[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: 40CFR432.82]

[Page 264]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 432_MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart H_Ham Processors
 
Sec. 432.82  Effluent limitations attainable by the application of the best
practicable control technology currently available (BPT).

    Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing 
point source subject to this subpart must achieve the following effluent 
limitations representing the application of BPT:
    (a) Facilities that generate no more than 50 million pounds per year 
of finished products must achieve the following effluent limitations:

                          Effluent Limitations
                                  [BPT]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
             Regulated  parameter                 Maximum      monthly
                                                 daily \1\     avg. \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOD5..........................................         0.62         0.31
Fecal Coliform................................        (\2\)        (\3\)
O&G \4\.......................................         0.22         0.11
TSS...........................................         0.74         0.37
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Pounds per 1000 lbs (or g/kg) of finished product.
\2\ Maximum of 400 MPN or CFU per 100 mL at any time.
\3\ No maximum monthly average limitation.
\4\ May be measured as hexane extractable material (HEM).

    (b) Facilities that generate more than 50 million pounds per year of 
finished products must achieve the limitations for BOD5, 
fecal coliform, O&G, and TSS specified in paragraph (a) of this section.