[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR437.42]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 437--THE CENTRALIZED WASTE TREATMENT POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart D--Multiple Wastestreams
 
Sec. 437.42  Effluent limitations attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT).

    (a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32 or 
Sec. 437.40(b), any existing facility subject to this subpart which 
combines treated or untreated wastes from subparts A, B, or C of this 
part may be subject to Multiple Wastestream Subcategory effluent 
limitations representing the application of BPT set forth in paragraphs 
(b), (c), (d), or (e) of this section if the discharger agrees to the 
following conditions in its NPDES permit:
    (1) The discharger will meet the applicable Multiple Wastestream 
Subcategory limitations set forth in (b), (c), (d) or (e);
    (2) The discharger will notify its NPDES permit writer at the time 
of renewal or modification of its permit, of its desire to be subject to 
the Multiple Waste Subcategory by submitting to the NPDES permit writer 
an initial certification statement as described in Sec. 437.41(a);
    (3) The discharger will submit to its NPDES permitting authority a 
periodic certification statement as described in Sec. 437.41(b) once a 
year; and
    (4) The discharger will maintain at the office of the facility and 
make available for inspection the on-site compliance paperwork as 
described in Sec. 437.41(c).
    (b) Combined waste receipts from subparts A, B, and C of this part. 
(1) As provided in Sec. 437.42(a), any existing point source subject to 
this paragraph must achieve the following effluent limitations 
representing the application of BPT:

                             BPT Limitations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
            Regulated  parameter                 Maximum       monthly
                                                 daily 1        avg.1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Conventional Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOD5........................................     163           53.0
O&G.........................................     127           38.0
pH..........................................   (\2\)        (\2\)
TSS.........................................      74.1         30.6
---------------------------------------------
                            Metal Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antimony....................................       0.237        0.141
Arsenic.....................................       0.162        0.104
Barium......................................       0.427        0.281
Cadmium.....................................       0.0172       0.0102
Chromium....................................       0.746        0.323
Cobalt......................................       0.192        0.124
Copper......................................       0.500        0.242
Lead........................................       0.350        0.160
Mercury.....................................       0.00234      0.000739
Molybdenum..................................       1.01         0.965
Nickel......................................       3.95         1.45
Selenium....................................       1.64         0.408
Silver......................................       0.120        0.0351
Tin.........................................       0.409        0.120
Titanium....................................       0.0510       0.0299
Vanadium....................................       0.218        0.0662
Zinc........................................       0.497        0.420
---------------------------------------------
                           Organic Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Acetone.....................................      30.2          7.97
Acetophenone................................       0.114        0.0562
Aniline.....................................       0.0333       0.0164
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate.................       0.215        0.101
2-Butanone..................................       4.81         1.85
Butylbenzyl phthalate.......................       0.188        0.0887
Carbazole...................................       0.598        0.276
o-Cresol....................................       1.92         0.561
p-Cresol....................................       0.698        0.205
n-Decane....................................       0.948        0.437
2,3-Dichloroaniline.........................       0.0731       0.0361
Fluoranthene................................       0.0537       0.0268
n-Octadecane................................       0.589        0.302
Phenol......................................       3.65         1.08
Pyridine....................................       0.370        0.182
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol.......................       0.155        0.106
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 mg/L (ppm).
\2\ OSC Within the range 6 to 9.

    (2) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing 
wastewater containing cyanide:

                          In-Plant Limitations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
             Regulated  parameter                 Maximum      monthly
                                                  daily 1       avg. 1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cyanide.......................................          500         178
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 mg/L (ppm).

    (c) Combined waste receipts from subparts A and B of this part. (1) 
As provided in Sec. 437.42(a), any existing point source subject to this 
paragraph must achieve the following effluent limitations representing 
the application of BPT:

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                             BPT Limitations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
            Regulated  parameter                 Maximum    monthly avg.
                                                 daily 1          1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Conventional Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
O&G.........................................     127           38.0
pH..........................................   (\2\)        (\2\)
TSS.........................................      74.1         30.6
---------------------------------------------
                            Metal Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antimony....................................       0.237        0.141
Arsenic.....................................       0.162        0.104
Barium......................................       0.427        0.281
Cadmium.....................................       0.0172       0.0102
Chromium....................................       0.746        0.323
Cobalt......................................       0.192        0.124
Copper......................................       0.500        0.242
Lead........................................       0.350        0.160
Mercury.....................................       0.00234      0.000739
Molybdenum..................................       3.50         2.09
Nickel......................................       3.95         1.45
Selenium....................................       1.64         0.408
Silver......................................       0.120        0.0351
Tin.........................................       0.409        0.120
Titanium....................................       0.0510       0.0299
Vanadium....................................       0.218        0.0662
Zinc........................................       2.87         0.641
---------------------------------------------
                           Organic Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate.................       0.215        0.101
Butylbenzyl phthalate.......................       0.188        0.0887
Carbazole...................................       0.598        0.276
n-Decane....................................       0.948        0.437
Fluoranthene................................       0.0537       0.0268
n-Octadecane................................       0.589        0.302
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 mg/L (ppm).
\2\ Within the range 6 to 9.

    (2) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing 
wastewater containing cyanide:

                          In-Plant Limitations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
             Regulated  parameter                 Maximum      monthly
                                                 daily \1\     avg. \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cyanide.......................................          500         178
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ mg/L (ppm).

    (d) Combined waste receipts from subparts A and C of this part. (1) 
As provided in Sec. 437.42(a), any existing point source subject to this 
paragraph must achieve the following effluent limitations representing 
the application of BPT:

                             BPT Limitations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
            Regulated  parameter                 Maximum    monthly avg.
                                                daily \1\        \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Conventional Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOD 5.......................................     163            3.0
O&G.........................................     205           50.2
pH..........................................   (\2\)        (\2\)
TSS.........................................      60.0         31.0
---------------------------------------------
                            Metal Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antimony....................................       0.249        0.206
Arsenic.....................................       0.162        0.104
Cadmium.....................................       0.474        0.0962
Chromium....................................      15.5          3.07
Cobalt......................................       0.192        0.124
Copper......................................       0.865        0.757
Lead........................................       1.32         0.283
Mercury.....................................       0.00234      0.000739
Molybdenum..................................       1.01         0.965
Nickel......................................       3.95         1.45
Selenium....................................       1.64         0.408
Silver......................................       0.120        0.0351
Tin.........................................       0.409        0.120
Titanium....................................       0.0947       0.0618
Vanadium....................................       0.218        0.0662
Zinc........................................       0.497        0.420
---------------------------------------------
                           Organic Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Acetone.....................................      30.2          7.97
Acetophenone................................       0.114        0.0562
Aniline.....................................       0.0333       0.0164
2-Butanone..................................       4.81         1.85
o-Cresol....................................       1.92         0.561
p-Cresol....................................       0.698        0.205
2,3-Dichloroaniline.........................       0.0731       0.0361
Phenol......................................       3.65         1.08
Pyridine....................................       0.370        0.182
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol.......................       0.155        0.106
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 mg/L (ppm).
\2\ Within the range 6 to 9.

    (2) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing 
wastewater containing cyanide:

                          In-Plant Limitations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
             Regulated  parameter                 Maximum      monthly
                                                  daily 1       avg.1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cyanide.......................................          500         178
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 mg/L )ppm).

    (e) Combined waste receipts from subparts B and C of this part. As 
provided in Sec. 437.42(a), any existing point source subject to this 
paragraph must achieve the following effluent limitations representing 
the application of BPT:

                             BPT Limitations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
            Regulated  parameter                 Maximum    monthly avg.
                                                daily \1\        \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Conventional Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOD5........................................      163           53.0
O&G.........................................      127           38.0

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pH..........................................    (\2\)        (\2\)
TSS.........................................       74.1         30.6
---------------------------------------------
                            Metal Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antimony....................................        0.237        0.141
Arsenic.....................................        2.95         1.33
Barium......................................        0.427        0.281
Cadmium.....................................        0.0172       0.0102
Chromium....................................        0.746        0.323
Cobalt......................................       56.4         18.8
Copper......................................        0.500        0.242
Lead........................................        0.350        0.160
Mercury.....................................        0.0172       0.00647
Molybdenum..................................        1.01         0.965
Tin.........................................        0.335        0.165
Titanium....................................        0.0510       0.0299
Zinc........................................        0.497        0.420
---------------------------------------------
                            Organic Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Acetone.....................................       30.2          7.97
Acetophenone................................        0.114        0.0562
Aniline.....................................        0.0333       0.0164
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate.................        0.215        0.101
2-Butanone..................................        4.81         1.85
Butylbenzyl phthalate.......................        0.188        0.0887
Carbazole...................................        0.598        0.276
o-Cresol....................................        1.92         0.561
p-Cresol....................................        0.698        0.205
n-Decane....................................        0.948        0.437
2,3-Dichloroaniline.........................        0.0731       0.0361
Fluoranthene................................        0.0537       0.0268
n-Octadecane................................        0.589        0.302
Phenol......................................        3.65         1.08
Pyridine....................................        0.370        0.182
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol.......................        0.155        0.106
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ mg/L (ppm).
\2\ Within the range 6 to 9.