[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: 40CFR421.26]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 421_NONFERROUS METALS MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table 

of Contents

 

             Subpart B_Primary Aluminum Smelting Subcategory

 

Sec.  421.26  Pretreatment standards for new sources.



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

subpart 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. The mass of wastewater 

pollutants in primary aluminum process wastewater introduced into a POTW 

shall not exceed the following values:

    (a) Subpart B--Anode and Cathode Paste Plant Wet Air Pollution 

Control.



                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                    mg/kg (pounds per

                                                million pounds) of paste

                                                        produced

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................         .000  ...........

Nickel........................................         .000         .000

Fluoride......................................         .000         .000

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



    (b) Subpart B--Anode Contact Cooling and Briquette Quenching.



                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                    mg/kg (pounds per

                                                   million pounds) of

                                                       anodes cast

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................        0.007        0.003

Nickel........................................         .115         .077

Fluoride......................................       12.440        5.518

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



    (c) Subpart B--Anode Bake Plant Wet Air Pollution Control.



                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                    mg/kg (pounds per

                                                   million pounds) of

                                                      anodes baked

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................         .000  ...........

Nickel........................................         .000         .000

Fluoride......................................         .000         .000

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



    (d) Subpart B--Cathode Reprocessing (Operated With Dry Potline 

Scrubbing and Not Commingled With Other Process or Nonprocess Waters).



                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                    mg/kg (pounds per

                                                   million pounds) of

                                                   cryolite recovered

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................        1.181        0.547

Cyanide.......................................      157.600       70.060

Nickel........................................       80.570       35.030

Fluoride......................................   29,430.000   13,310.000

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



    (e) Subpart B--Cathode Reprocessing (Operated With Dry Potline 

Scrubbing and Commingled With Other Process or Nonprocess Waters).



                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                    mg/kg (pounds per

                                                   million pounds) of

                                                   cryolite recovered

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................        1.181        0.547

Cyanide.......................................      157.600       70.060

Nickel........................................       19.270       12.960

Fluoride......................................    2,084.000      924.800

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



    (f) Subpart B--Potline Wet Air Pollution Control.



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                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                    mg/kg (pounds per

                                                   million pounds) of

                                                 aluminum produced from

                                                 electrolytic reduction

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................         .000  ...........

Nickel........................................         .000         .000

Fluoride......................................         .000         .000

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



    (g) Subpart B--Potroom Wet Air Pollution Control.



                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                    mg/kg (pounds per

                                                   million pounds) of

                                                 aluminum produced from

                                                 electrolytic reduction

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................         .000  ...........

Nickel........................................         .000         .000

Fluoride......................................         .000         .000

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



    (h) Subpart B--Potline SO2 Emissions Wet Air Pollution 

Control.



                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                    mg/kg (pounds per

                                                   million pounds) of

                                                 aluminum produced from

                                                 electrolytic reduction

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................        0.045        0.021

Nickel........................................         .738         .496

Fluoride......................................       79.790       35.400

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



    (i) Subpart B--Degassing Wet Air Pollution Control.



                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                    mg/kg (pounds per

                                                   million pounds) of

                                                 aluminum produced from

                                                 electrolytic reduction

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................         .000  ...........

Nickel........................................         .000         .000

Fluoride......................................         .000         .000

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



    (j) Subpart B--Pot Repair and Pot Soaking.



                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                    mg/kg (pounds per

                                                   million pounds) of

                                                 aluminum produced from

                                                 electrolytic reduction

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................         .000  ...........

Nickel........................................         .000         .000

Fluoride......................................         .000         .000

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



    (k) Subpart B--Direct Chill Casting Contact Cooling.



                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                    mg/kg (pounds per

                                                   million pounds) of

                                                  aluminum product from

                                                  direct chill casting

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................        (\1\)        (\1\)

Nickel........................................         .731         .492

Fluoride......................................       79.080       35.090

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

\1\ There shall be no discharge allowance for this pollutant.



    (l) Subpart B--Continuous Rod Casting Contact Cooling.



                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                mg/kg (pound per million

                                                   pounds) of aluminum

                                                product from rod casting

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................        (\1\)        (\1\)

Nickel........................................         .057         .038

Fluoride......................................        6.188        2.746

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

\1\ There shall be no discharge allowance for this pollutant.



    (m) Subpart B--Stationary Casting or Shot Casting Contact Cooling.



                                  PSNS

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

                                                             Maximum for

        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly

                                                 any 1 day     average

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

                                                mg/kg (pound per million

                                                   pounds) of aluminum

                                                 product from stationary

                                                 casting or shot casting

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

Benzo(a)pyrene................................         .000  ...........

Nickel........................................         .000         .000

Fluoride......................................         .000         .000

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





[49 FR 8792, Mar. 8, 1984; 49 FR 26739, June 29, 1984, as amended at 52 

FR 25559, July 7, 1987]



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