Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
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Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is the primary body of U.S. federal environmental regulations administered mainly by the Environmental Protection Agency, covering areas such as air and water quality, hazardous waste, and pollution control.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 40 CFR | 1 |
| Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1445126 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations Context triple: [Subtitle C, implementedThrough, Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations]
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A.
Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations is a body of U.S. federal rules governing money and finance, including regulations for anti-money laundering and financial reporting obligations.
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B.
Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations is the body of U.S. federal regulations that governs banks and other financial institutions, including rules on monetary policy, consumer protection, and banking operations.
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C.
Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations is the section of the CFR that compiles presidential documents, including executive orders, proclamations, and other directives issued by the President of the United States.
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D.
Title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations is the portion of the U.S. federal regulations that governs securities and commodity futures, including rules administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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E.
Title 46 of the United States Code
Title 46 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing shipping and maritime activities in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations Target entity description: Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is the primary body of U.S. federal environmental regulations administered mainly by the Environmental Protection Agency, covering areas such as air and water quality, hazardous waste, and pollution control.
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A.
Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations is a body of U.S. federal rules governing money and finance, including regulations for anti-money laundering and financial reporting obligations.
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B.
Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations is the body of U.S. federal regulations that governs banks and other financial institutions, including rules on monetary policy, consumer protection, and banking operations.
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C.
Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations is the section of the CFR that compiles presidential documents, including executive orders, proclamations, and other directives issued by the President of the United States.
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D.
Title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations is the portion of the U.S. federal regulations that governs securities and commodity futures, including rules administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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E.
Title 46 of the United States Code
Title 46 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing shipping and maritime activities in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental regulation compilation
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title of the Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ |
| administeredBy | United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
U.S. territories
ⓘ
states of the United States ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Clean Air Act
ⓘ
Clean Water Act ⓘ Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ⓘ Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ Safe Drinking Water Act ⓘ Toxic Substances Control Act ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | administrative regulations ⓘ |
| legalStatus | binding federal regulation ⓘ |
| partOf | Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ |
| publisher |
Government Printing Office
ⓘ
surface form:
Government Publishing Office
National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ |
| regulates |
air pollutant emissions
ⓘ
hazardous chemical reporting ⓘ hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal ⓘ industrial source emissions ⓘ motor vehicle emissions ⓘ public water systems ⓘ solid waste disposal facilities ⓘ underground injection control ⓘ underground storage tank operation ⓘ water pollutant discharges ⓘ |
| shortName |
Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
40 CFR
|
| subject |
air quality
ⓘ
drinking water standards ⓘ emissions standards ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ greenhouse gas reporting ⓘ hazardous waste management ⓘ noise pollution ⓘ oil pollution prevention ⓘ pesticide regulation ⓘ pollution control ⓘ radiation protection ⓘ solid waste management ⓘ superfund and hazardous site cleanup ⓘ toxic substances control ⓘ underground storage tanks ⓘ wastewater discharge ⓘ water quality ⓘ |
| updatedBy | Federal Register ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations Description of subject: Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is the primary body of U.S. federal environmental regulations administered mainly by the Environmental Protection Agency, covering areas such as air and water quality, hazardous waste, and pollution control.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
→
shortName
→
Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
40 CFR