N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-19.4
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024
Section 7:27-19.4 - Boilers serving electric generating units(a) The owner or operator of any boiler serving an electric generating unit shall cause it to emit NOx at a rate no greater than the applicable maximum allowable NOx emission rate specified in Tables 1, 2 and 3 below, as applicable, unless the owner or operator is complying with 7:27-19.3(f) or unless otherwise specified in an enforceable agreement with the Department. Table 1 is operative through December 14, 2012. Table 2 is operative starting December 15, 2012 through April 30, 2015, except that a coal-fired boiler serving an electric generating unit may be eligible for up to a one-year extension of the December 15, 2012 compliance date pursuant to (f) below. Table 3 is operative on and after May 1, 2015. A boiler serving an electric generating unit is also subject to the state-of-the-art requirements at 7:27-8.12 and 22.35, lowest achievable emission rate requirements at N.J.A.C. 7:27-18, and best available control technology requirements at 40 CFR 52.21, incorporated herein by reference, as applicable. | TABLE 1 |
| (Operative through December 14, 2012)Maximum Allowable NO[x] |
| Emission Rates forBoilers Serving Electric Generating Units(pounds per |
| million BTU) |
| FiringMethod |
| Fuel/Boiler | Tangential | Face | Cyclone |
| Type |
| Coal -Wet Bottom | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.60 |
| Coal - Dry Bottom | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
| Oil and/or Gas | 0.20 | 0.28 | 0.43 |
| Gas Only | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.43 |
| TABLE 2 |
| (Operative from December 15, 2012 through April 30, 2015)Maximum |
| Allowable NO[x] Emission Rates forBoilers Serving Electric Generating |
| Units(pounds per megawatt hour) |
| FiringMethod |
| BoilerType | Tangential | Face | Cyclone |
| Coal | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 |
| Oil and/or Gas | 2.00 | 2.80 | 4.30 |
| Gas only | 2.00 | 2.00 | 4.30 |
| TABLE 3 |
| (Operative on and after May 1, 2015) Maximum Allowable NO[x] |
| Emission Rates forBoilers Serving Electric Generating Units(pounds per |
| megawatt hour) |
| Fuel |
| Coal | 1.50 |
| Heavier than No. 2 fuel oil | 2.00 |
| No. 2 and lighter fuel oil | 1.00 |
| Gas only | 1.00 |
(b) The owner or operator of any boiler serving an electric generating unit shall install on the boiler a continuous emissions monitoring system satisfying the requirements of 7:27-19.18.(c) The owner or operator of any boiler serving an electric generating unit shall adjust the boiler's combustion process before May 1st of each calendar year in accordance with 7:27-19.16, except the adjustment may occur within seven days of the first period of operation after May 1, if the boiler has not operated between January 1 and May 1 of that year.(d) The owner or operator of a boiler serving an electric generating unit shall demonstrate compliance with its applicable maximum allowable NO[x] emission rate in Table 2 or 3 as follows: 1. Using the methods at 7:27-19.15(a), any coal-fired boiler that is subject to an emission rate at Table 2 above shall demonstrate compliance with the maximum allowable NO[x] emission rate in Table 2 either by June 15, 2013 or, if the boiler or control apparatus is altered to meet the Table 2 emission rate, by the date determined by 7:27-19.15(c), whichever date is earlier, and thereafter according to the schedule in the approved permit, except that a coal-fired boiler may be eligible for up to a one-year extension of the June 15, 2013 compliance demonstration date pursuant to (f) below; and2. Using the methods at 7:27-19.15(a), any boiler that combusts any fuel other than coal and that is subject to an emission rate at Table 3 above shall demonstrate compliance with the applicable maximum allowable NO[x] emission rate in Table 3 by November 1, 2015 or, if the boiler or control apparatus is altered to meet the applicable Table 3 emission rate, by the date determined by 7:27-19.15(c), whichever date is earlier, and thereafter according to the schedule in the approved permit.(e) When calculating a 24-hour NO[x] emission rate for an affected coal-fired unit, the owner or operator may exclude emissions from: 1. A unit that has ceased firing fossil fuel, the period of time, not to exceed eight hours, from initial firing of the unit until the unit is fired with coal and synchronized with a utility electric distribution system; and2. A unit that is to be shut down, the period of time in which the unit is not longer synchronized with any utility electric distribution system and is no longer fired with coal.(f) The owner or operator of a coal-fired boiler that is subject to Table 2 at (a) above may request up to a one-year extension past the December 15, 2012 Table 2 emission limit compliance deadline required at (a) and the June 15, 2013 compliance demonstration deadline required at (d)1 above by sending a written request to the address at 7:27-19.30(c)3. The request shall document the reasons the extension is needed. The Department will approve an extension request only if compliance by December 15, 2012 is not possible due to circumstances beyond the control of the owner or operator that are not reasonably foreseeable, including, but not limited to, the unavailability of a control apparatus needed to comply with the December 15, 2012 compliance deadline or a contractor needed to install the control apparatus.(g) Each owner or operator identified at 7:27-19.29(a) shall submit to the Department a 2009 HEDD Emission Reduction Compliance Demonstration Protocol and annual reports pursuant to 7:27-19.29.(h) Each owner or operator of a boiler serving an electric generating unit that is a HEDD unit shall submit to the Department a 2015 HEDD Emission Limit Achievement Plan and annual progress updates, as applicable, pursuant to 7:27-19.30.N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-19.4
Amended by R.1995 d.214, effective 4/17/1995 (operative May 23, 1995).
See: 26 N.J.R. 3298(a), 27 N.J.R. 1581(a).
Amended by R.2005 d.343, effective 10/17/2005 (operative date of November 7, 2005).
See: 36 N.J.R. 4228(a), 37 N.J.R. 3976(a).
In rule heading substituted "Boilers serving electric generating units" for "Utility boilers"; rewrote (a) and (b); added (c).
Amended by R.2009 d.137, effective 4/20/2009 (operative May 19, 2009).
See: 40 N.J.R. 4390(a), 41 N.J.R. 1752(a).
Rewrote the introductory paragraph of (a); in Table 1 in (a), inserted "(Operative through December 14, 2012)"; added Tables 2 and 3 in (a); and added (d) through (h).
Administrative change.
See: 43 N.J.R. 2328(a).