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40 CFR 420.35: Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

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  1. Title 40—Protection of Environment
  2. CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
  3. SUBCHAPTER N—EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
  4. PART 420—IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
  5. Subpart C—Ironmaking Subcategory

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing source subject to this subpart which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for existing sources.

(a) Iron blast furnace.

Subpart C

Pollutant or pollutant property Pretreatment standards for existing sources

Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days

Kg/kkg (pounds per 1,000 lb) of products

Ammonia-N 1 0.00876 0.00292

Cyanide 0.00175 0.000876

Phenols (4AAP) 0.0000584 0.0000292

Lead 0.000263 0.0000876

Zinc 0.000394 0.000131

1 The pretreatment standards for ammonia are not applicable to sources that discharge to a POTW with nitrification capability (defined at 420.02(s)).

(b) [Reserved]

(c) Existing indirect dischargers.

Subpart C

Pollutant or pollutant property Pretreatment standards for existing sources

Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days

Kg/kkg (pounds per 1,000 lb) of product

Ammonia-N 0.0350 0.0175

Cyanide 0.00175 0.000876

Phenols (4AAP) 0.000175 0.0000584

Lead 0.000263 0.0000876

Zinc 0.000394 0.000131

Collected 2026-08-27T02:26:04Z. Source file · JSON

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