---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 412.44"
title: "40"
number: "412.44"
heading: "Effluent limitations attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (BCT)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/412.44"
---

# §412.44. Effluent limitations attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (BCT).


Except as provided in [40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32](/cfr/40/125.30..125.32.md), any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the application of BCT:

- (a) **For CAFO production areas—** the CAFO shall attain the same limitations and requirements as [§ 412.43(a)](/cfr/40/412.43.md?p=a).
- (b) **For CAFO land application areas—** the CAFO shall attain the same limitations and requirements as [§ 412.43(b)](/cfr/40/412.43.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1342, 1361.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 7269, Feb. 12, 2003, unless otherwise noted.