25 Pa. Code § 139.101 - General requirements
This section applies to monitoring systems as defined in the manual referenced in § 139.102(3) (relating to references), installations required or approved under Chapters 122, 124, 127 and 129 or in an order issued under section 4 of the act (35 P.S. § 4004).
(1) The submittal procedures specified in the
publication entitled "Continuous Source Monitoring Manual," available from the
Department shall be utilized to obtain Department approval. This publication
includes:
(i) Installation
requirements.
(ii) Performance
specifications.
(iii) Test
procedures.
(iv) Reporting
requirements.
(v) Quality assurance
requirements.
(vi) Administrative
procedures for obtaining Department approval.
(2) The monitoring system installation,
certification and operation shall be conducted under the direct supervision of
persons qualified by training and experience.
(3) The monitoring systems may be designed to
monitor source emissions or stack emissions if the representativeness of
emissions can be verified. The method of conversion of monitoring results to
source or stack emissions shall be approved by the Department.
(4) The location of monitoring devices shall
be approved by the Department prior to installation. The selection of the
monitoring location shall utilize applicable criteria in the manual referenced
in §
139.102(3). The
Department has the authority to determine which of the criteria are applicable.
The representativeness of the measurements at the chosen monitoring location
shall be verified.
(5) The owner of
a monitored source shall maintain records containing monitoring information and
report data to the Department as specified in the manual referenced in §
139.102(3). The
records shall be maintained for 5 years and be available for inspection by
Department personnel.
(6) The owner
of a monitored source shall provide permanent sampling facilities as specified
in §
139.1 (relating to sampling
facilities) to permit verification testing by the Department. For extractive
monitors, calibration gas inlets shall be available as near as possible to the
monitor probe inlet to permit the Department to verify calibration of the
monitoring system. Facilities shall be approved by the Department prior to
construction.
(7) Verification
testing for monitoring systems shall be in accordance with Subchapter B
(relating to monitoring duties of certain sources), and of the manual
referenced in §
139.102(3).
(8) A quality assurance program shall be
established and maintained by the owner of the monitored source. This program
shall be in accordance with the criteria in the sources listed in §
139.102.
(9) The Department's approval will be based
on the criteria specified in the manual referenced in §
139.102(3).
Failure to utilize the specified procedures or to conduct the quality assurance
program could result in denying or rescinding the Department's
approval.
(10) The owner of a
monitored source shall notify the Department when the monitoring system is
inoperative for more than 1 hour during an air pollution episode as specified
in Chapter 137 (relating to air pollution episodes). The notice shall be given
within 2 hours of the malfunction.
(11) Manual sampling conducted under
Subchapter B may be required if the Department determines that the monitoring
system data is not accurate or that the owner of the monitored source does not
conduct the quality assurance program specified in the manual referenced in
§
139.102(3).
(12) Required monitoring shall meet at least
one of the following minimum data availability requirements unless other data
availability requirements are stipulated elsewhere in this title, in a plan
approval or permit condition under Chapter 127 (relating to construction,
modification, reactivation and operation of sources), or in an order issued
under section 4 of the act. For purposes of calculating data availability,
"process down" time, as specified in the manual referenced in §
139.102(3), shall
be considered valid time.
(i) In each
calendar month, at least 90% of the time periods for which an emission standard
or an operational parameter applies shall be valid as set forth in the quality
assurance section of the manual referenced in §
139.102(3).
(ii) In each calendar quarter, at least 95%
of the hours shall be valid as set forth in the quality assurance section of
the manual referenced in §
139.102(3).
(13) The monitor results shall be expressed
in terms of the applicable standard or criteria required. The method used to
convert monitor data shall be approved by the Department.
(14) Monitoring systems shall comply with the
applicable performance specifications section of the manual referenced in
§
139.102(3). The
Department has the authority to determine which of the performance
specifications are applicable.
(15)
Verification of calibration standards shall be conducted in accordance with the
applicable sampling methods in the Department's "Source Testing Manual" or as
otherwise approved by the Department. The "Source Testing Manual" may be
obtained from the Department.
(16)
The requirements of this section apply to monitoring to demonstrate compliance
with emissions standards and process operational parameter
criteria.
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