Section 173-485-090. Reporting.

(1) Annual reports. Starting on October 1, 2014, and by October 1 of each year until October 1, 2025, unless compliance has been demonstrated on an earlier date, the owners/operators of a petroleum refinery subject to this standard shall submit reports to their permitting authority that include the following information:

(a) Identification of the option the petroleum refinery intends to use to demonstrate compliance with this standard, including the baseline greenhouse gas emissions year the refinery has selected and justification to utilize that year.

(b) Activities completed since the last annual report to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

(c) Any changes since the last annual report regarding the compliance option utilized by the petroleum refinery.

(d) Baseline greenhouse gas emissions for the petroleum refinery, actual greenhouse gas emissions for the previous calendar year, total greenhouse gas emission reductions already credited to the petroleum refinery, and any emission reductions previously approved through regulatory order to comply with WAC 173-485-040(3), since the effective date of this regulation.

(e) All compliance documentation submittals required in WAC 173-485-050 or 173-485-060(1), as applicable.

(f) If the first annual report does not indicate compliance with the requirements in WAC 173-485-040, the first report must contain an overview plan of how the refinery intends to comply with the requirements of WAC 173-485-040.

(2) Annual reports must be submitted to the permitting authority until compliance has been demonstrated with either WAC 173-485-040 (2) or (3). The owner/operator of a petroleum refinery shall identify in the annual report that the report is the final report that will be submitted to the authority.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.94 RCW. WSR 14-12-038 (Order 13-03), § 173-485-090, filed 5/28/14, effective 6/28/14.]

Chapter 70.94 RCW. WSR 14-12-038 (Order 13-03), § 173-485-090, filed 5/28/14, effective 6/28/14.

Rules

173-485-040,173-485-050,173-485-060,173-485-040,173-485-040,173-485-040,