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40 CFR § 424.70 - Applicability; description of the electrolytic chromium subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s424.70"
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title: "40 CFR § 424.70 - Applicability; description of the electrolytic chromium subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "424.70"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the electrolytic chromium 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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
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# 424.70 Applicability; description of the electrolytic chromium subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the manufacture of chromium metal by the electrolytic process. They are not applicable to discharges resulting from the manufacture of chromium metal by aluminothermic or other methods.