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In Chile, the Ministry of the Environment requires the installation of CEM systems at pulp mills, incinerators, thermoelectric power plants, and copper smelters. Lime kiln and recovery TRS emissions from pulp mills have been required to be monitored continuously since 1999 (MMA 1999). Thermoelectric power plants were regulated in 2011, where continuous monitoring systems for SO₂, NO_x, and particulate matter are required (MMA 2011). Requirements to monitor SO₂ from smelter acid plants were established in 2013 (MMA 2013a). Monitoring requirements for PM, SO₂, and NO_x emissions from incinerators were established in 2007 and 2013 (MMA 2013b)

Chile has applied a continuous monitoring protocol since 2011, which is based on U.S. Part 60 and Part 75 requirements and developed in collaboration with the U.S. EPA as part of the U.S.–Chile Environmental Cooperation Agreement (Chile 2003). Similar to the U.S. requirements, performance tests such as daily calibration verifications using certified gases, cylinder gas audits, and relative accuracy test audits are required for certification and after the systems are installed. This protocol was officially approved by the Superintendencia del Medio Ambiente (SMA) of the Government of Chile in 2019 (SMA 2019). For particulate matter monitoring systems, the correlation procedures of 40 CFR 60 Appendix B PS11 are followed. There are currently between 300 and 400 validated CEM systems in Chile (Montoya 2020).