[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: 40CFR420.26]



[Page 399-400]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 420_IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of 

Contents

 

                     Subpart B_Sintering Subcategory

 

Sec.  420.26  Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).



    Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to this 

subpart that introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works 

must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and must achieve the following 

pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS), as applicable.

    (a) Sintering operations with wet air pollution control system.

    (1) Any new source subject to the provisions of this section that 

commenced discharging after November 18, 1992 and before November 18, 

2002 must



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continue to achieve the standards specified in Sec.  420.26 of title 40 

of the Code of Federal Regulations, revised as of July 1, 2001, for ten 

years beginning on the date the source commenced discharge or during the 

period of depreciation or amortization of the facility, whichever comes 

first, after which the source must also achieve the pretreatment 

standard for 2,3,7,8-TCDF specified in Sec.  420.25.

    (2) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, the following standards 

apply with respect to each new source that commences construction after 

November 18, 2002: The following table presents PSNS for sintering 

operations with wet air pollution control systems:



        Subpart B--Pretreatment Standards for New Sources (PSNS)

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

                                                               Maximum

             Regulated parameter                  Maximum      monthly

                                                 daily \1\     avg.\1\

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

Ammonia-N \2,3\..............................     0.0150      0.00501

Cyanide \2\..................................     0.00100     0.000501

Phenols (4AAP) \2\...........................     0.000100    0.0000501

Lead.........................................     0.000451    0.000150

Zinc.........................................     0.000676    0.000225

2,3,7,8-TCDF.................................