[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: 40CFR420.01]

[Page 391-392]
 
                TITLE 40-PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
      CHAPTER I-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 420-IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 420.01  Applicability.

    (a) The provisions of this part apply to discharges and to the 
introduction of pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works 
resulting from production operations in the Iron and Steel Point Source 
Category.
    (b) Central Treatment Facilities. (1) The following central 
treatment facilities presently discharging through the specified outfall 
are temporarily excluded from the provisions of this part, provided, the 
owner or operator of the facility requests the Agency to consider 
establishing alternative effluent limitations and provides the Agency 
with the information set out in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, on or 
before July 26, 1982.

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                                                      Central treatment
              Plant                NPDES permit No.        facility
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1. Armco Steel, Ashland, KY.....  KY 0000485.......  Total Plant.
2. Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows      MD 0001201.......  Humphrey's Creek
 Point, MD.                                           Outfall 014.
3. Bethlehem Steel, Burns         IN 0000175.......  Total Plant.
 Harbor, IN.
4. Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI.  MI 0003361.......  Schaefer Road
                                                      Treatment Plant.
5. Interlake, Inc.,\1\            IL 0002119.......  Discharge to POTW.
 Riverdale, IL.
6. J&L Steel,         PA 0006131.......  Chemical Rinse
 Aliquippa, PA.                                       Treatment Plant
                                                      Outfall 018.
7. J&L Steel,         OH 0000850.......  Hot Forming and
 Cleveland, OH.                                       Finishing
                                                      Treatment Plant.
8. J&L Steel,         IL 0002631.......  Total Plant.
 Hennepin, IL.
9. J&L Steel,         OH 0007188.......  Total Plant.
 Louisville, OH.
10. J&L Steel, East   IN 0000205.......  Terminal Treatment
 Chicago, IN.                                         Plant.
11. Laclede Steel, Alton, IL....  IL 0000612.......  Total Plant.
12. National Steel, Granite       IL 0000329.......  Total Plant.
 City, IL.
13. National Steel, Portage, IN.  IN 0000337.......  Total Plant.
14. National Steel, Weirton, WV.  WV 0003336.......  Outfall B.
15. Republic Steel, Gadsden, AL.  AL 0003522.......  Total Plant.
16. Republic Steel,\1\ Chicago,   IL. 0002593......  Discharge to POTW.
 IL 0002593.
17. U.S. Steel, Lorain, OH......  OH 0001562.......  Pipe Mill Lagoon.
18. U.S. Steel, Provo, UT.......  UT 0000361.......  Total Plant.
19. U.S. Steel, Fairless Hills,   PA 0013463.......  Terminal Treatment
 PA.                                                  Plant.
20. U.S. Steel, Gary, IN........  IN 0000281.......  Terminal Lagoons.
21. U.S. Steel,\1\ Chicago, IL..  IL 0002691.......  Discharge to POTW.
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\1\ The request for alternative effluent limitations for these plants
  are for indirect discharges to POTWs

    (2) The information to be submitted with the request for 
consideration of alternative effluent limitations is to include:
    (i) A schematic diagram of the existing wastewater treatment 
facility showing each source of wastewater, cooling water, and other 
waters entering the treatment facility; discharge and recycle flow rates 
for each water source and each major treatment component;
    (ii) Existing monitoring data relating to discharges to and from the 
central treatment facility including pollutant concentrations, flows and 
mass loadings; As a minimum, monitoring data

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should be provided for a six month period of normal operation of the 
production and treatment facilities. The complete data as well as a data 
summary including the maximum, minimum, and mean gross discharge 
loadings and the standard deviation of the discharge loadings for each 
monitored pollutant should be provided. Any supplemental monitoring data 
for toxic pollutants should also be provided.
    (iii) A scale map of the area of the plant served by the wastewater 
treatment facility, including the treatment facility and water supply 
and discharge points;
    (iv) An estimate of the least costly investment required to meet the 
generally applicable limitations or standards for the facility and a 
description of such treatment system including schematic diagrams 
showing the major treatment system components and flow rates through the 
system. As a minimum, the cost estimates should be comprised of a single 
page summary for each water pollution control system showing estimated 
installed direct cost totals for mechanical equipment; piping and 
instrumentation; foundations and structural components; and, electrical 
components. Indirect costs for contingencies, overhead and profit, 
engineering fees, and any other indirect costs must be itemized 
separately. The sum of the direct and indirect costs which represents 
the owner's or operator's total estimate, must be shown.
    (v) The effluent limitations or standards which could be achieved if 
the discharger were to spend an amount equal to the Agency's model 
treatment system cost estimate for the facility and the treatment 
facilities which would be used to meet those limitations or standards. 
Schematic diagrams and cost estimates as outlined in paragraph 
(b)(2)(iv) of this section, should be provided for each treatment 
system; and,
    (vi) Production rates in tons per day for each process contributing 
wastewater to the central treatment facility consistent with those 
reported by the owner or operator in the NPDES permit application for 
the central treatment facility.
    (3) The request described in subsection (b)(1) of this section, must 
be based upon the owner's or operator's belief that the cost of bringing 
the specified central treatment facilities into compliance with the 
provisions of this part would require expenditures so high compared to 
the Agency's model treatment system cost estimate applicable to that 
facility that the applicable limitations or standards would not 
represent BPT, BAT, BCT, or PSES, as the case may be, for the facility.

[47 FR 23284, May 27, 1982, as amended at 47 FR 41739, Sept. 22, 1982]