CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 53: Ambient Air Monitoring Reference And Equivalent Methods

Section No.	Description
Section 53.1	General requirements for a reference method determination
Section 53.2	General requirements for an equivalent method determination
Section 53.3	Applications for reference or equivalent method determinations
Section 53.4	Processing of applications
Section 53.5	Right to witness conduct of tests
Section 53.6	Testing of methods at the initiative of the Administrator
Section 53.7	Designation of reference and equivalent methods
Section 53.8	Conditions of designation
Section 53.9	Appeal from rejection of application
Section 53.10	Cancellation of reference or equivalent method designation
Section 53.11	Request for hearing on cancellation
Section 53.12	Hearings
Section 53.13	Modification of a reference or equivalent method
Section 53.14	Trade secrets and confidential or privileged information
Section 53.15	Supersession of reference methods
Section 53.16	General provisions
Section 53.20	Test conditions
Section 53.21	Generation of test atmospheres
Section 53.22	Test procedures
Section 53.23	General provisions
Section 53.30	Test procedures for methods for SO[bdi2], CO, O[bdi3], and NO[bdi2]
Section 53.32	Test Procedure for Methods for Lead (Pb)
Section 53.33	Test procedure for methods for PM 10 and Class I methods for PM 2
Section 53.34	Test procedure for Class II and Class III methods for PM 2
Section 53.35	General provisions
Section 53.40	Test conditions
Section 53.41	Generation of test atmospheres for wind tunnel tests
Section 53.42	Test procedures
Section 53.43	General provisions
Section 53.50	Demonstration of compliance with design specifications and manufacturing and test requirements
Section 53.51	Leak check test
Section 53.52	Test for flow rate accuracy, regulation, measurement accuracy, and cut-off
Section 53.53	Test for proper sampler operation following power interruptions
Section 53.54	Test for effect of variations in power line voltage and ambient temperature
Section 53.55	Test for effect of variations in ambient pressure
Section 53.56	Test for filter temperature control during sampling and post-sampling periods
Section 53.57	Operational field precision and blank test
Section 53.58	Aerosol transport test for Class I equivalent method samplers
Section 53.59	General provisions
Section 53.60	Test conditions
Section 53.61	Test procedure: Full wind tunnel test
Section 53.62	Test procedure: Wind tunnel inlet aspiration test
Section 53.63	Test procedure: Static fractionator test
Section 53.64	Test procedure: Loading test
Section 53.65	Test procedure: Volatility test
Section 53.66	Purpose