[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: 40CFR440.53] [Page 417-418] TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) PART 440_ORE MINING AND DRESSING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY --Table of Contents Subpart E_Titanium Ore Subcategory Sec. 440.53 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable (BAT). Except as provided in subpart L of this part and 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve the following limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable (BAT): (a) The concentration of pollutants discharged in mine drainage from mines obtaining titanium ores from lode deposits shall not exceed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Effluent limitations ------------------------- Average of daily Effluent characteristic Maximum for values for any 1 day 30 consecutive days ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Milligrams per liter ------------------------- Fe............................................ 2.0 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (b) The concentration of pollutants discharged from mills beneficiating titanium ores by electrostatic methods, magnetic and physical methods, or flotation methods shall not exceed: [[Page 418]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Effluent limitations ------------------------- Average of daily Effluent characteristic Maximum for values for any 1 day 30 consecutive days ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Milligrams per liter ------------------------- Zn............................................ 1.0 0.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (c) The concentration of pollutants discharged in mine drainage from mines engaged in the dredge mining of placer deposits of sands containing rutile, ilmenite, leucoxene, monazite, or zircon and the milling techniques employed in conjunction with the dredge mining activity (milling techniques employed include the use of wet gravity methods in conjunction with electrostatic or magnetic methods) shall not exceed: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Effluent limitations ------------------------- Average of daily Effluent characteristic Maximum for values for any 1 day 30 consecutive days ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Milligrams per liter ------------------------- Fe............................................ 2.0 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------