N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27C-8.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:27C-8.2 - Monitoring system certification procedures

(a) The owner or operator of a CO[2] Budget unit is exempt from the initial certification, but not the recertification, requirements of this section for a monitoring system installed pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:27C-8.1(c)1, if the monitoring system:

1. Has been previously certified in accordance with 40 CFR Part 75; and

2. Meets the applicable quality-assurance and quality-control requirements of 40 CFR 75.21 and Appendices B and D of 40 CFR Part 75.

(b) If the Administrator has previously approved a petition under 40 CFR 75.72(b)(2)(ii) or 40 CFR 75.16 (b)(2)(ii)(B) pursuant to 40 CFR 75.13 for apportioning the CO[2] emissions rate measured in a common stack or a petition under 40 CFR 75.66 for an alternative requirement in 40 CFR Part 75, the CO[2] authorized account representative shall submit the petition to the Department pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:27C-8.6(a) to determine whether the approval applies under this program.

(c) Except as provided in (a) above, the owner or operator of a CO[2] Budget unit shall comply with the initial certification and recertification procedures set forth at (d) through (r) below for a CEMS and an excepted monitoring system under 40 CFR Part 75 Appendix D. The owner or operator of a CO[2] Budget unit that qualifies to use the low mass emissions excepted monitoring methodology in 40 CFR 75.19 or that qualifies to use an alternative monitoring system under 40 CFR Part 75 Subpart E shall comply with the initial certification and recertification procedures set forth below at (q) or (r), respectively.

(d) The owner or operator of a CO[2] Budget unit shall ensure, for each CEMS required under N.J.A.C. 7:27C-8.1(c)1(including the automated data acquisition and handling system) the successful completion of all of the initial certification testing required under 40 CFR 75.20 by the applicable deadlines specified in N.J.A.C. 7:27C-8.1(d). In addition, whenever the owner or operator installs a monitoring system in order to meet the requirements of this subchapter in a location where NO[x] such monitoring system was previously installed, initial certification in accordance with 40 CFR 75.20 is required.

(e) The CO[2] authorized account representative shall submit a certification or recertification application to the Department within 45 days after completing all CO[2] monitoring system initial certification or recertification tests required under N.J.A.C. 7:27C-8.2, including the information required under 40 CFR 75.53(g) and (h) and 75.63.

(f) The owner or operator shall have a monitoring system recertified in accordance with 40 CFR 75.20(b) whenever the owner or operator of a CO[2] Budget unit makes the following replacement, modification, or change:

1. A replacement, modification, or change to a certified CEMS under N.J.A.C. 7:27C-8.1(c)1that the Administrator or the Department determines significantly affects the ability of the system to accurately measure or record CO[2] mass emissions or to meet the quality-assurance and quality-control requirements of 40 CFR 75.21 or 40 CFR Part 75 Appendix B; or

2. For a system using stack measurements, such as stack flow, stack moisture content, CO[2] or O monitors, a replacement, modification, or change to the flue gas handling system or the unit's operation that the Administrator or the Department determines to significantly change the flow or concentration profile. Examples of changes that require recertification include replacement of the analyzer, change in the location or orientation of the sampling probe or site, or changing of flow rate monitor polynomial coefficients.

(g) Subsections (h) through (r) below apply to both initial certification and recertification of a monitoring system pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:27C-8.1(c)1. For a recertification, replace the words "certification" and "initial certification" with the word "recertification"; replace the word "certified" with "recertified"; and proceed in the manner prescribed in 40 CFR 75.20(b)(5) and (g)(7) in lieu of (o) below.

(h) The CO[2] authorized account representative shall submit a written notice of the dates of certification to the Department, EPA Region 2 Office, and the Administrator in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:27C-8.4.

(i) For each monitoring system, the CO[2] authorized account representative shall submit to the Department a certification application. The certification application must include the information specified in 40 CFR 75.53(g) and (h) and 75.63 to be complete.

(j) The provisional certification date for a monitor shall be determined in accordance with 40 CFR 75.20(a) (3). A provisionally certified monitor may be used under the CO[2] Budget Trading Program for a period not to exceed 120 days after the Department receives the complete certification application for the monitoring system, or component thereof, under (h) above. Data measured and recorded by the provisionally certified monitoring system, or component thereof, in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR Part 75, will be considered valid quality-assured data (retroactive to the date and time of provisional certification), provided that the Department does not invalidate the provisional certification by issuing a notice of disapproval within 120 days of receipt of the complete certification application by the Department.

(k) The Department will issue a written notice of approval or disapproval of the certification application to the owner or operator within 120 days of receipt of the complete certification application under (i) above. In the event the Department does not issue such a notice within such 120-day period, each monitoring system that meets the applicable performance requirements of 40 CFR Part 75 and is included in the certification application will be deemed certified for use under the CO[2] Budget Trading Program.

(l) If the certification application is complete and shows that each monitoring system meets the applicable performance requirements of 40 CFR Part 75, then the Department will issue a written notice of approval of the certification application within 120 days of receipt.

(m) If the certification application is not complete, then the Department will issue a written notice of incompleteness that sets a reasonable date by which the CO[2] authorized account representative shall submit the additional information required to complete the certification application. If the CO[2] authorized account representative does not comply with the notice of incompleteness by the specified date, then the Department may disapprove the application and issue a notice of disapproval pursuant to (n) below. The 120-day review period specified at (k) above shall not begin before receipt of a complete certification application.

(n) If the certification application shows that any monitoring system, or component thereof, does not meet the performance requirements of 40 CFR Part 75, or if the certification application is incomplete and the Department disapproves the application pursuant to (m) above, then the Department will issue a written notice of disapproval of the certification application. The issuance of such notice of disapproval invalidates the provisional certification, and the data measured and recorded by each uncertified monitoring system, or component thereof, shall not be considered valid quality-assured data beginning with the date and hour of provisional certification. The owner or operator shall follow the procedures for loss of certification in (p) below, for each monitoring system, or component thereof, that the Department has disapproved for initia l certification.

(o) The Department will conform with the requirements at N.J.A.C. 7:27C-8.3(b)in issuing a notice of disapproval of the certification status of a monitor.

(p) If the Department issues a notice of disapproval of a certification application under (n) above or a notice of disapproval of certification status under (o) above, then:

1. The owner or operator shall substitute the following values for each disapproved monitoring system, for each hour of unit operation during the period of invalid data, beginning with the date and hour of provisional certification and continuing until the time, date, and hour specified under 40 CFR 75.20(a)(5)(i) or 40 CFR 75.20(g)(7):

i. For a unit using or intending to monitor for CO[2] mass emissions using heat input, or for a unit using the low mass emissions excepted methodology under 40 CFR 75.19, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, the maximum potential hourly heat input of the unit; or

ii. For a unit intending to monitor for CO[2] mass emissions using a CO[2] pollutant concentration monitor and a flow monitor, the maximum potential concentration of CO[2] and the maximum potential flow rate of the unit under 40 CFR Part 75 Appendix A, section 2.1, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented;

2. The CO[2] authorized account representative shall submit a notification of certification retest dates and a new certification application in accordance with (h) and (i) above; and

3. The owner or operator shall repeat all certification tests or other requirements that were failed by the monitoring system, as indicated in the Department's notice of disapproval, NO[x] later than 30 unit-operating days after the date of issuance of the notice of disapproval.

(q) The owner or operator of a unit qualified to use the low mass emissions excepted methodology under N.J.A.C. 7:27C-8.1(g)shall meet the applicable certification and recertification requirements of 40 CFR 75.19(a)(2) and 40 CFR 75.20(h) and this section. If the owner or operator of such a unit elects to certify a fuel flow meter system for heat input determinations, the owner or operator shall also meet the certification and recertification requirements in 40 CFR 75.20(g).

(r) The CO[2] authorized account representative of each unit for which the owner or operator intends to use an alternative monitoring system approved by the Administrator and, if applicable, by the Department, under Subpart E of 40 CFR Part 75, shall comply with the applicable notification and application procedures of 40 CFR 75.20(f).

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27C-8.2

Adopted by 51 N.J.R. 992(a), effective 6/17/2019