40 CFR § 60.282 - Standard for particulate matter.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s60.282"
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title: "40 CFR § 60.282 - Standard for particulate matter."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "60.282"
section_name: "Standard for particulate matter."
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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# 60.282 Standard for particulate matter.

(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:

(1) From any recovery furnace any gases which:

(i) Contain particulate matter in excess of 0.10 g/dscm (0.044 gr/dscf) corrected to 8 percent oxygen.

(ii) Exhibit 35 percent opacity or greater.

(2) From any smelt dissolving tank any gases which contain particulate matter in excess of 0.1 g/kg black liquor solids (dry weight)[0.2 lb/ton black liquor solids (dry weight)].

(3) From any lime kiln any gases which contain particulate matter in excess of:

(i) 0.15 g/dscm (0.066 gr/dscf) corrected to 10 percent oxygen, when gaseous fossil fuel is burned.

(ii) 0.30 g/dscm (0.13 gr/dscf) corrected to 10 percent oxygen, when liquid fossil fuel is burned.

[43 FR 7572, Feb. 23, 1978, as amended at 65 FR 61758, Oct. 17, 2000]