Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Submittal of performance
test results.
The owner or operator of the emission facility shall submit a
test report and any additional information required by the applicable
requirement, compliance document, or test plan. A report shall be submitted for
any performance test that was required pursuant to part
7017.2020, subpart
1, whether or not the test
data indicates compliance with the applicable emission limits or operating
conditions and whether or not the test was completed according to the approved
test plan.
Subp. 2.
Submittal schedule.
The performance test report must be postmarked or received
within 45 days following completion of the performance test unless an alternate
schedule is given in the applicable compliance document. The owner or operator
of the emission facility may request in the test plan that the submittal
deadline be extended by up to 15 days if the complexity of the test schedule or
the laboratory analysis is such that submittal within 45 days is
impractical.
Subp. 3.
Complete report.
The report shall include the following elements:
A. Cover:
(1) name and location of the emission
facility;
(2) identification of
emissions unit tested;
(3) date of
the performance test; and
(4) name
and address of testing company or agency.
B. Certification: signed and dated
certification statements in the format required by part
7017.2040.
C. Introduction:
(1) reason for testing, for example, required
by permit or notice of violation, including permit number or name of other
applicable compliance document;
(2)
test location, type of process;
(3)
test dates;
(4) pollutants
tested;
(5) observers' names
including industry and agency observers; and
(6) any other important background
information.
D. Summary
of results:
(1) emission results, expressed
in the same units as the emission limits or in units prescribed in any
applicable compliance document as defined in part 7017.2005, subpart 2;
(2) process data, as related to
determination of compliance;
(3)
emission limits and applicable regulations;
(4) description of collected
samples;
(5) visible emissions
summary if applicable; and
(6)
discussion of errors, both real and apparent.
E. Operating parameters: readings of discrete
data from monitoring instruments must be recorded at least every 15 minutes or
other reasonable time interval as approved by the commissioner during the test
and strip charts or retrieved electronic data from continuous monitors must be
included in the test report:
(1) description
of process and air pollution control devices;
(2) process and control equipment flow
diagram;
(3) process data and
results, with example calculations; and
(4) any specially required operation
demonstrations.
F.
Maintenance: description, including dates, of all maintenance and operational
inspections, including major cleaning operations and replacement, repair, or
modification of functional components of process or control equipment done in
the month prior to the test.
G.
Sampling and analysis procedures:
(1)
sampling port location and dimensioned cross section, showing all flow
disturbances including elbows, dampers, fans, constrictions, and collection
equipment;
(2) description of
sampling point;
(3) description of
sampling train;
(4) brief
description of sampling procedures and analytical methods, with discussion of
deviations from standard methods, including a statement of source methods used,
but not including complete copies of reference methods in the report;
and
(5) if a method other than a
United States EPA reference method was used, statement of the detection limit
and the level of accuracy of the method under the conditions of the test and at
the concentration of air pollutant that is reported.
H. Appendix:
(1) complete results, including any fuel
analysis, with example calculations, showing equations used and actual results
in equation form on same or adjacent pages, using applicable equations shown in
the reference method;
(2) copies of
raw field data;
(3) laboratory
report, with record of chain of custody;
(4) raw production data, signed by plant
official who can interpret the data and can be held accountable for the
data;
(5) test log;
(6) calibration procedures and results,
including Pitot tube, nozzle, meter box, thermometer, and barometer
calibrations;
(7) project
participants and titles; and
(8) a
copy of the most recent version of the test plan and a copy of the
commissioner's written approval of the test plan.
I. Additional information:
(1) any other special requirement of the test
method, test plan, applicable requirement, or compliance document;
and
(2) any other information
necessary to evaluate compliance with parts
7017.2020 and
7017.2025 as requested by the
commissioner.
