[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR428.12]

[Page 63]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 428--RUBBER MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart A--Tire and Inner Tube Plants Subcategory
 
Sec. 428.12  Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control 
          technology currently available.

    (a) Except as provided in Secs. 125.30 through 125.32, any existing 
point source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following 
effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction 
attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology 
currently available (BPT):

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                                                Effluent limitations
                                           -----------------------------
                                                        Average of daily
          Effluent characteristic             Maximum     values for 30
                                             for any 1  consecutive days
                                                day     shall not exceed-
                                                                -
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                                             Metric units (kg/kkg of raw
                                                      material)

                                           -------------
TSS.......................................       0.096             0.064
Oil and grease............................       0.024              .016
pH........................................       (\1\)             (\1\)

                                           -------------
                                             English units (lb/1,000 lb
                                                  of raw material)

                                           -------------
TSS.......................................       0.096             0.064
Oil and grease............................       0.024              .016
pH........................................       (\1\)             (\1\)
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\1\ Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.

    (b) All plants constructed before 1959 shall employ the best 
practicable maintenance and housekeeping practices in order to minimize 
the discharge of oil and grease in nonprocess waste waters. The 
concentration of oil and grease in discharges of nonprocess waste water 
shall meet the following limitations:
    (1) The average of daily values for 30 consecutive days shall not 
exceed 5 mg/l.
    (2) The maximum for any one day shall not exceed 10 mg/l.

[39 FR 6662, Feb. 21, 1974; 39 FR 26423, July 19, 1974, as amended at 40 
FR 18173, Apr. 25, 1975; 60 FR 33963, June 29, 1995]