Title 40, Part 53 — Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods
47 sections
Section 53.1
Definitions.
Section 53.2
General requirements for a reference method determination.
Section 53.3
General requirements for an equivalent method determination.
Section 53.4
Applications for reference or equivalent method determinations.
Section 53.5
Processing of applications.
Section 53.6
Right to witness conduct of tests.
Section 53.7
Testing of methods at the initiative of the Administrator.
Section 53.8
Designation of reference and equivalent methods.
Section 53.9
Conditions of designation.
Section 53.10
Appeal from rejection of application.
Section 53.11
Cancellation of reference or equivalent method designation.
Section 53.12
Request for hearing on cancellation.
Section 53.13
Hearings.
Section 53.14
Modification of a reference or equivalent method.
Section 53.15
Trade secrets and confidential or privileged information.
Section 53.16
Supersession of reference methods.
Section 53.20
General provisions.
Section 53.21
Test conditions.
Section 53.22
Generation of test atmospheres.
Section 53.23
Test procedures.
Section 53.30
General provisions.
Section 53.31
[Reserved]
Section 53.32
Test procedures for methods for SO, CO, O, and NO.
Section 53.33
Test Procedure for Methods for Lead (Pb).
Section 53.34
Test procedure for methods for PM and Class I methods for PM .
Section 53.35
Test procedure for Class II and Class III methods for PM and PM .
Section 53.40
General provisions.
Section 53.41
Test conditions.
Section 53.42
Generation of test atmospheres for wind tunnel tests.
Section 53.43
Test procedures.
Section 53.50
General provisions.
Section 53.51
Demonstration of compliance with design specifications and manufacturing and test requirements.
Section 53.52
Leak check test.
Section 53.53
Test for flow rate accuracy, regulation, measurement accuracy, and cut-off.
Section 53.54
Test for proper sampler operation following power interruptions.
Section 53.55
Test for effect of variations in power line voltage and ambient temperature.
Section 53.56
Test for effect of variations in ambient pressure.
Section 53.57
Test for filter temperature control during sampling and post-sampling periods.
Section 53.58
Operational field precision and blank test.
Section 53.59
Aerosol transport test for Class I equivalent method samplers.
Section 53.60
General provisions.
Section 53.61
Test conditions.
Section 53.62
Test procedure: Full wind tunnel test.
Section 53.63
Test procedure: Wind tunnel inlet aspiration test.
Section 53.64
Test procedure: Static fractionator test.
Section 53.65
Test procedure: Loading test.
Section 53.66
Test procedure: Volatility test.