N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-A 4609.05

Current through Register No. 25, June 20, 2024

Section Env-A 4609.05 - Prohibitions

(a) No owner or operator of a CO₂ budget unit shall use any alternative monitoring system, alternative reference method, or any other alternative for the required continuous emissions monitoring system without having obtained prior written approval in accordance with Env-A 4609.

(b) No owner or operator of a CO₂ budget unit shall operate the unit so as to discharge, or allow to be discharged, CO₂ emissions to the atmosphere without accounting for all such emissions in accordance with the applicable provisions of Env-A 4609 and 40 CFR part 75.

(c) No owner or operator of a CO₂ budget unit shall disrupt the continuous emissions monitoring system or any portion thereof, or any other approved emissions monitoring method, and thereby avoid monitoring and recording CO₂ mass emissions discharged into the atmosphere, except for periods of recertification, calibration, quality assurance testing, or maintenance is performed in accordance with the applicable provisions of Env-A 4609 and 40 CFR part 75.

(d) No owner or operator of a CO₂ budget unit shall retire or permanently discontinue use of the continuous emissions monitoring system or any component thereof, or any other approved emissions monitoring system under Env-A 4609, except under any one of the following circumstances:

(1) The owner or operator is monitoring emissions from the unit with another certified monitoring system approved, in accordance with the applicable provisions of Env-A 4609 and 40 CFR part 75, by the department for use at that unit that provides emissions data for the same pollutant or parameter as the retired or discontinued monitoring system; or

(2) The CO₂ AAR submits notification of the date of certification testing of a replacement monitoring system in accordance with Env-A 4609.08.

N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-A 4609.05

#9283, INTERIM, eff 10-1-08, EXPIRED: 3-30-09

New. #9444, eff 4-3-09; ss by #10468, eff 1-1-14

Amended by Volume XL Number 2, Filed January 9, 2020, Proposed by #12967, Effective 1/1/2020, Expires 1/1/2030.