40 CFR § 98.220 - Definition of source category.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s98.220"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 98.220 - Definition of source category."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "98.220"
section_name: "Definition of source category."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIR PROGRAMS"
part_number: "98"
part_name: "MANDATORY GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 56374, Oct. 30, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "98"
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# 98.220 Definition of source category.
This source category includes a nitric acid production facility using one or more trains to produce weak nitric acid (30 to 70 percent in strength). Starting with reporting year 2018, this source category includes all nitric acid production facilities using one or more trains to produce nitric acid (any strength). A nitric acid train produces nitric acid through the catalytic oxidation of ammonia.
[81 FR 89259, Dec. 9, 2016]