[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 22]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

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 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 para meter(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]