40 CFR 430.97: Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 40—Protection of Environment
- CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
- SUBCHAPTER N—EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
- PART 430—THE PULP, PAPER, AND PAPERBOARD POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
- Subpart I—Secondary Fiber Deink Subcategory
(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to this subpart that introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS) if it uses chlorophenolic-containing biocides. Permittees not using chlorophenolic-containing biocides must certify to the permit-issuing authority that they are not using these biocides:
Subpart I
[Facilities where fine paper is produced]
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Milligrams/liter (mg/l) Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product a
Pentachlorophenol (0.049)(15.9)/y 0.0033
Trichlorophenol (0.126)(15.9)/y 0.0084
y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product.
a The following equivalent mass limitations are provided as guidance in cases when POTWs find it necessary to impose mass equivalent limitations.
Subpart I
[Facilities where tissue paper is produced]
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Milligrams/liter (mg/l) Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product a
Pentachlorophenol (0.040)(19.5)/y 0.0033
Trichlorophenol (0.103)(19.5)/y 0.0084
y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product.
a The following equivalent mass limitations are provided as guidance in cases when POTWs find it necessary to impose mass equivalent limitations.
Subpart I
[Facilities where newsprint is produced]
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Milligrams/liter (mg/l) Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product a
Pentachlorophenol (0.048)(16.2)/y 0.0033
Trichlorophenol (0.015)(16.2)/y 0.0010
y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product.
a The following equivalent mass limitations are provided as guidance in cases when POTWs find it necessary to impose mass equivalent limitations.
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