[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: 40CFR418.76]



[Page 351-352]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 418_FERTILIZER MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents

 

       Subpart G_Mixed and Blend Fertilizer Production Subcategory

 

Sec.  418.76  Pretreatment standard for new sources.



    The pretreatment standard under section 307(c) of the Act for a new 

source within the mixed and blend fertilizer subcategory which is a user 

of a publicly owned treatment works and a



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major contributing industry as defined in 40 CFR part 128 (and which 

would be a new source subject to section 306 of the Act, if it were to 

discharge pollutants to the navigable waters), shall be the same 

standard as set forth in 40 CFR part 128, for existing sources, except 

that, for the purpose of this section, 40 CFR 128.121, 128.122, 128.132 

and 128.133 shall not apply. The following pretreatment standard 

establishes the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant 

properties controlled by this section which may be discharged to a 

publicly owned treatment works by a new source subject to the provisions 

of this subpart:



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      Pollutant or pollutant property           Pretreatment standard

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BOD5......................................  No limitations.

TSS.......................................   Do.

pH........................................   Do.

Ammonia (as N)............................  30 mg/l.

Nitrate (as N)............................   Do.

Total phosphorus (as P)...................  35 mg/l.

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