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40 CFR § 410.80 - Applicability; description of the nonwoven manufacturing subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s410.80"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 410.80 - Applicability; description of the nonwoven manufacturing subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "410.80"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the nonwoven manufacturing subcategory."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "410"
part_name: "TEXTILE MILLS 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), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307 (b) and (c), and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977) (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317 (b) and (c), and 1361; 86 Stat. 186  Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 38819, Sept. 2, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "410"
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# 410.80 Applicability; description of the nonwoven manufacturing subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to process wastewater discharges resulting from facilities that primarily manufacture nonwoven textile products of wool, cotton, or synthetics, singly or as blends, by mechanical, thermal, and/or adhesive bonding procedures. Nonwoven products produced by fulling and felting processes are covered in subpart I—Felted Fabric Processing.