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40 CFR § 417.70 - Applicability; description of the manufacture of bar soaps subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s417.70"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 417.70 - Applicability; description of the manufacture of bar soaps subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "417.70"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the manufacture of bar soaps 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"
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"
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# 417.70 Applicability; description of the manufacture of bar soaps subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from all operations associated with conversion of neat soap to finished bar soaps, including drying, milling, plodding, stamping and packaging.