A. Sources required to conduct performance tests pursuant to this title shall do so within sixty days after the source has achieved the capability to operate at its maximum production rate on a sustained basis but no later than one hundred eighty days after initial startup of such source and at such other times as may be required by the control officer, the owner or operator of such source shall conduct performance tests and furnish the control officer a written report of the results of the tests.
B. Performance tests shall be conducted and data reduced in accordance with the test method and procedures contained in the Arizona Testing Manual, 40 CFR 52; Appendices D and E, 40 CFR 60; Appendices A through F; and 40 CFR 61, Appendices B and C, unless the control officer:
1. Specifies or approves, in specific cases, the use of a reference method with minor changes in methodology;
2. Approves the use of an equivalent method;
3. Approves the use of an alternative method the results of which he has determined to be adequate for indicating whether a specific source is in compliance; or
4. Waives the requirement for performance tests because the owner or operator of a source has demonstrated by other means to the control officer's satisfaction that the source is in compliance with the standard.
5. Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate the control officer's authority to require testing.
C. Performance tests shall be conducted under such conditions as the control officer shall specify to the plant operator based on representative performance of the source. The owner or operator shall make available to the control officer such records as may be necessary to determine the conditions of the performance tests. Operations during periods of start-up, shutdown, and malfunction shall not constitute representative conditions of performance tests unless otherwise specified in the applicable standard.
D. The owner or operator of a permitted source shall provide the control officer two weeks' prior notice of the performance test to afford the control officer the opportunity to have an observer present.
E. The owner or operator of a permitted source shall provide, or cause to be provided, performance testing facilities as follows:
1. Sampling ports adequate for test methods applicable to such facility;
2. Safe sampling platform(s);
3. Safe access to sampling platform(s);
4. Utilities for sampling and testing equipment.
F. Each performance test shall consist of three separate runs using the applicable test method. Each run shall be conducted for the time and under the conditions specified in the applicable standard. For the purpose of determining compliance with an applicable standard, the arithmetic means of results of the three runs shall apply. In the event that a sample is accidentally lost or conditions occur in which one of the three runs is required to be discontinued because of forced shutdown, failure of an irreplaceable portion of the sample train, extreme meteorological conditions, or other circumstances beyond the owner or operator's control, compliance may, upon the control officer's approval, be determined using the arithmetic means of the results of the two other runs. If the control officer, or the control officer's designee, is present, tests may only be stopped with the control officer's, or such designee's, approval. If the control officer, or the control officer's designee, is not present, tests may only be stopped for good cause, which includes forced shutdown, failure of an irreplaceable portion of the sample train, extreme meteorological conditions, or other circumstances beyond the operator's control. Termination of testing without good cause after the first run is commenced shall constitute a failure of the test.
G. Except as provided in subsection H of this section, compliance with the emission limits established in this title or as prescribed in permits issued pursuant to this title shall be determined by the performance tests specified in this section or in the permit.
H. In addition to performance tests specified in this section, compliance with specific emission limits may be determined by:
1. Opacity tests;
2. Emission limit compliance tests specifically designated as such in the regulation establishing the emission limit to be complied with;
3. Continuous emission monitoring, where applicable quality assurance procedures are followed and where it is designated in the permit or in an applicable requirement to show compliance.
I. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the utilization of measurements from emissions monitoring devices or techniques not designated as performance tests as evidence of compliance with applicable good maintenance and operating requirements.
(Ord. 2017-20 § 2 (part), 2017)
Editor's note— Formerly § 17.12.050.