Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 106 - LOW SULFUR FUEL
Section 096-106-4 - Records

Universal Citation: 06 ME Code Rules ยง 096-106-4

Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024

A. Any person who imports or receives for wholesale distribution residual oil or bituminous coal in the State of Maine must submit to the Commissioner quarterly reports itemizing the quantity, sulfur content, ash content and heat content for each shipment of such fuel. It is the responsibility of the person importing or receiving such fuel to maintain a record of the certified fuel analyses upon which the quarterly reports are based and provide the user a copy of the certification.

Any person who uses residual oil or bituminous coal shall maintain certification records of the fuel analysis provided by the supplier.

B. Any person achieving compliance by means of blending fuels shall file with the Commissioner quarterly reports indicating the respective fuel volumes, sulfur contents and heat contents.

C. Any person achieving compliance by means of flue gas desulfurization or other sulfur removal processes shall file with the Commissioner quarterly reports indicating delivered fuel sulfur contents, a summary of sulfur dioxide concentrations from a continuous in-stack monitor, and identifying any period of malfunction or other outage of the flue gas desulfurization or other sulfur removal processes.

D. Where this rule requires the filing of quarterly reports with the Commissioner, the deadlines for filing such reports shall be as follows:

(1) The report for the calendar quarter of January, February and March shall be filed by April 30;

(2) The report for the calendar quarter of April, May and June shall be filed by July 30;

(3) The report for the calendar quarter of July, August and September shall be filed by October 30; and

(4) The report for the calendar quarter of October, November and December shall be filed by January 30 of the following year.

E. After November 1, 1991, any person who receives residual fuel oil greater than 2.0 percent sulfur content, or greater than 1.5 percent content in the Portland Peninsula Air Quality Control Region, must:

(1) notify each subsequent user or purchaser of such residual fuel that the fuel is not a compliance fuel, and

(2) notify the Commissioner of the receipt of a non-compliance fuel, its quantity, sulfur content, ash content, heat content, and, if applicable, the name and location of subsequent users or purchasers for each shipment of such fuel. This notification must be submitted within 5 days of receipt of a non-compliance fuel oil.

F. After July 1, 2018, any person who receives residual fuel oil greater than 0.5 percent sulfur content must:

(1) notify each subsequent user or purchaser of such residual fuel that the fuel is not a compliance fuel; and

(2) notify the Commissioner of the receipt of non-compliance fuel, its quantity, sulfur content, ash content, heat content, and, if applicable, the name and location of subsequent users or purchasers for each shipment of such fuel. This notification must be submitted within 5 days of receipt of a non-compliance fuel oil, except for facilities subject to Section 5 of this Chapter.

G. Copies of all records and reports required by this regulation must be kept at the source for a minimum period of three years. These records shall be available during normal business hours and copies provided to the Commissioner or his representative upon request.

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