Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
Section 129.309 - Compliance demonstration(a) The owner or operator of a glass melting furnace shall calculate and report to the Department or appropriate approved local air pollution control agency on a quarterly basis, no later than 30 days after the end of the quarter, the CEMS data and glass production data used to show compliance with the allowable NOx emission limitation specified in § 129.304 (relating to emission requirements). The glass production data must consist of the quantity of glass, in tons, pulled per day for each furnace.(b) The owner or operator of a glass melting furnace shall demonstrate compliance with the emission requirements of § 129.304(a) using one of the following methods: (1) On a furnace-by-furnace basis.(2) Facility-wide emissions averaging.(3) System-wide emissions averaging among glass melting furnaces under common control of the same owner or operator in this Commonwealth.(c) The owner or operator of a glass melting furnace for which the Department or the appropriate approved local air pollution control agency has granted approval to voluntarily opt into a market-based program may not demonstrate compliance on an emissions averaging basis under subsection (b). An emission reduction obtained by emissions averaging to demonstrate compliance with the emission requirements of § 129.304(a) will not be considered surplus for emission reduction credit purposes. The owner or operator of a glass melting furnace shall demonstrate compliance with the emission requirements of § 129.304(a) in accordance with subsection (d).(d) Compliance with the emission requirements of § 129.304(a) shall be determined on a 30-day rolling average basis.The provisions of this § 129.309 adopted June 18, 2010, effective 6/19/2010, 40 Pa.B. 3328.The provisions of this § 129.309 issued under section 5(a)(1) of the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. § 4005(a)(1)).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 121.1 (relating to definitions); 25 Pa. Code § 129.96 (relating to applicability); 25 Pa. Code § 129.112 (relating to presumptive RACT requirements, RACT emission limitations and petition for alternative compliance schedule); 25 Pa. Code § 129.301 (relating to purpose); 25 Pa. Code § 129.302 (relating to applicability); 25 Pa. Code § 129.304 (relating to emission requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 129.308 (relating to compliance determination); and 25 Pa. Code § 129.310 (relating to recordkeeping).