30 Tex. Admin. Code § 101.108 - Alternative Baseline Amount

(a) Alternative to setting a baseline amount under § 101.106 of this title (relating to Baseline Amount Calculation), an owner or operator of a major stationary source, if qualified, may choose to set an alternative baseline amount under this section.

(1) For purposes of this subchapter, the alternative baseline amount is computed as the lower of the following:

(A) total amount of baseline emissions as calculated under § 101.106(b) of this title reported in the emissions inventory; or

(B) emissions allowed under authorization. If reported in the emissions inventory prior to or during the attainment year as required under § 101.10 of this title (relating to Emissions Inventory Requirements), total authorized emissions may include the resulting authorized emissions from permit applications in process by the attainment year. The permit application for these unauthorized emissions must have been administratively complete by December 31, 2007, and the permit issued by the adoption date of this section.

(2) The baseline amount for the major stationary source is determined by selecting the emissions limits on permits issued after the attainment year for the previously unauthorized emissions units separately from the remaining units at the regulated entity's major stationary source as follows.

(A) The baseline amount for the previously unauthorized emissions and emissions units for which emissions limits were authorized after the attainment year will be the lower of the emissions reported in the emissions inventory for the emissions units or emissions authorized by permits for which the application was administratively complete by December 31, 2007.

(B) The baseline amount for all other emissions units not included in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph at the major stationary source will be the lower of the baseline emissions reported in the emissions inventory for these emissions units and the applicable emissions limits authorized prior to December 31, 2007.

(C) The baseline amount for the major stationary source will be determined by combining the lower amounts determined in accordance with subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph.

(b) A baseline amount, reported in tons per year, must be calculated separately for emissions from volatile organic compounds and for nitrogen oxides. The calculation must be made for each pollutant for which the site meets the major source applicability requirements of § 101.101 of this title (relating to Applicability).

(c) When control or ownership of emissions units changes during the attainment year, the emissions from those emissions units will be attributed to the owner or operator of the major stationary source who has control or ownership of the emission unit on December 31st of the attainment year.

(d) Except as allowed under § 101.109 of this title (relating to Adjustment of Baseline Amount) or as required by subsection (a)(2) of this section, the baseline amount will be fixed and not be changed without the approval of the executive director until the Failure to Attain Fee no longer applies to the area as described under § 101.118 of this title (relating to Cessation of Program).

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30 Tex. Admin. Code § 101.108

The provisions of this §101.108 adopted to be effective June 12, 2013, 38 TexReg 3610