Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 400-499 - Environmental Protection - Air Pollution Control
Chapter NR 409 - Acid rain portion of operation permits
Section NR 409.06 - Standard requirements

(a) The designated representative of each affected source and each affected unit at the source shall:

(b) The owners and operators of each affected source and each affected unit at the source shall:

(a) The owners and operators and, to the extent applicable, designated representative of each affected source and each affected unit at the source shall comply with the monitoring requirements as provided in 40 CFR part 75.

(b) The emissions measurements recorded and reported in accordance with 40 CFR part 75 shall be used to determine compliance by the unit with the acid rain emissions limitations and emissions reduction requirements for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides under the acid rain program.

(c) The requirements of 40 CFR part 75 do not affect the responsibility of the owners and operators to monitor emissions of other pollutants or other emissions characteristics at the unit under other applicable requirements of the act and other provisions of the operation permit for the source.

(a) The owners and operators of each affected source and each affected unit at the source shall:

(b) Each ton of sulfur dioxide emitted in excess of the acid rain emissions limitations for sulfur dioxide shall constitute a separate violation.

(c) An affected unit is subject to the requirements under par. (a) as follows:

(d) Allowances shall be held in, deducted from or transferred among allowance tracking system accounts in accordance with the acid rain program.

(e) An allowance may not be deducted, in order to comply with the requirements under par. (a) 1., prior to the calendar year for which the allowance was allocated.

(f) An allowance allocated by the administrator under the acid rain program is a limited authorization to emit sulfur dioxide in accordance with the acid rain program. No provision of the acid rain program, the acid rain portion of an operation permit application, the acid rain portion of an operation permit or an exemption under s. NR 409.04, 409.05 or 409.055 and no provision of law may be construed to limit the authority of the United States to terminate or limit the authorization.

(g) An allowance allocated by the administrator under the acid rain program does not constitute a property right.

(a) The designated representative of an affected unit that has excess emissions in any calendar year shall submit a proposed offset plan to the administrator, as required under 40 CFR part 77, and submit a copy to the department.

(b) If one or more affected units governed by an approved NOx averaging plan under s. NR 409.065(7) fail, after applying s. NR 409.065(7) (d) 2. a., to meet their respective alternative contemporaneous emission limitations or annual heat input limits, then excess emissions of nitrogen oxides occur during the year at each unit. The sum of the excess emissions of nitrogen oxides of these units shall equal the amount determined under s. NR 409.065(8) (b). The owners and operators of these units shall pay an excess emissions penalty based on the sum of the excess emissions of nitrogen oxides of the units.

(c) The owners and operators of an affected unit that has excess emissions in any calendar year shall:

(a) Unless otherwise provided, the owners and operators of the source and each affected unit at the source shall keep on site at the source each of the following documents for a period of 5 years from the date the document is created. This period may be extended for cause, at any time prior to the end of 5 years, in writing by the administrator or department.

(b) The designated representative of an affected source and each affected unit at the source shall submit the reports and compliance certifications required under the acid rain program, including those under s. NR 409.13 and 40 CFR part 75.

(a) Any person who knowingly violates any requirement or prohibition of the acid rain program, a complete acid rain portion of an operation permit application, an acid rain portion of an operation permit or an exemption under s. NR 409.04, 409.05 or 409.055, shall be subject to enforcement by the department pursuant to ch. NR 494 and ss. 285.83 and 285.87, Stats.

(b) Any person who knowingly makes a false, material statement in any record, submission or report under the acid rain program shall be subject to criminal enforcement by the department pursuant to ch. NR 494 and ss. 285.83 and 285.87, Stats.

(c) No permit revision may excuse any violation of the requirements of this chapter and the acid rain program that occurs prior to the date that the revision takes effect.

(d) Each affected source and each affected unit shall meet the requirements of this chapter and the acid rain program.

(e) Any provision of the acid rain program that applies to an affected source, including a provision applicable to the designated representative of an affected source, shall also apply to the owners and operators of the source and of the affected units at the source.

(f) Any provision of the acid rain program that applies to an affected unit, including a provision applicable to the designated representative of an affected unit, shall also apply to the owners and operators of the unit. Except as provided under s. NR 409.09(2), 40 CFR 72.41, 72.42, 72.43, 74.47 and 76.11, and except with regard to the requirements applicable to units with a common stack under 40 CFR part 75, including 40 CFR 75.16, 75.17 and 75.18, the owners and operators and the designated representative of one affected unit are not liable for any violation by any other affected unit of which they are not owners or operators or the designated representative and that is located at a source of which they are not owners or operators or the designated representative.

(g) Each violation of a provision of this chapter and 40 CFR parts 72, 73, 75, 77 and 78 and regulations implementing sections 407 and 410 of the act (42 USC 7651 f and 7651i) by an affected source or affected unit, or by an owner or operator or designated representative of the source or unit, shall be a separate violation.

(a) Except as expressly provided in title IV of the act (42 USC 7651 to 7651 o), exempting or excluding the owners and operators and, to the extent applicable, the designated representative of an affected source or affected unit from compliance with any other provision of the act, including the provisions of title I of the act relating to applicable national ambient air quality standards or state implementation plans.

(b) Limiting the number of allowances a unit can hold; provided, that the number of allowances held by the unit may not affect the source's obligation to comply with any other provisions of the act.

(c) Requiring a change of any kind in any state law regulating electric utility rates and charges, affecting any state law regarding the state regulation, or limiting the state regulation, including any prudence review requirements under state law.

(d) Modifying the federal power act (16 USC 791 a to 828c) or affecting the authority of the federal energy regulatory commission under the federal power act.

(e) Interfering with or impairing any program for competitive bidding for power supply in a state in which the program is established.