[Title 40 CFR 60.42]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2009 Edition]
[Title 40 - PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT]
[Chapter I - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)]
[Subchapter C - AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)]
[Part 60 - STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES--]
[Subpart D - Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam]
[Sec. 60.42 - Standard for particulate matter (PM).]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


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Sec. 60.42  Standard for particulate matter (PM).

    (a) On and after the date on which the performance test required to 
be conducted by Sec. 60.8 is completed, no owner or operator subject to 
the provisions of this subpart shall cause to be discharged into the 
atmosphere from any affected facility any gases that:
    (1) Contain PM in excess of 43 nanograms per joule (ng/J) heat input 
(0.10 lb/MMBtu) derived from fossil fuel or fossil fuel and wood 
residue.

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    (2) Exhibit greater than 20 percent opacity except for one six-
minute period per hour of not more than 27 percent opacity.
    (b)(1) On or after December 28, 1979, no owner or operator shall 
cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from the Southwestern Public 
Service Company's Harrington Station 1, in Amarillo, TX, any 
gases which exhibit greater than 35 percent opacity, except that a 
maximum or 42 percent opacity shall be permitted for not more than 6 
minutes in any hour.
    (2) Interstate Power Company shall not cause to be discharged into 
the atmosphere from its Lansing Station Unit No. 4 in Lansing, IA, any 
gases which exhibit greater than 32 percent opacity, except that a 
maximum of 39 percent opacity shall be permitted for not more than six 
minutes in any hour.
    (c) As an alternate to meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) of 
this section, an owner or operator that elects to install, calibrate, 
maintain, and operate a continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) 
for measuring PM emissions can petition the Administrator (in writing) 
to comply with Sec. 60.42Da(a) of subpart Da of this part. If the 
Administrator grants the petition, the source will from then on (unless 
the unit is modified or reconstructed in the future) have to comply with 
the requirements in Sec. 60.43Da(a) of subpart Da of this part.

[60 FR 65415, Dec. 19, 1995, as amended at 74 FR 5077, Jan. 28, 2009]