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CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 421  /  Sec. 421.245 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 nickel process wastewater introduced into a POTW must not exceed the following values:

(a) Slag reclaim tailings.

PSES for the Secondary Nickel Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

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

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of slag

input to reclaim process

--------------Chromium (total).............................. 5.653 2.313Copper........................................ 24.410 12.850Nickel........................................ 24.670 16.320------------------------------------------------------------------------

(b) Acid reclaim leaching filtrate.

PSES for the Secondary Nickel Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

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

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of acid

reclaim nickel produced

--------------Chromium (total).............................. 2.198 0.899Copper........................................ 9.491 4.995Nickel........................................ 9.590 6.344------------------------------------------------------------------------

(c) Acid reclaim leaching belt filter backwash

PSES for the Secondary Nickel Subcategory------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

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

mg/kg (pounds per

million pounds) of acid

reclaim nickel produced

--------------Chromium (total).............................. 0.528 0.216Copper........................................ 2.278 1.199Nickel........................................ 2.302 1.523------------------------------------------------------------------------