Code of Massachusetts Regulations
980 CMR - ENERGY FACILITIES SITING COUNCIL
Title 980 CMR 12.00 - Technology Performance Standards
Section 12.03 - Technology Performance Standards
Current through Register 1518, March 29, 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.
