40 CFR § 420.50 - Applicability; description of the vacuum degassing subcategory.

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title: "40 CFR § 420.50 - Applicability; description of the vacuum degassing subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "420.50"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the vacuum degassing subcategory."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "420"
part_name: "IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1342, and 1361."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 23284, May 27, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "420"
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# 420.50 Applicability; description of the vacuum degassing subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges and to the introduction of pollutants into publicly owned treatment works resulting from vacuum degassing operations conducted by applying a vacuum to molten steel.