40 CFR § 427.60 - Applicability; description of the asbestos roofing subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s427.60"
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title: "40 CFR § 427.60 - Applicability; description of the asbestos roofing subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "427.60"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the asbestos roofing subcategory."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "427"
part_name: "ASBESTOS MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 301, 304 (b) and (c), 306 (b) and (c), 307(c), 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."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 7527, Feb. 26, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "427"
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# 427.60 Applicability; description of the asbestos roofing subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the process in which asbestos paper is saturated with asphalt or coal tar with the subsequent application of various surface treatments to produce asbestos roofing products.