[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: 40CFR437.11]



[Page 365-366]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 437_THE CENTRALIZED WASTE TREATMENT POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table 

of Contents

 

                 Subpart A_Metals Treatment and Recovery

 

Sec. 437.11  Effluent limitations attainable by the application of the 

best practicable control technology currently available (BPT).



    (a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32 or 437.10(b), 

any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve the 

following effluent limitations representing the application of BPT:



                             BPT Limitations

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

                                                               Maximum

            Regulated  parameter                 Maximum       monthly

                                                daily \1\      avg.\1\

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

                         Conventional Parameters

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

O&G.........................................     205           50.2

pH..........................................   (\2\)        (\2\)

TSS.........................................      60.0         31.0

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

                            Metal Parameters

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

Antimony....................................       0.249        0.206

Arsenic.....................................       0.162        0.104

Cadmium.....................................       0.474        0.0962

Chromium....................................      15.5          3.07

Cobalt......................................       0.192        0.124

Copper......................................       4.14         1.06

Lead........................................       1.32         0.283

Mercury.....................................       0.00234      0.000739

Nickel......................................       3.95         1.45

Silver......................................       0.120        0.0351

Tin.........................................       0.409        0.120

Titanium....................................       0.0947       0.0618

Vanadium....................................       0.218        0.0662

Zinc........................................       2.87         0.641

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

\1\ mg/L (ppm).

\2\ Within the range 6 to 9.



    (b) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing 

wastewater containing cyanide:



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                          In-Plant Limitations

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

                                                               Maximum

             Regulated  parameter                 Maximum      monthly

                                                 daily \1\     avg.\1\

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

Cyanide.......................................          500          178

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

\1\ mg/L (ppm).





[65 FR 81300, Dec. 22, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 71023, Dec. 22, 2003]