§  75.64 Quarterly reports.

(a) Electronic submission. The designated representative for an affected unit shall electronically report the data and information in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section to the Administrator quarterly, beginning with the data from the later of: the last (partial) calendar quarter of 1993 (where the calendar quarter data begins at November 15, 1993); or the calendar quarter corresponding to the date of provisional certification; or the calendar quarter corresponding to the relevant deadline for initial certification in §  75.4(a), (b), or (c), whichever quarter is earlier. The initial quarterly report shall contain hourly data beginning with the hour of provisional certification or the hour corresponding to the relevant certification deadline, whichever is earlier. For an affected unit subject to §  75.4(d) that is shutdown on the relevant compliance date in §  75.4(a), the owner or operator shall submit quarterly reports for the unit beginning with the data from the quarter in which the unit recommences commercial operation (where the initial quarterly report contains hourly data beginning with the first hour of recommenced commercial operation of the unit). For any provisionally-certified monitoring system, §  75.20(a)(3) shall apply for initial certifications, and §  75.20(b)(5) shall apply for recertifications. Each electronic report must be submitted to the Administrator within 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter. Each electronic report shall include the date of report generation for the information provided in paragraphs (a)(2) through (a)(11) of this section, and shall also include for each affected unit (or group of units using a common stack):

(1) Facility information:

(i) Identification, including:

(A) Facility/ORISPL number;

(B) Calendar quarter and year for the data contained in the report; and

(C) Version of the electronic data reporting format used for the report.

(ii) Location, including:

(A) Plant name and facility ID;

(B) EPA AIRS facility system ID;

(C) State facility ID;

(D) Source category/type;

(E) Primary SIC code;

(F) State postal abbreviation;

(G) County code; and

(H) Latitude and longitude.

(2) The information and hourly data required in §§  75.53 through 75.59, excluding the following:

(i) Descriptions of adjustments, corrective action, and maintenance;

(ii) Information which is incompatible with electronic reporting (e.g., field data sheets, lab analyses, quality control plan);

(iii) Opacity data listed in §  75.54(f) or §  75.57(f), and in §  75.59(a)(8);

(iv) For units with SO2 or NOX add-on emission controls that do not elect to use the approved site-specific parametric monitoring procedures for calculation of substitute data, the information in §  75.55(b)(3) or §  75.58(b)(3);

(v) The information recorded under §  75.56(a)(7) for the period prior to April 1, 2000;

(vi) Information required by §  75.54(g) or §  75.57(h) concerning the causes of any missing data periods and the actions taken to cure such causes;

(vii) Hardcopy monitoring plan information required by §  75.53 and hardcopy test data and results required by §  75.56 or §  75.59;

(viii) Records of flow monitor and moisture monitoring system polynomial equations, coefficients or "K" factors required by §  75.56(a)(5)(vii), §  75.56(a)(5)(ix), §  75.59(a)(5)(vi) or §  75.59(a)(5)(vii);

(ix) Daily fuel sampling information required by §  75.58(c)(3)(i) for units using assumed values under appendix D;

(x) Information required by §§  75.59(b)(1)(vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), and (xiii), and (b)(2)(iii) and (iv) concerning fuel flowmeter accuracy tests and transmitter/transducer accuracy tests;

(xi) Stratification test results required as part of the RATA supplementary records under §§  75.56(a)(7) or 75.59(a)(7);

(xii) Data and results of RATAs that are aborted or invalidated due to problems with the reference method or operational problems with the unit and data and results of linearity checks that are aborted or invalidated due to problems unrelated to monitor performance; and

(xiv) Supplementary RATA information required under §  75.59(a)(7)(i) through §  75.59(a)(7)(v), except that: the data under §  75.59(a)(7)(ii)(A) through (T) and the data under §  75.59(a)(7)(iii)(A) through (M) shall, as applicable, be reported for flow RATAs in which angular compensation (measurement of pitch and/or yaw angles) is used and for flow RATAs in which a site-specific wall effects adjustment factor is determined by direct measurement; and the data under §  75.59(a)(7)(ii)(T) shall be reported for all flow RATAs in which a default wall effects adjustment factor is applied.

(3) Tons (rounded to the nearest tenth) of SO2 emitted during the quarter and cumulative SO2 emissions for the calendar year.

(4) Average NOX emission rate (lb/mmBtu, rounded to the nearest hundredth prior to April 1, 2000 and to the nearest thousandth on and after April 1, 2000) during the quarter and cumulative NOX emission rate for the calendar year.

(5) Tons of CO2 emitted during quarter and cumulative CO2 emissions for calendar year.

(6) Total heat input (mmBtu) for quarter and cumulative heat input for calendar year.

(7) Unit or stack or common pipe header operating hours for quarter and cumulative unit or stack or common pipe header operating hours for calendar year.

(8) If the affected unit is using a qualifying Phase I technology, then the quarterly report shall include the information required in paragraph (e) of this section.

(9) For low mass emissions units for which the owner or operator is using the optional low mass emissions methodology in §  75.19(c) to calculate NOX mass emissions, the designated representative must also report tons (rounded to the nearest tenth) of NOX emitted during the quarter and cumulative NOX mass emissions for the calendar year.

(10) For low mass emissions units using the optional long term fuel flow methodology under §  75.19(c), for each quarter report the long term fuel flow for each fuel according to §  75.59.

(11) For units using the optional fuel flow to load procedure in section 2.1.7 of appendix D to this part, report both the fuel flow-to-load baseline data and the results of the fuel flow-to-load test each quarter.

(b) The designated representative shall affirm that the component/system identification codes and formulas in the quarterly electronic reports, submitted to the Administrator pursuant to §  75.53, represent current operating conditions.

(c) Compliance certification. The designated representative shall submit a certification in support of each quarterly emissions monitoring report based on reasonable inquiry of those persons with primary responsibility for ensuring that all of the unit's emissions are correctly and fully monitored. The certification shall indicate whether the monitoring data submitted were recorded in accordance with the applicable requirements of this part including the quality control and quality assurance procedures and specifications of this part and its appendices, and any such requirements, procedures and specifications of an applicable excepted or approved alternative monitoring method. For a unit with add-on emission controls, the designated representative shall also include a certification, for all hours where data are substituted following the provisions of §  75.34(a)(1), that the add-on emission controls were operating within the range of parameters listed in the monitoring plan and that the substitute values recorded during the quarter do not systematically underestimate SO2 or NOX emissions, pursuant to §  75.34.

(d) Electronic format. Each quarterly report shall be submitted in a format to be specified by the Administrator, including both electronic submission of data and electronic or hardcopy submission of compliance certifications.

(e) Phase I qualifying technology reports. In addition to reporting the information in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the designated representative for an affected unit on which SO2 emission controls have been installed and operated for the purpose of meeting qualifying Phase I technology requirements pursuant to §  72.42 of this chapter shall also submit reports documenting the measured percent SO2 emissions removal to the Administrator on a quarterly basis, beginning the first quarter of 1997 and continuing through the fourth quarter of 1999. Each report shall include all measurements and calculations necessary to substantiate that the qualifying technology achieves the required percent reduction in SO2 emissions.

(f) Method of submission. Beginning with the quarterly report for the first quarter of the year 2001, all quarterly reports shall be submitted to EPA by direct computer-to-computer electronic transfer via modem and EPA-provided software, unless otherwise approved by the Administrator.

(g) Any cover letter text accompanying a quarterly report shall either be submitted in hardcopy to the Agency or be provided in electronic format compatible with the other data required to be reported under this section.

[64 FR 28622, May 26, 1999]