[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13976-13977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6406]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5172-6]


Draft Example Enhanced Monitoring Protocols

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and 
Compliance Assurance and Office of Air and Radiation.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Offices of Compliance and Air Quality Planning and 
Standards are announcing the availability of thirteen draft example 
enhanced monitoring protocols for public review and comment through the 
Technology Transfer Network electronic bulletin board system (919-541-
5742 or Internet: TELNET ttnbbs.rtpnc.epa.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter R. Westlin, Office of Air 
Quality and Standards, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Drop 19, 
[[Page 13977]] Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, (919-541-
1058).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA is publishing today through the 
Technology Transfer Network (TTN), Emission Measurement Technical 
Information Center (EMTIC) electronic bulletin board, Enhanced 
Monitoring Menu, thirteen draft example enhanced monitoring protocols 
(EMPs) for public review and comment. These example protocols have been 
prepared in response to needs expressed by state and local permitting 
authorities and industry source owners and operators in implementing 
the forthcoming 40 CFR Part 64, the Enhanced Monitoring Rule, proposed 
in the Federal Register, October 22, 1993 (58 FR 54648). Comments on 
the draft EMPs are requested by April 10, 1995, and may be sent to 
Peter Westlin either in hard copy at the address above or via the TTN 
electronic mail.
    The draft example EMPs include specific process, pollutant, and 
control device applicability statements, executive summaries, 
monitoring protocol design, and measurement and calculation procedures 
to produce data in units consistent with applicable emission limits. 
The EPA intends the final EMPs to serve as examples upon which source 
owners or operators can design site-specific protocols to include in 
operating permit applications. Note that publication of example EMPs 
does not imply automatic approval of any site-specific EMP described in 
a permit application submitted to the relevant permitting authority; 
however, for a permit application for an emission unit with operating 
characteristics consistent with those described in a published example 
EMP and including a proposed site-specific EMP analogous to the example 
EMP, the EPA intends that the EMP can be presumed acceptable. 
Presumptive acceptability would not preclude the need to verify that 
the performance of the EMP is consistent with applicable requirements 
which will be described in detail in the final Part 64 rule scheduled 
for promulgation in April 1995. Additional information on the 
presumptive acceptability of example EMPs and the permit application 
review process is provided in the December 28, 1994, Federal Register 
notice (59 FR 66844) which reopened the comment period on the proposed 
enhanced monitoring rule for a limited number of issues. Note that the 
comment period ended on February 3, 1995.
    The first thirteen example EMPs represent the first of about 300 
that the Agency anticipates producing over the next five years to 
assist in the implementation of the Enhanced Monitoring Rule. The 
Agency is seeking comments on these draft EMPs regarding their 
applicability, technical merit, and appropriate level of flexibility. 
Commenters with additional supporting data for these or other example 
EMPs are encouraged to submit those data. Comments on the draft EMPs 
are requested by April 14, 1995, and may be sent to Peter Westlin 
either in hard copy at the address above or via the TTN electronic 
mail. The Agency will review the comments, consider changes resulting 
from the promulgation of the rule, revise the EMPs as appropriate, and 
issue final versions of the EMPs in the following few months through 
the EMTIC electronic bulletin board, and will announce their 
availability through a notice in the Federal Register.
    The thirteen example EMPs are as follows:
    Predictive NOX Emission Monitoring System for Natural Gas 
Fired Electric Utility Boilers: NOX emissions in ng/J calculated 
from boiler parameter measurements.
    Fuel Sampling and Sulfur Analysis for Oil-Fired Electric Utility 
Boilers: SO2 emissions in ng/J and kg/hr based on fuel sulfur 
content, heat content, and flow rate measurements.
    Predictive Effluent Flow Rate Monitoring System for Fossil Fuel-
Fired Electric Utility Boilers: Total gas exhaust volume flow rate 
based on fuel and boiler operating parameter measurements, m\3\/hr.
    Record Keeping and Calculation Procedures for Coating and Inking 
Processes that Use Compliance Coatings: Total VOC emissions calculated 
from coating organic content and use rate measurements.
    Continuous NOX Emission Monitoring System for Stationary Gas 
Turbines: Application of a CEMS for NOX concentration measurements 
for gas turbines that do not use water or steam injection rate for 
NOX control.
    Operation and Maintenance Protocol for Processes Using Venturi 
Scrubber Control for Particulate Matter: Application of control device 
operating parameter measurements and specific corrective actions 
applied in combination and in lieu of direct particulate emission 
monitoring.
    Operation and Maintenance Protocol for Processes Using Positive 
Pressure Fabric Filters for Particulate Matter Control: Application of 
visible emissions monitoring and specific corrective actions applied in 
combination and in lieu of direct particulate emission monitoring.
    Manual Monitoring of Fuel Gas Sulfur Content for Process Heaters at 
Petroleum Refineries: Twice daily measurement of fuel H2S content 
for fuels with sulfur content less than 20 percent of compliance limit.
    Demonstrated Compliance Parameter Limit Monitoring for Permanent 
Total Enclosure and Thermal Incinerator Used for a Magnetic Tape 
Coating Line: Monitoring of incinerator combustion temperature, 
enclosure flow rate differential pressure, and process operating times 
as indicators of compliance operation.
    Demonstrated Compliance Parameter Limit Monitoring for Vented 
Curing Oven and Thermal Incinerator Used for a Metal Coil Coating Line: 
Monitoring of incinerator combustion temperature, curing oven flow rate 
differential pressure, and process operating times as indicators of 
compliance operation.
    Continuous NOX Emission Monitoring System and Conversion 
Factor for Nitric Acid Plants: Application of a CEMS and site-specific 
conversion factor to calculate mg/MG of NOX emissions per acid 
production rate.
    Continuous SO2 and NOX Emission Monitoring System for 
Coal-Fired Industrial Boilers: Application of a CEMS and F-factors to 
calculate ng/J emission rates.
    Generic Continuous Emissions Monitoring System Protocol: A 
generally applicable protocol for applying CEMS for SOX, NOX, 
and diluent measurements to calculate emissions in units of the 
applicable standard.

    Dated: March 3, 1995.
Steven A. Herman,
Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
[FR Doc. 95-6406 Filed 3-14-95; 8:45 am]
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