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CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 421  /  Sec. 421.236 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 a 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources. The mass of wastewater pollutants in primary nickel and cobalt process wastewater introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:

(a) Raw material dust control.

PSNS for the Primary Nickel and Cobalt Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

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

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of

copper, nickel, and

cobalt in the crushed

raw material

--------------Copper........................................ 0.099 0.047Nickel........................................ 0.042 0.028Ammonia (as N)................................ 10.260 4.512Cobalt........................................ 0.011 0.005------------------------------------------------------------------------

(b) Nickel wash water.

PSNS for the Primary Nickel and Cobalt Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

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

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of

nickel powder washed

--------------Copper........................................ 0.043 0.021Nickel........................................ 0.019 0.013Ammonia (as N)................................ 4.515 1.985Cobalt........................................ 0.005 0.002------------------------------------------------------------------------

(c) Nickel reduction decant.

PSNS for the Primary Nickel and Cobalt Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

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

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) nickel

produced

--------------Copper........................................ 16.250 7.744Nickel........................................ 6.982 4.697Ammonia (as N)................................ 1,692.000 743.900Cobalt........................................ 1.777 0.889------------------------------------------------------------------------

(d) Cobalt reduction decant.

PSNS for the Primary Nickel and Cobalt Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

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

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of

cobalt produced

--------------Copper........................................ 27.390 13.050Nickel........................................ 11.770 7.917Ammonia (as N)................................ 2,852.000 1,254.000Cobalt........................................ 2.996 1.498------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sec. 421.237 [Reserved]