40 CFR § 61.09 - Notification of startup.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s61.09"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 61.09 - Notification of startup."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "61.09"
section_name: "Notification of startup."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIR PROGRAMS"
part_number: "61"
part_name: "NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7401"
regulatory_source: "38 FR 8826, Apr. 6, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "61"
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# 61.09 Notification of startup.
(a) The owner or operator of each stationary source which has an initial startup after the effective date of a standard shall furnish the Administrator with written notification as follows:
(1) A notification of the anticipated date of initial startup of the source not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days before that date.
(2) A notification of the actual date of initial startup of the source within 15 days after that date.
(b) If any State or local agency requires a notice which contains all the information required in the notification in paragraph (a) of this section, sending the Administrator a copy of that notification will satisfy paragraph (a) of this section.
[50 FR 46291, Nov. 7, 1985]