N.M. Code R. § 20.11.47.7 Definitions

• Library: New Mexico Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 34, No. 24, December 19, 2023
• Citation: N.M. Code R. § 20.11.47.7
• Year: 2023

In addition to the definitions in 20.11.47 NMAC, the definitions in 20.11.1 NMAC apply unless there is a conflict between definitions, in which case the definition in 20.11.47 NMAC shall govern.

A. "Actual emissions" means the quantified emissions of a regulated air pollutant from a stationary source for every 12-month period. Valid continuous emission monitoring data or source test data shall be preferentially used to determine actual emissions. In the absence of valid continuous emissions monitoring data or source test data, the basis for determining actual emissions shall be quantified using actual operating hours, production rates, throughputs of process materials, throughputs of materials stored, usage of materials, data provided in manufacturer's product specifications, material volatile organic compound (VOC) content reports, laboratory analyses, or any other technically acceptable data as approved by the department in advance and in writing. All calculations of actual emissions shall use USEPA or department approved methods including emission factors and assumptions.

B. "Air pollution control equipment" means any device, equipment, process or combination thereof the operation of which would limit, capture, reduce, confine, or otherwise control regulated air pollutants or convert for the purposes of control any regulated air pollutant to another form, another chemical or another physical state.

C. Reserved

D. Reserved

E. "Commencement" or "commence" means that an owner or operator has undertaken a continuous program of construction or modification.

F. "Construction" means fabrication, erection, installation or relocation of a stationary source, including temporary installations and portable stationary sources.

G. "Emissions report" or "emissions inventory" means a listing, by source, of the amount of regulated air pollutants discharged into the atmosphere.

H. "Fuel carbon content" means the mass of carbon per unit of heat content of a fuel.

I. "Fugitive emissions" are those emissions that could not reasonably pass through a stack, chimney, vent, or other functionally-equivalent opening.

J. Reserved

K. Reserved

L. Reserved

M. Reserved

N. "Modification" means any physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a stationary source that results in an increase in the potential emission rate of any regulated air pollutant...