40 CFR § 428.50 - Applicability; description of the small-sized general molded, extruded, and fabricated rubber plants subcategory.

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title: "40 CFR § 428.50 - Applicability; description of the small-sized general molded, extruded, and fabricated rubber plants subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "428.50"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the small-sized general molded, extruded, and fabricated rubber plants subcategory."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "428"
part_name: "RUBBER MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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 6662, Feb. 21, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "428"
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# 428.50 Applicability; description of the small-sized general molded, extruded, and fabricated rubber plants subcategory.

The following provisions of this subpart are applicable to process waste water discharges resulting from the production of molded, extruded, and fabricated rubber products, foam rubber backing, rubber cement-dipped goods, and retreaded tires by small-sized plants. Specifically excluded from the provisions of this subpart are the discharges resulting from the production of latex-based products, tires and inner tubes, and those discharges from textile plants subject to the provisions of part 410 of this chapter.