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SUMMAR YO F TELEPHONE CONFERENC E nr n r, , . jQQ - •' ) •

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. ,1992 A/ •• » , r „ . " Subject : Monitoring an d Recordkeeping fo r th e Hazardou s Organi c NESHAP (HON ) Attendees : Ja n Meyer , Standard s Developmen t Branch , EP A Daphn e McMurrer , Standard s Developmen t Branch , EP A Richar d Sigman , Chemica l Manufacturer s Associatio n Te d Cromwell , Chemica l Manufacturer s Associatio n Kath yBailey , Chemica l Manufacturer s Associatio n Annett e Stanley , Chemica l Manufacturer s Associatio n Jo e Hovias , Unio n Carbid e Brian Taranto , Exxo n Chemica l Chuc k Malloch , Monsant o Joh n Dege , DuPon t Th e Chemica l Manufacturer s Associatio n (CMA ) requeste d thi s cal l t o discus s th e monitoring an d recordkeeping requirement s i n th e draf t HONproposa l an d an yalternativ e requirement s tha t EP A migh t hav e unde r consideration

. EPAbegan th e cal l b ystating tha t th e purpos e o f th e cal l wa s t o answe r clarifying question s an d tha t n o change s t o th e monitoring an d recordkeeping requirement s i n th e HO Nhad bee n approve d b yal l th e office s i n th e EPA
. Specifically , EPAstate d tha t th e StationarySourc e Complianc e Divisio n (SSCD ) an d th e Offic e o f Enforcemen t (OE ) coul d no t hav e representative s presen t a t thi s meeting , an d had no t approve d an ychange s t o th e HON' s complianc e requirements

. CM Aaske d th e following question s regarding paramete r monitoring fo r contro l devices : (1 ) Ho wshoul d th e rang e o f acceptabl e paramete r monitoring value s b e established ? (2 ) Ar e performanc e tes t result s neede d fo r eac hen d o f th e acceptabl e range ? (3 ) Wha t ar e th e consequence s o f having a monitore d valu e outsid e th e paramete r rang e considere d acceptable ? (4 ) Ho wlong can th e monitoring result s b e outsid e th e acceptabl e rang e befor e th e sourc e i s considere d i n violation ? (5 ) Wha t typ e o f violatio n woul d b e associate d wit hparamete r value s outsid e th e acceptabl e range ? an d (6 ) Wha t woul d b e neede d t o se t a newrang e fo r a give n paramete r afte r some value s had bee n recorde d outsid e th e acceptabl e range . EPAindicate d tha t SSC D an d O E shoul d b e involve d i n answering th e abov e liste d questions , an d committe d t o a follow-u

p meeting t o provid e th e complet e answer s t o CMA
. CM Aaske d th e following question s regarding recordkeeping o f paramete r monitoring results : (1 ) I f al l th e recorde d value s ar e belo wth e acceptabl e limit , doe s th e sourc e hav e t o averag e them fo r th e 3-hour average , o r ca n theykeep th e actua l recorde d value s instead ? (2 ) I f a sourc e ha s a compute r operate d monitoring system tha t record s dat a mor e ofte n tha n onc e every15-minute s (th e HON' s requirement) , doe s th e sourc e hav e t o keep al l th e data , o r jus t th e 1 5 minut e average s o f th e mor e frequen t recordings ? an d (3 ) CanP. 3

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a sourc e ge t a case-by-cas e approva l t o us e a n alternativ e recording systemtha t onl yrecord s dat a outsid e a pre-se t rang e o f values ? Again , EPAindicate d tha t SSC D an d O E shoul d b e include d i n answering thes e questions , an d committe d t o including thes e topic s i n a futur e discussio n wit hthos e offices

. EPAdi d reques t mor e informatio n abou t th e alternativ e recording system s tha t onl yrecord dat a outsid e a pre-se t range . Specifically , EPAaske d CM Afo r informatio n o n ho wthes e system s wor k an d th e sourc e ensure s tha t th e system i s operating properly

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