Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) For each control period, including the
initial control period, in which a CO[2] Budget source is subject to the CO[2]
requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:27C-1.4, the COauthorized account representative
shall submit a compliance certification report to the Department, in a format
provided by the Department, by the March 1 following the relevant control
period or initial control period. NO[x] compliance certification report is
required during an interim control period.
(b) The COauthorized account representative
shall include in the compliance certification report under (a) above the
following:
1. Identification of the CO[2]
Budget source and each CObudget unit at the source;
2. At the COauthorized account
representative's option, the serial numbers of the COallowances that are to be
deducted from the CO[2] Budget source's compliance account under N.J.A.C.
7:27C-6.9for the control period, the initial control period, or an interim
control period, including the serial numbers of any COoffset allowances that
are to be deducted, subject to the limitations of N.J.A.C. 7:27C-6.9(a)3;
and
3. The compliance certification
under (c) below.
(c) The
COauthorized account representative shall certify in the compliance
certification report whether the CO[2] Budget source and each CObudget unit at
the source for which the compliance certification is submitted was operated
during the calendar years covered by the report in compliance with the
requirements of the CO[2] Budget Trading Program, based on reasonable inquiry
of those persons with primary responsibility for operating the CObudget source
and the CObudget units at the source in compliance with the COBudget Trading
Program, including, more specifically:
1.
Whether the CO[2] Budget source was operated in compliance with the
requirements of NJ.A.C. 7:27C-1.4;
2. Whether the monitoring plan applicable to
each CO[2] Budget unit at the CO[2] Budget source has been maintained to
reflect the actual operation and monitoring of the CO[2] Budget unit, and
contains all information necessary to attribute CO[2] emissions to the CO[2]
Budget unit, in accordance with NJ.A.C. 7:27C-8;
3. Whether all the CO[2] emissions from each
CO[2] Budget unit at the CO[2] Budget source were monitored or accounted for
through the missing data procedures and reported in the quarterly monitoring
reports, including whether conditional data were reported in the quarterly
reports in accordance with NJ.A.C. 7:27C-8. If conditional data were reported,
the owner or operator shall indicate whether the status of all conditional data
has been resolved and all necessary quarterly report resubmissions have been
made;
4. Whether there has been any
change to the facts that form the basis for certification under N.J.A.C.
7:27C-8 of each monitor at each CO[2] Budget unit at the CO[2] Budget source,
or for using an excepted monitoring method or alternative monitoring method
approved under N.J.A.C. 7:27C-8, if any; and
5. If a change is required to be reported
under (c)4 above, the specific nature of the change, the reason for the change,
when the change occurred, and how the CO[2] Budget unit's compliance status was
determined subsequent to the change, including what method was used to
determine emissions when a change mandated the need for monitor
recertification.
