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kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 57.603"
title: "40"
number: "57.603"
heading: "Criteria for approval."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/57.603"
---

# §57.603. Criteria for approval.


The approvability of any proposed research and development program shall be judged primarily according to the following criteria:

- (a) The likelihood that the project will result in the use of more effective means of emission limitation by the smelter within a reasonable period of time and that the technology can be implemented at the smelter in question, should the smelter be placed on a SIP compliance schedule at some future date when adequately demonstrated technology is reasonably available;
- (b) Whether the proposed funding and staffing of the project appear adequate for its successful completion;
- (c) Whether the proposed level of funding for the project is consistent with the research and development expenditure levels for pollution control found in other industries;
- (d) The potential that the project may yield industrywide pollution control benefits;
- (e) Whether the project may also improve control of other pollutants of both occupational and environmental significance;
- (f) The potential effects of the project on energy conservation; and
- (g) **Other non-air quality health and environmental considerations.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 110, 114, 119, 301, Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7410, 7414, 7419, and 7601); sec. 406 of Pub. L. 95-95.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 6448, Feb. 15, 1985, unless otherwise noted.