[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: 40CFR414.44]



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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 D_Thermoplastic Resins

 

Sec.  414.44  New source performance standards (NSPS).



    (a) Any new source that uses end-of-pipe biological treatment and is 

subject to this subpart must achieve discharges in accordance with Sec.  

414.91 of this part, and also must not exceed the quantity (mass) 

determined by multiplying the process wastewater flow subject to this 

subpart times the concentrations in the following table.

    (b) Any new source that does not use end-of-pipe biological 

treatment and is subject to this subpart must achieve discharges in 

accordance with Sec.  414.101 of this part, and also must not exceed the 

quantity (mass) determined by multiplying the process wastewater flow 

subject to this subpart times the concentrations in the following table.



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                                                            NSPS \1\

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

                                                                 Maximum

               Effluent characteristics                 Maximum    for

                                                        for any  monthly

                                                        one day  average

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BOD5..................................................       64       24

TSS...................................................      130       40

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.