---identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s415.161"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "40 CFR § 415.161 - Specialized definitions."title_number: 40title_name: "Protection of Environment"section_number: "415.161"section_name: "Specialized definitions."chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"subchapter_number: "N"subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"part_number: "415"part_name: "INORGANIC CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"positive_law: falsecurrency: "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. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217."regulatory_source: "47 FR 28278, June 29, 1982, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "415"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t40/s415.161
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2026-03-24
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2026-03-24
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Environmental Protection Agency
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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 o... 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. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217.
# 415.161 Specialized definitions.For the purpose of this subpart:(a) Except as provided below, the general definitions, abbreviations and methods of analysis set forth in 40 CFR part 401 shall apply to this subpart.(b) The term *product* shall mean sodium chloride.(c) The term *bitterns* shall mean the saturated brine solution remaining after precipitation of sodium chloride in the solar evaporation process.