Minnesota Administrative Rules

7017.2030 PERFORMANCE TEST PRETEST REQUIREMENTS.

Subpart 1.

Notification of testing.

Written notification of the planned test date shall be postmarked or received at least 30 days before the planned test date. The commissioner shall reject the results of a test if less than 30 days' notice was given unless written authorization of a shorter notice was given by the commissioner.

Subp. 2.

Submitting and approving test plan.

A.

The owner or operator of the emission facility shall submit to the commissioner a test plan with or in advance of the test notification required under subpart 1 or in response to the commissioner's request for supplemental permit application information. If the proposed test plan does not contain sufficient or accurate enough detail to ensure that the performance test meets the requirements of the applicable requirement or compliance document, the commissioner shall ask for an updated test plan to be submitted or shall write a test plan in place of the submitted document.

B.

The commissioner shall give written approval of the test plan when the commissioner determines that it meets the requirements of parts 7017.2001 to 7017.2060. Written approval means any signed letter, note, or facsimile transmission which states that a given test plan may be used during a specific performance test. The commissioner shall reject the results of a performance test if it was conducted without written approval of the test plan or if no test plan was submitted.

Subp. 3.

Format and content of test plan.

The test plan shall be submitted in the following format and include the following elements:

A.

Part I. General information:

(1)

name and address of emission facility;

(2)

name, title, telephone number, and facsimile number of contact person at emission facility;

(3)

permit number or name of other applicable compliance document;

(4)

reason for testing;

(5)

schematic drawing of stack and sample ports;

(6)

location of plant; and

(7)

name, contact person, telephone number, and facsimile number for testing company contracted to conduct the test.

B.

Part II. Testing requirements:

(1)

list of the emission units, as identified in the applicable requirement or compliance document, and pollutants to be tested, the emission limit for each pollutant, and the applicable rule or regulation for each emission limit; and

(2)

description of procedure for fuel sampling and analysis, where applicable.

C.

Part III. Operating conditions:

(1)

list of the process or operating rate and conditions of the process equipment and air pollution control equipment for the test;

(2)

explanation of why the proposed conditions are considered to be in accordance with part 7017.2025, subpart 2, for required testing conditions;

(3)

list of the range of process or operating rates for each emissions unit; and

(4)

description of how air pollution control and process equipment will be monitored.

D.

Part IV. Test methods:

(1)

list of the methods to be used to determine the emission rate of each pollutant;

(2)

number of test runs, length of test run, and sampling rate for each method;

(3)

reference to any applicable requirement or compliance document requiring use of specific methods or procedures;

(4)

summary of reasons for proposing to use any alternative or equivalent method; and

(5)

for test methods other than reference methods, statement of the detection limit and the degree of accuracy of that method at the expected emission rate and under the conditions of the performance test.

Subp. 4.

Pretest meeting.

The owner or operator of the emission facility shall contact the supervisor of the compliance determination unit to schedule a pretest meeting to be held between authorized employees of the agency and the owner or operator of the emission facility, with optional representation by the testing company. The pretest meeting shall be held at least seven days prior to the performance test date except that a shorter period shall be allowed if the commissioner has approved a test notification of less than 30 days. If the commissioner determines that an in-person meeting is not necessary, the pretest meeting will be conducted by telephone conference call unless the owner or operator of the emission facility requests an in-person meeting.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 116.07

History:

18 SR 1412; 23 SR 145; 23 SR 1764

Published Electronically:

May 16, 2022