Minnesota Administrative Rules

7017.1110 EXCESS EMISSIONS REPORTS.

Subpart 1.

Excess emissions report required.

The owner or operator of a facility subject to parts 7017.1002 to 7017.1220 shall submit an excess emissions report each calendar quarter. The report must be submitted even if there were no excess emissions, monitor downtime, or monitor bypasses during the quarter. The report shall be submitted on a form approved by the commissioner within 30 days of the end of each calendar quarter. Any such form provided by the commissioner shall only seek information relevant to the excess emissions report.

Subp. 2.

Contents of excess emissions report.

The excess emissions report must contain the information in items A to E.

A.

Excess emissions:

(1)

the date and time of commencement and completion of each period of excess emissions recorded by the CEMS, COMS, or approved alternative monitoring system including excess emissions even if they occurred during periods when the numerical emission limit was not in effect; for example, periods of excess emissions during periods of start-up, shutdown, and malfunction which are allowed by the applicable regulation;

(2)

the cause of the excess emissions;

(3)

the magnitude of the excess emissions and any conversion factor used to calculate the excess emissions; and

(4)

the corrective action taken or preventive measures taken by the facility in response to the excess emissions.

B.

Monitor downtime:

(1)

the date and time of commencement and completion of each period of monitor downtime;

(2)

identification of the cause of each period of monitor downtime, including periods of acceptable monitor downtime; and

(3)

the corrective action taken or preventive measures adopted to stop or reduce monitor downtime.

C.

Monitor bypass periods:

(1)

the dates and times of commencement and completion of each period where emissions are generated but the monitor was bypassed;

(2)

identification of the cause of each period of monitor bypass; and

(3)

the corrective action taken or preventive measures adopted to stop or reduce monitor bypasses.

D.

Summary of the cylinder gas audit and relative accuracy test audit required by parts 7017.1180 and 7017.1220 if the audits were completed in the previous quarter.

E.

If applicable, notifications of exceptions of applicability from audit frequencies as allowed in parts 7017.1170, subparts 4a and 5a, and 7017.1215.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115.03; 116.07

History:

23 SR 1764; 41 SR 763

Published Electronically:

January 27, 2017