subchapter_subject: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_code: "403"
part_subject: "GENERAL PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS FOR EXISTING AND NEW SOURCES OF POLLUTION"
subpart_code: "A"
subpart_subject: "Receiving Stations Subcategory"
section_number: "403.2"
section_subject: "Objectives of general pretreatment regulations."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 403.2"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 400 to 424"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2018"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2018"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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By establishing the responsibilities of government and industry to implement National Pretreatment Standards this regulation fulfills three objectives:
(a)To prevent the introduction of pollutants into POTWs which will interfere with the operation of a POTW, including interference with its use or disposal of municipal sludge;
(b)To prevent the introduction of pollutants into POTWs which will pass through the treatment works or otherwise be incompatible with such works; and
(c)To improve opportunities to recycle and reclaim municipal and industrial wastewaters and sludges.