[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR129.105]

[Page 385-386]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 129_TOXIC POLLUTANT EFFLUENT STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart A_Toxic Pollutant Effluent Standards and Prohibitions
 
Sec.  129.105  Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

    (a) Specialized definitions. (1) PCB Manufacturer means a 
manufacturer who produces polychlorinated biphenyls.
    (2) Electrical capacitor manufacturer means a manufacturer who 
produces or assembles electrical capacitors in which PCB or PCB-
containing compounds are part of the dielectric.
    (3) Electrical transformer manufacturer means a manufacturer who 
produces or assembles electrical transformers in which PCB or PCB-
containing compounds are part of the dielectric.
    (4) The ambient water criterion for PCBs in navigable waters is 
0.001 [micro]g/l.
    (b) PCB manufacturer--(1) Applicability. (i) These standards or 
prohibitions apply to:
    (A) All discharges of process wastes;
    (B) All discharges from the manufacturing or incinerator areas, 
loading and unloading areas, storage areas, and other areas which are 
subject to direct contamination by PCBs as a result of the manufacturing 
process, including but not limited to:
    (1) Stormwater and other runoff except as hereinafter provided in 
paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section; and
    (2) Water used for routine cleanup or cleanup of spills.
    (ii) These standards do not apply to stormwater runoff or other 
discharges from areas subject to contamination solely by fallout from 
air emissions of PCBs; or to stormwater runoff that exceeds that from 
the ten-year 24-hour rainfall event.
    (2) Analytical Method Acceptable--Environmental Protection Agency 
method specified in 40 CFR part 136 except that a 1-liter sample size is 
required to increase analytical sensitivity.
    (3) Effluent standards--(i) Existing sources. PCBs are prohibited in 
any discharge from any PCB manufacturer;
    (ii) New sources. PCBs are prohibited in any discharge from any PCB 
manufacturer.
    (c) Electrical capacitor manufacturer--(1) Applicability. (i) These 
standards or prohibitions apply to:
    (A) All discharges of process wastes; and
    (B) All discharges from the manufacturing or incineration areas, 
loading and unloading areas, storage areas and other areas which are 
subject to direct contamination by PCBs as a result of the manufacturing 
process, including but not limited to:
    (1) Stormwater and other runoff except as hereinafter provided in 
paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of this section; and
    (2) Water used for routine cleanup or cleanup of spills.
    (ii) These standards do not apply to stormwater runoff or other 
discharges from areas subject to contamination solely by fallout from 
air emissions of PCBs; or to stormwater runoff that exceeds that from 
the ten-year 24-hour rainfall event.
    (2) Analytical method acceptable. Environmental Protection Agency 
method specified in 40 CFR part 136, except

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that a 1-liter sample size is required to increase analytical 
sensitivity.
    (3) Effluent standards--(i) Existing sources. PCBs are prohibited in 
any discharge from any electrical capacitor manufacturer;
    (ii) New sources. PCBs are prohibited in any discharge from any 
electrical capacitor manufacturer.
    (d) Electrical transformer manufacturer--(1) Applicability. (i) 
These standards or prohibitions apply to:
    (A) All discharges of process wastes; and
    (B) All discharges from the manufacturing or incineration areas, 
loading and unloading areas, storage areas, and other areas which are 
subject to direct contamination by PCBs as a result of the manufacturing 
process, including but not limited to:
    (1) Stormwater and other runoff except as hereinafter provided in 
paragraph (d)(1)(ii) of this section; and
    (2) Water used for routine cleanup or cleanup of spills.
    (ii) These standards do not apply to stormwater runoff or other 
discharges from areas subject to contamination solely by fallout from 
air emissions of PCBs; or to stormwater runoff that exceeds that from 
the ten-year 24-hour rainfall event.
    (2) Analytical method acceptable. Environmental Protection Agency 
method specified in 40 CFR part 136, except that a 1-liter sample size 
is required to increase analytical sensitivity.
    (3) Effluent standards--(i) Existing sources. PCBs are prohibited in 
any discharge from any electrical transformer manufacturer;
    (ii) New sources. PCBs are prohibited in any discharge from any 
electrical transformer manufacturer.
    (e) Adjustment of effluent standard for presence of PCBs in intake 
water. Whenever a facility which is subject to these standards has PCBs 
in its effluent which result from the presence of PCBs in its intake 
waters, the owner may apply to the Regional Administrator (or State 
Director, if appropriate), for a credit pursuant to the provisions of 
Sec.  129.6, where the source of the water supply is the same body of 
water into which the discharge is made. The requirement of paragraph (1) 
of Sec.  129.6(a), relating to the source of the water supply, shall be 
waived, and such facility shall be eligible to apply for a credit under 
Sec.  129.6, upon a showing by the owner or operator of such facility to 
the Regional Administrator (or State Director, if appropriate) that the 
concentration of PCBs in the intake water supply of such facility does 
not exceed the concentration of PCBs in the receiving water body to 
which the plant discharges its effluent.

[42 FR 6555, Feb. 2, 1977]