Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-3-12-.02
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024
Section 335-3-12-.02 - Emission Monitoring And Reporting Requirements(1) Sources in the following categories which initiated construction prior to August 17, 1971, are subject to the requirements of this Chapter: (a) Fossil fuel-fired steam generators.(b) Sulfuric acid plants. Sources in these categories which are constructed after August 17, 1971, are subject to the emission monitoring requirements of Chapter 335-3-10. This Chapter is intended to supplement existing regulations, and no Rule thereof shall be construed to interfere with the enforcement of other provisions of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.(2) The Director shall require the owner or operator of an emission source listed in paragraph (1) of this Rule to install, calibrate, operate, and maintain all monitoring equipment necessary for continuously monitoring the pollutants specified in paragraph (3) and (4) of this Rule. The specific source categories listed in paragraph (1) of this Rule must complete the installation and performance testing of monitoring equipment and begin monitoring and recording within eighteen months from the date of the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of these regulations. Within six (6) months of such approval, all affected sources must present a detailed plan for complying with the requirements of this Chapter to the Director. The Director shall condition written approval of such plan upon the requirement that the plan will meet the minimum reporting requirements set forth in Divisions 4 and 5 of Appendix P of 40 CFR 51 . More stringent reporting procedures may be required in the Director's discretion.(3) Fossil fuel-fired steam generators, as defined in this Chapter, with an annual average capacity factor of greater than thirty percent (30%), as reported to the Federal Power Commission for calendar year 1974, or was otherwise demonstrated to the Director by the owner or operator, shall conform with the following monitoring requirements when such facility is subject to an emission standard for the pollutant in question: (a) A continuous monitoring system for the measurement of opacity shall be installed, calibrated, maintained, and operated by the owner or operator of any such steam generator of greater than 250 million BTU per hour heat input except where: 1. gaseous fuel is the only fuel burned, or2. oil or a mixture of gas and oil are the only fuels burned and the source is able to comply with the applicable particulate matter and opacity regulations without utilization of particulate matter collection equipment, and where the source has never been found, through any administrative or judicial proceedings, to be in violation of any visible emission standard of the applicable plan.(b) A continuous monitoring system for the measurement of sulfur dioxide shall be installed, calibrated, maintained, and operated on any fossil fuel-fired steam generator of greater than 250 million BTU per hour heat input which has installed equipment designed for the desulfurization of flue gas.(c) A continuous monitoring system for the measurement of the percent oxygen or carbon dioxide in stack gases shall be installed, calibrated, operated, and maintained on fossil fuel-fired steam generators where measurements of oxygen or carbon dioxide in the flue gas are required to convert sulfur dioxide continuous emission monitoring data, to units of the emission standard in Chapter 335-3-5.(4) Sulfuric acid plants, as defined in this Chapter, with greater than 300 tons per day production capacity, the production being expressed as 100 percent (100%) acid, shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a continuous monitoring system for the measurement of sulfur dioxide for each sulfuric acid producing facility within such plant.(5) All monitoring equipment specified in this Chapter shall meet the performance specifications described in Appendix B of 40 CFR 60, except that the Director may from time to time specify different data averaging times and sampling intervals to permit accurate determinations of compliance with specific Air Pollution Control Rules and Regulations. The monitoring equipment shall also be installed, calibrated, operated, and maintained in accordance with the procedures in Appendix B of 40 CFR 60 and the minimum specifications of Division 3 in Appendix P of 40 CFR 51 . Author: Ronald W. Gore
Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-3-12-.02
Effective Date: October 26, 1976. Amended: Filed October 17, 1996; effective November 21, 1996. Amended: Filed February 20, 1998; effective March 27, 1998.Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-28-14, 22-22A-5, 22-22A-6, 22-22A-8.