§97.730. General monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. — Inbound Citations

(i) 2 Group 2 Trading Programs. A State listed in paragraph (c)(1) of this section may adopt and include in a SIP revision, and the Administrator will approve, as correcting the deficiency in the SIP that is the basis for the CSAPR Federal Implementation Plan set forth in paragraphs (a), (c)(1), (g), and (h) of this section with regard to sources in the State and areas of Indian country within the borders of the State subject to the State's SIP authority, regulations that are substantively identical to the provisions of the CSAPR SO2 Group 2 Trading Program set forth in §§ 97.702 through 97.735 of this chapter, except that the SIP revision:

(ii) For a bottoming-cycle unit, useful power not less than 45 percent of total energy input;

(1) Any CSAPR SO2 Group 2 unit that is permanently retired shall be exempt from § 97.706(b) and (c)(1), § 97.724, and §§ 97.730 through 97.735.

(1) The owners and operators, and the designated representative, of each CSAPR SO2 Group 2 source and each CSAPR SO2 Group 2 unit at the source shall comply with the monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements of §§ 97.730 through 97.735.

(A) By June 1 of each year from 2015 through 2020, the Administrator will calculate the CSAPR SO2 Group 2 allowance allocation to each CSAPR SO2 Group 2 unit in a State and areas of Indian country within the borders of the State subject to the State's SIP authority, in accordance with § 97.712(a)(2) through (7) and (12) and §§ 97.706(b)(2) and 97.730 through 97.735, for the control period in the year of the applicable calculation deadline under this paragraph and will promulgate a notice of data availability of the results of the calculations.

(i) Objections shall be submitted by the deadline specified in such notice and shall be limited to addressing whether the calculations referenced in such notice are in accordance with § 97.706(c)(2)(iii), §§ 97.706(b) and 97.730 through 97.735, the definitions of “common designated representative”, “common designated representative's assurance level”, and “common designated representative's share” in § 97.702, and the calculation formula in § 97.706(c)(2)(i).

(i) Such requirements shall apply to the monitoring systems required under § 97.730 through § 97.735, rather than the monitoring systems required under part 75 of this chapter;

(a) The designated representative of a CSAPR SO2 Group 2 unit may submit a petition under § 75.66 of this chapter to the Administrator, requesting approval to apply an alternative to any requirement of §§ 97.730 through 97.734.

(a) The owner or operator of a CSAPR SO2 Group 2 unit shall be exempt from the initial certification requirements of this section for a monitoring system under § 97.730(a)(1) if the following conditions are met:

(1) The monitoring system has been previously certified in accordance with part 75 of this chapter; and

(2) The applicable quality-assurance and quality-control requirements of § 75.21 of this chapter and appendices B and D to part 75 of this chapter are fully met for the certified monitoring system described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

(i) A CSAPR SO2 Group 2 unit shall be subject to the requirements under paragraph (c)(1) of this section for the control period starting on the later of January 1, 2015 or the deadline for meeting the unit's monitor certification requirements under § 97.730(b) and for each control period thereafter.

(i) CSAPR SO2 Group 2 units that are not allocated an amount of CSAPR SO2 Group 2 allowances in the notice of data availability issued under § 97.711(a)(1) and that have deadlines for certification of monitoring systems under § 97.730(b) not later than December 31 of the year of the control period;

(1) The owner or operator shall ensure that each continuous monitoring system under § 97.730(a)(1) (including the automated data acquisition and handling system) successfully completes all of the initial certification testing required under § 75.20 of this chapter by the applicable deadline in § 97.730(b). In addition, whenever the owner or operator installs a monitoring system to meet the requirements of this subpart in a location where no such monitoring system was previously installed, initial certification in accordance with § 75.20 of this chapter is required.

(ii) The calendar quarter corresponding to the earlier of the date of provisional certification or the applicable deadline for initial certification under § 97.730(b).