La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § III-1513

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section III-1513 - Recordkeeping and Reporting

A. Except as provided in Subsections B-D of this Section, the owner or operator of any facility subject to the provisions of this Chapter shall record and retain at the site for at least two years the data required to demonstrate compliance with this Chapter. All emissions data shall be recorded in the units of the applicable standard using the averaging time of the applicable standard, as follows.

1. CEMS data shall be recorded continuously.

2. Initial and additional compliance determination data shall be recorded upon each occurrence. A report showing the results of any such test shall be submitted no later than 90 days after the completion of the test.

3. For sulfuric acid plants, the production rate of H₂SO₄ shall be recorded daily.

B. The owner or operator of any single point source approved for alternative emissions monitoring in accordance with LAC 33:III.1511.C shall record the appropriate data required to demonstrate compliance as follows.

1. For sources that burn fuel gas or refinery gas in multiple combustion units, maintain continuous records of the fuel hydrogen sulfide content and the fuel consumption rate.

2. For emissions units that burn or decompose sulfur-containing fuel and/or feedstock, maintain continuous records of the fuel and/or feedstock consumption rate and a record of the input sulfur at the following frequencies.

a. For fuel supplied from a bulk storage tank, values for input sulfur shall be recorded on each occasion that the fuel is transferred to the storage tank from any other source.

b. For feedstock or any other method of supplying fuel, values for input sulfur shall be recorded daily.

3. For an emissions unit with an approved custom schedule, the fuel and/or feedstock consumption rate and input sulfur shall be recorded according to the custom schedule approved by the administrative authority in accordance with LAC 33:III.1511.C.3.

C. The owner or operator of any emissions unit that is not subject to the emissions limitations of this Chapter shall record and retain at the site sufficient data to show annual potential sulfur dioxide emissions from the emissions unit.

D. Compliance with the recordkeeping requirements of 40 CFR Part 75Con tinuous Emission Monitoring shall satisfy the recordkeeping provisions of this Section.

E. All compliance data shall be made available to a representative of the department or the U.S. EPA on request. When applicable, compliance data shall be reported to the department annually in accordance with LAC 33:III.919. In addition, quarterly reports of three-hour excess emissions and reports of emergency conditions in accordance with LAC 33:I.Chapter 39 shall be made.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § III-1513

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Air Quality and Radiation Protection, Air Quality Division, LR 18:376 (April 1992), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 30:1671 (August 2004), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 33:1013 (June 2007), LR 37:3229 (November 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2054.