Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

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  6. The Centralized Waste Treatment Point Source Category
  7. Multiple Wastestreams
  8. Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

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§ 437.47 Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 or § 437.40(b), any new source subject to this subpart which combines treated or untreated wastes from subparts A, B, or C of this part may be subject to Multiple Wastestream Subcategory pretreatment standards representing the application of PSNS set forth in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), or (e) of this section if the discharger agrees to the following conditions in its permit:

(1) The discharger will meet the applicable Multiple Wastestream Subcategory standards set forth in paragraphs (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this section;

(2) The discharger will notify its local control authority at the time of submitting its application for an individual control mechanism or pretreatment agreement of its desire to be subject to Multiple Waste Subcategory by submitting to the local control authority an initial certification statement as described in § 437.41(a);

(3) The discharger will submit to its local control authority a periodic certification statements as described in § 437.41(b) once a year; and

(4) The discharger will maintain at the office of the facility and make available for inspection the on-site compliance paperwork as described in § 437.41(c).

(b) Combined waste receipts from subparts A, B and C of this part.

(1) As provided in § 437.47(a), any new source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

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Pretreatment Standards (PSNS)

Regulated
parameter 		Maximum daily1 Maximum monthly avg.1
Metal Parameters
Antimony 0.249 0.206
Arsenic 0.162 0.104
Cadmium 0.474 0.0962
Chromium 0.746 0.323
Cobalt 0.192 0.124
Copper 0.500 0.242
Lead 0.350 0.160
Mercury 0.00234 0.000739
Nickel 3.95 1.45
Silver 0.120 0.0351
Tin 0.409 0.120
Titanium 0.0947 0.0618
Vanadium 0.218 0.0662
Zinc 2.87 0.641
Organic Parameters
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.215 0.101
Carbazole 0.598 0.276
o-Cresol 1.92 0.561
p-Cresol 0.698 0.205
n-Decane 0.948 0.437
Fluoranthene 0.0537 0.0268
n-Octadecane 0.589 0.302
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 0.155 0.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

(2) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing wastewater containing cyanide:

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In-Plant Limitations

Regulated
parameter 		Maximum daily1 Maximum monthly avg.1
Cyanide 500 178

1 mg/L (ppm).

(c) Combined waste receipts from subparts A and B of this part.

(1) As provided in § 437.47(a), any new source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

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Pretreatment Standards (PSNS)

Regulated
parameter 		Maximum daily1 Maximum monthly avg.1
Metal Paratmeters
Antimony 0.249 0.206
Arsenic 0.162 0.104
Cadmium 0.474 0.0962
Chromium 0.746 0.323
Cobalt 0.192 0.124
Copper 0.500 0.242
Lead 0.350 0.160
Mercury 0.00234 0.000739
Nickel 3.95 1.45
Silver 0.120 0.0351
Tin 0.409 0.120
Titanium 0.0947 0.0618
Vanadium 0.218 0.0662
Zinc 2.87 0.641
Organic Parameters
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.215 0.101
Carbazole 0.598 0.276
n-Decane 0.948 0.437
Fluoranthene 0.0537 0.0268
n-Octadecane 0.589 0.302

1 mg/L (ppm).

(2) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing wastewater containing cyanide:

Expand Table

In-Plant Limitations

Regulated
parameter 		Maximum daily1 Maximum monthly avg.1
Cyanide 500 178

1 mg/L (ppm).

(d) Combined waste receipts from subparts A and C of this part.

(1) As provided in § 437.47(a), any new source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

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Pretreatment Standards (PSNS)

Regulated
parameter 		Maximum daily1 Maximum monthly avg.1
Metal Parameters
Antimony 0.249 0.206
Arsenic 0.162 0.104
Cadmium 0.474 0.0962
Chromium 15.5 3.07
Cobalt 0.192 0.124
Copper 4.14 1.06
Lead 1.32 0.283
Mercury 0.00234 0.000739
Nickel 3.95 1.45
Silver 0.120 0.0351
Tin 0.409 0.120
Titanium 0.0947 0.0618
Vanadium 0.218 0.0662
Zinc 2.87 0.641
Organic Parameters
o-Cresol 1.92 0.561
p-Cresol 0.698 0.205
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 0.155 0.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

(2) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing wastewater containing cyanide:

Expand Table

In-Plant Limitations

Regulated
parameter 		Maximum daily1 Maximum monthly avg.1
Cyanide 500 178

1 mg/L (ppm).

(e) Combined waste receipts from subparts B and C of this part. As provided in § 437.47(a), any new source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

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Pretreatment Standards (PSNS)

Regulated
parameter 		Maximum daily1 Maximum monthly avg.1
Metal Parameters
Chromium 0.746 0.323
Cobalt 56.4 18.8
Copper 0.500 0.242
Lead 0.350 0.160
Tin 0.335 0.165
Zinc 8.26 4.50
Organic Parameters
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.215 0.101
Carbazole 0.598 0.276
o-Cresol 1.92 0.561
p-Cresol 0.698 0.205
n-Decane 0.948 0.437
Fluoranthene 0.0537 0.0268
n-Octadecane 0.589 0.302
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 0.155 0.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

[65 FR 81300, Dec. 22, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 71025, 71026, Dec. 22, 2003]


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