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Chapter 173-410 - Sulfite pulping mills
Section 173-410-062 - Monitoring requirements

Wash. Admin. Code § 173-410-062

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Current through Register Vol. 24-20, October 15, 2024
Section 173-410-062 - Monitoring requirements

Each mill shall conduct routine monitoring of emissions in accordance with a program that has been approved by ecology. Facilities shall report results of monitoring monthly within fifteen days of the end of each calendar month . Facilities shall submit source testing results within sixty days of completion of each source testing. All reports shall include data as follows:

(1) For the recovery system and acid plant:
(a) The average daily emissions of sulfur dioxide expressed as grams SO2 per kilogram of air dried, unbleached pulp produced and the kilograms of SO2 per day.
(b) Daily average concentration of sulfur dioxide.
(c) The date, time and concentration for each sulfur dioxide emission violation and the total number of hours that exceed the standard.
(d) The results of particulate tests conducted during the month.
(2) For the blow system:
(a) The grams of sulfur dioxide per minute, on a fifteen minute average, per kilogram of air dried, unbleached pulp discharged from the digester.
(b) The average daily production of air dried, unbleached pulp.
(3) Each mill shall furnish, upon request of ecology, such other pertinent data required to evaluate the mill's emission control program.
(4) All measurements shall be made in accordance with WAC 173-400-105.
(5) Each mill shall be required to establish a program approved by ecology for continuous opacity monitoring to demonstrate compliance with WAC 173-410-040(3) and to report the results to ecology in a format and on a schedule set by regulatory order. If equipment for continuous monitoring of opacity is not available, continuous monitoring of operating parameters may be required as an alternate until continuous opacity monitoring equipment is available.

Wash. Admin. Code § 173-410-062

Amended by WSR 19-10-028, Filed 4/23/2019, effective 5/24/2019

Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.94 RCW. 91-05-064 (Order 90-06), § 173-410-062, filed 2/19/91, effective 3/22/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.94.331 and 70.94.395. 80-11-061 (Order DE 80-16), § 173-410-062, filed 8/20/80.