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40 CFR 440.24: New Source performance standards (NSPS).
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 40—Protection of Environment
- CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
- SUBCHAPTER N—EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
- PART 440—ORE MINING AND DRESSING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
- Subpart B—Aluminum Ore Subcategory
Except as provided in subpart L of this part, any new source subject to this subpart must achieve the following NSPS representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available demonstrated technology (BADT). The concentration of pollutants discharged in mine drainage from mines producting bauxite ores shall not exceed:
Effluent characteristic Effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
Milligrams per liter
Fe (total) 1.0 0.5
Al 2.0 1.0
pH (1) (1)
TSS 30.0 20.0
1 Within the range of 6.0 to 9.0.
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