---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 60.1760"
title: "40"
number: "60.1760"
heading: "What is required for my continuous opacity monitoring system and how are the data used?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/60.1760"
---

# §60.1760. What is required for my continuous opacity monitoring system and how are the data used?

- (a) **Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a continuous opacity monitoring system.**
- (b) Install, evaluate, and operate each continuous opacity monitoring system according to [§ 60.13](/cfr/40/60.13.md).
- (c) Complete an initial evaluation of your continuous opacity monitoring system according to Performance Specification 1 in appendix B of this part. Complete the evaluation by 180 days after your final compliance date.
- (d) Complete each annual evaluation of your continuous opacity monitoring system no more than 13 months after the previous evaluation.
- (e) Use tests conducted according to EPA Reference Method 9 in appendix A of this part, as specified in [§ 60.1790](/cfr/40/60.1790.md), to determine compliance with the opacity limit in table 2 or 4 of this subpart. The data obtained from your continuous opacity monitoring system are not used to determine compliance with the opacity limit.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 65 FR 76384, Dec. 6, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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