[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 28]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR409.82]



[Page 173-174]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 409_SUGAR PROCESSING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart H_Puerto Rican Raw Cane Sugar Processing Subcategory

 

Sec.  409.82  Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of 

effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable 

control technology currently available.



    Except as provided in Sec. Sec.  125.30 through 125.32, any existing 

point source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following 

effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction 

attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology 

currently available (BPT):

    (a) Any cane sugar factory continuously discharging both barometric 

condenser cooling water and other process waste waters shall meet the 

following



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limitations. The BOD5 limitation is determined by the addition of the 

net BOD5 attributable to the barometric condenser cooling water to that 

amount of BOD5 attributable to the treated process waste water. The TSS 

limitation is that amount of TSS attributable to the treated process 

waste water, excluding barometric condenser cooling water.



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                                                Effluent limitations

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

                                                        Average of daily

          Effluent characteristic             Maximum     values for 30

                                             for any 1  consecutive days

                                                day         shall not

                                                            exceed--

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

                                               Metric units (kg/kkg of

                                                     gross cane)

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

BOD5......................................        1.14              0.63

TSS.......................................        1.41              0.47

pH........................................       (\1\)             (\1\)

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

                                             English units (lb/1,000 lb

                                                   of gross cane)

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

BOD5......................................        1.14              0.63

TSS.......................................        1.41              0.47

pH........................................       (\1\)             (\1\)

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

\1\ Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.



    (b) Any cane sugar factory employing waste stabilization where all 

or a portion of the waste water discharge is stored for the entire 

grinding season shall meet the following limitations. The BOD5 

limitation is determined by the addition of the net BOD5 attributable to 

the barometric condenser cooling water to that amount of BOD5 

attributable to the treated process waste water. The TSS limitation is 

that amount of TSS attributable to the treated process waste water, 

excluding barometric condenser cooling water.



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                                         Effluent limitations, the total

                                           of the daily values for the

        Effluent characteristic           entire discharge period shall

                                                  not exceed--

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                                          Metric units (kg/kkg of gross

                                                      cane)

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

BOD5..................................  0.63.

TSS...................................  0.47.

pH....................................  Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.

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

                                          English units (lb/1,000 lb of

                                                   gross cane)

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

BOD5..................................  0.63.

TSS...................................  0.47.

pH....................................  Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.

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





(Secs. 301, 304 (b) and (c), 306 (b) and (c), 307 (c) and (d) of the 

Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251, 1311, 

1314 (b) and (c), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317(c) and 1326(c)), 86 Stat. 816 

et seq., Pub. L. 92-500)



[40 FR 8504, Feb. 27, 1975, as amended at 60 FR 33950, June 29, 1995]