Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 421  /  Sec. 421.156 Pretreatment standards for new sources.

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to this subpart which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources. The mass of wastewater pollutants in primary beryllium process wastewater introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:

(a) Solvent extraction raffinate from bertrandite ore.

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of

beryllium carbonate

produced from

bertrandite ore as

beryllium

--------------Beryllium..................................... 1,842.000 831.000Chromium (total).............................. 831.000 336.900Copper........................................ 2,875.000 1,370.000Cyanide (total)............................... 449.200 179.700Ammonia (as N)................................ 299,400.000 131.600.000Fluoride...................................... 78,610.000 44,700.000------------------------------------------------------------------------

(b) Solvent extraction raffinate from beryl ore.

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of

beryllium carbonate

produced from beryl ore

as beryllium

--------------Beryllium..................................... 180.4 81.4Chromium (total).............................. 81.4 33.0Copper........................................ 281.6 134.2Cyanide (total)............................... 44.0 17.6Ammonia (as N)................................ 29.330.0 12,890.0Fluoride...................................... 7,700.0 4,378.0------------------------------------------------------------------------

(c) Beryllium carbonate filtrate.

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of

beryllium carbonate

produced as beryllium

--------------Beryllium..................................... 175.900 79.370Chromium (total).............................. 79.370 32.180Copper........................................ 274.600 130.800Cyanide (total)............................... 42.900 17.160Ammonia (as N)................................ 28,590.000 12,570.000Fluoride...................................... 7,508.000 4,269,000------------------------------------------------------------------------

(d) Beryllium Hydroxide Filtrate.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of

beryllium hydroxide

produced as beryllium

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Beryllium..................................... 111.510 50.320Chromium (Total).............................. 50.320 20.400Copper........................................ 174.080 82.960Cyanide (Total)............................... 27.200 10.880Ammonia (as N)................................ 18128.800 7969.600Fluoride...................................... 4760.000 2706.400------------------------------------------------------------------------

(e) Beryllium oxide calcining furnace wet air pollution control.

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of

beryllium oxide produced

--------------Beryllium..................................... 216.20 97.57Chromium (total).............................. 97.57 39.56Copper........................................ 337.50 160.90Cyanide (total)............................... 52.74 21.10Ammonia (as N)................................ 35,150.00 15,450.00Fluoride...................................... 9,230.00 5,248.00------------------------------------------------------------------------

(f) Beryllium hydroxide supernatant

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of

beryllium hydroxide

produced from scrap and

residues as beryllium

--------------Beryllium..................................... 188.6 85.1Chromium (total).............................. 85.1 34.5Copper........................................ 294.4 140.3Cyanide (total)............................... 46.0 18.4Ammonia (as N)................................ 30,660.0 13,480.0Fluoride...................................... 160,308.0 71,201.0------------------------------------------------------------------------

(g) Process water.

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg pounds per million

pounds of beryllium

pebbles produced

--------------Beryllium..................................... 143.30 64.68Chromium (total).............................. 64.68 26.22Copper........................................ 223.70 106.60Cyanide (total)............................... 34.96 13.98Ammonia (as N)................................ 23,300.00 10,240.00Fluoride...................................... 6,118.00 3,479.00------------------------------------------------------------------------

(h) Fluoride furnace scrubber.

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg pounds per million

pounds of beryllium

pebbles produced

--------------Beryllium..................................... 0.000 0.000Chromium (total).............................. 0.000 0.000Copper........................................ 0.000 0.000Cyanide (total)............................... 0.000 0.000Ammonia (as N)................................ 0.000 0.000Fluoride...................................... 0.000 0.000------------------------------------------------------------------------

(i) Chip treatment wastewater.

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg pounds per million

pounds of beryllium

scrap chips treated

--------------Beryllium..................................... 6.355 2.868Chromium (total).............................. 2.868 1.163Copper........................................ 9.920 4.728Cyanide (total)............................... 1.550 0.620Ammonia (as N)................................ 1,033.000 454.200Fluoride...................................... 271.300 154.200------------------------------------------------------------------------

(j) Beryllium pebble plant area vent wet air pollution control

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg pounds per million

pounds of beryllium

pebbles produced

--------------Beryllium..................................... 0.000 0.000Chromium (total).............................. 0.000 0.000Copper........................................ 0.000 0.000Cyanide (total)............................... 0.000 0.000Ammonia (as N)................................ 0.000 0.000Fluoride...................................... 0.000 0.000------------------------------------------------------------------------

(k) Beryl Ore Gangue Dewatering.

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of beryl

ore processed

--------------

Beryllium..................................... 0.855 0.386Chromium (Total).............................. 0.386 0.156Copper........................................ 1.335 0.636Cyanide (Total)............................... 0.209 0.083Ammonia (as N)................................ 139.032 61.120Fluoride...................................... 36.505 20.756------------------------------------------------------------------------

(l) Bertrandite Ore Gangue Dewatering.

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of

bertrandite ore

processed

--------------

Beryllium..................................... 2.185 0.986Chromium (Total).............................. 0.986 0.400Copper........................................ 3.411 1.626Cyanide (Total)............................... 0.533 0.213

Ammonia (as N)................................ 355.245 156.169Fluoride...................................... 93.275 53.034------------------------------------------------------------------------

(m) Beryl Ore Processing.

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of beryl

ore processed

--------------

Beryllium..................................... 5.988 2.702Chromium (Total).............................. 2.702 1.095Copper........................................ 9.348 4.455Cyanide (Total)............................... 1.461 0.584Ammonia (as N)................................ 973.490 427.956Fluoride...................................... 255.605 145.330------------------------------------------------------------------------

(n) Aluminum Iron Sludge (AIS) Area Wastewater.

PSNS for the Primary Berryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of total

beryllium carbonate

produced as beryllium

-------------------------Beryllium..................................... 383.760 173.160Chromium (Total).............................. 173.160 70.200Copper........................................ 599.040 285.480Cyanide (Total)............................... 93.600 37.440Ammonia (as N)................................ 62384.400 27424.800Fluoride...................................... 16380.000 9313.200------------------------------------------------------------------------

(o) Bertrandite Ore Leaching Scrubber.

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg of bertrandite ore

processed

-------------------------Beryllium..................................... 1.239 0.559Chromium (Total).............................. 0.559 0.227Copper........................................ 1.934 0.922Cyanide (Total)............................... 0.302 0.121Ammonia (as N)................................ 201.416 88.545Fluoride...................................... 52.885 30.069------------------------------------------------------------------------

(p) Bertrandite Ore Countercurrent and Decantation (CCD) Scrubber.

PSNS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

mg/kg of bertrandite ore

processed

-------------------------Beryllium..................................... 0.083 0.037Chromium (Total).............................. 0.037 0.015Copper........................................ 0.129 0.062Cyanide (Total)............................... 0.020 0.008Ammonia (as N)................................ 13.463 5.919Fluoride...................................... 3.535 2.010------------------------------------------------------------------------ [50 FR 38346, Sept. 20, 1985, as amended at 55 FR 31700, Aug. 3, 1990] Sec. 421.157 [Reserved]