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CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 421  /  Sec. 421.246 Pretreatment standards for new sources.

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new 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 new sources. The mass of wastewater pollutants in secondary nickel process wastewater introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:

(a) Slag reclaim tailings.

PSNS 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.

PSNS 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.

PSNS 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------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sec. 421.247 [Reserved]