[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 14]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR75.24]

[Page 259-260]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 75--CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORING--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C--Operation and Maintenance Requirements
 
Sec. 75.24  Out-of-control periods and adjustment for system bias.

    (a) If an out-of-control period occurs to a monitor or continuous 
emission monitoring system, the owner or operator shall take corrective 
action and repeat the tests applicable to the ``out-of-control 
parameter'' as described in appendix B of this part.
    (1) For daily calibration error tests, an out-of-control period 
occurs when the calibration error of a pollutant concentration monitor 
exceeds the applicable specification in section 2.1.4 of appendix B to 
this part.
    (2) For quarterly linearity checks, an out-of-control period occurs 
when the error in linearity at any of three gas concentrations (low, 
mid-range, and high) exceeds the applicable specification in appendix A 
to this part.
    (3) For relative accuracy test audits, an out-of-control period 
occurs when the relative accuracy exceeds the applicable specification 
in appendix A to this part.
    (b) When a monitor or continuous emission monitoring system is out-
of-control, any data recorded by the monitor or monitoring system are 
not quality-assured and shall not be used in calculating monitor data 
availabilities pursuant to Sec. 75.32 of this part.
    (c) When a monitor or continuous emission monitoring system is out-
of-control, the owner or operator shall take one of the following 
actions until the monitor or monitoring system has successfully met the 
relevant criteria in appendices A and B of this part as demonstrated by 
subsequent tests:
    (1) Apply the procedures for missing data substitution to emissions 
from affected unit(s); or
    (2) Use a certified backup monitoring system or a reference method 
for measuring and recording emissions from the affected unit(s); or
    (3) Adjust the gas discharge paths from the affected unit(s) with 
emissions normally observed by the out-of-control monitor or monitoring 
system so that all exhaust gases are monitored by a certified monitor or 
monitoring system meeting the requirements of appendices A and B of this 
part.
    (d) When the bias test indicates that an SO2 monitor, a 
flow monitor, a NOX-diluent continuous emission monitoring 
system or a NOX concentration monitoring system used to 
determine NOX mass emissions, as defined in Sec. 75.71(a)(2), 
is biased low (i.e., the arithmetic mean of the differences between the 
reference method value and the monitor or monitoring system measurements 
in a relative accuracy test audit exceed the bias statistic in section 7 
of appendix A to this part), the owner or operator shall adjust the 
monitor or continuous emission monitoring system to eliminate the cause 
of bias such that it passes the bias test or calculate and use the bias 
adjustment factor as specified in section 2.3.4 of appendix B to this 
part.
    (e) The owner or operator shall determine if a continuous opacity 
monitoring system is out-of-control and shall take appropriate 
corrective actions according to the procedures specified for State 
Implementation Plans, pursuant to appendix M of part 51 of this chapter. 
The owner or operator shall comply with the monitor data availability 
requirements of the State. If the State has no monitor data availability 
requirements for continuous opacity monitoring systems, then the owner 
or operator shall comply with the monitor data availability requirements 
as stated in the data capture

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provisions of appendix M, part 51 of this chapter.

[58 FR 3701, Jan. 11, 1993, as amended at 60 FR 26528, May 17, 1995; 64 
FR 28600, May 26, 1999; 67 FR 40433, June 12, 2002]