CSR 45-44-6. Monitoring, Recordkeeping and Reporting

§45-44-6. Monitoring, Recordkeeping and Reporting. 6.1. The Secretary shall establish monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements in accordance with either subdivision 6.1.a or 6.1.b for each affected steam generating unit in a permit issued pursuant to 45CSR13 and this rule. 6.1.a. The Secretary may require sources to report emission and electricity generation data according to 40 C.F.R. 75; or 6.1.b. The Secretary may include an alternative monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting program that includes specifications for the following program elements: 6.1.b.1. Monitoring plans that specify the monitoring methods, systems, and formulas to measure CO2 emissions; 6.1.b.2. Monitoring methods to continuously and accurately measure all CO2 emissions, CO2 emission rates, and other data necessary to determine compliance or assure data quality; 6.1.b.3. Quality assurance test requirements to ensure monitoring systems provide reliable and accurate data for assessing and verifying compliance; 6.1.b.4. Recordkeeping requirements; 6.1.b.5. Electronic reporting procedures and systems; and 6.1.b.6. Data validation procedures for ensuring data are complete and calculated consistent with program rules, including procedures for determining substitute data in instances where required data would otherwise be incomplete. 6.2. The Secretary shall establish test methods and compliance requirements in a permit issued pursuant to this rule and the procedural requirements of 45CSR13. 6.3. The owner or operator of an affected steam generating unit may decide how to comply with the standard of performance provided the compliance method does not include any of the following prohibited methods: 6.3.a. Averaging emission rates across multiple affected steam generating units; 6.3.b. Trading programs; and 6.3.c. Bio-mass cofiring.