Section Env-A 3511.03 - Annual Performance Testing(a) Following the date the initial performance test is completed or required to be completed, whichever comes first, the owner or operator of any HMIWI unit subject to this chapter shall conduct an annual performance test to determine compliance with the opacity limit set forth in Env-A 3505.01(d) or Env-A 3505.02(d) using the applicable procedures and test methods listed in Env-A 3511.02(a)(4)d.(b) Performance tests measuring opacity shall be subject to the following: (1) Performance tests shall be conducted no more than 12 months following the previous performance test; and(2) The use of a bypass stack during a performance test shall invalidate the performance test.(c) Following the date the initial performance test is completed or required to be completed, whichever comes first, the owner or operator of a small, medium or large HMIWI unit subject to this chapter shall conduct an annual performance test to determine compliance with the particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen chloride emission limits set forth in Env-A 3505.02 using the applicable procedures and test methods listed in Env-A 3511.02 and subject to the conditions specified in (b)(1) and (2), above.(d) If the performance tests for particulate matter, carbon monoxide, or hydrogen chloride conducted pursuant to (c), above, over a 3-year period indicate compliance with the applicable emission limit, the owner or operator may forego a performance test for that particular pollutant for the subsequent 2 years, subject to (e), below.(e) At a minimum, the owner or operator of a small, medium, or large HMIWI unit subject to this chapter shall conduct a performance test for particulate matter, carbon monoxide, or hydrogen chloride every third year, no more than 36 months following the previous performance test.(f) If a performance test conducted every third year indicates compliance with the emission limit for particulate matter, carbon monoxide, or hydrogen chloride, the HMIWI owner or operator may continue to forego a performance test for that pollutant for an additional 2 years, testing onlyevery third year.(g) If any performance test indicates non-compliance with the respective emission limit, the owner or operator shall conduct a performance test for that pollutant annually until all annual performance tests over a 3-year period indicate compliance with the emission limit.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-A 3511.03
#6938, eff 1-30-99; ss by #8788, eff 1-5-07