(a) The owner or operator of a hot mix asphalt production plant must comply with the following requirements:

1. (1) Beginning in calendar year 2011, a tune-up must be performed on the dryer burner on an annual basis at any hot mix asphalt production plant that is in operation during that calendar year.

2. (2) A plan must be submitted to the department by March 1, 2011 that details the introduction or continuation of methods by which to reduce the moisture content of the aggregate stockpile(s). Such methods must be implemented that year, or the first subsequent year the plant is in operation.

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3. (1) Beginning January 1, 2012, the owner or operator of a hot mix asphalt production plant must analyze the economic feasibility of installing a low NO_x burner when it comes time for the current burner to be replaced. This economic analysis must follow an approach acceptable to the department.
4. (2) By January 1, 2020, all owners or operators of active plants must have submitted the economic feasibility analysis for the installation of a low NO_x burner. A low NO_x burner must be installed for that operating year in all instances in which it proves feasible.
5. (3) Hot mix asphalt production plants that are in a state of inactivity on January 1, 2020 and have not otherwise complied with the requirements of this subdivision by that date must do so prior to continued operation.
6. (4) A similar analysis must be submitted for subsequent burner replacements.
7. (5) A low NO_x burner is required at any new hot mix asphalt production plant.