---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 60.640"
title: "40"
number: "60.640"
heading: "Applicability and designation of affected facilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/60.640"
---

# §60.640. Applicability and designation of affected facilities.

- (a) The provisions of this subpart are applicable to the following affected facilities that process natural gas: each sweetening unit, and each sweetening unit followed by a sulfur recovery unit.
- (b) Facilities that have a design capacity less than 2 long tons per day (LT/D) of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the acid gas (expressed as sulfur) are required to comply with [§ 60.647(c)](/cfr/40/60.647.md?p=c) but are not required to comply with [§§ 60.642 through 60.646](/cfr/40/60.642..60.646.md).
- (c) The provisions of this subpart are applicable to facilities located on land and include facilities located onshore which process natural gas produced from either onshore or offshore wells.
- (d) The provisions of this subpart apply to each affected facility identified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section which commences construction or modification after January 20, 1984, and on or before August 23, 2011.
- (e) The provisions of this subpart do not apply to sweetening facilities producing acid gas that is completely reinjected into oil-or-gas-bearing geologic strata or that is otherwise not released to the atmosphere.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 40160, Oct. 1, 1985, as amended at 77 FR 49542, Aug. 16, 2012]

### Source

Source: 50 FR 40160, Oct. 1, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[50 FR 40160, Oct. 1, 1985, as amended at 77 FR 49542, Aug. 16, 2012]