06-096 C.M.R. ch. 117, § 7 - Quarterly Reporting Requirements

A. If no excess emissions have occurred and the CEMS have not been inoperative, repaired, or adjusted, such information shall be provided in a quarterly report.

B. Exceedance, Out-of-Control and Non-Operational Period Reporting. All sources required by state or federal requirements to install and operate a CEMS shall provide the Department with emission reports for opacity excess emissions, PM excess emissions and gaseous excess emissions on a quarterly basis within thirty (30) days of the end of each calendar quarter. These reports shall be in a format approved by the Department and shall include but not be limited to the following information:

(1) The name of the air contaminant emission standard exceeded;

(2) The air contaminant emission standard;

(3) The amount of air contaminant emitted in excess of the applicable emission standard expressed in the units of the standard;

(4) Date and time of commencement and completion of each time period of excess emission;

(5) Specific cause of the excess emission and the corrective action taken;

(6) Date and times of each period where the CEMS was either not operational or was out-of-control and the total percentage of time that this represents over the quarter relative to the emissions unit operating time during the quarter; and

(7) Specific cause of each out-of-control or nonoperational period for each CEMS, and the corrective action taken.

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06-096 C.M.R. ch. 117, § 7