Code of Massachusetts Regulations
980 CMR - ENERGY FACILITIES SITING COUNCIL
Title 980 CMR 12.00 - Technology Performance Standards
Section 12.03 - Technology Performance Standards

Universal Citation: 980 MA Code of Regs 980.12

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

(1) Technology Performance Standards for Criteria Pollutants. The following are the technology performance standards for criteria pollutants:

Name of Pollutant

Technology Performance Standard

(Pounds per Megawatt-Hour Burning

Primary Fuel 100% base load at 50 degrees Fahrenheit)

Sulfur Dioxide

0.021

Nitrogen Oxides

0.120

Fine Particulates -PM10

0.081

Particulate Matter

0.081

Carbon Monoxide

0.077

Volatile Organic Compounds

0.035

(2) Technology Performance Standards for Non-Criteria Pollutants. The following are the technology performance standards for non-criteria pollutants:

Pollutant

Technology Performance Standard (Pounds per Megawatt-Hour Burning Primary Fuel)

Antimony

0.000171

Arsenic

0.00004

Beryllium

0.0000037

Cadmium

0.000033

Chromium

0.00033

Cobalt

0.00007

Copper

0.01

Lead

0.00045

Manganese

0.0026

Mercury

0.0000074

Pollutant

Technology Perfonnance Standard

(Pounds per Megawatt-Hour Burning

Primary Fuel)

Nickel

0.0093

Nickel Oxide

0.012

Phosphorus

0.0023

Selenium

0.00004

Vanadium

0.000037

Vanadium Pentoxide

0.00012

(3) Updating to the Technology Performance Standards. The Energy Facilities Siting Board will update the technology performance standards as necessary to reflect improvements in fossil fuel generating and control technologies. Any such updates or new technology performance standards will not apply retroactively to a proposed generating facility with expected emissions that satisfied the technology performance standards in effect on the date the applicant filed its petition for approval to construct the facility.

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