[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: 40CFR413.64]

[Page 215-216]
 
                TITLE 40-PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
      CHAPTER I-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 413-ELECTROPLATING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart F-Chemical Etching and Milling Subcategory
 
Sec. 413.64  Pretreatment standards for existing sources.

    Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing source 
subject to this subpart which introduces pollutants into a publicly 
owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR Part 403 and achieve the 
following pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES):
    (a) No User introducing wastewater pollutants into publicly owned 
treatment works under the provisions of this subpart shall augment the 
use of process wastewater or otherwise dilute the wastewater as a 
partial or total substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance 
with this standard.
    (b) For a source discharging less than 38,000 liters (10,000 gal.) 
per calendar day of electroplating process wastewater the following 
limitations shall apply:

    Subpart F-Chemical Etching and Milling Facilities
   Discharging Less Than 38,000 Liters Per Day PSES Limitations (mg/l)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Average of
                                                           daily values
                                                               for 4
     Pollutant or pollutant property        Maximum for     consecutive
                                             any 1 day      monitoring
                                                          days shall not
                                                              exceed
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CN, A...................................             5.0             2.7
Pb......................................             0.6             0.4
Cd......................................             1.2             0.7
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) For plants discharging 38,000 liters (10,000 gal.) or more per 
calendar day of electroplating process wastewater the following 
limitations shall apply:

    Subpart F-Chemicals Etching and Milling Facilities
    Discharging 38,000 Liters or More Per Day PSES Limitations (mg/l)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Average of
                                                           daily values
                                                               for 4
     Pollutant or pollutant property        Maximum for     consecutive
                                             any 1 day      monitoring
                                                          days shall not
                                                              exceed
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CN, T...................................             1.9             1.0
Cu......................................             4.5             2.7
Ni......................................             4.1             2.6
Cr......................................             7.0             4.0
Zn......................................             4.2             2.6
Pb......................................             0.6             0.4
Cd......................................             1.2             0.7
Total metals............................            10.5             6.8
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (d) Alternatively, the following mass-based standards are equivalent 
to and may apply in place of those limitations specified under paragraph 
(c) of this section upon prior agreement between a source subject to 
these standards and the publicly owned treatment works receiving such 
regulated wastes:

    Subpart F-Chemical Etching and Milling Facilities
  Discharging 38,000 Liters or More Per Day PSES Limitations (mg/sq m-
                               operation)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Average of
                                                           daily values
                                                               for 4
     Pollutant or pollutant property        Maximum for     consecutive
                                             any 1 day      monitoring
                                                          days shall not
                                                              exceed
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CN, T...................................              74              39
Cu......................................             176             105
Ni......................................             160             100
Cr......................................             273             156
Zn......................................             164             102
Pb......................................              23              16
Cd......................................              47              29
Total metals............................             410             267
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (e) For wastewater sources regulated under paragraph (c) of this 
section, the following optional control program may be elected by the 
source introducing treated process wastewater into a publicly owned 
treatment works with the concurrence of the control authority. These 
optional pollutant parameters are not eligible for allowance for removal 
achieved by the publicly owned treatment works under 40 CFR 403.7. In 
the absence of strong chelating agents, after reduction of hexavalent 
chromium wastes, and after neutralization using calcium oxide (or 
hydroxide) the following limitations shall apply:

    Subpart F-Chemical Etching and Milling Facilities
    Discharging 38,000 Liters or More Per Day PSES Limitations (mg/l)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Average of
                                                           daily values
                                                               for 4
     Pollutant or pollutant property        Maximum for     consecutive
                                             any 1 day      monitoring
                                                          days shall not
                                                              exceed
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CN, T...................................             1.9             1.0
Pb......................................             0.6             0.4
Cd......................................             1.2             0.7
TSS.....................................            20.0            13.4
pH......................................           (\1\)           (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range 7.5 to 10.0

    (f) In addition to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, the 
following limitation shall apply for plants discharging

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less than 38,000 l (10,000 gal) per calendar day of electroplating 
process wastewater:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Pollutant or pollutant property           Maximum for any 1 day
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Milligrams per liter
                                                          (mg/l)

                                                ------------------------
TTO............................................                     4.57
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (g) In addition to paragraphs (a), (c), (d), and (e) of this 
section, the following limitation shall apply for plants discharging 
38,000 l (10,000 gal) or more per calendar day of electroplating process 
wastewater:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Pollutant or pollutant property           Maximum for any 1 day
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Milligrams per liter
                                                          (mg/l)

                                                ------------------------
TTO............................................                     2.13
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (h) In addition to paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) 
of this section, the following shall apply: An existing source 
submitting a certification in lieu of monitoring pursuant to 
Sec. 413.03 of this regulation must implement the toxic 
organic management plan approved by the control authority.

(Secs. 301, 304, 306, 307, 308, and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. 1251 
et. seq., as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95-217))

[46 FR 9467, Jan. 28, 1981, as amended at 48 FR 32484, July 15, 1983; 48 
FR 43681, Sept. 26, 1983]