---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 610.22"
title: "40"
number: "610.22"
heading: "Device integrity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/610.22"
---

# §610.22. Device integrity.


The integrity of a device will be evaluated with respect to:

- (a) The extent to which device manufacture is standardized by means of drawings, specifications, and other fabrication and quality assurance controls;
- (b) The degree of sensitivity of device effectiveness to deterioration under exposure to normal operating conditions.
- (c) The susceptibility of the device to deterioration of effectiveness under abnormal operating conditions;
- (d) The effect upon its surroundings of device malfunction which may be reasonably anticipated to occur in actual use; and
- (e) **The extent to which test data support (b), (c) and (d).**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 511, Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, as amended (sec. 301, Pub. L. 94-163, 89 Stat. 915 (15 U.S.C. 2011)).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 17946, Mar. 23, 1979, unless otherwise noted.