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40 CFR § 417.90 - Applicability; description of the oleum sulfonation and sulfation subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s417.90"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 417.90 - Applicability; description of the oleum sulfonation and sulfation subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "417.90"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the oleum sulfonation and sulfation 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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# 417.90 Applicability; description of the oleum sulfonation and sulfation subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the manufacture of sulfonic acid and sulfuric acid esters by means of sulfonation and sulfation of raw materials, including but not limited to petroleum derived alkyls, employing oleum in either continuous or batch processes.