---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 240.205-1"
title: "40"
number: "240.205-1"
heading: "Requirement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/240.205-1"
---

# §240.205-1. Requirement.


Emissions shall not exceed applicable existing emission standards established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (as published in parts [52](/cfr/40/part52.md), [60](/cfr/40/part60.md), 61 and 76 of this chapter) under the authority of the Clean Air Act, as amended, or State or local emission standards effective under that Act, if the latter are more stringent.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 209(a), Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 89-272); as amended by the Resource Recovery Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91-512).

### Source

Source: 39 FR 29329, Aug. 14, 1974, unless otherwise noted.