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Emission Test Rq*rt EMC WA-2-08 Section 3 Revision: o Date: September 30.1999 Page 1 of 33 Section I Test Project Description 3.1 ObjectivesandTestMatrix The p urpose of this collaborative test project was to obtain uncontrolled and controlled emission data from a crematory at the Woodlawn Cemetery to assist EPA in developing emission standards under Section 129 of the Clean Air Act. The specific objectives were -N-YF to: Measure polychlorinated dibenzodioxin (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF)., total particulate matter (PM), hydrogen chloride (HO), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), sulfur dioxide (SO2), oxides of nitrogen ' (NO,), and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions simultaneously at the inlet and outlet of the wet scrubber along with observations of opacity at the chimney during three operating conditions where the secondary combustion chamber temperature would be varied • Monitor and record primary and secondary chamber temperatures, presence of outdoor ambient odors, charge weights, body container descriptions, batch cycle times, fuel flow rates, outdoor ambient temperatures, outdoor relative humidity, µ and outdoor barometric pressure during each test run. Testing for the pollutants specified in the work assignment and also those contracted by CANA was done during three operating or test conditions where the secondary chamber was maintained at approximately 1,400°, 1,600°, and 1,800°F for each condition. The retort was heated to operating temperature before testing. Testing for each run was started r when the retort door was closed following insertion of the body container. Testing for each w : run was stopped when the operator determined that cremation was completed. Sampling was not conducted during any portion of a warm-up or cool-down period. The test matrix, which includes the number of samples or sample component sets collected during each run for either uncontrolled or controlled emissions, is presented in r} Table 3-1. The target pollutants are listed in Table 3-2. Measured emission parameters were identical at the scrubber inlet and outlet locations. Opacity readings were taken outside at the chimney during all three tests. All sample analysis for target pollutants, except HCI, were performed at NW's laboratories in Kansas City, Missouri. Samples to be analyzed for HC1 were transferned to Galbraith Laboratories, Inc., in Knoxville, Tennessee, for analysis. ETS, Inc. of Roanoke, Virginia, performed the EPA instrumental