Section 446.13. Mercury emission limits for large coal-fired electric generating units.

 

(1)  Beginning April 16, 2016, an owner or operator of a large or a small coal-fired EGU designated by the department to meet the emission limitation in this subsection under s. NR 446.17 (2) (b) shall achieve a minimum of 90% mercury emission reduction as measured from the mercury content of fuel combusted or limit mercury emissions annually to 0.0080 pounds per gigawatt-hour (lbs/GWh) of electricity produced.

(2)  An owner or operator may achieve compliance with sub. (1) by either of the following methods:

(a) Unit-by-unit compliance. Demonstrating that the mercury emissions from each coal-fired EGU meet either of the mercury emission limits in sub. (1) using the measurement methods and calculation procedures in s. NR 446.18 .

(b) Unit averaging. Demonstrating that the sum of the mercury emissions from all coal-fired EGUs subject to the mercury emission limits in sub. (1) does not exceed the sum of the annual allowable mercury emissions for the coal-fired EGUs using the measurement methods and calculation procedures in s. NR 446.18 .

CR 07-036 : cr. Register November 2008 No. 635 , eff. 12-1-08; CR 13-089 : am. (1) Register July 2014 No. 703 , eff. 8-1-14.