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40 CFR 437.47: Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

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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 437—THE CENTRALIZED WASTE TREATMENT POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
  5. Subpart D—Multiple Wastestreams

(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 or § 437.40(b), any new source subject to this subpart which combines treated or untreated wastes from subparts A, B, or C of this part may be subject to Multiple Wastestream Subcategory pretreatment standards representing the application of PSNS set forth in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), or (e) of this section if the discharger agrees to the following conditions in its permit:

(1) The discharger will meet the applicable Multiple Wastestream Subcategory standards set forth in paragraphs (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this section;

(2) The discharger will notify its local control authority at the time of submitting its application for an individual control mechanism or pretreatment agreement of its desire to be subject to Multiple Waste Subcategory by submitting to the local control authority an initial certification statement as described in § 437.41(a);

(3) The discharger will submit to its local control authority a periodic certification statements as described in § 437.41(b) once a year; and

(4) The discharger will maintain at the office of the facility and make available for inspection the on-site compliance paperwork as described in § 437.41(c).

(b) Combined waste receipts from subparts A, B and C of this part. (1) As provided in § 437.47(a), any new source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

Pretreatment Standards (PSNS)

Regulated parameter Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1

Metal Parameters

Antimony 0.249 0.206

Arsenic 0.162 0.104

Cadmium 0.474 0.0962

Chromium 0.746 0.323

Cobalt 0.192 0.124

Copper 0.500 0.242

Lead 0.350 0.160

Mercury 0.00234 0.000739

Nickel 3.95 1.45

Silver 0.120 0.0351

Tin 0.409 0.120

Titanium 0.0947 0.0618

Vanadium 0.218 0.0662

Zinc 2.87 0.641

Organic Parameters

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.215 0.101

Carbazole 0.598 0.276

o-Cresol 1.92 0.561

p-Cresol 0.698 0.205

n-Decane 0.948 0.437

Fluoranthene 0.0537 0.0268

n-Octadecane 0.589 0.302

2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 0.155 0.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

(2) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing wastewater containing cyanide:

In-Plant Limitations

Regulated parameter Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1

Cyanide 500 178

1 mg/L (ppm).

(c) Combined waste receipts from subparts A and B of this part. (1) As provided in § 437.47(a), any new source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

Pretreatment Standards (PSNS)

Regulated parameter Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1

Metal Paratmeters

Antimony 0.249 0.206

Arsenic 0.162 0.104

Cadmium 0.474 0.0962

Chromium 0.746 0.323

Cobalt 0.192 0.124

Copper 0.500 0.242

Lead 0.350 0.160

Mercury 0.00234 0.000739

Nickel 3.95 1.45

Silver 0.120 0.0351

Tin 0.409 0.120

Titanium 0.0947 0.0618

Vanadium 0.218 0.0662

Zinc 2.87 0.641

Organic Parameters

Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.215 0.101

Carbazole 0.598 0.276

n-Decane 0.948 0.437

Fluoranthene 0.0537 0.0268

n-Octadecane 0.589 0.302

1 mg/L (ppm).

(2) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing wastewater containing cyanide:

In-Plant Limitations

Regulated parameter Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1

Cyanide 500 178

1 mg/L (ppm).

(d) Combined waste receipts from subparts A and C of this part. (1) As provided in § 437.47(a), any new source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

Pretreatment Standards (PSNS)

Regulated parameter Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1

Metal Parameters

Antimony 0.249 0.206

Arsenic 0.162 0.104

Cadmium 0.474 0.0962

Chromium 15.5 3.07

Cobalt 0.192 0.124

Copper 4.14 1.06

Lead 1.32 0.283

Mercury 0.00234 0.000739

Nickel 3.95 1.45

Silver 0.120 0.0351

Tin 0.409 0.120

Titanium 0.0947 0.0618

Vanadium 0.218 0.0662

Zinc 2.87 0.641

Organic Parameters

o-Cresol 1.92 0.561

p-Cresol 0.698 0.205

2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 0.155 0.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

(2) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing wastewater containing cyanide:

In-Plant Limitations

Regulated parameter Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1

Cyanide 500 178

1 mg/L (ppm).

(e) Combined waste receipts from subparts B and C of this part. As provided in § 437.47(a), any new source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

Pretreatment Standards (PSNS)

Regulated parameter Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1

Metal Parameters

Chromium 0.746 0.323

Cobalt 56.4 18.8

Copper 0.500 0.242

Lead 0.350 0.160

Tin 0.335 0.165

Zinc 8.26 4.50

Organic Parameters

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.215 0.101

Carbazole 0.598 0.276

o-Cresol 1.92 0.561

p-Cresol 0.698 0.205

n-Decane 0.948 0.437

Fluoranthene 0.0537 0.0268

n-Octadecane 0.589 0.302

2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 0.155 0.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

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