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40 CFR § 417.20 - Applicability; description of the fatty acid manufacturing by fat splitting subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s417.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 417.20 - Applicability; description of the fatty acid manufacturing by fat splitting subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "417.20"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the fatty acid manufacturing by fat splitting subcategory."
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: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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"
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# 417.20 Applicability; description of the fatty acid manufacturing by fat splitting subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the splitting of fats to fatty acids by hydrolysis and the subsequent processing of the fatty acids (e.g., refining and hydrogenation) to produce a suitable feed material for manufacture of soap by fatty acid neutralization.