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40 CFR § 457.31 - Specialized definitions.

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title: "40 CFR § 457.31 - Specialized definitions."
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title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "457.31"
section_name: "Specialized definitions."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
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subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
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part_name: "EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"
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# 457.31 Specialized definitions.

For the purpose of this subpart:

(a) Except as provided below, the general definitions, abbreviations and methods of analysis set forth in 40 CFR part 401 shall apply to this subpart.

(b) The term “product” shall mean products from plants which blend explosives and market a final product, and plants that fill shells and blasting caps. Examples of such installations would be plants manufacturing ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (ANFO), nitrocarbonitrate (NCN), slurries, water gels, and shells.