980 CMR, § 12.03

Current through Register 1533, October 25, 2024

Section 12.03 - Technology Performance Standards

(1)Technology Performance Standards for Criteria Pollutants. The following are the technology performance standards for criteria pollutants:

Name of Pollutant	Technology Performance Standard (Pounds per Megawatt-Hour Burning Primary Fuel 100% base load at 50 degrees Fahrenheit)
Sulfur Dioxide	0.021
Nitrogen Oxides	0.120
Fine Particulates -PM10	0.081
Particulate Matter	0.081
Carbon Monoxide	0.077
Volatile Organic Compounds	0.035

(2)Technology Performance Standards for Non-Criteria Pollutants. The following are the technology performance standards for non-criteria pollutants:

Pollutant	Technology Performance Standard (Pounds per Megawatt-Hour Burning Primary Fuel)
Antimony	0.000171
Arsenic	0.00004
Beryllium	0.0000037
Cadmium	0.000033
Chromium	0.00033
Cobalt	0.00007
Copper	0.01
Lead	0.00045
Manganese	0.0026
Mercury	0.0000074

Pollutant	Technology Perfonnance Standard
(Pounds per Megawatt-Hour Burning Primary Fuel)
Nickel	0.0093
Nickel Oxide	0.012
Phosphorus	0.0023
Selenium	0.00004
Vanadium	0.000037
Vanadium Pentoxide	0.00012

(3)Updating to the Technology Performance Standards. The Energy Facilities Siting Board will update the technology performance standards as necessary to reflect improvements in fossil fuel generating and control technologies. Any such updates or new technology performance standards will not apply retroactively to a proposed generating facility with expected emissions that satisfied the technology performance standards in effect on the date the applicant filed its petition for approval to construct the facility.

980 CMR, § 12.03