§63.166. Standards: Sampling connection systems.
40 C.F.R. § 63.166
Each sampling connection system shall be equipped with a closed-purge, closed-loop, or closed-vent system, except as provided in § 63.162(b) of this subpart. Gases displaced during filling of the sample container are not required to be collected or captured.
Each closed-purge, closed-loop, or closed-vent system as required in paragraph (a) of this section shall:
Return the purged process fluid directly to the process line; or
Collect and recycle the purged process fluid to a process; or
Be designed and operated to capture and transport the purged process fluid to a control device that complies with the requirements of § 63.172 of this subpart; or
Collect, store, and transport the purged process fluid to a system or facility identified in paragraph (b)(4)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section.
A waste management unit as defined in § 63.111 of subpart G of this part, if the waste management unit is subject to, and operated in compliance with the provisions of subpart G of this part applicable to group 1 wastewater streams. If the purged process fluid does not contain any organic HAP listed in Table 9 of subpart G of part 63, the waste management unit need not be subject to, and operated in compliance with the requirements of 40 CFR part 63, subpart G applicable to group 1 wastewater streams provided the facility has an NPDES permit or sends the wastewater to an NPDES permitted facility.
A treatment, storage, or disposal facility subject to regulation under 40 CFR part 262, 264, 265, or 266; or
A facility permitted, licensed, or registered by a State to manage municipal or industrial solid waste, if the process fluids are not hazardous waste as defined in 40 CFR part 261.
In-situ— sampling systems and sampling systems without purges are exempt from the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[59 FR 19568, Apr. 22, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 31439, June 20, 1996]
Source
Source: 59 FR 19568, Apr. 22, 1994, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Source
Source: 57 FR 61992, Dec. 29, 1992, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[59 FR 19568, Apr. 22, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 31439, June 20, 1996]