[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 29]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR430.55]

[Page 158-161]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 430_THE PULP, PAPER, AND PAPERBOARD POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart E_Papergrade Sulfite Subcategory
 
Sec. 430.55  New source performance standards (NSPS).

    New sources subject to this subpart must achieve the following new 
source performance standards (NSPS), as applicable.
    (a) The following standards apply to each new source regardless of 
when it commenced discharge:

                                                    Subpart E
                                                   [1982 NSPS]
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                                                    Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Continuous dischargers
Pollutant or pollutant  property ------------------------------------------------------------   Non-continuous
                                    Maximum for any 1      Average of daily values for 30         dischargers
                                           day                    consecutive days             (annual average)
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BOD5............................  4.38exp(0.017x).....  2.36exp(0.017x).....................  Average of daily
                                                                                               values for 30
                                                                                               consecutive days
                                                                                               divided by 1.91.
TSS.............................  5.81exp(0.017x).....  3.03exp(0.017x).....................  Average of daily
                                                                                               values for 30
                                                                                               consecutive days
                                                                                               divided by 1.90.
pH..............................  (\1\)...............  (\1\)...............................  (\1\)
x = percent sulfite pulp in final product
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\1\ Within the range of 5.0 to 9.0 at all times.

    (b) The following standards apply with respect to each new source 
fiber line that commences discharge after June 15, 1998.
    (1) The following standards apply to all new sources in the calcium-
, magnesium-, or sodium-based sulfite pulp segment:

                                                    Subpart E
                       [Production of Calcium-, Magnesium-, or Sodium-based Sulfite Pulps]
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                                                                      NSPS
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Pollutant or pollutant                Continuous dischargers                  Non-continuous dischargers
           property           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                       Annual
                               Maximum for any 1 day     Monthly average     Maximum for any 1 day     average
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                                                   kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
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