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40 CFR § 421.4 - Compliance date for pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s421.4"
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title: "40 CFR § 421.4 - Compliance date for pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES)."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "421.4"
section_name: "Compliance date for pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES)."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "421"
part_name: "NONFERROUS METALS MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307 (b) and (c), 308 and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977) and the Water Quality Act of 1987 (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317 (b) and (c), 1318 and 1361; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217; 101 Stat. 7, Pub. L. 100-4."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 8790, Mar. 8, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "421"
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# 421.4 Compliance date for pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

The PSES compliance deadline in subparts A through M is March 8, 1987. The PSES compliance deadline for plants in subparts N through AE is September 20, 1988.

[50 FR 52776, Dec. 26, 1985]