December 9, 1999 Placer County APCD 232 - 1 Rules and Regulations 

### RULE 232 BIOMASS SUSPENSION BOILERS

Adopted 10-6-94 (Amended 12-9-99)

CONTENTS

100 GENERAL

101 APPLICABILITY

102 FEDERAL REGULATIONS 103 EXEMPTION, BOILERS, STEAM GENERATORS, AND PROCESS HEATERS 104 EXEMPTION, BIOMASS BOILERS 105 EXEMPTION, MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE 106 EXEMPTION, WASTE HEAT RECOVERY BOILERS

200 DEFINITIONS

201 BIOMASS

202 BIOMASS BOILER OR STEAM GENERATOR

203 BRITISH THERMAL UNIT

204 HEAT INPUT 205 HIGHER HEATING VALUE (HHV)

206 MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARD PLANT

207 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

208 NO X EMISSIONS 209 PARTS PER MILLION BY VOLUME (PPMV)

210 RATED HEAT INPUT CAPACITY

211 RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL

212 SHUTDOWN

213 STARTUP

214 SUSPENSION-TYPE BURNER

215 UNIT

216 WOOD

300 STANDARDS

301 LIMITATIONS

400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS

401 COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE

402 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN

403 COMPLIANCE COSTS

404 CERTIFICATION

500 MONITORING AND RECORDS

501 RECORDKEEPING

502 CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS MONITORING

503 INITIAL COMPLIANCE TEST

504 TEST METHODS

505 DURATION OF RECORDSDecember 9, 1999 Rules and Regulations 232 - 2 Placer County APCD This Page Intentionally Left BlankDecember 9, 1999 Placer County APCD 232 - 3 Rules and Regulations 100 GENERAL

101 APPLICABILITY: This rule applies to biomass su spension boilers and steam generators which have a potential to emit, as defined in Rule 502, New Source Review , 25 tons or more

of NO

x emissions; which have a primary energy source of biomass from a medium density fiberboard plant consisting of a minimum of 25 percent of the total annual heat input; and which use suspension-type burners.

102 FEDERAL REGULATIONS: Compliance with this rule shall not exempt a person from complying with any federal regulation promulgated pursuant to the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.).

103 EXEMPTION, BOILERS, STEAM GENERATORS, AND PROCESS HEATERS: This rule shall not apply to boilers, steam generators, and process heaters subject to Rule 231, INDUSTRIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, AND COMME RCIAL BOILERS, STEAM GENERATORS,

AND PROCESS HEATERS.

104 EXEMPTION, BIOMASS BOILERS: This rule shall not apply to boilers and steam generators subject to Rule 233, BIOMASS BOILERS.

105 EXEMPTION, MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE: This rule shall not apply to combustion units whose primary purpose is to burn municipal solid waste, as defined in Section 207.

106 EXEMPTION, WASTE HEAT RECOVERY BOILERS: This rule shall not apply to waste heat recovery boilers used to recover sensible heat from the exhaust of combustion turbines or unfired waste heat recovery boilers used to re cover sensible heat from the exhaust of any combustion equipment.

200 DEFINITIONS

201 BIOMASS: Any organic material not derived from fossil fuels, such as agricultural crop residues, bark, lawn, yard and garden clippings, leaves, silvicultural residue, tree and brush pruning, wood and wood chips, and wood waste, including these materials when separated

from other waste streams. Biomass does not include material containing sewage sludge, industrial sludge, medical waste, haza rdous waste, or radioactive waste.

202 BIOMASS SUSPENSION BOIL ER OR STEAM GENERATOR: Any combustion equipment used in any industrial, institutional, or comme rcial operation which uses a suspension-type burner to combust biomass to produce steam, heat water or other fluids, and/or produce electricity.

203 BRITISH THERMAL UNIT (BTU): The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water from 59F to 60F at one atmosphere.

204 HEAT INPUT: The chemical heat released due to fuel combustion in a boiler, using the higher heating value of the fuel. This does not include the sensible heat of incoming

combustion air.

205 HIGHER HEATING VALUE (HHV): The total heat liberated per mass of fuel burned (BTU per pound), when fuel and dry air at standard conditions undergo complete combustion and all resultant products are brought to their st andard states at standar d conditions. HHV shall be determined by one of the following test methods:

205.1 ASTM D 2015-85 for solid fuels; or

205.2 ASTM D 240-87 or ASTM D 2382-82 for liquid hydrocarbon fuels; orDecember 9, 1999 Rules and Regulations 232 - 4 Placer County APCD 205.3 ASTM D 1826-88 or ASTM D 1945-81 in conjunction with ASTM D 3588-89 for gaseous fuels.

206 MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARD PLANT: A plant that manufactures medium density fiberboard consisting of a composite wood prod uct created from digested and refined wood fibers bonded with urea-formaldehyde resin.

207 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE: Household, commercial/retail, and/or institutional waste.

Household waste includes material discarded by single or multiple residential dwellings, hotels, motels, and other similar permanent or te mporary housing establishments or facilities.

Commercial/retail waste includes material di scarded by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, non-manufacturing activities at industrial facilities, and other similar

establishments or facilities. Institutional waste includes ma terial discarded by schools, hospitals, prisons, and government facilities and other similar establishments or facilities.

208 NO X EMISSIONS: The sum of nitric oxides and nitr ogen dioxide in the flue gas, collectively expressed as nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ).

209 PARTS PER MILLION BY VOLUME (PPMV): The ratio of the number of gas molecules of a given species, or group, to the numbe r of millions of total gas molecules.

210 RATED HEAT INPUT CAPACITY: The heat input capacity, in million BTU per hour, specified on the nameplate of the combustion unit. If the combustion unit has been altered or modified such that its maximum heat input is di fferent than the input capacity specified on the nameplate, and this alteration or modification has been approved by the Air Pollution Control Officer and made a limiting condition of operation, then the new maximum heat input shall be considered as the rated heat input capacity.

211 RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL: An individual with the authority to certify that a source complies with all applicable requirements, including the conditions of permits issued to sources in accordance with Regulation 5, PERMITS. A "res ponsible official" means one of the following:

211.1 For a corporation, a president, secretar y, treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision-making fu nctions for the corporation, or a duly authorized representative of such person if the representative is responsible for the overall operation of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities applying for or subject to a permit and either:

a. The facilities employ more than 250 persons or have gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25 million (i n second quarter 1980 dollars); or

b. The delegation of authority to such re presentative is approved in advance by the Air Pollution Control Officer;

211.2 For a partnership or sole proprietorship, a general partner or the proprietor, respectively; or

211.3 For a municipality, state, federal, or other public agency, either a principal executive officer or a ranking elected official; or

211.4 For an acid rain unit subject to Title IV (Acid Deposition Control) of the Clean Air Act, the "responsible official" is the designated representative of that unit for any purposes under Title IV and Rule 507, FEDERAL OPERATING PERMITS PROGRAM.December 9, 1999 Placer County APCD 232 - 5 Rules and Regulations 212 SHUTDOWN: The period of time a unit is cooled from its normal operating temperature to cold or ambient temperature.

213 STARTUP: The period of time a unit is heated from cold or ambient temperature to its normal operating temperature as sp ecified by the manufacturer.

214 SUSPENSION-TYPE BURNER: A burner in which solid fuel, in particle form, is combusted in suspension in air.

215 UNIT: Any biomass suspension boiler or steam generator as defined in Sections 202.

216 WOOD: Wood, wood residue, bark, or any derivative fuel or re sidue thereof, in any form, including but not limited to sawdust, sander dust, wood chips, sc raps, slabs, millings, shavings, and processed pellets made fr om wood or other forest residues.

300 STANDARDS

301 LIMITATIONS:

301.1 The nitrogen oxide emissions into the atmosphere from a biomass suspension boiler or steam generator shall not exceed 568 ppmv corrected to 12 percent by volume stack gas CO 2 on a three-hour average dry basis.

301.2 The carbon monoxide emissions into t he atmosphere from a biomass suspension boiler or steam generator shall not exc eed 400 ppmv corrected to 12 percent by volume stack gas CO 2 on a three-hour average dry basis.

400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS

401 COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE : Full compliance with all applicable standards and requirements

of Section 300 and the Continuous Emissions Monitoring System requirements of Section 502 is required upon adoption of this Rule.

402 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN: Any person installing an emission control device as a means of complying with the emission limitations of Section 301 shall submit an Operation and Maintenance Plan with the application for Authority to Construct for the

emission control device.

402.1 The Operation and Maintenance Plan shall specify:

a. Operation and maintenance procedures that will demonstrate continuous operation of the emission control devic e during emission-producing operations;

and

b. Records that must be kept to do cument the operation and maintenance procedures.

402.2 The records must comply with Sections 501, 502, and 505.

402.3 The Operation and Maintenance Plan shall be implemented upon approval by the Air

Pollution Control Officer.

402.4 Subsequent to the construction of any emission control device used for demonstrating compliance with the emissi on limitation of Section 301, an Operation

and Maintenance Plan shall be submitted or resubmitted in conjunction with anyDecember 9, 1999 Rules and Regulations 232 - 6 Placer County APCD changes in the procedures addressed in the plan, or upon the request of the Air

Pollution Control Officer.

403 COMPLIANCE COSTS: A person operating a unit subject to this rule shall bear all expenses associated with compliance with the monitori ng and reporting provisions of this rule.

404 CERTIFICATION: All reports submitted in accordance with this rule shall be signed by a responsible official who shall certify the tr uth, accuracy, and completeness of the report.

500 MONITORING AND RECORDS

501 RECORDKEEPING: A person operating a unit subject to this rule shall keep the following

records for each unit:

501.1 Calendar date of record.

501.2 Number of hours the unit is operated during each day.

501.3 Boiler load.

501.4 Fuel types, including supplem entary gaseous or liquid fuels.

501.5 Duration of startups and shutdowns.

501.6 Type and duration of maintenance and repairs.

501.7 Results of compliance tests.

501.8 Three-hour average NO

x emission concentration (expressed as NO 2 and corrected to 12 percent by volume stack gas CO 2 ).

501.9 Three-hour average CO emission concentra tion (corrected to 12 percent by volume stack gas CO 2 ).

501.10 Identification of time periods during which NO

x and CO emission limitations are exceeded, the reason for the exceedance, and a description of corrective action

taken.

501.11 Identification of time periods during whic h operating condition and pollutant emission data were not obtained, the reason for not obtaining this information, and a description of corrective action taken.

502 CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS MONITORING

502.1 A person operating a unit subject to this rule shall install, calibrate, operate, and

maintain a Continuous Emissions Monitori ng System (CEMS) in accordance with applicable requirements of Appendices B and F of Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 60 (40 CFR 60).

502.2 The CEMS shall include equipment that measures and records the following:

a. Continuous exhaust gas NO

x and CO concentrations corrected to 12 percent by volume stack gas CO 2 dry basis.

b. Average NO

x and CO concentrations calculated on a three-hour average basis.December 9, 1999 Placer County APCD 232 - 7 Rules and Regulations 502.3 A person operating a CEMS shall subm it an excess emissions and monitoring systems performance report to the Air Pollution Control Officer within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter in accordance with 40 CFR 60, Section 60.7(c) and (d) and Section 60.13.

502.4 A relative accuracy test audit (RATA) is required each calendar year.

502.5 The enhanced monitoring requirements of Sections 113 and 114 of the Federal Clean Air Act shall take precedence over t he requirements of this Section for facilities subject to Rule 507, FEDERAL OPERATING PERMIT PROGRAM.

503 COMPLIANCE TEST

503.1 A person who operates a unit subject to th is rule shall conduct an annual compliance

test.

a. Each emission test run shall be conducted while the unit is operated within 10% of the rated heat input capacity. No emission test shall be conducted during startup, shutdown, or under breakdown c onditions for the purpose of the initial compliance test.

b. The compliance test shall be conducted for NO

x and CO using the test methods specified in Section 504.

503.2 At least sixty (60) days prior to the co mpliance test, a written test plan detailing the test methods and procedures to be used s hall be submitted for approval by the Air Pollution Control Officer. The plan shall cite the test methods to be used for the determination of compliance with the emission limitations of this rule. The plan shall provide the proposed procedures for the characterization of the representative biomass materials to be burned during testing.

504 TEST METHODS - A person conducting source tests in accordance with Section 503 shall use the following test methods:

504.1 Nitrogen Oxides (NO X ): ARB Test Method 100, Title 17, CCR, Section 94114, Procedures for Continuous Emission Stack Sampling , or EPA Test Method 7E, 40 CFR 60, Appendix A. A violation determin ed by any of these test methods shall

constitute a violation of this rule

504.2 Carbon Monoxide (CO): ARB Test Method 10, Title 17, CCR, Section 94109,

Determination of Carbon Monoxide Em issions from Stationary Sources , or ARB Test Method 100, or EPA Test Method 10, 40 CFR 60, Appendix A. A violation determined by any of these test methods sha ll constitute a violation of this rule.

504.3 Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 ): ARB Test Method 100, or EPA Test Method 3A.

505 DURATION OF RECORDS: All records maintained pursuant to this rule shall be retained for at least two years from date of entry, with the exception that sources subject to the requirements of Rule 507, FEDERAL OPERATIN G PERMIT PROGRAM, shall retain records at least five years. Records shall be made available for inspection by the Air Pollution Control Officer upon request.December 9, 1999 Rules and Regulations 232 - 8 Placer County APCD This Page Intentionally Left Blank