40 CFR § 129.8 - Compliance date.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s129.8"
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title: "40 CFR § 129.8 - Compliance date."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "129.8"
section_name: "Compliance date."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "WATER PROGRAMS"
part_number: "129"
part_name: "TOXIC POLLUTANT EFFLUENT STANDARDS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Secs. 307, 308, 501, Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-500, 86 Stat. 816, (33 U.S.C. 1251 ))."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 2613, Jan. 12, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 129.8 Compliance date.

(a) The effluent standards or prohibitions set forth herein shall be complied with not later than one year after promulgation unless an earlier date is established by the Administrator for an industrial subcategory in the promulgation of the standards or prohibitions.

(b) Toxic pollutant effluent standards or prohibitions set forth herein shall become enforceable under sections 307(d) and 309 of the Act on the date established in paragraph (a) of this section regardless of proceedings in connection with the issuance of any NPDES permit or application therefor, or modification or renewal thereof.