Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 129 - SURFACE COATING FACILITIES › Appendix 096-129-A - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS TEST METHODS AND COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS PROCEDURE A
Test Methods and Compliance Procedures: General
				  Provisions.
(a) Test methods.
				The owner or operator of any volatile organic compound (VOC) source required to
				comply with Chapters 129 and 132 shall, at the owner's or operator's expense,
				demonstrate compliance by using the methods of Procedures A-H of this subpart
				or alternative methods that are approved by the Department and EPA as part of a
				State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision and shall meet all the requirements of
				these regulations.
(b) Preparation
				of test plan and quality assurance program. At least 30 days before the
				initiation of a required test the owner or operator shall submit a test plan
				that shall be approved by the Department before the results of the test are
				considered acceptable. This test plan shall include the following minimum
				information:
(1) The purpose of the proposed
				test and the applicable regulation;
(2) A detailed description of the facility to
				be tested, including a line diagram of the facility, locations of test sites,
				and facility operation conditions for the test;
(3) A detailed description of the proposed
				test methods and procedures, equipment, and sampling sites;
(4) A time table for the following:
(i) Date for the compliance test;
(ii) Date for submittal of final test report
				to the Department (not later than 45 days after completion of on-site
				sampling);
(5) Proposed
				corrective actions should the test results show noncompliance;
(6) Internal QA program. The internal quality
				assurance (QA) program shall include, at a minimum, the activities planned by
				routine operators and analysts to provide an assessment of test data precision.
				An example of internal QA is the sampling and analysis of replicable samples;
				and
(7) External QA program.
(i) The external QA program shall include, at
				a minimum, application of plans for a test method performance audit (PA) during
				the compliance test.
(ii) The
				external QA program may also include systems audits, which include the
				opportunity for on-site evaluation by the Department of instrument calibration,
				data validation, sample logging, and documentation of quality control data and
				field maintenance activities.
(iii)
				The PA shall consist of blind audit samples provided by the Department and
				analyzed during the compliance test to provide a measure of test data bias.
(A) The Department shall require the owner or
				operator to analyze PA samples during each compliance test when audit samples
				are available.
(B) Information
				concerning the availability of audit materials for a specific compliance test
				may be obtained by contacting the Emission Measurement Technical Information
				Center at (919) 541-2237.
(C) If
				the Department has prior knowledge that an audit material is available, the
				Department may contact the Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment
				Laboratory directly at (919) 541-4531 (for cylinder gas audit materials) or
				(919) 541-7834 (for all other types of audit materials).
(D) The evaluation criteria applied to the
				interpretation of the PA results and the subsequent remedial actions required
				of the owner or operator are the sole responsibility of the
				Department.