Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

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  2. CFR 40
  3. Protection of Environment
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  5. Effluent Guidelines and Standards
  6. Iron and Steel Manufacturing Point Source Category
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  8. Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

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§ 420.35 Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing source subject to this subpart which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for existing sources.

(a) Iron blast furnace.

Subpart C

Pollutant or pollutant property Pretreatment standards for existing sources
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
Kg/kkg (pounds per 1,000 lb) of products
Ammonia-N1 0.00876 0.00292
Cyanide 0.00175 0.000876
Phenols (4AAP) 0.0000584 0.0000292
Lead 0.000263 0.0000876
Zinc 0.000394 0.000131

1 The pretreatment standards for ammonia are not applicable to sources that discharge to a POTW with nitrification capability (defined at 420.02(s)).

(b) [Reserved]

(c) Existing indirect dischargers.

Subpart C

Pollutant or pollutant property Pretreatment standards for existing sources
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
Kg/kkg (pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
Ammonia-N 0.0350 0.0175
Cyanide 0.00175 0.000876
Phenols (4AAP) 0.000175 0.0000584
Lead 0.000263 0.0000876
Zinc 0.000394 0.000131

[47 FR 23284, May 27, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 21030, May 17, 1984; 67 FR 64266, Oct. 17, 2002]


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