[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR439.16]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 439--PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart A--Fermentation Products
 
Sec. 439.16  Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

    (a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing 
source subject to this subpart must continue achieving the standards for 
cyanide specified in paragraph (c) of this section and must achieve the 
following standards by September 21, 2001:

                      Pretreatment Standards (PSES)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
              Regulated  parameter                 Maximum     monthly
                                                  daily \1\  average \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ammonia (as N) \2\..............................       84.1        29.4
Acetone.........................................       20.7         8.2
4-methyl-2-pentanone............................       20.7         8.2
Isobutyraldehyde................................       20.7         8.2
n-Amyl acetate..................................       20.7         8.2
n-Butyl acetate.................................       20.7         8.2
Ethyl acetate...................................       20.7         8.2
Isopropyl acetate...............................       20.7         8.2
Methyl formate..................................       20.7         8.2
Isopropyl ether.................................       20.7         8.2
Tetrahydrofuran.................................        9.2         3.4
Benzene.........................................        3.0         0.7
Toluene.........................................        0.3         0.2
Xylenes.........................................        3.0         0.7
n-Heptane.......................................        3.0         0.7
n-Hexane........................................        3.0         0.7

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Methylene chloride..............................        3.0         0.7
Chloroform......................................        0.1         0.03
1,2-dichloroethane..............................       20.7         8.2
Chlorobenzene...................................        3.0         0.7
o-Dichlorobenzene...............................       20.7         8.2
Diethyl amine...................................      255.0       100.0
Triethyl amine..................................      255.0       100.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ mg/L (ppm)
\2\ Not applicable to sources that discharge to a POTW with
  nitrification capability.

    (b) Sources that discharge to a POTW with nitrification capability 
(defined at Sec. 439.1(i)) are not required to achieve the pretreatment 
standard for ammonia (as N).
    (c) The limitations for cyanide are the same as specified in 
Sec. 439.12(e), (f) and (g).

[68 FR 12272, Mar. 13, 2003]