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40 CFR § 415.60 - Applicability; description of the chlorine and sodium or potassium hydroxide production subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s415.60"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 415.60 - Applicability; description of the chlorine and sodium or potassium hydroxide production subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "415.60"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the chlorine and sodium or potassium hydroxide production subcategory."
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: 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. 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"
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# 415.60 Applicability; description of the chlorine and sodium or potassium hydroxide production subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the production of chlorine and sodium or potassium hydroxide by the diaphragm cell process and by the mercury cell process.