[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 8]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR61.242-1]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 61_NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
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   Subpart V_National Emission Standard for Equipment Leaks (Fugitive 
                            Emission Sources)
 
Sec. 61.242-1  Standards: General.

    (a) Each owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart 
shall demonstrate compliance with the requirements of Sec. Sec. 61.242-
1 to 61.242-11 for each new and existing source as required in 40 CFR 
61.05, except as provided in Sec. Sec. 61.243 and 61.244.
    (b) Compliance with this subpart will be detemined by review of 
records, review of performance test results, and inspection using the 
methods and procedures specified in Sec. 61.245.
    (c)(1) An owner or operator may request a determination of 
alternative means of emission limitation to the requirements of 
Sec. Sec. 61.242-2, 61.242-3, 61.242-5, 61.242-6, 61.242-7, 61.242-8, 
61.242-9 and 61.242-11 as provided in Sec. 61.244.
    (2) If the Administrator makes a determination that a means of 
emission limitation is at least a permissible alternative to the 
requirements of Sec. 61.242-2, 61.242-3, 61.242-5, 61.242-6, 61.242-7, 
61.242-8, 61.242-9 or 61.242-11, an owner or operator shall comply with 
the requirements of that determination.
    (d) Each piece of equipment to which this subpart applies shall be 
marked in such a manner that it can be distinquished readily from other 
pieces of equipment.
    (e) Equipment that is in vacuum service is excluded from the 
requirements of Sec. 61.242-2, to Sec. 61.242-11 if it is identified 
as required in Sec. 61.246(e)(5).

[49 FR 23513, June 6, 1984; 49 FR 38946, Oct. 2, 1984]