---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 60.725"
title: "40"
number: "60.725"
heading: "Test methods and procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/60.725"
---

# §60.725. Test methods and procedures.

- (a) The reference methods in appendix A to this part except as provided under [§ 60.8(b)](/cfr/40/60.8.md?p=b) shall be used to determine compliance with [§ 60.722](/cfr/40/60.722.md) as follows:
  - (1) **Method 24 for determination of VOC content of each coating as received.**
  - (2) For Method 24, the sample must be at least a 1-liter sample in a 1-liter container.
- (b) Other methods may be used to determine the VOC content of each coating if approved by the Administrator before testing. Acceptable alternative methods to Method 24 of appendix A-7 to this part include: ASTM D2369-20; ASTM D2697-22; and ASTM D6093-97 (all incorporated by reference; see [§ 60.17](/cfr/40/60.17.md)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 2676, Jan. 29, 1988, as amended at 88 FR 18067, Mar. 27, 2023]

### Source

Source: 53 FR 2676, Jan. 29, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[53 FR 2676, Jan. 29, 1988, as amended at 88 FR 18067, Mar. 27, 2023]