Current through 2024-44, October 30, 2024
Section 096-165-5 - General Permit Class IV-A Incinerator Record Keeping, Testing and Reporting RequirementsA.Record Keeping Requirements(1) The owner/operator shall maintain sufficient records to accurately document compliance with emission standards and general permit conditions and shall maintain such records for a minimum of six (6) years. The records shall be submitted to the Department upon written request. (1) The owner/operator shall maintain a log detailing and quantifying the hours of operation on a daily basis for each Class IV-A Veterinary Incinerator or Human Crematory Incinerator. The log shall record the weight of each charge to the incinerator, preheat temperature, preheating time, charging time, afterburner temperature directly after charging and every 60 minutes after startup until and including final shutdown time. The operation log shall be kept on-site at the incinerator location.(2) The owner/operator shall maintain a log detailing the maintenance of emission control equipment. Records of the date of each inspection and any corrective action required will be included in the maintenance log. The maintenance log shall be kept on-site at the incinerator location.(3) The owner/operator shall maintain records of malfunctions, failures, downtime, and any other similar change in operation of air pollution control systems or the emissions unit itself that would affect emissions and that is not consistent with the terms and conditions of this general permit.(4) Although it is not being required at this time, the installation and operation of continuous recording devices may become necessary to document compliance with the temperature requirements of this permit. If the Department determines that continuous recording devices are necessary, the permit holder shall, within 120 days, demonstrate that continuous recorders have been installed and are operational and recording accurately.B. Testing and Reporting Requirements(1) In accordance with the Department's air emission compliance test protocol and 40 CFR Part 60 or other approved method as required by the Department, the owner/operator shall: (a) perform testing to demonstrate compliance with applicable emission standards under circumstances representative of the facility's normal process and operating conditions. Testing shall be completed within sixty (60) calendar days of receipt of a notification to test from the Department or EPA, if visible emissions, equipment operating parameters, staff inspection, air monitoring or other cause indicate that equipment may be operating out of compliance with emission standards or license conditions;(b) install or make provisions to install test ports that meet the criteria of 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A, and test platforms, if necessary, and other accommodations necessary to allow emission testing; and (c) submit a written report of test results to the Department within thirty (30) days from date of test completion.(3) If the results of a test performed under circumstances representative of the facility's normal process and operating conditions indicate emissions in excess of the applicable standards, then: (a) within thirty (30) days following receipt of such test results, the owner/operator shall correct malfunctions in the system and shall re-test the non-complying emission source under circumstances representative of the facility's normal process and operating conditions and in accordance with the Department's air emission compliance test protocol and 40 CFR Part 60 or other method approved or required by the Department;(b) the days of violation shall be presumed to include the date of test and each and every day of operation thereafter until compliance is demonstrated under normal and representative process and operating conditions, except to the extent that the facility can prove to the satisfaction of the Department that there were intervening days during which no violation occurred or that the violation was not continuing in nature; and(c) the owner/operator may, upon the approval of the Department following the successful demonstration of compliance at alternative load conditions, operate under such alternative load conditions on an interim basis prior to a demonstration of compliance under normal and representative process and operating conditions.(4) The owner/operator shall notify the Department within two (2) days or the next state working day, whichever is later, of occasions where malfunctions, failures, downtime, and any other similar change in operation of air pollution control systems or the emissions unit itself that result in an increase of emissions. The owner/operator shall report all excess emissions in the units of the applicable emission limitation.(5) Upon written request from the Department, the owner/operator shall establish and maintain records, make reports, install, use and maintain monitoring equipment, and sample emissions in accordance with prescribed methods, at locations, intervals, and in a manner the Department shall prescribe; and provide other information as the Department may reasonably require to determine compliance status.C. Severability. Each part of this Chapter is severable, and in the event that any part of this Chapter is held to be invalid, the remainder of the Chapter continues in full force and effect. 06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 165, § 5