§261.1061. Alternative standards for valves in gas/vapor service or in light liquid service: percentage of valves allowed to leak.
40 C.F.R. § 261.1061
A remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material subject to the requirements of § 261.1057 may elect to have all valves within a hazardous secondary material management unit comply with an alternative standard that allows no greater than 2 percent of the valves to leak.
The following requirements shall be met if a remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material decides to comply with the alternative standard of allowing 2 percent of valves to leak:
A performance test as specified in paragraph (c) of this section shall be conducted initially upon designation, annually, and at other times requested by the Regional Administrator.
If a valve leak is detected, it shall be repaired in accordance with § 261.1057(d) and (e).
Performance tests shall be conducted in the following manner:
All valves subject to the requirements in § 261.1057 within the hazardous secondary material management unit shall be monitored within 1 week by the methods specified in § 261.1063(b).
If an instrument reading of 10,000 ppm or greater is measured, a leak is detected.
The leak percentage shall be determined by dividing the number of valves subject to the requirements in § 261.1057 for which leaks are detected by the total number of valves subject to the requirements in § 261.1057 within the hazardous secondary material management unit.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Source
Source: 80 FR 1777, Jan. 13, 2015, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921, 6922, 6924(y) and 6938.
Source
Source: 45 FR 33119, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.