[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: 40CFR415.66]



[Page 257]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 415_INORGANIC CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table 

of Contents

 

  Subpart F_Chlor-alkali Subcategory (Chlorine and Sodium or Potassium 

                          Hydroxide Production)

 

Sec.  415.66  Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).



    (a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to 

this subpart and using the mercury cell process, which introduces 

pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works, must comply with 40 

CFR part 403 and achieve the following Pretreatment Standards for New 

Sources (PSNS):



                  Subpart F--Chlor-Alkali-Mercury Cells

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

                                                      PSNS effluent

                                                       limitations

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

                                                              Average of

        Pollutant or pollutant property                         daily

                                                   Maximum    values for

                                                  for any 1       30

                                                     day     consecutive

                                                                 days

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

                                                   Milligrams per liter

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

Mercury (T)....................................       0.11         0.048

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





In cases where POTWs find it necessary to impose mass limitations, the 

following equivalent mass limitations are provided as an alternate: The 

limitations for mercury (T) are the same as specified in Sec.  

415.65(a).

    (b) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to 

this subpart and using the diaphragm cell process, which introduces 

pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works, must compy with 40 CFR 

part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new 

sources (PSNS):



                       Subpart F--Diaphragm Cells

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

                                               PSNS effluent limitations

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

                                                             Average of

       Pollutant or pollutant property                      daily values

                                               Maximum for     for 30

                                                any 1 day    consecutive

                                                                days

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

                                               Milligrams per liter (mg/

                                                          1)



Lead(T).....................................          0.53          0.21

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





In cases where POTWs find it necessary to impose mass limitations, the 

following equivalent mass limitations are provided as an alternate: The 

limitations for Lead(T) are the same as specified in Sec.  415.65(b).



[47 FR 28278, June 29, 1982, as amended at 47 FR 55226, Dec. 8, 1982]