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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 117CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
SUBCHAPTER HADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
DIVISION 1COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES
RULE §117.9300Compliance Schedule for Utility Electric Generation in East and Central Texas

(a) The owner or operator of each utility electric power boiler or stationary gas turbine located in Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos, Calhoun, Cherokee, Fannin, Fayette, Freestone, Goliad, Gregg, Grimes, Harrison, Henderson, Hood, Hunt, Lamar, Limestone, Marion, McLennan, Milam, Morris, Nueces, Parker, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Titus, Travis, Victoria, and Wharton Counties shall comply with the requirements of Subchapter E, Division 1 of this chapter (relating to Utility Electric Generation in East and Central Texas) as soon as practicable, but no later than the following dates:

  (1) except as provided in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, May 1, 2003, for units owned by utilities subject to the cost-recovery provisions of Texas Utilities Code, §39.263(b):

    (A) the owner or operator shall use the period of May 1, 2003, through April 30, 2004, for the initial annual compliance period. Compliance for each subsequent annual period is on a calendar year basis. For example, the second annual compliance period is January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004;

    (B) the updated final control plan required by §117.3054 of this title (relating to Final Control Plan Procedures) must be submitted by May 31, 2004, and by January 31, 2005; and

    (C) the owner or operator shall comply with the ammonia specification of §117.3010(2) of this title (relating to Emission Specifications) by May 1, 2005; and

  (2) May 1, 2005, for all other units:

    (A) the owner or operator shall use the period of May 1, 2005, through April 30, 2006, for the initial annual compliance period. Compliance for each subsequent annual period is on a calendar year basis. For example, the second annual compliance period is January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006; and

    (B) the updated final control plan required by §117.3054 of this title must be submitted by May 31, 2006, and by January 31, 2007.

(b) Beginning January 1, 2025, sources in Bexar County are no longer required to comply with the requirements of Subchapter E, Division 1 of this chapter.


Source Note: The provisions of this §117.9300 adopted to be effective June 14, 2007, 32 TexReg 3206; amended to be effective May 16, 2024, 49 TexReg 3347

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