[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: 40CFR437.42]



[Page 370-372]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

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

of Contents

 

                     Subpart D_Multiple Wastestreams

 

Sec. 437.42  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 Sec. 

437.40(b), any existing facility subject to this subpart which combines 

treated or untreated wastes from subparts A, B, or C of this part may be 

subject to Multiple Wastestream Subcategory effluent limitations 

representing the application of BPT set forth in paragraphs (b), (c), 

(d), or (e) of this section if the discharger agrees to the following 

conditions in its NPDES permit:

    (1) The discharger will meet the applicable Multiple Wastestream 

Subcategory limitations set forth in (b), (c), (d) or (e);

    (2) The discharger will notify its NPDES permit writer at the time 

of renewal or modification of its permit, of its desire to be subject to 

the Multiple Waste Subcategory by submitting to the NPDES permit writer 

an initial certification statement as described in Sec. 437.41(a);



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    (3) The discharger will submit to its NPDES permitting authority a 

periodic certification statement as described in Sec. 437.41(b) once a 

year; and

    (4) The discharger will maintain at the office of the facility and 

make available for inspection the on-site compliance paperwork as 

described in Sec. 437.41(c).

    (b) Combined waste receipts from subparts A, B, and C of this part. 

(1) As provided in Sec. 437.42(a), any existing point source subject to 

this paragraph 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

O&G.........................................     127           38.0

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

TSS.........................................      74.1         30.6

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

                            Metal Parameters

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

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

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

Cadmium.....................................       0.0172       0.0102

Chromium....................................       0.746        0.323

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

Copper......................................       0.500        0.242

Lead........................................       0.350        0.160

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........................................       0.497        0.420

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

                           Organic Parameters

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

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

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

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate.................       0.215        0.101

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

Butylbenzyl phthalate.......................       0.188        0.0887

Carbazole...................................       0.598        0.276

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

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

n-Decane....................................       0.948        0.437

Fluoranthene................................       0.0537       0.0268

n-Octadecane................................       0.589        0.302

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

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

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

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

1 mg/L (ppm).

\2\ OSC Within the range 6 to 9.



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

wastewater containing cyanide:



                          In-Plant Limitations

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

                                                               Maximum

             Regulated  parameter                 Maximum      monthly

                                                  daily 1       avg. 1

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

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

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

1 mg/L (ppm).



    (c) Combined waste receipts from subparts A and B of this part. (1) 

As provided in Sec. 437.42(a), any existing point source subject to 

this paragraph must achieve the following effluent limitations 

representing the application of BPT:



                             BPT Limitations

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

                                                               Maximum

            Regulated  parameter                 Maximum    monthly avg.

                                                 daily 1          1

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

                         Conventional Parameters

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

O&G.........................................     127           38.0

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

TSS.........................................      74.1         30.6

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

                            Metal Parameters

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

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

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

Cadmium.....................................       0.0172       0.0102

Chromium....................................       0.746        0.323

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

Copper......................................       0.500        0.242

Lead........................................       0.350        0.160

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

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

                           Organic Parameters

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

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate.................       0.215        0.101

Butylbenzyl phthalate.......................       0.188        0.0887

Carbazole...................................       0.598        0.276

n-Decane....................................       0.948        0.437

Fluoranthene................................       0.0537       0.0268

n-Octadecane................................       0.589        0.302

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

1 mg/L (ppm).

\2\ Within the range 6 to 9.



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

wastewater containing cyanide:



                          In-Plant Limitations

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

                                                               Maximum

             Regulated  parameter                 Maximum      monthly

                                                 daily \1\     avg. \1\

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

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

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

\1\ mg/L (ppm).



    (d) Combined waste receipts from subparts A and C of this part. (1) 

As provided in Sec. 437.42(a), any existing point



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source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following effluent 

limitations representing the application of BPT:



                             BPT Limitations

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

                                                               Maximum

            Regulated  parameter                 Maximum    monthly avg.

                                                daily \1\        \1\

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

                         Conventional Parameters

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

BOD 5.......................................     163           53.0

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......................................       0.865        0.757

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........................................       0.497        0.420

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

                           Organic Parameters

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

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

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

1 mg/L (ppm).

\2\ Within the range 6 to 9.



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

wastewater containing cyanide:



                          In-Plant Limitations

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

                                                               Maximum

             Regulated  parameter                 Maximum      monthly

                                                  daily 1       avg.1

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

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

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

1 mg/L )ppm).



    (e) Combined waste receipts from subparts B and C of this part. As 

provided in Sec. 437.42(a), any existing point source subject to this 

paragraph must achieve the following effluent limitations representing 

the application of BPT:



                             BPT Limitations

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

                                                               Maximum

            Regulated  parameter                 Maximum    monthly avg.

                                                daily \1\        \1\

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

                         Conventional Parameters

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

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

O&G.........................................      127           38.0

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

TSS.........................................       74.1         30.6

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

                            Metal Parameters

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

Arsenic.....................................        2.95         1.33

Cadmium.....................................        0.0172       0.0102

Chromium....................................        0.746        0.323

Cobalt......................................       56.4         18.8

Copper......................................        0.500        0.242

Lead........................................        0.350        0.160

Mercury.....................................        0.0172       0.00647

Tin.........................................        0.335        0.165

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

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

                           Organic Parameters

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

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

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

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate.................        0.215        0.101

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

Butylbenzyl phthalate.......................        0.188        0.0887

Carbazole...................................        0.598        0.276

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

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

n-Decane....................................        0.948        0.437

Fluoranthene................................        0.0537       0.0268

n-Octadecane................................        0.589        0.302

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

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

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

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

\1\ mg/L (ppm).

\2\ Within the range 6 to 9.





[65 FR 81300, Dec. 22, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 71023, 71024, Dec. 22, 

2003]