Perhaps your campus power plant has an air operating permit that identifies operating conditions, including established emissions limits for air pollutants, recordkeeping and reporting requirements, and requirements that need to be met for demonstrating compliance with emissions limits. One method that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can require facilities to use to demonstrate compliance is by conducting air monitoring for pollutants. Broadly speaking, there are a few EPA programs that have air emission monitoring components included; they are:
- Operating permit provisions under Title V of the 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments (40 CFR 70)
- New Source Performance Standards (40 CFR 60)
- Hazardous Air Pollutants program (40 CFR 63)
Continue on through this virtual tour section to learn more about air pollution control requirements associated with air emissions monitoring potentially applicable to your campus power plant. Some state regulations (State Implementation Plans, or "SIPs") and permits may include monitoring requirements.