1. Regulations
  2. title 40
  3. chapter I-i31
  4. part 463
  5. subpart B
  6. § 463.22

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§ 463.22 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.

Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve the effluent limitations guidelines (i.e., mass of pollutant discharged) representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available, which are calculated by multiplying the average process water usage flow rate for the cleaning water processes at a point source times the following pollutant concentrations:

Subpart B

[Cleaning water]

Concentration used to calculate BPT effluent limitations Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day (mg/l) Maximum for monthly average (mg/l) BOD54922 Oil and grease7117 TSS11736 pH( 1)( 1)

1 Within the range of 6.0 to 9.0 at all times.

The permit authority will obtain the average process water usage flow rate for the cleaning water processes from the permittee.

AUTHORITY: Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307, 308, and 501, Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by Clean Water Act of 1977) (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314 (b), (c), (e) and (g), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317 (b) and (c), 1318, and 1361; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217.

SOURCE: 49 FR 49047, Dec. 17, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 40 CFR 463.22