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CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 457  /  Sec. 457.12 Effluent limitations and guidelines representing the degree of control 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 or pollutant properties, controlled by this paragraph, which may be discharged from the manufacture of explosives by a point source subject to the provisions of this paragraph after application of the best practical control technology currently available: [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--------------------------------------------------------------------------COD....................................... 7.77 2.59BOD5...................................... 0.72 0.24TSS....................................... 0.25 0.084pH........................................ (\1\) (\1\)------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Within the range 6.0 to 9.0. [41 FR 10184, Mar. 9, 1976, as amended at 60 FR 33971, June 29, 1995] Subpart B [Reserved]