[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 19]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR136.4]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 136--GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF POLLUTANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 136.4  Application for alternate test procedures.

    (a) Any person may apply to the Regional Administrator in the Region 
where the discharge occurs for approval of an alternative test 
procedure.
    (b) When the discharge for which an alternative test procedure is 
proposed occurs within a State having a permit program approved pursuant 
to section 402 of the Act, the applicant shall submit his application to 
the Regional Administrator through the Director of the State agency 
having responsibility for issuance of NPDES permits within such State.
    (c) Unless and until printed application forms are made available, 
an application for an alternate test procedure may be made by letter in 
triplicate. Any application for an alternate test procedure under this 
paragraph (c) shall:
    (1) Provide the name and address of the responsible person or firm 
making the discharge (if not the applicant) and the applicable ID number 
of the existing or pending permit, issuing agency, and type of permit 
for which the alternate test procedure is requested, and the discharge 
serial number.
    (2) Identify the pollutant or parameter for which approval of an 
alternate testing procedure is being requested.
    (3) Provide justification for using testing procedures other than 
those specified in Table I.
    (4) Provide a detailed description of the proposed alternate test 
procedure, together with references to published

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studies of the applicability of the alternate test procedure to the 
effluents in question.
    (d) An application for approval of an alternate test procedure for 
nationwide use may be made by letter in triplicate to the Director, 
Analytical Methods Staff, Office of Science and Technology (4303), 
Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Any application for an alternate test 
procedure under this paragraph (d) shall:
    (1) Provide the name and address of the responsible person or firm 
making the application.
    (2) Identify the pollutant(s) or parameter(s) for which nationwide 
approval of an alternate testing procedure is being requested.
    (3) Provide a detailed description of the proposed alternate 
procedure, together with references to published or other studies 
confirming the general applicability of the alternate test procedure to 
the pollutant(s) or parameter(s) in waste water discharges from 
representative and specified industrial or other categories.
    (4) Provide comparability data for the performance of the proposed 
alternate test procedure compared to the performance of the approved 
test procedures.

[38 FR 28760, Oct. 16, 1973, as amended at 41 FR 52785, Dec. 1, 1976; 62 
FR 30763, June 5, 1997]