30 Tex. Admin. Code § 101.390 - Definitions
Unless specifically defined in the Texas Clean Air Act or in § 3.2 or § 101.1 of this title (relating to Definitions), the terms used by the commission have the meanings commonly ascribed to them in the field of air pollution control. In addition, the following words and terms, when used in this division, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Affected facility--A facility subject to
§
115.720 or §
115.760 of this title (relating to
Applicability and Definitions; and Applicability and Cooling Tower Heat
Exchange System Definitions) that is located at a site that is subject to this
division.
(2) Allowance--The
authorization to emit one ton of highly reactive volatile organic compounds,
expressed in tenths of a ton, during a control period.
(3) Authorized account representative--The
responsible person who is authorized in writing to transfer and otherwise
manage allowances for the site.
(4)
Baseline emissions period--The two consecutive control periods from 2006 - 2009
with the highest monitored average actual highly reactive volatile organic
compound emissions for the purpose of establishing baseline emissions used for
the allocation of allowances, except as allowed under §
101.394(a)(2) and
(3) of this title (relating to Allocation of
Allowances).
(5) Broker--A person
not required to participate in the requirements of this division who opens an
account under this division only for the purpose of banking and trading
allowances.
(6) Broker account--The
account where allowances held by a broker are recorded. Allowances may not be
used to satisfy compliance requirements for this division while held in a
broker account.
(7) Compliance
account--The account in which allowances held by the owner or operator of a
site are recorded for the purposes of meeting the requirements of this division
for each affected facility at that site.
(8) Control period--The 12-month period
beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of each year. The initial control
period began January 1, 2007.
(9)
Highly reactive volatile organic compounds--As defined in §
115.10 of this title (relating to
Definitions).
(10)
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB) ozone nonattainment area--An area consisting
of Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and
Waller Counties.
(11) Industry
sector--One of the following sectors of industry in which participants of the
Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds (HRVOC) Emissions Cap and Trade
program are assigned, according to the process type and products from which the
largest share of HRVOC emissions is associated, for the purpose of assigning an
industry sector share under the allocation equation located in §
101.394(a)(1) of
this title (relating to Allocation of Allowances): petroleum refining,
non-polymer chemical producers, polymer producers, and
storage/loading/other.
(12) Level
of activity--The amount of highly reactive volatile organic compounds (HRVOCs)
in pounds produced as an intermediate, by-product, or final product or used by
a process unit during a given period of time, but excluding any recycled HRVOCs
internal to the process unit.
(13)
Site--As defined in §
122.10 of this title (relating to
General Definitions).
(14)
Uncontrolled emissions--The total emissions during routine normal operations
from each affected facility calculated as pre-control using the applicable
control efficiency for the purpose of determining site allocations under §
101.394(a)(1) of
this title (relating to Allocation of Allowances).
(15) Vintage allowance--An allowance that is
not used for compliance during the control period in which it is allocated and
remains available for use only in the following control period.
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