Emergency Flare

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009276",
  "term": "Emergency Flare",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Fuel fired by a gas turbine only during circumstances, such as natural gas supply curtailment or breakdown of delivery system, that make it impossible to fire natural gas in the gas turbine.\n\n2. Flare that combusts gas exclusively released as a result of malfunctions (and not startup, shutdown, routine operations or any other cause) on four or fewer occasions in a rolling 365-day period. For purposes of this rule, a flare cannot be categorized as an emergency flare unless it maintains a water seal.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 60.311 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 60.101a (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/emergency-flare/"
}