Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 60.1 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 11-60.1-11 - Sampling, testing, and reporting methods
Current through February, 2024
(a) All sampling and testing shall be made and the results calculated in accordance with the reference methods specified by EPA, or in the absence of an EPA reference method, test procedures approved by the director. All tests shall be made under the direction of persons knowledgeable in the field of air emissions measurement testing.
(b) The department may conduct tests of emissions of air pollutants from any source. Upon request of the director, an owner or operator of a stationary source may be required to conduct tests of emissions of air pollutants at the owner or operator's expense. The owner or operator of the stationary source to be tested shall provide necessary ports in stacks or ducts and such other safe and proper sampling and testing facilities, exclusive of instruments and sensing devices, as may be necessary for proper determination of the emissions of air pollutants.
(c) The director may require the owner or operator of any stationary source to maintain files on information concerning pertinent process and material flow, fuels used, nature and amount and time periods or durations of emissions, or any other information as may be deemed necessary by the director to determine whether the stationary source complies with applicable emission limitations, NAAQS, any state ambient air quality standard, or other provisions of this chapter in a permanent form suitable for inspection or in a manner authorized by the director.
(d) The information recorded shall be summarized and reported to the director as specified in the permit and in accordance with any requirement of this chapter. Recording periods shall be January 1 to June 30 and July 1 to December 31, or any other period specified by the director, except the initial recording period shall commence on the date the director issues the notification of the recordkeeping requirements. The director may require the owner or operator to submit any reported summary to the Administrator.
(e) Information recorded by the owner or operator of a stationary source and copies of the summarizing reports submitted to the director shall be retained by the owner or operator for a specified time period from the date on which the information is recorded or the pertinent report is submitted. The specified time period shall be as required in sections 11-60.1-68(5) (F) or 11-60.1-90(7) (H) or as identified within an applicable requirement for the stationary source.
(f) Owners or operators of stationary sources shall correlate applicable emission limitations and other requirements within the report.
