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40 CFR § 60.421 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s60.421"
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title: "40 CFR § 60.421 - Definitions."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "60.421"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIR PROGRAMS"
part_number: "60"
part_name: "STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 7401"
regulatory_source: "36 FR 24877, Dec. 23, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "60"
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# 60.421 Definitions.

As used in this subpart, all terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the Act and in subpart A.

*Ammonium sulfate dryer* means a unit or vessel into which ammonium sulfate is charged for the purpose of reducing the moisture content of the product using a heated gas stream. The unit includes foundations, superstructure, material charger systems, exhaust systems, and integral control systems and instrumentation.

*Ammonium sulfate feed material streams* means the sulfuric acid feed stream to the reactor/crystallizer for synthetic and coke oven by-product ammonium sulfate manufacturing plants; and means the total or combined feed streams (the oximation ammonium sulfate stream and the rearrangement reaction ammonium sulfate stream) to the crystallizer stage, prior to any recycle streams.

*Ammonium sulfate manufacturing plant* means any plant which produces ammonium sulfate.

*Caprolactam by-product ammonium sulfate manufacturing plant* means any plant which produces ammonium sulfate as a by-product from process streams generated during caprolactam manufacture.

*Coke oven by-product ammonium sulfate manufacturing plant* means any plant which produces ammonium sulfate by reacting sulfuric acid with ammonia recovered as a by-product from the manufacture of coke.

*Synthetic ammonium sulfate manufacturing plant* means any plant which produces ammonium sulfate by direct combination of ammonia and sulfuric acid.