[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR428.11]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 428--RUBBER MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart A--Tire and Inner Tube Plants Subcategory
 
Sec. 428.11  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 ``raw material'' shall mean all natural and synthetic 
rubber, carbon black, oils, chemical compounds, fabric and wire used in 
the manufacture of pneumatic tires and inner tubes or components 
thereof.
    (c) The term ``process waste water'' shall mean, in the case of tire 
and inner tube plants constructed before 1959, discharges from the 
following: Soapstone solution applications; steam cleaning operations; 
air pollution control equipment; unroofed process oil unloading areas; 
mold cleaning operations; latex applications; and air compressor 
receivers. Discharges from other areas of such plants shall not be 
classified as process waste water for the purposes of this section.
    (d) Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (e) of this section, 
the term ``process waste water'' shall have the meaning set forth in 
Sec. 401.11(q) of this chapter.
    (e) Water used only for tread cooling shall be classified as 
``nonprocess waste water.''

[39 FR 6662, Feb. 21, 1974, as amended at 40 FR 18173, Apr. 25, 1975]