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Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Nov 20, 2024
Appendix - Table 1 to Subpart KKKK of Part 60—Nitrogen Oxide Emission Limits for New Stationary Combustion Turbines
Combustion turbine type Combustion turbine heat input at peak load
(HHV)
NOX emission standard
New turbine firing natural gas, electric generating≤ 50 MMBtu/h42 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 290 ng/J of useful output (2.3 lb/MWh).
New turbine firing natural gas, mechanical drive≤ 50 MMBtu/h100 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 690 ng/J of useful output (5.5 lb/MWh).
New turbine firing natural gas> 50 MMBtu/h and ≤ 850 MMBtu/h25 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 150 ng/J of useful output (1.2 lb/MWh).
New, modified, or reconstructed turbine firing natural gas> 850 MMBtu/h15 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 54 ng/J of useful output (0.43 lb/MWh)
New turbine firing fuels other than natural gas, electric generating≤ 50 MMBtu/h96 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 700 ng/J of useful output (5.5 lb/MWh).
New turbine firing fuels other than natural gas, mechanical drive≤ 50 MMBtu/h150 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 1,100 ng/J of useful output (8.7 lb/MWh).
New turbine firing fuels other than natural gas> 50 MMBtu/h and ≤ 850 MMBtu/h74 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 460 ng/J of useful output (3.6 lb/MWh).
New, modified, or reconstructed turbine firing fuels other than natural gas> 850 MMBtu/h42 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 160 ng/J of useful output (1.3 lb/MWh).
Modified or reconstructed turbine≤ 50 MMBtu/h150 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 1,100 ng/J of useful output (8.7 lb/MWh).
Modified or reconstructed turbine firing natural gas> 50 MMBtu/h and ≤ 850 MMBtu/h42 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 250 ng/J of useful output (2.0 lb/MWh).
Modified or reconstructed turbine firing fuels other than natural gas> 50 MMBtu/h and ≤ 850 MMBtu/h96 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 590 ng/J of useful output (4.7 lb/MWh).
Turbines located north of the Arctic Circle (latitude 66.5 degrees north), turbines operating at less than 75 percent of peak load, modified and reconstructed offshore turbines, and turbine operating at temperatures less than 0 °F≤ 30 MW output150 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 1,100 ng/J of useful output (8.7 lb/MWh).
Turbines located north of the Arctic Circle (latitude 66.5 degrees north), turbines operating at less than 75 percent of peak load, modified and reconstructed offshore turbines, and turbine operating at temperatures less than 0 °F> 30 MW output96 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 590 ng/J of useful output (4.7 lb/MWh).
Heat recovery units operating independent of the combustion turbineAll sizes54 ppm at 15 percent O2 or 110 ng/J of useful output (0.86 lb/MWh).
authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401
source: 36 FR 24877, Dec. 23, 1971, unless otherwise noted.