[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR455.44]

[Page 478]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 455--PESTICIDE CHEMICALS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart C--Pesticide Chemicals Formulating and Packaging Subcategory
 
Sec. 455.44  Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available control 
          technology economically achievable (BAT).

    Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing 
point source subject to this subpart must achieve the effluent 
limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by 
the application of the best available technology (BAT).
    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the BAT 
limitations are established as follows: There shall be no discharge of 
process wastewater pollutants to navigable waters.
    Note: For existing PFPR/Manufacturer facilities, as defined in 
Sec. 455.10(p), which are also subject to the provisions of 
Secs. 455.24, zero discharge means that permitting authorities shall 
provide no additional discharge allowance for those pesticide active 
ingredients (PAIs) in the pesticide formulating, packaging and 
repackaging wastewaters when those PAIs are also manufactured at the 
same facility.
    (b) Any existing facility subject to paragraph (a) of this section 
may have a pollution prevention allowable discharge, as defined in 
Sec. 455.41(e), of wastewater pollutants to navigable waters if the 
discharger agrees to NPDES permit conditions as follows:
    (1) The discharger will meet the requirements of the Pollution 
Prevention Alternative listed in Table 8 to this Part 455 (or received a 
modification by Best Professional Judgement for modifications not listed 
on Table 8 of this Part 455);
    (2) The discharger will notify its NPDES permitting authority at the 
time of renewal or modification of its permit, of its intent to utilize 
the Pollution Prevention Alternative by submitting to the NPDES permit 
writer an initial certification statement as described in 
Sec. 455.41(a);
    (3) The discharger will submit to its NPDES permit writer a periodic 
certification statement as described in Sec. 455.41(b) once each year of 
operation; 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. 455.41(c).

[61 FR 57551, Nov. 6, 1996]