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CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 455  /  Sec. 455.22 Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree ofcontrol 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). The following limitations establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties controlled by this paragraph which may be discharged from the manufacture of organic active ingredient: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Effluent limitations

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Average of daily

Effluent characteristics Maximum values for 30

for any 1 consecutive days

day shall not

exceed--------------------------------------------------------------------------COD....................................... 13.000 9.0000BOD5...................................... 7.400 1.6000TSS....................................... 6.100 1.8000Organic pesticide chemicals............... .010 .0018pH........................................ (\1\) (\1\)------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Within the range of 6.0 to 9.0.

Note: For COD, BOD5, and TSS, metric units: Kilogram/1,000 kg of total

organic active ingredients. English units: Pound/1,000 lb of total

organic active ingredients. For organic pesticide chemicals--metric

units: Kilogram/1,000 kg of organic pesticide chemicals. English

units: Pound/1,000 lb of organic pesticide chemicals. [43 FR 44846, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 60 FR 33971, June 29, 1995]