STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

OFFICE OF AIR RESOURCES

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATION NO. 14

RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING 

Effective 14 May 1973

Last Amended   19 July 2007

AUTHORITY:	These regulations are authorized pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws
§ 42-17.1-2(s) and 23-23, as amended, and have been promulgated
pursuant to the procedures set forth in the R.I. Administrative
Procedures Act, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35.

RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

OFFICE OF AIR RESOURCES

 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATION NO. 14

	

RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING

Definitions

Unless otherwise expressly defined in this section, the terms used in
this regulation shall be defined by reference to the Rhode Island Air
Pollution Control General Definitions Regulation.  As used in this
regulation, the following terms shall, where the context permits, be
construed as follows:

"Actual emissions" means the actual calculated or measured rate of
emissions of a pollutant from an emissions unit for the calendar year or
seasonal period.  Actual emission estimates must include upsets,
downtime, and fugitive emissions if applicable.

"Certifying individual" means the individual responsible for the
completion and certification of the emission statement (e.g., officer of
the company) and who will take legal responsibility for the emission
statement's accuracy.

14.1.3	"Overall control efficiency" means the percent control efficiency
which accounts for both the percent emissions reduction as measured
across the control device, and percent capture efficiency of the control
device.

14.1.4	"Peak ozone season" means the months of June, July, and August,
during which conditions for photochemical ozone formation are most
favorable.

14.1.5	"Percentage annual throughput" means the weighted percent of
yearly activity for the following periods:

December of the previous year to February of the reporting year

March to May

June to August

September to November

14.1.6	"SIC code" means a Standard Industrial Classification code, as
described in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987.

14.1.7	"Typical ozone season day" means a day typical of the months of
June, July and August with respect to operations, emissions, control
equipment operation, and process rate.

Fundamental Record Keeping and Reporting

Requirements

The owner or operator of any facility that emits air contaminants shall,
at the request of the Director, provide data on operational processes,
fuel usage, raw materials, stack dimensions, exhaust gas flow rates and
temperatures, emissions of air contaminants, steam or hot water
generator capacities, types of equipment producing air contaminants and
air pollution control systems or other data that may be necessary to
determine if the facility is in compliance with air pollution control
regulations.  These records shall be maintained at the facility for a
period of five years.

Submission of Information

The information recorded by the owner or operator of a facility pursuant
to the requirements of subsection 14.2.1 shall be summarized and
reported at least annually to the Director.  It shall be submitted by
April 15th unless otherwise specified.

Use of Submitted Information

Information obtained from owners or operators of facilities pursuant to
Section 14.2.1 will be correlated with applicable emission limitations
and other applicable emissions information and will be available for
public inspection.

Emission Statements

Applicability

The owner or operator of any facility emitting VOC or NOx which has or
has had actual facility-wide emissions of 25 tons per year or more of
either pollutant in 1990 or any year thereafter, shall submit annually
an emission statement which includes both pollutants, in accordance with
the requirements of Subsection 14.3.2.   Emission statements shall be
submitted to the Director on April 15th of each year unless otherwise
specified.  Emission statements shall be submitted for the calendar year
1992 and for every year thereafter.  A facility may apply to the Office
of Air Resources to be allowed to discontinue submitting annual emission
statements if actual emissions at that facility decrease to below 10
tons per year as a result of a permanent process change.

Emission Statement Requirements

Each facility subject to this section shall submit an emission statement
in a format approved by the Director.  The emission statement shall
contain the following information:

A certification that the information contained in the emission statement
is accurate and complete to the best knowledge of the certifying
individual.

The full name, title, signature, date of signature, and telephone number
of the certifying individual.

Facility identification information, including the full name, physical
location, mailing address, latitude, longitude, and four digit SIC
code(s).

Process data pertaining to each process emitting VOC and/or NOx,
including:

Annual and typical ozone season daily fuel use,

Annual and typical ozone season daily process rate(s), and

Process throughput while air pollution control equipment was not in
operation.

Operating data pertaining to each process emitting VOC and/or NOx during
the reporting year, including:

Percentage annual throughput,

Average hours of operation per day during the reporting year and on a
typical ozone season day,

Average number of days of operation per week during the reporting year
and during a typical ozone season week, and

Weeks of operation during the reporting year and during the peak ozone
season.

Control equipment information, including:

Specific primary and secondary control equipment for each process
emitting VOC and/or NOx,

Current overall control efficiency for each piece of control equipment
(indicated by percent capture and percent destruction or removal), and

Control equipment downtime during the reporting year and during the peak
ozone season.

Emissions information, including:

Actual annual and typical ozone season daily emissions of VOC and NOx
for each process.  Emissions should be reported in tons per year and in
pounds per day.

A description of the emission calculation method and, if applicable,
emission factor(s) used, and

The calendar year for which emissions are reported.

Any additional information required by the Director to document the
facility's emission statements.

General Provisions

Purpose

The purpose of this regulation is to specify the record keeping and
reporting requirements that apply to stationary sources that emit air
contaminants.

Authority

These regulations are authorized pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
42-17.1-2(s) and 23-23, as amended, and have been promulgated pursuant
to the procedures set forth in the R.I. Administrative Procedures Act,
R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35

Application

The terms and provisions of this regulation shall be liberally construed
to permit the Department to effectuate the purposes of state law, goals
and policies.



Severability

If any provision of this regulation or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance, is held invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, the validity of the remainder of the regulation shall not
be affected thereby.

Effective Date

The foregoing Regulation, “Record Keeping and Reporting,” as
amended, after due notice, is hereby adopted and filed with the
Secretary of State __29th___ day of ___June________, 2007_  to become
effective twenty (20) days thereafter in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 23-23, 42-35, 42-17.1, 42-17.6 of the General Laws of Rhode
Island of 1956, as amended.

W. Michael Sullivan, PhD., Director

Department of Environmental Management

 

Notice Given on:	February 21, 2007

Public Hearing held:	     March 23, 2007

Filing Date:  June 29, 2007

Effective Date:       July 19, 2007

 

 

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