Subchapter C. REQUIREMENTS FOR SOURCE MONITORING
FOR STATIONARY SOURCES
Sec.
139.101. General requirements.
139.102. References.
139.103. Opacity monitoring requirements.
139.104. [Reserved].
139.105. [Reserved].
139.106. [Reserved].
139.107. [Reserved].
139.108. TRS compound monitoring requirements.
139.111. Waste incinerator monitoring requirements.
Cross References This subchapter cited in 25 Pa. Code § 123.25 (relating to monitoring requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 123.46 (relating to monitoring requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 123.51 (relating to monitoring requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 129.17 (relating to kraft pulp mills); 25 Pa. Code § 129.18 (relating to municipal waste incinerators); 25 Pa. Code § 129.100 (relating to compliance demonstration and recordkeeping requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 129.115 (relating to written notification, compliance demonstration and recordkeeping and reporting requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 129.308 (relating to compliance determination); 25 Pa. Code § 139.17 (relating to general requirements); and 25 Pa. Code § 145.144 (relating to compliance determination).
§ 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.
Source The provisions of this § 139.101 adopted April 27, 1979, effective August 1, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 1447; corrected May 11, 1979, effective August 1, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 1534; amended June 19, 1981, effective June 20, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 2132; amended August 12, 1983, effective August 13, 1983, 13 Pa.B. 2478; amended October 26, 1990, effective October 27, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 5416; amended November 25, 1994, effective November 26, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 5899; corrected January 28, 2000, effective March 7, 1998, 30 Pa.B. 533. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (239787) to (239789).
Cross References This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 123.108 (relating to source emissions monitoring requirements) and 25 Pa. Code § 123.210 (relating to general monitoring and reporting requirements).
§ 139.102. References.
The following are references of this subchapter:
(1) ‘‘Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources,’’ 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter C, Part 60, Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402-9328.
(2) ‘‘Minimum Emission Monitoring Requirements,’’ 40 CFR Subchapter C, Part 51, Appendix P, Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402-9328.
(3) ‘‘Continuous Source Monitoring Manual,’’ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources, Bureau of Air Quality Control, Post Office Box 8468, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-8468.
Source The provisions of this § 139.102 adopted April 27, 1979, effective August 1, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 1447; corrected May 11, 1979, effective August 1, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 1534; amended August 12, 1983, effective August 13, 1983, 13 Pa.B. 2478; amended October 26, 1990, effective October 27, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 5416; amended November 25, 1994, effective November 26, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 5899. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (188275).
Cross References This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 123.108 (relating to source emissions monitoring requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 139.5 (relating to revisions to the source testing manual and continuous source monitoring manual); 25 Pa. Code § 139.17 (relating to general requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 139.101 (relating to general requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 139.103 (relating to opacity monitoring requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 139.108 (relating to TRS compound monitoring requirements); and 25 Pa. Code § 139.111 (relating to municipal waste incinerator monitoring requirements).
§ 139.103. Opacity monitoring requirements.
This section applies to sources monitoring opacity.
(1) Opacity measurements shall be converted to represent plume opacity as described in the manual referenced in § 139.102(3) (relating to references). The conversion method shall be approved by the Department.
(2) Opacity monitoring systems shall meet at least one of the following minimum data availability requirements unless other data availability requirements are stipulated elsewhere in this title for a particular process:
(i) At least 90% of the hours in each calendar month shall be valid hours as set forth in the quality assurance section of the manual referenced in § 139.102(3).
(ii) At least 95% of the hours in each calendar quarter shall be valid hours as set forth in the quality assurance section of the manual referenced in § 139.102(3).
Source The provisions of this § 139.103 adopted April 27, 1979, effective August 1, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 1447; corrected May 11, 1979, effective August 1, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 1534; amended June 19, 1981, effective June 20, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 2132; amended October 26, 1990, effective October 27, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 5416; amended November 25, 1994, effective November 26, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 5899. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (188275) to (188276).
§ 139.104. [Reserved].
Source The provisions of this § 139.104 adopted April 27, 1979, effective August 1, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 1447; corrected May 11, 1979, effective August 1, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 1534; amended June 19, 1981, effective June 20, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 2132; amended October 26, 1990, effective October 27, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 5416; amended November 25, 1994, effective November 26, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 5899; amended December 26, 1997, effective December 27, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 6804. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (237326) to (237327).
§ 139.105. [Reserved].
Source The provisions of this § 139.105 adopted August 4, 1978, effective August 5, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 2164; amended June 19, 1981, effective June 20, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 2132; reserved October 26, 1990, effective October 27, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 5416. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (128500).
§ 139.106. [Reserved].
Source The provisions of this § 139.106 adopted June 19, 1981, effective June 20, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 2132; reserved October 26, 1990, effective October 27, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 5416. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (128500) to (128501).
§ 139.107. [Reserved].
Source The provisions of this § 139.107 adopted June 19, 1981, effective June 20, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 2132; reserved October 26, 1990, effective October 27, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 5416. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (128501).
§ 139.108. TRS compound monitoring requirements.
This section applies to sources monitoring total reduced sulfur (TRS) emissions. TRS monitoring systems shall meet at least one of the following minimum data availability requirements unless other data availability requirements are stipulated elsewhere in this title for a particular process:
(1) At least 75% of the 12-hour averages during each calendar month shall be valid 12-hour averages as set forth in the quality assurance section of the manual referenced in § 139.102(3) (relating to references).
(2) At least 85% of the 12-hour averages in each calendar quarter shall be valid 12-hour averages as set forth in the quality assurance section of the manual referenced in § 139.102(3).
Source The provisions of this § 139.108 adopted May 6, 1988, effective May 7, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 2102; reserved October 26, 1990, effective October 27, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 5416; amended November 25, 1994, effective November 26, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 5899. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (151715).
§ 139.111. Waste incinerator monitoring requirements.
This section applies to monitoring systems installed on municipal and hospital waste incinerators.
(1) Carbon monoxide, combustion efficiency and temperature monitoring systems shall meet the following minimum data availability requirements:
(i) One hundred percent of the data hours shall be valid hours as set forth in the quality assurance section of the manual referenced in § 139.102(3) (relating to references).
(ii) At least 90% of the data required to be collected each hour shall be valid data as set forth in the quality assurance section of the manual referenced in § 139.102(3).
(2) Opacity monitoring systems shall meet the following minimum data availability requirement: At least 95% of the data hours each day shall be valid hours as set forth in the quality assurance section of the manual referenced in § 139.102(3).
(3) Hydrogen chloride, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide monitoring systems shall meet the following minimum data availability requirement: At least 90% of the data hours each month shall be valid hours as set forth in the quality assurance section of the manual referenced in § 139.102(3).
Authority The provisions of this § 139.111 issued under section 5 of the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P. S. § 4005).
Source The provisions of this § 139.111 adopted October 26, 1990, effective October 27, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 5416; amended December 26, 1997, effective December 27, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 6804. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (237328).
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