Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 424  /  Sec. 424.25 Standards of performance for new sources.

The following standards of performance establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section, which may be discharged by a new source subject to the provisions of this subpart: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Effluent limitations

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Average of daily

Effluent characteristic Maximum values for 30

for any 1 consecutive days

day shall not

exceed--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Metric units (kg/Mwh)

-------------TSS....................................... 0.032 0.016Chromium total............................ .001 .0005Chromium VI............................... .0001 .00005Manganese total........................... .011 .005Cyanide total............................. .0005 .0003Phenols................................... .0004 .0002pH........................................ (\1\) (\1\)

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English units (lb/Mwh)

-------------TSS....................................... .071 .035Chromium total............................ .002 .0012Chromium VI............................... .0002 .0001Manganese total........................... .023 .012Cyanide total............................. .001 .0006Phenols................................... .0009 .0005pH........................................ (\1\) (\1\)------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Within the range 6.0 to 9.0. Provided, however, That for nonelectric furnace smelting processes, the units of effluent limitations set forth in this section shall be read as ``kg/kkg of product'' rather than ``kg/Mwh,'' and the limitations (except for pH) shall be 3.3 times those listed in the table in this section (or, for English units, ``lb/ton of product'' rather than ``lb/Mwh,'' and the limitations (except for pH) shall be three times those listed in the table). [39 FR 6809, Feb. 22, 1974, as amended at 39 FR 17841, May 21, 1974]