[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR264.1055]

[Page 391]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 264_STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, 
STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart BB_Air Emission Standards for Equipment Leaks
 
Sec. 264.1055  Standards: Sampling connection systems.

    (a) Each sampling connection system shall be equipped with a closed-
purge, closed-loop, or closed-vent system. This system shall collect the 
sample purge for return to the process or for routing to the appropriate 
treatment system. Gases displaced during filling of the sample container 
are not required to be collected or captured.
    (b) Each closed-purge, closed-loop, or closed-vent system as 
required in paragraph (a) of this section shall meet one of the 
following requirements:
    (1) Return the purged process fluid directly to the process line;
    (2) Collect and recycle the purged process fluid; or
    (3) Be designed and operated to capture and transport all the purged 
process fluid to a waste management unit that complies with the 
applicable requirements of Sec. 264.1084 through Sec. 264.1086 of this 
subpart or a control device that complies with the requirements of Sec. 
264.1060 of this subpart.
    (c) In-situ sampling systems and sampling systems without purges are 
exempt from the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.

[61 FR 59952, Nov. 25, 1996]