[Comment: For dates and
availability of non-regulatory government publications, publications of
recognized organizations and associations, federal rules, and federal statutory
provisions referenced in this rule, see paragraph (C) of rule
3745-103-01
of the Administrative Code titled "Referenced materials."]
(A) Beginning January 1, 1996, or for a unit
subject to section 404(D) of the Clean Air
Act, the date on which the unit is required to meet acid rain
emission reduction requirements for SO2, the owner or
operator of a phase I coal-fired utility unit with a tangentially fired boiler
or a dry bottom wall-fired boiler (other than units applying cell burner
technology) shall not discharge, or allow to be discharged, emissions of
NOx to the atmosphere in excess of the following limits,
except as provided in paragraph (C) or (E) of this rule or in rule
3745-103-62
or
3745-103-63
of the Administrative Code:
(1)
Forty-five hundredths pound per MMBtu of heat input on an annual average basis
for tangentially fired boilers.
(2)
Fifty hundredths pound per MMBtu of heat input on an annual average basis for
dry bottom wall-fired boilers (other than units applying cell burner
technology).
(B) The
owner or operator shall determine the annual average NO
x
emission rate, in pound per MMBtu, using the methods and procedures specified
in 40 CFR Part
75.
(C) Unless the
unit meets the early election requirement of rule
3745-103-60
of the Administrative Code the owner or operator of a coal-fired substitution
unit with a tangentially fired boiler or a dry bottom wall-fired boiler (other
than units applying cell burner technology) that satisfies the requirements of
paragraph (C)(2) of rule
3745-103-55
of the Administrative Code, shall comply with the NO
x
emission limitations that apply to group one, phase II boilers.
(D) The owner or operator of a phase I unit
with a cell burner boiler that converts to a conventional wall-fired boiler on
or before January 1, 1995 or, for a unit subject to Section 404(d) of the Clean
Air Act, the date the unit is required to meet acid rain emissions reduction
requirements for SO
2 shall comply, by such respective
date or January 1, 1996, whichever is later, with the
NO
x emissions limitation applicable to dry bottom
wall-fired boilers under paragraph (A) of this rule, except as provided in
paragraph (C) or (E) of this rule or in rule
3745-103-62
or
3745-103-63
of the Administrative Code.
(E) The
owner or operator of a phase I unit with a group one boiler that converts to a
fluidized bed or other type of utility boiler not included in group one boilers
on or before January 1, 1995 or, a unit subject to Section 404(d) of the Clean
Air Act, the date the unit is required to meet acid rain emissions reduction
requirements for SO
2 is exempt from the
NO
x emissions limitations specified in paragraph (A) of
this rule, but shall comply with the NO
x emission
limitations for group two boilers under rule
3745-103-58
of the Administrative Code.
(F)
Except as provided in rule
3745-103-60
of the Administrative Code and in paragraph (C) of this rule, each unit subject
to the requirements of this rule is not subject to the requirements of rule
3745-103-59
of the Administrative Code.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code 3745-103-57
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
5/26/2023 and
05/26/2028
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 3704.03(E)
Rule Amplifies:
3704.03(A),
3704.03(E)
Prior Effective Dates: 06/27/2002, 01/12/2007, 11/10/2011,
10/20/2017
Effective: 10/20/2017
Five Year
Review (FYR) Dates: 7/31/2017 and
07/31/2022
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 3704.03(E)
Rule Amplifies:
3704.03(A),
3704.03(E)
Prior Effective Dates: 6/27/02, 1/12/07,
11/10/11
