[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: 40CFR406.12]

[Page 77-78]
 
                TITLE 40-PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
      CHAPTER I-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 406-GRAIN MILLS POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A-Corn Wet Milling Subcategory
 
Sec. 406.12  Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control 
          technology currently available.

    (a) Except as provided in Sec.Sec. 125.30 
through 125.32, and subject to the provisions in paragraph (b) of this 
section, any existing point source subject to this subpart shall achieve 
the following

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effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction 
attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology 
currently available (BPT):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Effluent limitations
                                     -----------------------------------
                                                     Average of daily
       Effluent characteristic          Maximum        values for 30
                                       for any 1  consecutive days shall
                                          day       not exceed-
                                                         
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Metric units (kilograms per 1,000
                                                  kg of corn)

                                     -------------
BOD5................................        2.67                 0.89
TSS.................................        4.32                 1.08
pH..................................       (\1\)                (\1\)

                                     -------------
                                        English units (pounds per 1,000
                                                stdbu of corn)

                                     -------------
BOD5................................         150                   50
TSS.................................         240                   60
pH..................................       (\1\)                (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.

    (b) The limitations given in paragraph (a) of this section for BOD5 
and TSS are derived for a point source producing products standards to 
the corn wet milling industry. For those plants producing modified 
starches at a rate of at least 15 percent by dry-basis weight of total 
sweetener and starch products per month for 12 consecutive months, the 
following limitations should be used to derive an additive adjustment to 
the discharge allowed by paragraph (a) of this section:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Effluent limitations
                                     -----------------------------------
                                                     Average of daily
       Effluent characteristic          Maximum        values for 30
                                       for any 1  consecutive days shall
                                          day       not exceed-
                                                         
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Metric units (kilograms per 1,000
                                                  kg of corn)

                                     -------------
BOD5................................        0.81                 0.27
TSS.................................        2.16                  .54

                                     -------------
                                        English units (pounds per 1,000
                                                stdbu of corn)

                                     -------------
BOD5................................          45                   15
TSS.................................         120                   30
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[39 FR 10513, Mar. 20, 1974, as amended at 42 FR 62371, Dec. 12, 1977; 
60 FR 33936, June 29, 1995]