Standards of performance for new sources.

  1. Law
  2. CFR 40
  3. Protection of Environment
  4. Environmental Protection Agency
  5. Effluent Guidelines and Standards
  6. Nonferrous Metals Manufacturing Point Source Category
  7. Primary Beryllium Subcategory
  8. Standards of performance for new sources.

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§ 421.154 Standards of performance for new sources.

Any new source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following new source performance standards:

(a) Solvent extraction raffinate from bertrandite ore.

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NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds million pounds) of beryllium carbonate produced from bertrandite ore as beryllium
Beryllium 1,842.000 831.000
Chromium (total) 831.000 336.900
Copper 2,875.000 1,370.000
Cyanide (total) 449.200 179.700
Ammonia (as N) 299,400.000 131,600.000
Fluoride 78,610.000 44,700.000
Total Suspended solids 33,690.000 26,950.000
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(b) Solvent extraction raffinate from beryl ore.

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Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of beryllium carbonate produced from beryl ore as beryllium
Beryllium 180.4 81.4
Chromium (total) 81.4 33.0
Copper 281.6 134.2
Cyanide (total) 44.0 17.6
Ammonia (as N) 29,330.0 12,890.0
Fluoride 7,700.0 4,378.0
Total Suspended solids 3,300.0 2,640.0
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(c) Beryllium carbonate filtrate.

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NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of beryllium carbonate produced as beryllium
Beryllium 175.900 79.370
Chromium (total) 79.370 32.180
Copper 274.600 130.800
Cyanide (total) 42.900 17.160
Ammonia (as N) 28,590.000 12,579.000
Fluoride 7,508.000 4,269.000
Total Suspended solids 3,218.000 2,574.000
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(d) Beryllium hydroxide filtrate.

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NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of beryllium hydroxide produced as beryllium
Beryllium 111.520 50.320
Chromium (Total) 50.320 20.400
Copper 174.080 82.960
Cyanide (Total) 27.200 10.880
Ammonia (as N) 18128.800 7969.600
Fluoride 4760.000 2706.400
Total Suspended Solids 2040.000 1632.000
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(e) Beryllium oxide calcining furnace wet air pollution control.

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NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of beryllium oxide produced
Beryllium 216.20 97.57
Chromium (total) 95.57 39.56
Copper 337.50 160.90
Cyanide (total) 52.74 21.10
Ammonia (as N) 35,150.00 15,450.00
Fluoride 9,230.00 5,248.00
Total suspended solids 3,956.00 3,164.00
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(f) Beryllium hydroxide supernatant.

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Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of beryllium hydroxide produced from scrap and residues as beryllium
Beryllium 188.6 85.1
Chromium (total) 85.1 34.5
Copper 294.4 140.3
Cyanide (total) 46.0 18.4
Ammonia (as N) 30,660.0 13,480.0
Fluoride 160,308.0 71,201.0
Total Suspended solids 3,450.0 2,760.0
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(g) Process water.

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Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of beryllium pebbles produced
Beryllium 143.30 64.68
Chromium (total) 64.68 26.22
Copper 223.70 106.60
Cyanide (total) 34.96 13.98
Ammonia (as N) 23,300.00 10,240.00
Fluoride 6,118.00 3,479.00
Total suspended solids 2,622.00 2,098.00
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(h) Fluoride furnace scrubber.

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Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of beryllium pebbles produced
Beryllium 0.000 0.000
Chromium (total) 0.000 0.000
Copper 0.000 0.000
Cyanide (total) 0.000 0.000
Ammonia (as N) 0.000 0.000
Fluoride 0.000 0.000
Total suspended solids 0.000 0.000
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(i) Chip treatment wastewater.

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Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of beryllium scrap chips treated
Beryllium 6.355 2.868
Chromium (total) 2.868 1.163
Copper 9.920 4.728
Cyanide (total) 1.550 0.620
Ammonia (as N) 1,033.000 454.200
Fluoride 271.300 154.200
Total suspended solids 116.300 93.000
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(j) Beryllium pebble plant area vent wet air pollution control.

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Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of beryllium pebbles produced
Beryllium 0.000 0.000
Chromium (total) 0.000 0.000
Copper 0.000 0.000
Cyanide (total) 0.000 0.000
Ammonia (as N) 0.000 0.000
Fluoride 0.000 0.000
Total suspended solids 0.000 0.000
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(k) Beryl Ore Gangue Dewatering.

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NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of beryl ore processed
Beryllium 0.855 0.386
Chromium (Total) 0.386 0.156
Copper 1.335 0.636
Cyanide (Total) 0.209 0.083
Ammonia (as N) 139.032 61.120
Fluoride 36.505 20.756
Total Suspended Solids 15.645 12.516
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(l) Bertrandite Ore Gangue Dewatering.

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Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of bertrandite ore processed
Beryllium 2.185 0.986
Chromium (Total) 0.986 0.400
Copper 3.411 1.626
Cyanide (Total) 0.533 0.213
Ammonia (as N) 355.245 156.169
Fluoride 93.275 53.034
Total Suspended Solids 39.975 31.980
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(m) Beryl Ore Processing.

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Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of beryl ore processed
Beryllium 5.988 2.702
Chromium (Total) 2.702 1.095
Copper 9.348 4.455
Cyanide (Total) 1.461 0.584
Ammonia (as N) 973.490 427.956
Fluoride 255.605 145.330
Total Suspended Solids 109.545 87.636
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(n) Aluminum Iron Sludge (AIS) Area Wastewater.

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NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of total beryllium carbonate produced as beryllium
Beryllium 383.760 173.160
Chromium (Total) 173.160 70.200
Copper 599.040 285.480
Cyanide (Total) 93.600 37.440
Ammonia (as N) 62384.400 27424.800
Fluoride 16380.000 9313.200
Total Suspended Solids 7020.000 5616.000
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(o) Bertrandite Ore Leaching Scrubber.

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NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg of bertrandite ore processed
Beryllium 1.239 0.559
Chromium (Total) 0.559 0.227
Copper 1.934 0.922
Cyanide (Total) 0.302 0.121
Ammonia (as N) 201.416 88.545
Fluoride 52.885 30.069
Total Suspended Solids 22.665 18.132
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(p) Bertrandite Ore Countercurrent and Decantation (CCD) Scrubber.

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NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg of bertrandite ore processed
Beryllium 0.083 0.037
Chromium (Total) 0.037 0.015
Copper 0.129 0.062
Cyanide (Total) 0.020 0.008
Ammonia (as N) 13.463 5.919
Fluoride 3.535 2.010
Total Suspended Solids 1.515 1.212
pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

[50 FR 38346, Sept. 20, 1985, as amended at 55 FR 31699, Aug. 3, 1990]


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