---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 62.15215"
title: "40"
number: "62.15215"
heading: "What is required for my continuous opacity monitoring system and how are the data used?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/62.15215"
---

# §62.15215. 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) of [subpart A](/cfr/40/subpartA.md) [40 CFR part 60](/cfr/40/part60.md).
- (c) Complete an initial evaluation of your continuous opacity monitoring system according to Performance Specification 1 in appendix B of [40 CFR part 60](/cfr/40/part60.md). Complete this 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, as specified in [§ 62.15245](/cfr/40/62.15245.md), to determine compliance with the applicable opacity limit in tables 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: 68 FR 5158, Jan. 31, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 43 FR 51393, Nov. 3, 1978, unless otherwise noted.