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40 CFR § 408.147 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (BCT).

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title: "40 CFR § 408.147 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (BCT)."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
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section_name: "Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (BCT)."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
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subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "408"
part_name: "CANNED AND PRESERVED SEAFOOD PROCESSING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"
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authority: "Secs. 301, 304 (b) and (c), 306 (b) and (c), 307(c), of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; 33 U.S.C. 1251, 1311, 1314 (b) and (c), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317(c); 86 Stat. 816  Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217."
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# 408.147 Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (BCT).

Except as provided in §§ 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (BCT): The limitations shall be the same as those specified for conventional pollutants (which are defined in § 401.16) in § 408.142 of this subpart for the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT).

[51 FR 24997, July 9, 1986]