Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 167 - Pollution Control Agency
Chapter 7017 - MONITORING AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS
PERFORMANCE TESTS
Part 7017.2005 - DEFINITIONS

Subpart 1. Scope.

For the purposes of parts 7017.2001 to 7017.2060, the definitions given in part 7005.0100 shall apply unless otherwise defined in this part.

Subp. 1a. Applicable requirement.

"Applicable requirement" has the meaning given in part 7007.0100, subpart 7.

Subp. 2. Compliance document.

"Compliance document" means a permit, stipulation agreement, administrative penalty order, administrative order, compliance agreement, schedule of compliance, consent order, consent decree, or variance issued by the agency or EPA to control air pollution.

Subp. 2a. Data submittal engineering test.

"Data submittal engineering test" means a performance test that is conducted voluntarily by the owner or operator of the emission facility for the purpose of submitting the results to support a permit application, emission inventory submittal, or any other type of data submittal. This does not include voluntary retests conducted following a failure to demonstrate compliance or performance tests conducted voluntarily in order to relax an operating limit in accordance with part 7017.2025, subpart 3b.

Subp. 3. Federal regulation.

"Federal regulation" means any regulation promulgated by EPA under the Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401, et seq.

Subp. 4. Performance test.

"Performance test" means the quantification of emissions or determination of the physical, chemical, or aesthetic properties of those emissions from an emissions unit by means of conducting one or more test runs at an emission facility. When requested or approved by the commissioner, a performance test includes the determination of capture efficiency, collection efficiency, control efficiency, or destruction efficiency associated with a hood or emissions unit or control device. The terms "capture efficiency," "collection efficiency," "control efficiency," "destruction efficiency," and "hood" have the meanings given in part 7011.0060.

Subp. 5. Test plan.

"Test plan" means the document which describes the objectives of a performance test, how the emissions unit will be operated during the performance test, how operating conditions will be monitored and recorded, which test methods will be used, and any other specific requirements of the applicable requirement or compliance document.

Subp. 6. Test run.

"Test run" means the procedure for sampling or analyzing emissions during a performance test at or before the emission point of an emissions unit over a defined length of time at specified operating conditions.

Subp. 7. Testing company.

"Testing company" means a corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship that conducts performance tests as a normal part of its business activities and that is not the owner or operator of the emission facility or a subsidiary, division, or subdivision of the owner or operator of the emission facility.

Subp. 8. Worst case conditions.

"Worst case conditions" means the mode of operation of an emissions unit, including the air pollution control equipment, that is allowed under the applicable requirement or compliance document and which is known, through performance test data or mass balance calculation, to give the highest emission rate for an air pollutant within the allowed range of operating conditions. The type of operating conditions included in this definition shall be limited to the process or operating rate and any operational parameters that are regulated by the applicable requirement or compliance document.