[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR432.42]

[Page 260-262]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 432--MEAT PRODUCTS POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart D--High-Processing Packinghouse Subcategory
 
Sec. 432.42  Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control 
          technology currently available.

    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):
    (a) The following limitations establish the quantity or quality of 
pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section and 
attributable to on-site slaughter or subsequent meat, meat product or 
byproduct processing of carcasses of animals slaughtered on-site, which 
may be discharged by a point source subject to the provisions of this 
subpart after application of the best practicable control technology 
currently available:

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                                                Effluent limitations
                                           -----------------------------
                                                        Average of daily
          Effluent characteristic             Maximum     values for 30
                                             for any 1  consecutive days
                                                day     shall not exceed-
                                                                -
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Metric units (kilograms per
                                                    1,000 kg LWK)

                                           -------------
BOD5+.....................................        0.48              0.24
TSS+......................................        0.62              0.31
Oil and grease............................        0.26              0.13
Fecal coliform............................       (\1\)             (\1\)
pH........................................       (\2\)             (\2\)

                                           -------------
                                              English units (pounds per
                                                    1,000 lb LWK)

                                           -------------
BOD5+.....................................        0.48              0.24
TSS+......................................        0.62              0.31
Oil and grease............................        0.26              0.13
Fecal coliform............................       (\1\)             (\1\)
pH........................................       (\2\)             (\2\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Maximum at any time 400 mpn/100 ml.
\2\ Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.

    +The values for BOD5 and suspended solids are for average plants, 
i.e., plants with a ratio of average weight of processed meat products 
to average LWK of 0.55. Adjustments can be made for high-processing 
packing-houses at other ratios according to the following equations:

                     kg BOD5/1000 kg LWK = 0.21+0.23

                                                                (v--0.4)

                      kg SS/1000 kg LWK = 0.28+0.30

                                                                (v--0.4)

where

v - kg processed meat products / kg LWK.

    (b) The following limitations establish the quantity or quality of 
pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section and 
attributable to the processing (defleshing, washing and curing) of hides 
derived from animals slaughtered at locations other than the 
packinghouse, which may be discharged by a point source subject to the 
provisions of this subpart, in addition to the discharge allowed by 
paragraph (a) of this section:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Effluent limitations
                                           -----------------------------
                                                        Average of daily
          Effluent characteristic             Maximum     values for 30
                                             for any 1  consecutive days
                                                day     shall not exceed-
                                                                -
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Metric units (kilograms per
                                                   1,000 kg ELWK)

                                           -------------
BOD5......................................        0.04              0.02
TSS.......................................        0.08              0.04

                                           -------------
                                              English units (pounds per
                                                   1,000 lb ELWK)

                                           -------------
BOD5......................................        0.04              0.02
TSS.......................................        0.08              0.04
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) The following limitations establish the quantity or quality of 
pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section and 
attributable to the processing of blood derived from animals slaughtered 
at locations other than the packinghouse, which may be discharged by a 
point source subject to the provisions of this subpart, in addition to 
the discharge allowed by paragraph (a) of this section:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Effluent limitations
                                           -----------------------------
                                                        Average of daily
          Effluent characteristic             Maximum     values for 30
                                             for any 1  consecutive days
                                                day     shall not exceed-
                                                                -
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Metric units (kilograms per
                                                   1,000 kg ELWK)

                                           -------------
BOD5......................................        0.04              0.02
TSS.......................................        0.08              0.04

                                           -------------
                                              English units (pounds per
                                                   1,000 lb ELWK)

                                           -------------
BOD5......................................        0.04              0.02
TSS.......................................        0.08              0.04
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (d) The following limitations establish the quantity or quality of 
pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section and 
attributable to the wet or low temperature rendering of material derived 
from animals slaughtered at locations other than the packinghouse, which 
may be discharged by a point source subject to the provisions of this 
subpart, in addition to the discharge allowed by paragraph (a) of this 
section:

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                                                Effluent limitations
                                           -----------------------------
                                                        Average of daily
          Effluent characteristic             Maximum     values for 30
                                             for any 1  consecutive days
                                                day     shall not exceed-
                                                                -
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Metric units (kilograms per
                                                   1,000 kg ELWK)

                                           -------------
BOD5......................................        0.06              0.03
TSS.......................................        0.12              0.06

                                           -------------
                                              English units (pounds per
                                                   1,000 lb ELWK)

                                           -------------
BOD5......................................        0.06              0.03
TSS.......................................        0.12              0.06
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (e) The following limitations establish the quantity or quality of 
pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section and 
attributable to the dry rendering of material derived from animals 
slaughtered at locations other than the packinghouse, which may be 
discharged by a point source subject to the provisions of this subpart, 
in addition to the discharge allowed by paragraph (a) of this section:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Effluent limitations
                                           -----------------------------
                                                        Average of daily
          Effluent characteristic             Maximum     values for 30
                                             for any 1  consecutive days
                                                day     shall not exceed-
                                                                -
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Metric units (kilograms per
                                                   1,000 kg ELWK)

                                           -------------
BOD5......................................        0.02              0.01
TSS.......................................        0.04              0.02

                                           -------------
                                              English units (pounds per
                                                   1,000 lb ELWK)

                                           -------------
BOD5......................................        0.02              0.01
TSS.......................................        0.04              0.02
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[39 FR 7897, Feb. 28, 1974, as amended at 60 FR 33965, June 29, 1995]