---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 60.172"
title: "40"
number: "60.172"
heading: "Standard for particulate matter."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/60.172"
---

# §60.172. Standard for particulate matter.

- (a) On and after the date on which the performance test required to be conducted by [§ 60.8](/cfr/40/60.8.md) is completed, no owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart shall cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from any sintering machine any gases which contain particulate matter in excess of 50 mg/dscm (0.022 gr/dscf).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 41 FR 2340, Jan. 15, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 24877, Dec. 23, 1971, unless otherwise noted.