---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 60.253"
title: "40"
number: "60.253"
heading: "Standards for pneumatic coal-cleaning equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/60.253"
---

# §60.253. Standards for pneumatic coal-cleaning equipment.

- (a) On and after the date on which the performance test is conducted or required to be completed under [§ 60.8](/cfr/40/60.8.md), whichever date comes first, an owner or operator of pneumatic coal-cleaning equipment constructed, reconstructed, or modified on or before April 28, 2008, must meet the requirements of paragraphs [(a)(1)](#a-1) and [(a)(2)](#a-2) of this section.
  - (1) The owner or operator must not cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from the pneumatic coal-cleaning equipment any gases that contain PM in excess of 0.040 g/dscm (0.017 gr/dscf); and
  - (2) The owner or operator must not cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from the pneumatic coal-cleaning equipment any gases that exhibit 10 percent opacity or greater.
- (b) On and after the date on which the performance test is conducted or required to be completed under [§ 60.8](/cfr/40/60.8.md), whichever date comes first, an owner or operator of pneumatic coal-cleaning equipment constructed, reconstructed, or modified after April 28, 2008, must meet the requirements in paragraphs [(b)(1)](#b-1) and [(b)(2)](#b-2) of this section.
  - (1) The owner of operator must not cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from the pneumatic coal-cleaning equipment any gases that contain PM in excess or 0.023 g/dscm (0.010 gr/dscf); and
  - (2) The owner or operator must not cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from the pneumatic coal-cleaning equipment any gases that exhibit greater than 5 percent opacity.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 74 FR 51977, Oct. 8, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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