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40 CFR § 422.40 - Applicability; description of the defluorinated phosphate rock subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s422.40"
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title: "40 CFR § 422.40 - Applicability; description of the defluorinated phosphate rock subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "422.40"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the defluorinated phosphate rock subcategory."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "422"
part_name: "PHOSPHATE MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Secs. 301, 304 (b) and (c), 306 (b) and (c), and 307(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; 33 U.S.C. 1251, 1311, 1314 (b) and (c), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317(c); 86 Stat. 816  Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 6582, Feb. 20, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
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# 422.40 Applicability; description of the defluorinated phosphate rock subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the defluorination of phosphate rock by application of high temperature treatment along with wet process phosphoric acid, silica and other reagents.