[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 26]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR402.24]

[Page 400-401]
 
                TITLE 40-PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
      CHAPTER I-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 420-IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B-Sintering Subcategory
 
Sec. 402.24  New source performance standards (NSPS).

    New sources subject to this subpart must achieve the following new 
source performance standards (NSPS), as applicable.
    (a) Any new source subject to the provisions of this section that 
commenced discharging after November 19, 2012 and before November 18, 
2002 must continue to achieve the applicable standards specified in 
Sec. 420.24 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
revised as of July 1, 2001, except that after the expiration of the 
applicable time period specified in 40 CFR 122.29(d)(1), the source must 
also achieve the effluent limitations specified in Sec. 420.23 
for 2,3,7,8-TCDF.

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    (b) The following standards apply with respect to each new source 
that commences construction after November 18, 2002.
    (1) Sintering operations with wet air pollution control system. The 
following table presents NSPS for sintering operations with wet air 
pollution control systems:

                        Subpart B-New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
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           Regulated parameter                      Maximum daily1                   Maximum monthly avg.1
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TSS.....................................  0.0200                              0.00751
O&G.........................  0.00501                             ..................................
Ammonia-N2..............................  0.0150                              0.00501
Cyanide2................................  0.00100                             0.000501
Phenols (4AAP)2.........................  0.000100                            0.0000501
TRC3....................................  0.000250                            ..................................
Lead....................................  0.000451                            0.000150
Zinc....................................  0.000676                            0.000225
pH......................................  (4)                                 (4)
2,3,7,8-TCDF............................  <;ML                              ..................................
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1 Pounds per thousand lb of product.
2 Limits for these parameters apply only when sintering wastewater is co-treated with ironmaking wastewater.
3 Applicable only when sintering process wastewater is chlorinated.
4 Within the range of 6.0 to 9.0.

    (2) Sintering operations with dry air pollution control system. 
There shall be no discharge of process wastewater pollutants to waters 
of the U.S.

[67 FR 64265, Oct. 17, 2002]