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CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 414  /  Sec. 414.71 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluentcontrol technology currently available (BPT).

Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, and in 40 CFR 414.11(i) for point sources with production in two or more subcategories, any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve discharges not exceeding the quantity (mass) determined by multiplying the process wastewater flow subject to this subpart times the concentration listed in the following table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

BPT Effluent

limitations \1\

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Effluent characteristics Maximum

Maximum for

for any monthly

one day average------------------------------------------------------------------------BOD5.............................................. 92 34TSS............................................... 159 49pH................................................ (\2\) (\2\)------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ All units except pH are milligrams per liter.\2\ Within the range of 6.0 to 9.0 at all times. [52 FR 42568, Nov. 5, 1987, as amended at 57 FR 41844, Sept. 11, 1992]