[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 29]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR433.10]



[Page 270-271]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 433_METAL FINISHING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents

 

                  Subpart A_Metal Finishing Subcategory

 

Sec. 433.10  Applicability; description of the metal finishing point 

source category.









                  Subpart A_Metal Finishing Subcategory



Sec.

433.10 Applicability; description of the metal finishing point source 

          category.

433.11 Specialized definitions.

433.12 Monitoring requirements.

433.13 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent 

          reduction attainable by applying the best practicable control 

          technology currently available (BPT).

433.14 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent 

          reduction attainable by applying the best available technology 

          economically achievable (BAT).

433.15 Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

433.16 New source performance standards (NSPS).

433.17 Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).



    Authority: Secs. 301, 304(b), (c), (e), and (g), 306(b) and (c), 

307(b) and (c), 308 and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the Federal Water 

Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1971, as amended by the Clean Water 

Act of 1977) (the ``Act''); 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314(b) (c), (e), and (g), 

1316(b) and (c), 1317(b) and (c), 1318 and 1361; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 

92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217.



    Source: 48 FR 32485, July 15, 1983, unless otherwise noted.







    (a) Except as noted in paragraphs (b) and (c), of this section, the 

provisions of this subpart apply to plants which perform any of the 

following six metal finishing operations on any basis material: 

Electroplating, Electroless Plating, Anodizing, Coating (chromating, 

phosphating, and coloring), Chemical Etching and Milling, and Printed 

Circuit Board Manufacture. If any of those six operations are present, 

then this part applies to discharges from those operations and also to 

discharges from any of the following 40 process operations: Cleaning, 

Machining, Grinding, Polishing, Tumbling, Burnishing, Impact 

Deformation, Pressure Deformation, Shearing, Heat Treating, Thermal 

Cutting, Welding, Brazing, Soldering, Flame Spraying, Sand Blasting, 

Other Abrasive Jet Machining, Electric Discharge Machining, 

Electrochemical Machining, Electron Beam Machining, Laser Beam 

Machining, Plasma Arc Machining, Ultrasonic Machining, Sintering, 

Laminating, Hot Dip Coating, Sputtering, Vapor Plating, Thermal 

Infusion, Salt Bath Descaling, Solvent Degreasing, Paint Stripping, 

Painting,



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Electrostatic Painting, Electropainting, Vacuum Metalizing, Assembly, 

Calibration, Testing, and Mechanical Plating.

    (b) In some cases effluent limitations and standards for the 

following industrial categories may be effective and applicable to 

wastewater discharges from the metal finishing operations listed above. 

In such cases these part 433 limits shall not apply and the following 

regulations shall apply:



Nonferrous metal smelting and refining (40 CFR part 421)

Coil coating (40 CFR part 465)

Porcelain enameling (40 CFR part 466)

Battery manufacturing (40 CFR part 461)

Iron and steel (40 CFR part 420)

Metal casting foundries (40 CFR part 464)

Aluminum forming (40 CFR part 467)

Copper forming (40 CFR part 468)

Plastic molding and forming (40 CFR part 463)

Nonferrous forming (40 CFR part 471)

Electrical and electronic components (40 CFR part 469)



    (c) This part does not apply to:

    (1) Metallic platemaking and gravure cylinder preparation conducted 

within or for printing and publishing facilities; and

    (2) Existing indirect discharging job shops and independent printed 

circuit board manufacturers which are covered by 40 CFR part 413.)



[48 FR 32485, July 15, 1983; 48 FR 43682, Sept. 26, 1983; 48 FR 45105, 

Oct. 3, 1983; 51 FR 40421, Nov. 7, 1986]