40 CFR § 60.173 - Standard for sulfur dioxide.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s60.173"
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title: "40 CFR § 60.173 - Standard for sulfur dioxide."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "60.173"
section_name: "Standard for sulfur dioxide."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIR PROGRAMS"
part_number: "60"
part_name: "STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 7401"
regulatory_source: "36 FR 24877, Dec. 23, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "60"
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# 60.173 Standard for sulfur dioxide.

(a) On and after the date on which the performance test required to be conducted by § 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 roaster any gases which contain sulfur dioxide in excess of 0.065 percent by volume.

(b) Any sintering machine which eliminates more than 10 percent of the sulfur initially contained in the zinc sulfide ore concentrates will be considered as a roaster under paragraph (a) of this section.