions with a requirement to install and operate a PM continuous
parameter monitoring system (CPMS) which established reporting
requirements for deviations and established conditions under which PM
CPMS deviations would constitute a presumptive violation of the NESHAP.
The EPA received petitions for reconsideration of certain aspects of
these requirements, and granted reconsideration of the following three
issues on August 5, 2013, to provide an additional opportunity for
public comment:
Definition of startup and shutdown periods and the work
practices that apply during such periods;
Revised CO limits based on a minimum CO level of 130 parts
per million (ppm); and
The use of PM CPMS, including the consequences of
exceeding the operating parameter.
The reconsideration petitions stated that the public lacked
sufficient opportunity to comment on these provisions. Although these
provisions were established after consideration of public comments
received on the proposed rule, the EPA is granting reconsideration on
these issues in order to allow an additional opportunity for comment.
These issues are discussed in more detail in the following sections.
For the startup and shutdown provisions, the EPA is proposing
certain revisions to the definitions of startup and shutdown and to the
work practice standard that applies during the startup and shutdown
periods. The proposed revision to the definition of startup is the
addition of an alternate definition of startup. The revision to the
work practice standard that applies during the startup period is the
addition of an alternate work practice provision regarding the engaging
of control devices that applies during startup periods. The EPA is not
proposing revisions to the CO limits or the use of PM CPMS, but will
consider any input that we receive in this additional public comment
opportunity.
Additionally, the EPA is proposing certain clarifying changes and
corrections to the final rule, some of which were also raised in the
petitions for reconsideration. Specifically, these are: (1) Clarify
issues related to the applicability of the major source boiler rule to
natural gas-fired electric utility steam generating units (EGUs); (2)
clarify the compliance date for coal- or oil-fired EGUs that become
subject to the major source boiler rule; (3) correct a conversion error
in the MACT floor calculation for existing hybrid suspension grate
boilers; (4) clarify certain recordkeeping requirements, including, for
example, those related to records for periods of startup and shutdown
for boilers and process heaters in the Gas 1 subcategory. The EPA also
proposes to clarify and correct certain inadvertent inconsistencies in
the final rule regulatory text, such as removal of unnecessary
references to statistical equations, inclusion of averaging time for
operating load limits in Table 8 to the final rule, and correction of
the compliance date for new sources to reflect the effective date of
the final rule.
A. Startup and Shutdown Provisions
The EPA received petitions asserting that the public lacked an
opportunity to comment on the startup and shutdown provisions amended
in the January
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2013, final rule. Specifically, petitioners asserted that the
definitions of ``startup'' and ``shutdown'' in the amended final rule
failed to address restarts of process heaters and that the provisions
for work practice standards did not adequately address fuels considered
``clean'' and operational limitations for certain pollution control
devices.
In response to petitions for reconsideration received on the March
2011 NESHAP, the EPA proposed definitions of ``startup'' and
``shutdown'' in December 2011 that were based on load specifications.
The EPA received comments on the proposed definitions stating that load
specifications within the definitions were inconsistent with either
safe or normal (proper) operation of the various types of boilers and
process heaters encountered within the source category. As the basis
for defining periods of startup and shutdown, a number of commenters
suggested that the EPA instead use the achievement of various steady-
state conditions. The definitions in the January 2013 final rule
addressed these comments by defining startup and shutdown based on the
time during which fuel is fired in a boiler or process heater for the
purpose of supplying steam or heat for heating and/or producing
electricity or for any other purpose. As explained in the preamble to
the January 2013 final rule, the EPA believes these definitions are
appropriate because boilers and process heaters function to provide
steam or heat; therefore, boilers and process heaters should be
considered to be operating normally at all times steam or heat of the
proper pressure, temperature and flow rate is being supplied to a
common header system or energy user(s) for use as either process steam
or for the cogeneration of electricity.
The EPA also proposed work practices for startup and shutdown
periods in the December 2011 notice, which generally required employing
good combustion practices. In the January 2013 final rule, the EPA
revised the proposed work practice standards after consideration of
comments received. Among other things, the revised final work practice
standards required sources to combust clean fuels during startup and
shutdown periods and required sources to engage air pollution control
devices (APCDs) when coal, biomass or heavy oil are fired in the boiler
or process heater. (See 78 FR 7198-99.)
We are granting reconsideration on the definitions of startup and
shutdown and the work practices that apply during these periods that
are in the January 2013 final rule and are also proposing certain
revisions to these aspects of the startup and shutdown provisions that
are in the January 2013 final rule. We are also proposing an alternate
definition of startup and an alternate work practice provision
regarding the engaging of pollution control devices.
1. Definitions
We are soliciting comment on the definition of startup and shutdown
that were promulgated in the January 2013 final rule, with the
clarifying revisions explained below. We are proposing to revise the
definitions of startup and shutdown in this reconsideration notice as
set forth in 40 CFR 63.7575. Petitioners asserted that the final rule's
definitions of startup and shutdown were not sufficiently clear. We are
proposing to revise the definitions as explained below.
a. Definition of Startup Period. In addition to soliciting public
comment on the definition of startup contained in the January 2013
final rule, the EPA is proposing to add an alternate definition to the
definition of startup that is in the January 2013 final rule. We are
proposing to allow sources to use either definition of startup when
complying with the startup requirements. As explained in more detail
below, under the alternate definition, startup would end four hours
after the unit begins supplying useful thermal energy.
Specifically, the EPA is proposing the alternate definition to
clarify that, in terms of the first-ever firing of fuel, startup begins
when fuel is fired for the purpose of supplying useful thermal energy
(such as steam or heat) for heating, process, cooling, and/or producing
electricity and to clarify that startup ends 4 hours after when the
boiler or process heater makes useful thermal energy. The proposed
clarification regarding the end of startup would apply to first-ever
startups as well as startups occurring after shutdown events. With
regard to when startup begins after a shutdown event, the alternate
definition is the same as the definition in the January 31, 2013, final
rule. That is, startup begins with the firing of fuel in a boiler for
any purpose after a shutdown event.
In this alternate definition, we are proposing the clarification
regarding the first-ever firing of fuel to address implementation
issues regarding ``pre-startup'' activities that are done as part of
installing a new boiler or process heater. Under the January 2013
definition of ``startup,'' a new boiler or process heater would be
considered to have started up, and be subject to the rule, when it
first fires fuel ``for any purpose.'' However, a newly installed unit
needs to be tested to ensure that it was properly installed and will
operate as it was designed and that all associated components were also
properly installed and will operate as designed. The EPA did not intend
for the startup period to begin when newly installed units first fire
fuel for testing or other pre-startup purposes because such firing of
fuel does not represent normal operation of the unit.
The EPA is also proposing in the alternate definition to replace
the term ``steam and heat'' in the January 2013 definition of startup
with the term ``useful thermal energy.'' This proposed revision would
apply to first-ever startups as well as startups after shutdown events
and is intended to address the issue raised by petitioners that the
language in the January 2013 definition regarding the end of the
startup period is ambiguous since once fuel is fired some steam or heat
is generated but not in useful or controllable quantities. The
petitioners comment that it takes time for steam and process fluid to
be heated to adequate temperatures and pressures for beneficial use and
that steam or heat should not be construed to be supplied until it is
of adequate temperature and pressure. The EPA agrees with petitioners
that the startup period should not end until such time as fuel is fired
resulting in steam or heat that is useful thermal energy because it
takes time for steam and process fluids to be heated to adequate
temperatures and pressures for beneficial use. We believe the
appropriate criteria for ending startup in the definition should be
when useful steam is supplied. This proposed change doesn't alter EPA's
determination that it is not technically feasible to require stack
testing, in particular, to complete the multiple required test runs
during periods of startup and shutdown due to physical limitations and
the short duration of startup and shutdown periods.
In order to clarify the term ``useful thermal energy,'' we are
proposing a definition for ``useful thermal energy'' as follows:
Useful thermal energy means energy (i.e., steam, hot water, or
process heat) that meets the minimum operating temperature and/or
pressure required by any energy use system that uses energy provided by
the affected boiler or process heater.
The EPA received several petitions for reconsideration of the
definition of startup in the January 2013 final rule. The petitioners
commented that this definition does not account for a wide range of
boilers that operationally are
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still in startup mode even after some steam or heat is supplied to the
plant. Specifically, the petitioners commented that what constitutes
``startup'' for all boilers varies widely. For example, petitioners
claimed that some boilers begin to supply steam or heat for some
purposes onsite before they have achieved necessary temperature or load
to engage emission controls.
The petitioners commented that according to the final rule, a
boiler supplying even a small amount of steam would no longer be in
startup and would be required at that point in time to engage emission
controls. However, petitioners noted that according to equipment
specifications and established safe boiler operations, a boiler
operator should not engage emission controls until specific parameters
are met.
The petitioners expressed that, above all, the boiler/process
heater operator's primary concern during startup is safety. The startup
procedures must ensure that the equipment is brought up to normal
operating conditions in a safe manner, and startup ends when the
boiler/process heater and its controls are fully functional. The end of
startup occurs when safe, stable operating conditions are reached,
after emissions controls are properly operating. The startup provisions
should not include requirements that could affect safe operating
practices.
The EPA agrees with the petitioners that the startup period should
not end until such time that all control devices have reached stable
conditions. The EPA has very limited information specifically for
industrial boilers on the hours needed for controls to reach stable
conditions after the start of supplying useful thermal energy. However,
the EPA does have information for EGUs on the hours to stable control
operation after the start of electricity generation. Using hour-by-hour
emissions and operation data for EGUs reported to the agency under the
Acid Rain Program, we found that controls used on the best performing
12 percent EGUs reach stable operation within 4 hours after the start
of electricity generation. See technical support document titled
``Assessment of Startup Period at Coal-Fired Electric Generating
Units--Revised'' in the docket. Since the types of controls used on
EGUs are similar to those used on industrial boilers and the start of
electricity generation is similar to the start of supplying useful
thermal energy, we believe that the controls on the best performing
industrial boilers would also reach stable operation within 4 hours
after the start of supplying useful thermal energy and have included
this timeframe in the proposed alternate definition.\2\ This conclusion
is supported by the very limited information (13 units) the EPA does
have on industrial boilers and by information submitted by the Council
of Industrial Boiler Owners obtained from an informal survey of its
members on the time needed to reach stable conditions during startup.
We welcome comment and additional information on this point during the
public comment period.
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ends is the hour at which reporting for the purpose of determining
compliance begins. Therefore, sources must collect and report
operating limit data following the end of startup. These data are
used in calculating whether a source is in compliance with the 30-
day average operating limits.
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b. Definition of Shutdown. In today's action, the EPA is proposing
to revise the definition of shutdown in the January 2013 final rule.
The EPA is proposing to clarify that shutdown begins when the boiler or
process heater no longer makes useful thermal energy and ends when the
boiler or process heater no longer makes useful thermal energy and no
fuel is fired in the boiler or process heater. Specifically, the EPA is
proposing to revise the regulatory text to replace the term ``steam and
heat'' with the term ``useful thermal energy'' to address the same
issue as raised by petitioners regarding the language in the definition
of ``startup'' described above. The EPA did not intend for the shutdown
period to begin until such time as fuel is no longer fired for the
purpose of creating useful thermal energy.
The EPA received several petitions for reconsideration of the
definition of shutdown in the January 2013 final rule. The petitioners
expressed concerns that the definition is problematic for units firing
solid fuels on a grate or in a fluidized bed combustor where the
residual material in the unit keeps burning after fuel feed to the unit
is stopped. In this case, petitioners explained that fuel is still
burning (``being fired'') in the unit despite the fact that load
reduction is occurring, additional fuel is not being fed, and the
shutdown process has clearly begun. For this reason, petitioners
recommend that the shutdown definition be revised to state that
shutdown begins either when none of the steam and heat from the boiler
or process heater is supplied for heating and/or producing electricity
or when fuel is no longer being fed to the boiler or process heater and
that shutdown ends when there is both no steam or heat being supplied
and no fuel being combusted in the boiler or process heater.
The EPA agrees with the petitioners' concerns and intended that the
shutdown period would begin when fuel is no longer being fired for the
purpose of creating useful thermal energy. The proposed revisions would
address the concern raised by the petitioner. The proposed revision is
appropriate because as the petitioners commented, for certain types of
boilers where the fuel is combusted on a grate or bed, fuel firing may
be considered to continue even after fuel feed to the unit is stopped.
2. Work Practice Standards
In today's action, the EPA is proposing to revise the work practice
standards in the January 2013 final rule that apply during periods of
startup and shutdown. Specifically, the EPA is proposing revisions to
the list of ``clean fuel'' in the January 2013 final rule and is
proposing an alternate work practice requirement for periods of startup
and shutdown. Sources would have the choice of complying with the work
practice requirement contained in the January 2013 final rule or the
alternate work practice requirement proposed in today's action.
Additionally, EPA is proposing a process through which sources can seek
an extension of the time period by which the alternate work practice
provision requires PM controls to be engaged, based on documented
safety considerations. Finally, EPA is proposing certain recordkeeping
and monitoring requirements that would apply to sources that choose to
comply with the alternate work practice. These proposed provisions are
described in more detail below.
a. Clean Fuel Requirement. The January 2013 final rule requires
sources to startup on ``clean fuel.'' The definition of ``clean fuel''
includes several fuels but does not include coal or biomass or other
solid fuels that many sources use during boiler startup. In the
December 2011 proposed rule, we solicited comment on ``whether other
work practices should be required during startup and shutdown,
including requirements to operate using specific fuels to reduce
emissions during such periods.''
In a petition for reconsideration, the petitioners claimed that the
list of clean fuels, as written, is too narrow. They requested that the
EPA expand the list to include all gaseous fuels meeting the ``other
gas 1'' classification as well as biodiesel, as distillate oil is
sometimes a biodiesel blend. They also requested that fuels that meet
the total selected metals (TSM), hydrogen chloride (HCl),
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and mercury emission limits using fuel analysis should be added to the
list of clean fuels. Dry biomass (less than 20-percent moisture
content) should also be added to the list of clean fuels because they
claim it will burn cleaner than other solid fuels. Specifically, they
claim that it is a clean fuel for startup because it exhibits low HCl,
mercury and CO emissions due to its chloride, mercury, and moisture
content, and PM emissions would likely be below the dry biomass
subcategory PM limit. Therefore, the petition states that it is a
reasonable work practice for solid fuel boilers to burn only dry
biomass as clean fuel during startup. In addition, the petition
recommends that permitting authorities should have the flexibility to
approve other clean fuels that EPA may not have considered (e.g., other
renewable fuels).
We are proposing two changes to the list of clean fuels for
starting up a boiler or process heater. We agree that the list should
include all gaseous fuels meeting the ``other gas 1'' classification.
Also, we agree that any fuels that meet the applicable TSM, HCl and
mercury emission limits using fuel analysis should be added to the list
of clean fuels because their mercury, HCl and metals emissions would be
in compliance with the applicable emission limits without the use of
control devices. Sources would demonstrate compliance either through
fuel analysis for the relevant parameters or stack testing. The EPA
does not believe it is necessary to revise the regulatory text of the
``clean fuel'' definition to specifically include biodiesel on the list
since the definition of ``distillate oil'' in the rule includes
biodiesel.
b. Engaging Pollution Control Devices. The January 2013 final rule
required boilers and process heaters when they start firing coal/solid
fossil fuel, biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid fuel or gas 2
(other) gases to engage applicable pollution control devices except for
limestone injection in fluidized bed combustion (FBC) boilers, dry
scrubbers, fabric filters, selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) and
selective catalytic reduction (SCR), which must start as expeditiously
as possible. The EPA received several petitions for reconsideration of
this aspect of the work practice standard.
The petitioners expressed concerns that the requirement for
engaging applicable control devices does not accommodate potential
safety problems relative to electrostatic precipitator (ESP) operation.
Comments and recommended manufacturer operating procedures provided to
the EPA during the comment period for the December 2011 proposal
explained the potential hazards associated with ESP energization when
unburned fuel may be present with oxygen levels high enough that the
mixture can be in the flammable range. The petitioners referenced these
comments and requested that the EPA needs to reconsider this safety
issue and revise the requirements to include ESP energization with the
other controls that are to be started as expeditiously as possible
rather than when solid fuel firing is first started. In addition, they
claim that the ESP cannot practically be engaged until a certain flue
gas temperature is reached. Specifically, they claim that premature
starting of this equipment will lead to short-term stability problems
that could result in unsafe actions and longer term degradation of ESP
performance due to fouling, increased chances of wire damage, or
increased corrosion within the chambers. They also state that vendors
providing this equipment incorporate these safety and operational
concerns into their standard operating procedures. For example, they
claim that some ESPs have oxygen sensors and alarms that shut down the
ESP at high flue gas oxygen levels to avoid a fire in the unit. The
oxygen level is typically high during startup, so the ESP may not
engage due to these safety controls until more stable operating
conditions are reached. Therefore, the petitioners request that ESPs be
included in the list of air pollution controls that must be started as
expeditiously as possible.
Considering the petitioners' comments, the EPA is proposing an
alternate work practice requirement for operating air pollution control
devices during periods of startup as follows.
Boilers and process heaters owners and operators shall, when firing
coal/solid fossil fuel, biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid fuel or
gas 2 (other) gases, vent emissions to the main stack(s) and engage all
of the applicable control devices so as to comply with the emission
limits within 4 hours of start of supplying useful thermal energy.
Owners and operators must effect PM control within one hour of first
firing coal/solid fossil fuel, biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid
fuel or gas 2 (other) gases. Owners and operators must start all
applicable control devices as expeditiously as possible, but, in any
case, when necessary to comply with other standards applicable to the
source by a permit limit or a rule other than this subpart that require
operation of the control devices.
The EPA believes that the control technology operation related
requirements we are proposing are practicable and broadly applicable.
Owners and operators of boilers and process heaters have options to
minimize any potential for detrimental impacts on hardware and any
safety concerns, such as using clean fuels until appropriate flue gas
conditions have been reached and then switching to the primary fuel. In
addition, we are proposing in the alternate work practice requirement
that owners and operators of boilers and process heaters, if they have
an applicable emission limit, must develop and implement a written
startup and shutdown plan (SSP) according to the requirements in Table
3 to this subpart and that the SSP must be maintained onsite and
available upon request for public inspection. Also in the alternate
work practice requirement, we are proposing to allow a source to
request a unit-specific case-by-case extension to the 1-hour period for
engaging the PM controls. However, the EPA will only consider
extensions for units that can provide evidence of a documented
manufacturer-identified safety issue and can provide proof that the PM
control device is adequately designed and sized to meet the filterable
PM emission limit. In its request for the case-by-case determination,
the owner/operator must provide, among other materials, documentation
that: (1) The unit is using clean fuels to the maximum extent possible
to alleviate or prevent the safety issue prior to the combustion of
coal/solid fossil fuel, biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid fuel or
gas 2 (other) gases in the unit, (2) the source has explicitly followed
the manufacturer's procedures to alleviate or prevent the safety issue,
(3) details the manufacturer's statement of concern, and (4) provides
evidence that the PM control device is adequately designed and sized to
meet the PM emission limit.
In order to clarify that the work practice does not supersede any
other standard or requirements to which the affected source is subject,
the EPA is including in the proposed alternate work practice provision
a requirement that requires control devices to operate when necessary
to comply with other standards (e.g., new source performance standards,
state regulations) applicable to the source that require operation of
the control device.
In addition, to ensure compliance with the proposed definition of
startup and the work practice standard that applies during startup
periods, we are proposing that certain events and parameters be
monitored and recorded during the startup periods. These events include
the time when firing (i.e., feeding) starts for coal/solid fossil fuel,
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biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid fuel or gas 2 (other) gases; the
time when useful thermal energy is first supplied; and the time when
the PM controls are engaged. The parameters to be monitored and
recorded include the hourly steam temperature, hourly steam pressure,
hourly flue gas temperature, and all hourly average CMS data (e.g.,
CEMS, PM CPMS, continuous opacity monitoring systems (COMS), ESP total
secondary electric power input, scrubber pressure drop, scrubber liquid
flow rate) collected during each startup period to confirm that the
control devices are engaged.
We request comments on (1) the startup and shutdown provisions
(definitions and work practices) in the January 2013 final rule, (2)
the proposed alternate definition for ``startup'' and the proposed
alternate work practice (item 5.c.(2) of Table 3 of proposed rule) for
the startup period, and (3) the recordkeeping requirements being
proposed for the startup periods.
B. CO Limits Based on a Minimum CO Level of 130 ppm
In the January 2013 final rule, EPA established a CO emission limit
for certain subcategories at a level of 130 ppm, based on an analysis
of CO levels and associated organic HAP emissions reductions. See 78 FR
7144. The EPA received a petition for reconsideration of these CO
limits in the January 2013 final rule. The petitioner claimed that
these limits do not satisfy the statutory requirement that the MACT
standard for existing sources is no less stringent than the average
emission limitation achieved by the best performing twelve percent of
units in the subcategory and that EPA's rationale for adopting these
limits is unrelated to this statutory MACT requirement.
The EPA revised these particular CO limits in the January 2013
final rule in part based on comments received during the comment period
for the December 2011 proposed rule stating that a CO emission standard
no lower than 100 ppm, corrected to 7-percent oxygen, is adequate to
assure complete control of organic HAP.
As explained in the preamble to the January 2013 final rule,
formaldehyde was selected as the basis of the organic HAP comparison
because it was the most prevalent organic HAP in our emission database
and a large number (over 300) of paired test runs existed for CO and
formaldehyde. The linear relationship between CO and formaldehyde
emissions exhibits a high correlation for CO levels above 150 ppm,
supporting the selection of CO as a surrogate for organic HAP
emissions. In assessing the correlation between CO and formaldehyde, a
trend can be seen that formaldehyde levels are lowest when CO emissions
are in the range of 150 to 300 ppm. At levels lower than 150 ppm, the
mean levels of formaldehyde appear to increase. Based on this analysis,
we promulgated a minimum MACT floor level for CO of 130 ppm, at 3-
percent oxygen, (which is equivalent to 100 ppm corrected to 7-percent
oxygen) which we believe is protective of human health and the
environment.
The EPA does not believe the petitioners have provided sufficient
justification that the revised CO limits in the January 2013 final rule
do not satisfy the CAA's statutory floor requirements, and the EPA
continues to believe that these standards do in fact satisfy the CAA's
floor requirements. CAA section 112(d)(3) states that emission
standards for existing sources shall not be less stringent, and may be
more stringent than ``the average emission limitation achieved by the
best performing sources (for which the Administrator has emission
information).'' If ``lowest emitting'' is used as the measure for
determining ``best performing'' sources, then the 130 ppm standard does
satisfy the CAA's floor requirements. When the available formaldehyde
emission information is ranked and the best performing 12 percent
identified, the mathematical average of the best performing units'
corresponding CO emission levels is 240 ppm which is in the range,
previously indicated, that formaldehyde emission levels are lowest.
However, in consideration of the fact that the public lacked the
opportunity to comment on the CO emission limits established at the
level of 130 ppm, corrected to 3-percent oxygen, the EPA has granted
reconsideration on the CO emission limits established at the level of
130 ppm, corrected to 3-percent oxygen, to provide an additional
opportunity for public comment on those limits. The EPA is not
soliciting comment on any other CO limits, or on other issues relating
to establishment of CO limits, including the question of whether EPA
should establish work practice standards for CO instead of numeric
limits.
If, after evaluating all comments and data received on this issue,
the EPA determines that amendments to the CO emission limits
established at the level of 130 ppm, corrected to 3-percent oxygen, may
be appropriate, we will propose such amendments in a future regulatory
action.
C. Use of PM CPMS Including Consequences of Exceeding the Operating
Parameter
The January 2013 amended final rule requires units combusting solid
fossil fuel or heavy liquid with heat input capacities of 250 million
British thermal units per hour (MMBtu/hr) or greater to install,
maintain, and operate PM CPMS. The provisions regarding PM CPMS in the
January 2013 final rule are consistent with regulations for similarly-
sized commercial and industrial solid waste incinerator units, Portland
cement kilns, and EGUs subject to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
(MATS) Rule.
The March 21, 2011, final rule required boilers with a heat input
rate greater than 250 MMBtu/hr from solid fuel and/or residual oil to
install and operate a PM CEMS to demonstrate compliance with the
applicable PM emission limit. In petitions for reconsideration to the
March 2011 final rule, petitioners objected to this requirement,
claiming that the EPA had failed to consider the ability of PM CEMS to
meet the required Performance Specification 11 (PS 11) criteria, or to
accurately measure PM, at the levels of the proposed standards. In the
December 2011 Reconsideration proposal, the EPA acknowledged
petitioners' concerns regarding application of PM CEMS technology to
various types of boilers, and concluded that for coal- and oil-fired
boilers PM CEMS would best be employed as parametric monitors (i.e., as
a PM CPMS). Specifically, rather than correlate the PM CEMS to the EPA
reference method using PS 11, the EPA proposed that sources establish a
site-specific enforceable operating limit in terms of the PM CPMS
output during the initial and periodic performance tests, and meet that
operating limit on a 30-day rolling average basis. However, commenters
objected to the EPA's proposal to impose an enforceable site-specific
operating limit based on output during a short-term stack test which
would not capture the variability in PM CPMS output that may occur
during operations consistent with the PM limit.
In the January 2013 final rule, the EPA finalized the requirement
for use of a PM CPMS, but added provisions allowing sources a certain
number of exceedances of the operating parameter limit before an
exceedance would be presumed to be a violation, and allowing certain
low emitting sources to ``scale'' their site-specific operating limit
to 75 percent of the emission standard. Specifically, under the January
2013 final rule, boilers opting to
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use PM CPMS will establish an operating limit as the average parameter
value (in terms of raw output from a PM CEMS) obtained during the
performance test and, if the boiler did not exceed 75 percent of the
emission limit during the performance test, the boiler may linearly
scale the average parameter value up to 75 percent of the limit to
obtain a new scaled parameter. Compliance with the parameter limit is
determined on a 30-boiler-operating-day rolling average basis. For any
exceedance of the 30-boiler-operating-day PM CPMS value, the owner or
operator must (1) inspect the control device within 48 hours and, if a
cause is identified, take corrective action as soon as possible, and
(2) conduct a new performance test to verify or reestablish the
operating limit within 30 calendar days. Additional exceedances that
occur between the original exceedance and the performance test do not
trigger another test. Up to four performance tests may be triggered in
a 12-month rolling period without additional consequences. However,
each additional performance test that is triggered would constitute a
separate presumptive violation.
The EPA received a petition for reconsideration on the use of PM
CPMS. Specifically, the petitioner stated that while the option has the
advantage of avoiding the testing issues associated with PS 11
correlations of PM CEMS, absent that correlation the parameter is
nothing more than an indicator that PM may be increasing or decreasing.
Therefore, while it is useful as a tool to identify the need for
investigation and corrective action, the petitioner does not believe it
is an appropriate tool to establish a violation as long as the
requirement for corrective action is met.
The petitioner claimed that any affected boiler that tests at its
normal operating condition to establish a PM CPMS operating limit could
be testing at a level well below the applicable emission limit. For
such a boiler, the petitioner does not believe there is any basis to
assume that an exceedance (or even multiple exceedances) of a 30-
boiler-operating-day rolling average parameter limit indicates that the
emission limit was exceeded, or that controls were not operated
properly. Rather, the petitioner claims, it simply means that emissions
on average probably were above the level of emissions during the last
successful performance test. Unless the source has collected data to
determine what PM CPMS parameter level is equivalent to a violation of
the emission standard, the petitioner states that there is no basis to
suggest that any parameter exceedance is a violation. The petitioner
also argued that if a source that has invested in a PM CPMS is
conducting appropriate investigations and corrective action in response
to parameter exceedances, there is no basis to label the source a
violator as a result of its fourth successful performance test in a 12-
month period.
In its petition for reconsideration, the petitioner also expressed
concerns about the scaling procedure that the EPA added to that rule in
an attempt to address the fact that ``actual stack emissions of PM
could still be well below the limit.'' The petitioner expressed
appreciation of the EPA's attempt to address that issue for industrial
boilers by also allowing scaling of the as-tested parameter value.
However, the petitioner claims that EPA's use of 75 percent of the
emission level as the upper point is arbitrary and still puts sources
that are operating with significant compliance margin at risk of a
violation. For a scaled limit to justify a violation, the petitioner
believes that the EPA must establish not only the consistency of the
uncorrelated measurements over time, but allow scaling up to 100
percent of the emission limit. Only at that point would there be a
reasonable basis to conclude that a performance test might have failed.
In sum, the petitioner claimed that for PM CPMS to be useful as an
alternative to stack testing for compliance with the alternate TSM
standards or PM CEMS, the EPA must (1) allow scaling up to 100 percent
of the emission limit, and (2) remove its definition of a violation in
favor of a pure investigation and corrective action approach.
The EPA is not proposing to revise the PM CPMS provisions in the
January 31, 2013, final rule. The basis for the inclusion of the
definition of a violation is that the site-specific CPMS limit could
represent an emissions level higher than the proposed numerical
emissions limit since the PM CPMS operating limit corresponds to the
highest of the three runs collected during the Method 5 performance
test. Second, the PM CPMS operating limit reflects a 30-day average
that should represent an actual emissions level lower than the three
test run numerical emissions limit since variability is mitigated over
time. Consequently, we believe that there should be few if any
deviations from the 30-day parametric limit and there is a reasonable
basis for presuming that deviations that lead to multiple performance
tests to represent poor control device performance and to be a
violation of the standard. We continue to believe that there should be
few if any deviations from the 30-day parametric limit and that there
is a reasonable basis for presuming that deviations that lead to
multiple performance tests represent poor control device performance
and therefore constitute a presumptive violation of the standard,
particularly since that presumption can be rebutted. Therefore, we
continue to believe that PM CPMS deviations leading to more than four
required performance tests in a 12-month process operating period
should be presumed a violation of this standard, subject to the
source's ability to rebut that presumption with information about
process and control device operations in addition to the Method 5
performance test results. Therefore, the EPA is not proposing to revise
that PM CPMS provision in the January 2013 final rule.
Based on an extensive analysis (see S. Johnson's memo
``Establishing an Operating Limit for PM CPMS'', November 2012, docket
ID number EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0817-0840), we also continue to believe a
scaling factor of 75 percent of the emission limit as a benchmark is
appropriate and are not proposing to revise that provision of the
January 2013 final rule. We recognized that non-linear instruments
provide increased uncertainty in estimating PM concentrations above the
performance test data point and, after considering several options, we
determined that the 75-percent scaling cap was appropriate for
protecting the emission standard in this regard. This option provided
flexibility for low emitting and well-operated sources, and was
determined to be a reasonable compromise between flexibility for the
regulated source and assurance that the emission standard is met.
Seventy-five percent of the emission limit is an already-established
threshold in the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources
and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commercial and Industrial
Solid Waste Incineration Unit (76 FR 15757) to determine the frequency
of subsequent compliance testing. In that rule, owners or operators of
sources were able to reduce their performance test frequency when
emissions were equivalent with or below 75 percent of the limits.
Otherwise, performance testing was to occur at the normal frequency
prescribed in the rule. We believe this threshold can be used in
conjunction within a PM CPMS scaling factor, as results above 75
percent of the equivalent emissions limit would be ineligible for
scaling factor use and could lead to increased performance testing and
potentially to a presumptive
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violation, while results equivalent with or below 75 percent of the
emissions limit would be eligible for scaling factor use and provide
greater operational flexibility for sources demonstrating compliance at
lower emission rates.
For these reasons, the EPA is not proposing to revise the
requirements in 40 CFR 63.7440(a)(18) for demonstrating continuous PM
emission compliance using a PM CPMS. However, the EPA is soliciting
additional comment on these requirements in today's action. The EPA
welcomes comments on these provisions, including whether the provisions
are necessary or appropriate. If a commenter suggests revisions to the
provisions, the commenter should provide detailed information
supporting any such revision.
IV. Technical Corrections and Clarifications
We are proposing several technical corrections. These amendments
are being proposed to correct inadvertent errors that were promulgated
in the final rule and to make the rule language consistent with
provisions addressed through this reconsideration. We are soliciting
comment only on whether the proposed changes provide the intended
accuracy, clarity and consistency. These proposed changes are described
in Table 1 of this preamble. We request comment on all of these
proposed changes.
Table 1--Miscellaneous Proposed Technical Corrections to 40 CFR Part 63,
Subpart DDDDD
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Section of subpart DDDDD Description of proposed correction
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40 CFR 63.7491(a)............ Revise the language in this paragraph to
clarify that natural gas-fired EGUs as
defined in subpart UUUUU are not subject
to the rule if firing at least 90
percent natural gas.
40 CFR 63.7491(j)............ Revise this paragraph to include the
words ``and process heaters'' to clarify
that it also applies to process heaters.
40 CFR 63.7491(l)............ Revise this paragraph to include the
words ``and process heaters'' to clarify
that it also applies to process heaters.
40 CFR 63.7491(n)............ Insert paragraph (n) which was in amended
final rule but inadvertently had the
wrong amendatory instruction to be
included in the CFR.
40 CFR 63.7495(a)............ Revise this paragraph to correctly
include the effective date (April 1,
2013) instead of the publication date
(January 31, 2013) of the amendments.
40 CFR 63.7495(e)............ Revise this paragraph to add the language
which was in amended final rule but
inadvertently had the wrong amendatory
instruction to be included in the CFR.
40 CFR 63.7495(f)............ Revise this paragraph to correctly list
the date (January 31, 2016) after which
existing EGUs that become subject to the
rule must be in compliance.
40 CFR 63.7495(h) and (i).... Insert these paragraphs to clarify when
existing and new affected units that
switch subcategories due to fuel switch
or physical change must be in compliance
with the provisions of the new
subcategory.
40 CFR 63.7500(a)............ Revise this paragraph to delete the comma
after ``paragraphs (b).''
40 CFR 63.7500(a)(1)(ii)..... Revise this paragraph by adding the words
``on or'' to include May 20, 2011.
40 CFR 63.7500(a)(1)(iii).... Revise this paragraph by adding the words
``on or'' to include December 23, 2011
and to correctly include the effective
date (April 1, 2013) instead of the
publication date (January 31, 2013) of
the amendments.
40 CFR 63.7500(f)............ Revise this paragraph to clarify that
only items 5 and 6 of Table 3 apply
during periods of startup and shutdown.
40 CFR 63.7505(a)............ Revise this paragraph by adding the words
``emission and operating'' to clarify
the limits that apply at all times.
40 CFR 63.7505(c)............ Revise this paragraph by adding the word
``stack'' to clarify that the
performance testing referred to is
performance stack testing.
40 CFR 63.7510(a)(2)(ii)..... Revise this paragraph to clarify our
intent on fuel type for the analysis
requirements for gaseous fuels.
40 CFR 63.7510(a)............ Revise this paragraph by adding the word
``stack'' to clarify that the
performance tests referred to are
performance stack test.
40 CFR 63.7510(c)............ Revise this paragraph to correct the
reference to tables 1 and 2, not 12.
40 CFR 63.7510(e)............ Revise this paragraph to remove reference
to paragraph (j) for the one-time energy
assessment because paragraph (j) only
repeat the compliance date as indicated
in paragraph (e) and to pluralize the
word ``demonstration.''
40 CFR 63.7510(g)............ Revise this paragraph to correct the
references to 40 CFR 63.7515(d), not 40
CFR 63.7540(a) to clarify the
appropriate schedule for conducting
periodic tune-ups.
40 CFR 63.7510(i)............ Revise this paragraph to correctly list
the initial compliance date (January 31,
2016).
40 CFR 63.7510(k)............ Add this paragraph to clarify the
appropriate schedule for conducting
performance tests after a switch in
subcategory.
40 CFR 63.7515(d)............ Revise this paragraph to clarify that the
first annual, biennial, or 5-year tune-
up must be no later than 13 months, 25
months, or 61 months, respectively,
either after April 1, 2013, or the
initial startup of the new or
reconstructed affected source, whichever
is later.
40 CFR 63.7515(h)............ Revise this paragraph to clarify that
``performance tests'' refers to both
stack tests and fuel analyses.
40 CFR 63.7521(a)............ Revise this paragraph to clarify that
gaseous and liquid fuels are not exempt
from the sampling requirements in Table
6 of the rule.
40 CFR 63.7521(c)(1)(ii)..... Revise this paragraph to remove the
requirement to collect monthly samples
at 10-day intervals because it is
inconsistent with the requirement for
monthly fuel analysis in 40 CFR
63.7515(e).
40 CFR 63.7521(f)............ Revise this paragraph to clarify that the
two methods listed in Table 6 for
determining the mercury concentration
for other gas 1 fuels are alternatives.
40 CFR 63.7521(g)............ Revise this paragraph to remove the
requirement to submit for review and
approval a site-specific fuel analysis
plan for other gas 1 fuels because
paragraph (g)(1) requires the plan to be
submitted for review and approval only
if an alternative analytical method
other than those required by Table 6 is
intended to be used.
40 CFR 63.7521(h)............ Revise this paragraph to remove the
reference to sampling procedures listed
in Table 6 because there are no sampling
procedures listed in Table 6 for gaseous
fuel.
40 CFR 63.7522(c)............ Revise this paragraph by changing wording
from ``January 31, 2013'' (publication
date of the amendments) to ``April 1,
2013'' (the effective date of the
amendments.
40 CFR 63.7522(d)............ Revise this paragraph by changing wording
from ``operating'' to ``subject to
numeric emission limits'' to clarify
that the numeric emission limits do not
apply during startup and shutdown
periods.
40 CFR 63.7522(j)(1)......... Revise Equation 6 to delete ``nanograms
per dry standard cubic meter (ng/dscm)''
from both EN and Eli since there are not
numeric emission limits for dioxin.
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40 CFR 63.7525(a)............ Revise the paragraph to clarify that the
procedures for installing oxygen
analyzer system or CO CEMS do not
include paragraph (a)(7) because (a)(7)
does not require the installation of an
oxygen trim system.
40 CFR 63.7525(a), (a)(1), Revise these paragraphs to clarify that
(a)(2), (a)(3), and (a)(5). carbon dioxide may be used as an
alternative to using oxygen in
correcting the measured CO CEMS data
without petitioning for an alternative
monitoring procedure.
40 CFR 63.7525(a)(7)......... Revise this paragraph to clarify the
oxygen set point for a source not
required to conduct a CO performance
test.
40 CFR 63.7525(b) and (b)(1). Remove the word ``certify'' because there
is no certification procedure for PM
CPMS.
40 CFR 63.7525(b)(1)(iii).... Revise this paragraph to clarify that the
0.5 milligram per actual cubic meter is
the detection limit.
40 CFR 63.7525(g)(3)......... Revise this paragraph to clarify that the
pH monitor is to be calibrated each day
and not performance evaluated which is
covered in 40 CFR 63.7525(g)(4).
40 CFR 63.7525(m)............ Revise this paragraph to clarify that 40
CFR 63.7525(m) is only applicable if the
source elects to use an SO2 CEMS to
demonstrate compliance with the HCl
emission limit and to clarify that the
SO2 CEMS can be certified according to
either part 60 or part 75.
40 CFR 63.7530............... Revise equations 7, 8, and 9 to clarify
that for ``Qi'' the highest content of
chlorine, mercury, and TSM is used only
for initial compliance and the actual
fraction is used for continuous
compliance demonstration.
40 CFR 63.7530(a)............ Revise this paragraph to clarify which
fuels are exempt from analysis by cross-
referencing 40 CFR 63.7510(a)(2),
instead of only 40 CFR 63.7510(a)(2)
(i).
40 CFR 63.7530(b)............ Revise this paragraph by adding the word
``stack'' to clarify that the
performance testing referred to is
performance stack testing.
40 CFR 63.7530(b)(4)(iii) to Revise the numbering of these paragraphs
(viii). to correct sequence.
40 CFR 63.7530(c)(3)......... Revise the reference to Equation 11 to be
Equation 15, to accommodate the change
in numbering of equations.
40 CFR 63.7530(c)(4)......... Revise the reference to Equation 11 to be
Equation 15, to accommodate the change
in numbering of equations.
40 CFR 63.7530(c)(5)......... Revise the reference to Equation 11 to be
Equation 15, to accommodate the change
in numbering of equations.
40 CFR 63.7530(d)............ Amend this paragraph to clarify that the
requirement to include a signed
statement that the tune-up was conducted
is applicable to all existing units.
40 CFR 63.7530(e)............ Amend this paragraph to clarify that the
energy assessment is also considered to
have been completed if the maximum
number of on-site technical hours
specified in the definition of energy
assessment applicable to the facility
has been expended.
40 CFR 63.7530(h)............ Revise this paragraph to clarify that
both items 5 and 6 of Table 3 apply
during periods of startup and shutdown.
40 CFR 63.7530(i)(3)......... Revise this paragraph to read ``maximum''
instead of ``minimum'' to be consistent
with item 10 of Table 4 to subpart
DDDDD.
40 CFR 63.7533(e)............ Revise this paragraph by changing wording
from ``operating'' to ``subject to
numeric emission limits'' to clarify
that the numeric emission limits do not
apply during startup and shutdown
periods.
40 CFR 63.7535(c)............ Amend this paragraph to clarify that data
recorded during periods of startup and
shutdown may not be used to report
emissions or operating levels.
40 CFR 63.7535(d)............ Amend this paragraph to clarify that data
recorded during periods of startup and
shutdown may not be used to report
emissions or operating levels and that
the report for reporting periods when
the monitoring system is out of control
is the facility's ``semi-annual''
report.
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(2)......... Revise the reference to 40 CFR 63.7550(c)
to 40 CFR 63.7555(d).
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(3) and Revise the reference to Equation 12 to
(a)(3)(iii). Equation 16, to accommodate the change
in numbering of equations.
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(5) and Revise the reference to Equation 13 to
(a)(5)(iii). Equation 17, to accommodate the change
in numbering of equations.
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(8)(ii)..... Revise this paragraph by changing wording
from ``operating'' to ``subject to
numeric emission limits'' to clarify
that the numeric emission limits do not
apply during startup and shutdown
periods.
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(10)........ Amend this paragraph to clarify that the
tune-up must be conducted while burning
the type of fuel that provided the
majority of the heat input over the 12
months prior to the tune-up.
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(10)(vi).... Revise paragraph to remove the word
``annual'' because not all facilities
will necessarily be subject to an annual
tune-up requirement.
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(17) and Revise the reference to Equation 14 to
(a)(17)(iii). Equation 18, to accommodate the change
in numbering of equations.
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(19)(iii)... Revise the reference from paragraph (i)
to paragraph (v).
40 CFR 63.7540(d)............ Revise the reference to item 5 of Table 3
to items 5 and 6 of Table 3 to
accommodate the splitting of the work
practice for startup and shutdown into
two separate items in Table 3.
40 CFR 63.7545(e)(8)(i)...... Revise this paragraph by changing the
wording from ``complies with'' to
``completed'' to add clarity.
40 CFR 63.7545(h)............ Revise this paragraph to clarify the
paragraph also applies to process
heaters.
40 CFR 63.7550(b)............ Revise this paragraph to clarify that
units subject only to both the energy
assessment and tune-up requirements may
submit only an annual, biennial, or 5-
year compliance report.
40 CFR 63.7550(b)(1), (b)(2), Revise these paragraphs to add the word
(b)(3), and (b)(4). ``semi-annual'' to clarify that the
compliance report initially discussed in
each paragraph is the semi-annual report
required for units subject to emission
limits.
40 CFR 63.7550(b)(1)......... Revise this paragraph to change the
reporting period end dates to be
consistent with the dates in 40 CFR
63.7550(b)(3).
40 CFR 63.7550 (c)(1)........ Revise this paragraph to remove the word
``a,'' to change the wording from
``they'' to ``you'' and to add reference
to 40 CFR 63.7550(c)(5)(xvii).
40 CFR 63.7550 (c)(2) and Revise these paragraphs to add reference
(c)(3). to 40 CFR 63.7550(c)(5)(xvii).
40 CFR 63.7550 (c)(3)........ Revise this paragraph to add reference to
40 CFR 63.7550(c)(5)(viii).
40 CFR 63.7550 (c)(2), (c)(3) Revise these paragraphs to change the
and (c)(4). wording from ``a facility is'' to ``you
are'' and ``they'' to ``you.''
40 CFR 63.7550 (c)(4)........ Revise the paragraph to include reference
to paragraph (c)(5)(xii).
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40 CFR 63.7550(c)(5)(viii)... Revise the reference to Equation 12 to
Equation 16, the reference to Equation
13 to Equation 17, and the reference to
Equation 14 to Equation 18, to
accommodate the change in numbering of
equations.
40 CFR 63.7550(d)............ Revise this paragraph to clarify that
deviations from the work practice
standards for periods of startup and
shutdown must also be included in the
compliance report.
40 CFR 63.7550(h)............ Revise the paragraph to update electronic
reporting requirements.
40 CFR 63.7555(a)(3)......... Redesignating paragraph 63.7550(d)(3) as
new paragraph 63.7550(a)(3) because
limited use units are not subject to
emission limits.
40 CFR 63.7555(d)(4)......... Change the reference to Equation 12 to
Equation 16, to accommodate the change
in numbering of equations.
40 CFR 63.7555(d)(5)......... Change the reference to Equation 13 to
Equation 17, to accommodate the change
in numbering of equations.
40 CFR 63.7555(d)(9)......... Change the reference to Equation 14 to
Equation 18, to accommodate the change
in numbering of equations.
40 CFR 63.7555(i) and (j).... Delete paragraphs because paragraphs (i)
and (j) are identical to paragraphs
(d)(10) and (d)(11) to be consistent
with the intent of the amendments to
limit these reporting requirements to
units subject to emission limits.
40 CFR 63.7575............... Revise the definition of ``Coal'' to
clarify that coal derived liquids are
considered to be a liquid fuel type.
Add new definition of ``Fossil fuel'' to
clarify what is meant by ``fossil fuel''
in the definition of ``Electric utility
steam generating unit.''
Revise the definition of ``Limited-use
boiler or process heater'' to remove the
word ``average'' to eliminate confusion
regarding its use in the definition and
maintain consistent terminology within
the subpart.
Revise the definition of ``Load
fraction'' to clarify how load fraction
is determined for a boiler or process
heater cofiring natural gas.
Revise the definition of ``Oxygen trim
system'' to include draft controller and
to clarify that it is a system that
maintains the desired excess air level
over the operating load range.
Revise the definition of ``Steam output''
to clarify how steam output is
determined for multi-function units and
units supplying steam to a common
header.
Revise the definition of ``Temporary
boiler'' to clarify that the definition
is also applicable to process heaters.
Table 1 to subpart DDDDD..... Revise the subcategory ``Stokers designed
to burn coal/solid fossil fuel'' to
clarify that the subcategory includes
``other combustors'' consistent with the
stokers designed to burn biomass
subcategories.
Add footnote ``d'' to clarify that carbon
dioxide may be used as an alternative to
using oxygen in correcting the measured
CO CEMS data without petitioning for an
alternative monitoring procedure.
Table 2 to subpart DDDDD..... Revise the subcategory ``Stokers designed
to burn coal/solid fossil fuel'' to
clarify that the subcategory includes
``other combustors'' consistent with the
stokers designed to burn biomass
subcategories.
Revise the CO emission limit for hybrid
suspension grate units to account for a
conversion error in the emission
database that inadvertently resulted in
a source incorrectly being a best
performing unit.
Revise items 14.b and 16.b to add the
reference to footnote ``a.''
Add footnote ``c'' to clarify that carbon
dioxide may be used as an alternative to
using oxygen in correcting the measured
CO CEMS data without petitioning for an
alternative monitoring procedure.
Table 3 to subpart DDDDD..... Revise item 4 to clarify that
``operates'' does not require the energy
management program to be implemented in
perpetuity and that an energy management
program developed according to ENERGY
STAR guidelines would also satisfy the
requirement.
Revise item 4e to read ``program''
instead of ``practices'' to be
consistent with the definition of
``Energy management program'' in Sec.
63.7575.
Table 4 to subpart DDDDD..... Revise certain items in the table to
clarify the applicability of the
parameter operating limits also apply to
process heaters.
Revise item 4 to clarify that item 4.a.
is applicable to dry ESP and item 4.b.
is applicable to wet ESP systems.
Table 5 to subpart DDDDD..... Revise the heading of the third column to
clarify that the requirement to use a
specified method may not be appropriate
in all cases.
Add the missing footnote ``\a\
Incorporated by reference, see 40 CFR
63.14''
Table 6 to subpart DDDDD..... Revise items 1, 2, and 4 to remove
reference to the equations cited in 40
CFR 63.7530 for demonstrating only
initial compliance.
Revise items 1.c, 2.c, and 4.c to remove
the listed method for liquid samples to
be consistent with 40 CFR 63.7521(a).
Revise item 3 to clarify that the two
methods listed are alternatives.
Revise the title to item 4 to remove
``for solid fuels'' to clarify that item
4. is applicable to also liquid fuel
types.
Table 7 to subpart DDDDD..... Revise item 1.a.i.(1) to clarify that TSM
performance test are also included.
Revise items 2.a.i. and 2.a.i.(1) to
remove ``pressure drop'' to be
consistent with 40 CFR 63.7530(b).
Revise items 2.b.i.(1)(c) and
3.a.i.(1)(c) to clarify that ``load
fraction'' is as defined in 40 CFR
63.7575.
Revise item 2.c.i(1)(b) to read
``highest'' instead of ``lowest'' to be
consistent with item 10 of Table 4 to
subpart DDDDD.
Revise item 4 to read ``Carbon monoxide
for which compliance is demonstrated by
a performance test'' to clarify that
this operating limit is not applicable
for source complying with the CO CEMS
based limits.
Table 8 to subpart DDDDD..... Revise item 3 to change the reference to
40 CFR 63.7540(a)(9) to 40 CFR
63.7540(a)(7).
Revise item 9.a to change the reference
to 40 CFR 63.7525(a)(2) to 40 CFR
63.7525(a)(7).
Revise item 11.c to read ``highest''
instead of ``minimum'' to be consistent
with item 10 of Table 4 to subpart
DDDDD.
Revise the operating load compliance
provisions (item 10) to be consistent
with 40 CFR 63.7525(d).
Table 9 to subpart DDDDD..... Revise Table 9 to subpart DDDDD to
clarify that it is deviations from the
work practice standards for periods of
startup and shutdown that are to be
included.
Table 11 to subpart DDDDD.... Revise Table 11 to subpart DDDDD to be
consistent with the final amended rule
because of incorrect amendatory
instructions.
Table 12 to subpart DDDDD.... Revise Table 12 to subpart DDDDD to be
consistent with the final amended rule
because of incorrect amendatory
instructions.
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V. Affirmative Defense for Violation of Emission Standards During
Malfunction
In several prior CAA section 112 and CAA section 129 rules,
including this rule, the EPA had included an affirmative defense to
civil penalties for violations caused by malfunctions in an effort to
create a system that incorporates some flexibility, recognizing that
there is a tension, inherent in many types of air regulation, to ensure
adequate compliance while simultaneously recognizing that despite the
most diligent of efforts, emission standards may be violated under
circumstances entirely beyond the control of the source. Although the
EPA recognized that its case-by-case enforcement discretion provides
sufficient flexibility in these circumstances, it included the
affirmative defense to provide a more formalized approach and more
regulatory clarity. See Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Costle, 590 F.2d 1011,
1057-58 (D.C. Cir. 1978) (holding that an informal case-by-case
enforcement discretion approach is adequate); but see Marathon Oil Co.
v. EPA, 564 F.2d 1253, 1272-73 (9th Cir. 1977) (requiring a more
formalized approach to consideration of ``upsets beyond the control of
the permit holder.''). Under the EPA's regulatory affirmative defense
provisions, if a source could demonstrate in a judicial or
administrative proceeding that it had met the requirements of the
affirmative defense in the regulation, civil penalties would not be
assessed. Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit vacated an affirmative defense in one of the EPA's
CAA section 112 regulations. NRDC v. EPA, 749 F.3d 1055 (D.C. Cir.,
2014) (vacating affirmative defense provisions in CAA section 112 rule
establishing emission standards for Portland cement kilns). The court
found that the EPA lacked authority to establish an affirmative defense
for private civil suits and held that under the CAA, the authority to
determine civil penalty amounts in such cases lies exclusively with the
courts, not the EPA. Specifically, the court found: ``As the language
of the statute makes clear, the courts determine, on a case-by-case
basis, whether civil penalties are `appropriate.' '' See NRDC, 2014
U.S. App. LEXIS 7281 at *21 (``[U]nder this statute, deciding whether
penalties are `appropriate' . . . is a job for the courts, not EPA.'').
In light of NRDC, the EPA is proposing to remove the regulatory
affirmative defense provision in the current rule.
In the event that a source fails to comply with the applicable CAA
section 112 standards as a result of a malfunction event, the EPA would
determine an appropriate response based on, among other things, the
good faith efforts of the source to minimize emissions during
malfunction periods, including preventative and corrective actions, as
well as root cause analyses to ascertain and rectify excess emissions.
The EPA would also consider whether the source's failure to comply with
the CAA section 112 standard was, in fact, ``sudden, infrequent, not
reasonably preventable'' and was not instead ``caused in part by poor
maintenance or careless operation.'' 40 CFR 63.2 (definition of
malfunction).
Further, to the extent the EPA files an enforcement action against
a source for violation of an emission standard, the source can raise
any and all defenses in that enforcement action and the federal
district court will determine what, if any, relief is appropriate. The
same is true for citizen enforcement actions. Cf. NRDC at 1064
(arguments that violation was caused by unavoidable technology failure
can be made to the courts in future civil cases when the issue arises).
Similarly, the presiding officer in an administrative proceeding can
consider any defense raised and determine whether administrative
penalties are appropriate.
VI. Solicitation of Public Comment and Participation
The EPA seeks full public participation in arriving at its final
decisions. At this time, the EPA is only proposing alternatives to the
final rule's definitions of startup and shutdown, the work practices
that apply during those periods, and recordkeeping requirements for
startup periods. The EPA is not proposing any other specific revisions
to the reconsideration issues. However, the EPA requests public comment
on the three issues under reconsideration.
Additionally, the EPA is making certain clarifying changes and
corrections to the final rule. We are soliciting comments on whether
the proposed changes provide the intended accuracy, clarity and
consistency. The EPA is also proposing to amend the final rule by
removing the affirmative defense provision. We request comment on all
of these proposed changes.
The EPA is seeking comment only on the specific three issues, the
clarifying changes and corrections, and the amendments described in
this notice. The EPA will not respond to any comments addressing any
other issues or any other provisions of the final rule or any other
rule.
VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Additional information about these statutes and Executive Orders
can be found at https://www2.epa.gov/laws-regulations/laws-and-executive-orders.
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
This action is not a significant regulatory action and was
therefore not submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This action does not impose any new information collection burden
under PRA. With this action, the EPA is seeking additional comments on
three aspects of the final amended NESHAP for industrial, commercial,
and institutional boilers and process heaters located at major sources
of HAP with proposing only minor changes to the rule to correct and
clarify implementation issues raised by stakeholders. However, the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has previously approved the
information collection requirements contained in the existing
regulations under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq. and has assigned OMB control number 2060-0551. The
OMB control numbers for the EPA's regulations in 40 CFR are listed in
40 CFR part 9.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
I certify that this action will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the RFA. This
action will not impose any requirements on small entities. This action
seeks comment on three aspects of the final NESHAP for industrial,
commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters located at
major sources of HAP as well as proposing minor changes to the rule to
correct and clarify implementation issues raised by stakeholders.
We continue to be interested in the potential impacts of the
proposed rule on small entities and welcome comments on issues related
to such impacts.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
This action does not contain any unfunded mandates as described in
UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538. The action imposes no enforceable duty on any
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state, local or tribal governments or the private sector.
This action seeks comment on three aspects of the final NESHAP for
industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters
located at major sources of HAP with proposing minor changes to the
rule to correct and clarify implementation issues raised by
stakeholders.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism implications. It will not have
substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between
the national government and the states, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities among the various levels of government. This
action seeks comment on three aspects of the final NESHAP for
industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters
located at major sources of HAP without proposing any changes to the
rule. Thus, Executive Order 13132 does not apply to this action.
In the spirit of Executive Order 13132, and consistent with EPA
policy to promote communications between EPA and state and local
governments, the EPA specifically solicits comment on this proposed
action from state and local officials.
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments
This action does not have tribal implications, as specified in
Executive Order 13175. This action will not have substantial direct
effects on tribal governments, on the relationship between the federal
government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities between the federal government and Indian tribes, as
specified in Executive Order 13175. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does
not apply to this action.
The EPA specifically solicits additional comment on this proposed
action from tribal officials.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks
The EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 as applying to those
regulatory actions that concern environmental health or safety risks
that the EPA has reason to believe may disproportionately affect
children, per the definition of ``covered regulatory action'' in
section 2-202 of the Executive Order. This action is not subject to
Executive Order 13045 because it does not concern an environmental
health risk or safety risk.
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
This action is not a ``significant energy action'' because it is
not likely to have a significant adverse effect on the supply,
distribution or use of energy.
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act (NTTAA) of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-113, Section 12(d), 15 U.S.C. 272
note) directs the EPA to use voluntary consensus standards (VCS) in its
regulatory activities, unless to do so would be inconsistent with
applicable law or otherwise impractical. The VCS are technical
standards (e.g., materials specifications, test methods, sampling
procedures and business practices) that are developed or adopted by VCS
bodies. The NTTAA directs the EPA to provide Congress, through OMB,
explanations when the agency does not use available and applicable VCS.
This action does not involve technical standards. Therefore, the
EPA did not consider the use of any VCS.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994) establishes
federal executive policy on environmental justice. Its main provision
directs federal agencies, to the greatest extent practicable and
permitted by law, to make environmental justice part of their mission
by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs,
policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income
populations in the United States.
The EPA has determined that this proposed rule will not have
disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental
effects on minority or low-income populations because it does not
affect the level of protection provided to human health or the
environment. This action seeks comment on three aspects of the final
NESHAP for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and
process heaters located at major sources of HAP with proposing minor
changes to the rule to correct and clarify implementation issues raised
by stakeholders.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 63
Environmental Protect, Administrative practice and procedure, Air
pollution control, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: December 1, 2014.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
For the reasons cited in the preamble, title 40, chapter I, part 63
of the Code of Federal Regulations is proposed to be amended as
follows:
PART 63-- NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
FOR SOURCE CATEGORIES
0
1. The authority for part 63 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
Subpart DDDDD--[Amended]
0
2. Section 63.7491 is amended by:
0
a. Revising paragraphs (a), (j) and (l).
0
b. Adding paragraph (n).
The revisions and addition read as follows:
Sec. 63.7491 Are any boilers or process heaters not subject to this
subpart?
* * * * *
(a) An electric utility steam generating unit (EGU) covered by
subpart UUUUU of this part or a natural gas-fired EGU as defined in
subpart UUUUU of this part firing at least 90 percent natural gas on an
annual heat input basis.
* * * * *
(j) Temporary boilers and process heaters as defined in this
subpart.
* * * * *
(l) Any boiler or process heater specifically listed as an affected
source in any standard(s) established under section 129 of the Clean
Air Act.
* * * * *
(n) Residential boilers as defined in this subpart.
0
3. Section 63.7495 is amended by:
0
a. Revising paragraphs (a) and (e).
0
b. Adding paragraphs (h) and (i).
The revisions and additions read as follows:
Sec. 63.7495 When do I have to comply with this subpart?
(a) If you have a new or reconstructed boiler or process heater,
you must comply with this subpart by April 1, 2013, or upon startup of
your boiler or process heater, whichever is later.
* * * * *
(e) If you own or operate an industrial, commercial, or
institutional
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boiler or process heater and would be subject to this subpart except
for the exemption in Sec. 63.7491(l) for commercial and industrial
solid waste incineration units covered by part 60, subpart CCCC or
subpart DDDD, and you cease combusting solid waste, you must be in
compliance with this subpart and are no longer subject to part 60,
subparts CCCC or DDDD beginning on the effective date of the switch as
identified under the provisions of Sec. 60.2145(a)(2) and (3) or Sec.
60.2710(a)(2) and (3).
* * * * *
(h) If you own or operate an existing industrial, commercial, or
institutional boiler or process heater and have switch fuels or made a
physical change to the boiler or process heater that resulted in the
applicability of a different subcategory after January 31, 2016, you
must be in compliance with the applicable existing source provisions of
this subpart on the effective date of the fuel switch or physical
change.
(i) If you own or operate a new industrial, commercial, or
institutional boiler or process heater and have switch fuels or made a
physical change to the boiler or process heater that resulted in the
applicability of a different subcategory, you must be in compliance
with the applicable new source provisions of this subpart on the
effective date of the fuel switch or physical change.
* * * * *
0
4. Section 63.7500 is amended by revising paragraphs (a)(1) and (f) to
read as follows:
Sec. 63.7500 What emission limitations, work practice standards, and
operating limits must I meet?
(a) * * *
(1) You must meet each emission limit and work practice standard in
Tables 1 through 3, and 11 through 13 to this subpart that applies to
your boiler or process heater, for each boiler or process heater at
your source, except as provided under Sec. 63.7522. The output-based
emission limits, in units of pounds per million Btu of steam output, in
Tables 1 or 2 to this subpart are an alternative applicable only to
boilers and process heaters that generate either steam, cogenerate
steam with electricity, or both. The output-based emission limits, in
units of pounds per megawatt-hour, in Tables 1 or 2 to this subpart are
an alternative applicable only to boilers that generate only
electricity. Boilers that perform multiple functions (cogeneration and
electricity generation) or supply steam to common heaters would
calculate a total steam energy output using equation 21 of Sec.
63.7575 to demonstrate compliance with the output-based emission
limits, in units of pounds per million Btu of steam output, in Tables 1
or 2 to this subpart. If you operate a new boiler or process heater,
you can choose to comply with alternative limits as discussed in
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (a)(1)(iii) of this section, but on or
after January 31, 2016, you must comply with the emission limits in
Table 1 to this subpart.
(i) If your boiler or process heater commenced construction or
reconstruction after June 4, 2010 and before May 20, 2011, you may
comply with the emission limits in Table 1 or 11 to this subpart until
January 31, 2016.
(ii) If your boiler or process heater commenced construction or
reconstruction on or after May 20, 2011 and before December 23, 2011,
you may comply with the emission limits in Table 1 or 12 to this
subpart until January 31, 2016.
(iii) If your boiler or process heater commenced construction or
reconstruction on or after December 23, 2011 and before April 1, 2013,
you may comply with the emission limits in Table 1 or 13 to this
subpart until January 31, 2016.
* * * * *
(f) These standards apply at all times the affected unit is
operating, except during periods of startup and shutdown during which
time you must comply only with items 5 and 6 of Table 3 to this
subpart.
* * * * *
Sec. 63.7501 [Removed]
0
5. Section 63.7501 is removed.
0
6. Section 63.7505 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) and (c) and
adding paragraph (e) to read as follows:
Sec. 63.7505 What are my general requirements for complying with this
subpart?
(a) You must be in compliance with the emission limits, work
practice standards, and operating limits in this subpart. These
emission and operating limits apply to you at all times the affected
unit is operating except for the periods noted in Sec. 63.7500(f).
* * * * *
(c) You must demonstrate compliance with all applicable emission
limits using performance stack testing, fuel analysis, or continuous
monitoring systems (CMS), including a continuous emission monitoring
system (CEMS), continuous opacity monitoring system (COMS), continuous
parameter monitoring system (CPMS), or particulate matter continuous
parameter monitoring system (PM CPMS), where applicable. You may
demonstrate compliance with the applicable emission limit for hydrogen
chloride (HCl), mercury, or total selected metals (TSM) using fuel
analysis if the emission rate calculated according to Sec. 63.7530(c)
is less than the applicable emission limit. (For gaseous fuels, you may
not use fuel analyses to comply with the TSM alternative standard or
the HCl standard.) Otherwise, you must demonstrate compliance for HCl,
mercury, or TSM using performance stack testing, if subject to an
applicable emission limit listed in Tables 1, 2, or 11 through 13 to
this subpart.
* * * * *
(e) If you have an applicable emission limit, you must develop a
site-specific monitoring plan for work practice monitoring during
startup periods according to the requirements in Table 3 to this
subpart. The site-specific monitoring plan for startup periods must be
maintained onsite and available upon request for public inspection.
* * * * *
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7. Section 63.7510 is amended by:
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a. Revising paragraphs (a) introductory text, (a)(2)(ii), (c), (e),
(g), and (i) .
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b. Adding paragraph (k).
The revisions and addition read as follows:
Sec. 63.7510 What are my initial compliance requirements and by what
date must I conduct them?
(a) For each boiler or process heater that is required or that you
elect to demonstrate compliance with any of the applicable emission
limits in Tables 1 or 2 or 11 through 13 of this subpart through
performance (stack) testing, your initial compliance requirements
include all the following:
* * * * *
(2) * * *
(ii) When natural gas, refinery gas, or other Gas 1 fuels are co-
fired with other fuels, you are not required to conduct a fuel analysis
of those Gas 1 fuels according to Sec. 63.7521 and Table 6 to this
subpart. If gaseous fuels other than natural gas, refinery gas, or
other Gas 1 fuels are co-fired with other fuels and those non-Gas 1
gaseous fuels are subject to another subpart of this part, part 60,
part 61, or part 65, you are not required to conduct a fuel analysis of
those non-Gas 1 fuels according to Sec. 63.7521 and Table 6 to this
subpart.
* * * * *
(c) If your boiler or process heater is subject to a carbon
monoxide (CO) limit, your initial compliance demonstration for CO is to
conduct a performance test
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for CO according to Table 5 to this subpart or conduct a performance
evaluation of your continuous CO monitor, if applicable, according to
Sec. 63.7525(a). Boilers and process heaters that use a CO CEMS to
comply with the applicable alternative CO CEMS emission standard listed
in Tables 1, 2, or 11 through 13 to this subpart, as specified in Sec.
63.7525(a), are exempt from the initial CO performance testing and
oxygen concentration operating limit requirements specified in
paragraph (a) of this section.
* * * * *
(e) For existing affected sources (as defined in Sec. 63.7490),
you must complete the initial compliance demonstrations, as specified
in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, no later than 180 days
after the compliance date that is specified for your source in Sec.
63.7495 and according to the applicable provisions in Sec. 63.7(a)(2)
as cited in Table 10 to this subpart, except as specified in paragraph
(j) of this section. You must complete an initial tune-up by following
the procedures described in Sec. 63.7540(a)(10)(i) through (vi) no
later than the compliance date specified in Sec. 63.7495, except as
specified in paragraph (j) of this section. You must complete the one-
time energy assessment specified in Table 3 to this subpart no later
than the compliance date specified in Sec. 63.7495.
* * * * *
(g) For new or reconstructed affected sources (as defined in Sec.
63.7490), you must demonstrate initial compliance with the applicable
work practice standards in Table 3 to this subpart within the
applicable annual, biennial, or 5-year schedule as specified in Sec.
63.7515(d) following the initial compliance date specified in Sec.
63.7495(a). Thereafter, you are required to complete the applicable
annual, biennial, or 5-year tune-up as specified in Sec. 63.7515(d).
* * * * *
(i) For an existing EGU that becomes subject after January 31,
2016, you must demonstrate compliance within 180 days after becoming an
affected source.
* * * * *
(k) For affected sources, as defined in Sec. 63.7490, that switch
subcategory consistent with Sec. 63.7545(h) after the initial
compliance date, you must demonstrate compliance within 60 days of the
effective date of the switch, unless you had previously conducted your
compliance demonstration for this subcategory within the previous 12
months.
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8. Section 63.7515 is amended by revising paragraphs (d) and (h) to
read as follows:
Sec. 63.7515 When must I conduct subsequent performance tests, fuel
analyses, or tune-ups?
* * * * *
(d) If you are required to meet an applicable tune-up work practice
standard, you must conduct an annual, biennial, or 5-year performance
tune-up according to Sec. 63.7540(a)(10), (11), or (12), respectively.
Each annual tune-up specified in Sec. 63.7540(a)(10) must be no more
than 13 months after the previous tune-up. Each biennial tune-up
specified in Sec. 63.7540(a)(11) must be conducted no more than 25
months after the previous tune-up. Each 5-year tune-up specified in
Sec. 63.7540(a)(12) must be conducted no more than 61 months after the
previous tune-up. For a new or reconstructed affected source (as
defined in Sec. 63.7490), the first annual, biennial, or 5-year tune-
up must be no later than 13 months, 25 months, or 61 months,
respectively, after April 1, 2013 or the initial startup of the new or
reconstructed affected source, whichever is later.
* * * * *
(h) If your affected boiler or process heater is in the unit
designed to burn light liquid subcategory and you combust ultra-low
sulfur liquid fuel, you do not need to conduct further performance
tests (stack tests or fuel analyses) if the pollutants measured during
the initial compliance performance tests meet the emission limits in
Tables 1 or 2 of this subpart providing you demonstrate ongoing
compliance with the emissions limits by monitoring and recording the
type of fuel combusted on a monthly basis. If you intend to use a fuel
other than ultra-low sulfur liquid fuel, natural gas, refinery gas, or
other gas 1 fuel, you must conduct new performance tests within 60 days
of burning the new fuel type.
* * * * *
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9. Section 63.7521 is amended by:
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a. Revising paragraph (a).
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b. Revising paragraph (c)(1).
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c. Revising paragraph (f) introductory text.
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d. Revising paragraph (g) introductory text.
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e. Revising paragraph (h).
The revisions read as follows:
Sec. 63.7521 What fuel analyses, fuel specification, and procedures
must I use?
(a) For solid and liquid fuels, you must conduct fuel analyses for
chloride and mercury according to the procedures in paragraphs (b)
through (e) of this section and Table 6 to this subpart, as applicable.
For solid fuels and liquid fuels, you must also conduct fuel analyses
for TSM if you are opting to comply with the TSM alternative standard.
For gas 2 (other) fuels, you must conduct fuel analyses for mercury
according to the procedures in paragraphs (b) through (e) of this
section and Table 6 to this subpart, as applicable. (For gaseous fuels,
you may not use fuel analyses to comply with the TSM alternative
standard or the HCl standard.) For purposes of complying with this
section, a fuel gas system that consists of multiple gaseous fuels
collected and mixed with each other is considered a single fuel type
and sampling and analysis is only required on the combined fuel gas
system that will feed the boiler or process heater. Sampling and
analysis of the individual gaseous streams prior to combining is not
required. You are not required to conduct fuel analyses for fuels used
for only startup, unit shutdown, and transient flame stability
purposes. You are required to conduct fuel analyses only for fuels and
units that are subject to emission limits for mercury, HCl, or TSM in
Tables 1 and 2 or 11 through 13 to this subpart. Gaseous and liquid
fuels are exempt from the sampling requirements in paragraphs (c) and
(d) of this section.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(1) If sampling from a belt (or screw) feeder, collect fuel samples
according to paragraphs (c)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section.
(i) Stop the belt and withdraw a 6-inch wide sample from the full
cross-section of the stopped belt to obtain a minimum two pounds of
sample. You must collect all the material (fines and coarse) in the
full cross-section. You must transfer the sample to a clean plastic
bag.
(ii) Each composite sample will consist of a minimum of three
samples collected at approximately equal one-hour intervals during the
testing period for sampling during performance stack testing.
* * * * *
(f) To demonstrate that a gaseous fuel other than natural gas or
refinery gas qualifies as an other gas 1 fuel, as defined in Sec.
63.7575, you must conduct a fuel specification analyses for mercury
according to the procedures in paragraphs (g) through (i) of this
section and Table 6 to this subpart, as applicable, except as specified
in paragraph (f)(1) through (4) of this section, or as an alternative
where fuel specification analysis is not practical,
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you must measure mercury concentration in the exhaust gas when firing
only the gaseous fuel to be demonstrated as an other gas 1 fuel in the
boiler or process heater according to the procedures in Table 6 to this
subpart.
* * * * *
(g) You must develop a site-specific fuel analysis plan for other
gas 1 fuels according to the following procedures and requirements in
paragraphs (g)(1) and (2) of this section.
* * * * *
(h) You must obtain a single fuel sample for each fuel type for
fuel specification of gaseous fuels.
* * * * *
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10. Section 63.7522 is amended by revising paragraphs (c), (d), (i),
and (j)(1) to read as follows:
Sec. 63.7522 Can I use emissions averaging to comply with this
subpart?
* * * * *
(c) For each existing boiler or process heater in the averaging
group, the emission rate achieved during the initial compliance test
for the HAP being averaged must not exceed the emission level that was
being achieved on April 1, 2013 or the control technology employed
during the initial compliance test must not be less effective for the
HAP being averaged than the control technology employed on April 1,
2013.
(d) The averaged emissions rate from the existing boilers and
process heaters participating in the emissions averaging option must
not exceed 90 percent of the limits in Table 2 to this subpart at all
times the affected units are subject to numeric emission limits
following the compliance date specified in Sec. 63.7495.
* * * * *
(i) For a group of two or more existing units in the same
subcategory, each of which vents through a common emissions control
system to a common stack, that does not receive emissions from units in
other subcategories or categories, you may treat such averaging group
as a single existing unit for purposes of this subpart and comply with
the requirements of this subpart as if the group were a single unit.
(j) * * *
(1) Conduct performance tests according to procedures specified in
Sec. 63.7520 in the common stack if affected units from other
subcategories vent to the common stack. The emission limits that the
group must comply with are determined by the use of Equation 6 of this
section.
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP21JA15.000
Where:
En = HAP emission limit, pounds per million British thermal units
(lb/MMBtu) or parts per million (ppm).
ELi = Appropriate emission limit from Table 2 to this subpart for
unit i, in units of lb/MMBtu or ppm.
Hi = Heat input from unit i, MMBtu.
* * * * *
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11. Section 63.7525 is amended by:
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a. Revising paragraphs (a) introductory text, (a)(1), (a)(2)
introductory text, (a)(3), (a)(5), and (a)(7).
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b. Revising paragraphs (b) introductory text and (b)(1).
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c. Revising paragraph (g)(3).
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d. Revising paragraphs (m) introductory text and (m)(2).
The revisions to read as follows:
Sec. 63.7525 What are my monitoring, installation, operation, and
maintenance requirements?
(a) If your boiler or process heater is subject to a CO emission
limit in Tables 1, 2, or 11 through 13 to this subpart, you must
install, operate, and maintain an oxygen analyzer system, as defined in
Sec. 63.7575, or install, certify, operate and maintain continuous
emission monitoring systems for CO and oxygen (or carbon dioxide
(CO2)) according to the procedures in paragraphs (a)(1)
through (6) of this section.
(1) Install the CO CEMS and oxygen (or CO2) analyzer by
the compliance date specified in Sec. 63.7495. The CO and oxygen (or
CO2) levels shall be monitored at the same location at the
outlet of the boiler or process heater.
(2) To demonstrate compliance with the applicable alternative CO
CEMS emission standard listed in Tables 1, 2, or 11 through 13 to this
subpart, you must install, certify, operate, and maintain a CO CEMS and
an oxygen analyzer according to the applicable procedures under
Performance Specification 4, 4A, or 4B at 40 CFR part 60, appendix B;
part 75 of this chapter (if an CO2 analyzer is used); the
site-specific monitoring plan developed according to Sec. 63.7505(d);
and the requirements in Sec. 63.7540(a)(8) and paragraph (a) of this
section. Any boiler or process heater that has a CO CEMS that is
compliant with Performance Specification 4, 4A, or 4B at 40 CFR part
60, appendix B, a site-specific monitoring plan developed according to
Sec. 63.7505(d), and the requirements in Sec. 63.7540(a)(8) and
paragraph (a) of this section must use the CO CEMS to comply with the
applicable alternative CO CEMS emission standard listed in Tables 1, 2,
or 11 through 13 to this subpart.
* * * * *
(3) Complete a minimum of one cycle of CO and oxygen (or
CO2) CEMS operation (sampling, analyzing, and data
recording) for each successive 15-minute period. Collect CO and oxygen
(or CO2) data concurrently. Collect at least four CO and
oxygen (or CO2) CEMS data values representing the four 15-
minute periods in an hour, or at least two 15-minute data values during
an hour when CEMS calibration, quality assurance, or maintenance
activities are being performed.
* * * * *
(5) Calculate one-hour arithmetic averages, corrected to 3 percent
oxygen (or corrected to an CO2 percentage determined to be
equivalent to 3 percent oxygen) from each hour of CO CEMS data in parts
per million CO concentration. The one-hour arithmetic averages required
shall be used to calculate the 30-day or 10-day rolling average
emissions. Use Equation 19-19 in section 12.4.1 of Method 19 of 40 CFR
part 60, appendix A-7 for calculating the average CO concentration from
the hourly values.
* * * * *
(7) Operate an oxygen trim system with the oxygen level set no
lower than the lowest hourly average oxygen concentration measured
during the most recent CO performance test as the operating limit for
oxygen according to Table 7 to this subpart, or if the facility is not
required to conduct a performance test, set the oxygen level to the
oxygen concentration measured during the most recent tune-up to
optimize CO to manufacturer's specification.
(b) If your boiler or process heater is in the unit designed to
burn coal/solid fossil fuel subcategory or the unit designed to burn
heavy liquid
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subcategory and has an average annual heat input rate greater than 250
MMBtu per hour from solid fossil fuel and/or heavy liquid, and you
demonstrate compliance with the PM limit instead of the alternative TSM
limit, you must install, maintain, and operate a PM CPMS monitoring
emissions discharged to the atmosphere and record the output of the
system as specified in paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) of this section.
As an alternative to use of a PM CPMS to demonstrate compliance with
the PM limit, you may choose to use a PM CEMS. If you choose to use a
PM CEMS to demonstrate compliance with the PM limit instead of the
alternative TSM limit, you must install, certify, maintain, and operate
a PM CEMS monitoring emissions discharged to the atmosphere and record
the output of the system as specified in paragraph (b)(5) through (8)
of this section. For other boilers or process heaters, you may elect to
use a PM CPMS or PM CEMS operated in accordance with this section in
lieu of using other CMS for monitoring PM compliance (e.g., bag leak
detectors, ESP secondary power, PM scrubber pressure). Owners of
boilers and process heaters who elect to comply with the alternative
TSM limit are not required to install a PM CPMS.
(1) Install, operate, and maintain your PM CPMS according to the
procedures in your approved site-specific monitoring plan developed in
accordance with Sec. 63.7505(d), the requirements in Sec.
63.7540(a)(9), and paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through (iii) of this section.
(i) The operating principle of the PM CPMS must be based on in-
stack or extractive light scatter, light scintillation, beta
attenuation, or mass accumulation detection of PM in the exhaust gas or
representative exhaust gas sample. The reportable measurement output
from the PM CPMS must be expressed as milliamps.
(ii) The PM CPMS must have a cycle time (i.e., period required to
complete sampling, measurement, and reporting for each measurement) no
longer than 60 minutes.
(iii) The PM CPMS must have a documented detection limit of 0.5
milligram per actual cubic meter, or less.
* * * * *
(g) * * *
(3) Calibrate the pH monitoring system in accordance with your
monitoring plan at least once each process operating day.
* * * * *
(m) If your unit is subject to a HCl emission limit in Tables 1, 2,
or 11 through 13 of this subpart and you have an acid gas wet scrubber
or dry sorbent injection control technology and you elect to use an
SO2 CEMS to demonstrate continuous compliance with the HCl
emission limit, you must install the monitor at the outlet of the
boiler or process heater, downstream of all emission control devices,
and you must install, certify, operate, and maintain the CEMS according
to either part 60 or part 75 of this chapter.
(1) * * *
(2) For on-going quality assurance (QA), the SO2 CEMS
must meet either the applicable daily and quarterly requirements in
Procedure 1 of appendix F of part 60 or the applicable daily,
quarterly, and semiannual or annual requirements in sections 2.1
through 2.3 of appendix B to part 75 of this chapter, with the
following addition: You must perform the linearity checks required in
section 2.2 of appendix B to part 75 of this chapter if the
SO2 CEMS has a span value of 30 ppm or less.
* * * * *
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12. Section 63.7530 is amended by:
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a. Revising paragraphs (a).
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b. Revising paragraph (b) introductory text.
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c. Revising paragraphs (b)(1)(iii), (b)(2)(iii), and (b)(3)(iii).
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d. Revising paragraph (b)(4)(ii)(F).
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e. Redesignating paragraphs (b)(4)(iii) through (b)(4)(viii) as
(b)(4)(iv) through (b)(4)(ix) and adding new paragraph (b)(4)(iii).
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f. Revising paragraphs (c)(3), (c)(4), and (c)(5).
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g. Revising paragraph (d).
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h. Revising paragraph (e).
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i. Revising paragraph (h).
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j. Revising paragraph (i)(3).
The revisions and addition read as follows:
Sec. 63.7530 How do I demonstrate initial compliance with the
emission limitations, fuel specifications and work practice standards?
(a) You must demonstrate initial compliance with each emission
limit that applies to you by conducting initial performance tests and
fuel analyses and establishing operating limits, as applicable,
according to Sec. 63.7520, paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, and
Tables 5 and 7 to this subpart. The requirement to conduct a fuel
analysis is not applicable for units that burn a single type of fuel,
as specified by Sec. 63.7510(a)(2). If applicable, you must also
install, operate, and maintain all applicable CMS (including CEMS,
COMS, and CPMS) according to Sec. 63.7525.
(b) If you demonstrate compliance through performance stack
testing, you must establish each site-specific operating limit in Table
4 to this subpart that applies to you according to the requirements in
Sec. 63.7520, Table 7 to this subpart, and paragraph (b)(4) of this
section, as applicable. You must also conduct fuel analyses according
to Sec. 63.7521 and establish maximum fuel pollutant input levels
according to paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) of this section, as
applicable, and as specified in Sec. 63.7510(a)(2). (Note that Sec.
63.7510(a)(2) exempts certain fuels from the fuel analysis
requirements.) However, if you switch fuel(s) and cannot show that the
new fuel(s) does (do) not increase the chlorine, mercury, or TSM input
into the unit through the results of fuel analysis, then you must
repeat the performance test to demonstrate compliance while burning the
new fuel(s).
(1) * * *
(iii) You must establish a maximum chlorine input level using
Equation 7 of this section.
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP21JA15.001
Where:
Clinput = Maximum amount of chlorine entering the boiler or process
heater through fuels burned in units of pounds per million Btu.
Ci = Arithmetic average concentration of chlorine in fuel type, i,
analyzed according to Sec. 63.7521, in units of pounds per million
Btu.
Qi = Fraction of total heat input from fuel type, i, based on the
fuel mixture that has the highest content of chlorine during the
initial compliance test. If you do not burn multiple fuel types
during the performance testing, it is not necessary to determine the
value of this term. Insert a value of ``1'' for Qi. For continuous
compliance demonstration, the actual fraction of the fuel burned
during the month would be used.
n = Number of different fuel types burned in your boiler or process
heater for the
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mixture that has the highest content of chlorine.
(2) * * *
(iii) You must establish a maximum mercury input level using
Equation 8 of this section.
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP21JA15.002
Where:
Mercuryinput = Maximum amount of mercury entering the boiler or
process heater through fuels burned in units of pounds per million
Btu.
HGi = Arithmetic average concentration of mercury in fuel type, i,
analyzed according to Sec. 63.7521, in units of pounds per million
Btu.
Qi = Fraction of total heat input from fuel type, i, based on the
fuel mixture that has the highest mercury content during the initial
compliance test. If you do not burn multiple fuel types during the
performance test, it is not necessary to determine the value of this
term. Insert a value of ``1'' for Qi. For continuous compliance
demonstration, the actual fraction of the fuel burned during the
month would be used.
n = Number of different fuel types burned in your boiler or process
heater for the mixture that has the highest content of mercury.
(3) * * *
(iii) You must establish a maximum TSM input level using Equation 9
of this section.
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP21JA15.003
Where:
TSMinput = Maximum amount of TSM entering the boiler or process
heater through fuels burned in units of pounds per million Btu.
TSMi = Arithmetic average concentration of TSM in fuel type, i,
analyzed according to Sec. 63.7521, in units of pounds per million
Btu.
Qi = Fraction of total heat input from fuel type, i, based on the
fuel mixture that has the highest content of TSM during the initial
compliance test. If you do not burn multiple fuel types during the
performance testing, it is not necessary to determine the value of
this term. Insert a value of ``1'' for Qi. For continuous compliance
demonstration, the actual fraction of the fuel burned during the
month would be used.
n = Number of different fuel types burned in your boiler or process
heater for the mixture that has the highest content of TSM.
(4) * * *
(ii) * * *
(F) For PM performance test reports used to set a PM CPMS operating
limit, the electronic submission of the test report must also include
the make and model of the PM CPMS instrument, serial number of the
instrument, analytical principle of the instrument (e.g. beta
attenuation), span of the instruments primary analytical range,
milliamp value equivalent to the instrument zero output, technique by
which this zero value was determined, and the average milliamp signals
corresponding to each PM compliance test run.
(iii) For a particulate wet scrubber, you must establish the
minimum pressure drop and liquid flow rate as defined in Sec. 63.7575,
as your operating limits during the three-run performance test during
which you demonstrate compliance with your applicable limit. If you use
a wet scrubber and you conduct separate performance tests for PM and
TSM emissions, you must establish one set of minimum scrubber liquid
flow rate and pressure drop operating limits. The minimum scrubber
effluent pH operating limit must be established during the HCl
performance test. If you conduct multiple performance tests, you must
set the minimum liquid flow rate and pressure drop operating limits at
the higher of the minimum values established during the performance
tests.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(3) To demonstrate compliance with the applicable emission limit
for HCl, the HCl emission rate that you calculate for your boiler or
process heater using Equation 16 of this section must not exceed the
applicable emission limit for HCl.
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP21JA15.004
Where:
HCl = HCl emission rate from the boiler or process heater in units
of pounds per million Btu.
Ci90 = 90th percentile confidence level concentration of chlorine in
fuel type, i, in units of pounds per million Btu as calculated
according to Equation 15 of this section.
Qi = Fraction of total heat input from fuel type, i, based on the
fuel mixture that has the highest content of chlorine. If you do not
burn multiple fuel types, it is not necessary to determine the value
of this term. Insert a value of ``1'' for Qi.
n = Number of different fuel types burned in your boiler or process
heater for the mixture that has the highest content of chlorine.
1.028 = Molecular weight ratio of HCl to chlorine.
(4) To demonstrate compliance with the applicable emission limit
for mercury, the mercury emission rate that you calculate for your
boiler or process heater using Equation 17 of this section must not
exceed the applicable emission limit for mercury.
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[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP21JA15.005
Where:
Mercury = Mercury emission rate from the boiler or process heater in
units of pounds per million Btu.
Hgi90 = 90th percentile confidence level concentration of mercury in
fuel, i, in units of pounds per million Btu as calculated according
to Equation 15 of this section.
Qi = Fraction of total heat input from fuel type, i, based on the
fuel mixture that has the highest mercury content. If you do not
burn multiple fuel types, it is not necessary to determine the value
of this term. Insert a value of ``1'' for Qi.
n = Number of different fuel types burned in your boiler or process
heater for the mixture that has the highest mercury content.
(5) To demonstrate compliance with the applicable emission limit
for TSM for solid or liquid fuels, the TSM emission rate that you
calculate for your boiler or process heater from solid fuels using
Equation 18 of this section must not exceed the applicable emission
limit for TSM.
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP21JA15.006
Where:
Metals = TSM emission rate from the boiler or process heater in
units of pounds per million Btu.
TSMi90 = 90th percentile confidence level concentration of TSM in
fuel, i, in units of pounds per million Btu as calculated according
to Equation 15 of this section.
Qi = Fraction of total heat input from fuel type, i, based on the
fuel mixture that has the highest TSM content. If you do not burn
multiple fuel types, it is not necessary to determine the value of
this term. Insert a value of ``1'' for Qi.
n = Number of different fuel types burned in your boiler or process
heater for the mixture that has the highest TSM content.
(d) If you own or operate an existing unit, you must submit a
signed statement in the Notification of Compliance Status report that
indicates that you conducted a tune-up of the unit.
(e) You must include with the Notification of Compliance Status a
signed certification that the energy assessment was completed according
to Table 3 to this subpart and that the assessment is an accurate
depiction of your facility at the time of the assessment or that the
maximum number of on-site technical hours specified in the definition
of energy assessment applicable to the facility has been expended.
* * * * *
(h) If you own or operate a unit subject to emission limits in
Tables 1 or 2 or 11 through 13 to this subpart, you must meet the work
practice standard according to Table 3 of this subpart. During startup
and shutdown, you must only follow the work practice standards
according to items 5 and 6 of Table 3 of this subpart.
(i) * * *
(3) You establish a unit-specific maximum SO2 operating
limit by collecting the maximum hourly SO2 emission rate on
the SO2 CEMS during the paired 3-run test for HCl. The
maximum SO2 operating limit is equal to the highest hourly
average SO2 concentration measured during the most recent
HCl performance test.
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13. Section 63.7533 is amended by revising paragraph (e).
Sec. 63.7533 Can I use efficiency credits earned from implementation
of energy conservation measures to comply with this subpart?
* * * * *
(e) The emissions rate as calculated using Equation 20 of this
section from each existing boiler participating in the efficiency
credit option must be in compliance with the limits in Table 2 to this
subpart at all times the affected unit is subject to numeric emission
limits, following the compliance date specified in Sec. 63.7495.
* * * * *
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14. Section 63.7535 is amended by revising paragraphs (c) and (d).
Sec. 63.7535 Is there a minimum amount of monitoring data I must
obtain?
* * * * *
(c) You may not use data recorded during periods of startup and
shutdown, monitoring system malfunctions or out-of-control periods,
repairs associated with monitoring system malfunctions or out-of-
control periods, or required monitoring system quality assurance or
control activities in data averages and calculations used to report
emissions or operating levels. You must record and make available upon
request results of CMS performance audits and dates and duration of
periods when the CMS is out of control to completion of the corrective
actions necessary to return the CMS to operation consistent with your
site-specific monitoring plan. You must use all the data collected
during all other periods in assessing compliance and the operation of
the control device and associated control system.
(d) Except for periods of monitoring system malfunctions, repairs
associated with monitoring system malfunctions, and required monitoring
system quality assurance or quality control activities (including, as
applicable, system accuracy audits, calibration checks, and required
zero and span adjustments), failure to collect required data is a
deviation of the monitoring requirements. In calculating monitoring
results, do not use any data collected during periods of startup and
shutdown, when the monitoring system is out of control as specified in
your site-specific monitoring plan, while conducting repairs associated
with periods when the monitoring system is out of control, or while
conducting required monitoring system quality assurance or quality
control activities. You must calculate monitoring results using all
other monitoring data collected while the process is operating. You
must report all periods when the monitoring system is out of control in
your semi-annual report.
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15. Section 63.7540 is amended by:
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a. Revising paragraph (a)(2) introductory text.
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b. Revising paragraph (a)(3).
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c. Revising paragraph (a)(5).
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d. Revising paragraph (a)(8)(ii).
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e. Revising paragraph (a)(10) introductory text.
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f. Revising paragraph (a)(10)(vi) introductory text.
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g. Revising paragraph (a)(17).
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h. Revising paragraph (a)(19)(iii).
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i. Revising paragraph (d).
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The revisions read as follows:
Sec. 63.7540 How do I demonstrate continuous compliance with the
emission limitations, fuel specifications and work practice standards?
(a) * * *
(2) As specified in Sec. 63.7550(d), you must keep records of the
type and amount of all fuels burned in each boiler or process heater
during the reporting period to demonstrate that all fuel types and
mixtures of fuels burned would result in either of the following:
* * * * *
(3) If you demonstrate compliance with an applicable HCl emission
limit through fuel analysis for a solid or liquid fuel and you plan to
burn a new type of solid or liquid fuel, you must recalculate the HCl
emission rate using Equation 16 of Sec. 63.7530 according to
paragraphs (a)(3)(i) through (iii) of this section. You are not
required to conduct fuel analyses for the fuels described in Sec.
63.7510(a)(2)(i) through (iii). You may exclude the fuels described in
Sec. 63.7510(a)(2)(i) through (iii) when recalculating the HCl
emission rate.
(i) You must determine the chlorine concentration for any new fuel
type in units of pounds per million Btu, based on supplier data or your
own fuel analysis, according to the provisions in your site-specific
fuel analysis plan developed according to Sec. 63.7521(b).
(ii) You must determine the new mixture of fuels that will have the
highest content of chlorine.
(iii) Recalculate the HCl emission rate from your boiler or process
heater under these new conditions using Equation 16 of Sec. 63.7530.
The recalculated HCl emission rate must be less than the applicable
emission limit.
* * * * *
(5) If you demonstrate compliance with an applicable mercury
emission limit through fuel analysis, and you plan to burn a new type
of fuel, you must recalculate the mercury emission rate using Equation
17 of Sec. 63.7530 according to the procedures specified in paragraphs
(a)(5)(i) through (iii) of this section. You are not required to
conduct fuel analyses for the fuels described in Sec. 63.7510(a)(2)(i)
through (iii). You may exclude the fuels described in Sec.
63.7510(a)(2)(i) through (iii) when recalculating the mercury emission
rate.
(i) You must determine the mercury concentration for any new fuel
type in units of pounds per million Btu, based on supplier data or your
own fuel analysis, according to the provisions in your site-specific
fuel analysis plan developed according to Sec. 63.7521(b).
(ii) You must determine the new mixture of fuels that will have the
highest content of mercury.
(iii) Recalculate the mercury emission rate from your boiler or
process heater under these new conditions using Equation 17 of Sec.
63.7530. The recalculated mercury emission rate must be less than the
applicable emission limit.
* * * * *
(8) * * *
(ii) Maintain a CO emission level below or at your applicable
alternative CO CEMS-based standard in Tables 1 or 2 or 11 through 13 to
this subpart at all times the affected unit is subject to numeric
emission limits.
* * * * *
(10) If your boiler or process heater has a heat input capacity of
10 million Btu per hour or greater, you must conduct an annual tune-up
of the boiler or process heater to demonstrate continuous compliance as
specified in paragraphs (a)(10)(i) through (vi) of this section. You
must conduct the tune-up while burning the type of fuel (or fuels in
case of units that routinely burn a mixture) that provided the majority
of the heat input to the boiler or process heater over the 12 months
prior to the tune-up. This frequency does not apply to limited-use
boilers and process heaters, as defined in Sec. 63.7575, or units with
continuous oxygen trim systems that maintain an optimum air to fuel
ratio.
* * * * *
(vi) Maintain on-site and submit, if requested by the
Administrator, a report containing the information in paragraphs
(a)(10)(vi)(A) through (C) of this section,
* * * * *
(17) If you demonstrate compliance with an applicable TSM emission
limit through fuel analysis for solid or liquid fuels, and you plan to
burn a new type of fuel, you must recalculate the TSM emission rate
using Equation 18 of Sec. 63.7530 according to the procedures
specified in paragraphs (a)(5)(i) through (iii) of this section. You
are not required to conduct fuel analyses for the fuels described in
Sec. 63.7510(a)(2)(i) through (iii). You may exclude the fuels
described in Sec. 63.7510(a)(2)(i) through (iii) when recalculating
the TSM emission rate.
(i) You must determine the TSM concentration for any new fuel type
in units of pounds per million Btu, based on supplier data or your own
fuel analysis, according to the provisions in your site-specific fuel
analysis plan developed according to Sec. 63.7521(b).
(ii) You must determine the new mixture of fuels that will have the
highest content of TSM.
(iii) Recalculate the TSM emission rate from your boiler or process
heater under these new conditions using Equation 18 of Sec. 63.7530.
The recalculated TSM emission rate must be less than the applicable
emission limit.
* * * * *
(19) * * *
* * * * *
(iii) Collect PM CEMS hourly average output data for all boiler
operating hours except as indicated in paragraph (v) of this section.
* * * * *
(d) For startup and shutdown, you must meet the work practice
standards according to items 5 and 6 of Table 3 of this subpart.
* * * * *
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16. Section 63.7545 is amended by revising paragraphs (e)(8)(i) and (h)
introductory text.
Sec. 63.7545 What notifications must I submit and when?
* * * * *
(e) * * *
(8) * * *
(i) ``This facility completed the required initial tune-up
according to the procedures in Sec. 63.7540(a)(10)(i) through (vi).''
* * * * *
(h) If you have switched fuels or made a physical change to the
boiler or process heater and the fuel switch or physical change
resulted in the applicability of a different subcategory, you must
provide notice of the date upon which you switched fuels or made the
physical change within 30 days of the switch/change. The notification
must identify:
* * * * *
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17. Section 63.7550 is amended by revising paragraphs (b), (c), (d)
introductory text, (d)(1), and (h) to read as follows:
Sec. 63.7550 What reports must I submit and when?
* * * * *
(b) Unless the EPA Administrator has approved a different schedule
for submission of reports under Sec. 63.10(a), you must submit each
report, according to paragraph (h) of this section, by the date in
Table 9 to this subpart and according to the requirements in paragraphs
(b)(1) through (4) of this section. For units that are subject only to
the energy assessment requirement and a requirement to conduct an
annual, biennial, or 5-year tune-up according to Sec. 63.7540(a)(10),
(11), or (12),
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respectively, and not subject to emission limits or Table 4 operating
limits, you may submit only an annual, biennial, or 5-year compliance
report, as applicable, as specified in paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) of
this section, instead of a semi-annual compliance report.
(1) The first semi-annual compliance report must cover the period
beginning on the compliance date that is specified for each boiler or
process heater in Sec. 63.7495 and ending on June 30 or December 31,
whichever date is the first date that occurs at least 180 days (or 1,
2, or 5 years, as applicable, if submitting an annual, biennial, or 5-
year compliance report) after the compliance date that is specified for
your source in Sec. 63.7495.
(2) The first semi-annual compliance report must be postmarked or
submitted no later than July 31 or January 31, whichever date is the
first date following the end of the first calendar half after the
compliance date that is specified for each boiler or process heater in
Sec. 63.7495. The first annual, biennial, or 5-year compliance report
must be postmarked or submitted no later than January 31.
(3) Each subsequent semi-annual compliance report must cover the
semiannual reporting period from January 1 through June 30 or the
semiannual reporting period from July 1 through December 31. Annual,
biennial, and 5-year compliance reports must cover the applicable 1-,
2-, or 5-year periods from January 1 to December 31.
(4) Each subsequent semi-annual compliance report must be
postmarked or submitted no later than July 31 or January 31, whichever
date is the first date following the end of the semiannual reporting
period. Annual, biennial, and 5-year compliance reports must be
postmarked or submitted no later than January 31.
(c) A compliance report must contain the following information
depending on how the facility chooses to comply with the limits set in
this rule.
(1) If the facility is subject to the requirements of a tune up you
must submit a compliance report with the information in paragraphs
(c)(5)(i) through (iii), (xiv) and (xvii) of this section, and
paragraph (c)(5)(iv) of this section for limited-use boiler or process
heater.
(2) If you are complying with the fuel analysis you must submit a
compliance report with the information in paragraphs (c)(5)(i) through
(iii), (vi), (x), (xi), (xiii), (xv), (xvii), (xviii) and paragraph (d)
of this section.
(3) If you are complying with the applicable emissions limit with
performance testing you must submit a compliance report with the
information in (c)(5)(i) through (iii), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix),
(xi), (xiii), (xv), (xvii), (xviii) and paragraph (d) of this section.
(4) If you are complying with an emissions limit using a CMS the
compliance report must contain the information required in paragraphs
(c)(5)(i) through (iii), (v), (vi), (xi) through (xiii), (xv) through
(xviii), and paragraph (e) of this section.
(5)(i) Company and Facility name and address.
(ii) Process unit information, emissions limitations, and operating
parameter limitations.
(iii) Date of report and beginning and ending dates of the
reporting period.
(iv) The total operating time during the reporting period.
(v) If you use a CMS, including CEMS, COMS, or CPMS, you must
include the monitoring equipment manufacturer(s) and model numbers and
the date of the last CMS certification or audit.
(vi) The total fuel use by each individual boiler or process heater
subject to an emission limit within the reporting period, including,
but not limited to, a description of the fuel, whether the fuel has
received a non-waste determination by the EPA or your basis for
concluding that the fuel is not a waste, and the total fuel usage
amount with units of measure.
(vii) If you are conducting performance tests once every 3 years
consistent with Sec. 63.7515(b) or (c), the date of the last 2
performance tests and a statement as to whether there have been any
operational changes since the last performance test that could increase
emissions.
(viii) A statement indicating that you burned no new types of fuel
in an individual boiler or process heater subject to an emission limit.
Or, if you did burn a new type of fuel and are subject to a HCl
emission limit, you must submit the calculation of chlorine input,
using Equation 7 of Sec. 63.7530, that demonstrates that your source
is still within its maximum chlorine input level established during the
previous performance testing (for sources that demonstrate compliance
through performance testing) or you must submit the calculation of HCl
emission rate using Equation 16 of Sec. 63.7530 that demonstrates that
your source is still meeting the emission limit for HCl emissions (for
boilers or process heaters that demonstrate compliance through fuel
analysis). If you burned a new type of fuel and are subject to a
mercury emission limit, you must submit the calculation of mercury
input, using Equation 8 of Sec. 63.7530, that demonstrates that your
source is still within its maximum mercury input level established
during the previous performance testing (for sources that demonstrate
compliance through performance testing), or you must submit the
calculation of mercury emission rate using Equation 17 of Sec. 63.7530
that demonstrates that your source is still meeting the emission limit
for mercury emissions (for boilers or process heaters that demonstrate
compliance through fuel analysis). If you burned a new type of fuel and
are subject to a TSM emission limit, you must submit the calculation of
TSM input, using Equation 9 of Sec. 63.7530, that demonstrates that
your source is still within its maximum TSM input level established
during the previous performance testing (for sources that demonstrate
compliance through performance testing), or you must submit the
calculation of TSM emission rate, using Equation 18 of Sec. 63.7530,
that demonstrates that your source is still meeting the emission limit
for TSM emissions (for boilers or process heaters that demonstrate
compliance through fuel analysis).
(ix) If you wish to burn a new type of fuel in an individual boiler
or process heater subject to an emission limit and you cannot
demonstrate compliance with the maximum chlorine input operating limit
using Equation 7 of Sec. 63.7530 or the maximum mercury input
operating limit using Equation 8 of Sec. 63.7530, or the maximum TSM
input operating limit using Equation 9 of Sec. 63.7530 you must
include in the compliance report a statement indicating the intent to
conduct a new performance test within 60 days of starting to burn the
new fuel.
(x) A summary of any monthly fuel analyses conducted to demonstrate
compliance according to Sec. Sec. 63.7521 and 63.7530 for individual
boilers or process heaters subject to emission limits, and any fuel
specification analyses conducted according to Sec. Sec. 63.7521(f) and
63.7530(g).
(xi) If there are no deviations from any emission limits or
operating limits in this subpart that apply to you, a statement that
there were no deviations from the emission limits or operating limits
during the reporting period.
(xii) If there were no deviations from the monitoring requirements
including no periods during which the CMSs, including CEMS, COMS, and
CPMS, were out of control as specified in Sec. 63.8(c)(7), a statement
that there were no deviations and no periods during which the CMS were
out of control during the reporting period.
(xiii) If a malfunction occurred during the reporting period, the
report must
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include the number, duration, and a brief description for each type of
malfunction which occurred during the reporting period and which caused
or may have caused any applicable emission limitation to be exceeded.
The report must also include a description of actions taken by you
during a malfunction of a boiler, process heater, or associated air
pollution control device or CMS to minimize emissions in accordance
with Sec. 63.7500(a)(3), including actions taken to correct the
malfunction.
(xiv) Include the date of the most recent tune-up for each unit
subject to only the requirement to conduct an annual, biennial, or 5-
year tune-up according to Sec. 63.7540(a)(10), (11), or (12)
respectively. Include the date of the most recent burner inspection if
it was not done annually, biennially, or on a 5-year period and was
delayed until the next scheduled or unscheduled unit shutdown.
(xv) If you plan to demonstrate compliance by emission averaging,
certify the emission level achieved or the control technology employed
is no less stringent than the level or control technology contained in
the notification of compliance status in Sec. 63.7545(e)(5)(i).
(xvi) For each reporting period, the compliance reports must
include all of the calculated 30 day rolling average values based on
the daily CEMS (CO and mercury) and CPMS (PM CPMS output, scrubber pH,
scrubber liquid flow rate, scrubber pressure drop) data.
(xvii) Statement by a responsible official with that official's
name, title, and signature, certifying the truth, accuracy, and
completeness of the content of the report.
(xviii) For each instance of startup or shutdown include the
information required to be monitored, collected, or recorded according
to the requirements of Sec. 63.7555(d).
* * * * *
(d) For each deviation from an emission limit or operating limit in
this subpart that occurs at an individual boiler or process heater
where you are not using a CMS to comply with that emission limit or
operating limit, or from the work practice standards for periods if
startup and shutdown, the compliance report must additionally contain
the information required in paragraphs (d)(1) through (3) of this
section.
(1) A description of the deviation and which emission limit,
operating limit, or work practice standard from which you deviated.
* * * * *
(h) You must submit the reports according to the procedures
specified in paragraphs (h)(1) through (3) of this section.
(1) Within 60 days after the date of completing each performance
test (defined in Sec. 63.2) required by this subpart, you must submit
the results of the performance test, including any associated fuel
analyses, following the procedure specified in either paragraph
(h)(1)(i) or (h)(1)(ii) of this section.
(i) For data collected using test methods supported by the EPA's
Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT) as listed on the EPA's ERT Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ert/) at the time of the test,
you must submit the results of the performance test to the EPA via the
Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI). (CEDRI can
be accessed through the EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX) (www.epa.gov/cdx).) Performance test data must be submitted in a file format
generated through use of the EPA's ERT. Instead of submitting
performance test data in a file format generated through the use of the
EPA's ERT, you may submit an alternate electronic file format
consistent with the extensible markup language (XML) schema listed on
the EPA's ERT Web site, once the XML schema is available. If you claim
that some of the performance test information being submitted is
confidential business information (CBI), you must submit a complete
file generated through the use of the EPA's ERT (or an alternate
electronic file consistent with the XML schema listed on the EPA's ERT
Web site once the XML schema is available), including information
claimed to be CBI, on a compact disc, flash drive or other commonly
used electronic storage media to the EPA. The electronic media must be
clearly marked as CBI and mailed to U.S. EPA/OAPQS/CORE CBI Office,
Attention: Group Leader, Measurement Policy Group, MD C404-02, 4930 Old
Page Rd., Durham, NC 27703. The same ERT or alternate file with the CBI
omitted must be submitted to the EPA via the EPA's CDX as described
earlier in this paragraph.
(ii) For data collected using test methods that are not supported
by the EPA's ERT as listed on the EPA's ERT Web site, you must submit
the results of the performance test to the Administrator at the
appropriate address listed in Sec. 63.13.
(2) Within 60 days after the date of completing each CEMS
performance evaluation (as defined in 63.2), you must submit the
results of the performance evaluation following the procedure specified
in either paragraph (h)(2)(i) or (h)(2)(ii) of this section.
(i) For performance evaluations of continuous monitoring systems
measuring relative accuracy test audit (RATA) pollutants that are
supported by the EPA's ERT as listed on the EPA's ERT Web site at the
time of the test, you must submit the results of the performance
evaluation to the EPA via the CEDRI. (CEDRI can be accessed through the
EPA's CDX.) Performance evaluation data must be submitted in a file
format generated through the use of the EPA's ERT. Instead of
submitting performance evaluation data in a file format generated
through the use of the EPA's ERT, you may submit an alternate
electronic file format consistent with the XML schema listed on the
EPA's ERT Web site, once the XML schema is available. If you claim that
some of the performance evaluation information being submitted is CBI,
you must submit a complete file generated through the use of the EPA's
ERT (or an alternate electronic file consistent with the XML schema
listed on the EPA's ERT Web site once the XML schema is available),
including information claimed to be CBI, on a compact disc, flash drive
or other commonly used electronic storage media to the EPA. The
electronic media must be clearly marked as CBI and mailed to U.S. EPA/
OAPQS/CORE CBI Office, Attention: Group Leader, Measurement Policy
Group, MD C404-02, 4930 Old Page Rd., Durham, NC 27703. The same ERT or
alternate file with the CBI omitted must be submitted to the EPA via
the EPA's CDX as described earlier in this paragraph.
(ii) For any performance evaluations of continuous monitoring
systems measuring RATA pollutants that are not supported by the EPA's
ERT as listed on the ERT Web site, you must submit the results of the
performance evaluation to the Administrator at the appropriate address
listed in Sec. 63.13.
(3) You must submit all reports required by Table 9 of this subpart
electronically to the EPA via the CEDRI. (CEDRI can be accessed through
the EPA's CDX.) You must use the appropriate electronic report in CEDRI
for this subpart. Instead of using the electronic report in CEDRI for
this subpart, you may submit an alternate electronic file consistent
with the XML schema listed on the CEDRI Web site (https://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/cedri/), once the XML schema is available. If the
reporting form specific to this subpart is not available in CEDRI at
the time that the report is due, you must submit the report to the
Administrator at the appropriate address listed in Sec. 63.13. You
must
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begin submitting reports via CEDRI no later than 90 days after the form
becomes available in CEDRI.
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18. Section 63.7555 is amended by:
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a. Adding paragraph (a)(3).
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b. Removing paragraph (d)(3).
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c. Redesignating paragraphs (d)(4) through (d)(11) as paragraphs (d)(3)
through (d)(10).
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d. Revising newly designated paragraphs (d)(3), (d)(4), and (d)(8).
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e. Adding new paragraphs (d)(11) and (12).
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f. Removing paragraphs (i) and (j).
The revisions and additions read as follows:
Sec. 63.7555 What records must I keep?
(a) * * *
(3) For units in the limited use subcategory, you must keep a copy
of the federally enforceable permit that limits the annual capacity
factor to less than or equal to 10 percent and fuel use records for the
days the boiler or process heater was operating.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(3) A copy of all calculations and supporting documentation of
maximum chlorine fuel input, using Equation 7 of Sec. 63.7530, that
were done to demonstrate continuous compliance with the HCl emission
limit, for sources that demonstrate compliance through performance
testing. For sources that demonstrate compliance through fuel analysis,
a copy of all calculations and supporting documentation of HCl emission
rates, using Equation 16 of Sec. 63.7530, that were done to
demonstrate compliance with the HCl emission limit. Supporting
documentation should include results of any fuel analyses and basis for
the estimates of maximum chlorine fuel input or HCl emission rates. You
can use the results from one fuel analysis for multiple boilers and
process heaters provided they are all burning the same fuel type.
However, you must calculate chlorine fuel input, or HCl emission rate,
for each boiler and process heater.
(4) A copy of all calculations and supporting documentation of
maximum mercury fuel input, using Equation 8 of Sec. 63.7530, that
were done to demonstrate continuous compliance with the mercury
emission limit for sources that demonstrate compliance through
performance testing. For sources that demonstrate compliance through
fuel analysis, a copy of all calculations and supporting documentation
of mercury emission rates, using Equation 17 of Sec. 63.7530, that
were done to demonstrate compliance with the mercury emission limit.
Supporting documentation should include results of any fuel analyses
and basis for the estimates of maximum mercury fuel input or mercury
emission rates. You can use the results from one fuel analysis for
multiple boilers and process heaters provided they are all burning the
same fuel type. However, you must calculate mercury fuel input, or
mercury emission rates, for each boiler and process heater.
* * * * *
(8) A copy of all calculations and supporting documentation of
maximum TSM fuel input, using Equation 9 of Sec. 63.7530, that were
done to demonstrate continuous compliance with the TSM emission limit
for sources that demonstrate compliance through performance testing.
For sources that demonstrate compliance through fuel analysis, a copy
of all calculations and supporting documentation of TSM emission rates,
using Equation 18 of Sec. 63.7530, that were done to demonstrate
compliance with the TSM emission limit. Supporting documentation should
include results of any fuel analyses and basis for the estimates of
maximum TSM fuel input or TSM emission rates. You can use the results
from one fuel analysis for multiple boilers and process heaters
provided they are all burning the same fuel type. However, you must
calculate TSM fuel input, or TSM emission rates, for each boiler and
process heater.
* * * * *
(11) For each startup period, you must maintain records of the time
that clean fuel combustion begins; the time when firing (i.e., feeding)
start for coal/solid fossil fuel, biomass/bio-based solids, heavy
liquid fuel, or gas 2 (other) gases; the time when useful thermal
energy is first supplied; and the time when the PM controls are
engaged.
(12) For each startup period, you must maintain records of the
hourly steam temperature, hourly steam pressure, hourly steam flow,
hourly flue gas temperature, and all hourly average CMS data (e.g.,
CEMS, PM CPMS, COMS, ESP total secondary electric power input, scrubber
pressure drop, scrubber liquid flow rate) collected during each startup
period to confirm that the control devices are engaged. In addition, if
compliance with the PM emission limit is demonstrated using a PM
control device, you must maintain records as specified in paragraphs
(d)(12)(i) through (iii) of this section.
(i) For a boiler or process heater with an electrostatic
precipitator, record the number of fields in service, as well as each
field's secondary voltage and secondary current during each hour of
startup.
(ii) For a boiler or process heater with a fabric filter, record
the number of compartments in service, as well as the differential
pressure across the baghouse during each hour of startup.
(iii) For a boiler or process heater with a wet scrubber needed for
filterable PM control, record the scrubber liquid to fuel ratio and the
differential pressure of the liquid during each hour of startup.
* * * * *
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19. Section 63.7575 is amended by:
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a. Revising the definitions for ``Coal,'' ``Limited-use boiler or
process heater,'' ``Load fraction,'' ``Oxygen trim system,''
``Shutdown,'' ``Startup,'' ``Steam output,'' and ``Temporary boiler.''
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b. Adding in alphabetical order definitions for ``Fossil fuel'' and
``Useful thermal energy.''
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c. Removing the definition for ``Affirmative defense.''
The revisions read as follows:
Sec. 63.7575 What definitions apply to this subpart?
* * * * *
Coal means all solid fuels classifiable as anthracite, bituminous,
sub-bituminous, or lignite by ASTM D388 (incorporated by reference, see
Sec. 63.14), coal refuse, and petroleum coke. For the purposes of this
subpart, this definition of ``coal'' includes synthetic fuels derived
from coal, including but not limited to, solvent-refined coal, coal-oil
mixtures, and coal-water mixtures. Coal derived gases and liquids are
excluded from this definition.
* * * * *
Fossil fuel means natural gas, oil, coal, and any form of solid,
liquid, or gaseous fuel derived from such material.
* * * * *
Limited-use boiler or process heater means any boiler or process
heater that burns any amount of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuels and has
a federally enforceable annual capacity factor of no more than 10
percent.
* * * * *
Load fraction means the actual heat input of a boiler or process
heater divided by heat input during the performance test that
established the minimum sorbent injection rate or minimum activated
carbon injection rate, expressed as a fraction (e.g., for 50 percent
load the load fraction is 0.5). For boilers and process heaters that
co-fire natural gas or refinery gas with a solid or liquid fuel, the
load fraction is determined by the actual heat input of the solid or
liquid fuel divided by heat input of the solid or liquid fuel fired
during the performance test (e.g., if the performance test was
conducted at 100 percent solid fuel firing, for 100 percent
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load firing 50 percent solid fuel and 50 percent natural gas the load
fraction is 0.5).
* * * * *
Oxygen trim system means a system of monitors that is used to
maintain excess air at the desired level in a combustion device over
its operating load range. A typical system consists of a flue gas
oxygen and/or CO monitor that automatically provides a feedback signal
to the combustion air controller or draft controller.
* * * * *
Shutdown means the period in which cessation of operation of a
boiler or process heater is initiated for any purpose. Shutdown begins
when the boiler or process heater no longer makes useful thermal energy
(such as heat or steam) for heating, cooling, or process purposes and/
or generates electricity or when no fuel is being fed to the boiler or
process heater, whichever is earlier. Shutdown ends when the boiler or
process heater no longer makes useful thermal energy (such as steam or
heat) for heating, cooling, or process purposes and/or generates
electricity, and no fuel is being combusted in the boiler or process
heater.
* * * * *
Startup means:
(1) Either the first-ever firing of fuel in a boiler or process
heater for the purpose of supplying steam or heat for heating and/or
producing electricity, or for any other purpose, or the firing of fuel
in a boiler after a shutdown event for any purpose. Startup ends when
any of the steam or heat from the boiler or process heater is supplied
for heating, and/or producing electricity, or for any other purpose, or
(2) The period in which operation of a boiler or process heater is
initiated for any purpose. Startup begins with either the first-ever
firing of fuel in a boiler or process heater for the purpose of
supplying useful thermal energy (such as steam or heat) for heating,
cooling or process purposes, or producing electricity, or the firing of
fuel in a boiler or process heater for any purpose after a shutdown
event. Startup ends four hours after when the boiler or process heater
makes useful thermal energy (such as heat or steam) for heating,
cooling, or process purposes, or generates electricity, whichever is
earlier.
Steam output means:
(1) For a boiler that produces steam for process or heating only
(no power generation), the energy content in terms of MMBtu of the
boiler steam output,
(2) For a boiler that cogenerates process steam and electricity
(also known as combined heat and power), the total energy output, which
is the sum of the energy content of the steam exiting the turbine and
sent to process in MMBtu and the energy of the electricity generated
converted to MMBtu at a rate of 10,000 Btu per kilowatt-hour generated
(10 MMBtu per megawatt-hour), and
(3) For a boiler that generates only electricity, the alternate
output-based emission limits would be the appropriate emission limit
from Table 1 or 2 of this subpart in units of pounds per million Btu
heat input (lb per MWh).
(4) For a boiler that performs multiple functions and produces
steam to be used for any combination of (1), (2) and (3) that includes
electricity generation (3), the total energy output, in terms of MMBtu
of steam output, is the sum of the energy content of steam sent
directly to the process and/or used for heating (S1), the
energy content of turbine steam sent to process plus energy in
electricity according to (2) above (S2), and the energy
content of electricity generated by a electricity only turbine as (3)
above (S3) and would be calculated using Equation 21 of this
section. In the case of boilers supplying steam to one or more common
heaters, S1, S2, and MW(3) for each
boiler would be calculated based on the its (steam energy) contribution
(fraction of total stam energy) to the common heater.
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP21JA15.007
Where:
SOM = Total steam output for multi-function boiler, MMBtu
S1 = Energy content of steam sent directly to the process
and/or used for heating, MMBtu
S2 = Energy content of turbine steam sent to the process
plus energy in electricity according to (2) above, MMBtu
MW(3) = Electricity generated according to (3) above, MWh
CFn = Conversion factor for the appropriate subcategory for
converting electricity generated according to (3) above to
equivalent steam energy, MMBtu/MWh
CFn for emission limits for boilers in the unit designed to burn
solid fuel subcategory = 10.8
CFn PM and CO emission limits for boilers in one of the
subcategories of units designed to burn coal = 11.7
CFn PM and CO emission limits for boilers in one of the
subcategories of units designed to burn biomass = 12.1
CFn for emission limits for boilers in one of the subcategories of
units designed to burn liquid fuel = 11.2
CFn for emission limits for boilers in the unit designed to burn gas
2 (other) subcategory = 6.2
* * * * *
Temporary boiler means any gaseous or liquid fuel boiler or process
heater that is designed to, and is capable of, being carried or moved
from one location to another by means of, for example, wheels, skids,
carrying handles, dollies, trailers, or platforms. A boiler or process
heater is not a temporary boiler or process heater if any one of the
following conditions exists:
(1) The equipment is attached to a foundation.
(2) The boiler or process heater or a replacement remains at a
location within the facility and performs the same or similar function
for more than 12 consecutive months, unless the regulatory agency
approves an extension. An extension may be granted by the regulating
agency upon petition by the owner or operator of a unit specifying the
basis for such a request. Any temporary boiler or process heater that
replaces a temporary boiler or process heater at a location and
performs the same or similar function will be included in calculating
the consecutive time period.
(3) The equipment is located at a seasonal facility and operates
during the full annual operating period of the seasonal facility,
remains at the facility for at least 2 years, and operates at that
facility for at least 3 months each year.
(4) The equipment is moved from one location to another within the
facility but continues to perform the same or similar function and
serve the same electricity, process heat, steam, and/or hot water
system in an attempt to circumvent the residence time requirements of
this definition.
* * * * *
Useful thermal energy means energy (i.e., steam, hot water, or
process heat) that meets the minimum operating temperature and/or
pressure required by any energy use system that uses energy provided by
the affected boiler or process heater.
* * * * *
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20. Table 1 to subpart DDDDD of part 63 is revised to read as follows:
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Table 1 to Subpart DDDDD of Part 63--Emission Limits for New or Reconstructed Boilers and Process Heaters
As Stated in Sec. 63.7500, You Must Comply With the Following Applicable Emission Limits:
[Units with heat input capacity of 10 million Btu per hour or greater]
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Or the emissions
The emissions must must not exceed the
If your boiler or process For the not exceed the following Using this specified
heater is in this subcategory following following emission alternative output- sampling volume or
. . . pollutants . . limits, except based limits, except test run duration .
. during startup and during startup and . .
shutdown . . . shutdown . . .
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1. Units in all subcategories a. HCl......... 2.2E-02 lb per MMBtu 2.5E-02 lb per MMBtu For M26A, collect a
designed to burn solid fuel.. of heat input. of steam output or minimum of 1 dscm
0.28 lb per MWh. per run; for M26
collect a minimum
of 120 liters per
run.
b. Mercury..... 8.0E-07 \a\ lb per 8.7E-07 \a\ lb per For M29, collect a
MMBtu of heat input. MMBtu of steam minimum of 4 dscm
output or 1.1E-05 per run; for M30A
\a\ lb per MWh. or M30B, collect a
minimum sample as
specified in the
method; for ASTM
D6784 \b\ collect a
minimum of 4 dscm.
2. Units designed to burn a. Filterable 1.1E-03 lb per MMBtu 1.1E-03 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
coal/solid fossil fuel. PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 3 dscm per run.
(2.3E-05 lb per 1.4E-02 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (2.7E-05 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 2.9E-04
lb per MWh).
3. Pulverized coal boilers a. Carbon 130 ppm by volume on 0.11 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
designed to burn coal/solid monoxide (CO) a dry basis steam output or 1.4 sampling time.
fossil fuel. (or CEMS). corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average; or
(320 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen \d\,
30-day rolling
average).
4. Stokers/others designed to a. CO (or CEMS) 130 ppm by volume on 0.12 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
burn coal/solid fossil fuel. a dry basis steam output or 1.4 sampling time.
corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average; or
(340 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen \d\,
30-day rolling
average).
5. Fluidized bed units a. CO (or CEMS) 130 ppm by volume on 0.11 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
designed to burn coal/solid a dry basis steam output or 1.4 sampling time.
fossil fuel. corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average; or
(230 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen \d\,
30-day rolling
average).
6. Fluidized bed units with a. CO (or CEMS) 140 ppm by volume on 1.2E-01 lb per MMBtu 1 hr minimum
an integrated heat exchanger a dry basis of steam output or sampling time.
designed to burn coal/solid corrected to 3 1.5 lb per MWh; 3-
fossil fuel. percent oxygen, 3- run average.
run average; or
(150 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen \d\,
30-day rolling
average).
7. Stokers/sloped grate/ a. CO (or CEMS) 620 ppm by volume on 5.8E-01 lb per MMBtu 1 hr minimum
others designed to burn wet a dry basis of steam output or sampling time.
biomass fuel. corrected to 3 6.8 lb per MWh; 3-
percent oxygen, 3- run average.
run average; or
(390 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen \d\,
30-day rolling
average).
b. Filterable 3.0E-02 lb per MMBtu 3.5E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 2 dscm per run.
(2.6E-05 lb per 4.2E-01 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (2.7E-05 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 3.7E-04
lb per MWh).
8. Stokers/sloped grate/ a. CO.......... 460 ppm by volume on 4.2E-01 lb per MMBtu 1 hr minimum
others designed to burn kiln- a dry basis of steam output or sampling time.
dried biomass fuel. corrected to 3 5.1 lb per MWh.
percent oxygen.
b. Filterable 3.0E-02 lb per MMBtu 3.5E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 2 dscm per run.
(4.0E-03 lb per 4.2E-01 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (4.2E-03 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 5.6E-02
lb per MWh).
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9. Fluidized bed units a. CO (or CEMS) 230 ppm by volume on 2.2E-01 lb per MMBtu 1 hr minimum
designed to burn biomass/bio- a dry basis of steam output or sampling time.
based solids. corrected to 3 2.6 lb per MWh; 3-
percent oxygen, 3- run average.
run average; or
(310 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen \d\,
30-day rolling
average).
b. Filterable 9.8E-03 lb per MMBtu 1.2E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 3 dscm per run.
(8.3E-05 \a\ lb per 0.14 lb per MWh; or
MMBtu of heat (1.1E-04 \a\ lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 1.2E-03
\a\ lb per MWh).
10. Suspension burners a. CO (or CEMS) 2,400 ppm by volume 1.9 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
designed to burn biomass/bio- on a dry basis steam output or 27 sampling time.
based solids. corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average; or
(2,000 ppm by
volume on a dry
basis corrected to
3 percent oxygen
\d\, 10-day rolling
average).
b. Filterable 3.0E-02 lb per MMBtu 3.1E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 2 dscm per run.
(6.5E-03 lb per 4.2E-01 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (6.6E-03 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 9.1E-02
lb per MWh).
11. Dutch Ovens/Pile burners a. CO (or CEMS) 330 ppm by volume on 3.5E-01 lb per MMBtu 1 hr minimum
designed to burn biomass/bio- a dry basis of steam output or sampling time.
based solids. corrected to 3 3.6 lb per MWh; 3-
percent oxygen, 3- run average.
run average; or
(520 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen \d\,
10-day rolling
average).
b. Filterable 3.2E-03 lb per MMBtu 4.3E-03 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 3 dscm per run.
(3.9E-05 lb per 4.5E-02 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (5.2E-05 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 5.5E-04
lb per MWh).
12. Fuel cell units designed a. CO.......... 910 ppm by volume on 1.1 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
to burn biomass/bio-based a dry basis steam output or sampling time.
solids. corrected to 3 1.0E+01 lb per MWh.
percent oxygen.
b. Filterable 2.0E-02 lb per MMBtu 3.0E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 2 dscm per run.
(2.9E-05 \a\ lb per 2.8E-01 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (5.1E-05 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 4.1E-04
lb per MWh).
13. Hybrid suspension grate a. CO (or CEMS) 1,100 ppm by volume 1.4 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
boiler designed to burn on a dry basis steam output or 12 sampling time.
biomass/bio-based solids. corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average; or
(900 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen \d\,
30-day rolling
average).
b. Filterable 2.6E-02 lb per MMBtu 3.3E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 3 dscm per run.
(4.4E-04 lb per 3.7E-01 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (5.5E-04 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 6.2E-03
lb per MWh).
14. Units designed to burn a. HCl......... 4.4E-04 lb per MMBtu 4.8E-04 lb per MMBtu For M26A: Collect a
liquid fuel. of heat input. of steam output or minimum of 2 dscm
6.1E-03 lb per MWh. per run; for M26,
collect a minimum
of 240 liters per
run.
b. Mercury..... 4.8E-07 \a\ lb per 5.3E-07 \a\ lb per For M29, collect a
MMBtu of heat input. MMBtu of steam minimum of 4 dscm
output or 6.7E-06 per run; for M30A
\a\ lb per MWh. or M30B, collect a
minimum sample as
specified in the
method; for ASTM
D6784 \b\ collect a
minimum of 4 dscm.
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15. Units designed to burn a. CO.......... 130 ppm by volume on 0.13 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
heavy liquid fuel. a dry basis steam output or 1.4 sampling time.
corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average.
b. Filterable 1.3E-02 lb per MMBtu 1.5E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 3 dscm per run.
(7.5E-05 lb per 1.8E-01 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (8.2E-05 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 1.1E-03
lb per MWh).
16. Units designed to burn a. CO.......... 130 ppm by volume on 0.13 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
light liquid fuel. a dry basis steam output or 1.4 sampling time.
corrected to 3 lb per MWh.
percent oxygen.
b. Filterable 1.1E-03 \a\ lb per 1.2E-03 \a\ lb per Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). MMBtu of heat MMBtu of steam 3 dscm per run.
input; or (2.9E-05 output or 1.6E-02
lb per MMBtu of \a\ lb per MWh; or
heat input). (3.2E-05 lb per
MMBtu of steam
output or 4.0E-04
lb per MWh).
17. Units designed to burn a. CO.......... 130 ppm by volume on 0.13 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
liquid fuel that are non- a dry basis steam output or 1.4 sampling time.
continental units. corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average based
on stack test.
b. Filterable 2.3E-02 lb per MMBtu 2.5E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 4 dscm per run.
(8.6E-04 lb per 3.2E-01 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (9.4E-04 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 1.2E-02
lb per MWh).
18. Units designed to burn a. CO.......... 130 ppm by volume on 0.16 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
gas 2 (other) gases. a dry basis steam output or 1.0 sampling time.
corrected to 3 lb per MWh.
percent oxygen.
b. HCl......... 1.7E-03 lb per MMBtu 2.9E-03 lb per MMBtu For M26A, Collect a
of heat input. of steam output or minimum of 2 dscm
1.8E-02 lb per MWh. per run; for M26,
collect a minimum
of 240 liters per
run.
c. Mercury..... 7.9E-06 lb per MMBtu 1.4E-05 lb per MMBtu For M29, collect a
of heat input. of steam output or minimum of 3 dscm
8.3E-05 lb per MWh. per run; for M30A
or M30B, collect a
minimum sample as
specified in the
method; for ASTM
D6784 \b\, collect
a minimum of 3
dscm.
d. Filterable 6.7E-03 lb per MMBtu 1.2E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 3 dscm per run.
(2.1E-04 lb per 7.0E-02 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (3.5E-04 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 2.2E-03
lb per MWh).
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\a\ If you are conducting stack tests to demonstrate compliance and your performance tests for this pollutant
for at least 2 consecutive years show that your emissions are at or below this limit, you can skip testing
according to Sec. 63.7515 if all of the other provisions of Sec. 63.7515 are met. For all other pollutants
that do not contain a footnote ``a'', your performance tests for this pollutant for at least 2 consecutive
years must show that your emissions are at or below 75 percent of this limit in order to qualify for skip
testing.
\b\ Incorporated by reference, see Sec. 63.14.
\c\ If your affected source is a new or reconstructed affected source that commenced construction or
reconstruction after June 4, 2010, and before January 31, 2013, you may comply with the emission limits in
Tables 11, 12 or 13 to this subpart until January 31, 2016. On and after January 31, 2016, you must comply
with the emission limits in Table 1 to this subpart.
\d\ An owner or operator may request that compliance with the carbon monoxide emission limit be determined using
carbon dioxide measurements corrected to an equivalent of 3 percent oxygen. The relationship between oxygen
and carbon dioxide levels for the affected facility shall be established during the initial compliance test.
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21. Table 2 to subpart DDDDD of part 63 is revised to read as follows:
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Table 2 to Subpart DDDDD of Part 63--Emission Limits for Existing Boilers and Process Heaters
As Stated in Sec. 63.7500, You Must Comply With the Following Applicable Emission Limits:
[Units with heat input capacity of 10 million Btu per hour or greater]
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The emissions must
The emissions must not exceed the
If your boiler or process For the not exceed the following Using this specified
heater is in this subcategory following following emission alternative output- sampling volume or
. . . pollutants . . limits, except based limits, except test run duration .
. during startup and during startup and . .
shutdown . . . shutdown . . .
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1. Units in all subcategories a. HCl......... 2.2E-02 lb per MMBtu 2.5E-02 lb per MMBtu For M26A, Collect a
designed to burn solid fuel. of heat input. of steam output or minimum of 1 dscm
0.27 lb per MWh. per run; for M26,
collect a minimum
of 120 liters per
run.
b. Mercury..... 5.7E-06 lb per MMBtu 6.4E-06 lb per MMBtu For M29, collect a
of heat input. of steam output or minimum of 3 dscm
7.3E-05 lb per MWh. per run; for M30A
or M30B, collect a
minimum sample as
specified in the
method; for ASTM
D6784 \b\ collect a
minimum of 3 dscm.
2. Units design to burn coal/ a. Filterable 4.0E-02 lb per MMBtu 4.2E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
solid fossil fuel. PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 2 dscm per run.
(5.3E-05 lb per 4.9E-01 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (5.6E-05 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 6.5E-04
lb per MWh).
3. Pulverized coal boilers a. CO (or CEMS) 130 ppm by volume on 0.11 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
designed to burn coal/solid a dry basis steam output or 1.4 sampling time.
fossil fuel. corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average; or
(320 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen,\c\
30-day rolling
average).
4. Stokers/others designed to a. CO (or CEMS) 160 ppm by volume on 0.14 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
burn coal/solid fossil fuel. a dry basis steam output or 1.7 sampling time.
corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average; or
(340 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen,\c\
30-day rolling
average).
5. Fluidized bed units a. CO (or CEMS) 130 ppm by volume on 0.12 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
designed to burn coal/solid a dry basis steam output or 1.4 sampling time.
fossil fuel. corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average; or
(230 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen,\c\
30-day rolling
average).
6. Fluidized bed units with a. CO (or CEMS) 140 ppm by volume on 1.3E-01 lb per MMBtu 1 hr minimum
an integrated heat exchanger a dry basis of steam output or sampling time.
designed to burn coal/solid corrected to 3 1.5 lb per MWh; 3-
fossil fuel. percent oxygen, 3- run average.
run average; or
(150 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen,\c\
30-day rolling
average).
7. Stokers/sloped grate/ a. CO (or CEMS) 1,500 ppm by volume 1.4 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
others designed to burn wet on a dry basis steam output or 17 sampling time.
biomass fuel. corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average; or
(720 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen,\c\
30-day rolling
average).
b. Filterable 3.7E-02 lb per MMBtu 4.3E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 2 dscm per run.
(2.4E-04 lb per 5.2E-01 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (2.8E-04 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 3.4E-04
lb per MWh).
8. Stokers/sloped grate/ a. CO.......... 460 ppm by volume on 4.2E-01 lb per MMBtu 1 hr minimum
others designed to burn kiln- a dry basis of steam output or sampling time.
dried biomass fuel. corrected to 3 5.1 lb per MWh.
percent oxygen.
b. Filterable 3.2E-01 lb per MMBtu 3.7E-01 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 1 dscm per run.
(4.0E-03 lb per 4.5 lb per MWh; or
MMBtu of heat (4.6E-03 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 5.6E-02
lb per MWh).
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9. Fluidized bed units a. CO (or CEMS) 470 ppm by volume on 4.6E-01 lb per MMBtu 1 hr minimum
designed to burn biomass/bio- a dry basis of steam output or sampling time.
based solid. corrected to 3 5.2 lb per MWh; 3-
percent oxygen, 3- run average.
run average; or
(310 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen,\c\
30-day rolling
average).
b. Filterable 1.1E-01 lb per MMBtu 1.4E-01 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 1 dscm per run.
(1.2E-03 lb per 1.6 lb per MWh; or
MMBtu of heat (1.5E-03 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 1.7E-02
lb per MWh).
10. Suspension burners a. CO (or CEMS) 2,400 ppm by volume 1.9 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
designed to burn biomass/bio- on a dry basis steam output or 27 sampling time.
based solid. corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average; or
(2,000 ppm by
volume on a dry
basis corrected to
3 percent
oxygen,\c\ 10-day
rolling average).
b. Filterable 5.1E-02 lb per MMBtu 5.2E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 2 dscm per run.
(6.5E-03 lb per 7.1E-01 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (6.6E-03 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 9.1E-02
lb per MWh).
11. Dutch Ovens/Pile burners a. CO (or CEMS) 770 ppm by volume on 8.4E-01 lb per MMBtu 1 hr minimum
designed to burn biomass/bio- a dry basis of steam output or sampling time.
based solid. corrected to 3 8.4 lb per MWh; 3-
percent oxygen, 3- run average.
run average; or
(520 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen,\c\
10-day rolling
average).
b. Filterable 2.8E-01 lb per MMBtu 3.9E-01 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 1 dscm per run.
(2.0E-03 lb per 3.9 lb per MWh; or
MMBtu of heat (2.8E-03 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 2.8E-02
lb per MWh).
12. Fuel cell units designed a. CO.......... 1,100 ppm by volume 2.4 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
to burn biomass/bio-based on a dry basis steam output or 12 sampling time.
solid. corrected to 3 lb per MWh.
percent oxygen.
b. Filterable 2.0E-02 lb per MMBtu 5.5E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 2 dscm per run.
(5.8E-03 lb per 2.8E-01 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (1.6E-02 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 8.1E-02
lb per MWh).
13. Hybrid suspension grate a. CO (or CEMS) 3,500 ppm by volume 3.5 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
units designed to burn on a dry basis steam output or 39 sampling time.
biomass/bio-based solid. corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average; or
(900 ppm by volume
on a dry basis
corrected to 3
percent oxygen,\c\
30-day rolling
average).
b. Filterable 4.4E-01 lb per MMBtu 5.5E-01 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 1 dscm per run.
(4.5E-04 lb per 6.2 lb per MWh; or
MMBtu of heat (5.7E-04 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 6.3E-03
lb per MWh).
14. Units designed to burn a. HCl......... 1.1E-03 lb per MMBtu 1.4E-03 lb per MMBtu For M26A, collect a
liquid fuel. of heat input. of steam output or minimum of 2 dscm
1.6E-02 lb per MWh. per run; for M26,
collect a minimum
of 240 liters per
run.
b. Mercury..... 2.0E-06 \a\ lb per 2.5E-06 \a\ lb per For M29, collect a
MMBtu of heat input. MMBtu of steam minimum of 3 dscm
output or 2.8E-05 per run; for M30A
lb per MWh. or M30B collect a
minimum sample as
specified in the
method, for ASTM
D6784, \b\ collect
a minimum of 2
dscm.
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15. Units designed to burn a. CO.......... 130 ppm by volume on 0.13 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
heavy liquid fuel. a dry basis steam output or 1.4 sampling time.
corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average.
b. Filterable 6.2E-02 lb per MMBtu 7.5E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 1 dscm per run.
(2.0E-04 lb per 8.6E-01 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (2.5E-04 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 2.8E-03
lb per MWh).
16. Units designed to burn a. CO.......... 130 ppm by volume on 0.13 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
light liquid fuel. a dry basis steam output or 1.4 sampling time.
corrected to 3 lb per MWh.
percent oxygen.
b. Filterable 7.9E-03 \a\ lb per 9.6E-03 \a\ lb per Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). MMBtu of heat MMBtu of steam 3 dscm per run.
input; or (6.2E-05 output or 1.1E-01
lb per MMBtu of \a\ lb per MWh; or
heat input). (7.5E-05 lb per
MMBtu of steam
output or 8.6E-04
lb per MWh).
17. Units designed to burn a. CO.......... 130 ppm by volume on 0.13 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
liquid fuel that are non- a dry basis steam output or 1.4 sampling time.
continental units. corrected to 3 lb per MWh; 3-run
percent oxygen, 3- average.
run average based
on stack test.
b. Filterable 2.7E-01 lb per MMBtu 3.3E-01 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input; or of steam output or 2 dscm per run.
(8.6E-04 lb per 3.8 lb per MWh; or
MMBtu of heat (1.1E-03 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 1.2E-02
lb per MWh).
18. Units designed to burn a. CO.......... 130 ppm by volume on 0.16 lb per MMBtu of 1 hr minimum
gas 2 (other) gases. a dry basis steam output or 1.0 sampling time.
corrected to 3 lb per MWh.
percent oxygen.
b. HCl......... 1.7E-03 lb per MMBtu 2.9E-03 lb per MMBtu For M26A, collect a
of heat input. of steam output or minimum of 2 dscm
1.8E-02 lb per MWh. per run; for M26,
collect a minimum
of 240 liters per
run.
c. Mercury..... 7.9E-06 lb per MMBtu 1.4E-05 lb per MMBtu For M29, collect a
of heat input. of steam output or minimum of 3 dscm
8.3E-05 lb per MWh. per run; for M30A
or M30B, collect a
minimum sample as
specified in the
method; for ASTM
D6784,\b\ collect a
minimum of 2 dscm.
d. Filterable 6.7E-03 lb per MMBtu 1.2E-02 lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of
PM (or TSM). of heat input or of steam output or 3 dscm per run.
(2.1E-04 lb per 7.0E-02 lb per MWh;
MMBtu of heat or (3.5E-04 lb per
input). MMBtu of steam
output or 2.2E-03
lb per MWh).
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\a\ If you are conducting stack tests to demonstrate compliance and your performance tests for this pollutant
for at least 2 consecutive years show that your emissions are at or below this limit, you can skip testing
according to Sec. 63.7515 if all of the other provisions of Sec. 63.7515 are met. For all other pollutants
that do not contain a footnote a, your performance tests for this pollutant for at least 2 consecutive years
must show that your emissions are at or below 75 percent of this limit in order to qualify for skip testing.
\b\ Incorporated by reference, see Sec. 63.14.
\c\ An owner or operator may request that compliance with the carbon monoxide emission limit be determined using
carbon dioxide measurements corrected to an equivalent of 3 percent oxygen. The relationship between oxygen
and carbon dioxide levels for the affected facility shall be established during the initial compliance test.
0
22. Table 3 to subpart DDDDD of part 63 is amended by revising the
entry for ``4,'' ``5,'' and ``6'' to read as follows:
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Table 3 to Subpart DDDDD of Part 63--Work Practice Standards
[As stated in Sec. 63.7500, you must comply with the following
applicable work practice standards:]
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If your unit is . . . You must meet the following . . .
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4. An existing boiler or Must have a one-time energy assessment
process heater located at a performed by a qualified energy
major source facility, not assessor. An energy assessment completed
including limited use units. on or after January 1, 2008, that meets
or is amended to meet the energy
assessment requirements in this table,
satisfies the energy assessment
requirement. A facility that operated
under an energy management program
developed according to the ENERGY STAR
guidelines for energy management or
compatible with ISO 50001 for at least
one year between January 1, 2008 and the
compliance date specified in Sec.
63.7495 that includes the affected units
also satisfies the energy assessment
requirement. The energy assessment must
include the following with extent of the
evaluation for items a. to e.
appropriate for the on-site technical
hours listed in Sec. 63.7575:
a. A visual inspection of the boiler or
process heater system.
b. An evaluation of operating
characteristics of the boiler or process
heater systems, specifications of energy
using systems, operating and maintenance
procedures, and unusual operating
constraints.
c. An inventory of major energy use
systems consuming energy from affected
boilers and process heaters and which
are under the control of the boiler/
process heater owner/operator.
d. A review of available architectural
and engineering plans, facility
operation and maintenance procedures and
logs, and fuel usage.
e. A review of the facility's energy
management program and provide
recommendations for improvements
consistent with the definition of energy
management program, if identified.
f. A list of cost-effective energy
conservation measures that are within
the facility's control.
g. A list of the energy savings potential
of the energy conservation measures
identified.
h. A comprehensive report detailing the
ways to improve efficiency, the cost of
specific improvements, benefits, and the
time frame for recouping those
investments.
5. An existing or new boiler a. You must operate all CMS during
or process heater subject to startup.
emission limits in Table 1
or 2 or 11 through 13 to
this subpart during startup.
b. For startup of a boiler or process
heater, you must use one or a
combination of the following clean
fuels: Natural gas, synthetic natural
gas, propane, other Gas 1 fuels,
distillate oil, syngas, ultra-low sulfur
diesel, fuel oil-soaked rags, kerosene,
hydrogen, paper, cardboard, refinery
gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and any
fuels meeting the appropriate HCl,
mercury and TSM emission standards by
fuel analysis.
c. You have the option of complying using
either of the following work practice
standards.
(1) If you start firing coal/solid fossil
fuel, biomass/bio-based solids, heavy
liquid fuel, or gas 2 (other) gases, you
must vent emissions to the main stack(s)
and engage all of the applicable control
devices except limestone injection in
fluidized bed combustion (FBC) boilers,
dry scrubber, fabric filter, selective
non-catalytic reduction (SNCR), and
selective catalytic reduction (SCR). You
must start your limestone injection in
FBC boilers, dry scrubber, fabric
filter, SNCR, and SCR systems as
expeditiously as possible. Startup ends
when steam or heat is supplied for any
purpose, OR
(2) If you choose to comply using
definition (2) of ``startup'' in Sec.
63.7575, once you start firing (i.e.,
feeding) coal/solid fossil fuel, biomass/
bio-based solids, heavy liquid fuel, or
gas 2 (other) gases, you must vent
emissions to the main stack(s) and
engage all of the applicable control
devices so as to comply with the
emission limits within 4 hours of start
of supplying useful thermal energy. You
must effect PM control within one hour
of first firing coal/solid fossil fuel,
biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid
fuel, or gas 2 (other) gases \a\. You
must start all applicable control
devices as expeditiously as possible,
but, in any case, when necessary to
comply with other standards applicable
to the source by a permit limit or a
rule other than this subpart that
require operation of the control
devices.
d. You must comply with all applicable
emission limits at all times except
during startup and shutdown periods at
which time you must meet this work
practice. You must collect monitoring
data during periods of startup, as
specified in Sec. 63.7535(b). You must
keep records during periods of startup.
You must provide reports concerning
activities and periods of startup, as
specified in Sec. 63.7555.
6. An existing or new boiler You must operate all CMS during shutdown.
or process heater subject to While firing coal/solid fossil fuel,
emission limits in Tables 1 biomass/bio-based solids, heavy liquid
or 2 or 11 through 13 to fuel, or gas 2 (other) gases during
this subpart during shutdown. shutdown, you must vent emissions to the
main stack(s) and operate all applicable
control devices, except limestone
injection in FBC boilers, dry scrubber,
fabric filter, SNCR, and SCR but, in any
case, when necessary to comply with
other standards applicable to the source
that require operation of the control
device.
If, in addition to the fuel used prior to
initiation of shutdown, another fuel
must be used to support the shutdown
process, that additional fuel must be
one or a combination of the following
clean fuels: Natural gas, synthetic
natural gas, propane, other Gas 1 fuels,
distillate oil, syngas, ultra-low sulfur
diesel, refinery gas, and liquefied
petroleum gas.
You must comply with all applicable
emissions limits at all times except for
startup or shutdown periods conforming
with this work practice. You must
collect monitoring data during periods
of shutdown, as specified in Sec.
63.7535(b). You must keep records during
periods of shutdown. You must provide
reports concerning activities and
periods of shutdown, as specified in
Sec. 63.7555.
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\a\ The source may request a variance with the PM controls requirement.
The source must provide evidence that (1) meeting the ``fuel firing +
1 hour'' requirement violates manufacturer's recommended operation and/
or safety requirements, and (2) the PM control device is appropriately
designed and sized to meet the filterable PM emission limit.
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23. Table 4 to subpart DDDDD of part 63 is revised to read as follows:
Table 4 to Subpart DDDDD of Part 63--Operating Limits for Boilers and
Process Heaters
[As stated in Sec. 63.7500, you must comply with the applicable
operating limits:]
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When complying with a Table
1, 2, 11, 12, or 13 numerical You must meet these operating limits . .
emission limit using . . . .
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1. Wet PM scrubber control on Maintain the 30-day rolling average
a boiler or process heater pressure drop and the 30-day rolling
not using a PM CPMS. average liquid flow rate at or above the
lowest one-hour average pressure drop
and the lowest one-hour average liquid
flow rate, respectively, measured during
the most recent performance test
demonstrating compliance with the PM
emission limitation according to Sec.
63.7530(b) and Table 7 to this subpart.
2. Wet acid gas (HCl) Maintain the 30-day rolling average
scrubber control on a boiler effluent pH at or above the lowest one-
or process heater not using hour average pH and the 30-day rolling
a HCl CEMS. average liquid flow rate at or above the
lowest one-hour average liquid flow rate
measured during the most recent
performance test demonstrating
compliance with the HCl emission
limitation according to Sec.
63.7530(b) and Table 7 to this subpart.
3. Fabric filter control on a a. Maintain opacity to less than or equal
boiler or process heater not to 10 percent opacity (daily block
using a PM CPMS. average); or
b. Install and operate a bag leak
detection system according to Sec.
63.7525 and operate the fabric filter
such that the bag leak detection system
alert is not activated more than 5
percent of the operating time during
each 6-month period.
4. Electrostatic precipitator a. This option is for boilers and process
control on a boiler or heaters that operate dry control systems
process heater not using a (i.e., an ESP without a wet scrubber).
PM CPMS. Existing and new boilers and process
heaters must maintain opacity to less
than or equal to 10 percent opacity
(daily block average).
b. This option is only for boilers and
process heaters not subject to PM CPMS
or continuous compliance with an opacity
limit (i.e., dry ESP). Maintain the 30-
day rolling average total secondary
electric power input of the
electrostatic precipitator at or above
the operating limits established during
the performance test according to Sec.
63.7530(b) and Table 7 to this subpart.
5. Dry scrubber or carbon Maintain the minimum sorbent or carbon
injection control on a injection rate as defined in Sec.
boiler or process heater not 63.7575 of this subpart.
using a mercury CEMS.
6. Any other add-on air This option is for boilers and process
pollution control type on a heaters that operate dry control
boiler or process heater not systems. Existing and new boilers and
using a PM CPMS. process heaters must maintain opacity to
less than or equal to 10 percent opacity
(daily block average).
7. Fuel analysis............. Maintain the fuel type or fuel mixture
such that the applicable emission rates
calculated according to Sec.
63.7530(c)(1), (2) and/or (3) is less
than the applicable emission limits.
8. Performance testing....... For boilers and process heaters that
demonstrate compliance with a
performance test, maintain the operating
load of each unit such that it does not
exceed 110 percent of the highest hourly
average operating load recorded during
the most recent performance test.
9. Oxygen analyzer system.... For boilers and process heaters subject
to a CO emission limit that demonstrate
compliance with an O2 analyzer system as
specified in Sec. 63.7525(a), maintain
the 30-day rolling average oxygen
content at or above the lowest hourly
average oxygen concentration measured
during the most recent CO performance
test, as specified in Table 8. This
requirement does not apply to units that
install an oxygen trim system since
these units will set the trim system to
the level specified in Sec.
63.7525(a).
10. SO2CEMS.................. For boilers or process heaters subject to
an HCl emission limit that demonstrate
compliance with an SO2CEMS, maintain the
30-day rolling average SO2emission rate
at or below the highest hourly average
SO2concentration measured during the
most recent HCl performance test, as
specified in Table 8.
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24. Table 5 to subpart DDDDD of part 63 is amended by revising the
heading to the third column and adding the footnote ``a'' to read as
follows:
Table 5 to Subpart DDDDD of Part 63--Performance Testing Requirements
[As stated in Sec. 63.7520, you must comply with the following
requirements for performance testing for existing, new or reconstructed
affected sources:]
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To conduct a performance test
for the following pollutant . . You must . . . Using, as
. appropriate . . .
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\a\ Incorporated by reference, see Sec. 63.14.
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25. Table 6 to subpart DDDDD of part 63 is revised to read as follows:
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Table 6 to Subpart DDDDD of Part 63--Fuel Analysis Requirements
[As stated in Sec. 63.7521, you must comply with the following requirements for fuel analysis testing for
existing, new or reconstructed affected sources. However, equivalent methods (as defined in Sec. 63.7575) may
be used in lieu of the prescribed methods at the discretion of the source owner or operator:]
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To conduct a fuel analysis for the
following pollutant . . . You must . . . Using . . .
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1. Mercury......................... a. Collect fuel samples.... Procedure in Sec. 63.7521(c) or ASTM D5192
\a\, or ASTM D7430 \a\, or ASTM D6883 \a\, or
ASTM D2234/D2234M \a\ (for coal) or EPA 1631
or EPA 1631E or ASTM D6323 \a\ (for solid),
or EPA 821-R-01-013 (for liquid or solid), or
ASTM D4177 \a\ (for liquid), or ASTM D4057
\a\ (for liquid), or equivalent.
b. Composite fuel samples.. Procedure in Sec. 63.7521(d) or equivalent.
c. Prepare composited fuel EPA SW-846-3050B \a\ (for solid samples), ASTM
samples. D2013/D2013M \a\ (for coal), ASTM D5198 \a\
(for biomass), or EPA 3050 \a\ (for solid
fuel), or EPA 821-R-01-013 \a\ (for liquid or
solid), or equivalent.
d. Determine heat content ASTM D5865 \a\ (for coal) or ASTM E711 \a\
of the fuel type. (for biomass), or ASTM D5864 \a\ for liquids
and other solids, or ASTM D240 \a\ or
equivalent.
e. Determine moisture ASTM D3173 \a\, ASTM E871 \a\, or ASTM D5864
content of the fuel type. \a\, or ASTM D240, or ASTM D95 \a\ (for
liquid fuels), or ASTM D4006 \a\ (for liquid
fuels), or ASTM D4177 \a\ (for liquid fuels)
or ASTM D4057 \a\ (for liquid fuels), or
equivalent.
f. Measure mercury ASTM D6722 \a\ (for coal), EPA SW-846-7471B
concentration in fuel \a\ (for solid samples), or EPA SW-846-7470A
sample. \a\ (for liquid samples), or equivalent.
g. Convert concentration Equation 8 in Sec. 63.7530.
into units of pounds of
mercury per MMBtu of heat
content.
2. HCl............................. a. Collect fuel samples.... Procedure in Sec. 63.7521(c) or ASTM D5192
\a\, or ASTM D7430 \a\, or ASTM D6883 \a\, or
ASTM D2234/D2234M \a\ (for coal) or ASTM
D6323 \a\ (for coal or biomass), ASTM D4177
\a\ (for liquid fuels) or ASTM D4057 \a\ (for
liquid fuels), or equivalent.
b. Composite fuel samples.. Procedure in Sec. 63.7521(d) or equivalent.
c. Prepare composited fuel EPA SW-846-3050B \a\ (for solid samples), ASTM
samples. D2013/D2013M \a\ (for coal), or ASTM D5198
\a\ (for biomass), or EPA 3050 \a\ or
equivalent.
d. Determine heat content ASTM D5865 \a\ (for coal) or ASTM E711 \a\
of the fuel type. (for biomass), ASTM D5864, ASTM D240 \a\ or
equivalent.
e. Determine moisture ASTM D3173 \a\ or ASTM E871 \a\, or D5864 \a\,
content of the fuel type. or ASTM D240 \a\, or ASTM D95 \a\ (for liquid
fuels), or ASTM D4006 \a\ (for liquid fuels),
or ASTM D4177 \a\ (for liquid fuels) or ASTM
D4057 \a\ (for liquid fuels) or equivalent.
f. Measure chlorine EPA SW-846-9250 \a\, ASTM D6721 \a\, ASTM
concentration in fuel D4208 \a\ (for coal), or EPA SW-846-5050 \a\
sample. or ASTM E776 \a\ (for solid fuel), or EPA SW-
846-9056 \a\ or SW-846-9076 \a\ (for solids
or liquids) or equivalent.
g. Convert concentrations Equation 7 in Sec. 63.7530.
into units of pounds of
HCl per MMBtu of heat
content.
3. Mercury Fuel Specification for a. Measure mercury Method 30B (M30B) at 40 CFR part 60, appendix
other gas 1 fuels. concentration in the fuel A-8 of this chapter or ASTM D5954 \a\, ASTM
sample and convert to D6350 \a\, ISO 6978-1:2003(E) \a\, or ISO
units of micrograms per 6978-2:2003(E) \a\, or EPA-1631 \a\ or
cubic meter, or. equivalent.
b. Measure mercury Method 29, 30A, or 30B (M29, M30A, or M30B) at
concentration in the 40 CFR part 60, appendix A-8 of this chapter
exhaust gas when firing or Method 101A or Method 102 at 40 CFR part
only the other gas 1 fuel 61, appendix B of this chapter, or ASTM
is fired in the boiler or Method D6784 \a\ or equivalent.
process heater.
4. TSM............................. a. Collect fuel samples.... Procedure in Sec. 63.7521(c) or ASTM D5192
\a\, or ASTM D7430 \a\, or ASTM D6883 \a\, or
ASTM D2234/D2234M \a\ (for coal) or ASTM
D6323 \a\ (for coal or biomass), or ASTM
D4177 \a\, (for liquid fuels)or ASTM D4057
\a\ (for liquid fuels), or equivalent.
b. Composite fuel samples.. Procedure in Sec. 63.7521(d) or equivalent.
c. Prepare composited fuel EPA SW-846-3050B \a\ (for solid samples), ASTM
samples. D2013/D2013M \a\ (for coal), ASTM D5198 \a\
or TAPPI T266 \a\ (for biomass), or EPA 3050
\a\ or equivalent.
d. Determine heat content ASTM D5865 \a\ (for coal) or ASTM E711 \a\
of the fuel type. (for biomass), or ASTM D5864 \a\ for liquids
and other solids, or ASTM D240 \a\ or
equivalent.
e. Determine moisture ASTM D3173 \a\ or ASTM E871 \a\, or D5864, or
content of the fuel type. ASTM D240 \a\, or ASTM D95 \a\ (for liquid
fuels), or ASTM D4006 \a\ (for liquid fuels),
or ASTM D4177 \a\ (for liquid fuels) or ASTM
D4057 \a\ (for liquid fuels), or equivalent.
f. Measure TSM ASTM D3683 \a\, or ASTM D4606 \a\, or ASTM
concentration in fuel D6357 \a\ or EPA 200.8 \a\ or EPA SW-846-6020
sample. \a\, or EPA SW-846-6020A \a\, or EPA SW-846-
6010C \a\, EPA 7060 \a\ or EPA 7060A \a\ (for
arsenic only), or EPA SW-846-7740\a\ (for
selenium only).
g. Convert concentrations Equation 9 in Sec. 63.7530.
into units of pounds of
TSM per MMBtu of heat
content.
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\a\ Incorporated by reference, see Sec. 63.14.
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26. Table 7 to subpart DDDDD of part 63 is revised to read as follows:
Table 7 to Subpart DDDDD of Part 63--Establishing Operating Limits
[As stated in Sec. 63.7520, you must comply with the following requirements for establishing operating
limits:]
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And your
If you have an applicable operating According to the
emission limit for . . . limits are You must . . . Using . . . following
based on . . . requirements
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1. PM, TSM, or mercury....... a. Wet scrubber i. Establish a site- (1) Data from the (a) You must collect
operating specific minimum scrubber pressure scrubber pressure
parameters. scrubber pressure drop and liquid drop and liquid
drop and minimum flow rate monitors flow rate data
flow rate operating and the PM, TSM, or every 15 minutes
limit according to mercury performance during the entire
Sec. 63.7530(b). test. period of the
performance tests.
(b) Determine the
lowest hourly
average scrubber
pressure drop and
liquid flow rate by
computing the
hourly averages
using all of the 15-
minute readings
taken during each
performance test.
b. i. Establish a site- (1) Data from the (a) You must collect
Electrostatic specific minimum voltage and secondary voltage
precipitator total secondary secondary amperage and secondary
operating electric power monitors during the amperage for each
parameters input according to PM or mercury ESP cell and
(option only Sec. 63.7530(b). performance test. calculate total
for units that secondary electric
operate wet power input data
scrubbers). every 15 minutes
during the entire
period of the
performance tests.
(b) Determine the
average total
secondary electric
power input by
computing the
hourly averages
using all of the 15-
minute readings
taken during each
performance test.
2. HCl....................... a. Wet scrubber i. Establish site- (1) Data from the pH (a) You must collect
operating specific minimum and liquid flow- pH and liquid flow-
parameters. effluent pH and rate monitors and rate data every 15
flow rate operating the HCl performance minutes during the
limits according to test. entire period of
Sec. 63.7530(b). the performance
tests.
(b) Determine the
hourly average pH
and liquid flow
rate by computing
the hourly averages
using all of the 15-
minute readings
taken during each
performance test.
b. Dry scrubber i. Establish a site- (1) Data from the (a) You must collect
operating specific minimum sorbent injection sorbent injection
parameters. sorbent injection rate monitors and rate data every 15
rate operating HCl or mercury minutes during the
limit according to performance test. entire period of
Sec. 63.7530(b). the performance
If different acid tests.
gas sorbents are
used during the HCl
performance test,
the average value
for each sorbent
becomes the site-
specific operating
limit for that
sorbent.
(b) Determine the
hourly average
sorbent injection
rate by computing
the hourly averages
using all of the 15-
minute readings
taken during each
performance test.
(c) Determine the
lowest hourly
average of the
three test run
averages
established during
the performance
test as your
operating limit.
When your unit
operates at lower
loads, multiply
your sorbent
injection rate by
the load fraction,
as defined in Sec.
63.7575, to
determine the
required injection
rate.
c. Alternative i. Establish a site- (1) Data from SO2 (a) You must collect
Maximum SO2 specific maximum CEMS and the HCl the SO2 emissions
emission rate. SO2 emission rate performance test. data according to
operating limit Sec. 63.7525(m)
according to Sec. during the most
63.7530(b). recent HCl
performance tests.
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(b) The maximum SO2
emission rate is
equal to the
highest hourly
average SO2
emission rate
measured during the
most recent HCl
performance tests.
3. Mercury................... a. Activated i. Establish a site- (1) Data from the (a) You must collect
carbon specific minimum activated carbon activated carbon
injection. activated carbon rate monitors and injection rate data
injection rate mercury performance every 15 minutes
operating limit test. during the entire
according to Sec. period of the
63.7530(b). performance tests.
(b) Determine the
hourly average
activated carbon
injection rate by
computing the
hourly averages
using all of the 15-
minute readings
taken during each
performance test.
(c) Determine the
lowest hourly
average established
during the
performance test as
your operating
limit. When your
unit operates at
lower loads,
multiply your
activated carbon
injection rate by
the load fraction,
as defined in Sec.
63.7575, to
determine the
required injection
rate.
4. Carbon monoxide for which a. Oxygen...... i. Establish a unit- (1) Data from the (a) You must collect
compliance is demonstrated specific limit for oxygen analyzer oxygen data every
by a performance test. minimum oxygen system specified in 15 minutes during
level according to Sec. 63.7525(a). the entire period
Sec. 63.7530(b). of the performance
tests.
(b) Determine the
hourly average
oxygen
concentration by
computing the
hourly averages
using all of the 15-
minute readings
taken during each
performance test.
(c) Determine the
lowest hourly
average established
during the
performance test as
your minimum
operating limit.
5. Any pollutant for which a. Boiler or i. Establish a unit (1) Data from the (a) You must collect
compliance is demonstrated process heater specific limit for operating load operating load or
by a performance test. operating load. maximum operating monitors or from steam generation
load according to steam generation data every 15
Sec. 63.7520(c). monitors. minutes during the
entire period of
the performance
test.
(b) Determine the
average operating
load by computing
the hourly averages
using all of the 15-
minute readings
taken during each
performance test.
(c) Determine the
average of the
three test run
averages during the
performance test,
and multiply this
by 1.1 (110
percent) as your
operating limit.
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27. Table 8 to subpart DDDDD of part 63 is amended by revising the
entry for ``3,'' ``9,'' ``10,'' and ``11'' to read as follows:
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Table 8 to Subpart DDDDD of Part 63--Demonstrating Continuous Compliance
[As stated in Sec. 63.7540, you must show continuous compliance with
the emission limitations for each boiler or process heater according to
the following:]
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If you must meet the
following operating limits or You must demonstrate continuous
work practice standards . . . compliance by . . .
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* * * * *
3. Fabric Filter Bag Leak Installing and operating a bag leak
Detection Operation. detection system according to Sec.
63.7525 and operating the fabric filter
such that the requirements in Sec.
63.7540(a)(7) are met.
* * * * *
9. Oxygen content............ a. Continuously monitor the oxygen
content using an oxygen analyzer system
according to Sec. 63.7525(a). This
requirement does not apply to units that
install an oxygen trim system since
these units will set the trim system to
the level specified in Sec.
63.7525(a)(7).
b. Reducing the data to 30-day rolling
averages; and
c. Maintain the 30-day rolling average
oxygen content at or above the lowest
hourly average oxygen level measured
during the most recent CO performance
test.
10. Boiler or process heater a. Collecting operating load data or
operating load. steam generation data every 15 minutes.
b. Reducing the data to 30-day rolling
averages; and
b. Maintaining the 30-day rolling average
operating load such that it does not
exceed 110 percent of the highest hourly
average operating load recorded during
the most recent performance test
according to Sec. 63.7520(c).
11. SO2emissions using a. Collecting the SO2CEMS output data
SO2CEMS. according to Sec. 63.7525;
b. Reducing the data to 30-day rolling
averages; and
c. Maintaining the 30-day rolling average
SO2CEMS emission rate to a level at or
below the highest hourly SO2rate
measured during the most recent HCl
performance test according to Sec.
63.7530.
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0
28. Table 9 to subpart DDDDD of part 63 is revised to read as follows:
Table 9 to Subpart DDDDD of Part 63--Reporting Requirements
[As stated in Sec. 63.7550, you must comply with the following
requirements for reports:]
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You must submit
You must submit a(n) The report must contain . the report . .
. . .
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Compliance report........ a. Information required Semiannually,
in Sec. 63.7550(c)(1) annually,
through (5); and. biennially, or
every 5 years
according to
the
requirements
in Sec.
63.7550(b).
b. If there are no
deviations from any
emission limitation
(emission limit and
operating limit) that
applies to you and there
are no deviations from
the requirements for
work practice standards
for periods of startup
and shutdown in Table 3
to this subpart that
apply to you, a
statement that there
were no deviations from
the emission limitations
and work practice
standards during the
reporting period. If
there were no periods
during which the CMSs,
including continuous
emissions monitoring
system, continuous
opacity monitoring
system, and operating
parameter monitoring
systems, were out-of-
control as specified in
Sec. 63.8(c)(7), a
statement that there
were no periods during
which the CMSs were out-
of-control during the
reporting period; and.
c. If you have a
deviation from any
emission limitation
(emission limit and
operating limit) where
you are not using a CMS
to comply with that
emission limit or
operating limit, or a
deviation from a work
practice standard for
periods of startup and
shutdown, during the
reporting period, the
report must contain the
information in Sec.
63.7550(d); and.
d. If there were periods
during which the CMSs,
including continuous
emissions monitoring
system, continuous
opacity monitoring
system, and operating
parameter monitoring
systems, were out-of-
control as specified in
Sec. 63.8(c)(7), or
otherwise not operating,
the report must contain
the information in Sec.
63.7550(e).
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* * * * *
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29. Table 11 to subpart DDDDD of part 63 is revised to read as follows:
[[Page 3126]]
Table 11 to Subpart DDDDD of Part 63--Alternative Emission Limits for New or Reconstructed Boilers and Process
Heaters That Commenced Construction or Reconstruction After June 4, 2010, and Before May 20, 2011
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The emissions must not
exceed the following
If your boiler or process heater is For the following emission limits, except Using this specified
in this subcategory . . . pollutants . . . during periods of sampling volume or test
startup and shutdown . run duration . . .
. .
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1. Units in all subcategories a. HCl................. 0.022 lb per MMBtu of For M26A, collect a
designed to burn solid fuel. heat input. minimum of 1 dscm per
run; for M26 collect a
minimum of 120 liters
per run.
2. Units in all subcategories a. Mercury............. 8.0E-07 \a\ lb per For M29, collect a
designed to burn solid fuel that MMBtu of heat input. minimum of 4 dscm per
combust at least 10 percent biomass/ run; for M30A or M30B,
bio-based solids on an annual heat collect a minimum
input basis and less than 10 percent sample as specified in
coal/solid fossil fuels on an annual the method; for ASTM
heat input basis. D6784 \b\ collect a
minimum of 4 dscm.
3. Units in all subcategories a. Mercury............. 2.0E-06 lb per MMBtu of For M29, collect a
designed to burn solid fuel that heat input. minimum of 4 dscm per
combust at least 10 percent coal/ run; for M30A or M30B,
solid fossil fuels on an annual heat collect a minimum
input basis and less than 10 percent sample as specified in
biomass/bio-based solids on an the method; for ASTM
annual heat input basis. D6784 \b\ collect a
minimum of 4 dscm.
4. Units design to burn coal/solid a. Filterable PM (or 1.1E-03 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 3
fossil fuel. TSM). heat input; or (2.3E- dscm per run.
05 lb per MMBtu of
heat input).
5. Pulverized coal boilers designed a. Carbon monoxide (CO) 130 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
to burn coal/solid fossil fuel. (or CEMS). dry basis corrected to time.
3 percent oxygen, 3-
run average; or (320
ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3
percent oxygen \c\, 30-
day rolling average).
6. Stokers designed to burn coal/ a. CO (or CEMS)........ 130 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
solid fossil fuel. dry basis corrected to time.
3 percent oxygen, 3-
run average; or (340
ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3
percent oxygen \c\, 10-
day rolling average).
7. Fluidized bed units designed to a. CO (or CEMS)........ 130 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
burn coal/solid fossil fuel. dry basis corrected to time
3 percent oxygen, 3-
run average; or (230
ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3
percent oxygen \c\, 30-
day rolling average).
8. Fluidized bed units with an a. CO (or CEMS)........ 140 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
integrated heat exchanger designed dry basis corrected to time.
to burn coal/solid fossil fuel. 3 percent oxygen, 3-
run average; or (150
ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3
percent oxygen \c\, 30-
day rolling average).
9. Stokers/sloped grate/others a. CO (or CEMS)........ 620 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
designed to burn wet biomass fuel. dry basis corrected to time.
3 percent oxygen, 3-
run average; or (390
ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3
percent oxygen \c\, 30-
day rolling average).
b. Filterable PM (or 3.0E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 2
TSM). heat input; or (2.6E- dscm per run.
05 lb per MMBtu of
heat input).
10. Stokers/sloped grate/others a. CO.................. 560 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
designed to burn kiln-dried biomass dry basis corrected to time.
fuel. 3 percent oxygen.
b. Filterable PM (or 3.0E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 2
TSM). heat input; or (4.0E- dscm per run.
03 lb per MMBtu of
heat input).
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11. Fluidized bed units designed to a. CO (or CEMS)........ 230 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
burn biomass/bio-based solids. dry basis corrected to time.
3 percent oxygen, 3-
run average; or (310
ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3
percent oxygen \c\, 30-
day rolling average).
b. Filterable PM (or 9.8E-03 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 3
TSM). heat input; or (8.3E- dscm per run.
05 \a\ lb per MMBtu of
heat input).
12. Suspension burners designed to a. CO (or CEMS)........ 2,400 ppm by volume on 1 hr minimum sampling
burn biomass/bio-based solids. a dry basis corrected time.
to 3 percent oxygen, 3-
run average; or (2,000
ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3
percent oxygen \c\, 10-
day rolling average).
b. Filterable PM (or 3.0E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 2
TSM). heat input; or (6.5E- dscm per run.
03 lb per MMBtu of
heat input).
13. Dutch Ovens/Pile burners designed a. CO (or CEMS)........ 1,010 ppm by volume on 1 hr minimum sampling
to burn biomass/bio-based solids. a dry basis corrected time.
to 3 percent oxygen, 3-
run average; or (520
ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3
percent oxygen \c\, 10-
day rolling average).
b. Filterable PM (or 8.0E-03 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 3
TSM). heat input; or (3.9E- dscm per run.
05 lb per MMBtu of
heat input).
14. Fuel cell units designed to burn a. CO.................. 910 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
biomass/bio-based solids. dry basis corrected to time.
3 percent oxygen.
b. Filterable PM (or 2.0E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 2
TSM). heat input; or (2.9E- dscm per run.
05 lb per MMBtu of
heat input).
15. Hybrid suspension grate boiler a. CO (or CEMS)........ 1,100 ppm by volume on 1 hr minimum sampling
designed to burn biomass/bio-based a dry basis corrected time.
solids. to 3 percent oxygen, 3-
run average; or (900
ppm by volume on a dry
basis corrected to 3
percent oxygen \c\, 30-
day rolling average).
b. Filterable PM (or 2.6E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 3
TSM). heat input; or (4.4E- dscm per run.
04 lb per MMBtu of
heat input).
16. Units designed to burn liquid a. HCl................. 4.4E-04 lb per MMBtu of For M26A: Collect a
fuel. heat input. minimum of 2 dscm per
run; for M26, collect
a minimum of 240
liters per run.
b. Mercury............. 4.8E-07 \a\ lb per For M29, collect a
MMBtu of heat input. minimum of 4 dscm per
run; for M30A or M30B,
collect a minimum
sample as specified in
the method; for ASTM
D6784 \b\ collect a
minimum of 4 dscm.
17. Units designed to burn heavy a. CO.................. 130 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
liquid fuel. dry basis corrected to time.
3 percent oxygen, 3-
run average.
b. Filterable PM (or 1.3E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 3
TSM). heat input; or (7.5E- dscm per run.
05 lb per MMBtu of
heat input).
18. Units designed to burn light a. CO.................. 130 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
liquid fuel. dry basis corrected to time.
3 percent oxygen.
b. Filterable PM (or 2.0E-03 \a\ lb per Collect a minimum of 3
TSM). MMBtu of heat input; dscm per run.
or (2.9E-05 lb per
MMBtu of heat input).
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19. Units designed to burn liquid a. CO.................. 130 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
fuel that are non-continental units. dry basis corrected to time.
3 percent oxygen, 3-
run average based on
stack test.
b. Filterable PM (or 2.3E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 4
TSM). heat input; or (8.6E- dscm per run.
04 lb per MMBtu of
heat input).
20. Units designed to burn gas 2 a. CO.................. 130 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
(other) gases. dry basis corrected to time.
3 percent oxygen.
b. HCl................. 1.7E-03 lb per MMBtu of For M26A, Collect a
heat input. minimum of 2 dscm per
run; for M26, collect
a minimum of 240
liters per run.
c. Mercury............. 7.9E-06 lb per MMBtu of For M29, collect a
heat input. minimum of 3 dscm per
run; for M30A or M30B,
collect a minimum
sample as specified in
the method; for ASTM
D6784 \b\ collect a
minimum of 3 dscm.
d. Filterable PM (or 6.7E-03 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 3
TSM). heat input; or (2.1E- dscm per run.
04 lb per MMBtu of
heat input).
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\a\ If you are conducting stack tests to demonstrate compliance and your performance tests for this pollutant
for at least 2 consecutive years show that your emissions are at or below this limit, you can skip testing
according to Sec. 63.7515 if all of the other provision of Sec. 63.7515 are met. For all other pollutants
that do not contain a footnote ``a'', your performance tests for this pollutant for at least 2 consecutive
years must show that your emissions are at or below 75 percent of this limit in order to qualify for skip
testing.
\b\ Incorporated by reference, see Sec. 63.14.
\c\ An owner or operator may request that compliance with the carbon monoxide emission limit be determined using
carbon dioxide measurements corrected to an equivalent of 3 percent oxygen. The relationship between oxygen
and carbon dioxide levels for the affected facility shall be established during the initial compliance test.
0
29. Table 12 to subpart DDDDD of part 63 is revised to read as follows:
Table 12 to Subpart DDDDD of Part 63--Alternative Emission Limits for New or Reconstructed Boilers and Process
Heaters That Commenced Construction or Reconstruction After May 20, 2011, and Before December 23, 2011
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The emissions must not
exceed the following Using this specified
If your boiler or process heater For the following emission limits, except sampling volume or test
is in this subcategory . . . pollutants . . . during periods of startup run duration . . .
and shutdown . . .
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1. Units in all subcategories a. HCl............... 0.022 lb per MMBtu of heat For M26A, collect a
designed to burn solid fuel. input. minimum of 1 dscm per
run; for M26 collect a
minimum of 120 liters
per run.
b. Mercury........... 3.5E-06 \a\ lb per MMBtu For M29, collect a
of heat input. minimum of 3 dscm per
run; for M30A or M30B,
collect a minimum sample
as specified in the
method; for ASTM D6784
\b\ collect a minimum of
3 dscm.
2. Units design to burn coal/solid a. Filterable PM (or 1.1E-03 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 3
fossil fuel. TSM). heat input; or (2.3E-05 dscm per run.
lb per MMBtu of heat
input).
3. Pulverized coal boilers a. Carbon monoxide 130 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
designed to burn coal/solid (CO) (or CEMS) basis corrected to 3 time.
fossil fuel. percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (320 ppm by
volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent
oxygen \c\, 30-day
rolling average)
4. Stokers designed to burn coal/ a. CO (or CEMS)...... 130 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
solid fossil fuel. basis corrected to 3 time.
percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (340 ppm by
volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent
oxygen \c\, 10-day
rolling average)
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5. Fluidized bed units designed to a. CO (or CEMS)...... 130 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
burn coal/solid fossil fuel. basis corrected to 3 time.
percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (230 ppm by
volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent
oxygen \c\, 30-day
rolling average)
6. Fluidized bed units with an a. CO (or CEMS)...... 140 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
integrated heat exchanger basis corrected to 3 time.
designed to burn coal/solid percent oxygen, 3-run
fossil fuel. average; or (150 ppm by
volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent
oxygen \c\, 30-day
rolling average)
7. Stokers/sloped grate/others a. CO (or CEMS)...... 620 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
designed to burn wet biomass fuel. basis corrected to 3 time.
percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (390 ppm by
volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent
oxygen \c\, 30-day
rolling average)
b. Filterable PM (or 3.0E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 2
TSM). heat input; or (2.6E-05 dscm per run.
lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
8. Stokers/sloped grate/others a. CO................ 460 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
designed to burn kiln-dried basis corrected to 3 time.
biomass fuel. percent oxygen
b. Filterable PM (or 3.0E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 2
TSM). heat input; or (4.0E-03 dscm per run.
lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
9. Fluidized bed units designed to a. CO (or CEMS)...... 260 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
burn biomass/bio-based solids. basis corrected to 3 time.
percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (310 ppm by
volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent
oxygen \c\, 30-day
rolling average)
b. Filterable PM (or 9.8E-03 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 3
TSM). heat input; or (8.3E-05 dscm per run.
\a\ lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
10. Suspension burners designed to a. CO (or CEMS)...... 2,400 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
burn biomass/bio-based solids. dry basis corrected to 3 time.
percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (2,000 ppm by
volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent
oxygen \c\, 10-day
rolling average)
b. Filterable PM (or 3.0E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 2
TSM). heat input; or (6.5E-03 dscm per run.
lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
11. Dutch Ovens/Pile burners a. CO (or CEMS)...... 470 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
designed to burn biomass/bio- basis corrected to 3 time.
based solids. percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (520 ppm by
volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent
oxygen \c\, 10-day
rolling average)
b. Filterable PM (or 3.2E-03 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 3
TSM). heat input; or (3.9E-05 dscm per run.
lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
12. Fuel cell units designed to a. CO................ 910 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
burn biomass/bio-based solids. basis corrected to 3 time.
percent oxygen
b. Filterable PM (or 2.0E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 2
TSM). heat input; or (2.9E-05 dscm per run.
lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
13. Hybrid suspension grate boiler a. CO (or CEMS)...... 1,500 ppm by volume on a 1 hr minimum sampling
designed to burn biomass/bio- dry basis corrected to 3 time.
based solids. percent oxygen, 3-run
average; or (900 ppm by
volume on a dry basis
corrected to 3 percent
oxygen \c\, 30-day
rolling average)
b. Filterable PM (or 2.6E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 3
TSM). heat input; or (4.4E-04 dscm per run.
lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
14. Units designed to burn liquid a. HCl............... 4.4E-04 lb per MMBtu of For M26A: Collect a
fuel. heat input. minimum of 2 dscm per
run; for M26, collect a
minimum of 240 liters
per run.
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b. Mercury........... 4.8E-07 \a\ lb per MMBtu For M29, collect a
of heat input. minimum of 4 dscm per
run; for M30A or M30B,
collect a minimum sample
as specified in the
method; for ASTM D6784
\b\ collect a minimum of
4 dscm.
15. Units designed to burn heavy a. CO................ 130 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
liquid fuel. basis corrected to 3 time.
percent oxygen, 3-run
average
b. Filterable PM (or 1.3E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 2
TSM). heat input; or (7.5E-05 dscm per run.
lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
16. Units designed to burn light a. CO................ 130 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
liquid fuel. basis corrected to 3 time.
percent oxygen
b. Filterable PM (or 1.3E-03 \a\ lb per MMBtu Collect a minimum of 3
TSM). of heat input; or (2.9E- dscm per run.
05 lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
17. Units designed to burn liquid a. CO................ 130 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
fuel that are non-continental basis corrected to 3 time.
units percent oxygen, 3-run
average based on stack
test
b. Filterable PM (or 2.3E-02 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 4
TSM). heat input; or (8.6E-04 dscm per run.
lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
18. Units designed to burn gas 2 a. CO................ 130 ppm by volume on a dry 1 hr minimum sampling
(other) gases. basis corrected to 3 time.
percent oxygen
b. HCl............... 1.7E-03 lb per MMBtu of For M26A, Collect a
heat input. minimum of 2 dscm per
run; for M26, collect a
minimum of 240 liters
per run.
c. Mercury........... 7.9E-06 lb per MMBtu of For M29, collect a
heat input. minimum of 3 dscm per
run; for M30A or M30B,
collect a minimum sample
as specified in the
method; for ASTM D6784
\b\ collect a minimum of
3 dscm.
d. Filterable PM (or 6.7E-03 lb per MMBtu of Collect a minimum of 3
TSM). heat input; or (2.1E-04 dscm per run.
lb per MMBtu of heat
input)
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\a\ If you are conducting stack tests to demonstrate compliance and your performance tests for this pollutant
for at least 2 consecutive years show that your emissions are at or below this limit, you can skip testing
according to Sec. 63.7515 if all of the other provision of Sec. 63.7515 are met. For all other pollutants
that do not contain a footnote ``a'', your performance tests for this pollutant for at least 2 consecutive
years must show that your emissions are at or below 75 percent of this limit in order to qualify for skip
testing.
\b\ Incorporated by reference, see Sec. 63.14.
\c\ An owner or operator may request that compliance with the carbon monoxide emission limit be determined using
carbon dioxide measurements corrected to an equivalent of 3 percent oxygen. The relationship between oxygen
and carbon dioxide levels for the affected facility shall be established during the initial compliance test.
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