N.H. Admin. Code § Env-A 3210.05

Current through Register No. 45, November 7, 2024

Section Env-A 3210.05 - Recertification Procedures for Sources Not Subject to the Acid Rain Program

(a) The owner or operator of a NOx budget source that is not subject to an acid rain program emissions limitation shall comply with the initial certification and recertification procedures of this part, except that:

(1) The owner or operator of a unit that qualifies to use the low mass emissions excepted monitoring methodology under 40 CFR 75.19 shall also meet the requirements of Env-A 3210.06; and

(2) The owner or operator of a unit that qualifies to use an alternative monitoring system under of 40 CFR 75, Subpart E shall also meet the requirements of Env-A 3210.07.

(b) The owner or operator shall ensure that each monitoring system required by 40 CFR 75, Subpart H, including the automated data acquisition and handling system, successfully completes all of the initial certification testing required under 40 CFR 75.20.

(c) Initial certification according to 40 CFR 75.20 shall be required whenever the owner or operator installs a monitoring system in order to meet the requirements of this part in a location where no such monitoring system was previously installed.

(d) Whenever the owner or operator makes a replacement, modification, or change in a certified monitoring system that significantly affects the ability of the system to accurately measure or record NOx mass emissions or heat input or to meet the requirements of 40 CFR 75.21 or to 40 CFR 75, Appendix B the owner or operator shall recertify the monitoring system according to 40 CFR 75.20(b).

(e) Whenever the owner or operator makes a replacement, modification, or change to the flue gas handling system or the unit's operation that significantly changes the flow or concentration profile, the owner or operator shall recertify the continuous emissions monitoring system according to 40 CFR 75.20(b).

(f) Changes which require recertification in accordance with (d) and (e) above, include, but are not limited to:

(1) Replacement of the analyzer;

(2) Change in location or orientation of the sampling probe or site; and

(3) Change in the flow rate monitor polynomial coefficients.

(g) The AAR shall submit to the department and EPA a written notice of the dates of certification in accordance with the notification requirements of this part.

(h) The AAR shall submit to the department a complete certification application, including the information specified in 40 CFR 75, Subpart H.

(i) A certification application shall be considered complete when all of the applicable required information has been received by the department.

(j) If the certification application is not complete, then the department shall issue a written notice of incompleteness that sets a reasonable date by which the AAR shall submit the additional information required to complete the certification application.

(k) The department shall issue a notice of disapproval of the certification application within 120 days of receipt of the certification application if:

(1) The AAR does not comply with the notice of incompleteness by the date specified in (k), above; or

(2) The certification application shows that any monitoring system or component thereof does not meet the performance requirements of this part and 40 CFR 75.

(l) Upon issuance of a notice of disapproval pursuant to (k), above, the provisional certification pursuant to (m), below, shall be invalidated by the department and the data measured and recorded by each uncertified monitoring system or component thereof shall not be considered valid quality-assured data beginning with the date and hour of provisional certification.

(m) Except for units using the low mass emission methodology excepted pursuant to 40 CFR 75.19, the provisional certification date for a monitor shall be determined using the procedures set forth in 40 CFR 75.20(a)(3).

(n) A provisionally certified monitor pursuant to (m), above, may be used for compliance with this chapter for a period not to exceed 120 days after receipt by the department of the complete certification application, pursuant to (h), above, for the monitoring system or component thereof.

(o) Data measured and recorded by a provisionally certified monitoring system or component thereof, in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 75, will be considered valid quality-assured data, retroactive to the date and time of provisional certification, provided that the department does not invalidate the provisional certification by issuing a notice of disapproval pursuant to (k), above.

(p) The department shall issue a written notice of approval of the certification application to the owner or operator within 120 days of receipt of the complete certification application if:

(1) The application contains all of the applicable information as set forth in 40 CFR 75; and

(2) The certification application shows that the monitoring system and all components thereof meet the performance requirements of this part and 40 CFR 75.

(q) In the event the department does not issue a notice of approval of the certification application within the time period set forth in (p), above, each monitoring system which meets the applicable performance requirements of 40 CFR 75 and is included in the certification application shall be deemed certified for use under this chapter.

(r) The owner or operator who has been issued a notice of disapproval pursuant to (k), above, shall follow the procedures for loss of certification in accordance with (s), below, for each monitoring system or component thereof which is disapproved for initial certification.

(s) If the department issues a notice of disapproval of a certification application in accordance with (k), above, or a notice of disapproval of certification status in accordance with Env-A 3210.08(b), then:

(1) The owner or operator shall substitute the following values for each hour of unit operation during the period of invalid data, beginning with the date and hour of provisional certification and continuing until the time, date, and hour specified under 40 CFR 75.20(a)(5)(i):

a. For units using or intending to monitor for NOx emission rate and heat input or for units using the low mass emission excepted methodology under 40 CFR 75.19, the maximum potential NOx emission rate and the maximum potential hourly heat input of the unit; and

b. For units intending to monitor for NOx mass emissions using a NOx pollutant concentration monitor and a flow monitor, the maximum potential concentration of NOx and the maximum potential flow rate of the unit under section 2.1 of appendix A of 40 CFR 75;

(2) The AAR shall submit a notification of certification retest dates and a new certification application; and

(3) The owner or operator shall repeat all certification tests or other requirements that were failed by the monitoring system, as indicated in the department's notice of disapproval, no later than 30 unit operating days after the date of issuance of the notice of disapproval.

N.H. Admin. Code § Env-A 3210.05

Derived From Volume XXXVI Number 01, Filed January 7, 2016, Proposed by #11001, Effective 1/1/2016, Expires 1/1/2026.