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CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 418  /  Sec. 418.32 Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree practicable 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 constitute the maximum permissible discharge for urea manufacturing operations in which urea is produced as a solution product: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Effluent limitations (mg/l)

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Average of daily

Effluent characteristics Maximum values for 30

for any 1 consecutive days

day shall not

exceed--------------------------------------------------------------------------Ammonia (as N)............................ 0.95 0.48Organic nitrogen (as N)................... 0.61 0.33------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: Metric units: Kilogram/1,000 kg of product; English units: Pound/

1,000 lb of product.

(b) The following limitations constitute the maximum permissible discharge for urea manufacturing operations in which urea is prilled or granulated: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Effluent limitations (mg/l)

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Average of daily

Effluent characteristics Maximum values for 30

for any 1 consecutive days

day shall not

exceed--------------------------------------------------------------------------Ammonia (as N)............................ 1.18 0.59Organic nitrogen (as N)................... 1.48 0.80------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: Metric units: Kilogram/1,000 kg of product; English units: Pound/

1,000 lb of product. (Sec. 306(b), Federal Water Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1316(c))) [39 FR 12836, Apr. 8, 1974, as amended at 43 FR 17826, Apr. 26, 1978; 44 FR 9388, Feb. 13, 1979; 60 FR 33956, June 29, 1995]