New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE)
Part 32 - COAL BURNING EQUIPMENT - NITROGEN DIOXIDE
Section 20.2.32.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
In addition to the terms defined in 20.2.32 NMAC (Definitions), as used in this Part:
A. "Commenced" means that an owner or operator has undertaken a continuous program of construction or that an owner or operator has entered into a binding agreement or contractural obligation to undertake and complete, within a reasonable time, a continuous program of construction.
B. "Construction" means fabrication, erection, or installation of an affected facility.
C. "Daily average" means the arithmetic average of the hourly values measured in a 24-hour period from midnight to midnight.
D. "Existing coal burning equipment" means coal burning equipment that was fully constructed and operational or under construction prior to August 17, 1971.
E. "Heat input" means heat derived from combustion of fuel in a steam generating unit and does not include the heat input from preheated combustion air, recirculated flue gases, or exhaust gases from other sources, such as gas turbines, internal combustion engines, kilns, etc.
F. "Malfunction" means any sudden and unavoidable failure of air pollution control equipment, process equipment, or process to operate in an expected manner. Failures that are caused entirely or in part by poor maintenance, careless operation, or other preventable equipment breakdown shall not be considered a malfunction..
G. "New coal burning equipment" means coal burning equipment the construction of which commenced after August 17, 1971.
H. "Part" means an air quality control regulation under Title 20, Chapter 2 of the New Mexico Administrative Code, unless otherwise noted; as adopted or amended by the Board.
I. "Shutdown" means the cessation of operation of any air pollution control equipment, process equipment, or process for any purpose, except routine phasing out of process units.
J. "Startup" means the setting into operation of any air pollution control equipment, process equipment, or process for any purpose, except routine phasing in of process units.
K. "Station" means all coal burning equipment at one location.
L. "Vintage A" means coal burning equipment that was fully constructed and operational prior to December 31, 1963.
M. "Vintage B" means coal burning equipment that was fully constructed and became operational in the period from December 31, 1963, to December 31, 1964.
N. "Vintage C" means coal burning equipment that was fully constructed and became operational in the period from January 1, 1965 to August 17, 1971.
O. "Vintage D" means coal burning equipment the construction of which commenced prior to, and which became operational after August 17, 1971.
