[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 25]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR403.1]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 403--GENERAL PRETREAT- MENT REGULATIONS FOR EXISTING AND NEW SOURCES OF POLLUTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 403.1  Purpose and applicability.

    (a) This part implements sections 204(b)(1)(C), 208(b)(2) (C)(iii), 
301(b)(1)(A)(ii), 301(b)(2) (A)(ii), 301(h)(5) and 301(i)(2), 304 (e) 
and (g), 307, 308, 309, 402(b), 405, and 501(a) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977 (Pub. L. 
95-217) or ``The Act''. It establishes responsibilities of Federal, 
State, and local government, industry and the public to implement 
National Pretreatment Standards to control pollutants which pass through 
or interfere with treatment processes in Publicly Owned Treatment Works 
(POTWs) or which may contaminate sewage sludge.
    (b) This regulation applies:
    (1) To pollutants from non-domestic sources covered by Pretreatment 
Standards which are indirectly discharged into or transported by truck 
or rail or otherwise introduced into POTWs as defined below in 
Sec. 403.3;
    (2) To POTWs which receive wastewater from sources subject to 
National Pretreatment Standards;
    (3) To States which have or are applying for National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) programs approved in accordance 
with section 402 of the Act; and
    (4) To any new or existing source subject to Pretreatment Standards. 
National Pretreatment Standards do not apply to sources which Discharge 
to a sewer which is not connected to a POTW Treatment Plant.

[46 FR 9439, Jan. 28, 1981, as amended at 48 FR 2776, Jan. 21, 1983; 60 
FR 33932, June 29, 1995]