[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR439.17]

[Page 406]
 
                   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. 439.17  Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

    Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to this 
subpart must achieve the same standards as specified in Sec. 439.16.
    (a) Sources that discharge to a POTW with nitrification capability 
(defined at Sec. 439.2(i)) are not required to achieve the pretreatment 
standard for ammonia (as N).
    (b) The pretreatment standards for cyanide are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Pretreatment
                                                      standards\1\
                                               -------------------------
                                                               Average
              Regulated parameter                 Maximum      monthly
                                                   daily      discharge
                                                 discharge     must not
                                                                exceed
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cyanide (T)...................................         33.5          9.4
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Mg/L (ppm).

    (c) When monitoring for cyanide at the end-of-pipe is impractical 
because of dilution by other process wastewaters, compliance with the 
cyanide standards in Sec. 439.17(b) must be demonstrated at in-plant 
monitoring points pursuant to 40 CFR 403.6(e)(2) and (4). Under the same 
provisions, the permitting authority may impose monitoring requirements 
on internal wastestreams for any other parameter(s) regulated by this 
section.
    (d) Compliance with the standards in paragraph (b) or (c) of this 
section may be achieved by certifying to the permit issuing authority 
that a facility's manufacturing processes neither use nor generate 
cyanide.

[63 FR 50429, Sept. 21, 1998; 64 FR 10393, Mar. 4, 1999; 64 FR 48104, 
Sept. 2, 1999, as amended at 68 FR 34832, June 11, 2003]