N.M. Code R. § 20.2.101.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 11, June 11, 2024

Section 20.2.101.7 - DEFINITIONS

In addition to the terms defined in 20.2.2.7 NMAC (Definitions), as used in this Part, the following terms apply:

A."Affected Electric Generating Facility or Affected EGF" means a new or existing electric generating facility with an original installed capacity exceeding 300 megawatts and that uses coal as a fuel source.

B."Continuous emission monitoring system or CEMS" means the equipment used to sample, analyze, measure, and provide, by means of readings recorded at least once every 15 minutes (using an automated data acquisition and handling system), a permanent record of CO₂ emissions or stack gas volumetric flow rate.

C."Department" means the New Mexico environment department.

D. "Electric generating facility (EGF)" means a facility that generates electricity and includes all appurtenances and pollution control devices, and including, but not limited to all processes and equipment used to separate, compress, and transport CO₂ or other pollutants to offsite locations. A facility may include one or more electric generating units (EGU) at the same location.

E."Megawatt-hour (MWh)" means the net generation from the affected EGU as determined by 40 CFR Part 60.5540.

F."Operating day" means a calendar day during which any fuel is combusted in the affected EGU at any time.

G."Operator" means the person or persons responsible for the overall operation of an affected EGF.

H."Owner" means the person or persons who own all or part of an affected EGF.

I."Rolling average" means the weighted average of all data, meeting quality assurance and quality control requirements normalized pursuant to this Part, collected during the applicable averaging period. A 365-operating-day rolling average is calculated by adding the hourly mass emissions over the previous 365 operating days and dividing that sum by the hourly generation (MWh-net) during the same period. A 30-operating-day rolling average is calculated by adding the hourly mass emissions over the previous 30 operating days and dividing that sum by the hourly generation (MWh-net) during the same period.

N.M. Code R. § 20.2.101.7

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 22, November 29, 2022, eff. 1/1/2023