[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: 40CFR420.23]

[Page 400]
 
                TITLE 40-PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
      CHAPTER I-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 420-IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B-Sintering Subcategory
 
Sec. 420.23  Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology 
          economically achievable (BAT).

    Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing 
point source subject to this subpart must achieve the following effluent 
limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by 
the application of the best available control technology economically 
achievable (BAT).
    (a) Sintering operations with wet air pollution control system. The 
following table presents BAT limitations for sintering operations with 
wet air pollution control systems:

                               Subpart B-Effluent Limitations (BAT)
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           Regulated parameter                      Maximum daily1                   Maximum monthly avg.1
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Ammonia-N2..............................  0.0150                              0.00501
Cyanide2................................  0.00300                             0.00150
Lead....................................  0.000451                            0.000150
Phenols (4AAP)2.........................  0.000100                            0.0000501
2,3,7,8-TCDF............................  <;ML                              ..................................
TRC3....................................  0.000250                            ..................................
Zinc....................................  0.000676                            0.000225
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1 Pounds per thousand lb of product.
2 Limits for these parameters apply only when sintering waste water is co-treated with ironmaking wastewater.
3 Applicable only when sintering process wastewater is chlorinated.

    (b) Sintering operations with dry air pollution control system. 
There shall be no discharge of process wastewater pollutants to waters 
of the U.S.

[67 FR 64264, Oct. 17, 2002]