Part 53 — Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods
Subpart A — General Provisions
- § 53.1— Definitions.
- § 53.2— General requirements for a reference method determination.
- § 53.3— General requirements for an equivalent method determination.
- § 53.4— Applications for reference or equivalent method determinations.
- § 53.5— Processing of applications.
- § 53.6— Right to witness conduct of tests.
- § 53.7— Testing of methods at the initiative of the Administrator.
- § 53.8— Designation of reference and equivalent methods.
- § 53.9— Conditions of designation.
- § 53.10— Appeal from rejection of application.
- § 53.11— Cancellation of reference or equivalent method designation.
- § 53.12— Request for hearing on cancellation.
- § 53.13— Hearings.
- § 53.14— Modification of a reference or equivalent method.
- § 53.15— Trade secrets and confidential or privileged information.
- § 53.16— Supersession of reference methods.
Subpart B — Procedures for Testing Performance Characteristics of Automated Methods for SO<sub>2</sub>, CO, O<sub>3</sub>, and NO<sub>2</sub>
Subpart C — Procedures for Determining Comparability Between Candidate Methods and Reference Methods
- § 53.30— General provisions.
- § 53.32— Test procedures for methods for SO<sub>2</sub>, CO, O<sub>3</sub>, and NO<sub>2</sub>.
- § 53.33— Test Procedure for Methods for Lead (Pb).
- § 53.34— Test procedure for methods for PM<sub>10</sub> and Class I methods for PM <sub>2.5</sub>.
- § 53.35— Test procedure for Class II and Class III methods for PM <sub>2.5</sub> and PM <sub>−2.5</sub>.
Subpart D — Procedures for Testing Performance Characteristics of Methods for PM <sub>10</sub>
Subpart E — Procedures for Testing Physical (Design) and Performance Characteristics of Reference Methods and Class I and Class II Equivalent Methods for PM <sub>2.5</sub> or PM <sub>10-2.5</sub>
- § 53.50— General provisions.
- § 53.51— Demonstration of compliance with design specifications and manufacturing and test requirements.
- § 53.52— Leak check test.
- § 53.53— Test for flow rate accuracy, regulation, measurement accuracy, and cut-off.
- § 53.54— Test for proper sampler operation following power interruptions.
- § 53.55— Test for effect of variations in power line voltage and ambient temperature.
- § 53.56— Test for effect of variations in ambient pressure.
- § 53.57— Test for filter temperature control during sampling and post-sampling periods.
- § 53.58— Operational field precision and blank test.
- § 53.59— Aerosol transport test for Class I equivalent method samplers.