[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: 40CFR437.31]



[Page 368-369]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

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

of Contents

 

                Subpart C_Organics Treatment and Recovery

 

Sec. 437.31  Effluent limitations attainable by the application of 

the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT).



    Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32 or Sec. 

437.30(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

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

BOD5........................................      163            53.0

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

TSS.........................................      216            61.3

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                             Metal Parameters

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Copper......................................        0.865         0.757

Zinc........................................        0.497         0.420

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                           Organic Parameters

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 Acetone....................................       30.2           7.97

 Acetophenone...............................        0.114         0.0562

 2-Butanone.................................        4.81          1.85

 o-Cresol...................................        1.92          0.561

 p-Cresol...................................        0.698         0.205

 Phenol.....................................        3.65          1.08

 Pyridine...................................        0.370         0.182

 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol......................        0.155         0.106

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\1\ mg/L (ppm).

\2\ Within the range 6 to 9.





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