40 CFR § 425.70 - Applicability; description of the shearling subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s425.70"
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title: "40 CFR § 425.70 - Applicability; description of the shearling subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "425.70"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the shearling subcategory."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "425"
part_name: "LEATHER TANNING AND FINISHING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314 (b), (c), (e) and (g), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317 (b) and (c), 1318 and 1361."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 52870, Nov. 23, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "425"
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# 425.70 Applicability; description of the shearling subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to process wastewater discharges resulting from any tannery which processes raw or cured sheep or sheep-like skins with the wool or hair retained into finished leather by chrome tanning, and retan-wet finishing.