Witty Repartee, At Work

Why do I like blogging? Well, it's a welcome change from the sort of regulatory E-Mail exchanges that rule the day, like the following:

Buried in this lengthy Federal Register notice is a change to 40 CFR 60.13 that will interest you CEMS junkies - EPA has clarified its treatment of partial unit operating hours for affected CEMS on all Part 60 sources. It says a valid hour can be a single data point in a single quadrant of operation.

Over the top! Call and response!:

except that the provisions pertaining to the validation of partial operating hours are only applicable for affected facilities that are required by the applicable subpart to include partial hours in the emission calculations.