[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 12]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR63.1517]



[Page 83-85]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 63_NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR 

SOURCE CATEGORIES--Table of Contents

 

Subpart RRR_National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 

                      Secondary Aluminum Production

 

Sec.  63.1517  Records



    (a) As required by Sec.  63.10(b), the owner or operator shall 

maintain files of all information (including all reports and 

notifications) required by the general provisions and this subpart.

    (1) The owner or operator must retain each record for at least 5 

years following the date of each occurrence, measurement, maintenance, 

corrective action, report, or record. The most recent 2 years of records 

must be retained at the facility. The remaining 3 years of records may 

be retained off site.

    (2) The owner or operator may retain records on microfilm, computer 

disks, magnetic tape, or microfiche; and

    (3) The owner or operator may report required information on paper 

or on a labeled computer disk using commonly available and EPA-

compatible computer software.

    (b) In addition to the general records required by Sec.  63.10(b), 

the owner or operator of a new or existing affected source (including an 

emission unit in a secondary aluminum processing unit) must maintain 

records of:

    (1) For each affected source and emission unit with emissions 

controlled by a fabric filter or a lime-injected fabric filter:

    (i) If a bag leak detection system is used, the number of total 

operating hours for the affected source or emission unit during each 6-

month reporting period, records of each alarm, the time of the alarm, 

the time corrective action was initiated and completed, and a brief 

description of the cause of the alarm and the corrective action(s) 

taken.

    (ii) If a continuous opacity monitoring system is used, records of 

opacity measurement data, including records where the average opacity of 

any 6-minute period exceeds 5 percent, with a brief explanation of the 

cause of the emissions, the time the emissions occurred, the time 

corrective action



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was initiated and completed, and the corrective action taken.

    (iii) If an aluminum scrap shredder is subject to visible emission 

observation requirements, records of all Method 9 observations, 

including records of any visible emissions during a 30-minute daily 

test, with a brief explanation of the cause of the emissions, the time 

the emissions occurred, the time corrective action was initiated and 

completed, and the corrective action taken.

    (2) For each affected source with emissions controlled by an 

afterburner:

    (i) Records of 15-minute block average afterburner operating 

temperature, including any period when the average temperature in any 3-

hour block period falls below the compliant operating parameter value 

with a brief explanation of the cause of the excursion and the 

corrective action taken; and

    (ii) Records of annual afterburner inspections.

    (3) For each scrap dryer/delacquering kiln/decoating kiln and group 

1 furnace, subject to D/F and HCl emission standards with emissions 

controlled by a lime-injected fabric filter, records of 15-minute block 

average inlet temperatures for each lime-injected fabric filter, 

including any period when the 3-hour block average temperature exceeds 

the compliant operating parameter value +14 [deg]C (+25 [deg]F), with a 

brief explanation of the cause of the excursion and the corrective 

action taken.

    (4) For each affected source and emission unit with emissions 

controlled by a lime-injected fabric filter:

    (i) Records of inspections at least once every 8-hour period 

verifying that lime is present in the feeder hopper or silo and flowing, 

including any inspection where blockage is found, with a brief 

explanation of the cause of the blockage and the corrective action 

taken, and records of inspections at least once every 4-hour period for 

the subsequent 3 days. If flow monitors, pressure drop sensors or load 

cells are used to verify that lime is present in the hopper and flowing, 

records of all monitor or sensor output including any event where 

blockage was found, with a brief explanation of the cause of the 

blockage and the corrective action taken;

    (ii) If lime feeder setting is monitored, records of daily 

inspections of feeder setting, including records of any deviation of the 

feeder setting from the setting used in the performance test, with a 

brief explanation of the cause of the deviation and the corrective 

action taken.

    (iii) If lime addition rate for a noncontinuous lime injection 

system is monitored pursuant to the approved alternative monitoring 

requirements in Sec.  63.1510(v), records of the time and mass of each 

lime addition during each operating cycle or time period used in the 

performance test and calculations of the average lime addition rate (lb/

ton of feed/charge).

    (5) For each group 1 furnace (with or without add-on air pollution 

control devices) or in-line fluxer, records of 15-minute block average 

weights of gaseous or liquid reactive flux injection, total reactive 

flux injection rate and calculations (including records of the identity, 

composition, and weight of each addition of gaseous, liquid or solid 

reactive flux), including records of any period the rate exceeds the 

compliant operating parameter value and corrective action taken.

    (6) For each continuous monitoring system, records required by Sec.  

63.10(c).

    (7) For each affected source and emission unit subject to an 

emission standard in kg/Mg (lb/ton) of feed/charge, records of feed/

charge (or throughput) weights for each operating cycle or time period 

used in the performance test.

    (8) Approved site-specific monitoring plan for a group 1 furnace 

without add-on air pollution control devices with records documenting 

conformance with the plan.

    (9) Records of all charge materials for each thermal chip dryer, 

dross-only furnace, and group 1 melting/holding furnaces without air 

pollution control devices processing only clean charge.

    (10) Operating logs for each group 1 sidewell furnace with add-on 

air pollution control devices documenting conformance with operating 

standards for maintaining the level of molten metal above the top of the 

passage between the sidewell and hearth during reactive flux injection 

and for adding reactive flux only to the sidewell or a furnace



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hearth equipped with a control device for PM, HCl, and D/F emissions.

    (11) For each in-line fluxer for which the owner or operator has 

certified that no reactive flux was used:

    (i) Operating logs which establish that no source of reactive flux 

was present at the in-line fluxer;

    (ii) Labels required pursuant to Sec.  63.1506(b) which establish 

that no reactive flux may be used at the in-line fluxer; or

    (iii) Operating logs which document each flux gas, agent, or 

material used during each operating cycle.

    (12) Records of all charge materials and fluxing materials or agents 

for a group 2 furnace.

    (13) Records of monthly inspections for proper unit labeling for 

each affected source and emission unit subject to labeling requirements.

    (14) Records of annual inspections of emission capture/collection 

and closed vent systems.

    (15) Records for any approved alternative monitoring or test 

procedure.

    (16) Current copy of all required plans, including any revisions, 

with records documenting conformance with the applicable plan, 

including:

    (i) Startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan;

    (ii) OM&M plan; and

    (iii) Site-specific secondary aluminum processing unit emission plan 

(if applicable).

    (17) For each secondary aluminum processing unit, records of total 

charge weight, or if the owner or operator chooses to comply on the 

basis of aluminum production, total aluminum produced for each 24-hour 

period and calculations of 3-day, 24-hour rolling average emissions.



[65 FR 15710, Mar. 23, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 79818, Dec. 30, 2002]



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