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40 CFR § 408.280 - Applicability; description of the sardine processing subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s408.280"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 408.280 - Applicability; description of the sardine processing subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "408.280"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the sardine 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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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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# 408.280 Applicability; description of the sardine processing subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the canning of sardines or sea herring for sardines. These provisions, however, do not cover the relatively new steaking operation in which cutting machines are used for preparing fish steaks.