technology currently available.
Except as provided in Secs. 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 practicable control technology currently available (BPT):
(a) The following limitations establish the quantity or quality of pollutants which may be discharged in process waste water from nitric acid production in which all the raw material ammonia is in the gaseous form: [Metric units, kg/kkg of product; English units, lb/1,000 lb of product]------------------------------------------------------------------------
Effluent limitations
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Average of daily
Effluent characteristic Maximum values for 30
for any 1 consecutive days
day shall not
exceed--------------------------------------------------------------------------Ammonia (as N)............................ 0.007 0.0007Nitrate (as N)............................ 0.33 0.044------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) The following limitations establish the quantity or quality of pollutants which may be discharged in process waste water from nitric acid production in which all the raw material ammonia is in the shipped liquid form: [Metric units, kg/kkg of product; English units, lb/1,000 lb of product]------------------------------------------------------------------------
Effluent limitations
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Average of daily
Effluent characteristic Maximum values for 30
for any 1 consecutive days
day shall not
exceed--------------------------------------------------------------------------Ammonia (as N)............................ 0.08 0.008Nitrate (as N)............................ 0.33 0.044------------------------------------------------------------------------ [39 FR 12836, Apr. 8, 1974, as amended at 41 FR 2387, Jan. 16, 1976; 42 FR 16141, Mar. 25, 1977; 60 FR 33956, June 29, 1995]