---
kind: "unit"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Protection of Environment"
key: "chI/subchN/part412"
level: "part"
label: "Part 412"
heading: "Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (cafo) Point Source Category"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/chI-subchN-part412"
sections_count: 31
---

# Part 412 — Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (cafo) Point Source Category

Title 40 C.F.R. — Protection of Environment › Chapter I — Environmental Protection Agency › Subchapter N — Effluent Guidelines and Standards

## Sections

- [§412.1. General applicability.](/cfr/40/412.1.md)
- [§412.2. General definitions.](/cfr/40/412.2.md)
- [§412.3. General pretreatment standards.](/cfr/40/412.3.md)
- [§412.4. Best management practices (BMPs) for land application of manure, litter, and process wastewater.](/cfr/40/412.4.md)

## Contents

- [Subpart A — Horses and Sheep](/cfr/40/chI-subchN-part412-subpartA.md)
- [Subpart B — Ducks](/cfr/40/chI-subchN-part412-subpartB.md)
- [Subpart C — Dairy Cows and Cattle Other Than Veal Calves](/cfr/40/chI-subchN-part412-subpartC.md)
- [Subpart D — Swine, Poultry, and Veal Calves](/cfr/40/chI-subchN-part412-subpartD.md)