§ 10.56.290. Measurement and reporting of emissions.

A.

The director may require any person responsible for emission of air pollutants to make or have made at the owner's expense tests to determine the quantity and quality of the emission of air pollutants from any source. The director may specify testing methods to be used. The director may require that such tests be conducted in the presence of his representative. The director shall be given a copy of the test results in writing and signed by the person responsible for the tests. All tests and calculations shall be made under the direction of a professional engineer registered in the state or be a graduate of an accredited engineering school, and be experienced in his field of endeavor.

B.

1. At the completion of any new installation, or any significant alterations, the director may require the owner or person responsible to conduct such tests as are necessary to establish the amount of air pollutants emitted from such equipment or control apparatus. Such tests shall be made at the expense of the owner and shall be conducted in a manner approved by the director. The director may require that such tests be conducted in the presence of his representative.

2.

In all new installations, there shall be provided sampling ports of a size, number and location as the director may require, safe access to each port, any other sampling and testing facilities as the director may require.

3.

Any person proposing to conduct a test for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with an applicable emission standard shall notify the director of the intent to test not less than thirty days prior to the proposed test date. The notification shall contain at least the following:

a.

A statement outlining the purpose of the proposed test;

b.

A description of the source and emission point to be tested;

c.

A detailed description of the test protocol; and

d.

A timetable setting forth the dates on which the testing will be conducted and a date by which the test results will be submitted to the director.

C.

The director may conduct tests of air pollutants from any source. Upon request of the director, the person responsible for the source to be tested shall provide, at no expense to the board, necessary holes in stacks or ducts and such other safe and proper sampling and testing facilities, including a suitable power source, exclusive of instruments and sensing devices as may be necessary for proper determination of the level of air pollutants.

D.

The owner or operator of any air pollution source permitted in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.56.020 and 10.56.040 must submit to the director, by March 31st of each year, the actual annual emissions of all regulated pollutants emitted by the source during the previous calendar year. This information shall be submitted in writing upon forms furnished by the metropolitan health department. The data must be certified by a company official that the information is accurate to the best of his knowledge.

E.

The director, by permit condition, may require periodic or enhanced monitoring, recording, and reporting that he deems necessary for demonstrating compliance with the emission standards of this chapter.

1.

Monitoring may include, but is not limited to: source testing; in-stack monitoring; process parameter monitoring of material feed rates; consumption or fuel consumption; chemical analysis of feed stocks, coatings, or solvents; ambient monitoring; visible emissions evaluations; control equipment performance parameters of pressure differentials, power consumption, air or liquid flow rates or amount of air contaminants collected for disposal; air contaminant leak detection tests from process or control equipment; and any other such monitoring that the director may prescribe.

a.

The monitoring must be conducted in a manner approved by the director. This includes, but is not limited to: sampling methods, analytical methods, sensor locations and frequency of sampling.

b.

The monitoring method must have at least a ninety-five percent operational availability rate to prove compliance directly or indirectly with the applicable requirements unless otherwise stipulated by the director in the permit. Missing data in excess of these levels shall be grounds for enforcement action.

2.

Records and reports prescribed by the director shall be recorded, compiled and submitted in a form prescribed by the director. The director shall have the authority to inspect the records during reasonable hours at the place where such records are kept. The source owner or operator must provide copies of the records to the director upon request.

a.

In the absence of a specific recordkeeping procedure, it is the responsibility of the owner or operator to keep the records in such a manner that compliance with the applicable requirements can be readily ascertained.

b.

Records must be legible, quantifiable and supported by documentation to validate the entries.

3.

Reporting shall be in the manner prescribed by the director in the permit or approved by him in the source's operating permit application.

4.

All reports submitted to the director must be certified by a company official that the information is accurate to the best of his knowledge.

(Ord. 94-1161 § 8, 1994; Ord. 93-790 § 8, 1993; prior code § 4-1-14)