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CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 421  /  Sec. 421.195 Pretreatment standards for existing sources.

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing source subject to this subpart which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for existing sources. The mass of wastewater pollutants in secondary indium process wastewater introduced into a POTW must not exceed the following values:

(a) Displacement Supernatant.

PSES for the Secondary Indium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

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

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of

indium metal produced

--------------Cadmium....................................... 2.105 0.929Lead.......................................... 2.600 1.238Zinc.......................................... 9.037 3.776Indium........................................ 2.724 1.114------------------------------------------------------------------------

(b) Spent Electrolyte.

PSES for the Secondary Indium Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

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

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of

cathode indium produced

--------------Cadmium....................................... 12.170 5.370Lead.......................................... 15.040 7.160Zinc.......................................... 52.270 21.840Indium........................................ 15.750 6.444------------------------------------------------------------------------