40 CFR 437.46 - Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

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§ 437.46 - Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, § 403.13 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 PSES 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 of its desire to be subject to the 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 statement 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 § 437.46(a), and no later than [Insert date—three years after publication], any existing source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

Pretreatment Standards (PSES)

Regulated parameter	Maximum daily 1	Maximum monthly avg. 1	Metal Parameters			Antimony	0.249	0.206	Arsenic	0.162	0.104	Cadmium	0.474	0.0962	Chromium	0.947	0.487	Cobalt	0.192	0.124	Copper	0.405	0.301	Lead	0.222	0.172	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	0.267	0.158	Carbazole	0.392	0.233	o-Cresol	1.92	0.561	p-Cresol	0.698	0.205	n-Decane	5.79	3.31	Fluoranthene	0.787	0.393	n-Octadecane	1.22	0.925	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:

In-Plant Limitations

Regulated parameter	Maximum daily 1	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 § 437.46(a), and no later than December 22, 2003, any existing source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

Pretreatment Standards (PSES)

Regulated parameter	Maximum daily 1	Maximum monthly avg. 1	Metal Parameters			Antimony	0.249	0.206	Arsenic	0.162	0.104	Cadmium	0.474	0.0962	Chromium	0.947	0.487	Cobalt	0.192	0.124	Copper	0.405	0.301	Lead	0.222	0.172	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	0.267	0.158	Carbazole	0.392	0.233	n-Decane	5.79	3.31	Fluoranthene	0.787	0.393	n-Octadecane	1.22	0.925

1 mg/L (ppm).

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

In-Plant Limitations

Regulated parameter	Maximum daily 1	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 § 437.46(a), and no later than December 22, 2003, any existing source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

Pretreatment Standards (PSES)

Regulated parameter	Maximum daily 1	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:

In-Plant Limitations

Regulated parameter	Maximum daily 1	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 § 437.46(a), and no later than December 22, 2003, any existing source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

Pretreatment Standards (PSES)

Regulated parameter	Maximum daily 1	Maximum monthly avg. 1	Metal Parameters			Chromium	0.947	0.487	Cobalt	56.4	18.8	Copper	0.405	0.301	Lead	0.222	0.172	Tin	0.249	0.146	Zinc	6.95	4.46	Organic Parameters			Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.267	0.158	Carbazole	0.392	0.233	o-Cresol	1.92	0.561	p-Cresol	0.698	0.205	n-Decane	5.79	3.31	Fluoranthene	0.787	0.393	n-Octadecane	1.22	0.925	2,4,6-Trichlorophenol	0.155	0.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

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