Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 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.
