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40 CFR § 461.40 - Applicability; description of the Leclanche subcategory.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s461.40"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 461.40 - Applicability; description of the Leclanche subcategory."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "461.40"
section_name: "Applicability; description of the Leclanche subcategory."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "461"
part_name: "BATTERY 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), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307 (b) and (c), 308 and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977) (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317 (b) and (c), and 1361; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 9134, Mar. 9, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "461"
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# 461.40 Applicability; description of the Leclanche subcategory.

This subpart applies to discharges to waters of the United States, and introductions of pollutants into publicly owned treatment works from manufacturing Leclanche type batteries (zinc anode batteries with acid electrolyte).