S.L. 549.78 Art. 15Monitoring.

(1) The operator shall monitor the concentrations of sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, dust, carbon monoxide, heavy metals (in accordance with Schedule VII), dioxins and furans (in accordance with Schedule VIII) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - PAHs (in accordance with Schedule XI) in the waste gases of the combustion plants within the scope of these regulations.

(2) Concentrations of sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, dust and of carbon monoxide shall be monitored continuously.

(3) The installation and functioning of the automated measuring equipment shall be subject to control and annual surveillance tests as set out in Schedule XIII.

(4) The operator shall make sure that all monitoring results are recorded, processed and presented in such a way as to enable the competent authority to verify compliance with the operating conditions and emission limit values which are included in the permit. To this end the permit shall include a template, which is to be used by the operator in order to report the monitoring results to the competent authority.

(5) 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.

(6) The operator shall monitor the flue gases of the combustion plants within the scope of these regulations discontinuously for heavy metals, PAHs and dioxins and furans.

(7) With the exception of dioxins and furans, discontinuous measurements shall be carried out at least every six months for a minimum sampling time of at least six hours.

(8) Dioxins and furans shall be measured discontinuously at least once yearly. The minimum sampling time shall be of six hours.

(9) The competent authority may waive the requirement for the measurement of dioxins and furans if it results that the concentration of dioxins and furans in the waste gases of the combustion plants is consistently below the limit value stipulated by the permit.

(10) Combustion plants using gas or light and middle distillates as their fuel shall not be required to monitor for dioxins and furans, heavy metals and PAHs.

(11) 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.

(12) 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.

(13) Automated measuring systems are subject to the requirements in Schedule XIII.

(14) The operator shall inform the competent authority of any significant changes in the type of fuel used or in the mode of operation of the plant. The competent authority shall decide whether the monitoring requirements laid down in sub-regulations

(1) to (13) are still adequate or require adaptation.