Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

  1. Law
  2. CFR 40
  3. Protection of Environment
  4. Environmental Protection Agency
  5. Effluent Guidelines and Standards
  6. The Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Point Source Category
  7. Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda Subcategory
  8. Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

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§ 430.27 Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

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

(a)

(1) The following pretreatment standards apply with respect to each fiber line that is a new source, unless the indirect discharger discloses to the pretreatment control authority in a report submitted under 40 CFR 403.12 that it uses exclusively TCF bleaching processes at that fiber line:

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Subpart B

Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Monthly
average
TCDD <MLa (b)
TCDF 31.9c (b)
Chloroform 6.92d 4.14d
Trichlorosyringol <MLa (b)
3,4,5-trichlorocatechol <MLa (b)
3,4,6-trichlorocatechol <MLa (b)
3,4,5-trichloroguaiacol <MLa (b)
3,4,6-trichloroguaiacol <MLa (b)
4,5,6-trichloroguaiacol <MLa (b)
2,4,5-trichlorophenol <MLa (b)
2,4,6-trichlorophenol <MLa (b)
Tetrachlorocatechol <MLa (b)
Tetrachloroguaiacol <MLa (b)
2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol <MLa (b)
Pentachlorophenol <MLa (b)
AOX 1.16e 0.814e

a “<ML” means less than the minimum level specified in § 430.01(i) for the particular pollutant.

b This regulation does not specify this type of limitation for this pollutant; however, pretreatment control authorities may do so as appropriate.

c Picograms per liter.

d Grams per 1,000 kilograms (g/kkg).

e Kilograms per 1,000 kilograms (kg/kkg).

(2) The following pretreatment standards apply with respect to each new source fiber line operated by an indirect discharger subject to this section if the indirect discharger discloses to the pretreatment control authority in a report submitted under 40 CFR 403.12(b), (d), or (e) that it uses exclusively TCF bleaching processes at that fiber line:

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Subpart B

Pollutant or pollutant parameter PSNS (TCF)
Maximum for any 1 day Monthly
average
AOX <MLa (b)

a “<ML” means less than the minimum level specified in § 430.01(i) for the particular pollutant.

b This regulation does not specify this type of limitation for this pollutant; however, pretreatment control authorities may do so as appropriate.

(b) The following pretreatment standards apply to all new source indirect dischargers, regardless of when they commenced discharge, in accordance with the previous subcategorization scheme. An indirect discharger is not required to meet these pretreatment standards if it certifies to the pretreatment control authority that it is not using these compounds as biocides. In cases when POTWs find it necessary to impose mass-based effluent limitations, equivalent mass limitations are provided as guidance:

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Subpart B

[Supplemental PSNS for bleached kraft facilities where market pulp is produced]

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day
kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product Milligrams/liter
Pentachlorophenol 0.0019 (0.013)(36.6)/y
Trichlorophenol 0.014 (0.093)(36.6)/y
y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product.
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Subpart B

[Supplemental PSNS for bleached kraft facilities where paperboard, coarse paper, and tissue paper are produced]

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day
kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product Milligrams/liter
Pentachlorophenol 0.0016 (0.012)(31.7)/y
Trichlorophenol 0.012 (0.092)(31.7)/y
y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product.
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Subpart B

[Supplemental PSNS for bleached kraft facilities where pulp and fine papers are produced and soda facilities where pulp and paper are produced]

Pollutant or pollutant parameter Maximum for any 1 day
kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product Milligrams/liter
Pentachlorophenol 0.0014 (0.014)(25.1)/y
Trichlorophenol 0.011 (0.101)(25.1)/y
y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product.

(c) An indirect discharger must demonstrate compliance with the pretreatment standards in paragraph (a)(1) of this section by monitoring at the point where the wastewater containing those pollutants leaves the bleach plant.

[63 FR 18635, Apr. 15, 1998; 63 FR 42239, Aug. 7, 1998]


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