Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/61.174
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40 CFR 61.174 - Test methods and procedures. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 40 › Chapter I › Subchapter C › Part 61 › Subpart O › Section 61.174 40 CFR 61.174 - Test methods and procedures.
§ 61.174 Test methods and procedures.
(a) To determine compliance with § 61.172(c), the owner or operator shall conduct emission tests and reduce the test data in accordance with the test methods and procedures contained in this section unless the Administrator:
(1) Specifies or approves, in specific cases, the use of a reference method with minor changes in methodology, (2) Approves the use of an equivalent method,
(3) Approves the use of an alternative method, the results of which he has determined to be adequate for indicating whether a specific source is in compliance, or (4) Waives the requirement for emission tests as provided in § 61.13.
(1) After achieving the optimum operating conditions submitted under § 60.172(b)(2)(ii)(B) for the equipment required in § 61.172(b)(1), but no later than 90 days after the effective date of this subpart in the case of an existing copper converter or a copper converter that has an initial startup date preceding the effective date, or (2) After achieving the optimum operating conditions submitted under § 60.172(b)(2)(ii)(B) for the equipment required in § 61.172(b)(1), but no later than 90 days after startup in the case of a new copper converter, initial startup of which occurs after the effective date, or (3) At such other times as may be required by the Administrator under section 114 of the Act.
(d) For the purpose of determining compliance with § 61.172(c), the owner or operator shall use reference methods in 40 CFR part 60, appendix A, as follows:
(f) For the purpose of determining applicability under § 61.172(a), the owner or operator shall determine the converter arsenic charging rate as follows:
Rc is the converter arsenic charging rate, kg/hr (lb/hr). Ac is the monthly average weight percent of arsenic in the copper matte charged during the month(%) as determined under paragraph (f)(2) of this section. Al is the monthly average weight percent of arsenic in the lead matte charged during the month(%) as determined under paragraph (f)(2) of this section. Wci is the total rate of copper matte charged to a copper converter during the month, kg (lb). Wli is the total rate of lead matte charged to a copper converter during the month, kg (lb). Hc is the total number of hours the copper converter department was in operation during the month (hr). n is the number of copper converters in operation during the month.
(g) An owner or operator may petition the Administrator for a modified sampling and analysis schedule if analyses performed for the first 12-month period after the effective date show the source to be considerably below the applicability limit prescribed in § 61.172(a). [ 51 FR 28029, Aug. 4, 1986, as amended at 55 FR 22027, May 31, 1990; 65 FR 62158, Oct. 17, 2000]
40 CFR 61.172 — Standard for New and Existing Sources.