Ill. Admin. Code tit. 35, § 225.550 - Monitoring, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Gross Electrical Output and Useful Thermal Energy
a) By
January 1, 2008, or by the date of commencing commercial operation, whichever
is later, the owner or operator of the CAIR NOx Ozone
Season unit must operate a system for accurately measuring gross electrical
output that is consistent with the requirements of either 40 CFR 60 or 75; must
measure gross electrical output in MWh using such a system; and must record the
output of the measurement system at all times. If a generator is served by two
or more units, the information to determine each unit's heat input for that
control period must also be recorded, so as to allow each unit's share of the
gross electrical output to be determined. If heat input data is used, the owner
or operator must comply with the applicable provisions of 40 CFR 75, as
incorporated by reference in Section
225.140.
b) For a CAIR NOx
Ozone Season unit that is a cogeneration unit , by January 1, 2008, or by the
date the CAIR NOx Ozone Season unit commences to produce
useful thermal energy , whichever is later, the owner or operator of the unit
with cogeneration capabilities must install, calibrate, maintain, and operate
meters for steam flow in lbs/hr, temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, and
pressure in PSI, to measure and record the useful thermal energy that is
produced, in mmBtu/hr, on a continuous basis. Owners and operators of a CAIR
NOx Ozone Season unit that produces useful thermal
energy but uses an energy transfer medium other than steam, e.g., hot water or
glycol, must install, calibrate, maintain, and operate the necessary meters to
measure and record the necessary data to express the useful thermal energy
produced, in mmBtu/hr, on a continuous basis. If the CAIR
NOx Ozone Season unit ceases to produce useful thermal
energy , the owner or operator may cease operation of these meters, provided
that operation of such meters must be resumed if the CAIR
NOx Ozone Season unit resumes production of useful
thermal energy .
c) The owner or
operator of a CAIR NOx Ozone Season unit must either
report gross electrical output data to the Agency or comply with the applicable
provisions for providing heat input data to USEPA as follows:
1) By September 15, 2007, the gross
electrical output for control periods 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, if
available, and the unit's useful thermal energy data, if applicable. If a
generator is served by two or more units, the documentation needed to determine
each unit's share of the heat input of such units for that control period must
also be submitted. If heat input data is used, the owner or operator must
comply with the applicable provisions of 40 CFR 75, as incorporated by
reference in Section 225.140.
2) By
June 1, 2008, the gross electrical output for control periods 2006 and 2007, if
available, and the unit's useful thermal energy data, if applicable. If a
generator is served by two or more units, the documentation needed to determine
each unit's share of the heat input of such units for that control period must
also be submitted. If heat input data is used, the owner or operator must
comply with the applicable provisions of 40 CFR 75, as incorporated by
reference in Section 225.140.
d) Beginning with 2008, the CAIR designated
representative of the CAIR NOx Ozone Season unit must
submit to the Agency quarterly, by no later than April 30, July 31, October 31,
and January 31 of each year, information for the CAIR
NOx Ozone Season unit's gross electrical output , on a
monthly basis for the prior quarter, and, if applicable, the unit's useful
thermal energy for each month.
e)
The owner or operator of a CAIR NOx Ozone Season unit
must maintain on-site the monitoring plan detailing the monitoring system,
maintenance of the monitoring system, including quality assurance activities
pursuant to the requirements of 40 CFR 60 or 75, as applicable, including the
appropriate provisions for the measurement of gross electrical output for the
CAIR NOx Ozone Season Trading Program and, if
applicable, for new units. The monitoring plan must include, but is not limited
to:
1) A description of the system to be used
for the measurement of gross electrical output pursuant to Section
225.550(a),
including a list of any data logging devices, solid-state kW meters, rotating
kW meters, electromechanical kW meters, current transformers, transducers,
potential transformers, pressure taps, flow venturi, orifice plates, flow
nozzles, vortex meters, turbine meters, pressure transmitters, differential
pressure transmitters, temperature transmitters, thermocouples, resistance
temperature detectors, and any equipment or methods used to accurately measure
gross electrical output .
2) A
certification statement by the CAIR designated representative that all
components of the gross electrical output system have been tested to be
accurate within three percent and that the gross electrical output system is
accurate to within ten percent.
f) The owner or operator of a CAIR
NOx Ozone Season unit must retain records for at least
five years from the date the record is created or the data is collected under
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, and the reports are submitted to the
Agency and USEPA in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this Section.
The owner or operator of a CAIR NOx Ozone Season unit
must retain the monitoring plan required in subsection (e) of this Section for
at least five years from the date that it is replaced by a new or revised
monitoring plan.
Notes
Added at 31 Ill. Reg. 12864, effective August 31, 2007
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