40 CFR 421.53 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable.

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§ 421.53 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable.

Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable:

(a) Subpart E—Casting Contact Cooling.

BAT Effluent Limitations

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of copper cast		Arsenic	.692	.309	Copper	.638	.304	Nickel	.274	.184

(b) Subpart E—Anode and Cathode Rinse.

BAT Effluent Limitations

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of cathode copper production		Arsenic	.000	.000	Copper	.000	.000	Nickel	.000	.000

BAT Effluent Limitations

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of copper cathode production		Arsenic	.068	.031	Copper	.063	.030	Nickel	.027	.018

(d) Subpart E—Casting Wet Air Pollution Control.

BAT Effluent Limitations

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of casting production		Arsenic	.000	.000	Copper	.000	.000	Nickel	.000	.000

(e) Subpart E—By-Product Recovery.

BAT Effluent Limitations

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of product recovered from electrolytic slimes processing		Arsenic	.000	.000	Copper	.000	.000	Nickel	.000	.000

[49 FR 8801, Mar. 8, 1984; 49 FR 26739, June 29, 1984, as amended at 49 FR 29795, July 24, 1984]

AUTHORITY: Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307 (b) and (c), 308 and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977) and the Water Quality Act of 1987 (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; 101 Stat. 7, Pub. L. 100-4.

SOURCE: 49 FR 8790, Mar. 8, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 40 CFR 421.53