Section 145.30. Compliance certification report

(a) Applicability and deadline. For each control period in which one or more NO_x budget units at a source are subject to the NO_x budget emissions limitation, the NO_x authorized account representative of the source shall submit to the Department and the NO_x Budget Administrator by November 30 of that year, a compliance certification report for the source covering all of the units.

(b) Contents of report. The NO_x authorized account representative shall include in the compliance certification report under subsection (a) the following elements, in a format prescribed by the Department, concerning each unit at the source and subject to the NO_x budget emissions limitation for the control period covered by the report:

(1) Identification of each NO_x budget unit.

(2) At the NO_x authorized account representative’s option, the serial numbers of the NO_x allowances that are to be deducted from each unit’s compliance account under § 145.54 (relating to compliance) for the control period.

(3) At the NO_x authorized account representative’s option, for units sharing a common stack and having NO_x emissions that are not monitored separately or apportioned in accordance with § § 145.70—145.76 (relating to recordkeeping and reporting requirements), the percentage of allowances that is to be deducted from each unit’s compliance account under § 145.54(e).

(4) The compliance certification under subsection (c).

(c) Compliance certification. In the compliance certification report under subsection (a), the NO_x authorized account representative shall certify, based on reasonable inquiry of those persons with primary responsibility for operating the source and the NO_x budget units at the source in compliance with the NO_x Budget Trading Program, whether each NO_x budget unit for which the compliance certification is submitted was operated during the calendar year covered by the report in compliance with the NO_x Budget Trading Program applicable to the unit, including the following:

(1) Whether the unit was operated in compliance with the NO_x budget emissions limitation.

(2) Whether the monitoring plan that governs the unit has been maintained to reflect the actual operation and monitoring of the unit, and contains the information necessary to attribute NO_x emissions to the unit, in accordance with § § 145.70—145.76.

(3) Whether all the NO_x emissions from the unit, or a group of units (including the unit) using a common stack, were monitored or accounted for through the missing data procedures and reported in the quarterly monitoring reports, including whether conditional data were reported in the quarterly reports in accordance with § § 145.70—145.76. If conditional data were reported, the owner or operator shall indicate whether the status of all conditional data has been resolved and all necessary quarterly report resubmissions has been made.

(4) Whether the facts that form the basis for certification under § § 145.70—145.76 of each monitor at the unit or a group of units (including the unit) using a common stack, or for using an excepted monitoring method or alternative monitoring method approved under § § 145.70—145.76, if any, has changed.

(5) If a change is required to be reported under paragraph (4), specify the nature of the change, the reason for the change, when the change occurred and how the unit’s compliance status was determined subsequent to the change, including what method was used to determine emissions when a change mandated the need for monitor recertification.

Notation

Cross References

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 145.54 (relating to compliance); 25 Pa. Code § 145.81 (relating to opt-in source general provisions); and 25 Pa. Code § 145.86 (relating to opt-in source withdrawal from NO_x Budget Trading Program).