[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: 40CFR437.14]



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                   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. 437.14  New source performance standards (NSPS).



    (a) Except as provided in Sec. 437.10(b), any new source subject to 

this subpart must achieve the following performance standards:



                          Performance Standards

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

                                                               Maximum

            Regulated  parameter                 Maximum    monthly avg.

                                                 daily 1          1

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

                         Contentional Parameters

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

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

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

TSS.........................................     29.6          11.3

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                            Metal Parameters

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Antimony....................................      0.111         0.0312

Arsenic.....................................      0.0993        0.0199

Cadmium.....................................      0.782         0.163

Chromium....................................      0.167         0.0522

Cobalt......................................      0.182         0.0703

Copper......................................      0.659         0.216

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

Mercury.....................................      0.000641      0.000246

Nickel......................................      0.794         0.309

Selenium....................................      0.176         0.0698

Silver......................................      0.0318        0.0122

Tin.........................................      0.0955        0.0367

Titanium....................................      0.0159        0.00612

Vanadium....................................      0.0628        0.0518

Zinc........................................      0.657         0.252

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1 mg/L (ppm).

\2\ Within the range 6 to 9.



    (b) In-plant standards for cyanide are the same as the limitations 

specified in Sec. 437.11(b).