- Table 1 to Subpart KKKKa of Part 60—Nitrogen Oxide Emission Standards for Stationary Combustion Turbines
| Combustion turbine type | Combustion turbine base load rated heat input
(HHV) | Input-based NO emission standard 1 | Optional output-based NO | New, firing natural gas with utilization rate >45 percent | >850 MMBtu/h | 5 ppm at 15 percent O | 0.054 kg/MWh-gross (0.12 lb/MWh-gross) 0.055 kg/MWh-net (0.12 lb/MWh-net). | New, firing natural gas with utilization rate ≤45 percent and with design efficiency ≥38 percent | >850 MMBtu/h | 25 ppm at 15 percent O | 0.38 kg/MWh-gross (0.83 lb/MWh-gross) 0.39 kg/MWh-net (0.85 lb/MWh-net). | New, firing natural gas with utilization rate ≤45 percent and with design efficiency <38 percent | >850 MMBtu/h | 9 ppm at 15 percent O | 0.17 kg/MWh-gross (0.37 lb/MWh-gross) 0.17 kg/MWh-net (0.38 lb/MWh-net). | New, modified, or reconstructed, firing non-natural gas | >850 MMBtu/h | 42 ppm at 15 percent O | 0.45 kg/MWh-gross (1.0 lb/MWh-gross) 0.46 kg/MWh-net (1.0 lb/MWh-net). | Modified or reconstructed, firing natural gas, at all utilization rates, with design efficiency ≥38 percent | >850 MMBtu/h | 25 ppm at 15 percent O | 0.38 kg/MWh-gross (0.83 lb/MWh-gross) 0.39 kg/MWh-net (0.85 lb/MWh-net). | Modified or reconstructed, firing natural gas, at all utilization rates, with design efficiency <38 percent | >850 MMBtu/h | 15 ppm at 15 percent O | 0.28 kg/MWh-gross (0.62 lb/MWh-gross) 0.29 kg/MWh-net (0.30 lb/MWh-net). | New, firing natural gas, at utilization rate >45 percent | >50 MMBtu/h and ≤850 MMBtu/h | 15 ppm at 15 percent O | 0.20 kg/MWh-gross (0.43 lb/MWh-gross) 0.20 kg/MWh-net (0.44 lb/MWh-net). | New, firing natural gas, at utilization rate ≤45 percent | >50 MMBtu/h and ≤850 MMBtu/h | 25 ppm at 15 percent O | 0.54 kg/MWh-gross (1.2 lb/MWh-gross) 0.56 kg/MWh-net (1.2 lb/MWh-net). | Modified or reconstructed, firing natural gas | >20 MMBtu/h and ≤850 MMBtu/h | 42 ppm at 15 percent O | 0.91 kg/MWh-gross (2.0 lb/MWh-gross) 0.92 kg/MWh-net (2.0 lb/MWh-net). | New, firing non-natural gas | >50 MMBtu/h and ≤850 MMBtu/h | 74 ppm at 15 percent O | 1.6 kg/MWh-gross (3.6 lb/MWh-gross) 1.6 kg/MWh-net (3.7 lb/MWh-net). | Modified or reconstructed, firing non-natural gas | >20 MMBtu/h and ≤850 MMBtu/h | 96 ppm at 15 percent O | 2.1 kg/MWh-gross (4.7 lb/MWh-gross) 2.2 kg/MWh-net (4.8 lb/MWh-net). | New, firing natural gas | ≤50 MMBtu/h | 25 ppm at 15 percent O | 0.64 kg/MWh-gross (1.4 lb/MWh-gross) 0.65 kg/MWh-net (1.4 lb/MWh-net). | New, firing non-natural gas | ≤50 MMBtu/h | 96 ppm at 15 percent O | 2.4 kg/MWh-gross (5.3 lb/MWh-gross) 2.5 kg/MWh-net (5.4 lb/MWh-net). | Modified or reconstructed, all fuels | ≤20 MMBtu/h | 150 ppm at 15 percent O | 3.9 kg/MWh-gross (8.7 lb/MWh-gross) 4.0 kg/MWh-net (8.9 lb/MWh-net). | New, firing natural gas, either offshore turbines, turbines bypassing the heat recovery unit, and/or temporary turbines | >50 MMBtu/h | 25 ppm at 15 percent O | N/A. | Located north of the Arctic Circle (latitude 66.5 degrees north), operating at ambient temperatures less than 0 °F (−18 °C), modified or reconstructed offshore turbines, operated during periods of turbine tuning, byproduct-fired turbines, and/or operating at less than 70 percent of the base load rating | ≤300 MMBtu/h | 150 ppm at 15 percent O | N/A. | Located north of the Arctic Circle (latitude 66.5 degrees north), operating at ambient temperatures less than 0 °F (−18 °C), modified or reconstructed offshore turbines, operated during periods of turbine tuning, byproduct-fired turbines, and/or operating at less than 70 percent of the base load rating | >300 MMBtu/h | 96 ppm at 15 percent O | N/A. | Heat recovery units operating independent of the combustion turbine | All sizes | 54 ppm at 15 percent O | N/A. |
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1 Input-based standards are determined on a 4-operating-hour rolling average basis.
2 Output-based standards are determined on a 30-operating-day average basis.
