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40 CFR § 408.20 - Applicability; description of the conventional blue crab processing subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s408.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 408.20 - Applicability; description of the conventional blue crab processing subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "408.20"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the conventional blue crab processing subcategory."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "408"
part_name: "CANNED AND PRESERVED SEAFOOD PROCESSING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 23140, June 26, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "408"
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# 408.20 Applicability; description of the conventional blue crab processing subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the processing of blue crab in which manual picking or separation of crab meat from the shell is utilized. The effluent limitations contained in this subpart B are applicable to existing facilities processing more than 1362 kg (3000 lbs) of raw material per day on any day during a calendar year and all new sources.

[40 FR 55780, Dec. 1, 1975]