Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 13, § 2455 - General Requirements
(a)
The emissions from engines or equipment units registered under this article
shall not, in the aggregate, interfere with the attainment or maintenance of
any California or federal ambient air quality standard. The emissions from one
or more registered engines or equipment units, exclusive of background
concentration, shall not cause an exceedance of any ambient air quality
standard. This paragraph shall not be construed as requiring operators of
registered engines or equipment units to provide emission offsets for engines
or equipment units registered under this article.
(1) For onshore projects as defined in
section
2452(ff)
of this article that operate in districts designated as extreme non-attainment
for ozone, the person responsible for the project must notify the district in
writing if the total maximum rated horsepower of registered engines located
simultaneously on the project site exceeds 2,500 bhp. For projects that exceed
2,500 bhp at startup, the notification must be done at least 14 days prior to
commencing operations, except for projects providing relief to an emergency as
defined in title 17, Cal. Code Regs., section 93116.2(a)(12) for which the
notification must be done within 72 hours of commencing operations. For
projects that exceed 2,500 bhp after startup, the notification must be done
within 72 hours of the exceedance. The notification shall include all of the
following:
(A) the registration number of
each registered engine;
(B) the
name and phone number of the contact person with information concerning the
locations where the engines will be operated;
(C) estimated time the registered engines
will be operating on the project;
(D) the Final CEQA Document and Notice of
Determination and, if requested, supporting information.
(2) Notification as specified in subdivision
(a)(1) above shall not be required for the following:
(A) projects that exclusively use Tier 4
interim engines and/or Tier 4 final engines; and
(B) projects operating in remote
locations.
(3) For
projects subject to subdivision (a)(1) above, the district may perform an
ambient air quality impact analysis (AQIA). The owner of engine(s) registered
in the statewide registration program shall be required, at the request of the
district, to submit any information deemed by the district to be necessary for
performing the AQIA. Except for Tier 4 final engines, statewide registration
shall not be valid at any location where the AQIA demonstrates that the
operation of the registered engines will cause a violation of an ambient air
quality standard.
(b)
Engines or equipment units registered under this article shall comply with
article 1, chapter 3, part 4, division 26 of the California Health and Safety
Code, commencing with section 41700.
(c) Except for engines or equipment units
permitted or registered by a district in which an emergency event occurs, a
certified compression-ignition engine, certified spark-ignition engine, or
equipment unit operated during an emergency event as defined in section
2452(j)
of this article, is considered registered under the requirements of this
article for the duration of an emergency event that lasts no longer than 12
months, and is exempt from sections 2455,
2456,
2457,
2458,
and
2459 of
this article for the duration of the emergency event provided the owner or
operator notifies the Executive Officer within 24 hours of commencing
operation. The Executive Officer may for good cause refute that an emergency
event under this provision exists. If the Executive Officer deems that an
emergency event does not exist, all operation of engines and equipment units
covered by this provision shall cease operation immediately upon notification
by the Executive Officer. Misrepresentation of an emergency event and failure
to cease operation under notice of the Executive Officer shall be deemed a
violation of this article.
(d) For
the purposes of registration under this article, the owner or operator of a
registered equipment unit must notify the U.S. EPA and comply with
40 CFR
52.21 if:
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601, 41752, 41753, 41754, 41755, 43013(b) and 43018, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 41750, 41751, 41752, 41753, 41754 and 41755, Health and Safety Code.
2. Amendment filed 12-1-99; operative 12-1-99 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 99, No. 49).
3. Amendment of subsection (c) and Note filed 8-2-2005; operative 9-1-2005 (Register 2005, No. 31).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (c) filed 10-27-2005 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2005, No. 43).
5. Amendment filed 4-26-2007; operative 4-27-2007 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2007, No. 17).
6. Amendment of subsections (a) and (c) filed 4-26-2007 as an emergency; operative 4-27-2007 (Register 2007, No. 17). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-23-2007 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
7. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-26-2007 order transmitted to OAL 7-31-2007 and filed 9-12-2007 (Register 2007, No. 37).
8. Editorial correction adding inadvertently omitted subsection (d) (Register 2007, No. 51).
9. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 12-3-2009; operative 1-2-2010 (Register 2009, No. 49).
10. New subsections (a)(1)-(3) and amendment of subsection (c) filed 9-24-2018; operative
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