COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION
§ 145.331. Compliance certification report.
(a) Applicability and deadline. For each control period, except for an interim control period, in which a CO2 budget source is subject to the CO2 requirements of § 145.306(c) (relating to standard requirements), the CO2 authorized account representative of the source shall submit a compliance certification report to the Department by March 1 following the relevant control period.
(b) Contents of report. The CO2 authorized account representative shall include in the compliance certification report under subsection (a) the following:
(1) Identification of the CO2 budget source and each CO2 budget unit at the source.
(2) At the CO2 authorized account representative’s option, the serial numbers of the CO2 allowances that are to be deducted from the source’s compliance account under § 145.355 (relating to compliance) for the control period or an interim control period, including the serial numbers of any CO2 offset allowances that are to be deducted subject to the limitations of § 145.355(a)(3).
(3) The compliance certification under subsection (c).
(c) Compliance certification. In the compliance certification report under subsection (a), the CO2 authorized account representative shall certify, based on reasonable inquiry of those persons with primary responsibility for operating the source and the CO2 budget units at the source in compliance with the CO2 Budget Trading Program, whether the source and each CO2 budget unit at the source for which the compliance certification is submitted was operated during the calendar years covered by the report in compliance with the requirements of the CO2 Budget Trading Program, including the following:
(1) Whether the CO2 budget source was operated in compliance with the CO2 requirements of § 145.306(c).
(2) Whether the monitoring plan applicable to each unit at the source has been maintained to reflect the actual operation and monitoring of the unit and contains the information necessary to attribute CO2 emissions to the unit, in accordance with § § 145.371—145.377 (relating to monitoring, reporting and recordkeeping requirements).
(3) Whether all the CO2 emissions from the units at the source were monitored or accounted for through the missing data procedures and reported in the quarterly monitoring reports, including whether conditional data were reported in the quarterly reports in accordance with § § 145.371—145.377. If conditional data were reported, the owner or operator shall indicate whether the status of all conditional data has been resolved and all necessary quarterly report resubmissions have been made.
(4) Whether the facts that form the basis for certification under § § 145.371—145.377 of each monitor at each unit at the source, or for using an excepted monitoring method or alternative monitoring method approved under § § 145.371—145.377, if any, have changed.
(5) If a change is required to be reported under paragraph (4), specify the nature of the change, the reason for the change, when the change occurred and how the unit’s compliance status was determined subsequent to the change, including what method was used to determine emissions when a change mandated the need for monitor recertification.
Cross References This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 145.306 (relating to standard requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 145.323 (relating to contents of an application for a permit incorporating CO2 Budget Trading Program requirements); and 25 Pa. Code § 145.355 (relating to compliance).
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