Print this page Continuous Emissions Monitoring Guide
Harlan H. Bengtson, PhD, P.E.
Course Outline
The Part 75 continuous emission monitoring rule, found in 40CFR, was originally published in January, 1993. The purpose of the regulation was to establish continuous emission monitoring for air pollution, and to report requirements under EPA’s Acid Rain Program, which was instituted in 1990 under Title IV of the Clean Air Act.
The Acid Rain Program regulates electric generating units that burn fossil fuels and that serve a generator greater than 25 MW. For such units, Part 75 requires continuous monitoring and reporting of SO2 mass emissions, CO2 mass emissions, NOx emission rate and heat input. The SO2 component is a “cap and trade” program, designed to reduce acid deposition by limiting SO2 emission levels in the “lower 48” states of the United States.
This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.
Learning Objective
At the conclusion of this course, the student will:
- Have a basic understanding of the Part 75 Rule;
- Know who is required to comply with the Part 75 Rule;
- Know the basic components of the cap and trade program;
- Know why continuous monitoring is necessary;
- Know how the Part 75 Rule is structured;
- Be familiar with other federal regulations that interface with Part 75;
- Be familiar with an overview of Part 75 monitoring requirements;
- Be familiar with the components of a continuous monitoring system (CEMS);
- Know the difference between primary and backup monitoring systems;
- Know how a CEMS must be operated;
- Know how emissions and heat input rate can be determined from CEMS data;
- Know when corrections for stack gas moisture content is required;
- Be familiar with missing data procedures for CEMS;
- Be familiar with the Appendix D monitoring method;
- Know how the fuel flow rate is measured;
- Known the fuel sampling requirements of Appendix D;
- Know how the SO2 mass emission rate is calculated;
- Be familiar with the on-going quality-assurance requirements of Appendix D;
- Know the definition of a peaking unit;
- Know how hourly NOx emissions are determined;
- Be familiar with the low mass emission methodology description;
- Know how a unit qualifies for low mass emissions (LME) status;
- Be familiar with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for LME units;
- Be familiar with the process by which Part 75 monitoring systems are certified; and
- Be familiar with Part 75 QA/QC procedures.
Intended Audience
This course is intended for energy, mechanical, electrical, chemical, and civil engineers. However, this course could appeal to engineers of other disciplines as well.
Benefit to Attendee
An attendee of this course will gain knowledge about EPA’s Part 75 Continuous Emission Monitoring rule and details of how it is implemented.
Course Introduction
This course introduces the Continuous Emissions Monitoring Guide.
Course Content
For this course, you are required to download and study the following document:
"Plain English Guide to the Part 75 Rule", a publication of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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This course will teach you about EPA’s Part 75 Continuous Emission Monitoring rule and details of how it is implemented.
Quiz
Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.
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