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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0234; FRL–9951–63–
OAR]
RIN 2060–AS75
Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
(MATS) Completion of Electronic
Reporting Requirements
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend the
electronic reporting requirements for the
National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and OilFired electric utility steam generating
units (also known as the Mercury and
Air Toxics Standards (MATS)). This
proposed rule would revise and
streamline the electronic data reporting
requirements of MATS (both for owners
or operators of electric utility steam
generating units (EGUs) who use
performance stack testing and EGU
owners or operators who use continuous
monitoring to demonstrate compliance)
and would increase data transparency.
EGU owners or operators would use one
familiar electronic reporting system,
instead of two separate systems,
reducing their burden. In addition, the
public and regulatory authorities would
have enhanced access to MATS data.
Finally, no new continuous monitoring
requirements are proposed by this
action. Overall, this proposed rule
would serve to ease burden, increase
MATS data flow and usage, make it
easier for inspectors and auditors to
assess compliance, and encourage wider
use of continuous emissions monitoring
systems (CEMS) for MATS compliance.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before October 31, 2016.
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OAR–2009–0234, to the Federal
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Why is the EPA issuing this proposed rule?
II. General Information
A. Does this proposed rule apply to me?
B. What should I consider as I prepare my
comments for the EPA?
C. What is the scope of these proposed
amendments?
D. What is the purpose of these proposed
amendments?
E. What specific amendments to subpart
UUUUU would be made by this
proposed rule?
F. What are the incremental costs and
benefits of this proposed action?
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children from Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions
Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
I. National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions
To Address Environmental Justice in
Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations
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I. Why is the EPA issuing this proposed
rule?
The EPA is issuing this proposed rule
to streamline the electronic data
reporting requirements in MATS; to
increase data transparency by making
more of the MATS data available in
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
format; to amend the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements associated
with performance stack tests, particulate
matter (PM) and hydrogen chloride
(HCl) CEMS, and PM continuous
parameter monitoring systems (CPMS);
and to make minor clarifications and
corrections to the mercury (Hg) and HCl
monitoring provisions, which were
brought to our attention following
publication of the MATS Technical
Correction Rule (see 81 FR 20172, April
6, 2016).
These proposed amendments would
revise the recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of MATS, in response to
concerns raised by the regulated
community. Section 63.10031 of the
original MATS required affected EGU
owners or operators to report MATS
emissions and compliance information
electronically using two data systems
(see 77 FR 9304, February 16, 2012).
Paragraph (a) of § 63.10031 required
those EGU owners or operators who
demonstrate compliance by
continuously monitoring Hg and/or HCl
and/or hydrogen fluoride (HF)
emissions to use the Emissions
Collection and Monitoring Plan System
(ECMPS) Client Tool to submit
monitoring plan information, quality
assurance test results, and hourly
emissions data in accordance with
appendices A and B to subpart UUUUU
of 40 CFR part 63. Paragraph (f) of
§ 63.10031 required performance stack
test results, performance evaluations of
Hg, HCl, HF, sulfur dioxide (SO2), and
PM CEMS, 30-boiler operating day
rolling average values for certain
parameters, notifications of compliance
status, and semiannual compliance
reports to be submitted to the EPA’s
WebFIRE database via the Compliance
and Emissions Data Reporting Interface
(CEDRI).
Subsequent to the publication of
MATS, stakeholders suggested to the
EPA that the electronic reporting burden
of MATS could be significantly reduced
if all of the required information were
reported to one data system instead of
two. The stakeholders also suggested
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that using one data system would
benefit the EPA and the public in their
review of MATS data, because the
information would be reported in a
consistent format. In view of these
considerations, the stakeholders urged
the EPA to consider amending the
MATS rule to require all of the data to
be reported through the ECMPS, a
familiar data system that most EGU
owners or operators have been using
since 2009 to meet the electronic
reporting requirements of the Acid Rain
Program.
After careful consideration of the
stakeholders’ recommendations, the
EPA concluded that the increased
transparency of the emissions data and
the reduction in reporting burden that
could be achieved through the use of a
single data system are consistent with
Agency priorities. As a result, late in
2014 the EPA decided to take the
necessary steps to require all of the
electronic reports required by MATS to
be submitted through the ECMPS Client
Tool. Those steps would include
revising MATS, modifying the ECMPS
Client Tool, creating a detailed set of
reporting instructions, and beta testing
the modified software. Recognizing that
insufficient time was available to
complete these tasks before the initial
compliance date for MATS (April 16,
2015), the Agency embarked on a twophased approach to complete them.
The first phase has been completed.
The EPA published a final rule
requiring EGU owners or operators to
suspend temporarily (until April 16,
2017) the use of the CEDRI interface as
the means of submitting the reports
described in § 63.10031(f) introductory
text, (f)(1), (f)(2), and (f)(4). Instead, EGU
owners or operators must use the
ECMPS Client Tool to submit Portable
Document Format (PDF) versions of
these reports on an interim basis (see 80
FR 15510, March 24, 2015). The specific
reports to be submitted in PDF format
include: Performance stack test reports
which must contain enough information
to assess compliance and to demonstrate
that the testing was done properly (e.g.,
such information as would be provided
by the Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT);
relative accuracy test audit (RATA)
reports for SO2, HCl, HF, and Hg CEMS;
RATA reports for Hg sorbent trap
monitoring systems; response
correlation audit (RCA) and relative
response audit (RRA) reports for PM
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CEMS; 30-boiler operating day rolling
average reports for PM CEMS, PM
CPMS, and approved hazardous air
pollutants (HAP) metals CEMS;
Notifications of Compliance Status; and
semiannual compliance reports. Section
63.10031(f)(6) of the March 24, 2015,
final rule requires each PDF version of
a submitted interim report to include
information that identifies the facility
(name and address), the EGU(s) to
which the report applies, the applicable
rule citation, and other information. The
rule further specifies that in the event
that implementation of the single data
system initiative cannot be completed
by April 16, 2017, the electronic
reporting of MATS data will revert to
the original two systems approach on
and after that date.
In the preamble to the March 24,
2015, final rule, the EPA outlined the
second phase of the single data system
initiative, which would be executed
during the interim PDF reporting
period. In phase two: (1) The Agency
would publish a direct final rule,
requiring MATS-affected sources to use
the ECMPS Client Tool to submit all
required reports in a structured XML
format with specific data elements for
each type of report; and (2) a detailed
set of reporting instructions would be
developed and ECMPS would be
modified accordingly, in order to
receive and process the data.
The EPA has been working diligently
to compile the required data elements,
to develop reporting instructions, and to
prepare program modifications;
however, after considering the
magnitude of the rule changes that
would be required to execute phase two,
coupled with the need to specify data
elements to be reported electronically
for PM CEMS, PM CPMS, and HCl
CEMS, the EPA expects that some
stakeholders will want to have an
opportunity to review and provide
comment on these proposed changes.
Therefore, the EPA concluded that in
this instance notice and comment
rulemaking involving both a proposed
rule and a final rule is a better approach
than a direct final rulemaking.
II. General Information
A. Does this proposed rule apply to me?
Categories and entities potentially
affected by this proposed action
include:
Examples of potentially regulated entities
Fossil fuel-fired EGUs.
Fossil fuel-fired EGUs owned by the Federal government.
Fossil fuel-fired EGUs owned by municipalities.
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North American Industry Classification System.
Federal, state, or local government-owned and operated establishments are classified according to the activity in which they are engaged.
This table is not intended to be
exhaustive, but rather to provide a guide
for readers regarding entities likely to be
affected by this proposed action. To
determine whether your facility,
company, business, organization, etc.,
would be regulated by this proposed
action, you should examine the
applicability criteria in 40 CFR 63.9981.
If you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this proposed action to
a particular entity, consult either the air
permitting authority for the entity or
your EPA Regional representative as
listed in 40 CFR 63.13.
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Examples of potentially regulated entities
B. What should I consider as I prepare
my comments for the EPA?
Submitting CBI. Do not submit
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information that you claim to be CBI.
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comments that includes information
claimed as CBI, you must submit a copy
of the comments that does not contain
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inclusion in the public docket. If you
submit a CD–ROM or disk that does not
contain CBI, mark the outside of the
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contain CBI. Information not marked as
CBI will be included in the public
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docket without prior notice. Information
marked as CBI will not be disclosed
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only to the following address: OAQPS
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Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711,
and Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2009–0234.
C. What is the scope of these proposed
amendments?
This proposed rule would extend the
interim PDF reporting process described
in § 63.10031(f) from April 16, 2017, to
December 31, 2017. In addition, this
proposed rule would amend the
reporting requirements in § 63.10031 of
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the MATS regulation, and, for
consistency with those changes, would
amend related texts in §§ 63.10011,
63.10021, and 63.10032, and in Tables
3, 8, and 9 to 40 CFR part 63, subpart
UUUUU. The recordkeeping and
reporting sections of appendix B would
be amended 1 and three new appendices
would be added to the rule, i.e.,
appendices C, D, and E. The interim
PDF format reporting period would be
extended in order to finalize this
proposed rule and to complete
modifications to the ECMPS Client Tool,
to develop reporting instructions, and to
allow data acquisition and handling
system vendors to adapt to the changes.
While the changes in this proposed
rule will take time to implement, no
significant impact on stakeholders is
expected. The set of data elements for
performance stack tests and continuous
monitoring system (CMS) performance
evaluations would remain unchanged;
only the reporting format and
mechanism would change. Rather than
requiring submission of these data via
CEDRI, EGU owners or operators would
use the ECMPS Client Tool to report in
XML format, generated either by using
the ERT or by other appropriate means.
In addition to reporting the MATS
data through the ECMPS Client Tool,
EGU owners or operators would be
required to use the ECMPS to report
hourly data and quality assurance test
results for PM CEMS and hourly
response data for PM CPMS in XML
format (if those compliance options
were selected) and to provide quarterly,
rather than semiannual, compliance
reporting.
This proposed rule would reduce the
excess emissions reporting requirements
for all instrumental monitoring except
PM CPMS. Instead of reporting only
excess emissions, EGU owners or
operators would be required to report all
of the 30- (or 90-) boiler operating day
rolling average emission rates on a
quarterly basis for EGUs that use CEMS
or sorbent trap monitoring systems to
demonstrate compliance with MATS.
1 The EPA has recently published a technologyneutral performance specification and associated
quality assurance (QA) test procedures for HCl
monitors (see Performance Specification 18 (PS 18)
and Quality Assurance Procedure 6 (Procedure 6)
in 80 FR 38628, July 7, 2015). This proposed rule
would add recordkeeping and electronic reporting
requirements for sources electing to monitor HCl
according to PS 18 and Procedure 6.
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This represents a shift away from
exception-only reporting to continuous
compliance reporting.
As previously noted, new HCl CEMS
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements would be added to
appendix B for the certification and QA
tests required by PS 18 and QA
Procedure 6. These proposed
requirements are not expected to
increase the burden because multiple
compliance options are available for
demonstrating compliance with HCl
emission limits (e.g., HCl quarterly stack
testing or HCl monitoring using Fourier
Transform Infrared (FTIR) CEMS in
accordance with PS 15, and SO2
monitoring as a surrogate for HCl).
Therefore, if EGU owners or operators
anticipate that implementing PS 18 and
Procedure 6 as a means of
demonstrating compliance
determination is too burdensome, other
existing compliance determination
approaches may be used.
D. What is the purpose of these
proposed amendments?
These amendments are being
proposed to revise and streamline the
electronic reporting requirements of
MATS; to increase transparency of
MATS emissions data; to reduce the
reporting burden via the use of a single
reporting system; to amend the
reporting requirements for PM CEMS,
PM CPMS, Hg CEMS, and Hg sorbent
trap monitoring systems; to specify the
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements associated with the use of
PS 18 and Procedure 6 for HCl CEMS;
and to make minor clarifications and
corrections to the HCl and Hg
monitoring provisions.
E. What specific amendments to subpart
UUUUU would be made by this
proposed rule?
The proposed amendments are
discussed in detail in the paragraphs
below.
1. Proposed Revisions to Reporting
Requirements in § 63.10031
The reporting section of MATS, i.e.,
§ 63.10031, would be amended as
follows:
(a) ECMPS would be designated as the
exclusive data system for MATS
reporting.
(b) The interim PDF reporting process
described in § 63.10031(f) would end on
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December 31, 2017, to allow for an
orderly transition away from the interim
process at a calendar year boundary.
Compliance with the emissions and
operating limits during the interim
period would be assessed based on the
various PDF report submittals,
Notifications of Compliance Status, and
the data from Hg, HCl, HF, or SO2 CEMS
or Hg continuous sorbent trap
monitoring reported through the ECMPS
Client Tool (see § 63.10031(e)(1)).
(c) Although the interim PDF
reporting process described in
§ 63.10031(f) would be discontinued as
of December 31, 2017, in order to
properly close out that process, PDF
submittals would still be accepted for
reports required under paragraph (f)
introductory text, (f)(1), (f)(2), or (f)(4) if
the deadlines for submitting those
reports extend beyond that date. As an
example, the last semiannual report to
use the interim PDF reporting process
would be the report covering the period
July 1 to December 31, 2017; such a
report would be due by January 31,
2018.
(d) Revised paragraph (f)(2) would
require quarterly reporting of all 30- or
90-boiler operating day rolling average
emission rates for units monitoring Hg,
HCl, HF, and/or SO2 emissions, and for
units using emissions averaging, starting
with a report covering the first quarter
of 2018. This change would be
consistent with the requirement in
§ 63.10031(f)(2) of the current rule for
quarterly reporting of 30-boiler
operating day rolling averages for EGUs
using PM CEMS, PM CPMS, and
approved HAP metals CEMS.
(e) Until the interim reporting period
ends on December 31, 2017, the 30boiler operating day rolling averages for
PM CEMS, PM CPMS, and approved
HAP metals CEMS would continue to be
reported quarterly in PDF format, in
accordance with § 63.10031(f)(2). Then,
starting with the first quarter of 2018,
the 30- or 90-boiler operating day rolling
averages for all parameters (including
Hg, HF, HCl, and SO2) would be
reported in XML format in quarterly
compliance reports, as discussed in
section II.E.1.j of this preamble, below.
(f) Paragraphs (a)(1), (2), and (5) in
revised § 63.10031 of this proposed rule
would clarify the electronic reporting
requirements for the Hg, HCl, HF, SO2,
and auxiliary CMS. Specifically:
(i) Paragraph (a)(1) would require the
electronic reporting requirements of
appendix A to be met if Hg CEMS or
sorbent trap monitoring systems are
used.
(ii) Paragraph (a)(2) would require the
electronic reporting requirements of
appendix B to be met, with one
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important qualification, if HCl or HF
monitoring systems are used. Until
January 1, 2018, if PS 18 in part 60,
appendix B, is used to certify an HCl
monitor and Procedure 6 in part 60,
appendix F, is used for on-going QA of
the monitor, EGU owners or operators
would report temporarily only data that
the existing programming of ECMPS is
able to accommodate, i.e., hourly HCl
emissions data and the results of daily
calibration drift tests and RATAs;
records would be kept of all of the other
required certification and QA tests and
supporting data. The reason for this
temporary, limited reporting is that PS
18 and Procedure 6 were not published
until July 7, 2015; therefore, it was not
possible to specify recordkeeping and
reporting requirements for them in the
original version of appendix B. Now
that PS 18 and Procedure 6 have been
finalized, this proposed rule would add
the necessary recordkeeping and
reporting requirements, and the interim
reporting for HCl would be
discontinued as of December 31, 2017
(for further discussion, see section II.E.4
of this preamble).
(iii) Paragraph (a)(5) would clarify the
electronic reporting requirements for the
SO2 CEMS and the auxiliary monitoring
systems.
(iv) Paragraph (f)(3) would be
removed and reserved for consistency
with the changes described in items (i)
through (iii), immediately above.
(g) Paragraphs (b)(2) and (4) would be
revised to remove references to
postmark dates for submittal of
semiannual compliance reports; these
reports currently are, and would
continue to be, submitted electronically
through ECMPS in PDF format.
(h) The provision in paragraph (b)(5)
which would allow affected EGU
owners or operators to follow alternate
submission schedules for semiannual
compliance reports would be removed.
The uniform submission schedule
described in § 63.10031(b)(1)–(4) would
be required for all affected EGUs, so that
compliance with this reporting
requirement can easily be tracked.
(i) Revised paragraph (b)(5) would
further require EGU owners or operators
to discontinue submission of
semiannual compliance reports when
the interim PDF reporting period ends;
the final semi-annual report would
cover the period from July 1 through
December 31, 2017.
(j) EGU owners or operators would
submit quarterly compliance reports in
lieu of the semiannual reports, starting
with reports covering the first calendar
quarter of 2018 (see § 63.10031(g)). The
quarterly compliance reports plus
attachments would consolidate other
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reports that were originally required to
be submitted separately on different
time tracks, i.e., performance stack test
results and quarterly reports of 30- and
90-boiler operating day rolling averages.
The quarterly compliance reports would
be due within 60 days after the end of
each calendar quarter; we believe that
this allows sufficient time to receive the
results of tests performed at or near the
end of the quarter. Each quarterly
compliance report submitted would
include the applicable data elements
listed in sections 2 through 13 of
proposed appendix E to subpart
UUUUU of 40 CFR part 63.
The operator’s MATS compliance
strategy would determine which
appendix E data elements would be
included in each quarterly compliance
report. If continuous emission
monitoring is used to demonstrate
compliance on a 30-boiler operating day
rolling average basis, the quarterly
compliance report would include all of
the 30-day averages calculated during
the quarter. If emissions averaging is
used, EGU owners or operators would
report all of the 30- or 90-group boiler
operating day weighted average
emission rates (WAERs) calculated
during the quarter. If periodic stack
testing for compliance is performed
(including 30-boiler operating day Hg
Low Emitting Electric Utility Steam
Generating Unit (LEE) tests), the EGU
owner or operator would report a
summary of each test completed during
the calendar quarter and indicate
whether the test has a special purpose
(i.e., if it were to be used to establish
LEE status or for emissions averaging).
Note that for all cases in which the
EPA reference methods supported by
the ERT are used to perform particular
stack tests, the EGU owner or operator
would be required to provide the data
elements specific to the test method(s)
used, in XML format, as an attachment
to the compliance report. The data
elements common to all tests and
specific data elements for the various
reference methods are listed in sections
17 through 21 of proposed appendix E.
This information is already required by
MATS, just in another format, and is
essential for ensuring that performance
tests are conducted properly; confirming
the reported values; and developing
emission factors, as well as other
Agency purposes.
The quarterly compliance reports
would retain and incorporate the
following features of the semiannual
compliance reports: (1) The date of the
last boiler tune-up; (2) the date of the
last burner inspection; (3) monthly fuel
usage data; (4) malfunction information;
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(5) reporting of deviations; and (6)
emergency bypass information.
The quarterly compliance reports
move away from traditional excess
emissions reporting for those EGU
owners or operators who choose to use
Hg, SO2, HF, or HCl CEMS or sorbent
trap monitoring systems to demonstrate
compliance. Currently, those EGU
owners or operators must provide the
excess emissions and monitor downtime
data described in § 63.10(e)(3)(v) and
(vi) in PDF format as part of their
semiannual compliance reports. The
information to be reported includes,
among other things, identification of
excess emissions periods, identification
of periods when the monitoring was
inoperative or out of control, the reasons
for the excess emission and monitor
downtime periods, the nature and cause
of any malfunctions, corrective actions
or preventative measures taken,
description of repairs or adjustments to
inoperative or out-of-control CMS, the
total amount of EGU operating time in
the reporting period, and the excess
emissions and monitor downtime
percentages. As explained above, the
proposed amendments would, instead,
require all of the 30- (or 90-) boiler
operating day rolling averages or
WAERs to be included in the quarterly
reports. Note, however, that some excess
emissions information would still be
included in the compliance reports.
Specifically, the proposed revisions to
§ 63.10031(d) would require reporting of
the range of dates and the cause (if
known) of each excess emission, as
defined in § 63.10042, and any
corrective actions taken. For Hg, HCl,
HF, PM, and SO2 CEMS and for sorbent
trap monitoring systems and PM CPMS,
the percent monitor availability (PMA)
at the end of the quarter and the lowest
hourly PMA recorded during the quarter
would also be reported. All CMS except
for PM CPMS would be subject to these
revised excess emissions reporting
requirements, which would take effect
in 2018. EGU owners or operators using
PM CPMS would continue to report the
information in § 63.10(e)(v) and (vi) in
PDF format, as an attachment to the
quarterly compliance report.
Finally, if an EGU relies on paragraph
(2) of the definition of startup given in
§ 63.10042, the information in
§ 63.10020(e), which is referenced in
§ 63.10031(c)(5), would be reported
quarterly in PDF format, as an
attachment to the compliance report.
Note that the EPA understands that
reporting this startup data in PDF format
is not as transparent and user-friendly
as it could be; therefore, we solicit
comment on whether this information
should be made more transparent and
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user-friendly. If so, we request comment
on possible techniques to achieve those
ends, e.g., by requiring the data to be
submitted in XML format.
We believe that consolidating
information in quarterly compliance
reports as described above, rather than
requiring separate submittals of stack
test results, 30- (or 90-) boiler operating
day rolling average compliance reports,
and semiannual reports that come in
separately at different times during the
year, would greatly simplify reporting
and make it easier for inspectors and
auditors to assess compliance with the
standards. Also, quarterly, as opposed to
semiannual, reporting would be
advantageous because it would shorten
significantly the interval between the
time that a deviation or excess emission
occurs and the time that the regulatory
authority is made aware of the deviation
or excess emission. Draft reporting
instructions for the quarterly
compliance reports are provided in the
rule docket and on the Clean Air
Markets Division (CAMD) Web site, for
consideration.
(k) The requirements in
§ 63.10031(f)(1) and (6) to submit PDF
reports of Hg, HCl, HF, and SO2 RATAs,
and RRAs and RCAs of PM CEMS
would be discontinued for tests
completed after December 31, 2017. For
RATAs, RRAs and RCAs completed on
or after January 1, 2018, the ECMPS
Client Tool would be used to report the
test results, as required under appendix
A and/or B and/or C and/or 40 CFR part
75. The ECMPS Client Tool would also
be used to attach the XML and PDF files
that contain the applicable data
elements and other information from
sections 17 through 22 of proposed
appendix E, which provide details of
the reference method(s) used for each
test, along with the electronic test
results.
(l) Note that one additional PDF
submittal would be required prior to
January 1, 2018, and several other PDF
submittals would still be required on
and after January 1, 2018. Specifically,
the following information would have to
be provided in PDF format:
(i) A detailed report of the PS 11
correlation test, if the EGU owner or
operator elected to use a certified PM
CEMS to monitor PM emissions
continuously, and recording valid data
from the CEMS had begun prior to
January 1, 2018. This report is due no
later than December 31, 2017;
(ii) Any Notifications of Compliance
Status issued on or after January 1,
2018;
(iii) The excess emissions summary
report described in § 63.10(e)(3)(v) and
(vi), if the EGU owner or operator
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elected to demonstrate compliance
using a PM CPMS. As previously noted,
this report would be submitted as an
attachment to the quarterly compliance
report.
(iv) For EGUs relying on paragraph (2)
of the definition of startup given in
§ 63.10042, the parametric data and
other information in § 63.10020(e), for
startup and shutdown incidents. This
information is currently provided in
PDF format as part of the semiannual
compliance report. As previously noted,
starting with a report covering the first
quarter of 2018, the data would be
submitted as an attachment to the
quarterly compliance report.
(v) For each test described in sections
14.1 through 14.3 of proposed appendix
E, section 22 of appendix E would
require the EGU owner or operator to
provide additional information that is
ordinarily included in test reports, but
is incompatible with electronic
reporting, such as diagrams showing the
location of the test site and the sampling
points, laboratory calibrations of source
sampling equipment, calibration gas
cylinder certificates, stack testers’
credentials, etc. For performance stack
tests, this information would be
provided as an attachment to the
quarterly compliance report. For
RATAs, RRAs, RCAs, and PM CEMS
correlations, the information would be
provided along with the electronic
(XML) test summary required under
appendix A, B, C, or part 75 for SO2
RATAs.
(m) To accommodate the required
PDF reports, the applicable data
elements in § 63.10031(f)(6)(i) through
(xii) would be entered into the ECMPS
Client Tool at the time of submission of
each PDF file.
(n) Regarding performance stack test
submittals, this proposed rule, as
explained in item (j) above, would
require a summary of the test results to
be included in the quarterly compliance
report, with detailed information about
the reference method(s) used as an
attachment to the quarterly report, in
XML format. Similarly, the QA test
submittals described in item (k) above
would require an electronic summary of
the test results to be generated,
accompanied by a separate XML file
that includes detailed information about
the reference method(s) used. As
proposed, the ECMPS Client Tool would
be used to submit all of this information
to the EPA, although ECMPS would not
evaluate the detailed reference method
information. Instead, those data would
be transmitted directly to the Central
Data Exchange where they could be
further processed and evaluated.
ECMPS would, however, perform
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electronic checking of the summarized
RATA, RRA, and RCA results in a
manner that is consistent with the way
that QA test results are checked under
the Acid Rain Program, and ECMPS
would use the results of those
evaluations for its assessment of the
quality-assured status of the hourly Hg,
HCl, HF, SO2, or PM emissions data. In
addition, ECMPS would perform basic
checks of the information in the
quarterly compliance reports, e.g.,
checking for completeness and proper
formatting, but would leave compliance
assessment to others. The EPA intends
for these data submissions to work
together in a complimentary fashion to
enable meaningful compliance
determinations. It would be essential for
any problems with the data that are
identified by the reviewers to be
communicated to all involved and
resolved appropriately. For example, if,
for a particular RATA, a review of the
detailed reference method data shows
that the reference method was not done
properly, the RATA would be
invalidated. This would necessitate
invalidation of the hourly emissions
data until a valid RATA was performed
and passed, which would require
resubmission of one or more quarterly
emissions reports, recalculation of 30day compliance averages, and possibly
resubmission of a quarterly compliance
report.
(o) Note that the existing ERT can
produce a single XML file that includes
all of the detailed reference method
information necessary for the stack test
and QA test reports described above.
Therefore, there are two ways that the
XML file could be generated that meet
the reference method data submission
requirements in sections 17–21 of
appendix E; either use the ERT itself or
another program that provides the data
in an appropriate XML file format. In
view of this, we solicit comment on
whether submitting the detailed
reference method data to ECMPS will
actually reduce the reporting burden on
EGU owners or operators, or whether
submitting the data directly to CEDRI
would be preferable.
2. Proposed Revisions to Rule Texts
Associated With Reporting
Requirements in § 63.10031
The proposed revisions to § 63.10031
necessitate changes to other sections of
the rule to ensure that the rule is
internally consistent. The affected rule
sections are as follows:
(a) Revised § 63.10011(e) would
require Notifications of Compliance
Status for the initial and subsequent
compliance demonstrations to be
submitted in accordance with
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§ 63.10030(e) and § 63.10031(f)(4) and
proposed § 63.10031(h). This change is
necessary to include all initial and
subsequent compliance demonstration
submissions. Both the interim reporting
process described in § 63.10031(f)(4)
and the proposed on-going reporting
requirement in § 63.10031(h) require
these Notifications to be submitted in
PDF format, through ECMPS.
(b) Section 63.10011(g)(3),
§ 63.10021(h)(3) and (i), and three
sentences in Table 3 to subpart UUUUU
of 40 CFR part 63 (in Items 3 and 4)
would be revised to be consistent with
proposed § 63.10031(i). For EGU owners
or operators relying on paragraph (2) of
the definition of startup in § 63.10042,
§ 63.10031(i) would retain the
requirement for the parametric data and
other information referenced in
§ 63.10031(c)(5) to be included in the
semiannual compliance reports, in PDF
format, for startup and shutdown
incidents that occur during the interim
reporting period. However, in view of
the proposed phase-out of the
semiannual compliance reports, for
startup and shutdown incidents that
occur during each subsequent calendar
quarter, starting with the first quarter of
2018, the information referenced in
§ 63.10031(c)(5) would be provided as a
PDF attachment to the quarterly
compliance report, due within 60 days
after the end of the quarter.
(c) References to the EPA’s ERT and
the CEDRI interface would be removed
from § 63.10021(f) and replaced with a
general statement requiring all
applicable notifications and reports to
be submitted through ECMPS.
(d) The introductory text of
§ 63.10032(a) would be amended to
include references to the recordkeeping
required under proposed appendices C
(for PM CEMS), D (for PM CPMS), and
E (for the quarterly compliance reports,
reference method test data elements,
and other information). Also, in view of
the move away from semiannual
compliance reporting to quarterly
reporting, the term ‘‘semiannual
compliance report’’ in paragraph (a)(1)
would be replaced with the more
generic term ‘‘compliance report.’’
(e) Table 8 to subpart UUUUU of 40
CFR part 63 would be revised to be
consistent with the amendments to
§ 63.10031 and the proposed addition of
appendices C, D, and E.
(f) Finally, the recordkeeping
requirement for excess emissions in the
28th row of Table 9 to subpart UUUUU
of 40 CFR part 63, would be clarified.
3. Proposed Revisions to Appendix A
This proposed rule would make two
corrections to the Hg monitoring
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provisions of appendix A. First, in the
MATS Technical Corrections rule
package, which was published on April
6, 2016 (see 81 FR 20172, April 6, 2016),
there is language in section 4.1.1.5.2 of
appendix A describing an alternate way
to calculate and interpret RATA results
when Hg emissions are less than 50
percent of the standard. This language
was inadvertently carried over from the
proposed rule and conflicts with the
alternate relative accuracy specification
in Table A–1 of the final rule. In view
of this, we propose to delete that
language. Second, at least one monitor
vendor expressed confusion over an
apparent inconsistency of the Hg RATA
acceptance criteria in Table A–2 versus
that in Table A–1. The vendor sought
clarification of when the main 20percent relative accuracy (RA)
specification must be used and when
the alternate specification applies. In
Table A–2, it appears that the 20percent RA specification only applies
when the average CMS value (Cavg) is
≥2.5 micrograms per standard cubic
meter (mg/scm) while the 20-percent RA
specification in Table A–1 may be
applied at any reference method
concentration level and the alternate
specification applies only when the
average reference method value is <2.5
mg/scm. We acknowledge this
inconsistency and propose to amend
Table A–2 be consistent with Table A–
1 and to clarify that the main RA
specification may be applied at any
concentration.
4. Proposed Revisions to Appendix B
For affected sources desiring to
continuously monitor HCl emissions,
the original version of appendix B
required the monitoring system to be
certified according to PS 15 in appendix
B to 40 CFR part 60. However, PS 15
applies only to FTIR monitoring
systems; therefore, the use of other
viable HCl monitoring technologies was
excluded. In view of this, the EPA
regarded the requirement to use PS 15
exclusively as a temporary measure,
until a technology-neutral performance
specification for HCl monitors could be
developed and published. In section 3.1
of appendix B, the Agency stated its
intention to publish such a PS in the
near future together with appropriate
on-going QA requirements and to
amend appendix B to accommodate
their use. The required PS, (PS 18 in 40
CFR part 60, appendix B), and the ongoing QA test requirements (Procedure
6 in 40 CFR part 60, appendix F) were
published on July 7, 2015 (see 80 FR
38628, July 7, 2015).
Now that technology-neutral
certification and QA test requirements
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for HCl monitors have been
promulgated, EGU owners or operators
are free to use any viable HCl
monitoring technology that can meet the
PS. However, in order for ECMPS to
accommodate all of the required tests,
additional time must be allotted for
software development. In view of this,
revised paragraph (a)(2) of § 63.10031
would require only information that is
compatible with the existing
programming of ECMPS to be reported
electronically through December 31,
2017; this includes hourly HCl
emissions data and the results of daily
calibration drift tests and RATAs. In the
interim, EGU owners or operators would
be required to keep records of all of the
other certification and QA tests.
This proposed rule would revise the
title to section 2.3 of appendix B by
deleting the reference to FTIR-only
monitoring systems. In addition, this
proposed rule would amend the
recordkeeping and reporting sections of
appendix B (i.e., sections 10 and 11) by
specifying the data elements that must
be recorded and reported electronically
for each of the tests required by PS 18
and Procedure 6. The proposed
revisions make a clear distinction
between the tests required for FTIR
monitors that are following PS 15 and
the test requirements of PS 18 and
Procedure 6. Some of the tests in PS 18
and Procedure 6 are similar to tests for
which ECMPS programming exists. For
example, the ‘‘measurement error test’’
required for initial certification of the
HCl monitor is structurally the same as
a 40 CFR part 75 linearity check.
However, other tests have no
counterpart in 40 CFR part 75 CEMS
requirements and will require special
software development and reporting
instructions. EGU owners or operators
would report RATAs of the HCl CEMS
that are completed on and after January
1, 2018, and the applicable data
elements in proposed appendix E in
XML format for each test run, along
with the electronic summary of results
required under section 11 of appendix
B. EGU owners or operators would also
provide the information required in
section 22 of proposed appendix E in
PDF format for each RATA.
Because a technology-neutral PS for
HCl CEMS was not available prior to
April 16, 2015 (which was the
compliance date for many of the
existing EGUs), EGU owners or
operators interested in monitoring HCl
either had to use an FTIR system and
follow PS 15 or implement another
compliance option (e.g., quarterly
emission testing) while awaiting
publication of PS 18 and Procedure 6.
In light of this, the EPA proposes to
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revise and restructure section 11.5.1 of
appendix B to clarify when electronic
reporting of hourly HCl emissions data
begins. There are two possibilities. In
the first case, the monitor would be
used for the initial compliance
demonstration. This could either apply
to a certified FTIR monitor following PS
15 or to a certified monitor following PS
18, if the owner or operator of the EGU
received an extension for the
compliance date. In this case, EGU
owners or operators would begin
reporting hourly HCl emissions through
ECMPS with the first operating hour of
the initial compliance demonstration. In
the second case, another option, such as
stack testing, would be used for the
initial compliance demonstration and
continuous monitoring would be
implemented later on. In that case, EGU
owners or operators would begin
reporting hourly HCl emissions
reporting through ECMPS with the first
operating hour after successfully
completing all required certification
tests of the CEMS. In either case, the
first required quarterly emissions report
would be for the calendar quarter in
which emissions reporting begins.
5. Proposed Addition of Appendix C
A new appendix, i.e., appendix C,
would be added to subpart UUUUU of
part 63. Appendix C sets forth the
continuous monitoring and reporting
requirements for filterable PM.
Appendix C is structurally similar to
appendices A and B, but there are
certain notable differences. Appendix C
includes provisions for installation and
certification of the PM CEMS, and for
on-going QA of the data from the CEMS.
The monitoring system would be
certified according to PS 11 in 40 CFR
part 60, appendix B, and for the ongoing QA tests, Procedure 2 to 40 CFR
part 60, appendix F would be required.
The proposed frequencies for the QA
tests and the rules for data validation
are presented in Section 5 of appendix
C. Note that in contrast with appendices
A and B, the familiar QA operating
quarter and grace period scheme would
not apply to the on-going QA tests of the
PM CEMS. Also, for technical reasons,
the use of temporary like-kind
replacement PM analyzers and the
conditional data validation provisions
in § 75.20(b)(3) would not be allowed.
The proposed procedures for calculating
the PM emission rates in units of the
emission standard are found in section
6. These calculation methods are
basically the same as those used for Hg
monitoring systems and HCl and HF
CEMS in appendices A and B. The
proposed recordkeeping and reporting
requirements are found in section 7.
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Proposed section 7.1 specifies that
monitoring plan records and hourly
records of operating parameters, PM
concentration, diluent gas
concentration, stack gas flow rate and
moisture content, and PM emission rate
must be kept. Sections 7.2.3 and 7.2.4,
respectively, would require monitoring
plan information and the results of
certification, recertification, and QA
tests to be reported electronically.
Proposed section 7.2.5 requires
quarterly electronic emissions reports to
be submitted within 30 days after the
end of each calendar quarter. All
electronic reports would be submitted
using the ECMPS Client Tool. However,
electronic reporting of monitoring plan
information, certification and on-going
QA test results would not begin until
January 1, 2018, to allow time for
software development and beta testing.
Until then, records of the required
information and tests would be kept.
For PM CEMS correlations, RRAs, and
RCAs completed on and after January 1,
2018, the applicable reference method
data elements in sections 17 through 21
of proposed appendix E would be
reported in XML format for each test
run, along with the electronic test
summary required under section 7.2.4 of
proposed appendix C. The information
required in section 22 of proposed
appendix E would also be provided in
PDF format for each test. Reporting of
hourly PM emissions data would begin
either with the first operating hour after
December 31, 2017, or the first operating
hour after completion of the initial PM
CEMS correlation test, whichever is
later.
6. Proposed Addition of Appendix D
A second new appendix, i.e.,
appendix D, would be added to subpart
UUUUU of 40 CFR part 63. Appendix D
sets forth the monitoring and reporting
requirements for EGU owners or
operators who elect to use a PM CPMS
to demonstrate continuous compliance.
Structurally, appendix D is similar to
appendices A, B, and C, but it is much
simpler. The criteria for system design
and performance, the procedures for
determining operating limits, data
reduction, and compliance assessment,
and certain recordkeeping requirements
are not detailed in the appendix; rather,
the applicable sections of the MATS
rule are cross-referenced (see proposed
sections 2.1 through 2.4, 3.1
introductory text, and section 3.1.1.1 of
the appendix).
Proposed section 3.1.1.2 requires the
ECMPS Client Tool to be used to create
and maintain an electronic monitoring
plan. The PM CPMS would be defined
as a monitoring system with a unique
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system ID number. The monitoring plan
would also include the current
operating limit (with units of measure),
the make, model, and serial number of
the PM CPMS, the analytical principle
of the monitoring system and monitor
span and range information.
Operating parameter records would be
required for each hour of operation of
the affected EGUs, including the date
and hour, the EGU or stack operating
time, and a flag to identify exempt
startup and shutdown hours. Hourly
average PM CPMS output values would
be reported for each hour in which a
valid value of the output parameter is
obtained, in units of milliamps, PM
concentration, or other units of measure,
including the instrument’s digital signal
output equivalent. A special code would
be required to indicate operating hours
in which valid data are not obtained.
The percent monitor data availability
would also be calculated according to
§ 75.32.
Proposed sections 3.2.2 and 3.2.3,
respectively, require notifications (to be
provided in accordance with
§ 63.10030) and electronic monitoring
plan submittals at specified times.
Proposed section 3.2.4 requires
electronic quarterly reports to be
submitted within 30 days after the end
of each calendar quarter. Reporting of
hourly responses from the PM CPMS
would begin either with the first
operating hour in the first calendar
quarter of 2018 or the first operating
hour after completion of the initial stack
test that establishes the operating limit,
whichever is later. Each quarterly report
would include a compliance
certification with a statement by a
responsible official that to the best of his
or her knowledge, the report is true,
accurate, and complete. In addition to
the electronic quarterly reports,
proposed section 3.2.5 requires the
results of each performance stack test
for PM that is used to establish an
operating limit to be reported
electronically in the relevant quarterly
compliance report, in accordance with
§ 63.10031(g). For PM tests completed
on and after January 1, 2018, the data
elements common to all tests in section
17 of proposed appendix E and the
applicable reference method data
elements (in sections 18–20) would be
provided for each test run, in an XML
report. This report would be submitted
along with the quarterly compliance
report. The additional information
required in section 22 of proposed
appendix E would also be reported for
each test in PDF format as an
attachment to the compliance report.
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A third new appendix, i.e., appendix
E, would be added to subpart UUUUU
of 40 CFR part 63. Sections 2 through
13 of proposed appendix E list the data
elements that must be reported in XML
format in the quarterly compliance
reports that cover the period beginning
January 1, 2018, and are required under
proposed § 63.10031(g).
The MATS compliance strategy (e.g.,
whether the EGU owner or operator
elects to perform periodic stack testing,
continuous monitoring, or to use
emissions averaging) would determine
which data elements must be reported.
As previously noted, draft reporting
instructions for the quarterly
compliance reports are found in the rule
docket and on the CAMD Web site.
For each performance stack test that is
completed on or after January 1, 2018
(including 30- or 90-boiler operating day
Hg LEE tests), the data elements
common to all tests in section 17 of
proposed appendix E and the applicable
reference method data elements (in
sections 18–21) would be provided for
each test run in an XML format. This
report would be submitted along with
the compliance report for the calendar
quarter in which the test was
completed.
For RATAs, PM CEMS correlations,
RRAs, and RCAs that are completed on
or after January 1, 2018, the data
elements common to all tests in section
17 of proposed appendix E and the
applicable reference method data
elements (in sections 17–21) would be
provided for each test run in an XML
report. This report would be submitted
along with the electronic test results
reported under appendix A (for Hg
system RATAs), appendix B (for HCl
and HF system RATAs), appendix C (for
correlation tests, RRAs, and RCAs of a
PM CEMS), and/or 40 CFR part 75 (for
SO2 system RATAs).
The information in section 22 of
proposed appendix E would also be
provided for each performance stack
test, RATA, RRA, RCA, and PM CEMS
correlation, in PDF format.
F. What are the incremental costs and
benefits of this proposed action?
As mentioned below, while this
proposed rulemaking would increase
the frequency of compliance reports
from semiannual to quarterly, the
implementation of a single reporting
system and consolidation of reporting
would reduce the overall burden by at
least 43,194 hours (per year) relative to
the original rule. The estimated burden
reduction would result in savings to
regulated entities of $4,229,162 in
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annualized capital or operation and
maintenance costs.
III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Additional information about these
statutes and Executive Orders can be
found at https://www2.epa.gov/lawsregulations/laws-and-executive-orders.
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
This action is not a significant
regulatory action and was, therefore, not
submitted to Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
The information collection activities
in this proposed rule have been
submitted for approval to the OMB
under the PRA. The Information
Collection Request (ICR) document that
the EPA prepared has been assigned
EPA ICR number 2137.06. You can find
a copy of the ICR in the docket for this
proposed rule, and it is briefly
summarized here.
This action would not impose any
additional information collection
burden. Rather, it would reduce burden
by requiring all of the essential data to
be submitted to a single data system,
rather than two systems, as was
originally required. As previously
discussed in this preamble, this
proposed rule represents the second
phase of a two-phased approach to
achieve that objective. This action
would streamline MATS reporting by
consolidating a number of separate
reports that are currently submitted on
different time tracks into a single,
quarterly compliance submittal. It
would also increase data transparency
and provide the public and regulatory
authorities with access to more of the
MATS data in XML format. No new
continuous monitoring requirements
would be imposed by this proposed
action. Coal-fired EGUs that do not
qualify for LEE status would still be
required to continuous monitor Hg
emissions. The use of continuous
monitoring would remain optional for
all other parameters. The following is an
example of how this proposed rule
would streamline MATS reporting and
reduce burden. Under the original rule,
an owner or operator of a coal-fired EGU
that elected: (1) To monitor PM and Hg
continuously via CEMS; and (2) to
perform quarterly HCl stack tests would
have been required, for a typical
calendar year, to submit four separate
quarterly reports that include the 30boiler operating day rolling averages for
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PM, four more quarterly stack test
reports for HCl, two separate RATA
reports for Hg and HCl, and two
semiannual compliance reports, for a
total of 12 reports. These reports would
all have been submitted on different
time tracks. In contrast, this proposed
rule would require only six reports for
the same compliance strategy, i.e., four
quarterly compliance report submittals
and two RATA reports; data giving
details of the reference methods used for
the stack tests and RATAs would be
provided along with each of these
reports. The 30-boiler operating day
rolling PM averages would be included
in the quarterly compliance reports,
together with the summarized HCl stack
test results.
Confidentiality: Any information
submitted to the Agency for which a
claim of confidentiality is made will be
safeguarded according to the Agency
policies set forth in title 40, chapter 1,
part 2, subpart B—Confidentiality of
Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2;
41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976;
amended by 43 FR 40000, December 8,
1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978;
44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).
Respondents/affected entities: The
respondents are owners or operators of
fossil fuel-fired EGUs. The United States
Standard Industrial Classification code
for respondents affected by the rule is
4911 (Electric Services). The
corresponding North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) code is
221100 (Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution).
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
The respondents are obliged to respond
to the applicable recordkeeping and
reporting requirements of the MATS.
Estimated number of respondents: On
average, over the next 3 years,
approximately 1,252 existing
respondents will be subject to the
MATS emissions standards. It is
estimated that an additional two
respondents per year will also become
subject. Therefore, the overall number of
respondents expected in each of the
next 3 years is 1,254.
Frequency of response: Respondents
would be required to submit quarterly
compliance reports using a single
electronic data system (i.e., ECMPS).
This represents a change from the
requirement to report semiannual
compliance reports. The total annual
response associated with this change
would increase from 2,648 to 5,186.
However, as illustrated in the example
above, this increase in the number of
annual responses would be offset to a
great degree by requiring other reports
that were originally required to be
submitted separately to be incorporated
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into, or submitted together with, the
quarterly compliance reports.
Total estimated burden: Although this
proposed rulemaking increases the
frequency of compliance reports from
semiannual to quarterly, the
implementation of a single reporting
system and consolidation of reporting is
estimated to reduce the overall burden
by at least 43,194 hours (per year)
relative to the original rule which
required regulated entities to submit
compliance data through 2 separate
electronic systems in a piecemeal
fashion. The estimated reduction in
burden is based principally on the
assumption that each quarterly
compliance submittal required
approximately 30 hours to prepare,
which is 45 hours less than the original
estimate for preparing a semiannual
compliance report. Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: The reduction in
burden associated with this proposed
rulemaking would result in savings to
regulated entities of $4,229,162 in
annualized capital or operation and
maintenance costs.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control
numbers for the EPA’s regulations in 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
Submit your comments on the
Agency’s need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden
estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden to
the EPA using the docket identified at
the beginning of this proposed rule. You
may also send your ICR-related
comments to OMB’s Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs via
email to ORIA_submissions@
omb.eop.gov, Attention: Desk Officer for
the EPA. Since OMB is required to make
a decision concerning the ICR between
30 and 60 days after receipt, OMB must
receive comments no later than October
31, 2016. The EPA will respond to any
ICR-related comments in the final rule.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
I certify that this proposed action will
not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities
under the RFA. This action will not
impose any requirements on small
entities.
The RFA generally requires an agency
to prepare a regulatory flexibility
analysis of any rule subject to notice
and comment rulemaking requirements
under the Administrative Procedure Act
or any other statute unless the agency
certifies that the rule will not have a
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significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
Small entities include small businesses,
small organizations, and small
governmental jurisdictions. For
purposes of assessing the impact of this
final action on small entities, small
entity is defined as: (1) A small business
that is an electric utility producing 4
billion kilowatt-hours or less as defined
by NAICS codes 221122 (fossil fuel-fired
electric utility steam generating units)
and 921150 (fossil fuel-fired electric
utility steam generating units in Indian
country); (2) a small governmental
jurisdiction that is a government of a
city, county, town, school district, or
special district with a population of less
than 50,000; and (3) a small
organization that is any not-for-profit
enterprise which is independently
owned and operated and is not
dominant in its field. In determining
whether a rule has a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities, the impact of
concern is any significant adverse
economic impact on small entities,
since the primary purpose of the
regulatory flexibility analyses is to
identify and address regulatory
alternatives ‘‘which minimize any
significant economic impact of the rule
on small entities.’’ 5 U.S.C. 603 and 604.
Thus, an agency may certify that a rule
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities if the rule relieves regulatory
burden, or otherwise has a positive
economic effect on all of the small
entities subject to the rule. This
proposed rule will not impose any
requirements on small entities, and no
small entities are expected to incur
annualized costs as a result of the
amendments. We have determined that
the amendments will not result in any
‘‘significant’’ adverse economic impact
for small entities. These proposed
amendments would not create any new
requirements or burdens, and no costs
to small entities would be associated
with these proposed amendments.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
This action does not contain an
unfunded mandate of $100 million or
more as described in UMRA, 2 U.S.C.
1531–1538, and does not significantly or
uniquely affect small governments. The
action imposes no enforceable duty on
any state, local or tribal governments or
the private sector.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This proposed action does not have
federalism implications. It will not have
substantial direct effects on the states,
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on the relationship between the national
government and the states, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government.
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Governments
This proposed action does not have
tribal implications as specified in
Executive Order 13175. The proposed
amendments would impose no
requirements on tribal governments.
Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not
apply to this proposed action.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions
Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
This proposed action is not subject to
Executive Order 13211 because it is not
a significant regulatory action under
Executive Order 12866.
I. National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act
This rulemaking does not involve
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J. Executive Order 12898: Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations
The EPA believes that this proposed
action does not have disproportionately
high and adverse human health or
environmental effects on minority
populations, low-income populations,
and/or indigenous peoples, as specified
in Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 63
Environmental protection,
Administrative practice and procedure,
Air pollution control, Hazardous
substances, Intergovernmental relations,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
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PART 63—NATIONAL EMISSION
STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR
POLLUTANTS FOR SOURCE
CATEGORIES
1. The authority citation for part 63
continues to read as follows:
The EPA interprets Executive Order
13045 as applying only to those
regulatory actions that concern
environmental health or safety risks that
the EPA has reason to believe may
disproportionately affect children, per
the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory
action’’ in section 2–202 of the
Executive Order. This proposed action
is not subject to Executive Order 13045
because it does not concern an
environmental health risk or safety risk.
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For the reasons stated in the
preamble, EPA proposes to amend 40
CFR part 63 to read as follows:
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G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks
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Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
Subpart UUUUU—National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric
Utility Steam Generating Units
2. Section 63.10011 is amended by
revising paragraph (g)(3) to read as
follows:
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§ 63.10011 How do I demonstrate initial
compliance with the emissions limits and
work practice standards?
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(3) You must report the emissions
data recorded during startup and
shutdown. If you are relying on
paragraph (2) of the definition of startup
in § 63.10042, then for startup and
shutdown incidents that occur on or
prior to December 31, 2017, you must
also report the supplementary
information referenced in
§ 63.10031(c)(5) in the semiannual
compliance report. For startup and
shutdown incidents that occur on or
after January 1, 2018, you must provide
the information referenced in
§ 63.10031(c)(5) in PDF format as an
attachment to the quarterly compliance
reports, in accordance with
§ 63.10031(i).
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revising paragraphs (e)(9), (f), (h)(3), and
(i) to read as follows:
§ 63.10021 How do I demonstrate
continuous compliance with the emission
limitations, operating limits, and work
practice standards?
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(9) Until January 1, 2018, report the
dates of the initial and subsequent tuneups electronically, in PDF format, in
your semiannual compliance reports, as
specified in § 63.10031(f)(4) and (6),
and, if requested by the Administrator,
in hard copy, as specified in
§ 63.10031(f)(5). After December 31,
2017, report the date of all tune-ups
electronically in your quarterly
compliance reports, in accordance with
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§ 63.10031(g) and section 10 of
appendix E to this subpart. The tune-up
report date is the date when tune-up
requirements in paragraphs (e)(6) and
(7) of this section are completed.
(f) You must submit the applicable
reports and notifications required under
§ 63.10031(a) through (l) to the
Administrator electronically, using
EPA’s Emissions Collection and
Monitoring Plan System (ECMPS) Client
Tool.
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(3) You must report the emissions
data recorded during startup and
shutdown. For startup and shutdown
incidents that occur on or prior to
December 31, 2017, you must also
report the supplementary information in
§ 63.10031(c)(5) in the semiannual
compliance report. For startup and
shutdown incidents that occur on and
after January 1, 2018, the applicable
information in § 63.10031(c)(5) shall be
provided quarterly, in PDF format, in
accordance with § 63.10031(i).
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(i) You must provide reports
concerning activities and periods of
startup and shutdown that occur on or
prior to December 31, 2017, in
accordance with § 63.10031(c)(5), in the
semiannual compliance report. For
startup and shutdown incidents that
occur on and after January 1, 2018, the
applicable information in
§ 63.10031(c)(5) shall be provided
quarterly, in PDF format, in accordance
with § 63.10031(i).
■ 4. Section 63.10031 is amended by:
■ a. Revising paragraphs (a), (b),
(c)(5)(iii), (d), (e), (f) introductory text,
and (f)(1) and (2);
■ b. Removing and reserving paragraph
(f)(3);
■ c. Revising paragraphs (f)(4), (f)(6)
introductory text, (f)(6)(vii) and (xi), and
(g); and
■ d. Adding paragraphs (h), (i), (j), (k),
and (l).
The revisions and additions read as
follows:
§ 63.10031
when?
What reports must I submit and
(a) You must submit each report in
this section that applies to you.
(1) If you are required to (or elect to)
monitor Hg emissions continuously, you
must meet the electronic reporting
requirements of appendix A to this
subpart.
(2) If you elect to monitor HCl and/
or HF emissions continuously, you must
meet the electronic reporting
requirements of appendix B to this
subpart. Notwithstanding this
requirement, if you opt to certify your
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HCl monitor according to Performance
Specification 18 in appendix B to part
60 of this chapter and to use Procedure
6 in appendix F to part 60 of this
chapter for on-going QA of the monitor,
then, on and prior to December 31,
2017, report only hourly HCl emissions
data and the results of daily calibration
drift tests and RATAs performed prior
to that date; keep records of all of the
other required certification and QA
tests.
(3) If you elect to monitor filterable
PM emissions continuously, you must
meet the electronic reporting
requirements of appendix C to this
subpart. Electronic reporting of hourly
PM emissions data shall begin with the
later of: The first operating hour on or
after January 1, 2018; or the first
operating hour after completion of the
initial PM CEMS correlation test.
(4) If you elect to demonstrate
continuous compliance using a PM
CPMS, you must meet the electronic
reporting requirements of appendix D to
this subpart. Electronic reporting of the
hourly PM CPMS output shall begin
with the later of: The first operating
hour on or after January 1, 2018; or the
first operating hour after completion of
the initial performance stack test that
establishes the operating limit for the
PM CPMS.
(5) If you elect to monitor SO2
emission rate continuously as a
surrogate for HCl, you must use the
ECMPS Client Tool to submit the
following information to EPA (except
where it is already required to be
reported or has been previously
provided under the Acid Rain Program
or another emissions reduction program
that requires the use of part 75 of this
chapter):
(i) Monitoring plan information for
the SO2 CEMS and for any additional
monitoring systems that are required to
convert SO2 concentrations to units of
the emission standard, in accordance
with §§ 75.62 and 75.64(a)(4) of this
chapter;
(ii) Certification, recertification,
quality-assurance, and diagnostic test
results for the SO2 CEMS and for any
additional monitoring systems that are
required to convert SO2 concentrations
to units of the emission standard, in
accordance with § 75.64(a)(5) of this
chapter; and
(iii) Quarterly electronic emissions
reports. You must submit an electronic
quarterly report within 30 days after the
end of each calendar quarter, starting
with a report for the calendar quarter in
which the initial 30 boiler operating day
performance test begins. Each report
must include the following information:
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(A) The applicable operating data
specified in § 75.57(b) of this chapter;
(B) An hourly data stream for the
unadjusted SO2 concentration (in ppm),
and separate unadjusted hourly data
streams for the other parameters needed
to convert the SO2 concentrations to
units of the standard. (Note: If a default
moisture value is used in the emission
rate calculations, an hourly data stream
is not required for moisture; rather, the
default value must be reported in the
electronic monitoring plan);
(C) An hourly SO2 emission rate data
stream, in units of the standard (i.e., lb/
mmBtu or lb/MWh, as applicable),
calculated according to § 63.10007(e)
and (f)(1), rounded to 3 significant
figures, and expressed in scientific
notation;
(D) The results of all required daily
quality-assurance tests of the SO2
monitor and the additional monitors
used to convert SO2 concentration to
units of the standard, as specified in
appendix B to part 75 of this chapter;
(E) A compliance certification, which
includes a statement, based on
reasonable inquiry of those persons with
primary responsibility for ensuring that
all SO2 emissions from the affected
EGUs under this subpart have been
correctly and fully monitored, by a
responsible official with that official’s
name, title, and signature, certifying
that, to the best of his or her knowledge,
the report is true, accurate, and
complete. You must submit such a
compliance certification statement in
support of each quarterly report.
(b) You must submit semiannual
compliance reports according to the
requirements in paragraphs (b)(1)
through (5) of this section.
(1) The first compliance report must
cover the period beginning on the
compliance date that is specified for
your affected source in § 63.9984 or, if
applicable, the extended compliance
date approved under § 63.6(i)(4), and
ending on June 30 or December 31,
whichever date is the first date that
occurs at least 180 days after the
compliance date that is specified for
your affected source in § 63.9984.
(2) The first compliance report must
be submitted electronically no later than
July 31 or January 31, whichever date is
the first date following the end of the
first calendar half after the compliance
date that is specified for your source in
§ 63.9984 or, if applicable, the extended
compliance date approved under
§ 63.6(i)(4).
(3) Each subsequent compliance
report must cover the semiannual
reporting period from January 1 through
June 30 or the semiannual reporting
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31.
(4) Each subsequent compliance
report must be submitted electronically
no later than July 31 or January 31,
whichever date is the first date
following the end of the semiannual
reporting period.
(5) The final semiannual compliance
report shall cover the reporting period
from July 1, 2017 through December 31,
2017. Quarterly compliance reports
shall be submitted thereafter, in
accordance with paragraph (g) of this
section, starting with a report covering
the first calendar quarter of 2018.
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(iii) If you choose to use CEMS for
compliance purposes, include hourly
average CEMS values and hourly
average flow rates. Use units of
milligrams per cubic meter for PM
CEMS, micrograms per cubic meter for
Hg CEMS, and ppmv for HCl, HF, or
SO2 CEMS. Use units of standard or
actual cubic feet per hour on a wet basis
for flow rates.
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(d)(1) Prior to January 1, 2018, in the
semiannual compliance reports
described in paragraph (c) of this
section, you must include in the report
the excess emissions and monitor
downtime information required in
§ 63.10(e)(3)(v) and (vi) for EGUs whose
owners or operators rely on a CMS to
comply with an emissions or operating
limit.
(2) Beginning on January 1, 2018, if
you own or operate an EGU that relies
on a CMS to demonstrate compliance,
except as otherwise provided in
paragraph (d)(3) of this section, you
must include in your quarterly
compliance report the following
information for any excess emission(s)
that occurred during the calendar
quarter; if there were no excess
emissions, you must include a statement
to that effect in the compliance report:
(i) The date (or, if applicable, the
range of dates) on which each excess
emission (as defined in § 63.10042)
occurred;
(ii) The cause of the excess emission
(if known);
(iii) A description of any corrective
actions taken; and
(iv) If there were any malfunctions or
emergency bypass incidents during the
reporting period, include the number,
duration, and a brief description of each
type of malfunction or bypass event that
occurred and that caused (or may have
caused) any applicable emissions
limitation to be exceeded.
(3) If you rely on a PM CPMS to
demonstrate compliance with an
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operating limit, you must continue to
provide the information in paragraph
(d)(1) of this section as a quarterly PDF
submittal, in accordance with paragraph
(k) of this section.
(e) Each affected source that has
obtained a Title V operating permit
pursuant to part 70 or part 71 of this
chapter must report all deviations as
defined in this subpart in the
semiannual monitoring report required
by 40 CFR 70.6(a)(3)(iii)(A) or 40 CFR
71.6(a)(3)(iii)(A). If an affected source
submits a semiannual compliance report
pursuant paragraphs (c) and (d) of this
section, or two quarterly compliance
reports covering the appropriate
calendar half pursuant to paragraph (g)
of this section, along with, or as part of,
the semiannual monitoring report
required by 40 CFR 70.6(a)(3)(iii)(A) or
40 CFR 71.6(a)(3)(iii)(A), and the
compliance report(s) includes all
required information concerning
deviations from any emission limit,
operating limit, or work practice
requirement in this subpart, submission
of the compliance report(s) satisfies any
obligation to report the same deviations
in the semiannual monitoring report.
Submission of the compliance report(s)
does not otherwise affect any obligation
the affected source may have to report
deviations from permit requirements to
the permit authority.
(1) Prior to January 1, 2018,
compliance with the emission limits
and/or operating limits in this subpart
shall be assessed based on information
provided in the applicable reports and
notifications described in paragraphs
(a), (f), and (j) of this section.
(2) On and after January 1, 2018, the
interim PDF reporting period described
in paragraph (f)(6) of this section shall
be discontinued and compliance with
the emissions and operating limits of
this subpart shall be assessed based on
information provided in:
(i) The information described in
paragraphs (g), (i), and (k) of this
section;
(ii) The applicable electronic reports
required under paragraphs (a)(1)
through (5) of this section; and
(iii) Notifications of Compliance
Status, in accordance with paragraph (h)
of this section.
(f) For each performance stack test
completed prior to January 1, 2018
(including 30-boiler operating day Hg
LEE demonstration tests), you must
submit a PDF test report in accordance
with paragraph (f)(6) of this section, no
later than 60 days after the date on
which the testing is completed.
(1) For each relative accuracy test
audit (RATA) of an Hg, HCl, HF, or SO2
monitoring system completed prior to
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January 1, 2018, and for each relative
response audit (RRA) and each response
correlation audit (RCA) of a PM CEMS
completed prior to that date, you must
submit a PDF test report in accordance
with paragraph (f)(6) of this section, no
later than 60 days after the date on
which the test is completed.
(2) If, for a particular EGU or a group
of EGUs serving a common stack, you
have elected to demonstrate compliance
using a PM CEMS, an approved HAP
metals CEMS, or a PM CPMS, you must
submit quarterly PDF reports in
accordance with paragraph (f)(6) of this
section, which include all of the 30boiler operating day rolling average
emission rates derived from the CEMS
data or the 30-boiler operating day
rolling average responses derived from
the PM CPMS data (as applicable). Each
quarterly report is due within 60 days
after the reporting periods ending on
March 31st, June 30th, September 30th,
and December 31st. Submission of these
quarterly reports in PDF format shall
end with the report that covers the
fourth calendar quarter of 2017.
Beginning with the first calendar quarter
of 2018, the compliance averages shall
no longer be reported separately, but
shall be incorporated into the quarterly
compliance reports described in
paragraph (g) of this section. In addition
to the compliance averages for PM
CEMS, PM CPMS, and/or HAP metals
CEMS, the quarterly compliance reports
described in paragraph (g) of this
section must also include the rolling
average emission rates for Hg, HCl, HF,
and/or SO2, if you have elected to (or
are required to) continuously monitor
these pollutants. Further, if your EGU or
common stack is in an averaging plan,
your quarterly compliance reports must
identify all of the EGUs or common
stacks in the plan and must document
the 30- or 90-group boiler operating day
rolling weighted average emission rates
(WAERs) for the averaging group.
(3) [Reserved]
(4) You must submit semiannual
compliance reports as required under
paragraphs (b) through (d) of this
section, ending with a report covering
the semiannual period from July 1
through December 31, 2017, and
Notifications of Compliance Status as
required under § 63.10030(e), in PDF
format. Quarterly compliance reports
shall be submitted in XML format
thereafter, in accordance with paragraph
(g) of this section, starting with a report
covering the first calendar quarter of
2018.
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text, (f)(1), (f)(2), and (f)(4) of this
section shall be submitted to the EPA in
the specified format and at the specified
frequency using the ECMPS Client Tool.
Each PDF version of a performance
stack test report, CEMS RATA report,
RRA report, and RCA report must
include sufficient information to assess
compliance and to demonstrate that the
reference method testing was done
properly. The following data elements
must be entered into the ECMPS Client
Tool at the time of submission of each
PDF file:
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report or notification being submitted;
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conducted (if applicable) and the test
number (if applicable);
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(g) Starting with a report for the first
calendar quarter of 2018, you must use
the ECMPS Client Tool to submit
quarterly electronic compliance reports.
The compliance reports are due no later
than 60 days after the end of each
calendar quarter. Each compliance
report shall include the applicable data
elements in sections 2 through 13 of
appendix E to this subpart. For each
performance stack test in the
compliance report, provided that the
testing was conducted using a method
(or methods) supported by the ERT and
identified on the ERT Web site, you
must submit an XML file that includes
the applicable data elements in sections
17 through 21 of appendix B to this
subpart and a PDF attachment that
includes the information in section 22
of appendix E to this subpart (see
https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ert/
ertinfo.pdf).
(h) On and after January 1, 2018, all
required Notifications of Compliance
Status shall be submitted in accordance
with § 63.9(h)(2)(ii), in PDF format,
using the ECMPS Client Tool. The
applicable data elements in paragraphs
(f)(6)(i) through (xii) of this section must
be entered into ECMPS with each
Notification.
(i) For startup and shutdown
incidents that occur on or prior to
December 31, 2017, you must include
the information in § 63.10031(c)(5) in
PDF format, in the semiannual
compliance report. For startup and
shutdown event(s) that occur on or after
January 1, 2018, you must use the
ECMPS Client Tool to submit this
information in PDF format, as an
attachment to each quarterly
compliance report starting with the
report for the first calendar quarter of
2018. The applicable data elements in
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paragraphs (f)(6)(i) through (xii) of this
section must be entered into ECMPS
with each startup and shutdown report.
(j) If you elect to use a certified PM
CEMS to monitor PM emissions
continuously to demonstrate
compliance with this subpart and have
begun recording valid data from the PM
CEMS prior to January 1, 2018, you
must use the ECMPS Client Tool to
submit a detailed report of your PS 11
correlation test in PDF format no later
than December 31, 2017. The applicable
data elements in paragraphs (f)(6)(i)
through (xii) of this section must be
entered into ECMPS with the PDF
report.
(k) If you elect to demonstrate
compliance using a PM CPMS, you must
use the ECMPS Client Tool to submit
the excess emissions summary report
described in § 63.10(e)(3)(v) and (vi) in
PDF format, as an attachment to the
quarterly compliance report. The first
report shall cover the period from
January 1, 2018 through March 31, 2018.
The applicable data elements in
paragraphs (f)(6)(i) through (xii) of this
section must be entered into ECMPS
with each report submittal.
(l) You must meet the applicable
reporting requirements of appendix E to
this subpart.
■ 5. Section 63.10032 is amended by
revising paragraphs (a) introductory text
and (a)(1) to read as follows:
§ 63.10032
What records must I keep?
(a) You must keep records according
to paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this
section. If you are required to (or elect
to) continuously monitor Hg and/or HCl
and/or HF and/or PM emissions, or if
you elect to use a PM CPMS, you must
keep the records required under
appendix A and/or appendix B and/or
appendix C and/or appendix D to this
subpart. You must also keep records of
all data elements and other information
in appendix E to this subpart that apply
to your compliance strategy.
(1) In accordance with
§ 63.10(b)(2)(xiv), a copy of each initial
notification or Notification of
Compliance Status that you submitted
(including all supporting
documentation) and a copy of each
compliance report that you submitted.
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63 is amended:
■ a. In entry ‘‘3’’, by revising the last
sentence in paragraph a.(1) and the last
sentence in paragraph d.; and
■ b. In entry ‘‘4’’, in the fourth
paragraph, by revising the last sentence.
The revisions read as follows:
Table 3 to Subpart UUUUU of Part 63—
Work Practice Standards
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You must meet the following . . .
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(1) * * * You must report the applicable information in § 63.10031(c)(5) concerning startup periods that occur on or prior
to December 31, 2017 in PDF format in the semiannual compliance report. For startup periods that occur on or after
January 1, 2018, you must provide that information quarterly, in PDF format, according to § 63.10031(i).
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to December 31, 2017 in PDF format in the semiannual compliance report. For startup periods that occur on or after
January 1, 2018, you must provide that information quarterly, in PDF format, according to § 63.10031(i).
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* * * You must report the applicable information in § 63.10031(c)(5) concerning startup periods that occur on or prior to
December 31, 2017 in PDF format in the semiannual compliance report. For startup periods that occur on or after
January 1, 2018, you must provide that information quarterly, in PDF format, according to § 63.10031(i).
7. Table 8 to subpart UUUUU of part
63 is revised to read as follows:
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Table 8 to Subpart UUUUU of Part 63—
Reporting Requirements
requirements, as they apply to your
compliance strategy:
In accordance with § 63.10031, you
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1. The electronic reports required under § 63.10031(a)(1), if you continuously monitor Hg emissions.
2. The electronic reports required under § 63.10031(a)(2), if you continuously monitor HCl and/or HF emissions.
3. The electronic reports required under § 63.10031(a)(3), if you continuously monitor PM emissions. Reporting of hourly PM emissions data
using ECMPS shall begin with the first operating hour after: December 31, 2017 or the hour of completion of the initial PM CEMS correlation
test, whichever is later.
4. The electronic reports required under § 63.10031(a)(4), if you elect to use a PM CPMS. Reporting of hourly PM CPMS response data using
ECMPS shall begin with the first operating hour after December 31, 2017 or the first operating hour after completion of the initial performance
stack test that establishes the operating limit for the PM CPMS, whichever is later.
5. The electronic reports required under § 63.10031(a)(5), if you continuously monitor SO2 emissions.
6. Performance stack test reports (including 30-day Hg LEE test reports), in PDF format, according to the introductory text of § 63.10031(f) and
§ 63.10031(f)(6), for tests completed prior to January 1, 2018.
7. PDF reports for RATAs of Hg, and/or HCl, and/or HF, and/or SO2 monitoring systems and for RRAs and RCAs of PM CEMS, according to
§ 63.10031(f)(1) and (6), for tests completed prior to January 1, 2018.
8. Quarterly reports that include all 30-boiler operating day rolling averages in the reporting period for PM CEMS, approved HAP metals CEMS,
and/or PM CPMS, in PDF format, according to § 63.10031(f)(2) and (6). The final quarterly report in PDF format shall cover the fourth calendar quarter of 2017. Starting in the first quarter of 2018, all 30-day rolling averages for all parameters (including Hg, HCl, HF, and/or SO2)
must be reported in XML format in the quarterly compliance reports described in § 63.10031(g). If your EGU or common stack is in an averaging plan, each quarterly compliance report must identify the EGUs in the plan and include all of the 30- or 90-group boiler operating day
weighted average emission rates (WAERs) for the averaging group.
9. The semiannual compliance reports described in § 63.10031(c) and (d), in PDF format, according to § 63.10031(f)(4) and (6). The final semiannual compliance report shall cover the period from July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.
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10. Notifications of compliance status, in PDF format, according to § 63.10031(f)(4) and (6) until December 31, 2017, and according to
§ 63.10031(h) thereafter.
11. Quarterly electronic compliance reports, containing the applicable data elements identified in sections 2 through 13 of appendix E to this
subpart, in XML format, starting with a report for the first calendar quarter of 2018, in accordance with § 63.10031(g). These reports are due
within 60 days after the end of each calendar quarter.
12. Quarterly reports, in PDF format, starting with a report for the first calendar quarter of 2018, that include the applicable information referenced in § 63.10031(c)(5) pertaining to startup and shutdown events (see § 63.10031(i)). These reports shall be submitted as attachments
to the quarterly compliance reports, and are due within 60 days after the end of each calendar quarter.
13. Reports, in XML format, that contain the applicable data elements and other information in sections 17 through 21 of appendix E to this subpart, for the following tests that are completed on and after January 1, 2018: Performance stack tests (including 30-boiler operating day Hg
LEE tests), Hg, HCl, HF, and SO2 monitoring system RATAs, and correlation tests, RRAs and RCAs of PM CEMS. Reports associated with
performance stack tests must be submitted along with the relevant quarterly compliance report. Reports associated with RATAs, correlation
tests, RRAs, and RCAs must be submitted along with the electronic test results required under appendix A, B, or C to this part or part 75 of
this chapter (as applicable), either prior to or concurrent with the relevant quarterly emissions report.
14. For each test described in section 14 of appendix E to this subpart, PDF reports that include additional information which is incompatible
with electronic reporting, e.g., diagrams, laboratory calibration of sampling equipment, etc. (see section 22 of appendix E). For performance
stack tests, this information must be submitted as an attachment to the relevant quarterly compliance report. For RATAs, PM CEMS correlation tests, RRAs, and RCAs, this information must be submitted along with the electronic test results required under appendix A, B, or C to
this part or part 75 of this chapter (as applicable), either prior to or concurrent with the relevant quarterly emissions report.
15. The excess emissions summary report described in § 63.10(e)(3)(v) and (vi), in PDF format, if you have elected to demonstrate compliance
using a PM CPMS. Submit this information as part of the semiannual compliance report until January 1, 2018. Thereafter, submit the information in PDF format as an attachment to the quarterly compliance report.
16. If, prior to January 1, 2018, you have begun using a certified PM CEMS to demonstrate compliance with this subpart, you must use the
ECMPS Client Tool to submit a PDF report of the existing PS 11 correlation test of the PM CEMS, no later than December 31, 2017.
8. Table 9 to subpart UUUUU is
amended by revising the entry
‘‘§ 63.10(c)(7)’’ to read as follows:
Table 9 to Subpart UUUUU of Part 63—
Applicability of General Provisions to
Subpart UUUUU
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63—Hg Monitoring Provisions
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Requirements
9. Appendix A to subpart UUUUU is
amended by:
■ a. Revising section 4.1.1.5.2; and
■ b. Revising the entry ‘‘RATA’’ in
Table A–2.
The revisions read as follows:
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Calculate the relative accuracy (RA) of the
monitoring system, on a mg/scm basis, as
described in section 12 of Performance
Specification (PS) 2 in appendix B to part 60
of this chapter (see Equations 2–3 through 2–
6 of PS 2). For purposes of calculating the
relative accuracy, ensure that the reference
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consistent basis, either wet or dry. The CEMS
must either meet the main performance
specification or the alternative specification
in Table A–1 of this appendix.
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Validation
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At this frequency
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With these qualifications and exceptions . . .
Acceptance criteria . . .
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operating quarters,’’ up to a maximum of 8
quarters from the quarter of the previous test.
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|CC| ≤ 0.5 μg/scm, if RMavg <
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■ c. Adding sections 10.1.8.1.4 through
10.1.8.1.12;
■ d. Revising section 11.4.1;
■ e. Adding sections 11.4.1.1 through
11.4.1.9;
■ f. Revising section 11.4.2;
■ g. Revising sections 11.4.3.11 and
11.4.3.12;
■ h. Redesignating section 11.4.3.13 as
11.4.3.14;
■ i. Adding a new section 11.4.3.13;
■ j. Redesignating section 11.4.4 as
11.4.13;
■ k. Adding sections 11.4.4, 11.4.4.1
through 11.4.4.7, 11.4.5, 11.4.5.1,
11.4.5.1.1 through 11.4.5.1.9, 11.4.5.2,
11.4.5.2.1 through 11.4.5.2.4, 11.4.6,
11.4.6.1 through 11.4.6.8, 11.4.7,
11.4.7.1 through 11.4.7.12, 11.4.8,
11.4.8.1 through 11.4.8.15, 11.4.9,
11.4.9.1 through 11.4.9.5, 11.4.10,
11.4.10.1 through 11.4.10.8, 11.4.11,
11.4.11.1 through 11.4.11.7, 11.4.12, and
11.4.12.1 through 11.4.12.9; and
■ l. Revising section 11.5.1.
The revisions and additions read as
follows:
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Supplies, Definitions, and General
Operation. The following provisions apply:
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10.1.8.1.1 For each required 7-day and
daily calibration drift test or daily calibration
error test (including daily calibration transfer
standard tests) of the HCl or HF CEMS,
record the test date(s) and time(s), reference
gas value(s), monitor response(s), and
calculated calibration drift or calibration
error value(s). If you use the dynamic spiking
option for the mid-level calibration drift
check under PS–18, you must also record the
measured concentration of the native HCl in
the flue gas before and after the spike and the
spiked gas dilution factor. When using an IP–
CEMS under PS 18, you must also record the
measured concentrations of the native HCl
before and after introduction of each
reference gas, the path lengths of the
calibration cell and the stack optical path, the
stack and calibration cell temperatures, the
instrument line strength factor, and the
calculated equivalent concentration of
reference gas.
10.1.8.1.2 For the required gas audits of
an FTIR HCl or HF CEMS that is following
PS 15, record the date and time of each
spiked and unspiked sample, the audit gas
reference values and uncertainties. Keep
records of all calculations and data analyses
required under sections 9.1 and 12.1 of
Performance Specification 15, and the results
of those calculations and analyses.
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10.1.8.1.3 For each required RATA of an
HCl or HF CEMS, record the beginning and
ending date and time of each test run, the
reference method(s) used, and the reference
method and HCl or HF CEMS run values.
Keep records of stratification tests performed
(if any), all the raw field data, relevant
process operating data, and the all
calculations used to determine the relative
accuracy.
10.1.8.1.4 For each required beam
intensity test of an HCl IP–CEMS under PS
18, record the test date and time, the known
attenuation value (%) used for the test, the
concentration of the high-level reference gas
used, the full-beam and attenuated beam
intensity levels, the measured HCl
concentrations at full-beam intensity and
attenuated intensity and the percent
difference between them, and the results of
the test. For each required daily beam
intensity check of an IP–CEMS under
Procedure 6, record the beam intensity
measured including the units of measure and
the results of the check.
10.1.8.1.5 For each required measurement
error test of an HCl monitor, record the date
and time of each gas injection, the reference
gas concentration (low, mid, or high) and the
monitor response for each of the three
injections at each of the three levels. Also
record the average monitor response and the
measurement error (ME) at each gas level and
the related calculations. For measurement
error tests conducted on IP–CEMS, also
record the measured concentrations of the
native HCl before and after introduction of
each reference gas, the path lengths of the
calibration cell and the stack optical path, the
stack and calibration cell temperatures, the
stack and calibration cell pressures, the
instrument line strength factor, and the
calculated equivalent concentration of
reference gas.
10.1.8.1.6 For each required level of
detection (LOD) test of an HCl monitor
performed in a controlled environment,
record the test date, the concentrations of the
reference gas and interference gases, the
results of the seven (or more) consecutive
measurements of HCl, the standard deviation,
and the LOD value. For each required LOD
test performed in the field, record the test
date, the three measurements of the native
source HCl concentration, the results of the
three independent standard addition (SA)
measurements known as standard addition
response (SAR), the effective spike addition
gas concentration (for IP–CEMS, the
equivalent concentration of the reference
gas), the resulting standard addition
detection level (SADL) value and all related
calculations. For extractive CEMS performing
the SA using dynamic spiking, you must
record the spiked gas dilution factor.
10.1.8.1.7 For each required measurement
error/level of detection response time test of
an HCl monitor, record the test date, the
native HCl concentration of the flue gas, the
reference gas value, the stable reference gas
readings, the upscale/downscale start and
end times, and the results of the upscale and
downscale stages of the test.
10.1.8.1.8 For each required temperature
or pressure measurement verification or audit
of an IP–CEMS, keep records of the test date,
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measured by the calibrated temperature or
pressure reference device and the IP–CEMS,
and the results of the test.
10.1.8.1.9 For each required interference
test of an HCl monitor, record the date of the
test, the HCl concentration of the reference
gas used, the concentrations of the
interference test gases, the baseline HCl and
HCl responses for each interferent
combination spiked, and the total percent
interference as a function of span or HCl
concentration. Also keep records to
document the quantity and quality of gases,
gas volume/rate, temperature, and pressure
used to conduct the test.
10.1.8.1.10 For each quarterly relative
accuracy audit (RAA) of an HCl monitor,
record the beginning and ending date and
time of each test run, the reference method
used, the HCl concentrations measured by
the reference method and CEMS for each test
run, the average concentrations measured by
the reference method and the CEMS, and the
calculated relative accuracy (RA). Keep
records of the raw field data, relevant process
operating data, and the calculations used to
determine the RA.
10.1.8.1.11 For each quarterly cylinder
gas audit (CGA) of an HCl monitor, record the
date and time of each injection, and the
reference gas concentration (zero, mid, or
high) and the monitor response for each
injection. Also record the average monitor
response and the calculated measurement
error (ME) at each gas level. For IP–CEMS,
you must also record the measured
concentrations of the native HCl before and
after introduction of each reference gas, the
path lengths of the calibration cell and the
stack optical path, the stack and calibration
cell temperatures, the stack and calibration
cell pressures, the instrument line strength
factor, and the calculated equivalent
concentration of reference gas.
10.1.8.1.12 For each quarterly dynamic
spiking audit (DSA) of an HCl monitor,
record the date and time of the zero gas
injection and each spike injection, the results
of the zero gas injection, the gas
concentrations (mid and high) and the
dilution factors and the monitor response for
each of the six upscale injections as well as
the corresponding native HCl concentrations
measured before and after each injection.
Also record the average dynamic spiking
error for each of the upscale gases, the
calculated average DSA Accuracy at each
upscale gas concentration, and all
calculations leading to the DSA Accuracy.
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calibration error) assessment (including daily
calibration transfer standard tests), and for
each 7-day calibration drift test of an HCl or
HF monitor, report:
11.4.1.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.1.2 The monitoring component ID;
11.4.1.3 The instrument span and span
scale;
11.4.1.4 For each gas injection, the date
and time, the calibration gas level (zero, mid
or other), the reference gas value (ppm), and
the monitor response (ppm);
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11.4.1.5 A flag to indicate whether
dynamic spiking was used for the upscale
value (extractive HCl monitors, only);
11.4.1.6 Calibration drift or calibration
error (percent of span or reference gas, as
applicable);
11.4.1.7 When using the dynamic spiking
option, the measured concentration of native
HCl before and after each mid-level spike and
the spiked gas dilution factor;
11.4.1.8 When using an IP–CEMS, also
report the measured concentration of native
HCl before and after each upscale
measurement, the path lengths of the
calibration cell and the stack optical path, the
stack and calibration cell temperatures, the
stack and calibration cell pressures, the
instrument line strength factor, and the
equivalent concentration of the reference gas;
and
11.4.1.9 Reason for test (for the 7-day CD
test, only).
11.4.2 For each quarterly gas audit of an
HCl or HF CEMS that is following PS 15,
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in Equation 2–4 of Performance Specification
2 in appendix B to part 60 of this chapter.
For HCl CEMS following PS 18, calculate the
standard deviation according to section 12.6
of PS 18;
11.4.3.12 Confidence coefficient, as
specified in Equation 2–5 of Performance
Specification 2 in appendix B to part 60 of
this chapter. For HCl CEMS following PS 18,
calculate the confidence coefficient
according to section 12.6 of PS 18;
11.4.3.13 T-value; and
11.4.3.14 Relative accuracy (RA). For
FTIR monitoring systems following PS 15,
calculate the RA using Equation 2–6 of
Performance Specification 2 in appendix B to
part 60 of this chapter or, if applicable,
according to the alternative procedure for
low emitters described in section 3.1.2.2 of
this appendix. For HCl CEMS following PS
18, calculate the RA according to section 12.6
of PS 18. If applicable use a flag to indicate
that the alternative RA specification for low
emitters has been applied.
11.4.4 For each 3-level measurement
error test of an HCl monitor, report:
11.4.4.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.4.2 Monitoring component ID;
11.4.4.3 Instrument span and span scale;
11.4.4.4 For each gas injection, the date
and time, the calibration gas level (low, mid,
or high), the reference gas value in ppm and
the monitor response. When using an IP–
CEMS, also report the measured
concentration of native HCl before and after
each injection, the path lengths of the
calibration cell and the stack optical path, the
stack and calibration cell temperatures, the
stack and calibration cell pressures, the
instrument line strength factor, and the
equivalent concentration of the reference gas;
11.4.4.5 For extractive CEMS, the mean
reference value and mean of measured values
at each reference gas level (ppm). For IP–
CEMS, the mean of the measured
concentration minus the average measured
native concentration minus the equivalent
reference gas concentration (ppm), at each
reference gas level—see Equation 6A in PS
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11.4.4.6 Measurement error (ME) at each
reference gas level; and
11.4.4.7 Reason for test.
11.4.5 Beam intensity tests of an IP
CEMS:
11.4.5.1 For the initial beam intensity test
described in Performance Specification 18 in
appendix B to part 60 of this chapter, report:
11.4.5.1.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.5.1.2 Date and time of the test;
11.4.5.1.3 Monitoring system ID;
11.4.5.1.4 Reason for test;
11.4.5.1.5 Attenuation value (%);
11.4.5.1.6 High level gas concentration
(ppm);
11.4.5.1.7 Full and attenuated beam
intensity levels, including units of measure;
11.4.5.1.8 Measured HCl concentrations
at full and attenuated beam intensity (ppm);
and
11.4.5.1.9 Percentage difference between
the HCl concentrations.
11.4.5.2 For the daily beam intensity
check described in Procedure 6 of appendix
F to Part 60 of this chapter, report:
11.4.5.2.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.5.2.2 Date and time of the test;
11.4.5.2.3 Monitoring system ID;
11.4.5.2.4 The attenuated beam intensity
level (limit) established in the initial test;
11.4.5.2.5 The beam intensity measured
during the daily check; and
11.4.5.2.6 Results of the test (pass or fail).
11.4.6 For each temperature or pressure
verification or audit of an HCl IP–CEMS,
report:
11.4.6.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.6.2 Date and time of the test;
11.4.6.3 Monitoring system ID;
11.4.6.4 Type of verification (T or P);
11.4.6.5 Stack sensor measured value;
11.4.6.6 Reference device measured
value;
11.4.6.7 Results of the test (pass or fail);
and
11.4.6.8 Reason for test.
11.4.7 For each interference test of an HCl
monitoring system, report:
11.4.7.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.7.2 Date of test;
11.4.7.3 Monitoring system ID;
11.4.7.4 HCl reference gas concentration;
11.4.7.5 Interference gas types;
11.4.7.6 Concentration of interference
gas;
11.4.7.7 Interference free sample
response;
11.4.7.8 Response with interference;
11.4.7.9 Total interference;
11.4.7.10 Results of the test (pass or fail);
11.4.7.11 Reason for test; and
11.4.7.12 A flag to indicate whether the
test was performed: On this particular
monitoring system; on one of multiple
systems of the same type; or by the
manufacturer on a system with components
of the same make and model(s) as this
system.
11.4.8 For each level of detection (LOD)
test of an HCl monitor, report:
11.4.8.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.8.2 Date of test;
11.4.8.3 Reason for test;
11.4.8.4 Monitoring system ID;
11.4.8.5 A code to indicate whether the
test was done in a controlled environment or
in the field;
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11.4.8.6 HCl reference gas concentration;
11.4.8.7 HCl responses with interference
gas (7 repetitions);
11.4.8.8 Standard deviation of HCl
responses;
11.4.8.9 Effective spike addition gas
concentrations;
11.4.8.10 HCl concentration measured
without spike;
11.4.8.11 HCl concentration measured
with spike;
11.4.8.12 Dilution factor for spike;
11.4.8.13 The controlled environment
LOD value (ppm or ppm-meters);
11.4.8.14 The field determined standard
addition detection level (SADL in ppm or
ppm-meters); and
11.4.8.15 Result of LDO/SADL test (pass/
fail).
11.4.9 For each ME or LOD response time
test of an HCl monitor, report:
11.4.9.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.9.2 Date of test;
11.4.9.3 Monitoring component ID;
11.4.9.4 The higher of the upscale or
downscale tests, in minutes; and
11.4.9.5 Reason for test.
11.4.10 For each quarterly relative
accuracy audit of an HCl monitor, report:
11.4.10.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.10.2 Monitoring system ID;
11.4.10.3 Begin and end time of each test
run;
11.4.10.4 The reference method used;
11.4.10.5 The reference method (RM) and
CEMS values for each test run, including the
units of measure;
11.4.10.6 The mean RM and CEMS values
for the three test runs;
11.4.10.7 The calculated relative accuracy
(RA), percent; and
11.4.10.8 Reason for test.
11.4.11 For each quarterly cylinder gas
audit of an HCl monitor, report:
11.4.11.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.11.2 Monitoring component ID;
11.4.11.3 Instrument span and span scale;
11.4.11.4 For each gas injection, the date
and time, the reference gas level (zero, mid,
or high), the reference gas value in ppm, and
the monitor response. When using an IP–
CEMS, also report the measured
concentration of native HCl before and after
each injection, the path lengths of the
calibration cell and the stack optical path, the
stack and calibration cell temperatures, the
stack and calibration cell pressures, the
instrument line strength factor, and the
equivalent concentration of the reference gas;
11.4.11.5 For extractive CEMS, the mean
reference gas value and mean monitor
response at each reference gas level (ppm).
For IP–CEMS, the mean of the measured
concentration minus the average measured
native concentration minus the equivalent
reference gas concentration (ppm), at each
reference gas level—see Equation 6A in PS
18;
11.4.11.6 Measurement error (ME) at each
reference gas level; and
11.4.11.7 Reason for test.
11.4.12 For each quarterly dynamic
spiking audit of an HCl monitor, report:
11.4.12.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.12.2 Monitoring component ID;
11.4.12.3 Instrument span and span scale;
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date and time, and the monitor response
(Note: The zero gas injection from a
calibration drift check performed on the same
day as the upscale spikes may be used for
this purpose.);
11.4.12.5 Zero spike error;
11.4.12.6 For the upscale gas spiking, the
date and time of each spike, the reference gas
level (mid- or high-), the reference gas value
(ppm), the dilution factor, the native HCl
concentrations before and after each spike,
and the monitor response for each gas spike;
11.4.12.7 Upscale spike error;
11.4.12.8 Dynamic spike accuracy (DSA)
at the zero level and at each upscale gas
level; and
11.4.12.9 Reason for test.
11.4.13 Reporting Requirements for
Diluent Gas, Flow Rate, and Moisture
Monitoring Systems. For the certification,
recertification, diagnostic, and QA tests of
stack gas flow rate, moisture, and diluent gas
monitoring systems that are certified and
quality-assured according to part 75 of this
chapter, report the information in section
10.1.8.2 of this appendix.
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11.5.1 The owner or operator of any
affected unit shall use the ECMPS Client Tool
to submit electronic quarterly reports to the
Administrator in an XML format specified by
the Administrator, for each affected unit (or
group of units monitored at a common stack).
If the certified HCl or HF CEMS is used for
the initial compliance demonstration, HCl or
HF emissions reporting shall begin with the
first operating hour of the 30 boiler operating
day compliance demonstration period.
Otherwise, HCl or HF emissions reporting
shall begin with the first operating hour after
successfully completing all required
certification tests of the CEMS.
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63—PM Monitoring Provisions
1. General Provisions
1.1 Applicability. These monitoring
provisions apply to the continuous
measurement of filterable particulate matter
(PM) emissions from affected EGUs under
this subpart. A particulate matter continuous
emission monitoring system (PM CEMS) is
used together with other continuous
monitoring systems and (as applicable)
parametric measurement devices to quantify
PM emissions in units of the applicable
standard (i.e., lb/mmBtu or lb/MWh).
1.2 Initial Certification and
Recertification Procedures. You, as the owner
or operator of an affected EGU that uses a PM
CEMS to demonstrate compliance with a
filterable PM emissions limit in Table 1 or 2
to this subpart must comply with the initial
certification and recertification procedures of
Performance Specification 11 (PS 11) in
appendix B to part 60 of this chapter.
1.3 Quality Assurance and Quality
Control Requirements. You must meet the
applicable quality assurance requirements of
Procedure 2 in appendix F to part 60 of this
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1.4 Missing Data Procedures. You must
not substitute data for missing data from the
PM CEMS. Any process operating hour for
which quality-assured PM concentration data
are not obtained is counted as an hour of
monitoring system downtime.
1.5 Adjustments for Flow System Bias.
When the PM emission rate is reported on a
gross output basis, you must not adjust the
data recorded by a stack gas flow rate
monitor for bias, which may otherwise be
required under § 75.24 of this chapter.
2. Monitoring of PM Emissions
2.1 Monitoring System Installation
Requirements. Flue gases from the affected
EGUs under this subpart vent to the
atmosphere through a variety of exhaust
configurations including single stacks,
common stack configurations, and multiple
stack configurations. For each of these
configurations, § 63.10010(a) specifies the
appropriate location(s) at which to install
continuous monitoring systems (CMS). These
CMS installation provisions apply to the PM
CEMS and to the other continuous
monitoring systems and parametric
monitoring devices that provide data for the
PM emissions calculations in section 6 of this
appendix.
2.2 Primary and Backup Monitoring
Systems. In the electronic monitoring plan
described in section 7 of this appendix, you
must create and designate a primary
monitoring system for PM and for each
additional parameter (i.e., stack gas flow rate,
CO2 or O2 concentration, stack gas moisture
content, as applicable). The primary system
must be used to report hourly PM
concentration values when the system is able
to provide quality-assured data, i.e., when
the system is ‘‘in control.’’ However, to
increase data availability in the event of a
primary monitoring system outage, you may
install, operate, maintain, and calibrate a
redundant backup monitoring system. A
redundant backup system is one that is
permanently installed at the unit or stack
location, and is kept on ‘‘hot standby’’ in case
the primary monitoring system is unable to
provide quality-assured data. You must
represent each redundant backup system as
a unique monitoring system in the electronic
monitoring plan. You must certify each
redundant backup monitoring system
according to the applicable provisions in
section 4 of this appendix. In addition, each
redundant monitoring system must meet the
applicable on-going QA requirements in
section 5 of this appendix.
3. PM Emissions Measurement Methods
The following definitions, equipment
specifications, procedures, and performance
criteria are applicable
3.1 Definitions. All definitions specified
in section 3 of PS 11 in appendix B to part
60 of this chapter and section 3 of Procedure
2 in appendix F to part 60 of this chapter are
applicable to the measurement of filterable
PM emissions from electric utility steam
generating units under this subpart.
3.2 Continuous Monitoring Methods.
3.2.1 Installation and Measurement
Location. You must install the PM CEMS
according to § 63.10010 and section 2.4 of PS
11.
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3.2.2 Units of Measure. For the purposes
of this subpart, you shall report hourly PM
concentrations in the following units of
measure:
3.2.2.1 In both milligrams per actual
cubic meter (mg/acm) and milligrams per wet
standard cubic meter (mg/wscm) If the PM
CEMS measures in units of mg/acm; or
3.2.2.2 Milligrams per wet standard cubic
meter (mg/wscm), if the PM CEMS measures
in mg/wscm; or
3.2.2.3 In both milligrams per dry
standard cubic meter (mg/dscm) and
milligrams per wet standard cubic meter
(mg/wscm), if the PM CEMS measures in
units of mg/dscm.
3.2.3 Other Necessary Data Collection. To
convert hourly PM concentrations to the
units of the applicable emissions standard
(i.e., lb/mmBtu or lb/MWh), you must collect
additional data as described in sections
3.2.3.1 and 3.2.3.2 of this appendix. You
must install, certify, operate, maintain, and
quality-assure any stack gas flow rate, CO2,
O2, or moisture monitoring systems needed
for this purpose according to sections 4 and
5 of this appendix. The calculation methods
for the emission limits described in sections
3.2.3.1 and 3.2.3.2 of this appendix are
presented in section 6 of this appendix.
3.2.3.1 Heat Input-Based Emission Limits.
To demonstrate compliance with a heat
input-based PM emission limit in Table 2 to
this subpart, you must provide the hourly
stack gas CO2 or O2 concentration, along with
a fuel-specific Fc factor or dry-basis F-factor
and (if applicable) the stack gas moisture
content, in order to convert measured PM
concentrations values to the units of the
standard.
3.2.3.2 Gross Output-Based Emission
Limits. To demonstrate compliance with a
gross output-based PM emission limit in
Table 1 or Table 2 to this subpart, you must
provide the hourly gross output, along with
data from a certified stack gas flow rate
monitor in order to convert measured PM
concentrations values to units of the
standard.
4. Certification and Recertification
Requirements
4.1 Certification Requirements. You must
certify your PM CEMS and the other
continuous monitoring systems used to
determine compliance with the applicable
emissions standard before the PM CEMS can
be used to provide data under this subpart.
Redundant backup monitoring systems (if
used) are subject to the same certification
requirements as the primary systems.
4.1.1 PM CEMS. You must certify your
PM CEMS according to PS 11 in appendix B
to part 60 of this chapter. PM CEMS that have
been installed and certified according to PS
11 as a result of another state or federal
regulatory requirement or consent decree
prior to the effective date of this subpart shall
be considered certified for this subpart if you
can demonstrate that your PM CEMS meets
the PS 11 acceptance criteria based on the
applicable emission standard in this subpart.
4.1.2 Flow Rate, Diluent Gas, and
Moisture Monitoring Systems. You must
certify your continuous monitoring systems
that are used to convert PM concentrations to
units of the standard (i.e., stack gas flow rate,
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moisture monitoring systems) in accordance
with the applicable provisions in § 75.20 of
this chapter and appendix A to part 75 of this
chapter.
4.1.3 Other Parametric Measurement
Devices. If data from temperature or pressure
measurement devices are required to convert
hourly PM concentrations to standard
conditions, you must install, calibrate,
maintain, and operate these devices
according to the manufacturers’ instructions.
4.2 Recertification.
4.2.1 You must recertify your PM CEMS
if it is either: moved to a different stack or
duct; moved to a new location within the
same stack or duct; modified or repaired in
such a way that the existing correlation is
altered or impacted; or replaced.
4.2.2 The flow rate, diluent gas, and
moisture monitoring systems that are used to
convert PM concentration to units of the
emission standard are subject to the
recertification provisions in § 75.20(b) of this
chapter.
4.3 Development of a New or Revised
Correlation Curve. You must develop a new
or revised correlation curve if:
4.3.1 A response correlation audit (RCA)
is failed and the new or revised correlation
is developed according to section 10.6 in
Procedure 2 of appendix F to part 60 of this
chapter; or
4.3.2 The events described in paragraph
(1) or (2) in section 8.8 of PS 11 occur while
the EGU is operating under normal
conditions.
5. Ongoing Quality Assurance (QA) and Data
Validation
5.1 PM CEMS.
5.1.1 Required QA Tests. Following
initial certification, you must conduct
periodic QA testing of each primary and (if
applicable) redundant backup PM CEMS.
The required QA tests and the performance
specifications that must be met are found in
Procedure 2 of appendix F to part 60 of this
chapter.
5.1.2 Out-of-Control Periods. Your PM
CEMS is considered to be out-of-control, and
you may not report data from it as qualityassured, when the monitoring system
malfunctions or when any acceptance
criterion in PS 11 in appendix B to part 60
of this chapter or Procedure 2 in appendix F
to part 60 of this chapter for the required QA
tests is not met. Your PM CEMS is also
considered to be out-of-control when a
required QA test is not performed on
schedule. When an out-of-control period
occurs, you must take corrective actions (if
necessary) and perform the appropriate
follow-up calibrations and adjustments to
bring the monitoring system back in-control.
If the out-of-control period is triggered by a
required QA test that is failed or not done on
time, you must conduct the failed or late test
and your PM CEMS must pass the test in
order to end the out-of-control period. You
must count out-of-control periods of the PM
CEMS as hours of monitoring system
downtime.
5.1.3 RCA and RRA Acceptability. The
results of your RRA or RCA are considered
acceptable provided that the criteria in
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to part 60 of this chapter are met for an RCA
or section 10.4(6) of Procedure 2 in appendix
F to part 60 of this chapter are met for an
RRA.
5.2 Stack Gas Flow Rate, Diluent Gas,
and Moisture Monitoring Systems. The ongoing QA test requirements and data
validation criteria for the primary and (if
applicable) redundant backup stack gas flow
rate, diluent gas, and moisture monitoring
systems are specified in appendix B to part
75 of this chapter.
5.3 QA/QC Program Requirements. You
must develop and implement a quality
assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program
for the PM CEMS and the other equipment
that is used to provide data under this
subpart. You may store your QA/QC plan
electronically, provided that the information
can be made available expeditiously in hard
copy to auditors and inspectors.
5.3.1 General Requirements.
5.3.1.1 Preventive Maintenance. You
must keep a written record of the procedures
needed to maintain the PM CEMS and other
equipment that is used to provide data under
this subpart in proper operating condition,
along with a schedule for those procedures.
At a minimum, you must include all
procedures specified by the manufacturers of
the equipment and, if applicable, additional
or alternate procedures developed for the
equipment.
5.3.1.2 Recordkeeping Requirements. You
must keep a written record describing
procedures that will be used to implement
the recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of this appendix.
5.3.1.3 Maintenance Records. You must
keep a record of all testing, maintenance, or
repair activities performed on the PM CEMS,
and other equipment used to provide data
under this subpart in a location and format
suitable for inspection. You may use a
maintenance log for this purpose. You must
maintain the following records for each
system or device: the date, time, and
description of any testing, adjustment, repair,
replacement, or preventive maintenance
action performed, and records of any
corrective actions taken. Additionally, you
must record any adjustment that may
significantly affect the ability of a monitoring
system or measurement device to make
accurate measurements, and you must keep
a written explanation of the procedures used
to make the adjustment(s).
5.3.2 Specific Requirements for the PM
CEMS.
5.3.2.1 Daily, and Quarterly QA
Assessments. You must keep a written record
of the procedures used for daily assessments
of the PM CEMS. You must also keep records
of the procedures used to perform quarterly
ACA and SVA audits. You must document
how the test results are calculated and
evaluated.
5.3.2.2 Monitoring System Adjustments.
You must document how each component of
the PM CEMS will be adjusted to provide
correct responses after routine maintenance,
repairs, or corrective actions.
5.3.2.3 Correlation Tests, Annual and
Triennial Audits. You must keep a written
record of procedures used for the correlation
tests, at least annual RRAs, and at least
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document how the test results are calculated
and evaluated.
5.3.3 Specific Requirements for Diluent
Gas, Stack Gas Flow Rate, and Moisture
Monitoring Systems. The QA/QC program
requirements for the stack gas flow rate,
diluent gas, and moisture monitoring systems
described in section 3.2.3 of this appendix
are specified in section 1 of appendix B to
part 75 of this chapter.
5.3.4 Requirements for Other Monitoring
Equipment. If any other equipment is
required to convert readings from the PM
CEMS to standard conditions (e.g., devices to
measure temperature and pressure), you must
keep a written record of the calibrations and/
or other procedures used to ensure that the
devices provide accurate data.
5.3.5 You may store your QA/QC plan
electronically, provided that you can make
the information available expeditiously in
hard copy to auditors or inspectors.
6. Data Reduction and Calculations
6.1 Data Reduction and Validation.
6.1.1 You must reduce the data from PM
CEMS to hourly averages, in accordance with
§ 60.13(h)(2) of this chapter.
6.1.2 You must reduce all CEMS data
from stack gas flow rate, CO2, O2, and
moisture monitoring systems to hourly
averages according to § 75.10(d)(1) of this
chapter.
6.1.3 You must reduce all other data from
devices used to convert readings from the PM
CEMS to standard conditions to hourly
averages according to § 63.8(g)(2) or
§ 75.10(d)(1) of this chapter. This includes,
but is not limited to, data from devices used
to measure temperature and pressure, or, for
cogeneration units that calculate gross output
based on steam characteristics, devices to
measure steam flow rate, steam pressure, and
steam temperature.
6.1.4 Do not calculate the PM emission
rate for any unit or stack operating hour in
which valid data are not obtained for PM
concentration or for a parameter used in the
emissions calculations (i.e., gross output,
stack gas flow rate, stack temperature, stack
pressure, stack gas moisture content, or
diluent gas concentration, as applicable).
6.1.5 For the purposes of this appendix,
part 75 substitute data values for stack gas
flow rate, CO2 concentration, O2
concentration, and moisture content are not
considered to be valid data.
6.1.6 Operating hours in which PM
concentration is missing or invalid are hours
of monitoring system downtime. The use of
substitute data for PM concentration is not
allowed.
6.1.7 You must exclude all data obtained
during a boiler startup or shutdown operating
hour (as defined in § 63.10042) from the
determination of the 30 boiler operating day
rolling average PM emission rates.
6.2 Calculation of PM Emission Rates.
You must use the calculation methods in
sections 6.2.1 through 6.2.3 of this appendix
to convert measured PM concentration values
to the units of the applicable emission
standard.
6.2.1 For each unit or stack operating
hour, prior to converting the PM CEMS
concentration to units of the emission
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concentration in units of mg/acm, you must
convert the PM CEMS concentration value to
units of mg/wscm, using one of the following
equations:
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file shall contain the applicable information
in sections 7.1.1 through 7.1.11 of this
appendix.
7.1.1 Monitoring Plan Records. For each
EGU or group of EGUs monitored at a
common stack, you must prepare and
maintain a monitoring plan for the PM CEMS
and the other CMS(s) needed to convert PM
concentrations to units of the applicable
emission standard.
7.1.1.1 Updates. If you make a
replacement, modification, or change in a
certified CMS that is used to provide data
under this subpart (including a change in the
automated data acquisition and handling
system) or if you make a change to the flue
gas handling system and that replacement,
modification, or change affects information
reported in the monitoring plan (e.g., a
change to a serial number for a component
of a monitoring system), you shall update the
monitoring plan.
7.1.1.2 Contents of the Monitoring Plan.
For the PM CEMS, your monitoring plan
shall contain the applicable information in
sections 7.1.1.2.1 and 7.1.1.2.2 of this
appendix. For required stack gas flow rate,
diluent gas, and moisture monitoring
systems, your monitoring plan shall include
the applicable information required for those
systems under § 75.53(g) and (h) of this
chapter.
7.1.1.2.1 Electronic. Your electronic
monitoring plan records must include the
following information: unit or stack ID
number(s); monitoring location(s); the
monitoring methodologies used; monitoring
system information, including (as
applicable): unique system and component
ID numbers; the make, model, and serial
number of the monitoring equipment; the
sample acquisition method; formulas used to
calculate emissions; monitor span and range
information, and appropriate default values.
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6.2.2.3 If the hourly average O2
concentration is above 14.0% O2 (19.0% for
an IGCC) or the hourly average CO2
concentration is below 5.0% CO2 (1.0% for
an IGCC), you may calculate the PM emission
rate using the applicable diluent cap value
(as defined in § 63.10042 and specified in
§ 63.10007(f)(1), provided that the diluent gas
monitor is not out-of-control).
6.2.2.4 If your selected Method 19
equation requires a correction for the stack
gas moisture content, you may either use
quality-assured hourly data from a certified
part 75 moisture monitoring system, a fuelspecific default moisture value from
§ 75.11(b) of this chapter, or a site-specific
default moisture value approved by the
Administrator under § 75.66 of this chapter.
6.2.2.5 You must calculate the 30-boiler
operating day rolling average PM emission
rates according to § 63.10021(b).
6.2.3 Gross Output-Based PM Emission
Rates.
6.2.3.1 For each unit or stack operating
hour, you must use the following equation to
calculate the gross output-based PM emission
rate, in units of lb/MWh.
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6.2.2 Heat Input-Based PM Emission
Rates (Existing EGUs, Only). You must
calculate hourly heat input-based PM
emission rates, in units of lb/mmBtu,
according to sections 6.2.2.1 and 6.2.2.2 of
this appendix.
6.2.2.1 You must select an appropriate
emission rate equation from among Equations
19–1 through 19–9 in appendix A–7 to part
60 of this chapter to convert the reported
hourly PM concentration value to units of lb/
mmBtu. Note that the Method 19 equations
require the pollutant concentration to be
expressed in units of lb/scf; therefore, you
must first multiply the PM concentration by
6.24 × 10 ¥8 to convert it from mg/wscm to
lb/scf.
6.2.2.2 You must use the appropriate
carbon-based or dry-basis F-factor listed in
Table 19–2 of Method 19 in the emission rate
equation that you have selected. However, if
the appropriate F-factor is not in Table 19–
2, you may use F-factors from section 3.3.5
or section 3.3.6 of appendix F to part 75 of
this chapter.
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Where:
Eheo = Hourly gross output-based PM
emission rate (lb/MWh)
Ch = PM concentration (mg/wscm)
Qs = Unadjusted stack gas volumetric flow
rate (scfh, wet basis)
MW = Gross output (megawatts)
6.24 × 10 ¥8 = Conversion factor
6.2.3.2 You must calculate the 30-boiler
operating day rolling average PM emission
rates according to § 63.10021(b).
7. Recordkeeping and Reporting
7.1 Recordkeeping Provisions. For the PM
CEMS and the other necessary continuous
monitoring systems and parameter
measurement devices installed at each
affected unit or common stack, you must
maintain a file of all measurements, data,
reports, and other information required by
this appendix in a form suitable for
inspection, for 5 years from the date of each
record, in accordance with § 63.10033. The
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Where:
Ch = PM concentration (mg/wscm)
Ca = PM concentration (mg/acm)
Ts = Stack Temperature (°F)
TCEMS = CEMS Measurement Temperature
(°F)
PCEMS = CEMS Measurement Pressure (in.
Hg)
Ps = Stack Pressure (in. Hg)
Tstd = Standard Temperature (68 °F)
Pstd = Standard Pressure (29.92 in. Hg)
(Note: The hourly PM concentrations
reported in ECMPS must be in units of mg/
wscm. If your PM CEMS measures PM
concentration in units of mg/m3 on a dry
basis at standard conditions, you must apply
a correction for the stack gas moisture
content to convert it from mg/dscm to mg/
wscm. Determine the moisture content
according to section 6.2.2.4 of this appendix.
To convert the dry basis concentration to wet
basis, multiply it by
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evaluated and submitted using the Emissions
Collection and Monitoring Plan System
(ECMPS) Client Tool provided by the Clean
Air Markets Division (CAMD) in EPA’s Office
of Atmospheric Programs.
7.1.1.2.2 Hard Copy. You must keep
records of the following items: schematics
and/or blueprints showing the location of the
PM monitoring system(s) and test ports; data
flow diagrams; test protocols; and
miscellaneous technical justifications.
7.1.2 Operating Parameter Records. You
must record the following information for
each operating hour of each EGU and also for
each group of EGUs utilizing a monitored
common stack, to the extent that these data
are needed to convert PM concentration data
to the units of the emission standard. For
non-operating hours, you must record only
the items in sections 7.1.2.1 and 7.1.2.2 of
this appendix. If you elect to or are required
to comply with a gross output-based PM
standard, for any hour in which there is gross
output greater than zero, you must record the
items in sections 7.1.2.1 through 7.1.2.3 and
(if applicable) 7.1.2.5 of this appendix;
however, if there is heat input to the unit(s)
but no gross output (e.g., at unit startup), you
must record the items in sections 7.1.2.1,
7.1.2.2, and, if applicable, section 7.1.2.5 of
this appendix. If you elect to comply with a
heat input-based PM standard, you must
record only the items in sections 7.1.2.1,
7.1.2.2, 7.1.2.4, and, if applicable, section
7.1.2.5 of this appendix.
7.1.2.1 The date and hour;
7.1.2.2 The unit or stack operating time
(rounded up to the nearest fraction of an hour
(in equal increments that can range from one
hundredth to one quarter of an hour, at your
option);
7.1.2.3 The hourly gross output (rounded
to nearest MWe);
7.1.2.4 If applicable, the Fc factor or drybasis F-factor used to calculate the heat
input-based PM emission rate; and
7.1.2.5 If applicable, a flag to indicate that
the hour is an exempt startup or shutdown
hour.
7.1.3 PM Concentration Records. For each
affected unit or common stack using a PM
CEMS, you must record the following
information for each unit or stack operating
hour:
7.1.3.1 The date and hour;
7.1.3.2 Monitoring system and
component identification codes for the PM
CEMS, as provided in the electronic
monitoring plan, if your CEMS provides a
quality-assured value of PM concentration for
the hour;
7.1.3.3 The hourly PM concentration, if a
quality-assured value is obtained for the
hour.
7.1.3.3.1 For all PM CEMS, record PM
concentration in units of mg/wscm.
7.1.3.3.2 If your PM CEMS measures in
units of mg/acm, also record the hourly PM
concentration in units of mg/acm, and record
the temperature and pressure values used in
Equation C–1 or C–2 of this appendix to
convert from mg/acm to mg/wscm.
7.1.3.3.3 If your PM CEMS measures in
units of mg/dscm, also record the hourly PM
concentration in units of mg/dscm, and
record the moisture value used to convert
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from mg/dscm to mg/wscm (see section 7.1.6
of this appendix).
7.1.3.4 If applicable, the stack
temperature (°F) and stack pressure (in. Hg)
used to convert PM concentration from mg/
acm to mg/wscm;
7.1.3.5 A special code, indicating
whether or not a quality-assured PM
concentration is obtained for the hour; and
7.1.3.6 Monitor data availability for PM
concentration, as a percentage of unit or stack
operating hours calculated according to
§ 75.32 of this chapter.
7.1.4 Stack Gas Volumetric Flow Rate
Records.
7.1.4.1 When a gross output-based PM
emissions limit must be met, in units of lb/
MWh, you must obtain hourly measurements
of stack gas volumetric flow rate during EGU
operation, in order to convert PM
concentrations to units of the standard.
7.1.4.2 When hourly measurements of
stack gas flow rate are needed, you must keep
hourly records of the flow rates and related
information, as specified in § 75.57(c)(2) of
this chapter.
7.1.5 Records of Diluent Gas (CO2 or O2)
Concentration.
7.1.5.1 When a heat input-based PM
emission limit must be met, in units of lb/
mmBtu, you must obtain hourly
measurements of CO2 or O2 concentration
during EGU operation, in order to convert
PM concentrations to units of the standard.
7.1.5.2 When hourly measurements of
diluent gas concentration are needed, you
must keep hourly CO2 or O2 concentration
records, as specified in § 75.57(g) of this
chapter.
7.1.6 Records of Stack Gas Moisture
Content.
7.1.6.1 When corrections for stack gas
moisture content are needed to demonstrate
compliance with the applicable PM
emissions limit or to convert dry basis PM
concentration measurements to wet basis:
7.1.6.1.1 If you use a continuous moisture
monitoring system, you must keep hourly
records of the stack gas moisture content and
related information, as specified in
§ 75.57(c)(3) of this chapter.
7.1.6.1.2 If you use a fuel-specific or
approved site-specific default moisture value,
you must represent it in the electronic
monitoring plan required under section
7.1.1.2.1 of this appendix.
7.1.7 PM Emission Rate Records. For
applicable PM emission limits in units of lb/
mmBtu or lb/MWh, you must record the
following information for each affected EGU
or common stack:
7.1.7.1 The date and hour;
7.1.7.2 The hourly PM emissions rate (lb/
mmBtu or lb/MWh, as applicable), calculated
according to section 6.2.2 or 6.2.3 of this
appendix, rounded to three significant
figures, and expressed in scientific notation.
You must calculate the PM emission rate
only when valid values of PM concentration
and all other required parameters required to
convert PM concentration to the units of the
standard are obtained for the hour;
7.1.7.3 An identification code for the
formula used to derive the hourly PM
emission rate from measurements of the PM
concentration and other necessary
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equation from EPA Method 19, or Equation
C–2 in section 6.2.3.1 of this appendix);
7.1.7.4 If applicable, a special code to
indicate that the diluent cap has been used
to calculate the PM emission rate; and
7.1.7.5 If applicable, a special code to
indicate that the default gross output has
been used to calculate the hourly PM
emission rate.
7.1.7.6 A code indicating that the PM
emission rate was not calculated for the hour,
if valid data are not obtained for PM
concentration and/or any of the other
parameters in the PM emission rate equation.
For the purposes of this appendix, substitute
data values for stack gas flow rate, CO2
concentration, O2 concentration, and
moisture content reported under part 75 of
this chapter are not considered to be valid
data. However, when the gross output (as
defined in § 63.10042) is reported for an
operating hour with zero output, the default
value is treated as quality-assured data.
7.1.8 Other Parametric Data. You must
keep records of the parametric data (e.g., PM
CEMS measurement temperature and
pressure) used to convert the hourly PM
concentrations to standard conditions.
7.1.9 Certification, Recertification, and
Quality Assurance Test Records. For any PM
CEMS used to provide data under this
subpart, you must record the following
certification, recertification, and qualityassurance information:
7.1.9.1 The test dates and times, reference
values, monitor responses, monitor full scale
value, and calculated results for the required
7-day drift tests and for the required daily
zero and upscale calibration drift tests;
7.1.9.2 The test dates and times and
results (pass or fail) of all daily system optics
checks and daily sample volume checks of
the PM CEMS (as applicable);
7.1.9.3 The test dates and times, reference
values, monitor responses, and calculated
results for all required quarterly ACAs;
7.1.9.4 The test dates and times, reference
values, monitor responses, and calculated
results for all required quarterly SVAs of
extractive PM CEMS;
7.1.9.5 The test dates and times, reference
method readings and corresponding PM
CEMS responses (including the units of
measure), and the calculated results for all
PM CEMS correlation tests, RRAs and RCAs.
For the correlation tests, you must indicate
which model is used (i.e., linear, logarithmic,
exponential, polynomial, or power) and
record the correlation equation. For the RRAs
and RCAs, the reference method readings and
PM CEMS responses must be reported in the
same units of measure as the PM CEMS
correlation (i.e., either in mg/acm, mg/wscm,
or mg/dcsm, as applicable);
7.1.9.6 The cycle time and sample delay
time for PM CEMS that operate in batch
sampling mode; and
7.1.9.7 Supporting information for all
required PM CEMS correlation tests, RRAs,
and RCAs, including records of all raw
reference method and monitoring system
data, the results of sample analyses to
substantiate the reported test results, as well
as records of sampling equipment
calibrations, reference monitor calibrations,
and analytical equipment calibrations.
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and moisture monitoring systems, you must
keep records of all certification,
recertification, diagnostic, and on-going
quality-assurance tests of these systems, as
specified in § 75.59(a) of this chapter.
7.1.11 For any temperature measurement
device (e.g., RTD or thermocouple) or
pressure measurement device used to convert
PM concentrations to standard conditions,
you must keep records of all calibrations and
other checks performed to ensure that
accurate data are obtained.
7.2 Reporting Requirements.
7.2.1 General Reporting Provisions. You
must comply with the following
requirements for reporting PM emissions
from each affected EGU (or group of EGUs
monitored at a common stack) under this
subpart:
7.2.1.1 Notifications, in accordance with
section 7.2.2 of this appendix;
7.2.1.2 Monitoring plan reporting, in
accordance with section 7.2.3 of this
appendix;
7.2.1.3 Certification, recertification, and
QA test submittals, in accordance with
section 7.2.4 of this appendix; and
7.2.1.4 Electronic quarterly report
submittals, in accordance with section 7.2.5
of this appendix.
7.2.2 Notifications. You must provide
notifications for each affected unit (or group
of units monitored at a common stack) under
this subpart in accordance with § 63.10030.
7.2.3 Monitoring Plan Reporting. For each
affected unit (or group of units monitored at
a common stack) under this subpart using
PM CEMS to measure PM emissions, you
must make electronic and hard copy
monitoring plan submittals as follows:
7.2.3.1 You must submit the electronic
and hard copy information in section 7.1.1.2
of this appendix pertaining to the PM
monitoring system(s) at least 21 days prior to
the date on which the Administrator
specifies that electronic reporting of PM
emissions data via ECMPS is required to
begin, or the date on which the initial
certification testing of your PM CEMS begins,
whichever is later. Also you must submit the
monitoring plan information in § 75.53(g) of
this chapter pertaining to the required stack
gas flow rate, diluent gas, and moisture
monitoring system(s) within that same time
frame, if those required records are not
already in place.
7.2.3.2 Whenever an update of the
monitoring plan is required, as provided in
section 7.1.1.1 of this appendix, you must
submit the updated information either prior
to or concurrent with the relevant quarterly
electronic emissions report.
7.2.3.3 You must make all electronic
monitoring plan submittals and updates to
the Administrator using the ECMPS Client
Tool. Hard copy portions of the monitoring
plan shall be kept on file according to section
7.1 of this appendix.
7.2.4 Certification, Recertification, and
Quality-Assurance Test Reporting. Except for
daily QA tests of the required monitoring
systems (i.e., calibration error or drift tests,
sample volume checks, system optics checks,
and flow monitor interference checks), you
must submit the results of all required
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through 7.1.9.7 and 7.1.10 of this appendix
electronically (except for test results
previously submitted, e.g., under the Acid
Rain Program), using the ECMPS Client Tool,
either prior to or concurrent with the relevant
quarterly electronic emissions report.
7.2.5 Quarterly Reports.
7.2.5.1 For each affected EGU (or group of
EGUs monitored at a common stack), you
must use the ECMPS Client Tool to submit
electronic quarterly reports to the
Administrator, in an XML format specified
by the Administrator, starting with a report
for the later of:
7.2.5.1.1 The first calendar quarter of
2018; or
7.2.5.1.2 The calendar quarter in which
the initial PM CEMS correlation test is
completed.
7.2.5.2 You must submit the electronic
reports within 30 days following the end of
each calendar quarter, except for EGUs that
have been placed in long-term cold storage
(as defined in § 72.2 of this chapter).
7.2.5.3 Each of your electronic quarterly
reports shall include the following
information:
7.2.5.3.1 The date of report generation;
7.2.5.3.2 Facility identification
information;
7.2.5.3.3 The information in sections
7.1.2 through 7.1.7 of this appendix, as
applicable to the PM emission measurement
methodology used and the units of the PM
emission standard with which you have
elected to comply; and
7.2.5.3.4 The results of all daily QA
assessments, i.e., calibration drift checks and
(if applicable) sample volume checks of the
PM CEMS, calibration error tests of the other
continuous monitoring systems that are used
to convert PM concentration to units of the
standard, and (if applicable) flow monitor
interference checks.
7.2.5.4 Compliance Certification. Based
on your reasonable inquiry of those persons
with primary responsibility for ensuring that
all PM emissions from the affected unit(s)
under this subpart have been correctly and
fully monitored, you must submit a
compliance certification in support of each
electronic quarterly emissions monitoring
report. Your compliance certification shall
include a statement by a responsible official
with that official’s name, title, and signature,
certifying that, to the best of his or her
knowledge, the report is true, accurate, and
complete.
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63—PM CPMS Monitoring Provisions
1. General Provisions
1.1 Applicability. These monitoring
provisions apply to the continuous
monitoring of the output from a particulate
matter continuous parametric monitoring
system (PM CPMS), for the purpose of
assessing continuous compliance with an
applicable emissions limit in Table 1 or
Table 2 to this subpart.
1.2 Summary of the Method. The output
from an instrument capable of continuously
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recorded, either in milliamps, PM
concentration, or other units of measure. An
operating limit for the PM CPMS is
established initially, based on data recorded
by the monitoring system during a
performance stack test. The performance test
is repeated annually and the operating limit
is reassessed. In-between successive
performance tests, the output from the PM
CPMS serves as an indicator of continuous
compliance with the applicable emissions
limit.
2. Continuous Monitoring of the PM CPMS
Output
2.1 System Design and Performance
Criteria. The PM CPMS must meet the design
and performance criteria specified in
§§ 63.10010(h)(1)(i) through (iii) and
63.10023(b)(2)(iii) and (iv). In addition, an
automated data acquisition and handling
system (DAHS) is required to record the
output from the PM CPMS and to generate
the quarterly electronic data reports required
under section 3.2.4 of this appendix.
2.2 Installation Requirements. Install the
PM CPMS at an appropriate location in the
stack or duct, in accordance with
§ 63.10010(a).
2.3 Determination of Operating Limits.
2.3.1 In accordance with § 63.10007(a)(3),
§ 63.10011(b), § 63.10023(a), and Table 6 to
this subpart, you must determine an initial
site-specific operating limit for your PM
CPMS, using data recorded by the monitoring
system during a performance stack test that
demonstrates compliance with one of the
following emissions limits in Table 1 or
Table 2 to this subpart: filterable PM; total
non-Hg HAP metals; total HAP metals
including Hg (liquid oil-fired units, only);
individual non-Hg HAP metals; or individual
HAP metals including Hg (liquid oil-fired
units, only).
2.3.2 In accordance with
§ 63.10005(d)(2)(i), you must perform the
initial stack test no later than the applicable
date in § 63.9984(f), and according to
§§ 63.10005(d)(2)(iii) and 63.10006(a), the
performance test must be repeated annually
to document compliance with the emissions
limit and to reassess the operating limit.
2.3.3 Calculate the operating limits
according to § 63.10023(b)(1) for existing
units, and § 63.10023(b)(2) for new units.
2.4 Data Reduction and Compliance
Assessment.
2.4.1 Reduce the output from the PM
CPMS to hourly averages, in accordance with
§ 63.8(g)(2) and (5).
2.4.2 To determine continuous
compliance with the operating limit, you
must calculate 30-boiler operating day rolling
average values of the output from the PM
CPMS, in accordance with § 63.10010(h)(3)
through (6), § 63.10021(c), and Table 7 to this
subpart.
2.4.3 In accordance with
§ 63.10005(d)(2)(ii), § 63.10022(a)(2), and
Table 4 to this subpart, the 30-boiler
operating day rolling average PM CPMS
output must be maintained at or below the
operating limit. However, if exceedances of
the operating limit should occur, you must
follow the applicable procedures in
§ 63.10021(c)(1) and (2).
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3.1 Recordkeeping Provisions. You must
keep the applicable records required under
§ 63.10032(b) and (c) for your PM CPMS. In
addition, you must maintain a file of all
measurements, data, reports, and other
information required by this appendix in a
form suitable for inspection, for 5 years from
the date of each record, in accordance with
§ 63.10033.
3.1.1 Monitoring Plan Records.
3.1.1.1 You must develop and maintain a
site-specific monitoring plan for your PM
CPMS, in accordance with § 63.10000(d).
3.1.1.2 In addition to the site-specific
monitoring plan required under
§ 63.10000(d), you must use the ECMPS
Client Tool to prepare and maintain an
electronic monitoring plan for your PM
CPMS.
3.1.1.2.1 Contents of the Electronic
Monitoring Plan. The electronic monitoring
plan records must include the unit or stack
ID number(s), monitoring location(s), the
monitoring methodology used (i.e., PM
CPMS), the current operating limit of the PM
CPMS (including the units of measure),
unique system and component ID numbers,
the make, model, and serial number of the
PM CPMS, the analytical principle of the
monitoring system, and monitor span and
range information.
3.1.1.2.2 Electronic Monitoring Plan
Updates. If you replace or make a change to
a PM CPMS that is used to provide data
under this subpart (including a change in the
automated data acquisition and handling
system) and the replacement or change
affects information reported in the electronic
monitoring plan (e.g., changes to the make,
model and serial number when a PM CPMS
is replaced), you must update the monitoring
plan.
3.1.2 Operating Parameter Records. You
must record the following information for
each operating hour of each affected unit and
for each group of units utilizing a common
stack. For non-operating hours, record only
the items in sections 3.1.2.1 and 3.1.2.2 of
this appendix.
3.1.2.1 The date and hour;
3.1.2.2 The unit or stack operating time
(rounded up to the nearest fraction of an hour
(in equal increments that can range from one
hundredth to one quarter of an hour, at the
option of the owner or operator); and
3.1.2.3 If applicable, a flag to indicate that
the hour is an exempt startup or shutdown
hour.
3.1.3 PM CPMS Output Records. For each
affected unit or common stack using a PM
CPMS, you must record the following
information for each unit or stack operating
hour:
3.1.3.1 The date and hour;
3.1.3.2 Monitoring system and
component identification codes for the PM
CPMS, as provided in the electronic
monitoring plan, for each operating hour in
which the monitoring system is not out-ofcontrol and a valid value of the output
parameter is obtained;
3.1.3.3 The hourly average output from
the PM CPMS, for each operating hour in
which the monitoring system is not out-ofcontrol and a valid value of the output
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parameter is obtained, either in milliamps,
PM concentration, or other units of measure,
as applicable;
3.1.3.4 A special code for each operating
hour in which the PM CPMS is out-of-control
and a valid value of the output parameter is
not obtained; and
3.1.3.5 Percent monitor data availability
(PMA) for the PM CPMS, calculated
according to § 75.32 of this chapter.
3.1.4 Records of PM CPMS Audits and
Out-of-Control Periods. In accordance with
§ 63.10010(h)(7), you must record, and make
available upon request, the results of PM
CPMS performance audits, as well as the
dates of PM CPMS out-of-control periods and
the corrective actions taken to return the
system to normal operation.
3.2 Reporting Requirements.
3.2.1 General Reporting Provisions. You
must comply with the following
requirements for reporting PM CPMS data
from each affected EGU (or group of EGUs
monitored at a common stack) under this
subpart:
3.2.1.1 Notifications, in accordance with
section 3.2.2 of this appendix;
3.2.1.2 Monitoring plan reporting, in
accordance with section 3.2.3 of this
appendix;
3.2.1.3 Report submittals, in accordance
with sections 3.2.4 and 3.2.5 of this
appendix.
3.2.2 Notifications. You must provide
notifications for the affected unit (or group of
units monitored at a common stack) in
accordance with § 63.10030.
3.2.3 Monitoring Plan Reporting. For each
affected unit (or group of units monitored at
a common stack) under this subpart using a
PM CPMS you must make monitoring plan
submittals as follows:
3.2.3.1 Submit the electronic monitoring
plan information in section 3.1.1.2.1 of this
appendix at least 21 days prior to the date
on which the Administrator specifies that
electronic reporting of hourly PM CPMS data
via ECMPS is required to begin.
3.2.3.2 Whenever an update of the
electronic monitoring plan is required, as
provided in section 3.1.1.2.2 of this
appendix, the updated information must be
submitted either prior to or concurrent with
the relevant quarterly electronic emissions
report.
3.2.3.3 All electronic monitoring plan
submittals and updates shall be made to the
Administrator using the ECMPS Client Tool.
3.2.3.4 In accordance with § 63.10000(d),
you must submit the site-specific monitoring
plan described in section 3.1.1.1 of this
appendix to the Administrator, if requested.
3.2.4 Electronic Quarterly Reports.
3.2.4.1 For each affected EGU (or group of
EGUs monitored at a common stack) that is
subject to the provisions of this appendix,
reporting of hourly responses from the PM
CPMS will begin either with the first
operating hour in the first quarter of 2018 or
the first operating hour after completion of
the initial stack test that establishes the
operating limit, whichever is later. You must
then use the ECMPS Client Tool to submit
electronic quarterly reports to the
Administrator, in an XML format specified
by the Administrator, starting with a report
for the later of:
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3.2.4.1.1 The first calendar quarter of
2018; or
3.2.4.1.2 The calendar quarter in which
the initial compliance demonstration begins.
3.2.4.2 The electronic quarterly reports
must be submitted within 30 days following
the end of each calendar quarter, except for
units that have been placed in long-term cold
storage (as defined in § 72.2 of this chapter).
3.2.4.3 Each electronic quarterly report
shall include the following information:
3.2.4.3.1 The date of report generation;
3.2.4.3.2 Facility identification
information; and
3.2.4.3.3 The information in sections
3.1.2 and 3.1.3 of this appendix.
3.2.4.4 Compliance Certification. Based
on reasonable inquiry of those persons with
primary responsibility for ensuring that the
output from the PM CPMS has been correctly
and fully monitored, the owner or operator
shall submit a compliance certification in
support of each electronic quarterly report.
The compliance certification shall include a
statement by a responsible official with that
official’s name, title, and signature, certifying
that, to the best of his or her knowledge, the
report is true, accurate, and complete.
3.2.5 Performance Stack Test Results.
You must use the ECMPS Client Tool to
report the results of all performance stack
tests conducted to document compliance
with the applicable emissions limit in Table
1 or Table 2 to this subpart, as follows:
3.2.5.1 Report a summary of each test
electronically, in XML format, in the relevant
quarterly compliance report under
§ 63.10031(g); and
3.2.5.2 Provide a complete stack test
report in PDF format, in accordance with
§ 63.10031(f) or (h), as applicable.
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63—Data Elements
1.0 You must record the electronic data
elements in this appendix that apply to your
compliance strategy under this subpart. The
applicable data elements in sections 2
through 13 of this appendix must be reported
in the quarterly compliance reports required
under § 63.10031(g), in an XML format
prescribed by the Administrator. For
performance stack tests, RATAs, PM CEMS
correlations, RRAs and RCAs, the applicable
data elements in sections 17 through 21 of
this appendix must be reported in an XML
format prescribed by the Administrator, and
the information in section 22 of this
appendix must be reported in PDF format.
2.0 MATS Compliance Report Root Data
Elements. You must record the following
data elements and include them in each
quarterly compliance report:
2.1 ORIS Code;
2.2 Facility Registry Identifier;
2.3 Title 40 part;
2.4 Applicable subpart;
2.5 Calendar Year;
2.6 Calendar Quarter; and
2.7 Compliance Indicator.
3.0 Performance Stack Test Summary. If
you elect to demonstrate compliance using
periodic performance stack testing (including
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30-boiler operating day Hg LEE tests), record
the following data elements for each test:
3.1 Parameter;
3.2 Test Location ID;
3.3 Test Number;
3.4 Test Begin Date, Hour, and Minute;
3.5 Test End Date, Hour, and Minute;
3.6 Timing of Test;
3.7 Averaging Plan Indicator;
3.8 Averaging Group ID (if applicable);
3.9 Test Method Code;
3.10 Emission Limit, Including Units of
Measure;
3.11 Average Pollutant Emission Rate;
3.12 LEE Indicator; and
3.13 LEE Basis (if applicable).
4.0 Operating Limit Data (PM CPMS, Only)
4.1 Parameter Type;
4.2 Operating Limit; and
4.3 Units of Measure.
5.0 Performance Test Run Data. For each
run of the performance stack test, record the
following data elements:
5.1 Run Number;
5.2 Run Begin Date, Hour, and Minute;
5.3 Run End Date, Hour, and Minute;
5.4 Pollutant Concentration and units of
measure;
5.5 Emission Rate;
5.6 Total Sampling Time; and
5.7 Total Sample Volume.
6.0 Conversion Parameters. For the
parameters that are used to convert the
pollutant concentration to units of the
emission standard (including, as applicable,
CO2 or O2 concentration, stack gas flow rate,
stack gas moisture content, F-factors, and
gross output), record:
6.1 Parameter Type;
6.2 Parameter Source; and
6.3 Parameter Value, including Units of
Measure.
7.0 QA Parameters: For key parameters
that are used to quality-assure the reference
method data (including, as applicable, filter
temperature, % isokinetic, leak check results,
% breakthrough, % spike recovery, and
relative deviation), record:
7.1 Parameter Type;
7.2 Parameter Value; and
7.3 Pass/Fail Status.
8.0 Averaging Group Configuration. If a
particular EGU or common stack is included
in an averaging plan, record the following
data elements:
8.1 Parameter Being Averaged;
8.2 Averaging Group ID; and
8.3 Unit or Common Stack ID.
9.0 Compliance Averages. If you elect to
(or are required to) demonstrate compliance
using continuous monitoring system(s) on a
30-boiler operating day rolling average basis
(or on a 30- or 90-group boiler operating day
rolling weighted average emission rate
(WAER) basis, if your monitored EGU or
common stack is in an averaging plan), you
must record the following data elements for
each average emission rate (or, for units in an
averaging plan, for each weighted average
emission rate (WAER)):
9.1 Unit or Common Stack ID;
9.2 Averaging Group ID (if applicable);
9.3 Parameter Being Averaged;
9.4 Date;
9.5 Average Type;
9.6 Units of Measure; and
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10.0 Unit Information. You must record
the following data elements for each EGU:
10.1 Unit ID;
10.2 Unit Type;
10.3 Date of Last Tune-up;
10.4 Date of Last Burner Inspection;
10.5 Each Type of Fuel Used During Each
Calendar Month;
10.5.1 Fuel Usage Begin Date;
10.5.2 Fuel Usage End Date;
10.5.3 Quantity of Fuel Consumed;
10.5.4 Units of Measure;
10.5.5 New Fuel Type Indicator;
10.5.6 Date of Performance Test Using the
New Fuel (if applicable); and
10.5.7 Non-Waste Fuel Type (if
applicable).
11.0 Malfunction Information (if
applicable): If there was a malfunction of the
process equipment or control equipment
during the reporting period, record:
11.1 Event Begin Date and Hour;
11.2 Event End Date and Hour;
11.3 Malfunction Description; and
11.4 Corrective Action Description.
12.0 Deviations: If there were any
deviations during the reporting period,
record:
12.1 The nature of the deviation, i.e.:
12.1.1 Emission limit exceeded;
12.1.2 Operating limit exceeded;
12.1.3 Work practice standard not met;
12.1.4 Testing requirement not met; or
12.1.5 Monitoring requirement not met;
12.2 A description of the deviation,
including the date (or range of dates), the
cause (if known), and any corrective actions
taken. For monitor downtime incidents,
report the percent monitor data availability
(PMA) at the end of the quarter and the
lowest hourly PMA value recorded during
the quarter.
13.0 Emergency Bypass Information. If
your coal-fired EGU, solid oil-derived fuelfired EGU, or IGCC is equipped with a main
stack and a bypass stack (or bypass duct)
configuration, and has qualified to use the
LEE compliance option, you must report the
following emergency bypass information
annually, in the compliance report for the
fourth calendar quarter of the year:
13.1 The total number of emergency
bypass hours for the calendar year, expressed
as a percentage of the EGU’s annual operating
hours;
13.2 A description of each emergency
bypass event during the year, including the
cause and corrective actions taken; and
13.3 Estimates of the emissions released
during the emergency bypass events.
14.0 Reference Method Data Elements.
For each of the following tests that is
completed on and after January 1, 2018, you
must record and report the applicable
electronic data elements in sections 17
through 21 of this appendix, pertaining to the
reference method(s) used for the test (see
section 16 of this appendix).
14.1 Each quarterly, annual, or triennial
performance stack test (including 30-boiler
operating day Hg LEE tests);
14.2 Each relative accuracy test audit
(RATA) of your Hg, HCl, HF, or SO2 CEMS
or each RATA of your Hg sorbent trap
monitoring system; and
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response audit (RRA) and each response
correlation audit (RCA) of your PM CEMS.
15.0 You must report the applicable data
elements for each test described in section 14
of this appendix in an XML format
prescribed by the Administrator.
15.1 For each performance stack test
completed during a particular calendar
quarter and contained in the quarterly
compliance report, you must submit along
with the quarterly compliance report, the
data elements in section 17 of this appendix
(which are common to all tests) and the data
elements in sections 18 through 21 of this
appendix that are associated with the
reference method(s) used.
15.2 For each RATA, PM CEMS
correlation, RRA, or RCA, when you use the
ECMPS Client Tool to report the test results
as required under appendix A, B, or C to this
subpart or, for SO2 RATAs under part 75 of
this chapter, you must submit along with the
test results, the data elements in section 17
of this appendix and, for each test run, the
data elements in sections 18 through 21 of
this appendix that are associated with the
reference method(s) used.
15.3 For each performance stack test,
RATA, PM CEMS correlation, RRA, and RCA,
you must also provide the information
described in section 22 of this appendix in
PDF format, either along with the quarterly
compliance report (for performance stack
tests) or together with the test results
reported under appendix A, B, or C to this
subpart or part 75 of this chapter (for RATAs,
RRAs, RCAs, or PM CEMS correlations).
16.0 Applicable Reference Methods. One
or more of the following EPA reference
methods is needed for the tests described in
sections 14.1 through 14.3 of this appendix:
Method 1, Method 2, Method 3A, Method 4,
Method 5, Method 5D, Method 6C, Method
26, Method 26A, Method 29, and/or Method
30B.
16.1 Application of Methods 1 and 2. If
you use periodic stack testing to comply with
an output-based emissions limit, you must
determine the stack gas flow rate during each
performance test run in which Reference
Method 5, 5D, 26, 26A, 29, or 30B is used,
in order to convert the measured pollutant
concentration to units of the standard. For
Methods 5, 5D, 26A and 29, which require
isokinetic sampling, the delta-P readings
made with the pitot tube and manometer at
the Method 1 traverse points, taken together
with measurements of stack gas temperature,
pressure, diluent gas concentration and
moisture, provide the necessary data for the
Method 2 flow rate calculations. Note that
even if you elect to comply with a heat inputbased standard, when Method 5, 5D, 26A, or
29 is used, you must still use Method 2 to
determine the average stack gas velocity (vs),
which is needed for the percent isokinetic
calculation. Methods 26 and 30B do not
require isokinetic sampling; therefore, when
either of these methods is used, if the stack
gas flow rate is needed to comply with the
applicable output-based emissions limit, you
must make a separate Method 2
determination during each test run.
16.2 Application of Method 3A. If you
elect to perform periodic stack testing to
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comply with a heat input-based emissions
limit, measurement of the diluent gas (CO2 or
O2) concentration is required for each test
run in which Method 5, 5D, 26, 26A, 29, or
30B is used, in order to convert the measured
pollutant concentration to units of the
standard. Method 3A is the preferred CO2 or
O2 test method, although Method 3B may be
used instead. Diluent gas measurements are
also needed for stack gas molecular weight
determinations when using Method 2.
16.3 Application of Method 4. For
performance stack tests, depending on which
equation is used to convert pollutant
concentration to units of the standard,
measurement of the stack gas moisture
content, using Method 4, may also be
required for each test run. Method 4 moisture
data are also needed for Method 2
calculations (to convert the measured flow
rate from wet basis to dry basis) and for the
RATA of an Hg CEMS that measures on a wet
basis, when RM 30B is used. Other
applications that may require Method 4
moisture determinations include RATAs of
an SO2 monitor (depending on the moisture
basis (wet or dry) of the reference method
and CEMS), and conversion of wet-basis
pollutant concentrations to the units of a heat
input-based emissions limit when certain
Method 19 equations are used (e.g., Eq. 19–
3, 19–4, or 19.8). When Reference Method 5,
5D, 26A, or 29 is used for the performance
test, the Method 4 moisture determination
may be made by using the water collected in
the impingers together with data from the dry
gas meter; alternatively, a separate Method 4
determination may be made. However, when
Method 26 or 30B is used, Method 4 must be
performed separately.
16.4 Applications of Methods 5 and 5D.
Method 5 (or, if applicable 5D) must be used
for the following applications: To
demonstrate compliance with a filterable PM
emissions limit or for the initial correlations,
RRAs and RCAs of a PM CEMS.
16.5 Applications of Method 6C. If you
elect to monitor SO2 emissions from your
coal-fired EGU as a surrogate for HCl, the SO2
CEMS must be installed, certified, operated,
and maintained according to 40 CFR part 75.
Part 75 allows the use of Reference Methods
6, 6A, 6B, and 6C for the required RATAs of
the SO2 monitor. However, in practice, only
the instrumental method (6C) is used.
16.6 Applications of Methods 26 and
26A. Method 26A may be used for quarterly
HCl or HF stack testing, or for the RATA of
an HCl or HF CEMS. Method 26 may be used
for quarterly HCl or HF stack testing;
however, for the RATAs of an HCl monitor
that is following Performance Specification
18 and Procedure 6 in appendices B and F
to part 60 of this chapter, Method 26 may
only be used if approved upon request.
16.7 Applications of Method 29. Method
29 may be used for periodic performance
stack tests to determine compliance with
individual or total HAP metals emissions
limits. For coal-fired EGUs, the total HAP
emissions limits exclude Hg.
16.8 Applications of Method 30B. Method
30B is used for 30-boiler operating day Hg
LEE tests and RATAs of Hg CEMS and
sorbent trap monitoring systems, and may be
used for quarterly Hg stack testing (oil-fired
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17.0 Data Elements Common to All Tests.
You must report the following data elements
for each performance stack test, RATA,
CEMS correlation, RRA, and RCA:
17.1 Facility Name;
17.2 Facility Address;
17.3 Facility City;
17.4 Facility County;
17.5 Facility State;
17.6 Facility Zip Code;
17.7 Facility Point of Contact;
17.8 Facility Contact Phone Number;
17.9 Facility Contact email;
17.10 EPA Facility Registration System
Number (FRS);
17.11 Name of Test Company;
17.12 Test Company Address;
17.13 Test Company City;
17.14 Test Company State;
17.15 Test Company Zip Code;
17.16 Test Company Point of Contact;
17.17 Test Company Contact Phone
Number;
17.18 Test Company Contact email;
17.19 State Facility ID;
17.20 Sampling Location;
17.21 Test Number. For performance
stack tests, this number must exactly match
the test number assigned to the summarized
test results in the relevant quarterly
compliance report. For RATAs of Hg, HCl,
HF, and SO2 monitoring systems, PM CEMS
correlations, RRAs and RCAs, this number
must exactly match the test number assigned
to the summarized electronic test results that
are reported under appendix A, B, or C to
this subpart or part 75 of this chapter (as
applicable);
17.22 Test Method;
17.23 Process Parameter;
17.24 Duct Diameter (circular stack);
17.25 Equivalent Diameter of rectangular
duct;
17.26 Area of Stack;
17.27 Number of Traverse Points;
17.28 Control Device Description;
17.29 Pollutant name;
17.30 Action on Process Material (e.g.,
burned);
17.31 Subpart;
17.32 SCC Code;
17.33 Project Number;
17.34 Emission Concentrations;
17.35 Percent O2/CO2 Correction;
17.36 Units of Process Parameter;
17.37 Quantity of Fuel;
17.38 Type of Fuel; and
17.39 BLD, DLL Flag for Detection Limit.
18.0 Data Elements for Methods 1–4.
When Methods 1–4 are used, you must report
the following data elements for each test run,
specific to the method(s) used:
18.1 Run Number;
18.2 Run Date;
18.3 Clock Time Start;
18.4 Clock Time End;
18.5 Traverse Point;
18.6 Barometric Pressure;
18.7 Static Pressure;
18.8 Pitot Calibration;
18.9 % O2;
18.10 % CO2;
18.11 Pressure Reading at Each Traverse
Point (DP);
18.12 Stack Temperature at Each Traverse
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18.13 Dry Basis F-Factor (Fd);
18.14 Wet Basis F-Factor (Fw);
18.15 Percent Moisture—Actual;
18.16 Dry Molecular Weight of Stack Gas;
18.17 Wet Molecular Weight of Stack Gas;
18.18 Stack Gas Velocity—fps;
18.19 Volumetric Flow Rate—scfm;
18.20 Pitot Tube ID;
18.21 Manometer Used;
18.22 Run Elapsed Time at Start (= 0);
18.23 Cumulative Elapsed Sampling
Time;
18.24 Orifice Pressure—Actual;
18.25 Calibration Coefficient of Dry Gas
Meter;
18.26 Dry Gas Meter Inlet Temperature at
Each Traverse Point; and
18.27 Dry Gas Meter Outlet Temperature
at Each Traverse Point.
19.0 Data Elements for Methods 5, 5D, 26,
26A, and 29. When Method 5 (or, if
applicable, 5D), Method 26, Method 26A, or
Method 29 is used, you must report the
following data elements for each test run:
19.1 Pollutant (analyte);
19.2 Run Number;
19.3 Run Date;
19.4 Method;
19.5 Run Start Time;
19.6 Run End Time;
19.7 Area of Stack;
19.8 Process Parameter Run Data;
19.9 Barometric Pressure;
19.10 Static Pressure;
19.11 Pitot Calibration;
19.12 Volume or Weight of Moisture
Collected;
19.13 % O2;
19.14 % CO2;
19.15 Pressure Reading at Each Traverse
Point (DP);
19.16 Stack Temperature at Each Traverse
Point;
19.17 Pump Vacuum;
19.18 Process Run ID;
19.19 Process Run Parameter ID;
19.20 Orifice Pressure (Actual) at Each
Traverse Point;
19.21 Calibration Coefficient of Dry Gas
Meter;
19.22 Nozzle Calibration;
19.23 Initial Volume of Dry Gas Meter;
19.24 Final Volume of Dry Gas Meter;
19.25 Dry Gas Meter Inlet Temperature at
Each Traverse Point;
19.26 Dry Gas Meter Outlet Temperature
at Each Traverse Point;
19.27 Probe Temperature;
19.28 Filter/Oven Temperature;
19.29 Filter/Oven Exhaust Temperature;
19.30 Mass Collected—For Method 29,
Report Both Front Half and Back Half. For
Methods 26 and 26A, Report Total Mass of
HCl in Sample; and
19.31 Units of Measurement—Mass.
20.0 Data Elements for Methods 6C and
3A. When Method 6C or 3A is used, you
must report the following data elements for
each test run:
20.1 Sampling Location;
20.2 Pollutant (analyte);
20.3 Run Number;
20.4 Run Date;
20.5 Method;
20.6 Run Start Time;
20.7 Run End Time;
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20.8 Cylinder ID;
20.9 Gas Level (Zero, Low, Mid, High);
20.10 Date of Expiration;
20.11 Compound (Analyte);
20.12 Cylinder Gas Units of Measure;
20.13 % O2,
20.14 % CO2;
20.15 Calculated Average Wet Emission
Concentration (Cgasw);
20.16 Process Parameter Run Data;
20.17 Flow Rate (scfm);
20.18 Clock Time;
20.19 Units (ppm, %, etc.);
20.20 Calibration Span Concentration;
20.21 Calibration Zero-level
Concentration;
20.22 Calibration Low-level
Concentration;
20.23 Calibration Mid-level
Concentration;
20.24 Calibration High-level
Concentration;
20.25 Zero Gas Response;
20.26 Low Gas Response;
20.27 Mid Gas Response;
20.28 High Gas Response;
20.29 Span Zero Response;
20.30 Span High Response;
20.31 Pre-test Zero Response;
20.32 Pre-test Bias Response;
20.33 Post Zero Response;
20.34 Post Span Bias Response;
20.35 Raw Measured Concentration
(Cavg);
20.36 Raw Measurement Units;
20.37 Zero Gas Percent Error;
20.38 Low Gas Percent Error;
20.39 Mid Gas Percent Error;
20.40 High Gas Percent Error;
20.41 System Zero Level Calibration
Error;
20.42 System High Level Calibration
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20.43 Pre-run Zero Bias;
20.44 Pre-run Zero Drift;
20.45 Pre-run High Level Bias, Percent;
20.46 Pre-run High Level Drift;
20.47 Post-run Zero Bias;
20.48 Post-run Zero Drift;
20.49 Post-run High Level Bias;
20.50 Post-run High Level drift;
20.51 Calculated Average Dry Emissions
Concentration (Cgas);
20.52 Measurement Units of Cgas (Dry);
and
20.53 Measurement Units of Cgas (Wet).
21.0 Data Elements for Method 30B.
When Method 30B is used, you must report
the following data elements for each test run:
21.1 Sampling Location;
21.2 Pollutant (analyte);
21.3 Run Number;
21.4 Run Date;
21.5 Method;
21.6 Run Start Time;
21.7 Run End Time;
21.8 Process Parameter Run Data;
21.9 Area of Stack;
21.10 Barometric Pressure;
21.11 Static Pressure;
21.12 %O2;
21.13 %CO2;
21.14 Stack Gas Volumetric Flow Rate
(dry, standard conditions);
21.15 Stack Gas Temperature;
21.16 Associated Process Run Rate;
21.17 Start Minutes (cumulative);
21.18 End Minutes (cumulative);
21.19 Actual Clock Time;
21.20 Meter Box A or B Correction Factor
(Y);
21.21 Pre Leak Check Vacuum (in. Hg);
21.22 Post Leak Check Vacuum (in. Hg);
21.23 Pre Leak Rate;
21.24 Post Leak Rate;
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21.25 Gas Sample Volume Units of
Measure;
21.26 Hg Mass Units of Measure;
21.27 Dry Gas Meter Reading at
Beginning of Sampling, Sampling Train A or
B;
21.28 Dry Gas Meter Reading at End of
Sampling, Sampling Train A or B;
21.29 Dry Gas Meter Temperature (Train
A or B);
21.30 Sampling Rate (Train A or B);
21.31 Pump Vacuum;
21.32 Sorbent Trap ID;
21.33 Mass of Spike on Field Recovery
Traps;
21.34 Mass Collected on Section 1 (A or
B); and
21.35 Mass Collected on Section 2 (A or
B).
22.0 Other Information for Each Test. For
each test, you must submit the following
information in PDF format as a supplement
to the XML reports required by this
appendix: All information pertaining to the
test that is ordinarily included in a
comprehensive test report, but is
incompatible with electronic reporting
format, including, but not limited to
diagrams showing the location of the test site
and the sampling points, laboratory
calibrations of source sampling equipment,
calibration gas cylinder certificates, and stack
testers’ credentials. The applicable data
elements in § 63.10031(f)(6)(i) through (xii)
must be entered into ECMPS with each
submittal; the test number (see
§ 63.10031(f)(6)(xi)) must be included and it
must match the test number in section 17.21
of this appendix.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0234; FRL-9951-63-OAR]
RIN 2060-AS75
Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Completion of Electronic
Reporting Requirements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
amend the electronic reporting requirements for the National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired electric
utility steam generating units (also known as the Mercury and Air
Toxics Standards (MATS)). This proposed rule would revise and
streamline the electronic data reporting requirements of MATS (both for
owners or operators of electric utility steam generating units (EGUs)
who use performance stack testing and EGU owners or operators who use
continuous monitoring to demonstrate compliance) and would increase
data transparency. EGU owners or operators would use one familiar
electronic reporting system, instead of two separate systems, reducing
their burden. In addition, the public and regulatory authorities would
have enhanced access to MATS data. Finally, no new continuous
monitoring requirements are proposed by this action. Overall, this
proposed rule would serve to ease burden, increase MATS data flow and
usage, make it easier for inspectors and auditors to assess compliance,
and encourage wider use of continuous emissions monitoring systems
(CEMS) for MATS compliance.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 31, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0234, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not
submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the Web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective
comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
respective docket number or Regulatory Information Number for this
proposed rulemaking. Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2009-0234. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without change and may be made available
online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be CBI or
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not
submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected
through www.regulations.gov or email. (See section II.B. below for
instructions on submitting information claimed as CBI.) The
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which
means the EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless
you provide it in the body of your comment. If you submit an electronic
comment through www.regulations.gov, the EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If the EPA cannot read
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, the EPA may not be able to consider your comment. If you
send an email comment directly to the EPA without going through https://www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. Electronic files should avoid the
use of special characters, any form of encryption and be free of any
defects or viruses. For additional information about the EPA's public
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at www.epa.gov/dockets.htm.
Docket: The EPA has established a docket for this proposed
rulemaking under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0234. All documents in
the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. Although listed
in the index, some information is not publically available, e.g., CBI
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the
Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically in
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center, EPA WJC
West Building, Room Number 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone
number for the EPA Docket Center is (202) 566-1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Barrett Parker, Sector Policies
and Programs Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
(D243-05), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
27711; telephone number: (919) 541-5635; email address:
parker.barrett@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Why is the EPA issuing this proposed rule?
II. General Information
A. Does this proposed rule apply to me?
B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA?
C. What is the scope of these proposed amendments?
D. What is the purpose of these proposed amendments?
E. What specific amendments to subpart UUUUU would be made by
this proposed rule?
F. What are the incremental costs and benefits of this proposed
action?
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and
Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribal Governments
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children from
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations
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I. Why is the EPA issuing this proposed rule?
The EPA is issuing this proposed rule to streamline the electronic
data reporting requirements in MATS; to increase data transparency by
making more of the MATS data available in Extensible Markup Language
(XML) format; to amend the reporting and recordkeeping requirements
associated with performance stack tests, particulate matter (PM) and
hydrogen chloride (HCl) CEMS, and PM continuous parameter monitoring
systems (CPMS); and to make minor clarifications and corrections to the
mercury (Hg) and HCl monitoring provisions, which were brought to our
attention following publication of the MATS Technical Correction Rule
(see 81 FR 20172, April 6, 2016).
These proposed amendments would revise the recordkeeping and
reporting requirements of MATS, in response to concerns raised by the
regulated community. Section 63.10031 of the original MATS required
affected EGU owners or operators to report MATS emissions and
compliance information electronically using two data systems (see 77 FR
9304, February 16, 2012). Paragraph (a) of Sec. 63.10031 required
those EGU owners or operators who demonstrate compliance by
continuously monitoring Hg and/or HCl and/or hydrogen fluoride (HF)
emissions to use the Emissions Collection and Monitoring Plan System
(ECMPS) Client Tool to submit monitoring plan information, quality
assurance test results, and hourly emissions data in accordance with
appendices A and B to subpart UUUUU of 40 CFR part 63. Paragraph (f) of
Sec. 63.10031 required performance stack test results, performance
evaluations of Hg, HCl, HF, sulfur dioxide (SO2), and PM
CEMS, 30-boiler operating day rolling average values for certain
parameters, notifications of compliance status, and semiannual
compliance reports to be submitted to the EPA's WebFIRE database via
the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI).
Subsequent to the publication of MATS, stakeholders suggested to
the EPA that the electronic reporting burden of MATS could be
significantly reduced if all of the required information were reported
to one data system instead of two. The stakeholders also suggested that
using one data system would benefit the EPA and the public in their
review of MATS data, because the information would be reported in a
consistent format. In view of these considerations, the stakeholders
urged the EPA to consider amending the MATS rule to require all of the
data to be reported through the ECMPS, a familiar data system that most
EGU owners or operators have been using since 2009 to meet the
electronic reporting requirements of the Acid Rain Program.
After careful consideration of the stakeholders' recommendations,
the EPA concluded that the increased transparency of the emissions data
and the reduction in reporting burden that could be achieved through
the use of a single data system are consistent with Agency priorities.
As a result, late in 2014 the EPA decided to take the necessary steps
to require all of the electronic reports required by MATS to be
submitted through the ECMPS Client Tool. Those steps would include
revising MATS, modifying the ECMPS Client Tool, creating a detailed set
of reporting instructions, and beta testing the modified software.
Recognizing that insufficient time was available to complete these
tasks before the initial compliance date for MATS (April 16, 2015), the
Agency embarked on a two-phased approach to complete them.
The first phase has been completed. The EPA published a final rule
requiring EGU owners or operators to suspend temporarily (until April
16, 2017) the use of the CEDRI interface as the means of submitting the
reports described in Sec. 63.10031(f) introductory text, (f)(1),
(f)(2), and (f)(4). Instead, EGU owners or operators must use the ECMPS
Client Tool to submit Portable Document Format (PDF) versions of these
reports on an interim basis (see 80 FR 15510, March 24, 2015). The
specific reports to be submitted in PDF format include: Performance
stack test reports which must contain enough information to assess
compliance and to demonstrate that the testing was done properly (e.g.,
such information as would be provided by the Electronic Reporting Tool
(ERT); relative accuracy test audit (RATA) reports for SO2,
HCl, HF, and Hg CEMS; RATA reports for Hg sorbent trap monitoring
systems; response correlation audit (RCA) and relative response audit
(RRA) reports for PM CEMS; 30-boiler operating day rolling average
reports for PM CEMS, PM CPMS, and approved hazardous air pollutants
(HAP) metals CEMS; Notifications of Compliance Status; and semiannual
compliance reports. Section 63.10031(f)(6) of the March 24, 2015, final
rule requires each PDF version of a submitted interim report to include
information that identifies the facility (name and address), the EGU(s)
to which the report applies, the applicable rule citation, and other
information. The rule further specifies that in the event that
implementation of the single data system initiative cannot be completed
by April 16, 2017, the electronic reporting of MATS data will revert to
the original two systems approach on and after that date.
In the preamble to the March 24, 2015, final rule, the EPA outlined
the second phase of the single data system initiative, which would be
executed during the interim PDF reporting period. In phase two: (1) The
Agency would publish a direct final rule, requiring MATS-affected
sources to use the ECMPS Client Tool to submit all required reports in
a structured XML format with specific data elements for each type of
report; and (2) a detailed set of reporting instructions would be
developed and ECMPS would be modified accordingly, in order to receive
and process the data.
The EPA has been working diligently to compile the required data
elements, to develop reporting instructions, and to prepare program
modifications; however, after considering the magnitude of the rule
changes that would be required to execute phase two, coupled with the
need to specify data elements to be reported electronically for PM
CEMS, PM CPMS, and HCl CEMS, the EPA expects that some stakeholders
will want to have an opportunity to review and provide comment on these
proposed changes. Therefore, the EPA concluded that in this instance
notice and comment rulemaking involving both a proposed rule and a
final rule is a better approach than a direct final rulemaking.
II. General Information
A. Does this proposed rule apply to me?
Categories and entities potentially affected by this proposed
action include:
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Examples of potentially
Category NAICS code \1\ regulated entities
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Industry....................... 221112 Fossil fuel-fired EGUs.
Federal government............. \2\ 221122 Fossil fuel-fired EGUs
owned by the Federal
government.
State/local/Tribal government.. \2\ 221122 Fossil fuel-fired EGUs
owned by
municipalities.
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921150 Fossil fuel-fired EGUs
in Indian country.
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\1\ North American Industry Classification System.
\2\ Federal, state, or local government-owned and operated
establishments are classified according to the activity in which they
are engaged.
This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to provide
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
proposed action. To determine whether your facility, company, business,
organization, etc., would be regulated by this proposed action, you
should examine the applicability criteria in 40 CFR 63.9981. If you
have any questions regarding the applicability of this proposed action
to a particular entity, consult either the air permitting authority for
the entity or your EPA Regional representative as listed in 40 CFR
63.13.
B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA?
Submitting CBI. Do not submit information containing CBI to the EPA
through https://www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or
all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information on
a disk or CD-ROM that you mail to the EPA, mark the outside of the disk
or CD-ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or
CD-ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to
one complete version of the comments that includes information claimed
as CBI, you must submit a copy of the comments that does not contain
the information claimed as CBI for inclusion in the public docket. If
you submit a CD-ROM or disk that does not contain CBI, mark the outside
of the disk or CD-ROM clearly that it does not contain CBI. Information
not marked as CBI will be included in the public docket and the EPA's
electronic public docket without prior notice. Information marked as
CBI will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set
forth in 40 CFR part 2. Send or deliver information identified as CBI
only to the following address: OAQPS Document Control Officer (C404-
02), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, and Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0234.
C. What is the scope of these proposed amendments?
This proposed rule would extend the interim PDF reporting process
described in Sec. 63.10031(f) from April 16, 2017, to December 31,
2017. In addition, this proposed rule would amend the reporting
requirements in Sec. 63.10031 of the MATS regulation, and, for
consistency with those changes, would amend related texts in Sec. Sec.
63.10011, 63.10021, and 63.10032, and in Tables 3, 8, and 9 to 40 CFR
part 63, subpart UUUUU. The recordkeeping and reporting sections of
appendix B would be amended \1\ and three new appendices would be added
to the rule, i.e., appendices C, D, and E. The interim PDF format
reporting period would be extended in order to finalize this proposed
rule and to complete modifications to the ECMPS Client Tool, to develop
reporting instructions, and to allow data acquisition and handling
system vendors to adapt to the changes.
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\1\ The EPA has recently published a technology-neutral
performance specification and associated quality assurance (QA) test
procedures for HCl monitors (see Performance Specification 18 (PS
18) and Quality Assurance Procedure 6 (Procedure 6) in 80 FR 38628,
July 7, 2015). This proposed rule would add recordkeeping and
electronic reporting requirements for sources electing to monitor
HCl according to PS 18 and Procedure 6.
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While the changes in this proposed rule will take time to
implement, no significant impact on stakeholders is expected. The set
of data elements for performance stack tests and continuous monitoring
system (CMS) performance evaluations would remain unchanged; only the
reporting format and mechanism would change. Rather than requiring
submission of these data via CEDRI, EGU owners or operators would use
the ECMPS Client Tool to report in XML format, generated either by
using the ERT or by other appropriate means.
In addition to reporting the MATS data through the ECMPS Client
Tool, EGU owners or operators would be required to use the ECMPS to
report hourly data and quality assurance test results for PM CEMS and
hourly response data for PM CPMS in XML format (if those compliance
options were selected) and to provide quarterly, rather than
semiannual, compliance reporting.
This proposed rule would reduce the excess emissions reporting
requirements for all instrumental monitoring except PM CPMS. Instead of
reporting only excess emissions, EGU owners or operators would be
required to report all of the 30- (or 90-) boiler operating day rolling
average emission rates on a quarterly basis for EGUs that use CEMS or
sorbent trap monitoring systems to demonstrate compliance with MATS.
This represents a shift away from exception-only reporting to
continuous compliance reporting.
As previously noted, new HCl CEMS reporting and recordkeeping
requirements would be added to appendix B for the certification and QA
tests required by PS 18 and QA Procedure 6. These proposed requirements
are not expected to increase the burden because multiple compliance
options are available for demonstrating compliance with HCl emission
limits (e.g., HCl quarterly stack testing or HCl monitoring using
Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) CEMS in accordance with PS 15, and
SO2 monitoring as a surrogate for HCl). Therefore, if EGU
owners or operators anticipate that implementing PS 18 and Procedure 6
as a means of demonstrating compliance determination is too burdensome,
other existing compliance determination approaches may be used.
D. What is the purpose of these proposed amendments?
These amendments are being proposed to revise and streamline the
electronic reporting requirements of MATS; to increase transparency of
MATS emissions data; to reduce the reporting burden via the use of a
single reporting system; to amend the reporting requirements for PM
CEMS, PM CPMS, Hg CEMS, and Hg sorbent trap monitoring systems; to
specify the recordkeeping and reporting requirements associated with
the use of PS 18 and Procedure 6 for HCl CEMS; and to make minor
clarifications and corrections to the HCl and Hg monitoring provisions.
E. What specific amendments to subpart UUUUU would be made by this
proposed rule?
The proposed amendments are discussed in detail in the paragraphs
below.
1. Proposed Revisions to Reporting Requirements in Sec. 63.10031
The reporting section of MATS, i.e., Sec. 63.10031, would be
amended as follows:
(a) ECMPS would be designated as the exclusive data system for MATS
reporting.
(b) The interim PDF reporting process described in Sec.
63.10031(f) would end on
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December 31, 2017, to allow for an orderly transition away from the
interim process at a calendar year boundary. Compliance with the
emissions and operating limits during the interim period would be
assessed based on the various PDF report submittals, Notifications of
Compliance Status, and the data from Hg, HCl, HF, or SO2
CEMS or Hg continuous sorbent trap monitoring reported through the
ECMPS Client Tool (see Sec. 63.10031(e)(1)).
(c) Although the interim PDF reporting process described in Sec.
63.10031(f) would be discontinued as of December 31, 2017, in order to
properly close out that process, PDF submittals would still be accepted
for reports required under paragraph (f) introductory text, (f)(1),
(f)(2), or (f)(4) if the deadlines for submitting those reports extend
beyond that date. As an example, the last semiannual report to use the
interim PDF reporting process would be the report covering the period
July 1 to December 31, 2017; such a report would be due by January 31,
2018.
(d) Revised paragraph (f)(2) would require quarterly reporting of
all 30- or 90-boiler operating day rolling average emission rates for
units monitoring Hg, HCl, HF, and/or SO2 emissions, and for
units using emissions averaging, starting with a report covering the
first quarter of 2018. This change would be consistent with the
requirement in Sec. 63.10031(f)(2) of the current rule for quarterly
reporting of 30-boiler operating day rolling averages for EGUs using PM
CEMS, PM CPMS, and approved HAP metals CEMS.
(e) Until the interim reporting period ends on December 31, 2017,
the 30-boiler operating day rolling averages for PM CEMS, PM CPMS, and
approved HAP metals CEMS would continue to be reported quarterly in PDF
format, in accordance with Sec. 63.10031(f)(2). Then, starting with
the first quarter of 2018, the 30- or 90-boiler operating day rolling
averages for all parameters (including Hg, HF, HCl, and SO2)
would be reported in XML format in quarterly compliance reports, as
discussed in section II.E.1.j of this preamble, below.
(f) Paragraphs (a)(1), (2), and (5) in revised Sec. 63.10031 of
this proposed rule would clarify the electronic reporting requirements
for the Hg, HCl, HF, SO2, and auxiliary CMS. Specifically:
(i) Paragraph (a)(1) would require the electronic reporting
requirements of appendix A to be met if Hg CEMS or sorbent trap
monitoring systems are used.
(ii) Paragraph (a)(2) would require the electronic reporting
requirements of appendix B to be met, with one important qualification,
if HCl or HF monitoring systems are used. Until January 1, 2018, if PS
18 in part 60, appendix B, is used to certify an HCl monitor and
Procedure 6 in part 60, appendix F, is used for on-going QA of the
monitor, EGU owners or operators would report temporarily only data
that the existing programming of ECMPS is able to accommodate, i.e.,
hourly HCl emissions data and the results of daily calibration drift
tests and RATAs; records would be kept of all of the other required
certification and QA tests and supporting data. The reason for this
temporary, limited reporting is that PS 18 and Procedure 6 were not
published until July 7, 2015; therefore, it was not possible to specify
recordkeeping and reporting requirements for them in the original
version of appendix B. Now that PS 18 and Procedure 6 have been
finalized, this proposed rule would add the necessary recordkeeping and
reporting requirements, and the interim reporting for HCl would be
discontinued as of December 31, 2017 (for further discussion, see
section II.E.4 of this preamble).
(iii) Paragraph (a)(5) would clarify the electronic reporting
requirements for the SO2 CEMS and the auxiliary monitoring
systems.
(iv) Paragraph (f)(3) would be removed and reserved for consistency
with the changes described in items (i) through (iii), immediately
above.
(g) Paragraphs (b)(2) and (4) would be revised to remove references
to postmark dates for submittal of semiannual compliance reports; these
reports currently are, and would continue to be, submitted
electronically through ECMPS in PDF format.
(h) The provision in paragraph (b)(5) which would allow affected
EGU owners or operators to follow alternate submission schedules for
semiannual compliance reports would be removed. The uniform submission
schedule described in Sec. 63.10031(b)(1)-(4) would be required for
all affected EGUs, so that compliance with this reporting requirement
can easily be tracked.
(i) Revised paragraph (b)(5) would further require EGU owners or
operators to discontinue submission of semiannual compliance reports
when the interim PDF reporting period ends; the final semi-annual
report would cover the period from July 1 through December 31, 2017.
(j) EGU owners or operators would submit quarterly compliance
reports in lieu of the semiannual reports, starting with reports
covering the first calendar quarter of 2018 (see Sec. 63.10031(g)).
The quarterly compliance reports plus attachments would consolidate
other reports that were originally required to be submitted separately
on different time tracks, i.e., performance stack test results and
quarterly reports of 30- and 90-boiler operating day rolling averages.
The quarterly compliance reports would be due within 60 days after the
end of each calendar quarter; we believe that this allows sufficient
time to receive the results of tests performed at or near the end of
the quarter. Each quarterly compliance report submitted would include
the applicable data elements listed in sections 2 through 13 of
proposed appendix E to subpart UUUUU of 40 CFR part 63.
The operator's MATS compliance strategy would determine which
appendix E data elements would be included in each quarterly compliance
report. If continuous emission monitoring is used to demonstrate
compliance on a 30-boiler operating day rolling average basis, the
quarterly compliance report would include all of the 30-day averages
calculated during the quarter. If emissions averaging is used, EGU
owners or operators would report all of the 30- or 90-group boiler
operating day weighted average emission rates (WAERs) calculated during
the quarter. If periodic stack testing for compliance is performed
(including 30-boiler operating day Hg Low Emitting Electric Utility
Steam Generating Unit (LEE) tests), the EGU owner or operator would
report a summary of each test completed during the calendar quarter and
indicate whether the test has a special purpose (i.e., if it were to be
used to establish LEE status or for emissions averaging).
Note that for all cases in which the EPA reference methods
supported by the ERT are used to perform particular stack tests, the
EGU owner or operator would be required to provide the data elements
specific to the test method(s) used, in XML format, as an attachment to
the compliance report. The data elements common to all tests and
specific data elements for the various reference methods are listed in
sections 17 through 21 of proposed appendix E. This information is
already required by MATS, just in another format, and is essential for
ensuring that performance tests are conducted properly; confirming the
reported values; and developing emission factors, as well as other
Agency purposes.
The quarterly compliance reports would retain and incorporate the
following features of the semiannual compliance reports: (1) The date
of the last boiler tune-up; (2) the date of the last burner inspection;
(3) monthly fuel usage data; (4) malfunction information;
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(5) reporting of deviations; and (6) emergency bypass information.
The quarterly compliance reports move away from traditional excess
emissions reporting for those EGU owners or operators who choose to use
Hg, SO2, HF, or HCl CEMS or sorbent trap monitoring systems
to demonstrate compliance. Currently, those EGU owners or operators
must provide the excess emissions and monitor downtime data described
in Sec. 63.10(e)(3)(v) and (vi) in PDF format as part of their
semiannual compliance reports. The information to be reported includes,
among other things, identification of excess emissions periods,
identification of periods when the monitoring was inoperative or out of
control, the reasons for the excess emission and monitor downtime
periods, the nature and cause of any malfunctions, corrective actions
or preventative measures taken, description of repairs or adjustments
to inoperative or out-of-control CMS, the total amount of EGU operating
time in the reporting period, and the excess emissions and monitor
downtime percentages. As explained above, the proposed amendments
would, instead, require all of the 30- (or 90-) boiler operating day
rolling averages or WAERs to be included in the quarterly reports.
Note, however, that some excess emissions information would still be
included in the compliance reports. Specifically, the proposed
revisions to Sec. 63.10031(d) would require reporting of the range of
dates and the cause (if known) of each excess emission, as defined in
Sec. 63.10042, and any corrective actions taken. For Hg, HCl, HF, PM,
and SO2 CEMS and for sorbent trap monitoring systems and PM
CPMS, the percent monitor availability (PMA) at the end of the quarter
and the lowest hourly PMA recorded during the quarter would also be
reported. All CMS except for PM CPMS would be subject to these revised
excess emissions reporting requirements, which would take effect in
2018. EGU owners or operators using PM CPMS would continue to report
the information in Sec. 63.10(e)(v) and (vi) in PDF format, as an
attachment to the quarterly compliance report.
Finally, if an EGU relies on paragraph (2) of the definition of
startup given in Sec. 63.10042, the information in Sec. 63.10020(e),
which is referenced in Sec. 63.10031(c)(5), would be reported
quarterly in PDF format, as an attachment to the compliance report.
Note that the EPA understands that reporting this startup data in PDF
format is not as transparent and user-friendly as it could be;
therefore, we solicit comment on whether this information should be
made more transparent and user-friendly. If so, we request comment on
possible techniques to achieve those ends, e.g., by requiring the data
to be submitted in XML format.
We believe that consolidating information in quarterly compliance
reports as described above, rather than requiring separate submittals
of stack test results, 30- (or 90-) boiler operating day rolling
average compliance reports, and semiannual reports that come in
separately at different times during the year, would greatly simplify
reporting and make it easier for inspectors and auditors to assess
compliance with the standards. Also, quarterly, as opposed to
semiannual, reporting would be advantageous because it would shorten
significantly the interval between the time that a deviation or excess
emission occurs and the time that the regulatory authority is made
aware of the deviation or excess emission. Draft reporting instructions
for the quarterly compliance reports are provided in the rule docket
and on the Clean Air Markets Division (CAMD) Web site, for
consideration.
(k) The requirements in Sec. 63.10031(f)(1) and (6) to submit PDF
reports of Hg, HCl, HF, and SO2 RATAs, and RRAs and RCAs of
PM CEMS would be discontinued for tests completed after December 31,
2017. For RATAs, RRAs and RCAs completed on or after January 1, 2018,
the ECMPS Client Tool would be used to report the test results, as
required under appendix A and/or B and/or C and/or 40 CFR part 75. The
ECMPS Client Tool would also be used to attach the XML and PDF files
that contain the applicable data elements and other information from
sections 17 through 22 of proposed appendix E, which provide details of
the reference method(s) used for each test, along with the electronic
test results.
(l) Note that one additional PDF submittal would be required prior
to January 1, 2018, and several other PDF submittals would still be
required on and after January 1, 2018. Specifically, the following
information would have to be provided in PDF format:
(i) A detailed report of the PS 11 correlation test, if the EGU
owner or operator elected to use a certified PM CEMS to monitor PM
emissions continuously, and recording valid data from the CEMS had
begun prior to January 1, 2018. This report is due no later than
December 31, 2017;
(ii) Any Notifications of Compliance Status issued on or after
January 1, 2018;
(iii) The excess emissions summary report described in Sec.
63.10(e)(3)(v) and (vi), if the EGU owner or operator elected to
demonstrate compliance using a PM CPMS. As previously noted, this
report would be submitted as an attachment to the quarterly compliance
report.
(iv) For EGUs relying on paragraph (2) of the definition of startup
given in Sec. 63.10042, the parametric data and other information in
Sec. 63.10020(e), for startup and shutdown incidents. This information
is currently provided in PDF format as part of the semiannual
compliance report. As previously noted, starting with a report covering
the first quarter of 2018, the data would be submitted as an attachment
to the quarterly compliance report.
(v) For each test described in sections 14.1 through 14.3 of
proposed appendix E, section 22 of appendix E would require the EGU
owner or operator to provide additional information that is ordinarily
included in test reports, but is incompatible with electronic
reporting, such as diagrams showing the location of the test site and
the sampling points, laboratory calibrations of source sampling
equipment, calibration gas cylinder certificates, stack testers'
credentials, etc. For performance stack tests, this information would
be provided as an attachment to the quarterly compliance report. For
RATAs, RRAs, RCAs, and PM CEMS correlations, the information would be
provided along with the electronic (XML) test summary required under
appendix A, B, C, or part 75 for SO2 RATAs.
(m) To accommodate the required PDF reports, the applicable data
elements in Sec. 63.10031(f)(6)(i) through (xii) would be entered into
the ECMPS Client Tool at the time of submission of each PDF file.
(n) Regarding performance stack test submittals, this proposed
rule, as explained in item (j) above, would require a summary of the
test results to be included in the quarterly compliance report, with
detailed information about the reference method(s) used as an
attachment to the quarterly report, in XML format. Similarly, the QA
test submittals described in item (k) above would require an electronic
summary of the test results to be generated, accompanied by a separate
XML file that includes detailed information about the reference
method(s) used. As proposed, the ECMPS Client Tool would be used to
submit all of this information to the EPA, although ECMPS would not
evaluate the detailed reference method information. Instead, those data
would be transmitted directly to the Central Data Exchange where they
could be further processed and evaluated. ECMPS would, however, perform
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electronic checking of the summarized RATA, RRA, and RCA results in a
manner that is consistent with the way that QA test results are checked
under the Acid Rain Program, and ECMPS would use the results of those
evaluations for its assessment of the quality-assured status of the
hourly Hg, HCl, HF, SO2, or PM emissions data. In
addition, ECMPS would perform basic checks of the information in the
quarterly compliance reports, e.g., checking for completeness and
proper formatting, but would leave compliance assessment to others. The
EPA intends for these data submissions to work together in a
complimentary fashion to enable meaningful compliance determinations.
It would be essential for any problems with the data that are
identified by the reviewers to be communicated to all involved and
resolved appropriately. For example, if, for a particular RATA, a
review of the detailed reference method data shows that the reference
method was not done properly, the RATA would be invalidated. This would
necessitate invalidation of the hourly emissions data until a valid
RATA was performed and passed, which would require resubmission of one
or more quarterly emissions reports, recalculation of 30-day compliance
averages, and possibly resubmission of a quarterly compliance report.
(o) Note that the existing ERT can produce a single XML file that
includes all of the detailed reference method information necessary for
the stack test and QA test reports described above. Therefore, there
are two ways that the XML file could be generated that meet the
reference method data submission requirements in sections 17-21 of
appendix E; either use the ERT itself or another program that provides
the data in an appropriate XML file format. In view of this, we solicit
comment on whether submitting the detailed reference method data to
ECMPS will actually reduce the reporting burden on EGU owners or
operators, or whether submitting the data directly to CEDRI would be
preferable.
2. Proposed Revisions to Rule Texts Associated With Reporting
Requirements in Sec. 63.10031
The proposed revisions to Sec. 63.10031 necessitate changes to
other sections of the rule to ensure that the rule is internally
consistent. The affected rule sections are as follows:
(a) Revised Sec. 63.10011(e) would require Notifications of
Compliance Status for the initial and subsequent compliance
demonstrations to be submitted in accordance with Sec. 63.10030(e) and
Sec. 63.10031(f)(4) and proposed Sec. 63.10031(h). This change is
necessary to include all initial and subsequent compliance
demonstration submissions. Both the interim reporting process described
in Sec. 63.10031(f)(4) and the proposed on-going reporting requirement
in Sec. 63.10031(h) require these Notifications to be submitted in PDF
format, through ECMPS.
(b) Section 63.10011(g)(3), Sec. 63.10021(h)(3) and (i), and three
sentences in Table 3 to subpart UUUUU of 40 CFR part 63 (in Items 3 and
4) would be revised to be consistent with proposed Sec. 63.10031(i).
For EGU owners or operators relying on paragraph (2) of the definition
of startup in Sec. 63.10042, Sec. 63.10031(i) would retain the
requirement for the parametric data and other information referenced in
Sec. 63.10031(c)(5) to be included in the semiannual compliance
reports, in PDF format, for startup and shutdown incidents that occur
during the interim reporting period. However, in view of the proposed
phase-out of the semiannual compliance reports, for startup and
shutdown incidents that occur during each subsequent calendar quarter,
starting with the first quarter of 2018, the information referenced in
Sec. 63.10031(c)(5) would be provided as a PDF attachment to the
quarterly compliance report, due within 60 days after the end of the
quarter.
(c) References to the EPA's ERT and the CEDRI interface would be
removed from Sec. 63.10021(f) and replaced with a general statement
requiring all applicable notifications and reports to be submitted
through ECMPS.
(d) The introductory text of Sec. 63.10032(a) would be amended to
include references to the recordkeeping required under proposed
appendices C (for PM CEMS), D (for PM CPMS), and E (for the quarterly
compliance reports, reference method test data elements, and other
information). Also, in view of the move away from semiannual compliance
reporting to quarterly reporting, the term ``semiannual compliance
report'' in paragraph (a)(1) would be replaced with the more generic
term ``compliance report.''
(e) Table 8 to subpart UUUUU of 40 CFR part 63 would be revised to
be consistent with the amendments to Sec. 63.10031 and the proposed
addition of appendices C, D, and E.
(f) Finally, the recordkeeping requirement for excess emissions in
the 28th row of Table 9 to subpart UUUUU of 40 CFR part 63, would be
clarified.
3. Proposed Revisions to Appendix A
This proposed rule would make two corrections to the Hg monitoring
provisions of appendix A. First, in the MATS Technical Corrections rule
package, which was published on April 6, 2016 (see 81 FR 20172, April
6, 2016), there is language in section 4.1.1.5.2 of appendix A
describing an alternate way to calculate and interpret RATA results
when Hg emissions are less than 50 percent of the standard. This
language was inadvertently carried over from the proposed rule and
conflicts with the alternate relative accuracy specification in Table
A-1 of the final rule. In view of this, we propose to delete that
language. Second, at least one monitor vendor expressed confusion over
an apparent inconsistency of the Hg RATA acceptance criteria in Table
A-2 versus that in Table A-1. The vendor sought clarification of when
the main 20-percent relative accuracy (RA) specification must be used
and when the alternate specification applies. In Table A-2, it appears
that the 20-percent RA specification only applies when the average CMS
value (Cavg) is >=2.5 micrograms per standard cubic meter
([micro]g/scm) while the 20-percent RA specification in Table A-1 may
be applied at any reference method concentration level and the
alternate specification applies only when the average reference method
value is <2.5 [micro]g/scm. We acknowledge this inconsistency and
propose to amend Table A-2 be consistent with Table A-1 and to clarify
that the main RA specification may be applied at any concentration.
4. Proposed Revisions to Appendix B
For affected sources desiring to continuously monitor HCl
emissions, the original version of appendix B required the monitoring
system to be certified according to PS 15 in appendix B to 40 CFR part
60. However, PS 15 applies only to FTIR monitoring systems; therefore,
the use of other viable HCl monitoring technologies was excluded. In
view of this, the EPA regarded the requirement to use PS 15 exclusively
as a temporary measure, until a technology-neutral performance
specification for HCl monitors could be developed and published. In
section 3.1 of appendix B, the Agency stated its intention to publish
such a PS in the near future together with appropriate on-going QA
requirements and to amend appendix B to accommodate their use. The
required PS, (PS 18 in 40 CFR part 60, appendix B), and the on-going QA
test requirements (Procedure 6 in 40 CFR part 60, appendix F) were
published on July 7, 2015 (see 80 FR 38628, July 7, 2015).
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for HCl monitors have been promulgated, EGU owners or operators are
free to use any viable HCl monitoring technology that can meet the PS.
However, in order for ECMPS to accommodate all of the required tests,
additional time must be allotted for software development. In view of
this, revised paragraph (a)(2) of Sec. 63.10031 would require only
information that is compatible with the existing programming of ECMPS
to be reported electronically through December 31, 2017; this includes
hourly HCl emissions data and the results of daily calibration drift
tests and RATAs. In the interim, EGU owners or operators would be
required to keep records of all of the other certification and QA
tests.
This proposed rule would revise the title to section 2.3 of
appendix B by deleting the reference to FTIR-only monitoring systems.
In addition, this proposed rule would amend the recordkeeping and
reporting sections of appendix B (i.e., sections 10 and 11) by
specifying the data elements that must be recorded and reported
electronically for each of the tests required by PS 18 and Procedure 6.
The proposed revisions make a clear distinction between the tests
required for FTIR monitors that are following PS 15 and the test
requirements of PS 18 and Procedure 6. Some of the tests in PS 18 and
Procedure 6 are similar to tests for which ECMPS programming exists.
For example, the ``measurement error test'' required for initial
certification of the HCl monitor is structurally the same as a 40 CFR
part 75 linearity check. However, other tests have no counterpart in 40
CFR part 75 CEMS requirements and will require special software
development and reporting instructions. EGU owners or operators would
report RATAs of the HCl CEMS that are completed on and after January 1,
2018, and the applicable data elements in proposed appendix E in XML
format for each test run, along with the electronic summary of results
required under section 11 of appendix B. EGU owners or operators would
also provide the information required in section 22 of proposed
appendix E in PDF format for each RATA.
Because a technology-neutral PS for HCl CEMS was not available
prior to April 16, 2015 (which was the compliance date for many of the
existing EGUs), EGU owners or operators interested in monitoring HCl
either had to use an FTIR system and follow PS 15 or implement another
compliance option (e.g., quarterly emission testing) while awaiting
publication of PS 18 and Procedure 6. In light of this, the EPA
proposes to revise and restructure section 11.5.1 of appendix B to
clarify when electronic reporting of hourly HCl emissions data begins.
There are two possibilities. In the first case, the monitor would be
used for the initial compliance demonstration. This could either apply
to a certified FTIR monitor following PS 15 or to a certified monitor
following PS 18, if the owner or operator of the EGU received an
extension for the compliance date. In this case, EGU owners or
operators would begin reporting hourly HCl emissions through ECMPS with
the first operating hour of the initial compliance demonstration. In
the second case, another option, such as stack testing, would be used
for the initial compliance demonstration and continuous monitoring
would be implemented later on. In that case, EGU owners or operators
would begin reporting hourly HCl emissions reporting through ECMPS with
the first operating hour after successfully completing all required
certification tests of the CEMS. In either case, the first required
quarterly emissions report would be for the calendar quarter in which
emissions reporting begins.
5. Proposed Addition of Appendix C
A new appendix, i.e., appendix C, would be added to subpart UUUUU
of part 63. Appendix C sets forth the continuous monitoring and
reporting requirements for filterable PM. Appendix C is structurally
similar to appendices A and B, but there are certain notable
differences. Appendix C includes provisions for installation and
certification of the PM CEMS, and for on-going QA of the data from the
CEMS. The monitoring system would be certified according to PS 11 in 40
CFR part 60, appendix B, and for the on-going QA tests, Procedure 2 to
40 CFR part 60, appendix F would be required. The proposed frequencies
for the QA tests and the rules for data validation are presented in
Section 5 of appendix C. Note that in contrast with appendices A and B,
the familiar QA operating quarter and grace period scheme would not
apply to the on-going QA tests of the PM CEMS. Also, for technical
reasons, the use of temporary like-kind replacement PM analyzers and
the conditional data validation provisions in Sec. 75.20(b)(3) would
not be allowed. The proposed procedures for calculating the PM emission
rates in units of the emission standard are found in section 6. These
calculation methods are basically the same as those used for Hg
monitoring systems and HCl and HF CEMS in appendices A and B. The
proposed recordkeeping and reporting requirements are found in section
7. Proposed section 7.1 specifies that monitoring plan records and
hourly records of operating parameters, PM concentration, diluent gas
concentration, stack gas flow rate and moisture content, and PM
emission rate must be kept. Sections 7.2.3 and 7.2.4, respectively,
would require monitoring plan information and the results of
certification, recertification, and QA tests to be reported
electronically. Proposed section 7.2.5 requires quarterly electronic
emissions reports to be submitted within 30 days after the end of each
calendar quarter. All electronic reports would be submitted using the
ECMPS Client Tool. However, electronic reporting of monitoring plan
information, certification and on-going QA test results would not begin
until January 1, 2018, to allow time for software development and beta
testing. Until then, records of the required information and tests
would be kept. For PM CEMS correlations, RRAs, and RCAs completed on
and after January 1, 2018, the applicable reference method data
elements in sections 17 through 21 of proposed appendix E would be
reported in XML format for each test run, along with the electronic
test summary required under section 7.2.4 of proposed appendix C. The
information required in section 22 of proposed appendix E would also be
provided in PDF format for each test. Reporting of hourly PM emissions
data would begin either with the first operating hour after December
31, 2017, or the first operating hour after completion of the initial
PM CEMS correlation test, whichever is later.
6. Proposed Addition of Appendix D
A second new appendix, i.e., appendix D, would be added to subpart
UUUUU of 40 CFR part 63. Appendix D sets forth the monitoring and
reporting requirements for EGU owners or operators who elect to use a
PM CPMS to demonstrate continuous compliance. Structurally, appendix D
is similar to appendices A, B, and C, but it is much simpler. The
criteria for system design and performance, the procedures for
determining operating limits, data reduction, and compliance
assessment, and certain recordkeeping requirements are not detailed in
the appendix; rather, the applicable sections of the MATS rule are
cross-referenced (see proposed sections 2.1 through 2.4, 3.1
introductory text, and section 3.1.1.1 of the appendix).
Proposed section 3.1.1.2 requires the ECMPS Client Tool to be used
to create and maintain an electronic monitoring plan. The PM CPMS would
be defined as a monitoring system with a unique
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system ID number. The monitoring plan would also include the current
operating limit (with units of measure), the make, model, and serial
number of the PM CPMS, the analytical principle of the monitoring
system and monitor span and range information.
Operating parameter records would be required for each hour of
operation of the affected EGUs, including the date and hour, the EGU or
stack operating time, and a flag to identify exempt startup and
shutdown hours. Hourly average PM CPMS output values would be reported
for each hour in which a valid value of the output parameter is
obtained, in units of milliamps, PM concentration, or other units of
measure, including the instrument's digital signal output equivalent. A
special code would be required to indicate operating hours in which
valid data are not obtained. The percent monitor data availability
would also be calculated according to Sec. 75.32.
Proposed sections 3.2.2 and 3.2.3, respectively, require
notifications (to be provided in accordance with Sec. 63.10030) and
electronic monitoring plan submittals at specified times. Proposed
section 3.2.4 requires electronic quarterly reports to be submitted
within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter. Reporting of
hourly responses from the PM CPMS would begin either with the first
operating hour in the first calendar quarter of 2018 or the first
operating hour after completion of the initial stack test that
establishes the operating limit, whichever is later. Each quarterly
report would include a compliance certification with a statement by a
responsible official that to the best of his or her knowledge, the
report is true, accurate, and complete. In addition to the electronic
quarterly reports, proposed section 3.2.5 requires the results of each
performance stack test for PM that is used to establish an operating
limit to be reported electronically in the relevant quarterly
compliance report, in accordance with Sec. 63.10031(g). For PM tests
completed on and after January 1, 2018, the data elements common to all
tests in section 17 of proposed appendix E and the applicable reference
method data elements (in sections 18-20) would be provided for each
test run, in an XML report. This report would be submitted along with
the quarterly compliance report. The additional information required in
section 22 of proposed appendix E would also be reported for each test
in PDF format as an attachment to the compliance report.
7. Proposed Addition of Appendix E
A third new appendix, i.e., appendix E, would be added to subpart
UUUUU of 40 CFR part 63. Sections 2 through 13 of proposed appendix E
list the data elements that must be reported in XML format in the
quarterly compliance reports that cover the period beginning January 1,
2018, and are required under proposed Sec. 63.10031(g).
The MATS compliance strategy (e.g., whether the EGU owner or
operator elects to perform periodic stack testing, continuous
monitoring, or to use emissions averaging) would determine which data
elements must be reported. As previously noted, draft reporting
instructions for the quarterly compliance reports are found in the rule
docket and on the CAMD Web site.
For each performance stack test that is completed on or after
January 1, 2018 (including 30- or 90-boiler operating day Hg LEE
tests), the data elements common to all tests in section 17 of proposed
appendix E and the applicable reference method data elements (in
sections 18-21) would be provided for each test run in an XML format.
This report would be submitted along with the compliance report for the
calendar quarter in which the test was completed.
For RATAs, PM CEMS correlations, RRAs, and RCAs that are completed
on or after January 1, 2018, the data elements common to all tests in
section 17 of proposed appendix E and the applicable reference method
data elements (in sections 17-21) would be provided for each test run
in an XML report. This report would be submitted along with the
electronic test results reported under appendix A (for Hg system
RATAs), appendix B (for HCl and HF system RATAs), appendix C (for
correlation tests, RRAs, and RCAs of a PM CEMS), and/or 40 CFR part 75
(for SO2 system RATAs).
The information in section 22 of proposed appendix E would also be
provided for each performance stack test, RATA, RRA, RCA, and PM CEMS
correlation, in PDF format.
F. What are the incremental costs and benefits of this proposed action?
As mentioned below, while this proposed rulemaking would increase
the frequency of compliance reports from semiannual to quarterly, the
implementation of a single reporting system and consolidation of
reporting would reduce the overall burden by at least 43,194 hours (per
year) relative to the original rule. The estimated burden reduction
would result in savings to regulated entities of $4,229,162 in
annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Additional information about these statutes and Executive Orders
can be found at https://www2.epa.gov/laws-regulations/laws-and-executive-orders.
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
This action is not a significant regulatory action and was,
therefore, not submitted to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
The information collection activities in this proposed rule have
been submitted for approval to the OMB under the PRA. The Information
Collection Request (ICR) document that the EPA prepared has been
assigned EPA ICR number 2137.06. You can find a copy of the ICR in the
docket for this proposed rule, and it is briefly summarized here.
This action would not impose any additional information collection
burden. Rather, it would reduce burden by requiring all of the
essential data to be submitted to a single data system, rather than two
systems, as was originally required. As previously discussed in this
preamble, this proposed rule represents the second phase of a two-
phased approach to achieve that objective. This action would streamline
MATS reporting by consolidating a number of separate reports that are
currently submitted on different time tracks into a single, quarterly
compliance submittal. It would also increase data transparency and
provide the public and regulatory authorities with access to more of
the MATS data in XML format. No new continuous monitoring requirements
would be imposed by this proposed action. Coal-fired EGUs that do not
qualify for LEE status would still be required to continuous monitor Hg
emissions. The use of continuous monitoring would remain optional for
all other parameters. The following is an example of how this proposed
rule would streamline MATS reporting and reduce burden. Under the
original rule, an owner or operator of a coal-fired EGU that elected:
(1) To monitor PM and Hg continuously via CEMS; and (2) to perform
quarterly HCl stack tests would have been required, for a typical
calendar year, to submit four separate quarterly reports that include
the 30-boiler operating day rolling averages for
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PM, four more quarterly stack test reports for HCl, two separate RATA
reports for Hg and HCl, and two semiannual compliance reports, for a
total of 12 reports. These reports would all have been submitted on
different time tracks. In contrast, this proposed rule would require
only six reports for the same compliance strategy, i.e., four quarterly
compliance report submittals and two RATA reports; data giving details
of the reference methods used for the stack tests and RATAs would be
provided along with each of these reports. The 30-boiler operating day
rolling PM averages would be included in the quarterly compliance
reports, together with the summarized HCl stack test results.
Confidentiality: Any information submitted to the Agency for which
a claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the
Agency policies set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2; 41 FR
36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, December 8, 1978; 43
FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).
Respondents/affected entities: The respondents are owners or
operators of fossil fuel-fired EGUs. The United States Standard
Industrial Classification code for respondents affected by the rule is
4911 (Electric Services). The corresponding North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) code is 221100 (Electric Power
Generation, Transmission, and Distribution).
Respondent's obligation to respond: The respondents are obliged to
respond to the applicable recordkeeping and reporting requirements of
the MATS.
Estimated number of respondents: On average, over the next 3 years,
approximately 1,252 existing respondents will be subject to the MATS
emissions standards. It is estimated that an additional two respondents
per year will also become subject. Therefore, the overall number of
respondents expected in each of the next 3 years is 1,254.
Frequency of response: Respondents would be required to submit
quarterly compliance reports using a single electronic data system
(i.e., ECMPS). This represents a change from the requirement to report
semiannual compliance reports. The total annual response associated
with this change would increase from 2,648 to 5,186. However, as
illustrated in the example above, this increase in the number of annual
responses would be offset to a great degree by requiring other reports
that were originally required to be submitted separately to be
incorporated into, or submitted together with, the quarterly compliance
reports.
Total estimated burden: Although this proposed rulemaking increases
the frequency of compliance reports from semiannual to quarterly, the
implementation of a single reporting system and consolidation of
reporting is estimated to reduce the overall burden by at least 43,194
hours (per year) relative to the original rule which required regulated
entities to submit compliance data through 2 separate electronic
systems in a piecemeal fashion. The estimated reduction in burden is
based principally on the assumption that each quarterly compliance
submittal required approximately 30 hours to prepare, which is 45 hours
less than the original estimate for preparing a semiannual compliance
report. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: The reduction in burden associated with this
proposed rulemaking would result in savings to regulated entities of
$4,229,162 in annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for the
EPA's regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
Submit your comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden to the EPA using the docket identified
at the beginning of this proposed rule. You may also send your ICR-
related comments to OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
via email to ORIA_submissions@omb.eop.gov, Attention: Desk Officer for
the EPA. Since OMB is required to make a decision concerning the ICR
between 30 and 60 days after receipt, OMB must receive comments no
later than October 31, 2016. The EPA will respond to any ICR-related
comments in the final rule.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
I certify that this proposed action will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the
RFA. This action will not impose any requirements on small entities.
The RFA generally requires an agency to prepare a regulatory
flexibility analysis of any rule subject to notice and comment
rulemaking requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any
other statute unless the agency certifies that the rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Small entities include small businesses, small organizations, and small
governmental jurisdictions. For purposes of assessing the impact of
this final action on small entities, small entity is defined as: (1) A
small business that is an electric utility producing 4 billion
kilowatt-hours or less as defined by NAICS codes 221122 (fossil fuel-
fired electric utility steam generating units) and 921150 (fossil fuel-
fired electric utility steam generating units in Indian country); (2) a
small governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a city, county,
town, school district, or special district with a population of less
than 50,000; and (3) a small organization that is any not-for-profit
enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not
dominant in its field. In determining whether a rule has a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the impact
of concern is any significant adverse economic impact on small
entities, since the primary purpose of the regulatory flexibility
analyses is to identify and address regulatory alternatives ``which
minimize any significant economic impact of the rule on small
entities.'' 5 U.S.C. 603 and 604. Thus, an agency may certify that a
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities if the rule relieves regulatory burden, or
otherwise has a positive economic effect on all of the small entities
subject to the rule. This proposed rule will not impose any
requirements on small entities, and no small entities are expected to
incur annualized costs as a result of the amendments. We have
determined that the amendments will not result in any ``significant''
adverse economic impact for small entities. These proposed amendments
would not create any new requirements or burdens, and no costs to small
entities would be associated with these proposed amendments.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
This action does not contain an unfunded mandate of $100 million or
more as described in UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538, and does not
significantly or uniquely affect small governments. The action imposes
no enforceable duty on any state, local or tribal governments or the
private sector.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This proposed action does not have federalism implications. It will
not have substantial direct effects on the states,
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on the relationship between the national government and the states, or
on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various
levels of government.
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments
This proposed action does not have tribal implications as specified
in Executive Order 13175. The proposed amendments would impose no
requirements on tribal governments. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does
not apply to this proposed action.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks
The EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 as applying only to those
regulatory actions that concern environmental health or safety risks
that the EPA has reason to believe may disproportionately affect
children, per the definition of ``covered regulatory action'' in
section 2-202 of the Executive Order. This proposed action is not
subject to Executive Order 13045 because it does not concern an
environmental health risk or safety risk.
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
This proposed action is not subject to Executive Order 13211
because it is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order
12866.
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
This rulemaking does not involve technical standards.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
The EPA believes that this proposed action does not have
disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental
effects on minority populations, low-income populations, and/or
indigenous peoples, as specified in Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 63
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Air pollution control, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental
relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: August 23, 2016.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, EPA proposes to amend 40
CFR part 63 to read as follows:
PART 63--NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
FOR SOURCE CATEGORIES
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1. The authority citation for part 63 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart UUUUU--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating
Units
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2. Section 63.10011 is amended by revising paragraph (g)(3) to read as
follows:
Sec. 63.10011 How do I demonstrate initial compliance with the
emissions limits and work practice standards?
* * * * *
(g) * * *
(3) You must report the emissions data recorded during startup and
shutdown. If you are relying on paragraph (2) of the definition of
startup in Sec. 63.10042, then for startup and shutdown incidents that
occur on or prior to December 31, 2017, you must also report the
supplementary information referenced in Sec. 63.10031(c)(5) in the
semiannual compliance report. For startup and shutdown incidents that
occur on or after January 1, 2018, you must provide the information
referenced in Sec. 63.10031(c)(5) in PDF format as an attachment to
the quarterly compliance reports, in accordance with Sec. 63.10031(i).
* * * * *
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3. Section 63.10021 is amended by revising paragraphs (e)(9), (f),
(h)(3), and (i) to read as follows:
Sec. 63.10021 How do I demonstrate continuous compliance with the
emission limitations, operating limits, and work practice standards?
* * * * *
(e) * * *
(9) Until January 1, 2018, report the dates of the initial and
subsequent tune-ups electronically, in PDF format, in your semiannual
compliance reports, as specified in Sec. 63.10031(f)(4) and (6), and,
if requested by the Administrator, in hard copy, as specified in Sec.
63.10031(f)(5). After December 31, 2017, report the date of all tune-
ups electronically in your quarterly compliance reports, in accordance
with Sec. 63.10031(g) and section 10 of appendix E to this subpart.
The tune-up report date is the date when tune-up requirements in
paragraphs (e)(6) and (7) of this section are completed.
(f) You must submit the applicable reports and notifications
required under Sec. 63.10031(a) through (l) to the Administrator
electronically, using EPA's Emissions Collection and Monitoring Plan
System (ECMPS) Client Tool.
* * * * *
(h) * * *
(3) You must report the emissions data recorded during startup and
shutdown. For startup and shutdown incidents that occur on or prior to
December 31, 2017, you must also report the supplementary information
in Sec. 63.10031(c)(5) in the semiannual compliance report. For
startup and shutdown incidents that occur on and after January 1, 2018,
the applicable information in Sec. 63.10031(c)(5) shall be provided
quarterly, in PDF format, in accordance with Sec. 63.10031(i).
* * * * *
(i) You must provide reports concerning activities and periods of
startup and shutdown that occur on or prior to December 31, 2017, in
accordance with Sec. 63.10031(c)(5), in the semiannual compliance
report. For startup and shutdown incidents that occur on and after
January 1, 2018, the applicable information in Sec. 63.10031(c)(5)
shall be provided quarterly, in PDF format, in accordance with Sec.
63.10031(i).
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4. Section 63.10031 is amended by:
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a. Revising paragraphs (a), (b), (c)(5)(iii), (d), (e), (f)
introductory text, and (f)(1) and (2);
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b. Removing and reserving paragraph (f)(3);
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c. Revising paragraphs (f)(4), (f)(6) introductory text, (f)(6)(vii)
and (xi), and (g); and
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d. Adding paragraphs (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l).
The revisions and additions read as follows:
Sec. 63.10031 What reports must I submit and when?
(a) You must submit each report in this section that applies to
you.
(1) If you are required to (or elect to) monitor Hg emissions
continuously, you must meet the electronic reporting requirements of
appendix A to this subpart.
(2) If you elect to monitor HCl and/or HF emissions continuously,
you must meet the electronic reporting requirements of appendix B to
this subpart. Notwithstanding this requirement, if you opt to certify
your
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HCl monitor according to Performance Specification 18 in appendix B to
part 60 of this chapter and to use Procedure 6 in appendix F to part 60
of this chapter for on-going QA of the monitor, then, on and prior to
December 31, 2017, report only hourly HCl emissions data and the
results of daily calibration drift tests and RATAs performed prior to
that date; keep records of all of the other required certification and
QA tests.
(3) If you elect to monitor filterable PM emissions continuously,
you must meet the electronic reporting requirements of appendix C to
this subpart. Electronic reporting of hourly PM emissions data shall
begin with the later of: The first operating hour on or after January
1, 2018; or the first operating hour after completion of the initial PM
CEMS correlation test.
(4) If you elect to demonstrate continuous compliance using a PM
CPMS, you must meet the electronic reporting requirements of appendix D
to this subpart. Electronic reporting of the hourly PM CPMS output
shall begin with the later of: The first operating hour on or after
January 1, 2018; or the first operating hour after completion of the
initial performance stack test that establishes the operating limit for
the PM CPMS.
(5) If you elect to monitor SO2 emission rate
continuously as a surrogate for HCl, you must use the ECMPS Client Tool
to submit the following information to EPA (except where it is already
required to be reported or has been previously provided under the Acid
Rain Program or another emissions reduction program that requires the
use of part 75 of this chapter):
(i) Monitoring plan information for the SO2 CEMS and for
any additional monitoring systems that are required to convert
SO2 concentrations to units of the emission standard, in
accordance with Sec. Sec. 75.62 and 75.64(a)(4) of this chapter;
(ii) Certification, recertification, quality-assurance, and
diagnostic test results for the SO2 CEMS and for any
additional monitoring systems that are required to convert
SO2 concentrations to units of the emission standard, in
accordance with Sec. 75.64(a)(5) of this chapter; and
(iii) Quarterly electronic emissions reports. You must submit an
electronic quarterly report within 30 days after the end of each
calendar quarter, starting with a report for the calendar quarter in
which the initial 30 boiler operating day performance test begins. Each
report must include the following information:
(A) The applicable operating data specified in Sec. 75.57(b) of
this chapter;
(B) An hourly data stream for the unadjusted SO2
concentration (in ppm), and separate unadjusted hourly data streams for
the other parameters needed to convert the SO2
concentrations to units of the standard. (Note: If a default moisture
value is used in the emission rate calculations, an hourly data stream
is not required for moisture; rather, the default value must be
reported in the electronic monitoring plan);
(C) An hourly SO2 emission rate data stream, in units of
the standard (i.e., lb/mmBtu or lb/MWh, as applicable), calculated
according to Sec. 63.10007(e) and (f)(1), rounded to 3 significant
figures, and expressed in scientific notation;
(D) The results of all required daily quality-assurance tests of
the SO2 monitor and the additional monitors used to convert
SO2 concentration to units of the standard, as specified in
appendix B to part 75 of this chapter;
(E) A compliance certification, which includes a statement, based
on reasonable inquiry of those persons with primary responsibility for
ensuring that all SO2 emissions from the affected EGUs under
this subpart have been correctly and fully monitored, by a responsible
official with that official's name, title, and signature, certifying
that, to the best of his or her knowledge, the report is true,
accurate, and complete. You must submit such a compliance certification
statement in support of each quarterly report.
(b) You must submit semiannual compliance reports according to the
requirements in paragraphs (b)(1) through (5) of this section.
(1) The first compliance report must cover the period beginning on
the compliance date that is specified for your affected source in Sec.
63.9984 or, if applicable, the extended compliance date approved under
Sec. 63.6(i)(4), and ending on June 30 or December 31, whichever date
is the first date that occurs at least 180 days after the compliance
date that is specified for your affected source in Sec. 63.9984.
(2) The first compliance report must be submitted electronically no
later than July 31 or January 31, whichever date is the first date
following the end of the first calendar half after the compliance date
that is specified for your source in Sec. 63.9984 or, if applicable,
the extended compliance date approved under Sec. 63.6(i)(4).
(3) Each subsequent compliance report must cover the semiannual
reporting period from January 1 through June 30 or the semiannual
reporting period from July 1 through December 31.
(4) Each subsequent compliance report must be submitted
electronically no later than July 31 or January 31, whichever date is
the first date following the end of the semiannual reporting period.
(5) The final semiannual compliance report shall cover the
reporting period from July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. Quarterly
compliance reports shall be submitted thereafter, in accordance with
paragraph (g) of this section, starting with a report covering the
first calendar quarter of 2018.
(c) * * *
(5) * * *
(iii) If you choose to use CEMS for compliance purposes, include
hourly average CEMS values and hourly average flow rates. Use units of
milligrams per cubic meter for PM CEMS, micrograms per cubic meter for
Hg CEMS, and ppmv for HCl, HF, or SO2 CEMS. Use units of
standard or actual cubic feet per hour on a wet basis for flow rates.
* * * * *
(d)(1) Prior to January 1, 2018, in the semiannual compliance
reports described in paragraph (c) of this section, you must include in
the report the excess emissions and monitor downtime information
required in Sec. 63.10(e)(3)(v) and (vi) for EGUs whose owners or
operators rely on a CMS to comply with an emissions or operating limit.
(2) Beginning on January 1, 2018, if you own or operate an EGU that
relies on a CMS to demonstrate compliance, except as otherwise provided
in paragraph (d)(3) of this section, you must include in your quarterly
compliance report the following information for any excess emission(s)
that occurred during the calendar quarter; if there were no excess
emissions, you must include a statement to that effect in the
compliance report:
(i) The date (or, if applicable, the range of dates) on which each
excess emission (as defined in Sec. 63.10042) occurred;
(ii) The cause of the excess emission (if known);
(iii) A description of any corrective actions taken; and
(iv) If there were any malfunctions or emergency bypass incidents
during the reporting period, include the number, duration, and a brief
description of each type of malfunction or bypass event that occurred
and that caused (or may have caused) any applicable emissions
limitation to be exceeded.
(3) If you rely on a PM CPMS to demonstrate compliance with an
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operating limit, you must continue to provide the information in
paragraph (d)(1) of this section as a quarterly PDF submittal, in
accordance with paragraph (k) of this section.
(e) Each affected source that has obtained a Title V operating
permit pursuant to part 70 or part 71 of this chapter must report all
deviations as defined in this subpart in the semiannual monitoring
report required by 40 CFR 70.6(a)(3)(iii)(A) or 40 CFR
71.6(a)(3)(iii)(A). If an affected source submits a semiannual
compliance report pursuant paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section, or
two quarterly compliance reports covering the appropriate calendar half
pursuant to paragraph (g) of this section, along with, or as part of,
the semiannual monitoring report required by 40 CFR 70.6(a)(3)(iii)(A)
or 40 CFR 71.6(a)(3)(iii)(A), and the compliance report(s) includes all
required information concerning deviations from any emission limit,
operating limit, or work practice requirement in this subpart,
submission of the compliance report(s) satisfies any obligation to
report the same deviations in the semiannual monitoring report.
Submission of the compliance report(s) does not otherwise affect any
obligation the affected source may have to report deviations from
permit requirements to the permit authority.
(1) Prior to January 1, 2018, compliance with the emission limits
and/or operating limits in this subpart shall be assessed based on
information provided in the applicable reports and notifications
described in paragraphs (a), (f), and (j) of this section.
(2) On and after January 1, 2018, the interim PDF reporting period
described in paragraph (f)(6) of this section shall be discontinued and
compliance with the emissions and operating limits of this subpart
shall be assessed based on information provided in:
(i) The information described in paragraphs (g), (i), and (k) of
this section;
(ii) The applicable electronic reports required under paragraphs
(a)(1) through (5) of this section; and
(iii) Notifications of Compliance Status, in accordance with
paragraph (h) of this section.
(f) For each performance stack test completed prior to January 1,
2018 (including 30-boiler operating day Hg LEE demonstration tests),
you must submit a PDF test report in accordance with paragraph (f)(6)
of this section, no later than 60 days after the date on which the
testing is completed.
(1) For each relative accuracy test audit (RATA) of an Hg, HCl, HF,
or SO2 monitoring system completed prior to January 1, 2018,
and for each relative response audit (RRA) and each response
correlation audit (RCA) of a PM CEMS completed prior to that date, you
must submit a PDF test report in accordance with paragraph (f)(6) of
this section, no later than 60 days after the date on which the test is
completed.
(2) If, for a particular EGU or a group of EGUs serving a common
stack, you have elected to demonstrate compliance using a PM CEMS, an
approved HAP metals CEMS, or a PM CPMS, you must submit quarterly PDF
reports in accordance with paragraph (f)(6) of this section, which
include all of the 30-boiler operating day rolling average emission
rates derived from the CEMS data or the 30-boiler operating day rolling
average responses derived from the PM CPMS data (as applicable). Each
quarterly report is due within 60 days after the reporting periods
ending on March 31st, June 30th, September 30th, and December 31st.
Submission of these quarterly reports in PDF format shall end with the
report that covers the fourth calendar quarter of 2017. Beginning with
the first calendar quarter of 2018, the compliance averages shall no
longer be reported separately, but shall be incorporated into the
quarterly compliance reports described in paragraph (g) of this
section. In addition to the compliance averages for PM CEMS, PM CPMS,
and/or HAP metals CEMS, the quarterly compliance reports described in
paragraph (g) of this section must also include the rolling average
emission rates for Hg, HCl, HF, and/or SO2, if you have
elected to (or are required to) continuously monitor these pollutants.
Further, if your EGU or common stack is in an averaging plan, your
quarterly compliance reports must identify all of the EGUs or common
stacks in the plan and must document the 30- or 90-group boiler
operating day rolling weighted average emission rates (WAERs) for the
averaging group.
(3) [Reserved]
(4) You must submit semiannual compliance reports as required under
paragraphs (b) through (d) of this section, ending with a report
covering the semiannual period from July 1 through December 31, 2017,
and Notifications of Compliance Status as required under Sec.
63.10030(e), in PDF format. Quarterly compliance reports shall be
submitted in XML format thereafter, in accordance with paragraph (g) of
this section, starting with a report covering the first calendar
quarter of 2018.
* * * * *
(6) All reports and notifications described in paragraphs (f)
introductory text, (f)(1), (f)(2), and (f)(4) of this section shall be
submitted to the EPA in the specified format and at the specified
frequency using the ECMPS Client Tool. Each PDF version of a
performance stack test report, CEMS RATA report, RRA report, and RCA
report must include sufficient information to assess compliance and to
demonstrate that the reference method testing was done properly. The
following data elements must be entered into the ECMPS Client Tool at
the time of submission of each PDF file:
* * * * *
(vii) An indication of the type of PDF report or notification being
submitted;
* * * * *
(xi) The date the performance test was conducted (if applicable)
and the test number (if applicable);
* * * * *
(g) Starting with a report for the first calendar quarter of 2018,
you must use the ECMPS Client Tool to submit quarterly electronic
compliance reports. The compliance reports are due no later than 60
days after the end of each calendar quarter. Each compliance report
shall include the applicable data elements in sections 2 through 13 of
appendix E to this subpart. For each performance stack test in the
compliance report, provided that the testing was conducted using a
method (or methods) supported by the ERT and identified on the ERT Web
site, you must submit an XML file that includes the applicable data
elements in sections 17 through 21 of appendix B to this subpart and a
PDF attachment that includes the information in section 22 of appendix
E to this subpart (see https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ert/ertinfo.pdf).
(h) On and after January 1, 2018, all required Notifications of
Compliance Status shall be submitted in accordance with Sec.
63.9(h)(2)(ii), in PDF format, using the ECMPS Client Tool. The
applicable data elements in paragraphs (f)(6)(i) through (xii) of this
section must be entered into ECMPS with each Notification.
(i) For startup and shutdown incidents that occur on or prior to
December 31, 2017, you must include the information in Sec.
63.10031(c)(5) in PDF format, in the semiannual compliance report. For
startup and shutdown event(s) that occur on or after January 1, 2018,
you must use the ECMPS Client Tool to submit this information in PDF
format, as an attachment to each quarterly compliance report starting
with the report for the first calendar quarter of 2018. The applicable
data elements in
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paragraphs (f)(6)(i) through (xii) of this section must be entered into
ECMPS with each startup and shutdown report.
(j) If you elect to use a certified PM CEMS to monitor PM emissions
continuously to demonstrate compliance with this subpart and have begun
recording valid data from the PM CEMS prior to January 1, 2018, you
must use the ECMPS Client Tool to submit a detailed report of your PS
11 correlation test in PDF format no later than December 31, 2017. The
applicable data elements in paragraphs (f)(6)(i) through (xii) of this
section must be entered into ECMPS with the PDF report.
(k) If you elect to demonstrate compliance using a PM CPMS, you
must use the ECMPS Client Tool to submit the excess emissions summary
report described in Sec. 63.10(e)(3)(v) and (vi) in PDF format, as an
attachment to the quarterly compliance report. The first report shall
cover the period from January 1, 2018 through March 31, 2018. The
applicable data elements in paragraphs (f)(6)(i) through (xii) of this
section must be entered into ECMPS with each report submittal.
(l) You must meet the applicable reporting requirements of appendix
E to this subpart.
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5. Section 63.10032 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) introductory
text and (a)(1) to read as follows:
Sec. 63.10032 What records must I keep?
(a) You must keep records according to paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of
this section. If you are required to (or elect to) continuously monitor
Hg and/or HCl and/or HF and/or PM emissions, or if you elect to use a
PM CPMS, you must keep the records required under appendix A and/or
appendix B and/or appendix C and/or appendix D to this subpart. You
must also keep records of all data elements and other information in
appendix E to this subpart that apply to your compliance strategy.
(1) In accordance with Sec. 63.10(b)(2)(xiv), a copy of each
initial notification or Notification of Compliance Status that you
submitted (including all supporting documentation) and a copy of each
compliance report that you submitted.
* * * * *
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6. Table 3 to subpart UUUUU of part 63 is amended:
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a. In entry ``3'', by revising the last sentence in paragraph a.(1) and
the last sentence in paragraph d.; and
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b. In entry ``4'', in the fourth paragraph, by revising the last
sentence.
The revisions read as follows:
Table 3 to Subpart UUUUU of Part 63--Work Practice Standards
* * * * *
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If your EGU is . . . You must meet the following . . .
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* * * * * * *
3. * * *.................... (a) * * *
(1) * * * You must report the applicable
information in Sec. 63.10031(c)(5)
concerning startup periods that occur on
or prior to December 31, 2017 in PDF
format in the semiannual compliance
report. For startup periods that occur on
or after January 1, 2018, you must
provide that information quarterly, in
PDF format, according to Sec.
63.10031(i).
* * * * * * *
(d) * * * You must report the applicable
information in Sec. 63.10031(c)(5)
concerning startup periods that occur on
or prior to December 31, 2017 in PDF
format in the semiannual compliance
report. For startup periods that occur on
or after January 1, 2018, you must
provide that information quarterly, in
PDF format, according to Sec.
63.10031(i).
4. * * *.................... * * *
* * * You must report the applicable
information in Sec. 63.10031(c)(5)
concerning startup periods that occur on
or prior to December 31, 2017 in PDF
format in the semiannual compliance
report. For startup periods that occur on
or after January 1, 2018, you must
provide that information quarterly, in
PDF format, according to Sec.
63.10031(i).
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7. Table 8 to subpart UUUUU of part 63 is revised to read as follows:
Table 8 to Subpart UUUUU of Part 63--Reporting Requirements
In accordance with Sec. 63.10031, you must meet the following
reporting requirements, as they apply to your compliance strategy:
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You must submit the following reports . . .
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1. The electronic reports required under Sec. 63.10031(a)(1), if you
continuously monitor Hg emissions.
2. The electronic reports required under Sec. 63.10031(a)(2), if you
continuously monitor HCl and/or HF emissions.
3. The electronic reports required under Sec. 63.10031(a)(3), if you
continuously monitor PM emissions. Reporting of hourly PM emissions
data using ECMPS shall begin with the first operating hour after:
December 31, 2017 or the hour of completion of the initial PM CEMS
correlation test, whichever is later.
4. The electronic reports required under Sec. 63.10031(a)(4), if you
elect to use a PM CPMS. Reporting of hourly PM CPMS response data using
ECMPS shall begin with the first operating hour after December 31, 2017
or the first operating hour after completion of the initial performance
stack test that establishes the operating limit for the PM CPMS,
whichever is later.
5. The electronic reports required under Sec. 63.10031(a)(5), if you
continuously monitor SO2 emissions.
6. Performance stack test reports (including 30-day Hg LEE test
reports), in PDF format, according to the introductory text of Sec.
63.10031(f) and Sec. 63.10031(f)(6), for tests completed prior to
January 1, 2018.
7. PDF reports for RATAs of Hg, and/or HCl, and/or HF, and/or SO2
monitoring systems and for RRAs and RCAs of PM CEMS, according to Sec.
63.10031(f)(1) and (6), for tests completed prior to January 1, 2018.
8. Quarterly reports that include all 30-boiler operating day rolling
averages in the reporting period for PM CEMS, approved HAP metals CEMS,
and/or PM CPMS, in PDF format, according to Sec. 63.10031(f)(2) and
(6). The final quarterly report in PDF format shall cover the fourth
calendar quarter of 2017. Starting in the first quarter of 2018, all 30-
day rolling averages for all parameters (including Hg, HCl, HF, and/or
SO2) must be reported in XML format in the quarterly compliance reports
described in Sec. 63.10031(g). If your EGU or common stack is in an
averaging plan, each quarterly compliance report must identify the EGUs
in the plan and include all of the 30- or 90-group boiler operating day
weighted average emission rates (WAERs) for the averaging group.
9. The semiannual compliance reports described in Sec. 63.10031(c) and
(d), in PDF format, according to Sec. 63.10031(f)(4) and (6). The
final semiannual compliance report shall cover the period from July 1,
2017 through December 31, 2017.
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10. Notifications of compliance status, in PDF format, according to Sec.
63.10031(f)(4) and (6) until December 31, 2017, and according to Sec.
63.10031(h) thereafter.
11. Quarterly electronic compliance reports, containing the applicable
data elements identified in sections 2 through 13 of appendix E to this
subpart, in XML format, starting with a report for the first calendar
quarter of 2018, in accordance with Sec. 63.10031(g). These reports
are due within 60 days after the end of each calendar quarter.
12. Quarterly reports, in PDF format, starting with a report for the
first calendar quarter of 2018, that include the applicable information
referenced in Sec. 63.10031(c)(5) pertaining to startup and shutdown
events (see Sec. 63.10031(i)). These reports shall be submitted as
attachments to the quarterly compliance reports, and are due within 60
days after the end of each calendar quarter.
13. Reports, in XML format, that contain the applicable data elements
and other information in sections 17 through 21 of appendix E to this
subpart, for the following tests that are completed on and after
January 1, 2018: Performance stack tests (including 30-boiler operating
day Hg LEE tests), Hg, HCl, HF, and SO2 monitoring system RATAs, and
correlation tests, RRAs and RCAs of PM CEMS. Reports associated with
performance stack tests must be submitted along with the relevant
quarterly compliance report. Reports associated with RATAs, correlation
tests, RRAs, and RCAs must be submitted along with the electronic test
results required under appendix A, B, or C to this part or part 75 of
this chapter (as applicable), either prior to or concurrent with the
relevant quarterly emissions report.
14. For each test described in section 14 of appendix E to this subpart,
PDF reports that include additional information which is incompatible
with electronic reporting, e.g., diagrams, laboratory calibration of
sampling equipment, etc. (see section 22 of appendix E). For
performance stack tests, this information must be submitted as an
attachment to the relevant quarterly compliance report. For RATAs, PM
CEMS correlation tests, RRAs, and RCAs, this information must be
submitted along with the electronic test results required under
appendix A, B, or C to this part or part 75 of this chapter (as
applicable), either prior to or concurrent with the relevant quarterly
emissions report.
15. The excess emissions summary report described in Sec.
63.10(e)(3)(v) and (vi), in PDF format, if you have elected to
demonstrate compliance using a PM CPMS. Submit this information as part
of the semiannual compliance report until January 1, 2018. Thereafter,
submit the information in PDF format as an attachment to the quarterly
compliance report.
16. If, prior to January 1, 2018, you have begun using a certified PM
CEMS to demonstrate compliance with this subpart, you must use the
ECMPS Client Tool to submit a PDF report of the existing PS 11
correlation test of the PM CEMS, no later than December 31, 2017.
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8. Table 9 to subpart UUUUU is amended by revising the entry ``Sec.
63.10(c)(7)'' to read as follows:
Table 9 to Subpart UUUUU of Part 63--Applicability of General
Provisions to Subpart UUUUU
* * * * *
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Applies to subpart
Citation Subject UUUUU
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* * * * * * *
Sec. 63.10(c)(7)............ Additional Yes. Applies only
recordkeeping to EGU owners or
requirements for operators who rely
CMS--identifying on PM CPMS for
exceedances and compliance
excess emissions. demonstration
purposes.
* * * * * * *
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9. Appendix A to subpart UUUUU is amended by:
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a. Revising section 4.1.1.5.2; and
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b. Revising the entry ``RATA'' in Table A-2.
The revisions read as follows:
Appendix A to Subpart UUUUU of Part 63--Hg Monitoring Provisions
* * * * *
4. Certification and Recertification Requirements
* * * * *
4.1.1.5.2 Calculation of RATA Results. Calculate the relative
accuracy (RA) of the monitoring system, on a [mu]g/scm basis, as
described in section 12 of Performance Specification (PS) 2 in
appendix B to part 60 of this chapter (see Equations 2-3 through 2-6
of PS 2). For purposes of calculating the relative accuracy, ensure
that the reference method and monitoring system data are on a
consistent basis, either wet or dry. The CEMS must either meet the
main performance specification or the alternative specification in
Table A-1 of this appendix.
* * * * *
5. Ongoing Quality Assurance (QA) and Data Validation
* * * * *
Table A-2--On-Going QA Test Requirements for Hg CEMS
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With these
Perform this type of QA test . . . At this frequency . . . qualifications and Acceptance criteria . .
exceptions . . . .
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* * * * * * *
RATA................................. Annual \4\............. Test deadline <=20.0% RA or
may be extended for [verbar]RMavg -
``non-QA operating Cavg[verbar] +
quarters,'' up to a [verbar]CC[verbar] <=
maximum of 8 quarters 0.5 [mu]g/scm, if
from the quarter of RMavg < 2.5 [mu]g/scm.
the previous test.
720 operating
hour grace period
available.
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* * * * * * *
\4\ ``Annual'' means once every four QA operating quarters.
* * * * *
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10. Appendix B to subpart UUUUU is amended by:
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a. Revising section 2.3;
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b. Revising sections 10.1.8.1.1, 10.1.8.1.2, and 10.1.8.1.3;
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c. Adding sections 10.1.8.1.4 through 10.1.8.1.12;
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d. Revising section 11.4.1;
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e. Adding sections 11.4.1.1 through 11.4.1.9;
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f. Revising section 11.4.2;
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g. Revising sections 11.4.3.11 and 11.4.3.12;
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h. Redesignating section 11.4.3.13 as 11.4.3.14;
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i. Adding a new section 11.4.3.13;
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j. Redesignating section 11.4.4 as 11.4.13;
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k. Adding sections 11.4.4, 11.4.4.1 through 11.4.4.7, 11.4.5, 11.4.5.1,
11.4.5.1.1 through 11.4.5.1.9, 11.4.5.2, 11.4.5.2.1 through 11.4.5.2.4,
11.4.6, 11.4.6.1 through 11.4.6.8, 11.4.7, 11.4.7.1 through 11.4.7.12,
11.4.8, 11.4.8.1 through 11.4.8.15, 11.4.9, 11.4.9.1 through 11.4.9.5,
11.4.10, 11.4.10.1 through 11.4.10.8, 11.4.11, 11.4.11.1 through
11.4.11.7, 11.4.12, and 11.4.12.1 through 11.4.12.9; and
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l. Revising section 11.5.1.
The revisions and additions read as follows:
Appendix B to Subpart UUUUU of Part 63--HCl and HF Monitoring
Provisions
* * * * *
2. Monitoring of HCl and/or HF Emissions
* * * * *
2.3 Monitoring System Equipment, Supplies, Definitions, and
General Operation. The following provisions apply:
* * * * *
10. Recordkeeping Requirements
* * * * *
10.1.8.1.1 For each required 7-day and daily calibration drift
test or daily calibration error test (including daily calibration
transfer standard tests) of the HCl or HF CEMS, record the test
date(s) and time(s), reference gas value(s), monitor response(s),
and calculated calibration drift or calibration error value(s). If
you use the dynamic spiking option for the mid-level calibration
drift check under PS-18, you must also record the measured
concentration of the native HCl in the flue gas before and after the
spike and the spiked gas dilution factor. When using an IP-CEMS
under PS 18, you must also record the measured concentrations of the
native HCl before and after introduction of each reference gas, the
path lengths of the calibration cell and the stack optical path, the
stack and calibration cell temperatures, the instrument line
strength factor, and the calculated equivalent concentration of
reference gas.
10.1.8.1.2 For the required gas audits of an FTIR HCl or HF CEMS
that is following PS 15, record the date and time of each spiked and
unspiked sample, the audit gas reference values and uncertainties.
Keep records of all calculations and data analyses required under
sections 9.1 and 12.1 of Performance Specification 15, and the
results of those calculations and analyses.
10.1.8.1.3 For each required RATA of an HCl or HF CEMS, record
the beginning and ending date and time of each test run, the
reference method(s) used, and the reference method and HCl or HF
CEMS run values. Keep records of stratification tests performed (if
any), all the raw field data, relevant process operating data, and
the all calculations used to determine the relative accuracy.
10.1.8.1.4 For each required beam intensity test of an HCl IP-
CEMS under PS 18, record the test date and time, the known
attenuation value (%) used for the test, the concentration of the
high-level reference gas used, the full-beam and attenuated beam
intensity levels, the measured HCl concentrations at full-beam
intensity and attenuated intensity and the percent difference
between them, and the results of the test. For each required daily
beam intensity check of an IP-CEMS under Procedure 6, record the
beam intensity measured including the units of measure and the
results of the check.
10.1.8.1.5 For each required measurement error test of an HCl
monitor, record the date and time of each gas injection, the
reference gas concentration (low, mid, or high) and the monitor
response for each of the three injections at each of the three
levels. Also record the average monitor response and the measurement
error (ME) at each gas level and the related calculations. For
measurement error tests conducted on IP-CEMS, also record the
measured concentrations of the native HCl before and after
introduction of each reference gas, the path lengths of the
calibration cell and the stack optical path, the stack and
calibration cell temperatures, the stack and calibration cell
pressures, the instrument line strength factor, and the calculated
equivalent concentration of reference gas.
10.1.8.1.6 For each required level of detection (LOD) test of an
HCl monitor performed in a controlled environment, record the test
date, the concentrations of the reference gas and interference
gases, the results of the seven (or more) consecutive measurements
of HCl, the standard deviation, and the LOD value. For each required
LOD test performed in the field, record the test date, the three
measurements of the native source HCl concentration, the results of
the three independent standard addition (SA) measurements known as
standard addition response (SAR), the effective spike addition gas
concentration (for IP-CEMS, the equivalent concentration of the
reference gas), the resulting standard addition detection level
(SADL) value and all related calculations. For extractive CEMS
performing the SA using dynamic spiking, you must record the spiked
gas dilution factor.
10.1.8.1.7 For each required measurement error/level of
detection response time test of an HCl monitor, record the test
date, the native HCl concentration of the flue gas, the reference
gas value, the stable reference gas readings, the upscale/downscale
start and end times, and the results of the upscale and downscale
stages of the test.
10.1.8.1.8 For each required temperature or pressure measurement
verification or audit of an IP-CEMS, keep records of the test date,
the temperatures or pressures (as applicable) measured by the
calibrated temperature or pressure reference device and the IP-CEMS,
and the results of the test.
10.1.8.1.9 For each required interference test of an HCl
monitor, record the date of the test, the HCl concentration of the
reference gas used, the concentrations of the interference test
gases, the baseline HCl and HCl responses for each interferent
combination spiked, and the total percent interference as a function
of span or HCl concentration. Also keep records to document the
quantity and quality of gases, gas volume/rate, temperature, and
pressure used to conduct the test.
10.1.8.1.10 For each quarterly relative accuracy audit (RAA) of
an HCl monitor, record the beginning and ending date and time of
each test run, the reference method used, the HCl concentrations
measured by the reference method and CEMS for each test run, the
average concentrations measured by the reference method and the
CEMS, and the calculated relative accuracy (RA). Keep records of the
raw field data, relevant process operating data, and the
calculations used to determine the RA.
10.1.8.1.11 For each quarterly cylinder gas audit (CGA) of an
HCl monitor, record the date and time of each injection, and the
reference gas concentration (zero, mid, or high) and the monitor
response for each injection. Also record the average monitor
response and the calculated measurement error (ME) at each gas
level. For IP-CEMS, you must also record the measured concentrations
of the native HCl before and after introduction of each reference
gas, the path lengths of the calibration cell and the stack optical
path, the stack and calibration cell temperatures, the stack and
calibration cell pressures, the instrument line strength factor, and
the calculated equivalent concentration of reference gas.
10.1.8.1.12 For each quarterly dynamic spiking audit (DSA) of an
HCl monitor, record the date and time of the zero gas injection and
each spike injection, the results of the zero gas injection, the gas
concentrations (mid and high) and the dilution factors and the
monitor response for each of the six upscale injections as well as
the corresponding native HCl concentrations measured before and
after each injection. Also record the average dynamic spiking error
for each of the upscale gases, the calculated average DSA Accuracy
at each upscale gas concentration, and all calculations leading to
the DSA Accuracy.
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11. Reporting Requirements
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11.4.1 For each daily calibration drift (or calibration error)
assessment (including daily calibration transfer standard tests),
and for each 7-day calibration drift test of an HCl or HF monitor,
report:
11.4.1.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.1.2 The monitoring component ID;
11.4.1.3 The instrument span and span scale;
11.4.1.4 For each gas injection, the date and time, the
calibration gas level (zero, mid or other), the reference gas value
(ppm), and the monitor response (ppm);
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11.4.1.5 A flag to indicate whether dynamic spiking was used for
the upscale value (extractive HCl monitors, only);
11.4.1.6 Calibration drift or calibration error (percent of span
or reference gas, as applicable);
11.4.1.7 When using the dynamic spiking option, the measured
concentration of native HCl before and after each mid-level spike
and the spiked gas dilution factor;
11.4.1.8 When using an IP-CEMS, also report the measured
concentration of native HCl before and after each upscale
measurement, the path lengths of the calibration cell and the stack
optical path, the stack and calibration cell temperatures, the stack
and calibration cell pressures, the instrument line strength factor,
and the equivalent concentration of the reference gas; and
11.4.1.9 Reason for test (for the 7-day CD test, only).
11.4.2 For each quarterly gas audit of an HCl or HF CEMS that is
following PS 15, report:
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11.4.3.11 Standard deviation, as specified in Equation 2-4 of
Performance Specification 2 in appendix B to part 60 of this
chapter. For HCl CEMS following PS 18, calculate the standard
deviation according to section 12.6 of PS 18;
11.4.3.12 Confidence coefficient, as specified in Equation 2-5
of Performance Specification 2 in appendix B to part 60 of this
chapter. For HCl CEMS following PS 18, calculate the confidence
coefficient according to section 12.6 of PS 18;
11.4.3.13 T-value; and
11.4.3.14 Relative accuracy (RA). For FTIR monitoring systems
following PS 15, calculate the RA using Equation 2-6 of Performance
Specification 2 in appendix B to part 60 of this chapter or, if
applicable, according to the alternative procedure for low emitters
described in section 3.1.2.2 of this appendix. For HCl CEMS
following PS 18, calculate the RA according to section 12.6 of PS
18. If applicable use a flag to indicate that the alternative RA
specification for low emitters has been applied.
11.4.4 For each 3-level measurement error test of an HCl
monitor, report:
11.4.4.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.4.2 Monitoring component ID;
11.4.4.3 Instrument span and span scale;
11.4.4.4 For each gas injection, the date and time, the
calibration gas level (low, mid, or high), the reference gas value
in ppm and the monitor response. When using an IP-CEMS, also report
the measured concentration of native HCl before and after each
injection, the path lengths of the calibration cell and the stack
optical path, the stack and calibration cell temperatures, the stack
and calibration cell pressures, the instrument line strength factor,
and the equivalent concentration of the reference gas;
11.4.4.5 For extractive CEMS, the mean reference value and mean
of measured values at each reference gas level (ppm). For IP-CEMS,
the mean of the measured concentration minus the average measured
native concentration minus the equivalent reference gas
concentration (ppm), at each reference gas level--see Equation 6A in
PS 18;
11.4.4.6 Measurement error (ME) at each reference gas level; and
11.4.4.7 Reason for test.
11.4.5 Beam intensity tests of an IP CEMS:
11.4.5.1 For the initial beam intensity test described in
Performance Specification 18 in appendix B to part 60 of this
chapter, report:
11.4.5.1.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.5.1.2 Date and time of the test;
11.4.5.1.3 Monitoring system ID;
11.4.5.1.4 Reason for test;
11.4.5.1.5 Attenuation value (%);
11.4.5.1.6 High level gas concentration (ppm);
11.4.5.1.7 Full and attenuated beam intensity levels, including
units of measure;
11.4.5.1.8 Measured HCl concentrations at full and attenuated
beam intensity (ppm); and
11.4.5.1.9 Percentage difference between the HCl concentrations.
11.4.5.2 For the daily beam intensity check described in
Procedure 6 of appendix F to Part 60 of this chapter, report:
11.4.5.2.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.5.2.2 Date and time of the test;
11.4.5.2.3 Monitoring system ID;
11.4.5.2.4 The attenuated beam intensity level (limit)
established in the initial test;
11.4.5.2.5 The beam intensity measured during the daily check;
and
11.4.5.2.6 Results of the test (pass or fail).
11.4.6 For each temperature or pressure verification or audit of
an HCl IP-CEMS, report:
11.4.6.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.6.2 Date and time of the test;
11.4.6.3 Monitoring system ID;
11.4.6.4 Type of verification (T or P);
11.4.6.5 Stack sensor measured value;
11.4.6.6 Reference device measured value;
11.4.6.7 Results of the test (pass or fail); and
11.4.6.8 Reason for test.
11.4.7 For each interference test of an HCl monitoring system,
report:
11.4.7.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.7.2 Date of test;
11.4.7.3 Monitoring system ID;
11.4.7.4 HCl reference gas concentration;
11.4.7.5 Interference gas types;
11.4.7.6 Concentration of interference gas;
11.4.7.7 Interference free sample response;
11.4.7.8 Response with interference;
11.4.7.9 Total interference;
11.4.7.10 Results of the test (pass or fail);
11.4.7.11 Reason for test; and
11.4.7.12 A flag to indicate whether the test was performed: On
this particular monitoring system; on one of multiple systems of the
same type; or by the manufacturer on a system with components of the
same make and model(s) as this system.
11.4.8 For each level of detection (LOD) test of an HCl monitor,
report:
11.4.8.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.8.2 Date of test;
11.4.8.3 Reason for test;
11.4.8.4 Monitoring system ID;
11.4.8.5 A code to indicate whether the test was done in a
controlled environment or in the field;
11.4.8.6 HCl reference gas concentration;
11.4.8.7 HCl responses with interference gas (7 repetitions);
11.4.8.8 Standard deviation of HCl responses;
11.4.8.9 Effective spike addition gas concentrations;
11.4.8.10 HCl concentration measured without spike;
11.4.8.11 HCl concentration measured with spike;
11.4.8.12 Dilution factor for spike;
11.4.8.13 The controlled environment LOD value (ppm or ppm-
meters);
11.4.8.14 The field determined standard addition detection level
(SADL in ppm or ppm-meters); and
11.4.8.15 Result of LDO/SADL test (pass/fail).
11.4.9 For each ME or LOD response time test of an HCl monitor,
report:
11.4.9.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.9.2 Date of test;
11.4.9.3 Monitoring component ID;
11.4.9.4 The higher of the upscale or downscale tests, in
minutes; and
11.4.9.5 Reason for test.
11.4.10 For each quarterly relative accuracy audit of an HCl
monitor, report:
11.4.10.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.10.2 Monitoring system ID;
11.4.10.3 Begin and end time of each test run;
11.4.10.4 The reference method used;
11.4.10.5 The reference method (RM) and CEMS values for each
test run, including the units of measure;
11.4.10.6 The mean RM and CEMS values for the three test runs;
11.4.10.7 The calculated relative accuracy (RA), percent; and
11.4.10.8 Reason for test.
11.4.11 For each quarterly cylinder gas audit of an HCl monitor,
report:
11.4.11.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.11.2 Monitoring component ID;
11.4.11.3 Instrument span and span scale;
11.4.11.4 For each gas injection, the date and time, the
reference gas level (zero, mid, or high), the reference gas value in
ppm, and the monitor response. When using an IP-CEMS, also report
the measured concentration of native HCl before and after each
injection, the path lengths of the calibration cell and the stack
optical path, the stack and calibration cell temperatures, the stack
and calibration cell pressures, the instrument line strength factor,
and the equivalent concentration of the reference gas;
11.4.11.5 For extractive CEMS, the mean reference gas value and
mean monitor response at each reference gas level (ppm). For IP-
CEMS, the mean of the measured concentration minus the average
measured native concentration minus the equivalent reference gas
concentration (ppm), at each reference gas level--see Equation 6A in
PS 18;
11.4.11.6 Measurement error (ME) at each reference gas level;
and
11.4.11.7 Reason for test.
11.4.12 For each quarterly dynamic spiking audit of an HCl
monitor, report:
11.4.12.1 Facility ID information;
11.4.12.2 Monitoring component ID;
11.4.12.3 Instrument span and span scale;
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11.4.12.4 For the zero gas injection, the date and time, and the
monitor response (Note: The zero gas injection from a calibration
drift check performed on the same day as the upscale spikes may be
used for this purpose.);
11.4.12.5 Zero spike error;
11.4.12.6 For the upscale gas spiking, the date and time of each
spike, the reference gas level (mid- or high-), the reference gas
value (ppm), the dilution factor, the native HCl concentrations
before and after each spike, and the monitor response for each gas
spike;
11.4.12.7 Upscale spike error;
11.4.12.8 Dynamic spike accuracy (DSA) at the zero level and at
each upscale gas level; and
11.4.12.9 Reason for test.
11.4.13 Reporting Requirements for Diluent Gas, Flow Rate, and
Moisture Monitoring Systems. For the certification, recertification,
diagnostic, and QA tests of stack gas flow rate, moisture, and
diluent gas monitoring systems that are certified and quality-
assured according to part 75 of this chapter, report the information
in section 10.1.8.2 of this appendix.
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11.5.1 The owner or operator of any affected unit shall use the
ECMPS Client Tool to submit electronic quarterly reports to the
Administrator in an XML format specified by the Administrator, for
each affected unit (or group of units monitored at a common stack).
If the certified HCl or HF CEMS is used for the initial compliance
demonstration, HCl or HF emissions reporting shall begin with the
first operating hour of the 30 boiler operating day compliance
demonstration period. Otherwise, HCl or HF emissions reporting shall
begin with the first operating hour after successfully completing
all required certification tests of the CEMS.
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11. Add appendix C to subpart UUUUU to read as follows:
Appendix C to Subpart UUUUU of Part 63--PM Monitoring Provisions
1. General Provisions
1.1 Applicability. These monitoring provisions apply to the
continuous measurement of filterable particulate matter (PM)
emissions from affected EGUs under this subpart. A particulate
matter continuous emission monitoring system (PM CEMS) is used
together with other continuous monitoring systems and (as
applicable) parametric measurement devices to quantify PM emissions
in units of the applicable standard (i.e., lb/mmBtu or lb/MWh).
1.2 Initial Certification and Recertification Procedures. You,
as the owner or operator of an affected EGU that uses a PM CEMS to
demonstrate compliance with a filterable PM emissions limit in Table
1 or 2 to this subpart must comply with the initial certification
and recertification procedures of Performance Specification 11 (PS
11) in appendix B to part 60 of this chapter.
1.3 Quality Assurance and Quality Control Requirements. You must
meet the applicable quality assurance requirements of Procedure 2 in
appendix F to part 60 of this chapter.
1.4 Missing Data Procedures. You must not substitute data for
missing data from the PM CEMS. Any process operating hour for which
quality-assured PM concentration data are not obtained is counted as
an hour of monitoring system downtime.
1.5 Adjustments for Flow System Bias. When the PM emission rate
is reported on a gross output basis, you must not adjust the data
recorded by a stack gas flow rate monitor for bias, which may
otherwise be required under Sec. 75.24 of this chapter.
2. Monitoring of PM Emissions
2.1 Monitoring System Installation Requirements. Flue gases from
the affected EGUs under this subpart vent to the atmosphere through
a variety of exhaust configurations including single stacks, common
stack configurations, and multiple stack configurations. For each of
these configurations, Sec. 63.10010(a) specifies the appropriate
location(s) at which to install continuous monitoring systems (CMS).
These CMS installation provisions apply to the PM CEMS and to the
other continuous monitoring systems and parametric monitoring
devices that provide data for the PM emissions calculations in
section 6 of this appendix.
2.2 Primary and Backup Monitoring Systems. In the electronic
monitoring plan described in section 7 of this appendix, you must
create and designate a primary monitoring system for PM and for each
additional parameter (i.e., stack gas flow rate, CO2 or
O2 concentration, stack gas moisture content, as
applicable). The primary system must be used to report hourly PM
concentration values when the system is able to provide quality-
assured data, i.e., when the system is ``in control.'' However, to
increase data availability in the event of a primary monitoring
system outage, you may install, operate, maintain, and calibrate a
redundant backup monitoring system. A redundant backup system is one
that is permanently installed at the unit or stack location, and is
kept on ``hot standby'' in case the primary monitoring system is
unable to provide quality-assured data. You must represent each
redundant backup system as a unique monitoring system in the
electronic monitoring plan. You must certify each redundant backup
monitoring system according to the applicable provisions in section
4 of this appendix. In addition, each redundant monitoring system
must meet the applicable on-going QA requirements in section 5 of
this appendix.
3. PM Emissions Measurement Methods
The following definitions, equipment specifications, procedures,
and performance criteria are applicable
3.1 Definitions. All definitions specified in section 3 of PS 11
in appendix B to part 60 of this chapter and section 3 of Procedure
2 in appendix F to part 60 of this chapter are applicable to the
measurement of filterable PM emissions from electric utility steam
generating units under this subpart.
3.2 Continuous Monitoring Methods.
3.2.1 Installation and Measurement Location. You must install
the PM CEMS according to Sec. 63.10010 and section 2.4 of PS 11.
3.2.2 Units of Measure. For the purposes of this subpart, you
shall report hourly PM concentrations in the following units of
measure:
3.2.2.1 In both milligrams per actual cubic meter (mg/acm) and
milligrams per wet standard cubic meter (mg/wscm) If the PM CEMS
measures in units of mg/acm; or
3.2.2.2 Milligrams per wet standard cubic meter (mg/wscm), if
the PM CEMS measures in mg/wscm; or
3.2.2.3 In both milligrams per dry standard cubic meter (mg/
dscm) and milligrams per wet standard cubic meter (mg/wscm), if the
PM CEMS measures in units of mg/dscm.
3.2.3 Other Necessary Data Collection. To convert hourly PM
concentrations to the units of the applicable emissions standard
(i.e., lb/mmBtu or lb/MWh), you must collect additional data as
described in sections 3.2.3.1 and 3.2.3.2 of this appendix. You must
install, certify, operate, maintain, and quality-assure any stack
gas flow rate, CO2, O2, or moisture monitoring
systems needed for this purpose according to sections 4 and 5 of
this appendix. The calculation methods for the emission limits
described in sections 3.2.3.1 and 3.2.3.2 of this appendix are
presented in section 6 of this appendix.
3.2.3.1 Heat Input-Based Emission Limits. To demonstrate
compliance with a heat input-based PM emission limit in Table 2 to
this subpart, you must provide the hourly stack gas CO2
or O2 concentration, along with a fuel-specific
Fc factor or dry-basis F-factor and (if applicable) the
stack gas moisture content, in order to convert measured PM
concentrations values to the units of the standard.
3.2.3.2 Gross Output-Based Emission Limits. To demonstrate
compliance with a gross output-based PM emission limit in Table 1 or
Table 2 to this subpart, you must provide the hourly gross output,
along with data from a certified stack gas flow rate monitor in
order to convert measured PM concentrations values to units of the
standard.
4. Certification and Recertification Requirements
4.1 Certification Requirements. You must certify your PM CEMS
and the other continuous monitoring systems used to determine
compliance with the applicable emissions standard before the PM CEMS
can be used to provide data under this subpart. Redundant backup
monitoring systems (if used) are subject to the same certification
requirements as the primary systems.
4.1.1 PM CEMS. You must certify your PM CEMS according to PS 11
in appendix B to part 60 of this chapter. PM CEMS that have been
installed and certified according to PS 11 as a result of another
state or federal regulatory requirement or consent decree prior to
the effective date of this subpart shall be considered certified for
this subpart if you can demonstrate that your PM CEMS meets the PS
11 acceptance criteria based on the applicable emission standard in
this subpart.
4.1.2 Flow Rate, Diluent Gas, and Moisture Monitoring Systems.
You must certify your continuous monitoring systems that are used to
convert PM concentrations to units of the standard (i.e., stack gas
flow rate,
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diluent gas (CO2 or O2) concentration, or
moisture monitoring systems) in accordance with the applicable
provisions in Sec. 75.20 of this chapter and appendix A to part 75
of this chapter.
4.1.3 Other Parametric Measurement Devices. If data from
temperature or pressure measurement devices are required to convert
hourly PM concentrations to standard conditions, you must install,
calibrate, maintain, and operate these devices according to the
manufacturers' instructions.
4.2 Recertification.
4.2.1 You must recertify your PM CEMS if it is either: moved to
a different stack or duct; moved to a new location within the same
stack or duct; modified or repaired in such a way that the existing
correlation is altered or impacted; or replaced.
4.2.2 The flow rate, diluent gas, and moisture monitoring
systems that are used to convert PM concentration to units of the
emission standard are subject to the recertification provisions in
Sec. 75.20(b) of this chapter.
4.3 Development of a New or Revised Correlation Curve. You must
develop a new or revised correlation curve if:
4.3.1 A response correlation audit (RCA) is failed and the new
or revised correlation is developed according to section 10.6 in
Procedure 2 of appendix F to part 60 of this chapter; or
4.3.2 The events described in paragraph (1) or (2) in section
8.8 of PS 11 occur while the EGU is operating under normal
conditions.
5. Ongoing Quality Assurance (QA) and Data Validation
5.1 PM CEMS.
5.1.1 Required QA Tests. Following initial certification, you
must conduct periodic QA testing of each primary and (if applicable)
redundant backup PM CEMS. The required QA tests and the performance
specifications that must be met are found in Procedure 2 of appendix
F to part 60 of this chapter.
5.1.2 Out-of-Control Periods. Your PM CEMS is considered to be
out-of-control, and you may not report data from it as quality-
assured, when the monitoring system malfunctions or when any
acceptance criterion in PS 11 in appendix B to part 60 of this
chapter or Procedure 2 in appendix F to part 60 of this chapter for
the required QA tests is not met. Your PM CEMS is also considered to
be out-of-control when a required QA test is not performed on
schedule. When an out-of-control period occurs, you must take
corrective actions (if necessary) and perform the appropriate
follow-up calibrations and adjustments to bring the monitoring
system back in-control. If the out-of-control period is triggered by
a required QA test that is failed or not done on time, you must
conduct the failed or late test and your PM CEMS must pass the test
in order to end the out-of-control period. You must count out-of-
control periods of the PM CEMS as hours of monitoring system
downtime.
5.1.3 RCA and RRA Acceptability. The results of your RRA or RCA
are considered acceptable provided that the criteria in section
10.4(5) of Procedure 2 in appendix F to part 60 of this chapter are
met for an RCA or section 10.4(6) of Procedure 2 in appendix F to
part 60 of this chapter are met for an RRA.
5.2 Stack Gas Flow Rate, Diluent Gas, and Moisture Monitoring
Systems. The on-going QA test requirements and data validation
criteria for the primary and (if applicable) redundant backup stack
gas flow rate, diluent gas, and moisture monitoring systems are
specified in appendix B to part 75 of this chapter.
5.3 QA/QC Program Requirements. You must develop and implement a
quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program for the PM CEMS
and the other equipment that is used to provide data under this
subpart. You may store your QA/QC plan electronically, provided that
the information can be made available expeditiously in hard copy to
auditors and inspectors.
5.3.1 General Requirements.
5.3.1.1 Preventive Maintenance. You must keep a written record
of the procedures needed to maintain the PM CEMS and other equipment
that is used to provide data under this subpart in proper operating
condition, along with a schedule for those procedures. At a minimum,
you must include all procedures specified by the manufacturers of
the equipment and, if applicable, additional or alternate procedures
developed for the equipment.
5.3.1.2 Recordkeeping Requirements. You must keep a written
record describing procedures that will be used to implement the
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of this appendix.
5.3.1.3 Maintenance Records. You must keep a record of all
testing, maintenance, or repair activities performed on the PM CEMS,
and other equipment used to provide data under this subpart in a
location and format suitable for inspection. You may use a
maintenance log for this purpose. You must maintain the following
records for each system or device: the date, time, and description
of any testing, adjustment, repair, replacement, or preventive
maintenance action performed, and records of any corrective actions
taken. Additionally, you must record any adjustment that may
significantly affect the ability of a monitoring system or
measurement device to make accurate measurements, and you must keep
a written explanation of the procedures used to make the
adjustment(s).
5.3.2 Specific Requirements for the PM CEMS.
5.3.2.1 Daily, and Quarterly QA Assessments. You must keep a
written record of the procedures used for daily assessments of the
PM CEMS. You must also keep records of the procedures used to
perform quarterly ACA and SVA audits. You must document how the test
results are calculated and evaluated.
5.3.2.2 Monitoring System Adjustments. You must document how
each component of the PM CEMS will be adjusted to provide correct
responses after routine maintenance, repairs, or corrective actions.
5.3.2.3 Correlation Tests, Annual and Triennial Audits. You must
keep a written record of procedures used for the correlation tests,
at least annual RRAs, and at least triennial RCAs of the PM CEMS.
You must document how the test results are calculated and evaluated.
5.3.3 Specific Requirements for Diluent Gas, Stack Gas Flow
Rate, and Moisture Monitoring Systems. The QA/QC program
requirements for the stack gas flow rate, diluent gas, and moisture
monitoring systems described in section 3.2.3 of this appendix are
specified in section 1 of appendix B to part 75 of this chapter.
5.3.4 Requirements for Other Monitoring Equipment. If any other
equipment is required to convert readings from the PM CEMS to
standard conditions (e.g., devices to measure temperature and
pressure), you must keep a written record of the calibrations and/or
other procedures used to ensure that the devices provide accurate
data.
5.3.5 You may store your QA/QC plan electronically, provided
that you can make the information available expeditiously in hard
copy to auditors or inspectors.
6. Data Reduction and Calculations
6.1 Data Reduction and Validation.
6.1.1 You must reduce the data from PM CEMS to hourly averages,
in accordance with Sec. 60.13(h)(2) of this chapter.
6.1.2 You must reduce all CEMS data from stack gas flow rate,
CO2, O2, and moisture monitoring systems to
hourly averages according to Sec. 75.10(d)(1) of this chapter.
6.1.3 You must reduce all other data from devices used to
convert readings from the PM CEMS to standard conditions to hourly
averages according to Sec. 63.8(g)(2) or Sec. 75.10(d)(1) of this
chapter. This includes, but is not limited to, data from devices
used to measure temperature and pressure, or, for cogeneration units
that calculate gross output based on steam characteristics, devices
to measure steam flow rate, steam pressure, and steam temperature.
6.1.4 Do not calculate the PM emission rate for any unit or
stack operating hour in which valid data are not obtained for PM
concentration or for a parameter used in the emissions calculations
(i.e., gross output, stack gas flow rate, stack temperature, stack
pressure, stack gas moisture content, or diluent gas concentration,
as applicable).
6.1.5 For the purposes of this appendix, part 75 substitute data
values for stack gas flow rate, CO2 concentration,
O2 concentration, and moisture content are not considered
to be valid data.
6.1.6 Operating hours in which PM concentration is missing or
invalid are hours of monitoring system downtime. The use of
substitute data for PM concentration is not allowed.
6.1.7 You must exclude all data obtained during a boiler startup
or shutdown operating hour (as defined in Sec. 63.10042) from the
determination of the 30 boiler operating day rolling average PM
emission rates.
6.2 Calculation of PM Emission Rates. You must use the
calculation methods in sections 6.2.1 through 6.2.3 of this appendix
to convert measured PM concentration values to the units of the
applicable emission standard.
6.2.1 For each unit or stack operating hour, prior to converting
the PM CEMS concentration to units of the emission
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standard, if your PM CEMS measures the PM concentration in units of
mg/acm, you must convert the PM CEMS concentration value to units of
mg/wscm, using one of the following equations:
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Or
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Where:
Ch = PM concentration (mg/wscm)
Ca = PM concentration (mg/acm)
Ts = Stack Temperature ([deg]F)
TCEMS = CEMS Measurement Temperature ([deg]F)
PCEMS = CEMS Measurement Pressure (in. Hg)
Ps = Stack Pressure (in. Hg)
Tstd = Standard Temperature (68 [deg]F)
Pstd = Standard Pressure (29.92 in. Hg)
(Note: The hourly PM concentrations reported in ECMPS must be in
units of mg/wscm. If your PM CEMS measures PM concentration in units
of mg/m\3\ on a dry basis at standard conditions, you must apply a
correction for the stack gas moisture content to convert it from mg/
dscm to mg/wscm. Determine the moisture content according to section
6.2.2.4 of this appendix. To convert the dry basis concentration to
wet basis, multiply it by
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).
6.2.2 Heat Input-Based PM Emission Rates (Existing EGUs, Only).
You must calculate hourly heat input-based PM emission rates, in
units of lb/mmBtu, according to sections 6.2.2.1 and 6.2.2.2 of this
appendix.
6.2.2.1 You must select an appropriate emission rate equation
from among Equations 19-1 through 19-9 in appendix A-7 to part 60 of
this chapter to convert the reported hourly PM concentration value
to units of lb/mmBtu. Note that the Method 19 equations require the
pollutant concentration to be expressed in units of lb/scf;
therefore, you must first multiply the PM concentration by 6.24 x 10
-8 to convert it from mg/wscm to lb/scf.
6.2.2.2 You must use the appropriate carbon-based or dry-basis
F-factor listed in Table 19-2 of Method 19 in the emission rate
equation that you have selected. However, if the appropriate F-
factor is not in Table 19-2, you may use F-factors from section
3.3.5 or section 3.3.6 of appendix F to part 75 of this chapter.
6.2.2.3 If the hourly average O2 concentration is
above 14.0% O2 (19.0% for an IGCC) or the hourly average
CO2 concentration is below 5.0% CO2 (1.0% for
an IGCC), you may calculate the PM emission rate using the
applicable diluent cap value (as defined in Sec. 63.10042 and
specified in Sec. 63.10007(f)(1), provided that the diluent gas
monitor is not out-of-control).
6.2.2.4 If your selected Method 19 equation requires a
correction for the stack gas moisture content, you may either use
quality-assured hourly data from a certified part 75 moisture
monitoring system, a fuel-specific default moisture value from Sec.
75.11(b) of this chapter, or a site-specific default moisture value
approved by the Administrator under Sec. 75.66 of this chapter.
6.2.2.5 You must calculate the 30-boiler operating day rolling
average PM emission rates according to Sec. 63.10021(b).
6.2.3 Gross Output-Based PM Emission Rates.
6.2.3.1 For each unit or stack operating hour, you must use the
following equation to calculate the gross output-based PM emission
rate, in units of lb/MWh.
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Where:
Eheo = Hourly gross output-based PM emission rate (lb/
MWh)
Ch = PM concentration (mg/wscm)
Qs = Unadjusted stack gas volumetric flow rate (scfh, wet
basis)
MW = Gross output (megawatts)
6.24 x 10 -8 = Conversion factor
6.2.3.2 You must calculate the 30-boiler operating day rolling
average PM emission rates according to Sec. 63.10021(b).
7. Recordkeeping and Reporting
7.1 Recordkeeping Provisions. For the PM CEMS and the other
necessary continuous monitoring systems and parameter measurement
devices installed at each affected unit or common stack, you must
maintain a file of all measurements, data, reports, and other
information required by this appendix in a form suitable for
inspection, for 5 years from the date of each record, in accordance
with Sec. 63.10033. The file shall contain the applicable
information in sections 7.1.1 through 7.1.11 of this appendix.
7.1.1 Monitoring Plan Records. For each EGU or group of EGUs
monitored at a common stack, you must prepare and maintain a
monitoring plan for the PM CEMS and the other CMS(s) needed to
convert PM concentrations to units of the applicable emission
standard.
7.1.1.1 Updates. If you make a replacement, modification, or
change in a certified CMS that is used to provide data under this
subpart (including a change in the automated data acquisition and
handling system) or if you make a change to the flue gas handling
system and that replacement, modification, or change affects
information reported in the monitoring plan (e.g., a change to a
serial number for a component of a monitoring system), you shall
update the monitoring plan.
7.1.1.2 Contents of the Monitoring Plan. For the PM CEMS, your
monitoring plan shall contain the applicable information in sections
7.1.1.2.1 and 7.1.1.2.2 of this appendix. For required stack gas
flow rate, diluent gas, and moisture monitoring systems, your
monitoring plan shall include the applicable information required
for those systems under Sec. 75.53(g) and (h) of this chapter.
7.1.1.2.1 Electronic. Your electronic monitoring plan records
must include the following information: unit or stack ID number(s);
monitoring location(s); the monitoring methodologies used;
monitoring system information, including (as applicable): unique
system and component ID numbers; the make, model, and serial number
of the monitoring equipment; the sample acquisition method; formulas
used to calculate emissions; monitor span and range information, and
appropriate default values. Your electronic monitoring plan shall be
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evaluated and submitted using the Emissions Collection and
Monitoring Plan System (ECMPS) Client Tool provided by the Clean Air
Markets Division (CAMD) in EPA's Office of Atmospheric Programs.
7.1.1.2.2 Hard Copy. You must keep records of the following
items: schematics and/or blueprints showing the location of the PM
monitoring system(s) and test ports; data flow diagrams; test
protocols; and miscellaneous technical justifications.
7.1.2 Operating Parameter Records. You must record the following
information for each operating hour of each EGU and also for each
group of EGUs utilizing a monitored common stack, to the extent that
these data are needed to convert PM concentration data to the units
of the emission standard. For non-operating hours, you must record
only the items in sections 7.1.2.1 and 7.1.2.2 of this appendix. If
you elect to or are required to comply with a gross output-based PM
standard, for any hour in which there is gross output greater than
zero, you must record the items in sections 7.1.2.1 through 7.1.2.3
and (if applicable) 7.1.2.5 of this appendix; however, if there is
heat input to the unit(s) but no gross output (e.g., at unit
startup), you must record the items in sections 7.1.2.1, 7.1.2.2,
and, if applicable, section 7.1.2.5 of this appendix. If you elect
to comply with a heat input-based PM standard, you must record only
the items in sections 7.1.2.1, 7.1.2.2, 7.1.2.4, and, if applicable,
section 7.1.2.5 of this appendix.
7.1.2.1 The date and hour;
7.1.2.2 The unit or stack operating time (rounded up to the
nearest fraction of an hour (in equal increments that can range from
one hundredth to one quarter of an hour, at your option);
7.1.2.3 The hourly gross output (rounded to nearest MWe);
7.1.2.4 If applicable, the Fc factor or dry-basis F-
factor used to calculate the heat input-based PM emission rate; and
7.1.2.5 If applicable, a flag to indicate that the hour is an
exempt startup or shutdown hour.
7.1.3 PM Concentration Records. For each affected unit or common
stack using a PM CEMS, you must record the following information for
each unit or stack operating hour:
7.1.3.1 The date and hour;
7.1.3.2 Monitoring system and component identification codes for
the PM CEMS, as provided in the electronic monitoring plan, if your
CEMS provides a quality-assured value of PM concentration for the
hour;
7.1.3.3 The hourly PM concentration, if a quality-assured value
is obtained for the hour.
7.1.3.3.1 For all PM CEMS, record PM concentration in units of
mg/wscm.
7.1.3.3.2 If your PM CEMS measures in units of mg/acm, also
record the hourly PM concentration in units of mg/acm, and record
the temperature and pressure values used in Equation C-1 or C-2 of
this appendix to convert from mg/acm to mg/wscm.
7.1.3.3.3 If your PM CEMS measures in units of mg/dscm, also
record the hourly PM concentration in units of mg/dscm, and record
the moisture value used to convert from mg/dscm to mg/wscm (see
section 7.1.6 of this appendix).
7.1.3.4 If applicable, the stack temperature ([deg]F) and stack
pressure (in. Hg) used to convert PM concentration from mg/acm to
mg/wscm;
7.1.3.5 A special code, indicating whether or not a quality-
assured PM concentration is obtained for the hour; and
7.1.3.6 Monitor data availability for PM concentration, as a
percentage of unit or stack operating hours calculated according to
Sec. 75.32 of this chapter.
7.1.4 Stack Gas Volumetric Flow Rate Records.
7.1.4.1 When a gross output-based PM emissions limit must be
met, in units of lb/MWh, you must obtain hourly measurements of
stack gas volumetric flow rate during EGU operation, in order to
convert PM concentrations to units of the standard.
7.1.4.2 When hourly measurements of stack gas flow rate are
needed, you must keep hourly records of the flow rates and related
information, as specified in Sec. 75.57(c)(2) of this chapter.
7.1.5 Records of Diluent Gas (CO2 or O2) Concentration.
7.1.5.1 When a heat input-based PM emission limit must be met,
in units of lb/mmBtu, you must obtain hourly measurements of
CO2 or O2 concentration during EGU operation,
in order to convert PM concentrations to units of the standard.
7.1.5.2 When hourly measurements of diluent gas concentration
are needed, you must keep hourly CO2 or O2
concentration records, as specified in Sec. 75.57(g) of this
chapter.
7.1.6 Records of Stack Gas Moisture Content.
7.1.6.1 When corrections for stack gas moisture content are
needed to demonstrate compliance with the applicable PM emissions
limit or to convert dry basis PM concentration measurements to wet
basis:
7.1.6.1.1 If you use a continuous moisture monitoring system,
you must keep hourly records of the stack gas moisture content and
related information, as specified in Sec. 75.57(c)(3) of this
chapter.
7.1.6.1.2 If you use a fuel-specific or approved site-specific
default moisture value, you must represent it in the electronic
monitoring plan required under section 7.1.1.2.1 of this appendix.
7.1.7 PM Emission Rate Records. For applicable PM emission
limits in units of lb/mmBtu or lb/MWh, you must record the following
information for each affected EGU or common stack:
7.1.7.1 The date and hour;
7.1.7.2 The hourly PM emissions rate (lb/mmBtu or lb/MWh, as
applicable), calculated according to section 6.2.2 or 6.2.3 of this
appendix, rounded to three significant figures, and expressed in
scientific notation. You must calculate the PM emission rate only
when valid values of PM concentration and all other required
parameters required to convert PM concentration to the units of the
standard are obtained for the hour;
7.1.7.3 An identification code for the formula used to derive
the hourly PM emission rate from measurements of the PM
concentration and other necessary parameters (i.e., either the
appropriate equation from EPA Method 19, or Equation C-2 in section
6.2.3.1 of this appendix);
7.1.7.4 If applicable, a special code to indicate that the
diluent cap has been used to calculate the PM emission rate; and
7.1.7.5 If applicable, a special code to indicate that the
default gross output has been used to calculate the hourly PM
emission rate.
7.1.7.6 A code indicating that the PM emission rate was not
calculated for the hour, if valid data are not obtained for PM
concentration and/or any of the other parameters in the PM emission
rate equation. For the purposes of this appendix, substitute data
values for stack gas flow rate, CO2 concentration,
O2 concentration, and moisture content reported under
part 75 of this chapter are not considered to be valid data.
However, when the gross output (as defined in Sec. 63.10042) is
reported for an operating hour with zero output, the default value
is treated as quality-assured data.
7.1.8 Other Parametric Data. You must keep records of the
parametric data (e.g., PM CEMS measurement temperature and pressure)
used to convert the hourly PM concentrations to standard conditions.
7.1.9 Certification, Recertification, and Quality Assurance Test
Records. For any PM CEMS used to provide data under this subpart,
you must record the following certification, recertification, and
quality-assurance information:
7.1.9.1 The test dates and times, reference values, monitor
responses, monitor full scale value, and calculated results for the
required 7-day drift tests and for the required daily zero and
upscale calibration drift tests;
7.1.9.2 The test dates and times and results (pass or fail) of
all daily system optics checks and daily sample volume checks of the
PM CEMS (as applicable);
7.1.9.3 The test dates and times, reference values, monitor
responses, and calculated results for all required quarterly ACAs;
7.1.9.4 The test dates and times, reference values, monitor
responses, and calculated results for all required quarterly SVAs of
extractive PM CEMS;
7.1.9.5 The test dates and times, reference method readings and
corresponding PM CEMS responses (including the units of measure),
and the calculated results for all PM CEMS correlation tests, RRAs
and RCAs. For the correlation tests, you must indicate which model
is used (i.e., linear, logarithmic, exponential, polynomial, or
power) and record the correlation equation. For the RRAs and RCAs,
the reference method readings and PM CEMS responses must be reported
in the same units of measure as the PM CEMS correlation (i.e.,
either in mg/acm, mg/wscm, or mg/dcsm, as applicable);
7.1.9.6 The cycle time and sample delay time for PM CEMS that
operate in batch sampling mode; and
7.1.9.7 Supporting information for all required PM CEMS
correlation tests, RRAs, and RCAs, including records of all raw
reference method and monitoring system data, the results of sample
analyses to substantiate the reported test results, as well as
records of sampling equipment calibrations, reference monitor
calibrations, and analytical equipment calibrations.
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7.1.10 For stack gas flow rate, diluent gas, and moisture
monitoring systems, you must keep records of all certification,
recertification, diagnostic, and on-going quality-assurance tests of
these systems, as specified in Sec. 75.59(a) of this chapter.
7.1.11 For any temperature measurement device (e.g., RTD or
thermocouple) or pressure measurement device used to convert PM
concentrations to standard conditions, you must keep records of all
calibrations and other checks performed to ensure that accurate data
are obtained.
7.2 Reporting Requirements.
7.2.1 General Reporting Provisions. You must comply with the
following requirements for reporting PM emissions from each affected
EGU (or group of EGUs monitored at a common stack) under this
subpart:
7.2.1.1 Notifications, in accordance with section 7.2.2 of this
appendix;
7.2.1.2 Monitoring plan reporting, in accordance with section
7.2.3 of this appendix;
7.2.1.3 Certification, recertification, and QA test submittals,
in accordance with section 7.2.4 of this appendix; and
7.2.1.4 Electronic quarterly report submittals, in accordance
with section 7.2.5 of this appendix.
7.2.2 Notifications. You must provide notifications for each
affected unit (or group of units monitored at a common stack) under
this subpart in accordance with Sec. 63.10030.
7.2.3 Monitoring Plan Reporting. For each affected unit (or
group of units monitored at a common stack) under this subpart using
PM CEMS to measure PM emissions, you must make electronic and hard
copy monitoring plan submittals as follows:
7.2.3.1 You must submit the electronic and hard copy information
in section 7.1.1.2 of this appendix pertaining to the PM monitoring
system(s) at least 21 days prior to the date on which the
Administrator specifies that electronic reporting of PM emissions
data via ECMPS is required to begin, or the date on which the
initial certification testing of your PM CEMS begins, whichever is
later. Also you must submit the monitoring plan information in Sec.
75.53(g) of this chapter pertaining to the required stack gas flow
rate, diluent gas, and moisture monitoring system(s) within that
same time frame, if those required records are not already in place.
7.2.3.2 Whenever an update of the monitoring plan is required,
as provided in section 7.1.1.1 of this appendix, you must submit the
updated information either prior to or concurrent with the relevant
quarterly electronic emissions report.
7.2.3.3 You must make all electronic monitoring plan submittals
and updates to the Administrator using the ECMPS Client Tool. Hard
copy portions of the monitoring plan shall be kept on file according
to section 7.1 of this appendix.
7.2.4 Certification, Recertification, and Quality-Assurance Test
Reporting. Except for daily QA tests of the required monitoring
systems (i.e., calibration error or drift tests, sample volume
checks, system optics checks, and flow monitor interference checks),
you must submit the results of all required certification,
recertification, and quality-assurance tests described in sections
7.1.9.1 through 7.1.9.7 and 7.1.10 of this appendix electronically
(except for test results previously submitted, e.g., under the Acid
Rain Program), using the ECMPS Client Tool, either prior to or
concurrent with the relevant quarterly electronic emissions report.
7.2.5 Quarterly Reports.
7.2.5.1 For each affected EGU (or group of EGUs monitored at a
common stack), you must use the ECMPS Client Tool to submit
electronic quarterly reports to the Administrator, in an XML format
specified by the Administrator, starting with a report for the later
of:
7.2.5.1.1 The first calendar quarter of 2018; or
7.2.5.1.2 The calendar quarter in which the initial PM CEMS
correlation test is completed.
7.2.5.2 You must submit the electronic reports within 30 days
following the end of each calendar quarter, except for EGUs that
have been placed in long-term cold storage (as defined in Sec. 72.2
of this chapter).
7.2.5.3 Each of your electronic quarterly reports shall include
the following information:
7.2.5.3.1 The date of report generation;
7.2.5.3.2 Facility identification information;
7.2.5.3.3 The information in sections 7.1.2 through 7.1.7 of
this appendix, as applicable to the PM emission measurement
methodology used and the units of the PM emission standard with
which you have elected to comply; and
7.2.5.3.4 The results of all daily QA assessments, i.e.,
calibration drift checks and (if applicable) sample volume checks of
the PM CEMS, calibration error tests of the other continuous
monitoring systems that are used to convert PM concentration to
units of the standard, and (if applicable) flow monitor interference
checks.
7.2.5.4 Compliance Certification. Based on your reasonable
inquiry of those persons with primary responsibility for ensuring
that all PM emissions from the affected unit(s) under this subpart
have been correctly and fully monitored, you must submit a
compliance certification in support of each electronic quarterly
emissions monitoring report. Your compliance certification shall
include a statement by a responsible official with that official's
name, title, and signature, certifying that, to the best of his or
her knowledge, the report is true, accurate, and complete.
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12. Add appendix D to subpart UUUUU to read as follows:
Appendix D to Subpart UUUUU of Part 63--PM CPMS Monitoring Provisions
1. General Provisions
1.1 Applicability. These monitoring provisions apply to the
continuous monitoring of the output from a particulate matter
continuous parametric monitoring system (PM CPMS), for the purpose
of assessing continuous compliance with an applicable emissions
limit in Table 1 or Table 2 to this subpart.
1.2 Summary of the Method. The output from an instrument capable
of continuously measuring PM concentration is continuously recorded,
either in milliamps, PM concentration, or other units of measure. An
operating limit for the PM CPMS is established initially, based on
data recorded by the monitoring system during a performance stack
test. The performance test is repeated annually and the operating
limit is reassessed. In-between successive performance tests, the
output from the PM CPMS serves as an indicator of continuous
compliance with the applicable emissions limit.
2. Continuous Monitoring of the PM CPMS Output
2.1 System Design and Performance Criteria. The PM CPMS must
meet the design and performance criteria specified in Sec. Sec.
63.10010(h)(1)(i) through (iii) and 63.10023(b)(2)(iii) and (iv). In
addition, an automated data acquisition and handling system (DAHS)
is required to record the output from the PM CPMS and to generate
the quarterly electronic data reports required under section 3.2.4
of this appendix.
2.2 Installation Requirements. Install the PM CPMS at an
appropriate location in the stack or duct, in accordance with Sec.
63.10010(a).
2.3 Determination of Operating Limits.
2.3.1 In accordance with Sec. 63.10007(a)(3), Sec.
63.10011(b), Sec. 63.10023(a), and Table 6 to this subpart, you
must determine an initial site-specific operating limit for your PM
CPMS, using data recorded by the monitoring system during a
performance stack test that demonstrates compliance with one of the
following emissions limits in Table 1 or Table 2 to this subpart:
filterable PM; total non-Hg HAP metals; total HAP metals including
Hg (liquid oil-fired units, only); individual non-Hg HAP metals; or
individual HAP metals including Hg (liquid oil-fired units, only).
2.3.2 In accordance with Sec. 63.10005(d)(2)(i), you must
perform the initial stack test no later than the applicable date in
Sec. 63.9984(f), and according to Sec. Sec. 63.10005(d)(2)(iii)
and 63.10006(a), the performance test must be repeated annually to
document compliance with the emissions limit and to reassess the
operating limit.
2.3.3 Calculate the operating limits according to Sec.
63.10023(b)(1) for existing units, and Sec. 63.10023(b)(2) for new
units.
2.4 Data Reduction and Compliance Assessment.
2.4.1 Reduce the output from the PM CPMS to hourly averages, in
accordance with Sec. 63.8(g)(2) and (5).
2.4.2 To determine continuous compliance with the operating
limit, you must calculate 30-boiler operating day rolling average
values of the output from the PM CPMS, in accordance with Sec.
63.10010(h)(3) through (6), Sec. 63.10021(c), and Table 7 to this
subpart.
2.4.3 In accordance with Sec. 63.10005(d)(2)(ii), Sec.
63.10022(a)(2), and Table 4 to this subpart, the 30-boiler operating
day rolling average PM CPMS output must be maintained at or below
the operating limit. However, if exceedances of the operating limit
should occur, you must follow the applicable procedures in Sec.
63.10021(c)(1) and (2).
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3. Recordkeeping and Reporting
3.1 Recordkeeping Provisions. You must keep the applicable
records required under Sec. 63.10032(b) and (c) for your PM CPMS.
In addition, you must maintain a file of all measurements, data,
reports, and other information required by this appendix in a form
suitable for inspection, for 5 years from the date of each record,
in accordance with Sec. 63.10033.
3.1.1 Monitoring Plan Records.
3.1.1.1 You must develop and maintain a site-specific monitoring
plan for your PM CPMS, in accordance with Sec. 63.10000(d).
3.1.1.2 In addition to the site-specific monitoring plan
required under Sec. 63.10000(d), you must use the ECMPS Client Tool
to prepare and maintain an electronic monitoring plan for your PM
CPMS.
3.1.1.2.1 Contents of the Electronic Monitoring Plan. The
electronic monitoring plan records must include the unit or stack ID
number(s), monitoring location(s), the monitoring methodology used
(i.e., PM CPMS), the current operating limit of the PM CPMS
(including the units of measure), unique system and component ID
numbers, the make, model, and serial number of the PM CPMS, the
analytical principle of the monitoring system, and monitor span and
range information.
3.1.1.2.2 Electronic Monitoring Plan Updates. If you replace or
make a change to a PM CPMS that is used to provide data under this
subpart (including a change in the automated data acquisition and
handling system) and the replacement or change affects information
reported in the electronic monitoring plan (e.g., changes to the
make, model and serial number when a PM CPMS is replaced), you must
update the monitoring plan.
3.1.2 Operating Parameter Records. You must record the following
information for each operating hour of each affected unit and for
each group of units utilizing a common stack. For non-operating
hours, record only the items in sections 3.1.2.1 and 3.1.2.2 of this
appendix.
3.1.2.1 The date and hour;
3.1.2.2 The unit or stack operating time (rounded up to the
nearest fraction of an hour (in equal increments that can range from
one hundredth to one quarter of an hour, at the option of the owner
or operator); and
3.1.2.3 If applicable, a flag to indicate that the hour is an
exempt startup or shutdown hour.
3.1.3 PM CPMS Output Records. For each affected unit or common
stack using a PM CPMS, you must record the following information for
each unit or stack operating hour:
3.1.3.1 The date and hour;
3.1.3.2 Monitoring system and component identification codes for
the PM CPMS, as provided in the electronic monitoring plan, for each
operating hour in which the monitoring system is not out-of-control
and a valid value of the output parameter is obtained;
3.1.3.3 The hourly average output from the PM CPMS, for each
operating hour in which the monitoring system is not out-of-control
and a valid value of the output parameter is obtained, either in
milliamps, PM concentration, or other units of measure, as
applicable;
3.1.3.4 A special code for each operating hour in which the PM
CPMS is out-of-control and a valid value of the output parameter is
not obtained; and
3.1.3.5 Percent monitor data availability (PMA) for the PM CPMS,
calculated according to Sec. 75.32 of this chapter.
3.1.4 Records of PM CPMS Audits and Out-of-Control Periods. In
accordance with Sec. 63.10010(h)(7), you must record, and make
available upon request, the results of PM CPMS performance audits,
as well as the dates of PM CPMS out-of-control periods and the
corrective actions taken to return the system to normal operation.
3.2 Reporting Requirements.
3.2.1 General Reporting Provisions. You must comply with the
following requirements for reporting PM CPMS data from each affected
EGU (or group of EGUs monitored at a common stack) under this
subpart:
3.2.1.1 Notifications, in accordance with section 3.2.2 of this
appendix;
3.2.1.2 Monitoring plan reporting, in accordance with section
3.2.3 of this appendix;
3.2.1.3 Report submittals, in accordance with sections 3.2.4 and
3.2.5 of this appendix.
3.2.2 Notifications. You must provide notifications for the
affected unit (or group of units monitored at a common stack) in
accordance with Sec. 63.10030.
3.2.3 Monitoring Plan Reporting. For each affected unit (or
group of units monitored at a common stack) under this subpart using
a PM CPMS you must make monitoring plan submittals as follows:
3.2.3.1 Submit the electronic monitoring plan information in
section 3.1.1.2.1 of this appendix at least 21 days prior to the
date on which the Administrator specifies that electronic reporting
of hourly PM CPMS data via ECMPS is required to begin.
3.2.3.2 Whenever an update of the electronic monitoring plan is
required, as provided in section 3.1.1.2.2 of this appendix, the
updated information must be submitted either prior to or concurrent
with the relevant quarterly electronic emissions report.
3.2.3.3 All electronic monitoring plan submittals and updates
shall be made to the Administrator using the ECMPS Client Tool.
3.2.3.4 In accordance with Sec. 63.10000(d), you must submit
the site-specific monitoring plan described in section 3.1.1.1 of
this appendix to the Administrator, if requested.
3.2.4 Electronic Quarterly Reports.
3.2.4.1 For each affected EGU (or group of EGUs monitored at a
common stack) that is subject to the provisions of this appendix,
reporting of hourly responses from the PM CPMS will begin either
with the first operating hour in the first quarter of 2018 or the
first operating hour after completion of the initial stack test that
establishes the operating limit, whichever is later. You must then
use the ECMPS Client Tool to submit electronic quarterly reports to
the Administrator, in an XML format specified by the Administrator,
starting with a report for the later of:
3.2.4.1.1 The first calendar quarter of 2018; or
3.2.4.1.2 The calendar quarter in which the initial compliance
demonstration begins.
3.2.4.2 The electronic quarterly reports must be submitted
within 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter, except
for units that have been placed in long-term cold storage (as
defined in Sec. 72.2 of this chapter).
3.2.4.3 Each electronic quarterly report shall include the
following information:
3.2.4.3.1 The date of report generation;
3.2.4.3.2 Facility identification information; and
3.2.4.3.3 The information in sections 3.1.2 and 3.1.3 of this
appendix.
3.2.4.4 Compliance Certification. Based on reasonable inquiry of
those persons with primary responsibility for ensuring that the
output from the PM CPMS has been correctly and fully monitored, the
owner or operator shall submit a compliance certification in support
of each electronic quarterly report. The compliance certification
shall include a statement by a responsible official with that
official's name, title, and signature, certifying that, to the best
of his or her knowledge, the report is true, accurate, and complete.
3.2.5 Performance Stack Test Results. You must use the ECMPS
Client Tool to report the results of all performance stack tests
conducted to document compliance with the applicable emissions limit
in Table 1 or Table 2 to this subpart, as follows:
3.2.5.1 Report a summary of each test electronically, in XML
format, in the relevant quarterly compliance report under Sec.
63.10031(g); and
3.2.5.2 Provide a complete stack test report in PDF format, in
accordance with Sec. 63.10031(f) or (h), as applicable.
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13. Add appendix E to subpart UUUUU to read as follows:
Appendix E to Subpart UUUUU to Part 63--Data Elements
1.0 You must record the electronic data elements in this
appendix that apply to your compliance strategy under this subpart.
The applicable data elements in sections 2 through 13 of this
appendix must be reported in the quarterly compliance reports
required under Sec. 63.10031(g), in an XML format prescribed by the
Administrator. For performance stack tests, RATAs, PM CEMS
correlations, RRAs and RCAs, the applicable data elements in
sections 17 through 21 of this appendix must be reported in an XML
format prescribed by the Administrator, and the information in
section 22 of this appendix must be reported in PDF format.
2.0 MATS Compliance Report Root Data Elements. You must record
the following data elements and include them in each quarterly
compliance report:
2.1 ORIS Code;
2.2 Facility Registry Identifier;
2.3 Title 40 part;
2.4 Applicable subpart;
2.5 Calendar Year;
2.6 Calendar Quarter; and
2.7 Compliance Indicator.
3.0 Performance Stack Test Summary. If you elect to demonstrate
compliance using periodic performance stack testing (including
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30-boiler operating day Hg LEE tests), record the following data
elements for each test:
3.1 Parameter;
3.2 Test Location ID;
3.3 Test Number;
3.4 Test Begin Date, Hour, and Minute;
3.5 Test End Date, Hour, and Minute;
3.6 Timing of Test;
3.7 Averaging Plan Indicator;
3.8 Averaging Group ID (if applicable);
3.9 Test Method Code;
3.10 Emission Limit, Including Units of Measure;
3.11 Average Pollutant Emission Rate;
3.12 LEE Indicator; and
3.13 LEE Basis (if applicable).
4.0 Operating Limit Data (PM CPMS, Only)
4.1 Parameter Type;
4.2 Operating Limit; and
4.3 Units of Measure.
5.0 Performance Test Run Data. For each run of the performance
stack test, record the following data elements:
5.1 Run Number;
5.2 Run Begin Date, Hour, and Minute;
5.3 Run End Date, Hour, and Minute;
5.4 Pollutant Concentration and units of measure;
5.5 Emission Rate;
5.6 Total Sampling Time; and
5.7 Total Sample Volume.
6.0 Conversion Parameters. For the parameters that are used to
convert the pollutant concentration to units of the emission
standard (including, as applicable, CO2 or O2
concentration, stack gas flow rate, stack gas moisture content, F-
factors, and gross output), record:
6.1 Parameter Type;
6.2 Parameter Source; and
6.3 Parameter Value, including Units of Measure.
7.0 QA Parameters: For key parameters that are used to quality-
assure the reference method data (including, as applicable, filter
temperature, % isokinetic, leak check results, % breakthrough, %
spike recovery, and relative deviation), record:
7.1 Parameter Type;
7.2 Parameter Value; and
7.3 Pass/Fail Status.
8.0 Averaging Group Configuration. If a particular EGU or common
stack is included in an averaging plan, record the following data
elements:
8.1 Parameter Being Averaged;
8.2 Averaging Group ID; and
8.3 Unit or Common Stack ID.
9.0 Compliance Averages. If you elect to (or are required to)
demonstrate compliance using continuous monitoring system(s) on a
30-boiler operating day rolling average basis (or on a 30- or 90-
group boiler operating day rolling weighted average emission rate
(WAER) basis, if your monitored EGU or common stack is in an
averaging plan), you must record the following data elements for
each average emission rate (or, for units in an averaging plan, for
each weighted average emission rate (WAER)):
9.1 Unit or Common Stack ID;
9.2 Averaging Group ID (if applicable);
9.3 Parameter Being Averaged;
9.4 Date;
9.5 Average Type;
9.6 Units of Measure; and
9.7 Average Value.
10.0 Unit Information. You must record the following data
elements for each EGU:
10.1 Unit ID;
10.2 Unit Type;
10.3 Date of Last Tune-up;
10.4 Date of Last Burner Inspection;
10.5 Each Type of Fuel Used During Each Calendar Month;
10.5.1 Fuel Usage Begin Date;
10.5.2 Fuel Usage End Date;
10.5.3 Quantity of Fuel Consumed;
10.5.4 Units of Measure;
10.5.5 New Fuel Type Indicator;
10.5.6 Date of Performance Test Using the New Fuel (if
applicable); and
10.5.7 Non-Waste Fuel Type (if applicable).
11.0 Malfunction Information (if applicable): If there was a
malfunction of the process equipment or control equipment during the
reporting period, record:
11.1 Event Begin Date and Hour;
11.2 Event End Date and Hour;
11.3 Malfunction Description; and
11.4 Corrective Action Description.
12.0 Deviations: If there were any deviations during the
reporting period, record:
12.1 The nature of the deviation, i.e.:
12.1.1 Emission limit exceeded;
12.1.2 Operating limit exceeded;
12.1.3 Work practice standard not met;
12.1.4 Testing requirement not met; or
12.1.5 Monitoring requirement not met;
12.2 A description of the deviation, including the date (or
range of dates), the cause (if known), and any corrective actions
taken. For monitor downtime incidents, report the percent monitor
data availability (PMA) at the end of the quarter and the lowest
hourly PMA value recorded during the quarter.
13.0 Emergency Bypass Information. If your coal-fired EGU, solid
oil-derived fuel-fired EGU, or IGCC is equipped with a main stack
and a bypass stack (or bypass duct) configuration, and has qualified
to use the LEE compliance option, you must report the following
emergency bypass information annually, in the compliance report for
the fourth calendar quarter of the year:
13.1 The total number of emergency bypass hours for the calendar
year, expressed as a percentage of the EGU's annual operating hours;
13.2 A description of each emergency bypass event during the
year, including the cause and corrective actions taken; and
13.3 Estimates of the emissions released during the emergency
bypass events.
14.0 Reference Method Data Elements. For each of the following
tests that is completed on and after January 1, 2018, you must
record and report the applicable electronic data elements in
sections 17 through 21 of this appendix, pertaining to the reference
method(s) used for the test (see section 16 of this appendix).
14.1 Each quarterly, annual, or triennial performance stack test
(including 30-boiler operating day Hg LEE tests);
14.2 Each relative accuracy test audit (RATA) of your Hg, HCl,
HF, or SO2 CEMS or each RATA of your Hg sorbent trap
monitoring system; and
14.3 Each correlation test, relative response audit (RRA) and
each response correlation audit (RCA) of your PM CEMS.
15.0 You must report the applicable data elements for each test
described in section 14 of this appendix in an XML format prescribed
by the Administrator.
15.1 For each performance stack test completed during a
particular calendar quarter and contained in the quarterly
compliance report, you must submit along with the quarterly
compliance report, the data elements in section 17 of this appendix
(which are common to all tests) and the data elements in sections 18
through 21 of this appendix that are associated with the reference
method(s) used.
15.2 For each RATA, PM CEMS correlation, RRA, or RCA, when you
use the ECMPS Client Tool to report the test results as required
under appendix A, B, or C to this subpart or, for SO2
RATAs under part 75 of this chapter, you must submit along with the
test results, the data elements in section 17 of this appendix and,
for each test run, the data elements in sections 18 through 21 of
this appendix that are associated with the reference method(s) used.
15.3 For each performance stack test, RATA, PM CEMS correlation,
RRA, and RCA, you must also provide the information described in
section 22 of this appendix in PDF format, either along with the
quarterly compliance report (for performance stack tests) or
together with the test results reported under appendix A, B, or C to
this subpart or part 75 of this chapter (for RATAs, RRAs, RCAs, or
PM CEMS correlations).
16.0 Applicable Reference Methods. One or more of the following
EPA reference methods is needed for the tests described in sections
14.1 through 14.3 of this appendix: Method 1, Method 2, Method 3A,
Method 4, Method 5, Method 5D, Method 6C, Method 26, Method 26A,
Method 29, and/or Method 30B.
16.1 Application of Methods 1 and 2. If you use periodic stack
testing to comply with an output-based emissions limit, you must
determine the stack gas flow rate during each performance test run
in which Reference Method 5, 5D, 26, 26A, 29, or 30B is used, in
order to convert the measured pollutant concentration to units of
the standard. For Methods 5, 5D, 26A and 29, which require
isokinetic sampling, the delta-P readings made with the pitot tube
and manometer at the Method 1 traverse points, taken together with
measurements of stack gas temperature, pressure, diluent gas
concentration and moisture, provide the necessary data for the
Method 2 flow rate calculations. Note that even if you elect to
comply with a heat input-based standard, when Method 5, 5D, 26A, or
29 is used, you must still use Method 2 to determine the average
stack gas velocity (vs), which is needed for the percent
isokinetic calculation. Methods 26 and 30B do not require isokinetic
sampling; therefore, when either of these methods is used, if the
stack gas flow rate is needed to comply with the applicable output-
based emissions limit, you must make a separate Method 2
determination during each test run.
16.2 Application of Method 3A. If you elect to perform periodic
stack testing to
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comply with a heat input-based emissions limit, measurement of the
diluent gas (CO2 or O2) concentration is
required for each test run in which Method 5, 5D, 26, 26A, 29, or
30B is used, in order to convert the measured pollutant
concentration to units of the standard. Method 3A is the preferred
CO2 or O2 test method, although Method 3B may
be used instead. Diluent gas measurements are also needed for stack
gas molecular weight determinations when using Method 2.
16.3 Application of Method 4. For performance stack tests,
depending on which equation is used to convert pollutant
concentration to units of the standard, measurement of the stack gas
moisture content, using Method 4, may also be required for each test
run. Method 4 moisture data are also needed for Method 2
calculations (to convert the measured flow rate from wet basis to
dry basis) and for the RATA of an Hg CEMS that measures on a wet
basis, when RM 30B is used. Other applications that may require
Method 4 moisture determinations include RATAs of an SO2
monitor (depending on the moisture basis (wet or dry) of the
reference method and CEMS), and conversion of wet-basis pollutant
concentrations to the units of a heat input-based emissions limit
when certain Method 19 equations are used (e.g., Eq. 19-3, 19-4, or
19.8). When Reference Method 5, 5D, 26A, or 29 is used for the
performance test, the Method 4 moisture determination may be made by
using the water collected in the impingers together with data from
the dry gas meter; alternatively, a separate Method 4 determination
may be made. However, when Method 26 or 30B is used, Method 4 must
be performed separately.
16.4 Applications of Methods 5 and 5D. Method 5 (or, if
applicable 5D) must be used for the following applications: To
demonstrate compliance with a filterable PM emissions limit or for
the initial correlations, RRAs and RCAs of a PM CEMS.
16.5 Applications of Method 6C. If you elect to monitor
SO2 emissions from your coal-fired EGU as a surrogate for
HCl, the SO2 CEMS must be installed, certified, operated,
and maintained according to 40 CFR part 75. Part 75 allows the use
of Reference Methods 6, 6A, 6B, and 6C for the required RATAs of the
SO2 monitor. However, in practice, only the instrumental
method (6C) is used.
16.6 Applications of Methods 26 and 26A. Method 26A may be used
for quarterly HCl or HF stack testing, or for the RATA of an HCl or
HF CEMS. Method 26 may be used for quarterly HCl or HF stack
testing; however, for the RATAs of an HCl monitor that is following
Performance Specification 18 and Procedure 6 in appendices B and F
to part 60 of this chapter, Method 26 may only be used if approved
upon request.
16.7 Applications of Method 29. Method 29 may be used for
periodic performance stack tests to determine compliance with
individual or total HAP metals emissions limits. For coal-fired
EGUs, the total HAP emissions limits exclude Hg.
16.8 Applications of Method 30B. Method 30B is used for 30-
boiler operating day Hg LEE tests and RATAs of Hg CEMS and sorbent
trap monitoring systems, and may be used for quarterly Hg stack
testing (oil-fired EGUs, only).
17.0 Data Elements Common to All Tests. You must report the
following data elements for each performance stack test, RATA, CEMS
correlation, RRA, and RCA:
17.1 Facility Name;
17.2 Facility Address;
17.3 Facility City;
17.4 Facility County;
17.5 Facility State;
17.6 Facility Zip Code;
17.7 Facility Point of Contact;
17.8 Facility Contact Phone Number;
17.9 Facility Contact email;
17.10 EPA Facility Registration System Number (FRS);
17.11 Name of Test Company;
17.12 Test Company Address;
17.13 Test Company City;
17.14 Test Company State;
17.15 Test Company Zip Code;
17.16 Test Company Point of Contact;
17.17 Test Company Contact Phone Number;
17.18 Test Company Contact email;
17.19 State Facility ID;
17.20 Sampling Location;
17.21 Test Number. For performance stack tests, this number must
exactly match the test number assigned to the summarized test
results in the relevant quarterly compliance report. For RATAs of
Hg, HCl, HF, and SO2 monitoring systems, PM CEMS
correlations, RRAs and RCAs, this number must exactly match the test
number assigned to the summarized electronic test results that are
reported under appendix A, B, or C to this subpart or part 75 of
this chapter (as applicable);
17.22 Test Method;
17.23 Process Parameter;
17.24 Duct Diameter (circular stack);
17.25 Equivalent Diameter of rectangular duct;
17.26 Area of Stack;
17.27 Number of Traverse Points;
17.28 Control Device Description;
17.29 Pollutant name;
17.30 Action on Process Material (e.g., burned);
17.31 Subpart;
17.32 SCC Code;
17.33 Project Number;
17.34 Emission Concentrations;
17.35 Percent O2/CO2 Correction;
17.36 Units of Process Parameter;
17.37 Quantity of Fuel;
17.38 Type of Fuel; and
17.39 BLD, DLL Flag for Detection Limit.
18.0 Data Elements for Methods 1-4. When Methods 1-4 are used,
you must report the following data elements for each test run,
specific to the method(s) used:
18.1 Run Number;
18.2 Run Date;
18.3 Clock Time Start;
18.4 Clock Time End;
18.5 Traverse Point;
18.6 Barometric Pressure;
18.7 Static Pressure;
18.8 Pitot Calibration;
18.9 % O2;
18.10 % CO2;
18.11 Pressure Reading at Each Traverse Point ([Delta]P);
18.12 Stack Temperature at Each Traverse Point;
18.13 Dry Basis F-Factor (Fd);
18.14 Wet Basis F-Factor (Fw);
18.15 Percent Moisture--Actual;
18.16 Dry Molecular Weight of Stack Gas;
18.17 Wet Molecular Weight of Stack Gas;
18.18 Stack Gas Velocity--fps;
18.19 Volumetric Flow Rate--scfm;
18.20 Pitot Tube ID;
18.21 Manometer Used;
18.22 Run Elapsed Time at Start (= 0);
18.23 Cumulative Elapsed Sampling Time;
18.24 Orifice Pressure--Actual;
18.25 Calibration Coefficient of Dry Gas Meter;
18.26 Dry Gas Meter Inlet Temperature at Each Traverse Point;
and
18.27 Dry Gas Meter Outlet Temperature at Each Traverse Point.
19.0 Data Elements for Methods 5, 5D, 26, 26A, and 29. When
Method 5 (or, if applicable, 5D), Method 26, Method 26A, or Method
29 is used, you must report the following data elements for each
test run:
19.1 Pollutant (analyte);
19.2 Run Number;
19.3 Run Date;
19.4 Method;
19.5 Run Start Time;
19.6 Run End Time;
19.7 Area of Stack;
19.8 Process Parameter Run Data;
19.9 Barometric Pressure;
19.10 Static Pressure;
19.11 Pitot Calibration;
19.12 Volume or Weight of Moisture Collected;
19.13 % O2;
19.14 % CO2;
19.15 Pressure Reading at Each Traverse Point ([Delta]P);
19.16 Stack Temperature at Each Traverse Point;
19.17 Pump Vacuum;
19.18 Process Run ID;
19.19 Process Run Parameter ID;
19.20 Orifice Pressure (Actual) at Each Traverse Point;
19.21 Calibration Coefficient of Dry Gas Meter;
19.22 Nozzle Calibration;
19.23 Initial Volume of Dry Gas Meter;
19.24 Final Volume of Dry Gas Meter;
19.25 Dry Gas Meter Inlet Temperature at Each Traverse Point;
19.26 Dry Gas Meter Outlet Temperature at Each Traverse Point;
19.27 Probe Temperature;
19.28 Filter/Oven Temperature;
19.29 Filter/Oven Exhaust Temperature;
19.30 Mass Collected--For Method 29, Report Both Front Half and
Back Half. For Methods 26 and 26A, Report Total Mass of HCl in
Sample; and
19.31 Units of Measurement--Mass.
20.0 Data Elements for Methods 6C and 3A. When Method 6C or 3A
is used, you must report the following data elements for each test
run:
20.1 Sampling Location;
20.2 Pollutant (analyte);
20.3 Run Number;
20.4 Run Date;
20.5 Method;
20.6 Run Start Time;
20.7 Run End Time;
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20.8 Cylinder ID;
20.9 Gas Level (Zero, Low, Mid, High);
20.10 Date of Expiration;
20.11 Compound (Analyte);
20.12 Cylinder Gas Units of Measure;
20.13 % O2,
20.14 % CO2;
20.15 Calculated Average Wet Emission Concentration
(Cgasw);
20.16 Process Parameter Run Data;
20.17 Flow Rate (scfm);
20.18 Clock Time;
20.19 Units (ppm, %, etc.);
20.20 Calibration Span Concentration;
20.21 Calibration Zero-level Concentration;
20.22 Calibration Low-level Concentration;
20.23 Calibration Mid-level Concentration;
20.24 Calibration High-level Concentration;
20.25 Zero Gas Response;
20.26 Low Gas Response;
20.27 Mid Gas Response;
20.28 High Gas Response;
20.29 Span Zero Response;
20.30 Span High Response;
20.31 Pre-test Zero Response;
20.32 Pre-test Bias Response;
20.33 Post Zero Response;
20.34 Post Span Bias Response;
20.35 Raw Measured Concentration (Cavg);
20.36 Raw Measurement Units;
20.37 Zero Gas Percent Error;
20.38 Low Gas Percent Error;
20.39 Mid Gas Percent Error;
20.40 High Gas Percent Error;
20.41 System Zero Level Calibration Error;
20.42 System High Level Calibration Error;
20.43 Pre-run Zero Bias;
20.44 Pre-run Zero Drift;
20.45 Pre-run High Level Bias, Percent;
20.46 Pre-run High Level Drift;
20.47 Post-run Zero Bias;
20.48 Post-run Zero Drift;
20.49 Post-run High Level Bias;
20.50 Post-run High Level drift;
20.51 Calculated Average Dry Emissions Concentration
(Cgas);
20.52 Measurement Units of Cgas (Dry); and
20.53 Measurement Units of Cgas (Wet).
21.0 Data Elements for Method 30B. When Method 30B is used, you
must report the following data elements for each test run:
21.1 Sampling Location;
21.2 Pollutant (analyte);
21.3 Run Number;
21.4 Run Date;
21.5 Method;
21.6 Run Start Time;
21.7 Run End Time;
21.8 Process Parameter Run Data;
21.9 Area of Stack;
21.10 Barometric Pressure;
21.11 Static Pressure;
21.12 %O2;
21.13 %CO2;
21.14 Stack Gas Volumetric Flow Rate (dry, standard conditions);
21.15 Stack Gas Temperature;
21.16 Associated Process Run Rate;
21.17 Start Minutes (cumulative);
21.18 End Minutes (cumulative);
21.19 Actual Clock Time;
21.20 Meter Box A or B Correction Factor (Y);
21.21 Pre Leak Check Vacuum (in. Hg);
21.22 Post Leak Check Vacuum (in. Hg);
21.23 Pre Leak Rate;
21.24 Post Leak Rate;
21.25 Gas Sample Volume Units of Measure;
21.26 Hg Mass Units of Measure;
21.27 Dry Gas Meter Reading at Beginning of Sampling, Sampling
Train A or B;
21.28 Dry Gas Meter Reading at End of Sampling, Sampling Train A
or B;
21.29 Dry Gas Meter Temperature (Train A or B);
21.30 Sampling Rate (Train A or B);
21.31 Pump Vacuum;
21.32 Sorbent Trap ID;
21.33 Mass of Spike on Field Recovery Traps;
21.34 Mass Collected on Section 1 (A or B); and
21.35 Mass Collected on Section 2 (A or B).
22.0 Other Information for Each Test. For each test, you must
submit the following information in PDF format as a supplement to
the XML reports required by this appendix: All information
pertaining to the test that is ordinarily included in a
comprehensive test report, but is incompatible with electronic
reporting format, including, but not limited to diagrams showing the
location of the test site and the sampling points, laboratory
calibrations of source sampling equipment, calibration gas cylinder
certificates, and stack testers' credentials. The applicable data
elements in Sec. 63.10031(f)(6)(i) through (xii) must be entered
into ECMPS with each submittal; the test number (see Sec.
63.10031(f)(6)(xi)) must be included and it must match the test
number in section 17.21 of this appendix.
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