[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 40, Volume 27] [Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 40CFR432.101] [Page 271] TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) PART 432--MEAT PRODUCTS POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents Subpart J--Renderer Subcategory Sec. 432.101 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 ``renderer'' shall mean an independent or off-site rendering operation, conducted separate from a slaughterhouse, packinghouse or poultry dressing or processing plant, which manufactures at rates greater than 75,000 pounds of raw material per day of meat meal, tankage, animal fats or oils, grease, and tallow, and may cure cattle hides, but excluding marine oils, fish meal, and fish oils. (c) The term ``tankage'' shall mean dried animal by-product residues used in feedstuffs. (d) The term ``tallow'' shall mean a product made from beef cattle or sheep fat that has a melting point of 40 [deg]C or greater. (e) The term ``raw material'' or as abbreviated herein, ``RM'', shall mean the basic input materials to a renderer composed of animal and poultry trimmings, bones, meat scraps, dead animals, feathers and related usable by-products. [[Page 272]]