[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: 40CFR433.15]



[Page 273-274]

 

                   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. 433.15  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 that introduces pollutants into a 

publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and 

achieve the following



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pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES):



  PSES for All Plants Except Job Shops and Independent Printed Circuit

                           Board Manufacturers

------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                               Monthly

                                               Maximum for     average

       Pollutant or pollutant property          any 1 day     shall not

                                                               exceed

------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                               Milligrams per liter (mg/

                                                          l)

                                             ---------------

Cadmium (T).................................          0.69          0.26

Chromium (T)................................          2.77          1.71

Copper (T)..................................          3.38          2.07

Lead (T)....................................          0.69          0.43

Nickel (T)..................................          3.98          2.38

Silver (T)..................................          0.43          0.24

Zinc (T)....................................          2.61          1.48

Cyanide (T).................................          1.20          0.65

TTO.........................................          2.13  ............

------------------------------------------------------------------------



    (b) Alternatively, for industrial facilities with cyanide treatment, 

upon agreement between a source subject to those limits and the 

pollution control authority. The following amenable cyanide limit may 

apply in place of the total cyanide limit specified in paragraph (a) of 

this section:



------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                               Monthly

                                               Maximum for     average

       Pollutant or pollutant property          any 1 day     shall not

                                                               exceed

------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                               Milligrams per liter (mg/

                                                          l)

                                             ---------------

Cyanide (A).................................          0.86          0.32

------------------------------------------------------------------------



    (c) No user introducing wastewater pollutants into a publicly owned 

treatment works under the provisions of this subpart shall augment the 

use of process wastewater as a partial or total substitute for adequate 

treatment to achieve compliance with this standard.

    (d) An existing source submitting a certification in lieu of 

monitoring pursuant to Sec. 433.12 (a) and (b) of this regulation must 

implement the toxic organic management plan approved by the control 

authority.

    (e) An existing source subject to this subpart shall comply with a 

daily maximum pretreatment standard for TTO of 4.57 mg/l.

    (f) Compliance with the provisions of paragraph (c), (d), and (e) of 

this section shall be achieved as soon as possible, but not later than 

June 30, 1984, however metal finishing facilities which are also covered 

by part 420 (iron and steel) need not comply before July 10, 1985. 

Compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section 

shall be achieved as soon as possible, but not later than February 15, 

1986.



[48 FR 32485, July 15, 1983, as amended at 48 FR 41410, Sept. 15, 1983; 

48 FR 43682, Sept. 26, 1983]