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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 26.11.38.04" title_num="26" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="38" heading="Additional NO">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>This regulation applies to C.P. Crane units 1 and 2, Chalk Point unit 2, Dickerson units 1, 2, and 3, and H.A. Wagner unit 2.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>General Requirements. The owner or operator of the affected electric generating units subject to this regulation shall choose from the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Not later than June 1, 2020:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Install and operate a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) control system; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Meet a NOx emission rate of 0.09 lbs/MMBtu, as determined on a 30-day rolling average during the ozone season;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Not later than June 1, 2020, permanently retire the unit;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Not later than June 1, 2020, permanently switch fuel from coal to natural gas for the unit;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Not later than June 1, 2020, meet either a NOx emission rate of 0.13 lbs/MMBtu as determined on a 24-hour systemwide block average or a systemwide NOx tonnage cap of 21 tons per day during the ozone season.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>When option §B(4)of this regulation is selected:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Not later than May 1, 2016, the owner or operator of an affected electric generating unit shall not exceed a NOx 30-day systemwide rolling average emission rate of 0.13 lbs/MMBtu during the ozone season.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Not later than May 1, 2018, the owner or operator of an affected electric generating unit shall not exceed a NOx 30-day systemwide rolling average emission rate of 0.11 lbs/MMBtu during the ozone season.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Not later than May 1, 2020, the owner or operator of an affected electric generating unit shall not exceed a NOx 30-day systemwide rolling average emission rate of 0.09 lbs/MMBtu during the ozone season.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>In order to calculate the 24-hour systemwide block average emission rate and systemwide NOx tonnage cap under §B(4) of this regulation and the systemwide rolling average emission rates under §C of this regulation:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The owner or operator shall use all affected electric generating units within their system as those terms are defined in Regulation .01B of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The unit or units NOx emissions from all operations during the entire operating day shall be used where the unit or units burn coal at any time during that operating day.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Beginning June 1, 2020, if the unit or units included in a system, as that system existed on May 1, 2015, is no longer directly or indirectly owned, operated, or controlled by the owner, operator, or controller of the system:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The remaining units within the system shall meet either:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The requirements of §B(1)—(3) of this regulation; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A NOx emission rate of 0.13 lbs/MMBtu as determined on a 24-hour systemwide block average and the requirements of §C(3) of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The unit or units no longer included in the system shall meet the requirements of §B(1)—(3) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>For the purposes of this regulation, the owner includes parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries of the owner.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>