7 Del. Admin. Code § 1146-3.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 1, July 1, 2024
Section 1146-3.0 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this regulation, shall have the following meanings:

"Administrator" means the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Administrator's duly authorized representative.

"Coal" means any solid fuel classified as anthracite, bituminous, sub-bituminous, or lignite.

"Coal-fired" means combusting any amount of coal or coal-derived fuel, alone or in combination with any amount of other fuel, during any year.

"Department" means the State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control as defined in 29 Del.C., Ch 80, as amended.

"Designated representative" means the natural person who is authorized by the owners and operators of the source and all units at the source to legally bind each owner and operator in matters pertaining to this regulation. If the source subject to this regulation is also subject to the Federal Acid Rain Program, then this natural person shall be the same person as the designated representative under the Acid Rain Program.

"Emissions" means air pollutants exhausted from a unit or source into the atmosphere.

"Generator" means a device that produces electricity.

"Heat input" means the product (in MMBTU/time or TBTU/time) of the gross calorific value of the fuel (in MMBTU/lb or TBTU/lb) and the fuel feed rate (in lb of fuel/time) into a combustion device; or as calculated by any other method approved by the Department and the Administrator, and does not include the heat derived from pre-heated combustion air, recirculated flue gasses, or exhaust from other sources.

"Inlet mercury" means the average concentration of mercury in the flue gas at the inlet to any pollution control device or devices.

"Nameplate capacity" means, starting from the initial installation of a generator, the maximum electrical generating output (in MWe) that the generator is capable of producing on a steady state basis and during continuous operation (when not restricted by seasonal or other de-ratings) as specified by the manufacturer of the generator or, starting from the completion of any physical change in the generator resulting in an increase in the maximum electrical generating output (in MWe) that the generator is capable of producing on a steady state basis and during continuous operation (when not restricted by seasonal or other de-ratings), such increased maximum amount as specified by the person conducting the physical change.

"Operator" means any person who operates, controls, or supervises a unit or source subject to this regulation and shall include, but not be limited to, any holding company, utility system, or plant manager of such unit or source.

"Ounce" means 28.4 grams.

"Owner" means:

A) any holder of any portion of the legal or equitable title in a unit;
B) any purchaser of power from a unit under a life-of-the-unit, firm power contractual arrangement; provided that, unless expressly provided for in a leasehold agreement, owner shall not include a passive lessor, or a person who has an equitable interest through such lessor, whose rental payments are not based (either directly or indirectly) on the revenues or income from the unit.

"Residual oil" means No. 5 or No. 6 fuel oil.

"Ton" means 2000 pounds.

"Unit" means, for the purposes of this regulation, a stationary, fossil-fuel-fired boiler supplying all or part of its output to an electric generating device.

12/11/2006

7 Del. Admin. Code § 1146-3.0