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40 CFR 420.132: Effluent limitations attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT).
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 40—Protection of Environment
- CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
- SUBCHAPTER N—EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
- PART 420—IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
- Subpart M—Other Operations Subcategory
Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve, for each applicable segment, the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT):
(a) Direct-reduced iron.
Subpart M—Effluent Limitations (BPT)
Pollutant Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
TSS 0.00998 0.00465
pH (2) (2)
1 Pounds per thousand pound of product.
2 Within the range of 6.0 to 9.0.
(b) Forging operations.
Subpart M—Effluent Limitations (BPT)
Pollutant Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
O&G (as HEM) 0.00746 0.00446
TSS 0.0123 0.00508
pH (2) (2)
1 Pounds per thousand pound of product.
2 Within the range of 6.0 to 9.0.
(c) Briquetting. There shall be no discharge of process wastewater pollutants to waters of the U.S.
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