[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: 40CFR421.56]

[Page 481-482]
 
                TITLE 40-PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
      CHAPTER I-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 421-NONFERROUS METALS MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart E-Primary Electrolytic Copper Refining Subcategory
 
Sec. 421.56  Pretreatment standards for new sources.

    Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new 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 new sources. The mass of wastewater 
pollutants in primary electrolytic copper refining process wastewater 
introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:
    (a) Subpart E-Casting Contact Cooling.

                                  PSNS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly
                                                 any 1 day     average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    mg/kg (pounds per
                                                   million pounds) of
                                                       copper cast

                                               --------------
Arsenic.......................................         .692         .309
Copper........................................         .638         .304
Nickel........................................         .274         .184
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Subpart E-Anode and Cathode Rinse.

                                  PSNS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly
                                                 any 1 day     average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    mg/kg (pounds per
                                                   million pounds) of
                                                     cathode copper
                                                       production

                                               --------------
Arsenic.......................................         .000         .000
Copper........................................         .000         .000
Nickel........................................         .000         .000
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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    (c) Subpart E-Spent Electrolyte.

                                  PSNS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly
                                                 any 1 day     average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    mg/kg (pounds per
                                                   million pounds) of
                                                     cathode copper
                                                       production

                                               --------------
Arsenic.......................................         .068         .031
Copper........................................         .063         .030
Nickel........................................         .027         .018
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (d) Subpart E-Casting Wet Air Pollution Control.

                                  PSNS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly
                                                 any 1 day     average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    mg/kg (pounds per
                                                   million pounds) of
                                                   casting production

                                               --------------
Arsenic.......................................         .000         .000
Copper........................................         .000         .000
Nickel........................................         .000         .000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (e) Subpart E-By-Product Recovery.

                                  PSNS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly
                                                 any 1 day     average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    mg/kg (pounds per
                                                   million pounds) of
                                                 product recovered from
                                                   electrolytic slimes
                                                       processing

                                               --------------
Arsenic.......................................         .000         .000
Copper........................................         .000         .000
Nickel........................................         .000         .000
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[49 FR 8801, Mar. 8, 1984, as amended at 49 FR 29795, July 24, 1984]