[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: 40CFR440.22]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 440_ORE MINING AND DRESSING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_Aluminum Ore Subcategory
 
Sec. 440.22  Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction
attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology 
          currently available (BPT).

    Except as provided in subpart L of this part and 40 CFR 125.30 
through 125.32, any existing source subject to this subpart must achieve 
the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent 
reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control 
technology currently available (BPT). The concentration of pollutants 
discharged in mine drainage from mines producing bauxite ores shall not 
exceed:

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                                                 Effluent limitations
                                             ---------------------------
                                                             Average of
           Effluent characteristic                          daily values
                                               Maximum for     for 30
                                                any 1 day    consecutive
                                                                days
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                                                 Milligrams per liter
                                             ---------------------------
TSS.........................................          30            20
Fe..........................................           1.0            .5
A1..........................................           2.0           1.0
pH..........................................       (\1\)        (\1\)
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\1\ Within the range of 6.0 to 9.0.


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