[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: 40CFR420.47]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

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

Contents

 

                    Subpart D_Steelmaking Subcategory

 

Sec.  420.47  Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of 

effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional 

pollutant control technology (BCT).



    (a) Electric arc furnace steelmaking--semi-wet. No discharge of 

process wastewater pollutants to navigable waters.

    (b) Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking--wet-suppressed combustion. 

[Reserved]

    (c) Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking--wet--open combustion; electric 

arc furnace steelmaking--wet. [Reserved]

    (d) Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking--semi-wet.

    (1) No discharge of process wastewater pollutants to navigable 

waters.

    (2) If the permittee demonstrates to the satisfaction of the 

permitting authority that safety considerations prevent attainment of 

these limitations, the permitting authority may establish alternative 

limitations on a best professional judgment basis.



[47 FR 23284, May 27, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 64268, Oct. 17, 2002]