---identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s417.111"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "40 CFR § 417.111 - Specialized definitions."title_number: 40title_name: "Protection of Environment"section_number: "417.111"section_name: "Specialized definitions."chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"subchapter_number: "N"subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"part_number: "417"part_name: "SOAP AND DETERGENT 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) and (c), 306 (b) and (c), and 307(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended, (the Act); 33 U.S.C. 1251, 1311, 1314 (b) and (c), 1316 (b) and (c) and 1317(c), 86 Stat. 816 Pub. L. 92-500."regulatory_source: "39 FR 13372, Apr. 12, 1974, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "417"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t40/s417.111
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2026-03-24
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No
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2026-03-24
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Secs. 301, 304 (b) and (c), 306 (b) and (c), and 307(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended, (the Act); 33 U.S.C. 1251, 1311, 1314 (b) and (c), 1316 (b) and (c) and 1317(c), 86 Stat.... Secs. 301, 304 (b) and (c), 306 (b) and (c), and 307(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended, (the Act); 33 U.S.C. 1251, 1311, 1314 (b) and (c), 1316 (b) and (c) and 1317(c), 86 Stat. 816 Pub. L. 92-500.
# 417.111 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 *anhydrous product* shall mean the theoretical product that would result if all water were removed from the actual product.(c) The term *surfactant* shall mean those methylene blue active substances amenable to measurement by the method described in “Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes,” 1971, Environmental Protection Agency, Analytical Quality Control Laboratory, page 131.