Pretreatment standards for existing sources.

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§ 464.25 Pretreatment standards for existing sources.

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing 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 existing sources.

(a) Casting Quench Operations.

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PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
kg/1000 kkg (pounds per million pounds) of metal poured
Copper (T) 0.0307 0.0168
Lead (T) 0.0211 0.0104
Zinc (T) 0.0303 0.0116
TTO 0.0335 0.0109
Oil and grease (for alternate monitoring) 1.2 0.399

(b) Direct Chill Casting Operations.

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PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
kg/1,000 kkg (pounds per million pounds) of metal poured
Copper (T) 0.928 0.506
Lead (T) 0.639 0.314
Zinc (T) 0.916 0.35

(c) Dust Collection Scrubber Operations.

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PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
kg/62.3 million Sm3 (pounds per billion SCF) of air scrubbed
Copper (T) 0.552 0.301
Lead (T) 0.38 0.187
Zinc (T) 0.545 0.208
Total phenols 0.617 0.215
TTO 1.65 0.54
Oil and grease (for alternate monitoring) 21.5 7.18

(d) Grinding Scrubber Operations. No discharge of process wastewater pollutants to a POTW.

(e) Investment Casting.

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PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
kg/1,000 kkg (pounds per million pounds) of metal poured
Copper (T) 8.48 4.63
Lead (T) 5.84 2.86
Zinc (T) 8.37 3.19
TTO 25.4 8.29
Oil and grease for alternate monitoring) 330 110

(f) Melting Furnace Scrubber Operations.

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PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
kg/62.3 million Sm3 (pounds per billion SCF) of air scrubbed
Copper (T) 1.81 0.988
Lead (T) 1.25 0.612
Zinc (T) 1.79 0.673
Total phenols 2.02 0.706
TTO 5.41 1.77
Oil and grease (for alternate monitoring) 70.6 23.5

(g) Mold Cooling Operations.

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PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
kg/1,000 kkg (pounds per million pounds) of metal poured
Copper (T) 0.392 0.214
Lead (T) 0.27 0.132
Zinc (T) 0.387 0.148
TTO 0.428 0.14
Oil and grease (for alternate monitoring) 15.3 5.09


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