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40 CFR 421.96: Pretreatment standards for new sources.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 40—Protection of Environment
- CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
- SUBCHAPTER N—EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
- PART 421—NONFERROUS METALS MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
- Subpart I—Metallurgical Acid Plants Subcategory
Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new 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 new sources. The mass of wastewater pollutants in metallurgical acid plant blowdown introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:
Subpart I—Metallurgical Acid Plant—PSNS
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of 100 pct sulfuric acid capacity
Arsenic 3.550 1.584
Cadmium 0.511 0.204
Copper 3.269 1.558
Lead 0.715 0.332
Zinc 2.605 1.073
Fluoride 1 89.390 50.820
Molybdenum 1 [Reserved] [Reserved].
1 For Molybdenum acid plants only.
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