(1) The owner or operator of any source
subject to this chapter shall submit to the department on September 15 and
March 15 of each year a report in writing containing the information required
by this section.
(2) The first
semiannual report shall be submitted within 180 days of the initial startup
date of a source on which construction or modification commenced after February
1, 1984.
(3) Unless otherwise
specified, the owner or operator shall use the Methods of 40 CFR part 61, Appendix B, incorporated by reference in s.
NR 484.04(23), to conduct emission tests
as required by pars. (b) and (c), unless an equivalent or an alternative method
has been approved by the department. If the department finds reasonable grounds
to dispute the results obtained by an equivalent or alternative method, the
department may require the use of a reference method. If the results of the
reference and equivalent or alternative methods do not agree, the results
obtained by the reference method prevail, and the department may notify the
owner or operator that approval of the method previously considered to be
equivalent or alternative is withdrawn.
(a)
The owner or operator shall include in the report a record of any emissions
which averaged over any hour period (commencing on the hour) are in excess of
the emission limits prescribed in s.
NR 449.04(1) or (2), 449.05(1) or 449.06(1) (a), (2), (3) or
(4), or for any control system to which
reactor emissions are required to be ducted in s.
NR 449.06(1) (b) or to which fugitive
emissions are required to be ducted in s.
NR 449.07(2) (a) 2.,(b), (e), (f) 2. or (i)
2. The emissions shall be measured in
accordance with s.
NR 449.10.
(b) In polyvinyl chloride plants for which a
stripping operation is used to attain the emission level prescribed in s.
NR 449.06(5), the owner or operator
shall include in the report a record of the vinyl chloride content in the
polyvinyl chloride resin. Method 107 of 40 CFR part 61, Appendix B,
incorporated by reference in s.
NR 484.04(23), shall be used to
determine vinyl chloride content in accordance with this paragraph.
1. If batch stripping is used, one
representative sample of polyvinyl chloride resin shall be taken from each
batch of each grade of resin immediately following the completion of the
stripping operation and identified by resin type and grade and the date and
time the batch is completed. The corresponding quantity of material processed
in each stripper batch shall be recorded and identified by resin type and grade
and the date and time the batch is completed.
2. If continuous stripping is used, one
representative sample of polyvinyl chloride resin shall be taken for each grade
of resin processed, whichever is more frequent. The sample shall be taken as
the resin flows out of the stripper and identified by resin type and grade and
the date and time the sample was taken. The corresponding quantity of material
processed by each stripper over the time period represented by the sample
during the 8-hour period shall be recorded and identified by resin type and
grade and the date and time it represents.
3. The quantity of material processed by the
stripper shall be determined on a dry solids basis and by a method submitted to
and approved by the department.
4.
At the prior request of the department, the owner or operator shall provide
duplicates of the samples required in subds. 1. and 2.
5. The report to the department by the owner
or operator shall include the vinyl chloride content found in each sample
required by subds. 1. and 2., averaged separately for each type of resin, over
each calendar day and weighted according to the quantity of each grade of resin
processed by the stripper or strippers that calendar day, according to the
following equation:
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Gi is the grade of resin (e.g.,
G1, G2 and
G3)
n is the total number of grades of resin produced during the
24-hour period
6. Records
of all data needed to furnish the information required by subd. 5. shall be
retained at the source and made available for inspection by a department
representative for a minimum of 3 years. The records shall contain:
a. The vinyl chloride content found in all
the samples required in subds. 1. and 2., identified by the resin type and
grade and the time and date of the sample, and
b. The corresponding quantity of polyvinyl
chloride resin processed by the stripper or strippers identified by the resin
type and grade and the time and date it represents.
(c) The owner or operator shall
include in the report a record of the emissions from each reactor opening for
which an emission limit is prescribed in s.
NR 449.06(1) (b). Emissions shall be
determined in accordance with s.
NR 449.09(6) (e), except that emissions
for each reactor are to be determined. For a reactor that is also used as a
stripper, the determination may be made immediately following the stripping
operation.
