NR 440.207(2)(o)(o) “Heat transfer medium” means any material that is used to transfer heat from one point to another point.
NR 440.207(2)(p)(p) “Maximum design heat input capacity” means the ability of a steam generating unit to combust a stated maximum amount of fuel, or combination of fuels, on a steady state basis as determined by the physical design and characteristics of the steam generating unit.
NR 440.207(2)(q)(q) “Natural gas” means:
NR 440.207(2)(q)1.1. A naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbon and nonhydrocarbon gases found in geologic formations beneath the earth’s surface, of which the principal constituent is methane, or
NR 440.207(2)(q)2.2. Liquified petroleum (LP) gas, as defined by the American Society for Testing and Materials in ASTM D1835-03a, Standard Specification for Liquified Petroleum Gases, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (2) (a) 22.
NR 440.207(2)(r)(r) “Noncontinental area” means the state of Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the Northern Mariana Islands.
NR 440.207(2)(s)(s) “Oil” means crude oil or petroleum, or a liquid fuel derived from crude oil or petroleum, including distillate oil and residual oil.
NR 440.207(2)(t)(t) “Potential sulfur dioxide emission rate” means the theoretical SO2 emissions, nanograms per joule (ng/J) or pounds per million Btu (lb/million Btu) heat input, that would result from combusting fuel in an uncleansed state and without using emission control systems.
NR 440.207(2)(u)(u) “Process heater” means a device that is primarily used to heat a material to initiate or promote a chemical reaction to which the material participates as a reactant or catalyst.
NR 440.207(2)(v)(v) “Residual oil” means crude oil, fuel oil that does not comply with the specifications under the definition of distillate oil, and all fuel oil numbers 4, 5 and 6, as defined by the American Society for Testing and Materials in ASTM D396-98, Standard Specification for Fuel Oils, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (2) (a) 13.
NR 440.207(2)(w)(w) “Steam generating unit” means a device that combusts any fuel and produces steam or heats water or any other heat transfer medium. This term includes any duct burner that combusts fuel and is part of a combined cycle system. This term does not include process heaters as defined in this section.
NR 440.207(2)(x)(x) “Steam generating unit operating day” means a 24-hour period between 12:00 midnight and the following midnight during which any fuel is combusted at any time in the steam generating unit. It is not necessary for fuel to be combusted continuously for the entire 24-hour period.
NR 440.207(2)(y)(y) “Wet flue gas desulfurization technology” means an SO2 control system that is located between the steam generating unit and the exhaust vent or stack, and that removes sulfur oxides from the combustion gases of the steam generating unit by contacting the combustion gases with an alkaline slurry or solution and forming a liquid material. This definition includes devices where the liquid material is subsequently converted to another form. Alkaline reagents used in wet flue gas desulfurization systems include, but are not limited to, lime, limestone and sodium compounds.
NR 440.207(2)(z)(z) “Wet scrubber system” means any emission control device that mixes an aqueous stream or slurry with the exhaust gases from a steam generating unit to control emissions of particulate matter (PM) or SO2.
NR 440.207(2)(zm)(zm) “Wood” means wood, wood residue, bark or any derivative fuel or residue thereof, in any form, including but not limited to sawdust, sanderdust, wood chips, scraps, slabs, millings, shavings and processed pellets made from wood or other forest residues.
NR 440.207(3)(3)Standards for sulfur dioxide.
NR 440.207(3)(a)(a) Except as provided in pars. (b), (c) and (e), on and after the date on which the initial performance test is completed or required to be completed under s. NR 440.08, whichever date comes first, the owner or operator of an affected facility that combusts only coal may neither:
NR 440.207(3)(a)1.1. Cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that contain SO2 in excess of 10% (0.10) of the potential SO2 emission rate, 90% reduction; nor
NR 440.207(3)(a)2.2. Cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that contain SO2 in excess of 520 ng/J (1.2 lb/million Btu) heat input. If coal is combusted with other fuels, the affected facility is subject to the 90% SO2 reduction requirement specified in this paragraph and the emission limit is determined pursuant to par. (e) 2.
NR 440.207(3)(b)(b) Except as provided in pars. (c) and (e), on and after the date on which the initial performance test is completed or required to be completed under s. NR 440.08, whichever date comes first, the owner or operator of an affected facility that:
NR 440.207(3)(b)1.1. Combusts coal refuse alone in a fluidized bed combustion steam generating unit may neither:
NR 440.207(3)(b)1.a.a. Cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that contain SO2 in excess of 20% (0.20) of the potential SO2 emission rate (80% reduction); nor
NR 440.207(3)(b)1.b.b. Cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that contain SO2 in excess of 520 ng/J (1.2 lb/million Btu) heat input. If coal is fired with coal refuse, the affected facility is subject to par. (a). If oil or any other fuel, except coal, is fired with coal refuse, the affected facility is subject to the 90% SO2 reduction requirement specified in par. (a) and the emission limit determined pursuant to par. (e) 2.
NR 440.207(3)(b)2.2. Combusts only coal and that uses an emerging technology for the control of SO2 emissions may neither:
NR 440.207(3)(b)2.a.a. Cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that contain SO2 in excess of 50% (0.50) of the potential SO2 emission rate, 50% reduction; nor
NR 440.207(3)(b)2.b.b. Cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that contain SO2 in excess of 260 ng/J (0.60 lb/million Btu) heat input. If coal is combusted with other fuels, the affected facility is subject to the 50% SO2 reduction requirement specified in this paragraph and the emission limit determined pursuant to par. (e) 2.
NR 440.207(3)(c)(c) On and after the date on which the initial performance test is completed or required to be completed under s. NR 440.08, whichever date comes first, no owner or operator of an affected facility that combusts coal, alone or in combination with any other fuel, and is listed in subd. 1., 2., 3. or 4. may cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that contain SO2 in excess of the emission limit determined pursuant to par. (e) 2. Percent reduction requirements are not applicable to affected facilities under this paragraph.
NR 440.207(3)(c)1.1. Affected facilities that have a heat input of 22 MW (75 million Btu/hr) or less.
NR 440.207(3)(c)2.2. Affected facilities that have an annual capacity for coal of 55% (0.55) or less and are subject to a federally enforceable requirement limiting operation of the affected facility to an annual capacity factor for coal of 55% (0.55) or less.