40 CFR 61.19
§ 61.19 Circumvention.
United States · 40 CFR — Protection of Environment · Status: effective
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- 40 CFR 61.19, § 61.19 Circumvention, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/173602
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Full text
No owner or operator shall build, erect, install, or use any article machine, equipment, process, or method, the use of which conceals an emission which would otherwise constitute a violation of an applicable standard. Such concealment includes, but is not limited to, the use of gaseous dilutants to achieve compliance with a visible emissions standard, and the piecemeal carrying out of an operation to avoid coverage by a standard that applies only to operations larger than a specified size.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.