Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

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§ 420.46 Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new 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 new sources.

(a) Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking - semi-wet; and electric arc furnace steelmaking - semi-wet. No discharge of process wastewater pollutants to navigable waters.

(b) Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking - wet-suppressed combustion.

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Subpart D

Pollutant or pollutant property Pretreatment standards for new sources
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
Kg/kkg (pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
Lead 0.000188 0.0000626
Zinc 0.000282 0.0000939

(c) Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking - wet - open combustion; electric arc furnace steelmaking - wet.

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Subpart D

Pollutant or pollutant property Pretreatment standards for new sources
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
Kg/kkg (pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
Lead 0.000413 0.000138
Zinc 0.000620 0.000207

[47 FR 23284, May 27, 1982, as amended at 47 FR 41739, Sept. 22, 1982; 67 FR 64268, Oct. 17, 2002]


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