[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: 40CFR414.31]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 414_ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PLASTICS, AND SYNTHETIC FIBERS--Table of 

Contents

 

                         Subpart C_Other Fibers

 

Sec.  414.31  Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent 

reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control 

technology currently available (BPT).



    Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, and in 40 CFR 

414.11(i) for point sources with production in two or more 

subcategories, any existing point source subject to this subpart must 

achieve discharges not exceeding the quantity (mass) determined by 

multiplying the process wastewater flow subject to this subpart times 

the concentration listed in the following table.



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                                                        BPT effluent

                                                       limitations \1\

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

             Effluent characteristics                           Maximum

                                                     Maximum      for

                                                     for any    monthly

                                                     one day    average

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BOD5..............................................         48         18

TSS...............................................        115         36

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

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\1\ All units except pH are milligrams per liter.

\2\ Within the range of 6.0 to 9.0 at all times.





[52 FR 42568, Nov. 5, 1987, as amended at 57 FR 41844, Sept. 11, 1992]