---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 98.180"
title: "40"
number: "98.180"
heading: "Definition of the source category."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/98.180"
---

# §98.180. Definition of the source category.


The lead production source category consists of primary lead smelters and secondary lead smelters. A primary lead smelter is a facility engaged in the production of lead metal from lead sulfide ore concentrates through the use of pyrometallurgical techniques. A secondary lead smelter is a facility at which lead-bearing scrap materials (including but not limited to, lead-acid batteries) are recycled by smelting into elemental lead or lead alloys.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 56374, Oct. 30, 2009, unless otherwise noted.