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. Semi-Chemical Subcategory
  8. Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

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§ 430.67 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 achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS) if it uses chlorophenolic-containing biocides. Permittees not using chlorophenolic-containing biocides must certify to the permit-issuing authority that they are not using these biocides:

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Subpart F

Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Milligrams/liter Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of producta
Pentachlorophenol (0.045)(7.3)/y 0.0014
Trichlorophenol (0.014)(7.3)/y 0.00043
y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product.

a The following equivalent mass limitations are provided as guidance in cases when POTWs find it necessary to impose mass equivalent limitations.


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