| (i) provide a demonstrated means of validating the
published content of the PAL pollutant that is contained in, or created
by, all materials used in or at the facility;
(ii) assume that the facility emits all of the PAL
pollutant that is contained in, or created by, any raw material or
fuel used in or at the facility, if it cannot otherwise be accounted
for in the process; and
(iii) where the vendor of a material or fuel that is
used in or at the facility publishes a range of pollutant content
from such material, the owner or operator shall use the highest value
of the range to calculate the PAL pollutant emissions unless the executive
director determines that there is site-specific data or a site-specific
monitoring program to support another content within the range.
(B) An owner or operator using a CEMS to monitor PAL
pollutant emissions shall meet the following requirements.
(i) The CEMS must comply with applicable performance
specifications found in 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 60, Appendix
B.
(ii) The CEMS must sample, analyze, and record data
at least every 15 minutes while the emissions unit is operating.
(C) An owner or operator using CPMS or PEMS to monitor
PAL pollutant emissions shall meet the following requirements.
(i) The CPMS or the PEMS must be based on current site-specific
data demonstrating a correlation between the monitored parameter(s)
and the PAL pollutant emissions across the range of operation of the
facility.
(ii) Each CPMS or PEMS must sample, analyze, and record
data at least every 15 minutes or at another less frequent interval
approved by the executive director, while the facility is operating.
(D) An owner or operator using emission factors to
monitor PAL pollutant emissions shall meet the following requirements.
(i) All emission factors must be adjusted, if appropriate,
to account for the degree of uncertainty or limitations in the factors'
development.
(ii) The facility must operate within the designated
range of use for the emission factor, if applicable.
(iii) If technically practicable, the owner or operator
of a significant facility that relies on an emission factor to calculate
PAL pollutant emissions shall conduct validation testing to determine
a site-specific emission factor within six months of PAL permit issuance,
unless the executive director determines that testing is not required.
(E) An alternative monitoring approach must meet the
requirements in paragraph (1) of this subsection and be approved by
the executive director.
(4) Where an owner or operator of a facility cannot
demonstrate a correlation between a monitored parameter(s) and the
PAL pollutant emissions rate at all operating points of the facility,
the executive director shall:
(A) establish default value(s) for determining compliance
with the PAL based on the highest potential emissions reasonably estimated
at such operating point(s); or
(B) determine that operation of the facility during
operating conditions when there is no correlation between monitored
parameter(s) and the PAL pollutant emissions is a violation of the
PAL.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §116.186 adopted to be effective February 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 515; amended to be effective March 3, 2011, 36 TexReg 1305; amended to be effective August 16, 2012, 37 TexReg 6049 |
