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40 CFR § 424.50 - Applicability; description of the other calcium carbide furnaces subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s424.50"
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title: "40 CFR § 424.50 - Applicability; description of the other calcium carbide furnaces subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "424.50"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the other calcium carbide furnaces subcategory."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "424"
part_name: "FERROALLOY 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), 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 6809, Feb. 22, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "424"
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# 424.50 Applicability; description of the other calcium carbide furnaces subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the production of calcium carbide in those covered furnaces which do not utilize wet air pollution control methods. Covered calcium carbide furnaces using wet air pollution control devices are regulated in subpart D of this part. Open (uncovered) calcium carbide furnaces are regulated in part 415, inorganic chemicals manufacturing point source category (39 FR 9612).