[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: 40CFR407.62]

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                TITLE 40-PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
      CHAPTER I-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 407-CANNED AND PRESERVED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart F-Canned and Preserved Fruits Subcategory
 
Sec. 407.62  Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control 
          technology currently available.

    Except as provided in Sec.Sec. 125.30 through 
125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart shall achieve 
the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent 
reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control 
technology currently available (BPT):
    (a) The following limitations establish the quantity of BOD5 
controlled by

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this section, which may be discharged by a 
``medium'' or 
``large'' existing point source subject to 
the provisions of this subpart after application of the best practicable 
control technology currently available. Any fruit processing plant which 
continuously or intermittently discharges process waste water during the 
processing season shall meet the annual average, maximum thirty day 
average, and maximum day BOD5 limitations. Fruit processing plants 
employing long term waste stabilization, where all or a portion of the 
process waste water discharge is stored for the entire processing season 
and released at a controlled rate with State approval, shall meet only 
the annual average BOD5 limitations.

               [Metric units, kg/kkg of raw material; English units, lb/1,000 lb of raw material]
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                                                                        BOD5 effluent limitations
                                                       ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Average of daily
                  Commodity (fruits)                     Maximum       values for 30       Annual average shall
                                                         for any  consecutive days shall    not exceed-
                                                          1 day     not exceed-           
                                                                         
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Apricots..............................................      3.00                1.81                 1.26
Caneberries...........................................      0.77                0.46                 0.32
Cherries:
  Brined..............................................      2.87                1.78                 1.28
  Sour................................................      1.77                1.11                 0.81
  Sweet...............................................      1.12                0.69                 0.49
Cranberries...........................................      1.71                1.03                 0.73
Dried fruit...........................................      1.86                1.13                 0.80
Grape juice:
  Canning.............................................      1.10                0.69                 0.51
  Pressing............................................      0.22                0.14                 0.10
Olives................................................      5.44                3.34                 2.39
Peaches...............................................      1.51                0.93                 0.67
Pears.................................................      1.77                1.12                 0.83
Pickles:
  Fresh pack..........................................      1.22                0.75                 0.53
  Process pack........................................      1.45                0.92                 0.68
    Salt stations.....................................      0.25                0.18                 0.15
Pineapples............................................      2.13                1.33                 0.96
Plums.................................................      0.69                0.42                 0.29
Raisins...............................................      0.43                0.28                 0.21
Strawberries..........................................      1.79                1.06                 0.74
Tomatoes..............................................      1.21                0.71                 0.94
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    (b) The following limitations establish the quantity of TSS 
controlled by this section, which may be discharged by a 
``medium'' or 
``large'' existing point source subject to 
the provisions of this subpart after application of the best practicable 
control technology currently available. Any fruit processing plant which 
continuously or intermittently discharges process waste water during the 
processing season shall meet the annual average, maximum thirty day 
average, and maximum day TSS limitations. Fruit processing plants 
employing long term waste stabilization, where all or a portion of the 
process waste water discharge is stored for the entire processing season 
and released at a controlled rate with state approval, shall meet only 
the annual average TSS limitations.

               [Metric units, kg/kkg of raw material; English units, lb/1,000 lb of raw material]
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                                                                        TSS effluent limitations
                                                       ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Average of daily
                  Commodity (fruits)                     Maximum       values for 30       Annual average shall
                                                         for any  consecutive days shall    not exceed-
                                                          1 day     not exceed-           
                                                                         
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Apricots..............................................      5.36                3.74                 2.33
Caneberries...........................................      1.38                0.95                 0.58
Cherries:
  Brined..............................................      5.18                3.68                 2.38
  Sour................................................      3.20                2.30                 1.52
  Sweet...............................................      2.01                1.43                 0.92
Cranberries...........................................      3.06                2.14                 1.34
Dried fruit...........................................      3.34                2.34                 1.48
Grape juice:
  Canning.............................................      1.99                1.44                 0.96
  Pressing............................................      0.40                0.29                 0.18
Olives................................................      9.79                6.92                 4.44
Peaches...............................................      2.72                1.93                 1.26
Pears.................................................      3.21                2.32                 1.55
Pickles:
  Fresh pack..........................................      2.19                1.54                 0.99
  Process pack........................................      2.63                1.91                 1.28
    Salt stations.....................................      0.42                0.33                 0.25
Pineapples............................................      3.85                2.76                 1.81
Plums.................................................      1.24                0.87                 0.54
Raisins...............................................      0.78                0.57                 0.39
Strawberries..........................................      3.19                2.20                 1.35
Tomatoes..............................................      2.15                1.48                 0.90
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    (c) The following limitations establish the quality of pH controlled 
by this section, which may be discharged by a 
``medium'' or 
``large'' existing point source subject to 
the provisions of this subpart after application of the best practicable 
control technology currently available.

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          Effluent characteristic               Effluent limitations
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pH........................................  At all times within the
                                             range 6.0 to 9.5.
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[41 FR 16277, Apr. 16, 1976, as amended at 44 FR 22464, Apr. 16, 1979; 
60 FR 33939, June 29, 1995]

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