(a) By May 1, 2005,
and each year thereafter, the owner or operator of a boiler that meets the
definition of a boiler in §
145.2 (relating to definitions)
located in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery or Philadelphia County shall
comply with this section and §
129.204 (relating to emission
accountability). This section does not apply to naval marine combustion units
operated by the United States Navy for the purposes of testing and operational
training or to units that combust municipal waste at a facility that is
permitted as a resource recovery facility under Part I, Subpart D, Article VIII
(relating to municipal waste).
(b)
By October 31, 2005, and each year thereafter, the owner or operator of the
boiler shall calculate the difference between the actual emissions from the
unit for the period from May 1 through September 30 and the allowable emissions
for that period.
(c) The owner or
operator shall calculate allowable emissions by multiplying the unit's
cumulative heat input for the period by the applicable emission rate in
paragraph (1) or (2).
(1) The emission rate
for a boiler with a nameplate rated capacity of greater than 100 million
Btu/hour but less than or equal to 250 million Btu/hour shall be as follows:
(i) For a boiler firing natural gas or a
boiler firing a noncommercial gaseous fuel, 0.10 pounds NOx per million Btu
heat input.
(ii) For a boiler
firing solid or liquid fuel, 0.20 pounds of NOx per million Btu heat
input.
(2) The emission
rate for a boiler with a nameplate rated capacity of greater than 250 million
Btu/hour that is not subject to §
145.8(c) or (d)
(relating to transition to CAIR NOx trading programs) shall be 0.17 pounds NOx
per million Btu heat input.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 129.201 adopted December 10, 2004, effective
12/11/2004, 34 Pa.B. 6509;
amended April 11, 2008, effective 4/12/2008, 38 Pa.B.
1705.
The provisions of this § 129.201 issued under
section 5 of the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §
4005).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
129.97 (relating to presumptive
RACT requirements, RACT emission limitations and petition for alternative
compliance schedule); 25 Pa. Code §
129.99 (relating to alternative
RACT proposal and petition for alternative compliance schedule); 25 Pa. Code
§
129.112 (relating to presumptive
RACT requirements, RACT emission limitations and petition for alternative
compliance schedule); 25 Pa. Code §
129.114 (relating to alternative
RACT proposal and petition for alternative compliance schedule); 25 Pa. Code
§
129.204 (relating to emission
accountability); and 25 Pa. Code §
145.8 (relating to transition to
CAIR NOx trading programs).
