Section 173-400-108. Excess emissions reporting.

This section takes effect on the effective date of EPA's incorporation of the entirety of WAC 173-400-108 and 173-400-109 into the Washington state implementation plan as replacement for WAC 173-400-107.

(1) Excess emissions must be reported to the permitting authority. Excess emissions which represent a potential threat to human health or safety must be reported as soon as possible, but in no case later than twelve hours after the excess emissions were discovered. Excess emissions which the owner or operator of the source believes to be unavoidable, per the criteria under WAC 173-400-109, must be reported to the permitting authority as soon as possible after the excess emissions were discovered. Other excess emissions must be reported to the permitting authority within thirty days after the end of the month during which the event occurred or as part of the routine emission monitoring reports or, for chapter 173-401 WAC sources, as provided in WAC 173-401-615.

(2) For those sources not required to report under WAC 173-401-615, the report must contain at least the following information:

(a) Date, time, duration of the episode;

(b) Known causes;

(c) For exceedances of nonopacity emission limitations, an estimate of the quantity of excess emissions;

(d) The corrective actions taken; and

(e) The preventive measures taken or planned to minimize the chance of recurrence.

(3) For any excess emission event that the owner or operator claims to be unavoidable under WAC 173-400-109, the report must include the following information in addition to that required in subsection (2) of this section:

(a) Properly signed, contemporaneous records documenting the owner or operator's actions in response to the excess emissions event;

(b) Information on whether installed emission monitoring and pollution control systems were operating at the time of the exceedance. If either or both systems were not operating, information on the cause and duration of the outage;

(c) All additional information required under WAC 173-400-109 (3), (4) or (5) supporting the claim that the excess emissions were unavoidable.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.94 RCW. WSR 11-06-060 (Order 09-01), § 173-400-108, filed 3/1/11, effective 4/1/11.]

Chapter 70.94 RCW. WSR 11-06-060 (Order 09-01), § 173-400-108, filed 3/1/11, effective 4/1/11.

Rules

173-400-109,173-400-107,173-400-109,173-401,173-401-615,173-401-615,173-400-109,173-400-109,