[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR440.54]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 440--ORE MINING AND DRESSING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart E--Titanium Ore Subcategory
 
Sec. 440.54  New source performance standards (NSPS).

    Except as provided in subpart L of this part any new source subject 
to this subpart must achieve the following NSPS representing the degree 
of effluent reduction attainable by the applications of the best 
available demonstrated technology (BADT):
    (a) The concentration of pollutants discharged in mine drainage from 
mines obtaining titanium ores from lode deposits shall not exceed:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Effluent limitations
                                               -------------------------
                                                              Average of
                                                                daily
            Effluent characteristic             Maximum for   values for
                                                 any 1 day        30
                                                             consecutive
                                                                 days
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Milligrams per liter
                                               --------------
Fe............................................          2.0          1.0
pH............................................        (\1\)        (\1\)
TSS...........................................         30.0        20.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 6.0 to 9.1.

    (b) The concentration of pollutants discharged from mills 
beneficiating titanium ores by electrostatic methods, magnetic and 
physical methods, or flotation methods shall not exceed:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Effluent limitations
                                               -------------------------
                                                              Average of
                                                                daily
            Effluent characteristic             Maximum for   values for
                                                 any 1 day        30
                                                             consecutive
                                                                 days
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Milligrams per liter
                                               --------------
Zn............................................          1.0          0.5
pH............................................        (\1\)        (\1\)
TSS...........................................         30.0        20.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 6.0 to 9.1.

    (c) The concentration of pollutants discharged in mine drainage from 
mines engaged in the dredge mining of placer deposits of sands 
containing rutile, ilmenite, leucoxene, monazite, zircon and the milling 
techniques employed in conjunction with the dredge mining activity 
(milling techniques employed include the use of wet gravity methods in 
conjunction wth electrostatic or magnetic methods) shall not exceed:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Effluent limitations
                                               -------------------------
                                                              Average of
                                                                daily
            Effluent characteristic             Maximum for   values for
                                                 any 1 day        30
                                                             consecutive
                                                                 days
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Milligrams per liter
                                               --------------
Fe............................................          2.0          1.0
pH............................................        (\1\)        (\1\)
TSS...........................................         30.0        20.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 6.0 to 9.1.


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