Title 40
SECTION 96.74
96.74 Recordkeeping and reporting.
§ 96.74 Recordkeeping and reporting.(a) General provisions. (1) The NOX authorized account representative shall comply with all recordkeeping and reporting requirements in this section and with the requirements of § 96.10(e).
(2) If the NOX authorized account representative for a NOX Budget unit subject to an Acid Rain Emission limitation who signed and certified any submission that is made under subpart F or G of part 75 of this chapter and which includes data and information required under this subpart or subpart H of part 75 of this chapter is not the same person as the designated representative or the alternative designated representative for the unit under part 72 of this chapter, the submission must also be signed by the designated representative or the alternative designated representative.
(b) Monitoring plans. (1) The owner or operator of a unit subject to an Acid Rain emissions limitation shall comply with requirements of § 75.62 of this chapter, except that the monitoring plan shall also include all of the information required by subpart H of part 75 of this chapter.
(2) The owner or operator of a unit that is not subject to an Acid Rain emissions limitation shall comply with requirements of § 75.62 of this chapter, except that the monitoring plan is only required to include the information required by subpart H of part 75 of this chapter.
(c) Certification applications. The NOX authorized account representative shall submit an application to the permitting authority within 45 days after completing all initial certification or recertification tests required under § 96.71 including the information required under subpart H of part 75 of this chapter.
(d) Quarterly reports. The NOX authorized account representative shall submit quarterly reports, as follows:
(1) If a unit is subject to an Acid Rain emission limitation or if the owner or operator of the NOX budget unit chooses to meet the annual reporting requirements of this subpart H, the NOX authorized account representative shall submit a quarterly report for each calendar quarter beginning with:
(i) For units that elect to comply with the early reduction credit provisions under § 96.55 of this part, the CALENDER quarter that includes the date of initial provisional certification under § 96.71(b)(3)(iii). Data shall be reported from the date and hour corresponding to the date and hour of provisional certification; or
(ii) For units commencing operation prior to May 1, 2002 that are not required to certify monitors by May 1, 2000 under § 96.70(b)(1), the earlier of the CALENDER quarter that includes the date of initial provisional certification under § 96.71(b)(3)(iii) or, if the certification tests are not completed by May 1, 2002, the partial CALENDER quarter from May 1, 2002 through June 30, 2002. Data shall be recorded and reported from the earlier of the date and hour corresponding to the date and hour of provisional certification or the first hour on May 1, 2002; or
(iii) For a unit that commences operation after May 1, 2002, the calendar quarter in which the unit commences operation, Data shall be reported from the date and hour corresponding to when the unit commenced operation.
(2) If a NOX budget unit is not subject to an Acid Rain emission limitation, then the NOX authorized account representative shall either:
(i) Meet all of the requirements of part 75 related to monitoring and reporting NOX mass emissions during the entire year and meet the reporting deadlines specified in paragraph (d)(1) of this section; or
(ii) Submit quarterly reports only for the periods from the earlier of May 1 or the date and hour that the owner or operator successfully completes all of the recertification tests required under § 75.74(d)(3) through September 30 of each year in accordance with the provisions of § 75.74(b) of this chapter. The NOX authorized account representative shall submit a quarterly report for each calendar quarter, beginning with:
(A) For units that elect to comply with the early reduction credit provisions under § 96.55, the CALENDER quarter that includes the date of initial provisional certification under § 96.71(b)(3)(iii). Data shall be reported from the date and hour corresponding to the date and hour of provisional certification; or
(B) For units commencing operation prior to May 1, 2002 that are not required to certify monitors by May 1, 2000 under § 96.70(b)(1), the earlier of the CALENDER quarter that includes the date of initial provisional certification under § 96.71(b)(3)(iii), or if the certification tests are not completed by May 1, 2002, the partial CALENDER quarter from May 1, 2002 through June 30, 2002. Data shall be reported from the earlier of the date and hour corresponding to the date and hour of provisional certification or the first hour of May 1, 2002; or
(C) For units that commence operation after May 1, 2002 during the control period, the CALENDER quarter in which the unit commences operation. Data shall be reported from the date and hour corresponding to when the unit commenced operation; or
(D) For units that commence operation after May 1, 2002 and before May 1 of the year in which the unit commences operation, the earlier of the CALENDER quarter that includes the date of initial provisional certification under § 96.71(b)(3)(iii) or, if the certification tests are not completed by May 1 of the year in which the unit commences operation, May 1 of the year in which the unit commences operation. Data shall be reported from the earlier of the date and hour corresponding to the date and hour of provisional certification or the first hour of May 1 of the year after the unit commences operation.
(E) For units that commence operation after May 1, 2002 and after September 30 of the year in which the unit commences operation, the earlier of the CALENDER quarter that includes the date of initial provisional certification under § 96.71(b)(3)(iii) or, if the certification tests are not completed by May 1 of the year after the unit commences operation, May 1 of the year after the unit commences operation. Data shall be reported from the earlier of the date and hour corresponding to the date and hour of provisional certification or the first hour of May 1 of the year after the unit commences operation.
(3) The NOX authorized account representative shall submit each quarterly report to the Administrator within 30 days following the end of the calendar quarter covered by the report. Quarterly reports shall be submitted in the manner specified in subpart H of part 75 of this chapter and § 75.64 of this chapter.
(i) For units subject to an Acid Rain Emissions limitation, quarterly reports shall include all of the data and information required in subpart H of part 75 of this chapter for each NOX Budget unit (or group of units using a common stack) as well as information required in subpart G of part 75 of this chapter.
(ii) For units not subject to an Acid Rain Emissions limitation, quarterly reports are only required to include all of the data and information required in subpart H of part 75 of this chapter for each NOX Budget unit (or group of units using a common stack).
(4) Compliance certification. The NOX authorized account representative shall submit to the Administrator a compliance certification in support of each quarterly report based on reasonable inquiry of those persons with primary responsibility for ensuring that all of the unit's emissions are correctly and fully monitored. The certification shall state that:
(i) The monitoring data submitted were recorded in accordance with the applicable requirements of this subpart and part 75 of this chapter, including the quality assurance procedures and specifications; and
(ii) For a unit with add-on NOX emission controls and for all hours where data are substituted in accordance with § 75.34(a)(1) of this chapter, the add-on emission controls were operating within the range of parameters listed in the monitoring plan and the substitute values do not systematically underestimate NOX emissions; and
(iii) For a unit that is reporting on a control period basis under § 96.74(d) the NOX emission rate and NOX concentration values substituted for missing data under subpart D of part 75 of this chapter are calculated using only values from a control period and do not systematically underestimate NOX emissions.