Section 449.12. Semiannual report.

 

(1)  The owner or operator of any source subject to this chapter shall submit to the department on September 15 and March 15 of each year a report in writing containing the information required by this section.

(2)  The first semiannual report shall be submitted within 180 days of the initial startup date of a source on which construction or modification commenced after February 1, 1984.

(3)  Unless otherwise specified, the owner or operator shall use the Methods of 40 CFR part 61 , Appendix B, incorporated by reference in s. NR 484.04 (23) , to conduct emission tests as required by pars. (b) and (c) , unless an equivalent or an alternative method has been approved by the department. If the department finds reasonable grounds to dispute the results obtained by an equivalent or alternative method, the department may require the use of a reference method. If the results of the reference and equivalent or alternative methods do not agree, the results obtained by the reference method prevail, and the department may notify the owner or operator that approval of the method previously considered to be equivalent or alternative is withdrawn.

(a) The owner or operator shall include in the report a record of any emissions which averaged over any hour period (commencing on the hour) are in excess of the emission limits prescribed in s. NR 449.04 (1) or (2) , 449.05 (1) or 449.06 (1) (a) , (2) , (3) or (4) , or for any control system to which reactor emissions are required to be ducted in s. NR 449.06 (1) (b) or to which fugitive emissions are required to be ducted in s. NR 449.07 (2) (a) 2. , (b) , (e) , (f) 2. or (i) 2. The emissions shall be measured in accordance with s. NR 449.10 .

(b) In polyvinyl chloride plants for which a stripping operation is used to attain the emission level prescribed in s. NR 449.06 (5) , the owner or operator shall include in the report a record of the vinyl chloride content in the polyvinyl chloride resin. Method 107 of 40 CFR part 61 , Appendix B, incorporated by reference in s. NR 484.04 (23) , shall be used to determine vinyl chloride content in accordance with this paragraph.

1. If batch stripping is used, one representative sample of polyvinyl chloride resin shall be taken from each batch of each grade of resin immediately following the completion of the stripping operation and identified by resin type and grade and the date and time the batch is completed. The corresponding quantity of material processed in each stripper batch shall be recorded and identified by resin type and grade and the date and time the batch is completed.

2. If continuous stripping is used, one representative sample of polyvinyl chloride resin shall be taken for each grade of resin processed, whichever is more frequent. The sample shall be taken as the resin flows out of the stripper and identified by resin type and grade and the date and time the sample was taken. The corresponding quantity of material processed by each stripper over the time period represented by the sample during the 8-hour period shall be recorded and identified by resin type and grade and the date and time it represents.

3. The quantity of material processed by the stripper shall be determined on a dry solids basis and by a method submitted to and approved by the department.

4. At the prior request of the department, the owner or operator shall provide duplicates of the samples required in subds. 1. and 2.

5. The report to the department by the owner or operator shall include the vinyl chloride content found in each sample required by subds. 1. and 2. , averaged separately for each type of resin, over each calendar day and weighted according to the quantity of each grade of resin processed by the stripper or strippers that calendar day, according to the following equation: - See PDF for diagram - See PDF for table

6. Records of all data needed to furnish the information required by subd. 5. shall be retained at the source and made available for inspection by a department representative for a minimum of 3 years. The records shall contain:

a. The vinyl chloride content found in all the samples required in subds. 1. and 2. , identified by the resin type and grade and the time and date of the sample, and

b. The corresponding quantity of polyvinyl chloride resin processed by the stripper or strippers identified by the resin type and grade and the time and date it represents.

(c) The owner or operator shall include in the report a record of the emissions from each reactor opening for which an emission limit is prescribed in s. NR 449.06 (1) (b) . Emissions shall be determined in accordance with s. NR 449.09 (6) (e) , except that emissions for each reactor are to be determined. For a reactor that is also used as a stripper, the determination may be made immediately following the stripping operation.

History: Renum. from NR 154.19 (6) (l) and am. Register, September, 1986, No. 369 , eff. 10-1-86; am. (3) (intro.) (a), (b) (intro.) and 5., Register, December, 1995, No. 480 , eff. 1-1-96 ; am. (3) (b) 6. intro., Register, January, 1997, No. 493 , eff. 2-1-97.