40 CFR §98.526
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In addition to the information required by § 98.3(c), each annual report must contain the information specified in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section, as applicable:
- (a)The total number of ceramics process units at the facility and the number of units that operated during the reporting year.
- (b)If a CEMS is used to measure CO2 emissions from ceramics process units, then you must report under this subpart the relevant information required under § 98.36 for the Tier 4 Calculation Methodology and the following information specified in paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) of this section.
- (1)The annual quantity of each carbonate-based raw material (including clay) charged to each ceramics process unit and for all units combined (tons).
- (2)Annual quantity of each type of ceramics product manufactured by each ceramics process unit and by all units combined (tons).
- (3)Annual production capacity for each ceramics process unit (tons).
- (c)If a CEMS is not used to measure CO2 emissions from ceramics process units and process CO2 emissions are calculated according to the procedures specified in § 98.523(b), then you must report the following information specified in paragraphs (c)(1) through (7) of this section.
- (1)Annual process emissions of CO2 (metric tons) for each ceramics process unit and for all units combined.
- (2)The annual quantity of each carbonate-based raw material (including clay) charged to each ceramics process unit and for all units combined (tons).
- (3)Results of all tests used to verify each carbonate-based mineral mass fraction for each carbonate-based raw material charged to a ceramics process unit, as specified in paragraphs (c)(3)(i) through (iii) of this section.
- (4)Method used to determine the decimal mass fraction of carbonate-based mineral, unless you used the default value of 1.0 (e.g., supplier provided information, analyses of representative samples you collected, or use of a default value of 0.005 as specified by § 98.524(b)).
- (5)Annual quantity of each type of ceramics product manufactured by each ceramics process unit and by all units combined (tons).
- (6)Annual production capacity for each ceramics process unit (tons).
- (7)If you use the missing data procedures in § 98.525(b), you must report for each applicable ceramics process unit the number of times in the reporting year that missing data procedures were followed to measure monthly quantities of carbonate-based raw materials or mass fraction of the carbonate-based minerals (months).