N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 §§ 231-13.6

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024
Section 231-13.6 - Table 6 - Significant project thresholds and significant net emission increase thresholds for attainment and unclassified areas

Contaminant

Significant Project Threshold 1/

Significant Net Emission

Increase Threshold

Carbon monoxide

100 tpy

Nitrogen oxides

40 tpy

Sulfur dioxide

40 tpy

Particulate matter

25 tpy

Particulate matter: PM-10 emissions2

15 tpy

Particulate matter: PM-2.5 emissions2

10 tpy

Precursors:

NOx

40 tpy

SO2

40 tpy

Ozone: as VOCs or NOx

40 tpy

Lead (elemental)

0.6 tpy

Fluorides

3 tpy

Sulfuric acid mist

7 tpy

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S)

10 tpy

Total reduced sulfur (including H2S)

10 tpy

Reduced sulfur compounds (including H2S)

10 tpy

Municipal waste combustor organics (measured as total tetra through octa-chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofurans)

3.2 x 10-6 megagrams per year (3.5 x 10-6 tpy)

Municipal wast megagrams per year (15 tpy) matter)

Municipal waste combustor acid gases (measured as sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride)

36 megagrams per year (40 tpy)

Municipal solid waste landfills emissions (measured as nonmethane organic compounds)

45 megagrams per year (50 tpy)

Greenhouse gases

Any increase and 75,000 tpy3,4

Any other regulated NSR contaminant

Any increase

1 - project emission potential threshold.

2 - both filterable and condensable fractions are to be included (see definitions of PM-10 and PM-2.5 in Part 200 of this Title).

3 measured as CO2 equivalents.

4 - values only represent the Significant Project Threshold as netting is not allowed for greenhouse gases.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 §§ 231-13.6

Amended New York State Register February 10, 2021/Volume XLIII, Issue 06, eff. 2/25/2021