[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: 40CFR410.42]

[Page 180-181]
 
                TITLE 40-PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
      CHAPTER I-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 410-TEXTILE MILLS POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart D-Woven Fabric Finishing Subcategory
 
Sec. 410.42  Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology 
          currently available (BPT).

    (a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing 
point

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source subject to this subpart must achieve the following effluent 
limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by 
the application of the best practicable control technology currently 
available (BPT):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    BPT limitations
                                             ---------------------------
                                                             Average of
       Pollutant or pollutant property                      daily values
                                               Maximum for     for 30
                                                any 1 day    consecutive
                                                                days
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 Kg/kkg (or pounds per
                                                 1,000 lb) of product

                                             ---------------
BOD5........................................          6.6           3.3
COD.........................................         60.0          30.0
TSS.........................................         17.8           8.9
Sulfide.....................................          0.20          0.10
Phenol......................................          0.10          0.05
Total Chromium..............................          0.10          0.05
pH..........................................      (\1\)         (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Within the range 6.0 to 9.0 at all times.

    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section for 
commission finishing operations, the following limitations establish the 
quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by 
this section and attributable to the finishing of woven fabrics through 
simple manufacturing operations employing a synthetic fiber or through 
complex manufacturing operations employing a natural fiber, which may be 
discharged by a point source subject to the provisions of this subpart, 
in addition to the discharge allowed by paragraph (a) of this section.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   BPT limitations
                                            ----------------------------
                                                             Average of
      Pollutant or pollutant property                       daily values
                                              Maximum for      for 30
                                               any 1 day     consecutive
                                                                days
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000
                                                    lb) of product

                                            ----------------
COD........................................          20.0           10.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section for 
commission finishing operations, the following limitations establish the 
quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by 
this section and attributable to the finishing of woven fabrics through 
simple manufacturing operations employing a natural and synthetic fiber 
blend or through complex manufacturing operations employing a synthetic 
fiber, which may be discharged by a point source subject to the 
provisions of this subpart, in addition to the discharge allowed by 
paragraph (a) of this section.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    BPT limitations
                                             ---------------------------
                                                             Average of
       Pollutant or pollutant property                      daily values
                                               Maximum for     for 30
                                                any 1 day    consecutive
                                                                days
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 Kg/kkg (or pounds per
                                                 1,000 lb) of product

                                             ---------------
COD.........................................          40.0          20.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (d) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section for 
commission finishing operations, the following limitations establish the 
quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by 
this section and attributable to the finishing of woven fabrics through 
complex manufacturing operations employing a natural and synthetic fiber 
blend, which may be discharged by a point source subject to the 
provisions of this subpart, in addition to the discharge allowed by 
paragraph (a) of this subpart.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    BPT limitations
                                             ---------------------------
                                                             Average of
       Pollutant or pollutant property                      daily values
                                               Maximum for     for 30
                                                any 1 day    consecutive
                                                                days
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Kg/kkg (or pound per 1,000
                                                    lb) of product

                                             ---------------
COD.........................................          60.0          30.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (e) Additional allocations equal to the effluent limitations 
established in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section are 
allowed any existing point source subject to such effluent limitations 
that finishes woven fabrics through ``commission 
finishing'' as defined in Sec. 410.01.

[47 FR 38819, Sept. 2, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 39624, Sept. 1, 1983]