The draft would also cap how long the equipment can run: the two generators and the fire water pump would each be limited to under 500 hours of operation in any twelve consecutive months, per the notice's proposed conditions.
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Georgia EPD draft permit would limit fuel sulfur, opacity and run hours for backup generators and fire pump
The draft notice proposes new restrictions on how much a facility's emergency generators and fire water pump can pollute and how often they can run.
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September 30, 2026: Annual hours-of-operation limit for emergency generators and fire water pump
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The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has issued a draft permit notice proposing several new conditions on emergency generators and an emergency fire water pump at a facility.
SourcesTV-938555 draft
One proposed condition would bar use of fuel that contains sulfur "in excess of 0.05 weight percent" in the equipment.
SourcesTV-938555 draft
Another proposed condition would limit exhaust opacity from the diesel generators and fire water pump, prohibiting operation when opacity is "equal to or greater than forty (40) percent."
SourcesTV-938555 draft
The draft would also cap how long the equipment can run: the two generators and the fire water pump would each be limited to under 500 hours of operation in any twelve consecutive months, per the notice's proposed conditions.
SourcesTV-938555 draft
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Appeared on agendaproposedFuel sulfur content limit for emergency generators and fire water pump
fuel that contains sulfur in excess
of 0.05 weight percent
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Fuel sulfur content limit for emergency generators and fire water pump
fuel that contains sulfur in excess of 0.05 weight percent
Appeared on agendaproposedOpacity limit for diesel generators and fire water pump under Equipment SIP Rule
the opacity of which is equal to or greater than forty (40) percent
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Opacity limit for diesel generators and fire water pump under Equipment SIP Rule
the opacity of which is equal to or greater than forty (40) percent
Appeared on agendaproposedAnnual operating-hour caps on emergency generators, firewater pump, and auxiliary boilers
Any twelve consecutive month total hours of operation of the generators
(emission unit ID Nos. GEN1 and GEN2) and the emergency firewater pump
(emission unit ID Nos. FP1), each, which exceeds 500 hours.
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Annual operating-hour caps on emergency generators, firewater pump, and auxiliary boilers
Any twelve consecutive month total hours of operation of the generators (emission unit ID Nos. GEN1 and GEN2) and the emergency firewater pump (emission unit ID Nos. FP1), each, which exceeds 500 hours.
Appeared on agendaproposedAnnual hours-of-operation limit for emergency generators and fire water pump
equal or exc eed 500 hours
per unit during any twelve consecutive months
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Annual hours-of-operation limit for emergency generators and fire water pump
equal or exc eed 500 hours per unit during any twelve consecutive months
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