S.L. 549.56 Art. 14Monitoring.

(1) The operator shall monitor the concentrations of sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and dust in the waste gases of the combustion plants within the scope of these regulations.

(2) The operator shall monitor continuously through the use of automated measurement systems the flue gases of the combustion plants within the scope of these regulations for sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and dust if the rated thermal input of the combustion plant is 100 MW or more.

(3) In addition to the parameters in sub-regulation (2), the operator shall monitor the relevant process operation parameters of oxygen content, temperature, pressure and water vapour content. The continuous measurement of the water vapour content shall not be necessary if the sampled exhaust gas is dried prior to analysis.

(4) The operator shall monitor the flue gases of the combustion plants within the scope of these regulations discontinuously for sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and dust if they are not covered by the monitoring requirement in subregulation (2).

(5) The sampling and analysis of the relevant pollutants and process parameters as well as reference measurement methods to calibrate automated measurement systems shall be carried out in accordance with CEN standard methods. If CEN standards are not available, ISO standards or any national standard method from any of the Member Sates of the European Union can be used. In addition, continuous measuring systems shall be subject to control by means of parallel measurements with the reference methods at least every year.

(6) The operator shall carry out any discontinuous monitoring in accordance with the relevant CEN standards. In the absence of a CEN standard method an ISO standard method or any national standard method from any of the European Union Member States can be used.

(7) Automated measuring systems are subject to the requirements in Schedule IX.